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1. A Place in the Sun (1951)
Passed | 122 min | Drama, Romance
A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere
Votes: 24,829
2. An American Tragedy (1931)
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A poor factory worker employed by a wealthy uncle falls in love with a beautiful heiress, but his happiness and promising future are jeopardized by a previous affair with a coworker he impregnated.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Frances Dee, Irving Pichel
Votes: 949
3. The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936)
Passed | 63 min | Mystery
Perry marries Della but a beautiful woman interrupts their honeymoon night and demands Perry take her case at gunpoint.
Director: William Clemens | Stars: Warren William, Claire Dodd, Wini Shaw, Bill Elliott
Votes: 666
4. Erotic Family (1980)
107 min | Comedy
To avoid being forcibly married to a man she doesn't love, Carla, a beautiful young Sicilian blonde, runs away to live with her wealthy uncle and his debauched family.
Director: Mario Siciliano | Stars: Karin Well, Raquel Evans, Alfonso del Real, Berta Cabré
Votes: 49
5. Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1984)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Romance
A Jewish man who owns a Brooklyn deli asks his domineering uncle for a loan so he can buy his dream restaurant in Manhattan, but the uncle demands that he give up his Gentile girlfriend ... See full summary »
Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Elliott Gould, Margaux Hemingway, Sid Caesar, Carol Kane
Votes: 1,648 | Gross: $0.84M
6. Love Is News (1937)
Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Romance
A financier's daughter spars with a newspaper reporter: he by writing about her, she by announcing their engagement.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Don Ameche, Slim Summerville
Votes: 938
7. The Rocking Horse Winner (1949)
Approved | 91 min | Drama, Fantasy
A young boy receives a rocking horse for Christmas and soon learns that he is able to pick the winning horse at the races.
Director: Anthony Pelissier | Stars: Valerie Hobson, John Howard Davies, Ronald Squire, John Mills
Votes: 1,418
8. The Burning Court (1962)
110 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A group of people visit a weird old man who is a student of the black arts. The man lives in an ancient, cursed castle. Soon people in the group start being killed off.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Nadja Tiller, Jean-Claude Brialy, Perrette Pradier, Edith Scob
Votes: 419
9. Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy
Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a football coach.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Priscilla Lane, Wayne Morris, Jane Bryan, Eddie Albert
Votes: 358 | Gross: $0.12M
10. Köseyi Dönen Adam (1978)
82 min | Comedy, Drama
Adem is working as a waiter and he gets fired at that moment he inherits a fortune from his rich uncle in USA. Women start to throw themselves at him, people try to use him, everyone acts ... See full summary »
Director: Atif Yilmaz | Stars: Kemal Sunal, Meral Orhonsay, Ali Sen, Necla Soylu
Votes: 3,098
11. Jenny Jenny (1966)
103 min | Comedy, Romance
In order to help her father who has financial problems, Tzeni agrees to a fake marriage with his political rival.
Director: Dinos Dimopoulos | Stars: Jenny Karezi, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Andreas Barkoulis, Mary Lalopoulou
Votes: 1,374
12. The Hustlers (1962)
100 min | Crime, Drama
This film captures the criminal behavior of two young Copacabana thugs (the "cafajestes"). The two plan a blackmail coup against a rich old man, using nude pictures of a lady on a deserted beach. But things don't always happen as planned.
Director: Ruy Guerra | Stars: Norma Bengell, Hugo Carvana, Lucy de Carvalho, Germana de Lamare
Votes: 556
13. Spendthrift (1936)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Profligate Townsend "Towny" Middleton, once the possessor of $20,000,000, becomes a "millionaire with everything but money." In order to enter his filly "Black Mamba" in the Kentucky Derby,... See full summary »
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Henry Fonda, Pat Paterson, Mary Brian, George Barbier
Votes: 92
14. Lady Chaser (1946)
Approved | 58 min | Comedy, Mystery
Dorian Westmore accepts an aspirin from a total stranger, Inez Palmer. She is distracted and fails to take it, but later gives it to her wealthy uncle who dies as the aspirin was poisoned. ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Robert Lowery, Ann Savage, Inez Cooper, Frank Ferguson
Votes: 30
15. Akujo no kisetsu (1958)
110 min | Comedy, Crime
A rich skinflint, hated by his common wife (a previous Geisha) and his nephew, tries to follow his selfish desires and keep his wealth of diamonds safe; while there are separate plots being... See full summary »
Director: Minoru Shibuya | Stars: Isuzu Yamada, Mariko Okada, Eijirô Tôno, Yûnosuke Itô
Votes: 26
16. Brides Are Like That (1936)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Romance
Fred, the wealthy owner of apple groves, has sent his nephew to college, but the only job that his nephew has after graduating is the job of not working. Bill is a dreamer, a talker and a ... See full summary »
Director: William C. McGann | Stars: Ross Alexander, Anita Louise, Joseph Cawthorn, Kathleen Lockhart
Votes: 144
17. Las tandas del principal (1949)
111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Frivolous young dandy is trying to score with an operetta singer, but she ends up with his uncle.
