Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "business-rival"

1. Gravity Falls (2012–2016)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Twin siblings Dipper and Mabel Pines spend the summer at their great-uncle's tourist trap in the enigmatic Gravity Falls, Oregon.

Stars: Jason Ritter, Alex Hirsch, Kristen Schaal, Linda Cardellini

Votes: 135,645

2. The Conversation (1974)

PG | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Frederic Forrest

Votes: 121,929 | Gross: $4.42M

3. Harlots (2017–2019)

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama

Brothel owner Margaret Wells struggles to raise her daughters in London during the 18th century.

Stars: Lesley Manville, Kate Fleetwood, Holli Dempsey, Eloise Smyth

Votes: 10,547

4. The Player (1992)

R | 124 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one?

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg

Votes: 65,819 | Gross: $21.71M

5. Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

PG | 114 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

A lawyer and a little girl must prove that a man claiming to be Santa Claus is the real thing.

Director: Les Mayfield | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott, J.T. Walsh

Votes: 43,889 | Gross: $17.19M

6. Creature (1985)

R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

After a member of a geological research team who was sent to Saturn's largest moon: Titan crashes their spacecraft into a space station, another team is sent to Titan to investigate, not knowing the terror that awaits them.

Director: William Malone | Stars: Stan Ivar, Wendy Schaal, Lyman Ward, Robert Jaffe

Votes: 4,689 | Gross: $4.78M

7. Flip That Romance (2019 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Romance

Rival house flippers, Jules Briggs (Julie Gonzalo) and Lance Waddell (Tyler Hynes), renovate dual sides of a duplex and rekindle an old romance.

Director: Mark Jean | Stars: Julie Gonzalo, Tyler Hynes, Cardi Wong, Jacqueline Samuda

Votes: 1,604

8. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)

Not Rated | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

The effete son of a cantankerous riverboat captain comes to join his father's crew.

Directors: Charles Reisner, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Ernest Torrence, Tom Lewis

Votes: 16,195

9. Boom Town (1940)

Passed | 119 min | Drama, Romance, Western

Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a ten-year period both love the same woman.

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr

Votes: 3,782 | Gross: $9.17M

10. Rollover (1981)

R | 116 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

The wife of a murdered petrochemical company chairman and a banker investigating the liquidity of his new bank stumble upon an international financial scheme that could lead to global economic collapse.

Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Jane Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, Hume Cronyn, Josef Sommer

Votes: 1,444 | Gross: $10.85M

11. Bullwhip (1958)

Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

In order to avoid the hangman's noose, a cowboy agrees to marry a beautiful but fiery redhead.

Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Guy Madison, Rhonda Fleming, James Griffith, Don Beddoe

Votes: 499

12. Once Upon a Main Street (2020 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Amelia, who wants to open a year-round Christmas store, bids for a shop lot against Vic, who wants to open a chocolate shop. Rivalry becomes romance when they must work together.

Director: Polly Draper | Stars: Vanessa Lachey, Ryan McPartlin, Polly Draper, Scott Takeda

Votes: 867

13. The American Venus (1926)

Passed | 80 min | Comedy

Mary Gray, whose father manufactures cold cream, is engaged to sappy Horace Niles, the son of Hugo Niles, the elder Gray's most competitive rival in the cosmetics business. Chip Armstrong, ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Esther Ralston, Lawrence Gray, Ford Sterling, Fay Lanphier

Votes: 54

14. Midnight Temptations (1995)

R | 85 min | Thriller

April is a fashion designer who is in a design contest and is determined to win. Her main competitor is childhood acquaintance Danny. Both of them will do whatever it takes to win the ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph E. Portillo | Stars: Wendy Hamilton, Justin Lauer, Casey Mitchell, Anthony Flacco

Votes: 129

15. Passion and Power (2015–2016)

Drama

Two business rivals and bitter enemies discover they have both fallen in love with the same woman.

Stars: Jorge Salinas, Fernando Colunga, Susana González, Marlene Favela

Votes: 232

16. Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)

Approved | 123 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.

Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Doris Day, Jimmy Durante, Stephen Boyd, Martha Raye

Votes: 1,728

17. Christmas Cupcakes (2018 TV Movie)

88 min | Comedy, Drama

With their family bakery facing foreclosure, two sisters must team-up to try and save it by entering a TV baking competition.

Director: Dylan Pearce | Stars: Cindy Busby, Erin Karpluk, Corey Loranger, Fulvio Cecere

Votes: 733

18. Madalena (1960)

91 min | Drama, Romance

A tenacious daughter and an expert boatman are more than eager to prolong their parents' irreconcilable feud. However, an untimely demise will only make things worse. Can a humble priest help them bury the hatchet and, maybe, find love?

Director: Dinos Dimopoulos | Stars: Aliki Vougiouklaki, Dimitris Papamichael, Pantelis Zervos, Thodoros Moridis

Votes: 1,229

19. The Silver Horde (1930)

Passed | 75 min | Drama, Romance

A salmon fisherman has to choose between a bad girl and a society doll.

Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Evelyn Brent, Louis Wolheim, Jean Arthur, Raymond Hatton

Votes: 628

20. Mannan (1992)

Not Rated | 154 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Mannan is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language film directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Rajinikanth, Vijayashanti, Kushboo, Manorama, Pandari Bai, Goundamani, and Visu. It is a remake of the 1986 Kannada film Anuraga Aralithu.

Director: P. Vasu | Stars: Rajinikanth, Vijayshanti, Kushboo, Visu

Votes: 955

21. Denver & Rio Grande (1952)

Passed | 89 min | Drama, Western

A romanticized history of the building of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in the Colorado mountains.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Sterling Hayden, Dean Jagger, Kasey Rogers

Votes: 619

22. Santiago (1956)

Not Rated | 93 min | Adventure, Romance

A gun runner, dishonorably discharged from the military, is swept deeper into a revolution in Cuba after he crosses paths with an enemy from the past and a beautiful revolutionary and her son.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Alan Ladd, Rossana Podestà, Lloyd Nolan, Chill Wills

Votes: 321

23. Right Cross (1950)

Passed | 90 min | Drama, Sport

Two boxing promoters compete to sign up Mexican-American prizefighter Johnny Monterez who, despite his talent, is ashamed of his heritage and boxes on borrowed time due to a permanent hand injury.

Director: John Sturges | Stars: June Allyson, Dick Powell, Ricardo Montalban, Lionel Barrymore

Votes: 528

24. A Hull of a Mess (1942)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

In a shipyard, Popeye and Bluto compete in each building a ship for a potential exclusive military contract.

Directors: Izzy Sparber, Al Eugster | Stars: Dave Barry, Jack Mercer

Votes: 163

25. The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947)

Passed | 87 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

After a dead body turns up in the home of a famous actress, two reporters (who also happen to be in love with one another) compete to get the real scoop.

Director: Henry Levin | Stars: George Brent, Joan Blondell, Adele Jergens, Jim Bannon

Votes: 348

26. The Hollywood Kid (1924)

20 min | Comedy, Short

The story of a producer's troubles in selecting and "making" a new juvenile star. The opening is in Mack Sennett's private office, with Sennett himself interviewing directors, actors, ... See full summary »

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Charles Murray, Louise Carver, Jackie Lucas, Vernon Dent

Votes: 47

27. Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk (1935)

80 min | Drama

This is a story about Mr. Cohen, a father who owns a large department store in London and cares about being a good shopkeeper and good person. Mr. Cohen's elder son and a friend's son work ... See full summary »

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Paul Graetz, Violet Farebrother, Chili Bouchier, Mickey Brantford

Votes: 176

28. Onion Pacific (1940)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The race is on for the state railroad franchise. It's the Sudden Pacific (Bluto) against the Onion Pacific (Popeye). Oh, and there's also a kiss from Olive for the winner. Bluto slows down ... See full summary »

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Margie Hines, Jack Mercer

Votes: 196

29. The Love Flower (1920)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

A man murders his wife's lovers, escapes with his daughter to the South Pacific. A detective pursues him, joined by a young man who eventually falls in love with the daughter.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Carol Dempster, Richard Barthelmess, George MacQuarrie, Anders Randolf

Votes: 185

30. Spree Lunch (1957)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Popeye opens a diner; Bluto pulls one up right across the street. Wimpy comes along, and they compete for his business. The competition escalates, until finally they are throwing things at ... See full summary »

Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Jackson Beck, Gilbert Mack, Jack Mercer

Votes: 289

31. Taxi-Turvy (1954)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Popeye and Bluto are taxi drivers; they are, of course, competing for fares - and Olive, in particular.

Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel

Votes: 308

32. Daffy's Inn Trouble (1961)

TV-PG | 6 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Daffy Duck vies with Porky Pig in the Western frontier hotel business. Porky has more success, attracting hordes of customers with a live-action saloon party. So, Daffy decides to "... See full summary »

Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 365

33. The Buddenbrooks (1959)

107 min | Drama

Second part of two of the saga of the troubled Buddenbrook family and their business in 19th-century Germany.

Director: Alfred Weidenmann | Stars: Liselotte Pulver, Nadja Tiller, Hansjörg Felmy, Hanns Lothar

Votes: 188

34. Sharp as a Needle (1961)

74 min | Comedy, Romance

Behind the backs of their uncles and owners of two antagonistic swimwear companies, two inseparable lovebirds fall for each other and elope. The day of the annual beachwear contest approaches. Will they bury the hatchet for their sake?

Director: Grigoris Grigoriou | Stars: Anna Fonsou, Nikos Stavridis, Giannis Gionakis, Pantelis Zervos

Votes: 51

35. The Paneless Window Washer (1937)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

On the outside of an office building, Popeye and Bluto duke it out as rival window washers.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke

Votes: 415

36. Fancy Baggage (1929)

Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In order to get back some very important papers from her father's business rival, a young woman pretends to be the rival's new secretary. Complications ensue.

