Social climbing movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant social climbing movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, sexy, stylized, humorous, witty and romantic films and TV shows about / with social climbing, couples, love and romance, society, ambition, mentor, dialogue, marriage, lifestyle and storytelling plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, Mexico and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as social climbing: Vanity Fair (2018), Tear This Heart Out (2008), Vanity Fair (2004), Awkward. (2011), Coco Before Chanel (2009), Georgetown (2019), Greek (2007), My Fair Lady (1964), Mean Girls (2004), Saturday Night Fever (1977).
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List of social climbing movies
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An adaptation of the 1848 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray.
Style:
stylized, atmospheric, costume drama, period piece, historical drama ...
Plot:
social differences, life philosophy, social climbing, british, rise to the top, dysfunctional family, life turned upside down, napoleonic era, female protagonist, unrequited love, heir, time machine ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, georgian era, regency period
Place:
england, britain, london
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young girl recounts her girlhood and eventual marriage to a general of the Mexican revolution. by one of the most outstanding writers of the new feminist Mexican literature, it is at once a haunting novel of one woman's life and a powerful ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, romantic ...
Plot:
couples, lovers, infidelity, fall in love, family problems, rise to the top, crumbling marriage, politics, ambition, state affairs, love and romance, revolution ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s
Place:
latin america, mexico
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl. She yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises and resolves to conquer English society by any ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, emotional, melancholic, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
high society, social climbing, lovers, aristocrat, destiny, monarchy, female protagonist, rise to the top, couple relations, rich and poor, society, life turned upside down ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, middle ages, 1820s, 1800s ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, germany ...
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47K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
An irreverent look at the conflict, chaos and humor that defines teenage life through the eyes of 15-year-old Jenna Hamilton whose life begins to change when a simple accident becomes an epic misunderstanding and is blown way out of proportion. ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, sitcom, light, teen ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama, adult
Plot:
high school, teenage girl, popularity, teenage life, shyness, self esteem, youth, high school life, classmate, friends, teenage love, gossip and rumors ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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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:
sexy, stylized, costume drama, period piece, factual ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
fashion, women, high society, feminist, fashion designer, designer, rise to the top, gender, feminism, dressmaker, rags to riches, social climbing ...
Time:
1920s, 19th century, 1900s, ancient times, edwardian era ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe, canada, new jersey ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Ulrich Mott, an ambitious social climber, marries a wealthy widow in Washington D.C. in order to mix with powerful political players.
Style:
psychological, serious, captivating, factual, political ...
Plot:
social climbing, elderly woman, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, lie, investigation, age difference, widow, relationship vs career, ambition, breaking the law, couple relations, love affair ...
Time:
year 2007, year 1999, year 2004, year 2000, year 2006 ...
Place:
washington d.c., england, middle east, new york, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
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26K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Casey Cartwright is poised to become the most powerful girl in the Greek system. Rusty, her little brother, is new on campus and he's the geek. But he sees Cyprus-Rhodes University as an opportunity to create a whole new identity.
Style:
witty, humorous, realistic, sentimental, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
fraternity, youth, college, sorority, college life, teenager, friendship, party, dating, lifestyle, social relations, social climbing ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, ohio
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107K
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
Style:
feel good, romantic, period piece, sweet, costume drama ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, family outing, teens, kids ...
Plot:
class differences, high society, fall in love, cinderella story, love and romance, makeover, love story, opposites attract, rise to the top, aristocracy, dancing, culture clash ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, victorian era, edwardian era, 1930s
Place:
london, england, britain, persia, europe ...
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481K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
Style:
teen, feel good, light, funny, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, high school, teenage girl, teenage life, fish out of water, adolescence, high school life, bullying, popularity, jealousy, friendship, female friendship ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, 80s, 21st century
Place:
illinois, chicago, africa, usa, pennsylvania ...
