Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "rags-to-riches-back-to-rags"

1. Babylon (I) (2022)

R | 189 min | Comedy, Drama, History

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.

Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Jean Smart, Olivia Wilde

Votes: 168,256

2. Barry Lyndon (1975)

PG | 185 min | Adventure, Drama, War

An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.

Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Krüger

Votes: 183,342

3. Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999 TV Movie)

R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Dorothy Dandridge's way to fame and fortune as a dancer, singer and actress.

Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Halle Berry, Brent Spiner, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Obba Babatundé

Votes: 3,921

4. Golden Balls (1993)

95 min | Comedy, Drama

A construction worker uses his charm and bravado in an attempt to attain enough finances to build his dream project.

Director: Bigas Luna | Stars: Javier Bardem, Maria de Medeiros, Maribel Verdú, Elisa Tovati

Votes: 3,887

5. Boom Town (1940)

Passed | 119 min | Drama, Romance, Western

Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a ten-year period both love the same woman.

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr

Votes: 3,808 | Gross: $9.17M

6. Mannequin (1937)

Passed | 95 min | Drama

Affluent Hennessey falls for Jessie who is married to good-for-nothing Eddie. To provide a better life for Jessie Hennessey wants to marry her, and Eddie even approves of the plan, hoping to profit from it financially.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Joan Crawford, Spencer Tracy, Alan Curtis, Ralph Morgan

Votes: 1,506

7. Man with a Million (1954)

Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Romance

As part of a bet, two aristocrats offer a penniless American a loan, without telling him that the amount is £1,000,000 in the form of a single banknote.

Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Gregory Peck, Jane Griffiths, Ronald Squire, Joyce Grenfell

Votes: 4,203

8. The Oscar (1966)

Approved | 119 min | Drama

Snotty Hollywood actor becomes even more full of himself after he's nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Director: Russell Rouse | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Milton Berle, Eleanor Parker

Votes: 1,463

9. The Rack Pack (2016)

TV-G | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

The story of the 1980s snooker rivalry between the flamboyant Alex Higgins and the methodical Steve Davis.

Director: Brian Welsh | Stars: Dennis Taylor, Steve Davis, Alex Higgins, Luke Treadaway

Votes: 1,275

10. Bay of Angels (1963)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance

Jean is a clerk in a bank. His colleague Caron is a gambler and gives him the virus. In the casinos, Jean meets Jackie. Their love affair will follow their luck at the roulette.

Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Claude Mann, Paul Guers, Henri Nassiet

Votes: 4,230 | Gross: $0.09M

11. À Nous la Liberté (1931)

Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Musical

Seeking better life, two convicts escape from prison.

Director: René Clair | Stars: Raymond Cordy, Henri Marchand, Rolla France, Paul Ollivier

Votes: 4,970

12. No Other Woman (1933)

Passed | 58 min | Drama

A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness.

Director: J. Walter Ruben | Stars: Irene Dunne, Charles Bickford, Gwili Andre, Eric Linden

Votes: 480

13. Alex Higgins: The People's Champion (2010 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

The rise and fall of the former world snooker champion, Alex Higgins.

Director: Jason Bernard | Stars: James Nesbitt, Bill Borrows, Ann Brown, Steve Davis

Votes: 54

14. Tornado (1943)

Approved | 83 min | Drama

Pete Ramsey (Morris) is a hard-working coal miner who falls in love with and marries scheming showgirl Victory Kane (Kelly). Victory presses Pete to fight for the position of the mine ... See full summary »

Director: William Berke | Stars: Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly, William Henry, Gwen Kenyon

Votes: 126

15. Le colonel Chabert (1943)

90 min | Drama

An Empire colonel, left for dead on a battlefield, returns to Paris and finds his wife remarried.

Director: René Le Hénaff | Stars: Raimu, Marie Bell, Jacques Baumer, Aimé Clariond

Votes: 132

16. Margot (2005)

163 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

The life and tribulations of world renown ballerina Margot Fonteyn as told by herself, friends and fellow dancers

Director: Tony Palmer | Stars: Frederick Ashton, Ninette de Valois, Leslie Edwards, Margot Fonteyn

Votes: 53

17. Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story (2001 TV Movie)

59 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

Documentary on the life and career of legendary snooker player, Alex Higgins.

Director: Nick Lord | Stars: Ann Brown, Gordon Burn, Steve Davis, Ken Doherty

18. Beto Rockfeller (1968– )

Mystery

A charming shoe salesman adopts the surname 'Rockfeller' and poses as the American tycoon's third-cousin to slip into high society through his rich girlfriend, but must employ every trick possible to conceal his humble origins.

Stars: Luis Gustavo, Irene Ravache, Débora Duarte, Bete Mendes

Votes: 37

19. Being Erica (2009–2011)
Episode: What Goes Up Must Come Down (2009)

TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

The Cold War at River Rock Publishing between Brent and Julianne continues. Erica, editor of "The None" - Katie's new book - is falling on Julianne's side of the war, despite not wanting to... See full summary »

Director: Gary Harvey | Stars: Erin Karpluk, Tyron Leitso, Vinessa Antoine, Reagan Pasternak

Votes: 85