Riches to rags movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant riches to rags movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, realistic, feel good, entertaining, captivating and funny films and TV shows about / with riches to rags, redemption, adaptation, mentor, friendship, storytelling, money, runaway, catastrophe and culture clash plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Taiwan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as riches to rags: Schitt's Creek (2015), We Are the Nobles (2013), Blue Jasmine (2013), Overboard (1987), Waffle Street (2015), Material Girls (2006), Broke (2020), Fun with Dick and Jane (2005), A Civil Action (1998), Quicksilver (1986).
Best films
New films
| Midnight Mass (2021) | 7.7 | |
| Sweet Diva (2019) | 6.9 | |
| The Right Girl (2015) | 6.5 | |
| Broke (2020) | 4.9 | |
| Holiday Rush (2019) | 5.0 |
List of riches to rags movies
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Formerly filthy rich video store magnate Johnny Rose, his soap star wife Moira, and their two kids, über-hipster son David and socialite daughter Alexis, suddenly find themselves broke and forced to live in Schitt's Creek, a small depressing ...
Style:
humorous, sitcom, ironic, not serious, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, family outing, teens
Plot:
small town, gay, lgbtq, motel, couple relations, gay relationship, riches to rags, real life father and son playing father and son, class differences, siblings living together, businessman, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
canada, seattle
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Tells the "riches to rags" story of the Nobles, three upper-class twenty-somethings that appear to have no limits to their checkbooks, and no direction in their lives. Until one day, their father tries to teach them a lesson by staging a ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, entertaining, feel good, funny ...
Plot:
slacker, life turned upside down, fish out of water, rags to riches, society, youth, disorder, cons and scams, siblings relations, adolescence vs adulthood, materialism, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico, mexico city
Is relevant?
219K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jasmine French used to be on the top of the heap as a New York socialite, but now is returning to her estranged sister in San Francisco utterly ruined. As Jasmine struggles with her haunting memories of a privileged past bearing dark realities she ...
Style:
depressing, psychological, realistic, cynical, philosophical ...
Plot:
depression, riches to rags, starting over, narcissism, suicide, family drama, relationships, tragedy, mental health, sisters, mission, high society ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, new york, california, usa, new jersey
Is relevant?
75K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Heiress, Joanna Stayton hires carpenter, Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht -- and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get ...
Style:
feel good, light, entertaining, sentimental, funny ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, kids, family outing ...
Plot:
rich woman poor man, memory loss, amnesia, love and romance, single father, father son relationship, family life, destiny, carpenter, pretend relationship, personality change, revenge ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
oregon
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The true story of Jimmy Adams, a V.P. of a $30 billion hedge fund, who loses his job and winds up working as a waiter at a waffle shop. Amidst the greasy madness of the 24-hour diner, Jimmy befriends Edward, an ex-con grill master who serves up hard ...
Style:
uplifting, entertaining, light, captivating, social ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
diner, food, mentor, unlikely friendships, starting over, workplace situations, adaptation, life philosophy, stereotypes, escapades, life turned upside down, transformation ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Two wealthy sisters, both heiresses to their family's cosmetics fortune, are given a wake-up call when a scandal and ensuing investigation strip them of their wealth.
Style:
teen, realistic, semi serious, humorous, cute ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
love and romance, downfall, teenager, fall in love, youth, fish out of water, rise to the top, rise and fall, teenage girl, sibling relationship, disorder, sisters ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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1K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story:
Single suburban mother Jackie is shocked when her estranged sister, Elizabeth, her sister's outrageously wealthy, big-hearted husband, Javier, and Javier's fiercely loyal assistant/driver/friend land on her doorstep in need of a place to ...
Style:
sitcom, entertaining, satirical, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
husband wife relationship, riches to rags, sister sister relationship, brother in law sister in law relationship, single mother, family problems, family life, satire, lifestyle, single parent, social problems, sisters ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty good at robbing people and ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, satirical, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, teen drama
Plot:
unemployment, loss of job, robbery, heist, caper, bankruptcy, couples, business, husband wife relationship, gangster, suburbs, greed ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to "get rid of" a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything - including his career and ...
