Beauty queen movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant beauty queen movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, humorous, feel good, suspense, realistic and entertaining films and TV shows about / with beauty queen, beauty pageant, female protagonist, women, teenage girl, family relations, friendship, feminist, mother daughter relationship and rivalry plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres shot in USA, Philippines, Mexico and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as beauty queen: Crowned and Dangerous (1997), I Feel Pretty (2018), Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), Miss Bala (2019), Dumplin' (2018), Miss Congeniality (2000), Nightmare in Columbia County (1991), Miss 2059 (2016), Beetlejuice (1988), Queen America (2018).
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After the murder of a beauty queen, an investigation reveals the suspects to be a former lover, a rival contestant, and a stage mother.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
murder, rivalry, investigation, physical appearance, contests and competitions, ambition, blind ambition, dishonesty, true crime, beauty, vengeance, jealousy ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, san diego california
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: China, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A head injury causes a woman to develop an extraordinary amount of confidence and believe she's drop dead gorgeous.
Style:
light, romantic, humorous, sweet, witty ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
believe in yourself, self confidence, beauty queen, female protagonist, destiny, confidence, delusion, self esteem, friendship, cosmetics, fat woman, couple relations ...
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are ...
Style:
mockumentary, clever, cult classic, black comedy, dark comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
murder, satire, dark humor, small town, beauty pageant, farce, cheerleader, trailer park, twists and turns, obsession, teenage girl, pedophile ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995, year 1999
Place:
minnesota, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength.
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspense, emotional, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mob boss, corruption, beauty queen, cia agent, drug lord, danger, undercover, slave trade, female spy, drug cartel, sex slave, sniper ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
tijuana mexico, california, mexico, los angeles, san diego california ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A girl with the nickname "Dumplin'" enters a beauty pageant in order to win over the boy she likes and stick it to the other girls at school.
Style:
feel good, inspirational, light, uplifting, anamorphic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
beauty pageant, teenage girl, fat girl, protest, mother daughter relationship, strong female character, female protagonist, beauty queen, reconciliation, bravery, grief, small town ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
texas, austin texas
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-nails Gracie Hart is the only ...
Style:
feel good, funny, sweet, entertaining, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, kids, date night ...
Plot:
undercover agent, working undercover, fbi agent, beauty pageant, fish out of water, female agent, tomboy, teenage girl, tough girl, fbi, strong female lead, female fbi agent ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, 80s, 2000s, 90s ...
Place:
austin texas, usa, san antonio texas, manhattan new york city, new york ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The recounting of a terrible crime that wracked a family and galvanized police in South Carolina in the 1980's. Southern beauty pageant winner Dawn Smith is targeted by a sadistic stalker whose obsession with her leads him to kidnap her younger ...
Style:
serious, realistic, mind bending, tense, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, killing spree, child abuse, love, murder, beauty pageant, law enforcement, small town life, woman in danger, small town, riddles and clues ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south carolina
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
In the year 2059, beauty queen Victoria Young is tired of living in the shadow of her sister, a world famous military hero. But when Victoria is mistakenly beamed into space in her sister's place, she finds herself representing Earth in a ...
Style:
futuristic, captivating, funny, entertaining, exciting ...
Plot:
beauty queen, outer space, female protagonist, sister, crew, galaxy, space exploration, tournament, team, space, intergalactic, human in outer space ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Thanks to an untimely demise via drowning, a young couple end up as poltergeists in their New England farmhouse, where they fail to meet the challenge of scaring away the insufferable new owners, who want to make drastic changes. In desperation, the ...
Style:
gothic, black comedy, surreal, witty, dark comedy ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
haunted house, afterlife, ghost, supernatural, surrealism, dark humor, goth, dysfunctional family, teenage girl, seance, able to see the dead, haunted ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
america, usa, new england, connecticut
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Vicki Ellis, the most renowned (and ruthless) pageant coach in the state, is desperately sought after by young women competing to be Miss America for one reason; she can turn any girl into a winner. But when she gets paired with the beautiful but ...
