Overnight success movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant overnight success movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good, light and entertaining films and TV shows about / with overnight success, ambition, lifestyle, disorder, artists and showbiz, nude, adaptation, storytelling, catastrophe and mentor plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Music genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as overnight success: One Fine Day (2006), Limitless (2011), The Social Network (2010), The Invention of Lying (2009), The Career of Nikos Dyzma (2002), Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), Small Time Crooks (2000), Stage Beauty (2004), Garbage (2012), Rock Star (2001).
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
François Berthier’s life is a series of unfortunate events. One day, however, a miracle occurs for François and his expected misfortune is changed to never-ending luck.
Style:
witty, semi serious, sincere, humorous, lighthearted ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nothing goes right, overnight success, life turned upside down, obnoxious boss, misfit, boss and employee, human nature, crumbling marriage, breakup, workplace, disorder, down on your luck ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Is relevant?
642K
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, intellectual, philosophical, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
intelligence, success, drug, creativity, drug abuse, superhuman powers, ambition, rise to the top, rags to riches, brain capacity, experimental drug, prodigy ...
Time:
year 2011, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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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:
intellectual, clever, realistic, motivational, witty ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
entrepreneur, programmer, geek, business, facebook, computer genius, computers and web, hacker, success, inventions and discoveries, rise to the top, entrepreneurship ...
Time:
year 2010, 20th century, year 2003, 2000s, 2010s ...
Place:
harvard university, boston, california, usa, san francisco ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead.
Style:
philosophical, funny, humorous, romantic, satirical ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot:
atheism, rags to riches, love and romance, satire, alternate reality, stupidity, love triangle, misfit, life philosophy, creativity, existentialism, roman empire ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 13th century, 21st century
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Nikos is a master of funeral ceremonies (that's undertaker to you and me) who doesn't expect much from life. After drunkenly insulting a diplomat at a party, weird things begin to happen for Nikos. The news that a mysterious stranger ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, entertaining, realistic, biting ...
Plot:
rise to the top, ambition, lifestyle, fish out of water, overnight success, farce, state affairs, disorder, life turned upside down, career, skinny dipping, nudity ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
poland
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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, cute, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
fashion, shopping, women, overnight success, addiction, love and romance, teenager, teenage girl, city life, fashion industry, rise to the top, journalism ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, london
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.
Style:
witty, talky, humorous, stylized, melancholic ...
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, love and romance, caper, corruption, robbery, unlikely criminals, bank robber, disorder, overnight success, couple relations, cons and scams ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Humble Maria, who outfits top London theater star Ned Kynaston, takes none of the credit for the male actor's success at playing women. And because this is the 17th century, Maria, like other females, is prohibited from pursuing her dream of ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, stylized, sexual, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
gender bending, gender, mistaken identity, cross dressing, actor, mistress, actor's life, overnight success, lifestyle, monarch, life is a bitch, human nature ...
Time:
17th century, year 2004, victorian era, 18th century, 19th century
Place:
london, england, europe, egypt
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two best friends, garbage truck drivers in Hollywood become celebrities overnight after they find Cuba Gooding Jr.’s Best Supporting Actor Oscar for JERRY MAGUIRE in the trash and suddenly their lives go topsy-turvy.
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, light, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hollywood, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, overnight success, partner, buddies, odd couple, lifestyle, once in a lifetime opportunity, showbiz, celebrity culture, working class ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
47K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Rock Star tells the story of Chris Cole and a rock band called Steel Dragon. Cole is a photocopier technician by day, and the lead singer of a Steel Dragon tribute band called "Blood Pollution" by night.Internal struggles between the Steel ...
Style:
period piece, cult classic, melancholic, stylized, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
music, rock star, rock and roll, rock music, heavy metal, rock, rock band, orgy, rock concert, musician, success, audition ...
