Rise to the top movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant rise to the top movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, inspirational, historical drama and touching films and TV shows about / with rise to the top, ambition, biopic, motivation, success, entrepreneur, business, love, rivalry and flashback plots mostly in Drama, Biography and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, Colombia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as rise to the top: The Gentlemen (2019), There Will Be Blood (2007), Limitless (2011), The Billionaire (2011), Peaky Blinders (2013), Moneyball (2011), Temporary Difficulties (2018), When the Game Stands Tall (2014), The Social Network (2010), La Reina del Sur (2011).
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386K
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A drug lord tries to sell off his highly profitable empire.
Style:
dark comedy, stylized, realistic, neo noir, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, marijuana, gang, crime boss, money, british, criminal underworld, tough guy, criminal, swearing, gang war ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, united kingdom
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview moves to oil-rich California. Using his adopted son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. ...
Style:
serious, suspense, disturbing, cerebral, epic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
oil, greed, character study, ambition, capitalism, money, rise to the top, rivalry, visceral, psychopath, religion, business ...
Time:
20th century, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 19th century ...
Place:
california, texas, los angeles, america, persia ...
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609K
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract ...
Style:
clever, thought provoking, philosophical, intellectual, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
intelligence, success, drug, drug abuse, creativity, ambition, rags to riches, rise to the top, life turned upside down, prodigy, experimental drug, overnight success ...
Time:
year 2011, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Thailand
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The Billionaire tells the story of Aitthipat Kulapongvanich and how he, at the age of nineteen, dropped out from university to launch a packaged fried seaweed business that is now Taokaenoi Food & Marketing and became one of Thailand's ...
Style:
inspirational, motivational, realistic, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rise to the top, entrepreneur, teenage protagonist, success, business, dream, coping, get rich quick scheme, rags to riches, direction and purpose, billionaire, career change ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 2109 min.
TV show
Story:
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, tense, stylized, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, gangster, gang, mafia, gang war, determination, cruelty, mob boss, power struggle, crime boss, family relations, rivalry ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, ancient times, 1910s, victorian era
Place:
england, britain, ireland, birmingham alabama, london
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461K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
Style:
inspirational, feel good, realistic, captivating, motivational ...
Plot:
baseball, mathematics, underdog, success, rise to the top, strategy, biopic, motivation, entrepreneur, business, leadership, entrepreneurship ...
Time:
80s, year 2011, 2010s, 70s, 2000s ...
Place:
california, boston, usa, san francisco, bay area ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Sasha Korolev has a congenital disorder. The boyâs father has chosen what seemed to him the only correct way to put the son on his feet: to treat him like a healthy person. âYouâre not a patient, you have temporary difficultiesâ. Eating, ...
Style:
emotional, thought provoking, uplifting, brutal
Plot:
boy, childhood, parents and children, rise to the top, human spirit, father son relationship, adaptation, working class, cerebral palsy, child abuse, father, power relations ...
Place:
ussr
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive seasons.
Style:
uplifting, captivating, exciting, serious, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
american football, rise to the top, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, coach, ambition, small town, high school football, youth, football, sport team, christian ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room as a small site among ...
Style:
clever, intellectual, realistic, witty, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
entrepreneur, programmer, business, geek, facebook, computers and web, hacker, inventions and discoveries, rise to the top, computer genius, success, college ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, year 2003, 2000s ...
Place:
harvard university, california, boston, usa, san francisco ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA, Spain, Colombia
Duration: 378 min.
TV show
Story:
After years of blood, sweat and tears, a woman of humble origin ends up becoming a drug trafficking legend, with all that that means...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, novela, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, rise to the top, power struggle, mafia, drug dealing, cocaine, mob boss, rivalry, vengeance, drug traffic, organized crime, gang war ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, europe, spain, morocco
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the ...
Style:
inspirational, realistic, captivating, exciting, motivational ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
racing, car, racecar driver, car racing, car race, talented, auto mechanic, rise to the top, race, race car, friendship, desire for fame ...
Time:
60s, 2010s, year 2019, year 1959, 20th century ...
Place:
france, los angeles, italy
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466K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
The true story of Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, political, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
drug cartel, drug dealer, cartel, drug dealing, rise to the top, gangster, drug lord, illegal drugs, cia agent, master criminal, dea, hitman ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 70s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
colombia, latin america, south america, mexico, panama ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
The true story of the "Flying Sikh" world champion runner and Olympian Milkha Singh who overcame the massacre of his family, civil war during the India-Pakistan partition, and homelessness to become one of India's most iconic athletes.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, cult classic, meditative, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
rise to the top, olympics, biopic, running, life, athlete's life, indians, lifestyle, rising to stardom, follow your dream, ambition, contests and competitions ...
Time:
year 2013, 60s, 20th century, 50s, year 1947 ...
Place:
india, middle east, asia, pakistan
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510K
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A biographical drama centered on the rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 Formula One motor-racing season.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, motivational, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
racing, race, car race, race car, racecar driver, rise to the top, motor sport, success, formula 1, car racing, world champion, rivalry ...
Time:
70s, year 2013, 2010s, year 1976, year 1970 ...
Place:
europe, britain, australia, usa, monte carlo ...
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102K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The powerful story of Jackie Robinson, the legendary baseball player who broke Major League Baseballâs color barrier when he joined the roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The film follows the innovative Dodgersâ general manager Branch Rickey, the ...
Style:
inspirational, sentimental, emotional, touching, factual ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
racism, baseball, african american, athlete and trainer, civil rights, rise to the top, hopes, human spirit, racial segregation, athlete's life, against the odds, biopic ...
