Rags to riches movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant rags to riches movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, feel good, inspirational, entertaining, touching and dramatic films and TV shows about / with rags to riches, destiny, mentor, storytelling, dialogue, catastrophe, culture clash, runaway, vengeance and happy ending plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
rags to riches
TOP 10 movies tagged as rags to riches: The Founder (2016), Limitless (2011), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), Forrest Gump (1994), Coco Before Chanel (2009), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Lord of War (2005), The Invention of Lying (2009), The Great Gatsby (2013).
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List of rags to riches movies
157K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise ...
Style:
inspirational, motivational, realistic, uplifting, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
business, rags to riches, fast food, businessman, greed, capitalism, ambition, salesman, betrayal, money, fast food restaurant, mcdonald's restaurant ...
Time:
50s, year 1929, year 1967, year 1940, year 1954 ...
Place:
america, usa, california, beverly hills, minneapolis minnesota ...
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584K
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:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
intelligence, success, ambition, rise to the top, creativity, life turned upside down, experimental drug, prodigy, rags to riches, superhuman powers, resourceful, overnight success ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Style:
clever, captivating, motivational, cynical, biting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
corruption, money, business, wall street, wealth, greed, stock market, rise and fall, stock broker, rags to riches, addiction, american dream ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century, year 1987, year 1983
Place:
new york, geneva switzerland, usa, manhattan new york city, italy ...
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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, dramatic, motivational ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, teens
Plot:
life, life philosophy, rags to riches, human spirit, homeless, rise to the top, against the odds, life is a bitch, ambition, down on your luck, hopes, single father ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, san francisco
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2.1M
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, dramatic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, kids, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot:
mentally challenged, love, life & death, life philosophy, philosophy, life, vietnam war, destiny, human spirit, rise to the top, journey, selflessness ...
Time:
50s, 60s, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, washington d.c., vietnam, alabama, los angeles ...
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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, sexy, factual, inspirational, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
fashion, rags to riches, high society, rise to the top, women, dressmaker, fashion designer, social climbing, feminist, designer, feminism, creativity ...
Time:
19th century, 1920s, 50s, edwardian era, 1910s ...
Place:
paris france, france, new jersey, england, canada ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Jamal Malik is an impoverished Indian teen who becomes a contestant on the Hindi version of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ but, after he wins, he is suspected of cheating.
Style:
touching, realistic, motivational, feel good, uplifting ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
poverty, love, childhood, destiny, orphan, rags to riches, against the odds, society, life is a bitch, street life, cheating, ambition ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 2005, 2000s, year 2006 ...
Place:
india, mumbai india, asia, taj mahal
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323K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's most ...
Style:
clever, thought provoking, realistic, harsh, political ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
business, greed, corruption, arms dealer, arms dealing, cold war, suspense, ukrainian, millionaire, rags to riches, organized crime, smuggling ...
Time:
80s, year 2001, 2000s, 20th century, year 1983 ...
Place:
africa, bolivia, new york, latin america, beirut lebanon ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
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:
funny, philosophical, clever, light, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
atheism, alternate reality, society, rags to riches, love and romance, truth, love triangle, satire, life after death, creativity, existentialism, life philosophy ...
Time:
13th century, 21st century
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche ...
Style:
stylized, sentimental, bad ending, romantic, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
obsession, love triangle, high society, love story, social differences, loneliness, millionaire, love and romance, rags to riches, unfulfilled love, destructive relationship, love ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, los angeles, long island, midwest
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harry Vardon.
Style:
motivational, inspirational, captivating, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
golf, sport, rags to riches, underdog, working class, athlete's life, prodigy, human spirit, disney, ambition, lifestyle, social differences ...
Time:
1910s, 60s, 1930s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
massachusetts, new jersey, boston, scotland, usa ...
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241K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, UK, USA, India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
Style:
emotional, touching, motivational, sentimental, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick
Plot:
adoption, poverty, survival, courage, loneliness, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, childhood, rags to riches, foster home, mother son reunion, train, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
2010s, year 1986, year 2012, year 2010, year 2008 ...
Place:
india, australia, tasmania, kolkata, melbourne australia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Style:
funny, feel good, light, humorous, thought provoking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prostitute, stock market, fish out of water, switching roles, manipulation, beggar, social satire, wrongful arrest, wager, millionaire, class differences, investor ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, philadelphia, usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
An ambitious Indian driver uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and rise to the top. An epic journey based on the New York Times bestseller.
Style:
social, captivating, thought provoking, psychological, dramatic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
rags to riches, rise to the top, social injustice, suspense, poverty, corruption, caste system, class differences, master servant relationship, chauffeur, religion, social problems ...
Place:
los angeles, new delhi
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, ...
Style:
realistic, intense, inspirational, lyrical, talky ...
Plot:
hip hop, music, racism, rags to riches, rap, gangsters, rapper, ghetto, fighting the system, police brutality, violence, african american ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century, year 1993, year 1986 ...