Style:
suspense, thought provoking, suspenseful, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, court, trial, lawsuit, legal, law firm, courtroom, investigation, toxic waste, attorney, judge ...
Time:
90s, year 1988, year 1983, year 1982, year 1987 ...
Place:
massachusetts, boston, washington d.c., new york, new jersey
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jack Casey ('Kevin Bacon' )used to be a hot-shot stock market whiz kid. After a disastrous professional decision, his life in the fast lane is over. He loses his nerve and joins a speed delivery firm which relies on bicycles to avoid ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
bicycle, cycling, murder, wall street, car crash, riches to rags, attempted murder, drug dealer, father son relationship, guilt, bicycle race, stock market ...
Time:
80s
Place:
san francisco, new york, usa, new jersey, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's important in life.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
stock broker, couples, journalism, selfishness, secret, empathy, greed, riches to rags, fired from the job, yuppie, advice, deception ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
Is relevant?
160K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A lifetime of taking shots has ended Rocky's career, and a crooked accountant has left him broke. Inspired by the memory of his trainer, however, Rocky finds glory in training and takes on an up-and-coming boxer.
Style:
inspirational, saga, serious, realistic, action packed ...
Audience:
manly, teens, family outing, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, boxer, fight, underdog, betrayal, training, father son relationship, boxing trainer, showdown, street fight, gym, fistfight ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, russia
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113K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Comedy about the unlikely friendship that develops between two very different young women who meet waitressing at a diner in trendy Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and form a bond over one day owning their own successful cupcake business. Only one thing ...
Style:
sitcom, not serious, feel good, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
ambitious, financial problem, money raising, everyday life, lifestyle change, female friendship, workplace situations, friends, friendship, diner, adult humor, waitress ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
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Genre: Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Albee is a pampered, high-class young lady who has never experienced any hardship in her life. On her birthday, just when she expects to be proposed to by her long-time boyfriend Huang Bo Cheng, her life is turned upside down. Her father is forced ...
Style:
exciting, sincere, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
rich girl, friendship, photographer, riches to rags, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, wealth, relationships, love, fall in love, youth, love affair, rich ...
Time:
2000s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Self made millionaire Rolando Dominguez (Carlos Guerrero) could not resist the tempting pleasures that came with his success and now finds himself homeless, demented, and tormented by flashbacks of his regretful mistakes and broken promises to his ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, touching, captivating, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
father son relationship, missing child, riches to rags, parent child relationship, promise, millionaire, family relations, wealth, money, loss, guilt, regret ...
Is relevant?
166K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An unsettlling omen washes ashore in the wake of the storm. Later, when the locals gather for a potluck, tragedy strikes - and a miracle occurs.
Style:
scary, psychological horror, mystical, mysterious, suspense ...
Plot:
community, vampire, secret, priest, supernatural, island, supernatural horror, church, catholicism, religious fanaticism, small community, supernatural power ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, israel
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In a single moment, life can change forever. Jason Masterman is a young and successful New York stock broker whose career comes to a bitter and humiliating end with the onset of the global financial crisis. Waking one morning to the sound of the ...
Style:
spiritual, inspirational, independent film, psychological, uplifting ...
Plot:
freedom, meaning of life, soul searching, life changing, self discovery, personal growth, waking up, redemption, financial crisis, identity, urban, metaphysics ...
Place:
new york, sydney australia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A football star loses all of his and his relatives money in a Ponzi scheme and becomes a father with three different women, all at the same time. The Ponzi scheme forces them to all live under one roof, and he has to pull off an elaborate caper in ...
Style:
light, funny, entertaining, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
problem, lifestyle change, financial problem, money problems, family problems, drastic change of life, workplace problem, family life, social problems, bankrupt, life, career change ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
PJ is the grandson of a wealthy zamindar and an irresponsible youngster who is spoilt by the pampering and excessive money. His grandfather writes a will with several conditions before he dies. He writes the will that PJ will inherit his entire ...
Style:
inspirational, disturbing, entertaining, captivating, satirical ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
slice of life, last will and testament, college, coming of age, life lesson, rich and poor, social satire, problem solving, lifestyle, spoiled brat, character change, satire ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy fuscia rhinoceros. As Smoochy catapults to fame - scoring hit ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, humorous, cynical, funny ...