Style:
light, funny, humorous, entertaining, feel good
Plot:
tough girl, femininity, beauty queen, tomboy, lifestyle change, female protagonist, mentor, contests and competitions, character change, female partner, save the day, strong female presence ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Trisha, a Filipino transgender woman, suddenly dies while being crowned in a beauty pageant. Her last wish was to be presented as a different celebrity on each night of her wake.
Style:
lgbt cinema, light, sincere, humorous, psychological ...
Plot:
gay, transsexual, father son relationship, gay lead character, gay slur, brother sister relationship, family relations, friendship, transgender woman, drag queen, trans woman, funeral ...
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A small-town beauty queen and an unlicensed mortician set out across the Texas plains on a journey of self-discovery.
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, psychological, fairy tale ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
love and romance, funeral home, mortician, self discovery, fall in love, miraculous event, ambition, parents and children, love at first sight, suicide attempt, missing person, bulimia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London.
Style:
stylized, captivating, touching, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
feminist, feminism, beauty pageant, racism, misogyny, sexism, contests and competitions, against the odds, farce, woman, relationships, lifestyle change ...
Time:
year 1970, 2020s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
europe, los angeles, london, england, united kingdom
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Perla is obsessed with having a beauty queen in the family and she is willing to do whatever it takes to make her dream come true.
Style:
suspense, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous
Plot:
rivalry, mother daughter relationship, dysfunctional family, beauty pageant, sister sister relationship, beauty queen, obsession, lady, photograph, photography, blood, transvestite ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A funny story about three female friends. Karen is the smart and fashionable one among the three. Love is the cousin of Karen. She works in the cosmetics section of a department store, and dreams of becoming a beauty queen someday. Yolly is the ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, satirical, semi serious
Plot:
beauty pageant, beauty queen, friendship, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, female protagonist, couple relations, girlfriend, women, relationships, love affair, satire, lifestyle ...
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jasmin ( Meryl Valerie ) is crowned the new Miss Zurich because the real winner is decapitated in an unexpected way. To mourn the dead Miss does not remain much time, because shortly afterwards the remaining beauties have in a Missen-Camp, which ...
Style:
slasher, horror comedy, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, massacre, person on fire, pills, jungle, beauty pageant, beauty queen, nightmare, island, swimming pool, female protagonist, beach ...
Place:
switzerland
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After her triumph at the Miss United States pageant, FBI agent Gracie Hart becomes an overnight sensation -- and the new "face of the FBI." But it's time to spring into action again when the pageant's winner, Cheryl, and emcee, ...
Style:
feel good, witty, humorous, action comedy, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
female agent, kidnapping, female fbi agent, female protagonist, fbi, buddy cop, rescue, law enforcement, hostage, rivalry, abandonment, undercover agent ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, new york, manhattan new york city, nevada ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, feel good, uplifting, factual ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
environmental, justice, court, lawyer, contamination, small town, single mother, investigation, corporate crime, business, lawsuit, legal ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, y2k, year 2000, 2000s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Rose Raynes was crowned Miss Arizona - 15 years ago. Now a bored housewife trapped in a less-than-ideal-marriage , and mourning the independence of her 10-year-old-son, Rose accepts an invitation to teach a life skills class at a women's ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, semi serious, psychological, satirical
Plot:
feminism, women, female female relationship, satire, lifestyle, female teacher, family relations, social issues, coping, marriage crisis, family problems, beauty queen ...
Place:
arizona, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young man seeking his sexual identity decides to take part in the Miss France beauty pageant.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, satirical
Plot:
beauty pageant, transvestite, sexual identity, gender disguise, beauty queen, pretty girl, satire, social problems, competitor, contest, gender, pretending to be someone else ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
This drama takes place in year 1997 and is about a failing cosmetics company that tries to turn a former high school beauty queen into Miss Korea. Oh Ji Young is the former high school beauty queen who has grown up to be nothing more an an elevator ...