Time:
80s, year 2001, y2k, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, seattle, los angeles, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
With dreams of becoming a successful entrepreneur just like his beloved Richard Branson, Lemon bids farewell to his hometown of Leeds and heads for the capital. When he becomes an overnight billionaire, it seems everything is going his way, but ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, sentimental, feel good, melancholic ...
Plot:
overnight success, ambition, silly humor, lifestyle, rise and fall, blind ambition, hopes, celebrity culture, invention, delusion, bare breasts, satire ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, united kingdom, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Cayman Islands, Ireland, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York. Based on Toby Young's memoir "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People".
Style:
funny, romantic, satirical, humorous, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
starlet, sarcasm, love story, workplace romance, journalist, love triangle, rags to riches, obsession, fashion, rise to the top, overnight success, fish out of water ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, britain, usa, london, england
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Genre: Drama, Family, Music
Country: Sweden
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
The four friends, Leo, Iggy, Sam and Alex, transform overnight into a successful boy band. But what happens to their friendship when they get their dreams fulfilled and celebrity puts their relationships to the test?
Style:
captivating, feel good, light, entertaining
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
overnight success, pop music, boy band, musician, music band, ambition, glory, music, ambitious, price of fame, success, musician's life ...
Place:
eastern europe
Is relevant?
402K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, France
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
Style:
atmospheric, dark comedy, grim, psychological horror, absurd ...
Plot:
experimental drug, fountain of youth, body horror, celebrity, drug, disfigurement, female monster, dark secret, narcissism, moral dilemma, rivalry, fight to the death ...
Place:
california, los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a dysfunctional group of unpublished writers accept Hannah into their fold, the last thing they expect is her overnight success. Can these lovable misfits achieve their artistic dreams and avoid killing one another in the process?
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, captivating, not serious ...
Plot:
writers, overnight success, rivalry, follow your dream, writer's life, ambition, misfit, couples, friendship, real life, society, social misfits ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A social outcast with a facial birthmark finds his world flipped upside down after he posts videos of his quirky life onto the Internet and becomes an unwilling cyber-celebrity.
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
overnight success, misfit, ambition, youth, dull life, family relations, suburbs, computers and web, celebrity culture, internet culture, internet, rising to stardom ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Upon the death of her husband, Claire (70) decides to reconnect with her estranged son, down and out R&B musician Sid. She asks him to help her restart the old girl group she used to sing in with two of her friends from the old days. The rebel ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
female bonding, record producer, girl group, old lady, overnight success, best friend, family relations, elderly, lifestyle, music band, parents and children, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
belgium, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In 2000, VH-1 produced the television biopic Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story. In 2002, the movie was released on DVD, and featured both commentaries and interviews with Dolenz, Jones and Tork. The aired version did differ from the DVD ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, sentimental, captivating
Plot:
musician, music industry, overnight success, lifestyle, desire for fame, rising to stardom, showbiz, daydreamer, artists and showbiz, music band, ambition, bittersweet ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
TV producer Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans) becomes frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea. Hoping to get fired, Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of: a minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it incredibly becomes ...
Style:
thought provoking, black comedy, independent film, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot:
racism, satire, hip hop, blaxploitation, rise and fall, overnight success, civil rights, showbiz, media satire, society, artists and showbiz, television ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 20th century, 60s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, america, usa, south carolina, yale university ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After accidentally witnessing a mafia hit in the Windy City, gal pals Connie and Carla skip town for L.A., where they go way undercover as singers working the city's dinner theater circuit ... as drag queens. Now, it's not enough that they ...
Style:
humorous, funny, feel good, laugh out loud, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
cross dressing, drag queen, gender bending, best friend, audition, gay, overnight success, hidden identity, performer's life, lifestyle, mistaken identity, wrong place wrong time ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, los angeles, san francisco
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Set in late 1970s Ireland, it tells the story of 16-year-old James Powers, an American who finds himself lost after his mother dies and he is forced to live with his three Irish aunts. Displaced and depressed, he longs for a way to make it back to ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sincere, independent film, semi serious ...