Plot:
satire, children, vengeance, revenge, television, naivete, depression, showbiz, performer's life, artists and showbiz, rivalry, success ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A satirical thriller about L.A.'s real estate roller coaster. Double crosses, adultery, murder, mistaken identity, and revenge ensues when a mysterious power player and his sultry wife hire a disgraced Los Angeles property broker to discreetly ...
Style:
twist ending, neo noir, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
broker, money, corporation, realtor, greed, redemption, sexuality, revenge, seductress, death, power, wealth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When an evil dictator threatens to take over the kingdom, Princess Rosalinda gets put into the Princess Protection Program. She is taken under the wing of General Joe Mason, an agent from the agency, and his daughter, Carter, who works after school ...
Style:
feel good, teen, humorous, romantic, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing, teens ...
Plot:
teenager, high school, princess, friendship, youth, teenage life, best friend, teenage girl, father daughter relationship, friends, school, royal family ...
Place:
louisiana, canada, california
Is relevant?
68K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson runs off on a hilarious misadventure in this comedy classic that takes him from rags to riches and back to rags again. The slaphappy jerk strikes ...
Style:
funny, slapstick, hilarious, laugh out loud, clever ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
stupidity, rags to riches, dog, irreverent, farce, coming of age, sniper, fish out of water, leaving home, butler, family reunited, voice over narration ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
mississippi, usa, los angeles, southern usa, st. louis missouri
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, France, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.
Style:
surreal, touching, sentimental, art house, offbeat ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
surrealism, marriage proposal, philosophy, death of wife, magic realism, love affair, love and romance, escapades, illness, love story, stop motion, cancer ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The setting of the drama takes place 10 years after the F4 graduated from Eitoku Academy. Edogawa Oto is the daughter of a former company president. Her life completely changed after their family business went bankrupt. Her fiance is Hase Tenma, the ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
school, high school, high school life, teenage life, teenager, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, troubled youth, relationships, rich and poor, schoolgirl, schoolboy, adolescence ...
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 236 min.
TV show
Story:
The lives of characters who live, love and suffer through their association with the charismatic charms of gangster Harry Starks.
Plot:
racketeer, male homosexuality, gay, nightclub owner, politician, riches to rags, legal, lgbt, criminal, organized crime, homosexuality, drug dealer ...
Time:
60s
Place:
london
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 163 min.
TV show
Story:
Sara Crewe is the pampered darling of her father, an army colonel, and the Victorian London girls' school where he places her. But when her father dies, penniless, Sara becomes a skivvy in Miss Michin's school, befriended only by the ...
Style:
crying, period drama
Audience:
kids
Plot:
boarding school, princess, orphan, death of father, victorian england, christmas, children, riches to rags, girls' boarding school, british raj, bullying, literary ...
Time:
victorian era, 20th century
Place:
london, india, england
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Arthur (Dudley Moore), that irrepressible drunk, tries to sober up -- and get a job -- in this sequel to the 1981 smash hit. Meanwhile, the father of the girl Arthur stood up at the altar in the first film is conniving to trick the hapless boozer ...
Style:
slapstick, romantic, humorous, sincere, hilarious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
adoption, alcoholic, vengeance, love affair, revenge, alcoholism, butler, video arcade, christmas, riches to rags, ghost, baby ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An emergency call in the middle of the night awakens ZHOU Sin-xing’s 20-year happy life. The sudden death of her father and the revelation of his vast debts bring her tremendous pressure. Even her fiance wants to break the betrothal, lest he ...
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, psychological, romantic, thrilling ...
Plot:
food industry, healing, slice of life, resilience, baking, female protagonist, couples, love and romance, male female relationship, romantic relationship, love interest, relationships ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Bhairava Dweepam (Telugu: భైరవ ద్వీపం) is a very successful Tollywood folk movie that was released by the banner of Chandamama Vijaya Combines in the year 1994. The movie was starred by Nandamuri Balakrishna, Roja Selvamani, ...
Style:
epic fantasy
Plot:
good versus evil, magic, black magic, magical ring, princess, human sacrifice, sword and sorcery, riches to rags, chivalry, swashbuckler, fantasy world, crown prince ...
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