Director: Juan Bustillo Oro | Stars: Fernando Soler, Mapy Cortés, Luis Aldás, Fernando Cortés
Votes: 17
18. Taa la salim (1951)
110 min
Director: Helmy Rafla | Stars: Farid El-Atrash, Samia Gamal, Ismail Yassin, Abdulsalam El-Nabulsi
Votes: 37
19. Kohtalo tekee siirron (1959)
91 min | Thriller
Director: Armand Lohikoski | Stars: Tuija Halonen, Åke Lindman, Matti Oravisto, Ekke Hämäläinen
Votes: 56
20. Salaginto't salagubang (1972)
Action, Comedy
Director: Pablo Santiago | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Susan Roces, Paquito Diaz, Chichay
21. When the Wife's Away (1926)
Passed | 57 min | Comedy
Mistaken identity and female impersonation take place when indigents Billy Winthrop (George K. Arthur) and Ethel Winthrop (Dorothy Reviere) rent a fashionable apartment for a few days in ... See full summary »
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: George K. Arthur, Dorothy Revier, Tom Ricketts, Bobby Dunn
22. Gabros ap' ti Gastouni (1969)
95 min | Comedy
A shepherd with a heart of gold finds himself in bustling Athens to work in one of his uncle's souvlaki joints. Instead, he decides to help his love-smitten cousin and her beau. Will the groom from Gastouni find a better future in Athens?
Director: Giorgos Papakostas | Stars: Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Tasos Giannopoulos, Liza Alexiou, Marina Pefani
Votes: 21
23. Holding His Own (1922)
17 min | Short, Comedy
Jerry, a hobo, is chased by a pair of policemen after accidentally interrupting their dice game and later woos a farm girl to get breakfast.
Director: Milton J. Fahrney | Stars: George Ovey, Arby Arly, George Burton
Votes: 6
24. Fooling Casper (1928)
Not Rated | 25 min | Short, Comedy
Toots and Casper think they are going on a relaxing vacation until their rich relative decides to come along.
Director: Earl Montgomery | Stars: Thelma Hill, Bud Duncan, Cullen Johnson
Votes: 20
25. Tridsattisícový odkaz (1984 TV Movie)
38 min | Comedy, History
Director: Ivan Petrovický | Stars: Elena Petrovická, Tomas Zilincik, Yvetta Blanarovicová, Marta Sládecková
26. L'école de la médisance (1965 TV Movie)
Comedy, Drama
Director: François Gir | Stars: Huguette Hue, Fred Pasquali, Bernard Tiphaine, Didier Chereau
27. When Betty Bets (1917)
20 min | Short, Comedy
The rich uncle of "Hopeful John" objects to Betty's sister Mabel's upcoming marriage to his nephew, as he considers the family--especially Betty--to be lazy gold-diggers. Betty bets him ... See full summary »
Star: Marie Cahill
28. Wheree There's a Will (1935)
Approved | 18 min | Short, Comedy
A group of relatives amass to await the passing of a rich uncle. When they try to speed up his demise by wrecking the house, they find uncle wasn't that ill after all and he recovers, sending them all packing.
Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Star: Spencer Charters
29.
Land of the Giants (1968–1970)
Episode:
Collector's Item
(1969)
TV-G | 50 min | Sci-Fi
A penniless man wants to kill his uncle once he puts him on his will. Knowing he collects all kind of weird gadgets, he purchases a music box with a doll dancer. However, once he notices ... See full summary »
Director: Sobey Martin | Stars: Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Stefan Arngrim, Don Marshall
Votes: 53
30.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Peril at End House
(1990)
TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While Poirot is staying at an exclusive Cornish resort, he meets a beautiful heiress whose life is in danger.
Director: Renny Rye | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Polly Walker
Votes: 2,299
31.
Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode:
Dead Right
(1990)
Not Rated | 28 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Cathy wants a rich and successful life, and fast. She visits a medium who tells her she will meet a man who will inherit a lot of money, and die in a violent way soon after. When she meets grossly overweight Charlie who informs her of his rich relatives, she promptly marries him. As it turns out, the medium is always right.
Director: Howard Deutch | Stars: Demi Moore, Jeffrey Tambor, Natalija Nogulich, Troy Evans
Votes: 1,544
32.
Popular (1999–2001)
Episode:
Citizen Shame
(2000)
TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Carmen runs away from home and moves in with Sam. Jane finds out she's pregnant. Brooke bonds with her new teacher, but she gets her in trouble. Ms. Glass wants to deceive her rich Aussie uncle, so she hires Nicole to play her daughter.
Director: Lev L. Spiro | Stars: Leslie Bibb, Carly Pope, Tamara Mello, Christopher Gorham
Votes: 67
33.
Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)
Episode:
Heir Presumptuous
(1983)
TV-14 | 26 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
One of rich uncle George's identical nephews has murdered him. How can the sheriff identify the guilty one?
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: David Cassidy, Darren McGavin, Tara Buckman, Royce D. Applegate
Votes: 167
34.
The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode:
Missouri Mish Mash: Parts 11-12
(1962)
TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Rocky and Bullwinkle "Missouri Mish Mash" Part 11, Aesop and Son "The Three Bears", Peabody's Improbable History "Jules Verne", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Missouri Mish Mash" Part 12.
Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried
Votes: 22
35.
The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode:
Wossamotta U: Parts 7-8
(1963)
TV-G | Animation, Action, Adventure
Rocky and Bullwinkle "Wossamotta U" Part 7 of 12, Aesop and Son "The Three Bears", Peabody's Improbable History "Lawrence of Arabia", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Wossamotta U" Part 8 of 12.
Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried
Votes: 20