Place:
los angeles, california, new jersey, milwaukee wisconsin, usa ...
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333K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When a millionaire wheeler-dealer enters a business contract with a Hollywood sex worker Vivian Ward, he loses his heart in the bargain.
Style:
feel good, romantic, sweet, sentimental, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
love story, love, hotel, love and romance, prostitute, fall in love, character change, opposites attract, cinderella story, rich man poor woman, social differences, rags to riches ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, san francisco, usa, california ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 191 min.
TV show
Story:
This limited series chronicles the incredible true story of Madam C.J. Walker, who was the first African American self-made millionaire.
Style:
inspirational, thought provoking, feel good, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
entrepreneur, american dream, hair, rags to riches, women, social climbing, black history, ambitious man, strong female lead, glory, ambition, woman ...
Time:
19th century
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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:
family relations, inheritance, slacker, fish out of water, life turned upside down, rags to riches, disorder, materialism, society, youth, siblings relations, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico, mexico city
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Japan, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A sweeping romantic epic set in Japan in the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
Style:
emotional, stylized, captivating, romantic, dramatic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
love story, women, geisha, age difference, older man younger woman relationship, japanese culture, rivalry, brothel, slavery, destiny, love and romance, orphan ...
Time:
1920s, 1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo, kyoto japan
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
In a colorful Seoul neighborhood, an ex-con and his friends fight a mighty foe to make their ambitious dreams for their street bar a reality.
Style:
romantic, uplifting, touching, disturbing, thought provoking ...
Plot:
revenge, love, rags to riches, restaurant, faithfulness, criminal's revenge, vendetta, lgbtq, professional, vengeance, suspense, workplace ...
Place:
seoul, south korea
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winnings of his lottery ticket. Amazingly, the ticket happens to be a winner, in the sum of $4 million. ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, sweet, light, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
love, generosity, greed, lottery ticket, love and romance, honest, justice, love triangle, morality, gambling, destiny, love story ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
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605K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile ...
Style:
sad, romantic, touching, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, family outing, teens, date night
Plot:
music, jazz, love, dancing, musician, audition, love story, bigger dreams, jazz club, destiny, rags to riches, dreams ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, paris france, california
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196
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Shirley is the youngest of eight children from a mixed race marriage. By the time she is a toddler the family have moved to the all white area of Splott and by the time she is 12 Shirley has discovered she has an extraordinary voice and can earn ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere
Plot:
rags to riches, family relations, interracial relations, nightclub, baby, musician's life, rising to stardom, ambition, society, youth, artists and showbiz, teenage life ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 1930s, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
wales, england, glasgow scotland, europe
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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:
realistic, captivating, motivational, inspirational, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
entrepreneur, rise to the top, teenage protagonist, success, dream, coping, business, get rich quick scheme, rags to riches, direction and purpose, billionaire, businessman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, serious, factual, uplifting ...
Plot:
sport, following a dream, athlete's life, soccer, rags to riches, football, rise to the top, contests and competitions, prodigy, ambition, rivalry, youth ...
Time:
50s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
brazil, africa, latin america, sao paulo brazil
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Marisa Ventura is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son. One fateful day, hotel guest and senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall meets Marisa and mistakes her for a ...
Style:
romantic, light, sentimental, fairy tale, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
love story, love and romance, fall in love, opposites attract, class differences, hotel, cinderella story, mistaken identity, couples, eligible bachelor, social differences, rags to riches ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, san francisco, hawaii, new jersey ...
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39K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Ever since her parents left her as a baby, little Annie has led a hard-knock life with her calculating foster mother, Miss Hannigan. However, all that changes when hard-nosed billionaire and mayoral candidate Will Stacks takes her in on the ...
Style:
feel good, emotional, touching, humorous, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
adoption, father daughter relationship, orphan, hopes, foster child, rags to riches, music, parents and children, friends, kids and family, rich and poor, dancing ...
Time:
1930s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, harlem
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
'Great Expectations' opens with Pip as a boy (played as an young man by newcomer Douglas Booth, 'The Pillars of the Earth') on the marshes near his home, where he encounters the desperate escapee Magwitch (Winstone). Pip is ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, realistic, emotional, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
generosity, victorian england, charles dickens, lovers, rags to riches, orphan, convict, stranger, hopes, redemption, society, obsession ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1820s
Place:
london, england
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181K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, sweet, colourful, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, girls' night, preschoolers ...
Plot:
cinderella, princess, disney, happy ending, love, cinderella story, magic, fall in love, prince, imaginary kingdom, kindness, rags to riches ...
Time:
victorian era, 17th century, 19th century, 18th century
Place:
europe, france
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147K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for ...
Style:
funny, entertaining, humorous, light, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, family outing, chick flick
Plot:
inheritance, justice, love and romance, rags to riches, greed, happy ending, rise to the top, small town life, disorder, dishonesty, fall in love, betrayal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new hampshire, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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