Style:
entertaining, satirical, captivating, disturbing, semi serious ...
Plot:
beauty pageant, businessman, cosmetics, beauty queen, male female relationship, pretty girl, relationships, escapades, satire, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, lovers reunited, money problems ...
Time:
90s
Place:
south korea, korea, seoul
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The loves, heartbreak, jealousy and pain of the three Armoza sisters – Luna, Rachelika, and Becky - their parents, grandparents and children, set during the early-mid 20th century in Jerusalem.
Style:
historical drama, family saga, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
high society, family secret, jealousy, family life, lifestyle, beauty queen, three generations, female protagonist, sibling rivalry, passion, heartbreak, sisterhood ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
jerusalem, israel, ottoman empire, palestine
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Ana was raised to be famous and beautiful. After realizing that his life has been controlled by appearances, he takes a new path. This is the story of a late adolescence of those who are not afraid of getting lost, only to find themselves again.
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, melancholic ...
Plot:
mother and daughter, self discovery, life, mother daughter relationship, self acceptance, identity, family problems, introspection, female protagonist, beauty queen, adolescence vs adulthood, social problems ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Four beauty pageant contestants, who are vying for the coveted title of "Miss Manila Sunshine", set sail on a yacht. They ended up stranded on a deserted island after their vessel got caught up on fire. Together with an attractive young ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, feel good, disturbing, humorous ...
Plot:
shipwreck, hallucination, castaway, birthday party, model, yacht, birthday, photographer, seduction, mother daughter relationship, flirting, dancing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
After stirring society by leaving her groom at the alter and going directly to a prostitution house, a young model becomes the city's most famous harlot, known as "Hilda the Hurricane", in the 50's Brazil. She could do fine if it ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, controversial, atmospheric, intense ...
Plot:
communism, female protagonist, prostitution, topless woman, brazilian military dictatorship, religion, sex work, priest, forbidden love, class conflict, political unrest, hypocrisy ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In 1989, a misunderstood teenager has a high school crush — who just happens to be a handsome corpse! After a set of playfully horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a murderous journey to find love, happiness…and a few ...
Style:
dark comedy, teen horror, romantic, teen comedy
Plot:
cemetery, social outcast, cheerleader, zombie, high school, stepmother, grief, psychiatric nurse, locker, loss of mother, goth, mute ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s, victorian era
Place:
illinois
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Designing Women is an American television sitcom that centered on the working and personal lives of four Southern women and one man in an interior design firm in Atlanta, Georgia. It aired on the CBS television network from September 29, 1986 until ...
Style:
sexy, sitcom, witty, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, looking for love, battle of the sexes, thirtysomething life, workplace situations, workplace, single parent, boss and employee, women, strong female presence, sister sister relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
atlanta georgia, georgia, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Through round after round of extensive plastic surgery and vigorous maintenance, Ririko has become the absolute manifestation of beauty, and becomes a wildly successful model, actress, and singer. However, soon, her body, unable to withstand the ...
Style:
sexy, disturbing, suspense, psychotronic, scary ...
Plot:
capitalism, sex scene, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, feminine beauty, flaunting, plastic surgeon, skirt, female nudity, hair, plastic surgery, skin, model ...
Place:
tokyo, japan, east asia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.
Style:
emotional, rough, novela, suspense, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vietnam war, teenage girl, social criticism, terrorism, father daughter relationship, bombing, infidelity, hopelessness, rape victim, riot, female terrorist, parent child relationship ...
Time:
year 2016, 70s, 60s
Place:
usa, pittsburgh
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Turquoise, a former beauty queen turned hardworking single mother, prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the “Miss Juneteenth” pageant, hoping to keep her from repeating the same mistakes in life that she did.
Style:
sincere, touching, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
cheerleader, teenage girl, american dream, beauty queen, single mother, african american, black, money problems, competition, overprotective mother, talent show, freedom ...
Time:
2020s, year 2019, year 2004, year 1865
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