Plot:
follow your dream, teenage life, getting home, society, hopes, juvenile delinquency, love and romance, youth, overnight success, family relations, fall in love, bittersweet ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
ireland, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A rebellious teenage girl wrestles with the true nature of miracles when her father begins to believe in a religious hoax which she has secretly created.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous
Plot:
hoax, teenage life, life turned upside down, self discovery, social relations, overnight success, family relations, religions or cults, parents and children, miraculous event, cons and scams, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany, Ethiopia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Running the streets of Rome in 1960, an unknown, barefooted Ethiopian man stunned the world by winning Olympic gold in the marathon. Overnight, Abebe Bikila became a sports legend. A hero in his own country and to the continent, Bikila was the first ...
Style:
uplifting, touching, exciting, sentimental, independent film ...
Plot:
runner, disability, rehabilitation, marathon, ambition, athlete's life, human spirit, follow your dream, starting over, against the odds, overnight success, rivalry ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
africa, rome italy, ethiopia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Yvon Rance, a born hairdresser and an elegant middle-aged man with a perfect toupee, reigns in his native Brittany over a clientèle of little old ladies. But his main reason for living, his masterpiece, is Laetitia, his only daughter, whom he has ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic
Plot:
ambition, follow your dream, actor's life, desire for fame, life turned upside down, youth, artists and showbiz, overnight success, parents and children, beauty salon, father daughter relationship, hairdresser ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, france, brittany, paris france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Mexico
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Two brothers living a hard life of manual labor in rural Mexico have a simple dream: saving enough money to build their mother her dream house. But fate has other plans. A friendly game of soccer leads to first Rudo, then to Cursi being taken on by ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat, surprise ending ...
Plot:
soccer, football, hopes, rivalry, ambition, ego clash, self discovery, desire for fame, rise to the top, family problems, family relations, overnight success ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, mexico city
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A satirical songwriter comes to Los Angeles and puts his life's work in jeopardy.
Style:
humorous, satirical, captivating, entertaining, cult classic ...
Plot:
showbiz, mistaken identity, rising to stardom, ambition, media, farce, overnight success, musician's life, comedian, folklore, music, media satire ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story follows a Roman architect named Lucius, who is having trouble coming up with ideas. One day, he discovers a hidden tunnel underneath a spa that leads him to a modern Japanese bath house. Inspired by the innovations found there, he creates ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, manga, offbeat, weird
Plot:
time travel, bathhouse, fish out of water, escapades, disorder, imaginary, creative block, misfit, overnight success, ancient history, bare chested male, superhero ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, italy, europe, asia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Drama
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Alex is a high school student who always feels like he is overshadowed by his little brother Stevie; he can't get the girl of his dreams; he and his two best friends, Abby and James, are outsiders at school; and he is constantly benched on his ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, teen
Audience:
kids, pre-teens
Plot:
high school, brother brother relationship, youth, buddies, unrequited love, regret, price of fame, teenage life, life turned upside down, favoritism among siblings, change of luck, overnight success ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oceania
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
True Jackson, VP is an American television sitcom that aired on Nickelodeon from November 8, 2008 to August 20, 2011. The series starred Keke Palmer, Ashley Argota, Matt Shively, Danielle Bisutti, Greg Proops, Robbie Amell and Ron Butler. The theme ...
Style:
sitcom, semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
fashion, best friend, friendship, disorder, lifestyle, power relations, overnight success, boss and employee, workplace, rise to the top, workplace situations, teenage life ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Life in the 1990's was remarkably same for the average Indian. Consumerism had not set in. It was devoid of most of the luxuries of the West. In fact everything "imported" was good, and everything Indian, passé. Badmaash Company is ...
Style:
exciting, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
friendship, rise to the top, workplace, workplace situations, organized crime, lifestyle, buddies, overnight success, workplace romance, twentysomething life, hustler, entrepreneurship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1994
Place:
india, asia, bombay india, las vegas, new york ...
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