Time:
1940s, year 2013, 2010s, 20th century, year 1947 ...
Place:
africa, new york, usa, new orleans, pittsburgh ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 186 min.
TV show
Story:
A unique slant, profiling the life of Adolf Hitler as a child and his rise through the ranks of the National German Workers' Party prior to World War II.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
world war two, hitler, nazism, fascism, against humanity, racism, political unrest, dictatorship, nazi, politics, historical character, ruler ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century, 1910s
Place:
germany, europe, austria
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4K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A young boxer is making a name for himself inside the ring. Outside the ring, he is sucked into a world of crime. He becomes increasingly entangled in his own ambition.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, bleak, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kickboxing, rise to the top, moral dilemma, social decay, immigrant, ambition, society, boxing, danger, martial arts, gang, organized crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland, europe
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Mr. Selfridge recounts the real life story of the flamboyant and visionary American founder of Selfridge's, London's lavish department store. Set in 1909 London, when women were reveling in a new sense of freedom and modernity, it follows ...
Style:
stylized, captivating, costume drama, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
businessman, rise to the top, high society, visionary, department store, materialism, lifestyle, ambitious, success, career, boss, manager ...
Time:
1900s, edwardian era, 1910s, 20th century, victorian era
Place:
england, london, britain
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
2009 biopic about the early life of Coco Chanel. Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar both. She's both a seamstress for the performers ...
Style:
stylized, inspirational, sexy, costume drama, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
fashion, high society, fashion designer, women, designer, rise to the top, feminist, feminism, rags to riches, dressmaker, social climbing, fashion model ...
Time:
19th century, 1900s, 1920s, edwardian era, ancient times ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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18K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The spirited and impulsive Charlotte Heywood moves from her rural home to Sanditon, a fishing village attempting to reinvent itself as a seaside resort.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, historical drama, romantic drama, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
wooing, marriage, resort, society, high society, rise to the top, fall in love, sanity, beefcake, male female relationship, looking for love, social differences ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, georgian era, regency period
Place:
england
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25K
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Gurukant Desai hails from Idhar, a small village in Gujarat, but dreams of setting up his own business in Mumbai. After he returns from Turkey, he marries Sujatha for getting the dowry and arrives in Mumbai to start his business. This film ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, touching, serious, inspirational ...
Plot:
couples, society, research, ambition, rise to power, industrialist, idealism, newspaper, success, doubts and hesitations, businessman, entrepreneurship ...
Time:
60s, 50s, year 2007, 70s, 20th century ...
Place:
asia, india, istanbul turkey, mumbai india, turkey
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, sentimental, uplifting, motivational ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, teens, family friendly
Plot:
homeless, life, human spirit, life philosophy, family drama, rags to riches, success, rise to the top, single father, against the odds, life is a bitch, down on your luck ...
Time:
80s, year 2006, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
usa, san francisco, bay area, california, america
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Golden Boy is an American crime drama series created by Nicholas Wootton, which is produced by Berlanti Television and Warner Bros. Television. CBS placed a series order on May 13, 2012. The series ran on CBS from February 26 to May 14, 2013 and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
police detective, talented, homicide detective, partners against crime, murder investigation, law enforcement, rise to the top, police, ambition, success, workplace, workplace situations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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2.2M
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events - in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. Yet, despite all the things he has attained, his one true love eludes ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, feel good, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
date night, kids, chick flick, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot:
life & death, philosophy, life philosophy, mentally challenged, destiny, love, rise to the top, human spirit, selflessness, storytelling, life, journey ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 70s, 50s, 1950s ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., vietnam, china, alabama ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of ...
Style:
feel good, fairy tale, touching, teen, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot:
high school, teenager, princess, coming of age, royalty, royal family, teenage life, cinderella story, fish out of water, female protagonist, teenage girl, teenage love ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, europe, pacific ocean
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story:
YĆ«ri Katsuki carried all of Japan's hopes on his shoulders to win at the Gran Prix Finale ice skating competition, but suffered a crushing defeat. He returns home to Kyushu and half feels like he wants to retire, and half feels like he wants ...
Style:
anime, yaoi, captivating, exciting, humorous ...
Plot:
friendship, figure skating, training, boys love, dream, rise to the top, teenager, rivalry, coach, skating, gay, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido, Mesrine turns ...
Style:
bleak, tense, realistic, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, robbery, against the rules, rise to the top, prison, prison escape, gangster, mob boss, romancing a criminal, heist, biopic ...
Time:
60s, year 2008, y2k, 2000s, 1950s ...
Place:
france, paris france, canada, montreal, africa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An intoxicating love story set in England's first department store in the 1870s. The Paradise revolves around the lives of the people who live and work in the store, each bound in their own way by the power of the world they live in, and the ...
Style:
captivating, costume drama, stylized, realistic, period piece ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
fashion, workplace situations, rise to the top, high society, ambition, workplace, nouveau riche, love affair, love and romance, department store, success, workplace problem ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1900s, 1870s, 20th century ...
Place:
england, britain
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping-a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the door-until ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, light, romantic comedy, cute ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
fashion, shopping, women, overnight success, addiction, love and romance, fashion industry, rise to the top, city life, journalism, teenager, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Top high-school student seeks some purpose in life. A group of fashion design students ask her to be the front model for their clothing label "Paradise Kiss". Although she finds them weird, she accepts and soon blossoms as a person.
Style:
realistic, anime, shoujo, adult anime, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, fashion, youth, rise to the top, lifestyle, high school life, high school, fashion model, social climbing, fashion designer, designer, slice of life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
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