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Tony Manero is a Brooklyn paint-store clerk who'd give anything to break out of his dead-end existence. In life, Tony is a peasant; on the disco dance floor, he's a king. As the soundtrack plays one Bee Gees hit after another, white-suited ...
Style:
sexy, sentimental, rough, teen, light ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
dancing, disco, dance, coming of age, dancer, nightclub, friendship, profanity, music, working class, slut, pizza ...
Time:
70s, year 1977, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, north america, 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, adult anime, shoujo, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, fashion, youth, rise to the top, high school life, lifestyle, high school, fashion model, social climbing, fashion designer, designer, slice of life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
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244K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
Style:
costume drama, captivating, historical drama, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
aristocracy, estate, traditional versus modern, relatives, manners, countryside, high society, servant, country estate, butler, family life, aristocrat ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, edwardian era, 1920s, 50s ...
Place:
england, britain, hawaii, europe, yorkshire ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series, created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, originally ran on The CW for six seasons from September 19, ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, soap opera, teen, talky ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
high school, popularity, gossip and rumors, teenager, youth, high school life, teenage love, adolescence, friends, lifestyle, coming of age, love triangle ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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238K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Match Point is Woody Allen’s satire of the British High Society and the ambition of a young tennis instructor to enter into it. Yet when he must decide between two women - one assuring him his place in high society, and the other that would bring ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, psychological, talky, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
infidelity, love triangle, couples, lust, sex, seduction, adultery, passionate interest, murder, destructive relationship, fatal attraction, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, united kingdom, ireland ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Fortune hunter Holly Golightly finds herself captivated by aspiring writer Paul Varjak, who's moved into her building on a wealthy woman's dime. As romance blooms between Paul and Holly, Doc Golightly shows up on the scene, revealing ...
Style:
sentimental, sweet, feel good, touching, colorful ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
love story, fashion, cat, woman, secret past, love, destiny, love of one's life, eccentricity, writers, love and romance, party ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, 20th century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa, los angeles, brazil ...
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202K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
In the Eighteenth Century, in a small village in Ireland, Redmond Barry is a young farm boy in love with his cousin Nora Brady. When Nora engages to the British Captain John Quin, Barry challenges him for a duel of pistols. He wins and escapes to ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, epic, visually appealing, atmospheric ...
Plot:
nobility, rise and fall, aristocracy, opportunist, duel, card playing, british army, pistol duel, wealth, soldier, social climber, literary ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 20th century, year 1975, 19th century ...
Place:
ireland, england, prussia, berlin germany, britain ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are quickly drawn into ...
Style:
philosophical, romantic, funny, cynical, talky ...
Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, age difference, suicide attempt, lifestyle change, eccentricity, polyamory, atheism, closeted homosexual, love and romance, storytelling, unlikely couple, character change ...
Time:
year 2009, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Set in Hong Kong in the 1980s, the film follows a fisherman’s son who rises to become a powerful tai pan.
Style:
historical drama, psychological, thrilling, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
class struggle, rags to riches, orphan, social climbing, ambition, colonialism, identity, coping, social problems, social issues, family secret, business tycoon ...
Time:
80s, 1940s
Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Indonesia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Nerdy high schooler Ronald Miller rescues cheerleader Cindy Mancini from parental punishment after she accidentally destroys her mother's designer clothes. Ronald agrees to pay for the $1,000 outfit on one condition: that she will act as though ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, teen, romantic, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids ...
Plot:
high school, friendship, nerd, couples, opposites attract, teenage girl, teenager, cheerleading, pretend relationship, cheerleader, youth, teen romance ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
arizona, tucson arizona, new jersey
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Michael , Arjun and Lallan are three young men in Kolkata , with different ideals and objectives . Michael is an idealistic youth leader who dreams of a better India being created by the youth power . Arjun is a self-centered , opportunistic , ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, realistic, serious, inspirational ...