Director: John G. Adolfi | Stars: Audrey Ferris, Myrna Loy, George Fawcett, Hallam Cooley

Votes: 16

37. Easy Riches (1938)

67 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A comedy thriller about rival cement manufacturers, Sam Miller (Gorge Carney) and Joe Hicks Gus McNaughton), who bury their long-standing differences and dislike of each other, in order to ... See full summary »

Director: Maclean Rogers | Stars: George Carney, Gus McNaughton, Molly Hamley-Clifford, Tom Helmore

Votes: 17

38. The Cross-Patches (1958)

82 min | Comedy, Romance

Somewhere in a vibrant neighbourhood of Athens, two antagonistic greengrocers, whose shops are next to each other, vie for the attention of the customers.

Director: Dimitris Athanasiadis | Stars: Fragiskos Manellis, Andreas Barkoulis, Lavrentis Dianellos, Thanasis Vengos

Votes: 12

39. The A-Team (1983–1987)
Episode: The Taxicab Wars (1983)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The A-Team is hired to help a small taxicab company beat a villainous rival business determined to drive it to ruin.

Director: Gilbert M. Shilton | Stars: George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Melinda Culea, Dwight Schultz

Votes: 385

40. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: The Prime of Life (1963)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Ben Cartwright doubts his fitness to run the Ponderosa when his impatience results in a logging camp accident that causes serious injury to himself and an old friend's death.

Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon

Votes: 112

41. King of the Hill (1997–2010)
Episode: The Company Man (1997)

TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Hank struggles to portray himself and his life as that of a stereotypical Texan cowboy's for a Hollywood cowboy movie fan in order to secure a business deal for Strickland Propane.

Directors: Klay Hall, Wesley Archer | Stars: Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Brittany Murphy

Votes: 522

42. Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode: The Lemon (1988)

TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Don Knotts is introduced as Ben's new neighbor Les Calhoun. Les gets mixed up in a murder with two competing used car salesmen and Ben defends him.

Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Andy Griffith, Nancy Stafford, Julie Sommars, Kene Holiday

Votes: 155

43. Matt Houston (1982–1985)
Episode: Recipe for Murder (1982)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Restaurant critic Roger Marsden's severed head is served in aspic to his snooty partner J Hamilton Goodfellow. The cops suspect a restaurant owner whose eatery the critics panned. And then attempts are made on Goodfellow's life.

Director: Hy Averback | Stars: Lee Horsley, Pamela Hensley, John Aprea, Paul Brinegar

Votes: 34

44. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Amen... Send Money (1987)

TV-14 | 46 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The wife of a televangelist is arrested on drug charges by Tubbs who finds himself the target of preacher's vengeance. However, a rival televangelist makes his play.

Director: James Quinn | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 358

45. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: To Have and to Hold (1989)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crockett goes on leave to spend some time with his young troubled son Billy, who can't adjust to the unexpected new situation in the household. Tubbs falls for the widow of an assassinated drug lord, whose family is now being targeted.

Director: Eugene Corr | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 268

46. Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)
Episode: A Virtual Murder (1993)

TV-PG | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jessica happens on a computerized clue to a murder while writing a mystery story for a friend's interactive video game company.

Director: Lee Smith | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Julia Campbell, Kate McNeil, Allan Miller

Votes: 316

47. Wiseguy (1987–1990)
Episode: Player to Be Named Now (1988)

TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Mel Profitt uses a former girlfriend as a sexual pawn in a power game with a rival to gain ownership of a basketball team.

Director: Ron Rapiel | Stars: Ken Wahl, Jonathan Banks, Jim Byrnes, William Russ

Votes: 64

48. Cobra Kai (2018–2025)
Episode: Now You're Gonna Pay (2021)

TV-14 | 32 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Daniel's tarnished public image takes a toll on his sales, leading to a takeover offer. Johnny tries to raise money for Miguel's surgery.

Director: Lin Oeding | Stars: Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Courtney Henggeler, Xolo Maridueña

Votes: 3,745

49. Murder, Mystery and My Family (2018– )
Episode: Armstrong (2019)

44 min | Documentary, Crime, History

The barristers examine the case of a lawyer and former army major who was hanged for poisoning his wife with arsenic in Hay-on-Wye in 1921.

Directors: Gary John Senior, David McConnell | Stars: Tony Hirst, Jeremy Dein, Sasha Wass, David Radford

50. Riverdale (2017–2023)
Episode: Chapter Sixty-Eight: Quiz Show (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In the competitive heat of Quiz Show fever, Betty butts heads with Brett; Archie gets Frank a job at Andrew's Construction; Veronica and Cheryl team up for an unlikely business venture.

Director: Chell Stephen | Stars: K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse

Votes: 868