Plot:
politics, teenage boy, fall in love, ambition, leadership, rise to the top, social differences, culture clash, betrayal, idealism, society, social climbing ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
india, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story:
The Game is an American comedy-drama television series created by Mara Brock Akil. Premiering on October 1, 2006, the series debuted as the only new comedy series chosen for The CW's primetime schedule. Along with Runaway, it was one of only ...
Style:
sexy, semi serious, realistic, humorous, sitcom ...
Plot:
american football, couple relations, football, lifestyle, high society, relationship vs career, best friend, success, social climbing, couples, millionaire, boyfriend ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Before Spartacus struck down his first opponent in the arena, there were many gladiators who passed through the gates onto the sand.'Spartacus: Gods of the Arena' tells the story of the original Champion of the House of Batiatus: Gannicus ...
Style:
epic, exciting, sexy, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
ancient history, ancient rome, roman empire, gladiator, warrior, arena, roman, heroes, sword fight, slavery, slave, master warrior ...
Time:
ancient times, 1st century b.c., 1st century
Place:
hawaii
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Adaptation of John Braine's novel about a young man on the make in 1950s Yorkshire.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, contemplative, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
class differences, working class, social status, death of lover, ex soldier, love triangle, adultery, car accident, social climbing, post war, rich and poor, female nudity ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
yorkshire, england
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, ...
Style:
mockumentary, surreal, black and white, parody, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, celebrity, disappearance, missing person, character study, justice, artists and showbiz, therapy, celebrity culture, found footage, loneliness, philosophy ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s ...
Place:
new york, germany, bronx new york city, paris france, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Keeping Up Appearances is a British sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke for the BBC. Centred on the life of eccentric, social-climbing snob Hyacinth Bucket, the sitcom follows her obsessive and determined attempts to impress in middle class ...
Style:
sitcom, game show, hilarious, funny, realistic ...
Plot:
snob, englishwoman, working class, humour, social climbing, women, young heroes, satire, sketch, cooking show, young adult, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Colombia, Mexico, USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Sin Senos no hay Paraíso is a RTI Colombia–Telemundo remake and loose adaptation of the original Colombian series Sin Tetas No Hay Paraíso. The series is based on investigative journalist Gustavo Bolivar's debut novel and features an ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, suspense, novela ...
Plot:
hopes, follow your dream, lifestyle, love and romance, dishonesty, betrayal, drug dealing, physical appearance, life is a bitch, smuggling, social climbing, exploitation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colombia, latin america, mexico
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Peter Greenaway's first fiction feature (after the mock-documentary The Falls) made him immediately famous and was named one of the most original films of the 1980s by British critics. The action is set in the director's beloved 17th ...
Style:
atmospheric, talky, stylized, surreal, sexual ...
Plot:
art, murder, adultery, artist, manipulation, dishonesty, boss and employee, power relations, society, social climbing, sexual dysfunction, social differences ...
Time:
17th century, year 1982
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The story of a young, gay black con artist who, posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, cunningly maneuvers his way into the lives of a white, upper-class New York family.
Style:
talky, semi serious, realistic, humorous, cult classic ...
Plot:
art, high society, satire, racism, art dealer, investigation, gay lead character, urban setting, character study, lgbt, social differences, social climbing ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
new york, usa, afghanistan, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Brooke McQueen, a popular cheerleader at Jacqueline Kennedy High School, and Sam McPherson, the editor of the school paper, are polar opposites. When their single parents unexpectedly meet and get engaged, Brooke and Sam have to deal with their new ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, emotional, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens, teen drama
Plot:
popularity, high school, cheerleader, peer pressure, high school life, homosexual, rise to the top, lifestyle, leadership, misfit, youth, teenage life ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 69 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow Sugar into the underbelly of Victorian London seething with vitality, sexuality, ambition and emotion.
Style:
historical drama, costume drama, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
victorian england, prostitute, social climbing, love affair, rich and poor, mistress, social differences, power relations, couples, society, high society, diary ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s, 1870s
Place:
england, london, britain, europe
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