Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "beauty-contest"

1. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama

A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.

Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris | Stars: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Abigail Breslin

Votes: 518,640 | Gross: $59.89M

2. Iron Man Three (2013)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.

Director: Shane Black | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Guy Pearce, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle

Votes: 900,136 | Gross: $409.01M

3. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

R | 101 min | Horror, Mystery

Four young friends bound by a tragic accident are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac in their small seaside town.

Director: Jim Gillespie | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Anne Heche, Ryan Phillippe

Votes: 158,286 | Gross: $72.59M

4. Miss Congeniality (2000)

PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

An F.B.I. Agent must go undercover in the Miss United States beauty pageant to prevent a group from bombing the event.

Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, Candice Bergen

Votes: 230,676 | Gross: $106.81M

5. Father Ted (1995–1998)

TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy

Three misfit priests and their housekeeper live on Craggy Island, not the peaceful and quiet part of Ireland that it seems to be.

Stars: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn

Votes: 43,862

6. Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)

PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Lifelong friends Barb and Star embark on the adventure of a lifetime when they decide to leave their small Midwestern town for the first time - ever.

Director: Josh Greenbaum | Stars: Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo, Jamie Dornan, Damon Wayans Jr.

Votes: 20,059

7. The Thing Called Love (1993)

PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Newcomers to the country-music business seek love and stardom.

Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: River Phoenix, Samantha Mathis, Dermot Mulroney, Sandra Bullock

Votes: 8,766 | Gross: $1.03M

8. Sweet Movie (1974)

Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

After winning the "most virgin" contest, Miss Canada is married to a rich milk tycoon. But she quickly flees the marriage to experience the world around her, full of sweetness and anarchy.

Director: Dusan Makavejev | Stars: Carole Laure, Pierre Clémenti, Anna Prucnal, Sami Frey

Votes: 6,455

9. The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)

R | 91 min | Biography, Drama

The life of Bettie Page, a 1950s pin-up model and one of the first sex icons in America, who became the target of a Senate investigation because of her risqué bondage photos.

Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Gretchen Mol, Lili Taylor, Chris Bauer, Jared Harris

Votes: 11,659 | Gross: $1.41M

10. Misbehaviour (2020)

Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, History

A group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London.

Director: Philippa Lowthorpe | Stars: Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jessie Buckley, Greg Kinnear

Votes: 10,567

11. Flawless (1999)

R | 112 min | Crime, Drama

An ultraconservative security guard suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons with the drag queen next door.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Miller, Chris Bauer

Votes: 20,038 | Gross: $4.49M

12. Stan & Ollie (2018)

PG | 98 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Laurel and Hardy, the world's most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song: a grueling theatre tour of post-war Britain.

Director: Jon S. Baird | Stars: Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, Shirley Henderson, Nina Arianda

Votes: 39,871 | Gross: $5.47M

13. Chasing Papi (2003)

PG | 80 min | Comedy, Romance

A successful executive in the cosmetic industry has three sexy girlfriends in three different states. When they decide to visit him in L.A., he's in big trouble.

Director: Linda Mendoza | Stars: Eduardo Verástegui, Roselyn Sanchez, Sofía Vergara, Jaci Velasquez

Votes: 4,442 | Gross: $6.13M

14. I Am Cuba (1964)

Not Rated | 141 min | Drama

Four vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre-revolutionary era.

Director: Mikhail Kalatozov | Stars: Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood, José Gallardo, Raúl García

Votes: 10,687

15. The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)

Approved | 82 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A doctor experimenting with transplant techniques keeps his girlfriend's head alive when she is decapitated in a car crash, then goes hunting for a new body.

Director: Joseph Green | Stars: Jason Evers, Virginia Leith, Anthony La Penna, Adele Lamont

Votes: 7,581

16. Smile (1975)

PG | 113 min | Comedy

A social comedy about a beauty pageant for young Californian women, held annually in Santa Rosa, and how it affects the locals and participants.

Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Bruce Dern, Barbara Feldon, Michael Kidd, Geoffrey Lewis

Votes: 2,567

17. Carry on Girls (1973)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Romance

Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the ... See full summary »

Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Sidney James, Barbara Windsor, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor

Votes: 3,186

18. The Bullocks (1953)

Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

A character study of five young men at crucial turning points in their lives in a small town in Italy.

Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Franco Interlenghi, Leopoldo Trieste

Votes: 19,930 | Gross: $0.10M

19. The Firemen's Ball (1967)

Not Rated | 73 min | Comedy, Drama

A volunteer fire department throws a party for their former boss with the whole town invited, but nothing goes as planned.

Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Jan Vostrcil, Josef Sebánek, Josef Valnoha, Frantisek Debelka

Votes: 12,209

20. Playmate Playback (2015–2017)

TV-MA | 30 min | Documentary, Short, Reality-TV

Magazine covers, parties, exclusive photo-shoots, behind-the-scenes confessions and more. Meet the latest Playmates of Playboy like never before.

Stars: Amanda Cerny, Raquel Pomplun, Kennedy Summers, Nikki Leigh

Votes: 68

21. Bitter Rice (1949)

Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Drama

Two criminals on the run end up working in a rice field and decide to recruit other workers for their next robbery.

Director: Giuseppe De Santis | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone

Votes: 4,886

22. The Entertainer (1960)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama

Archie Rice, an old-time British music hall performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.

Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Brenda de Banzie, Roger Livesey, Joan Plowright

Votes: 3,740

23. The Queen of Versailles (2012)

PG | 100 min | Documentary

A documentary that follows a billionaire couple as they begin construction on a mansion inspired by Versailles. During the next two years, their empire, fueled by the real estate bubble and cheap money, falters due to the economic crisis.

Director: Lauren Greenfield | Stars: Jaqueline Siegel, David Siegel, Lorraine Barrett, June Downs

Votes: 13,709 | Gross: $2.40M

24. Southern Comforts (1971)

X | 80 min | Comedy

A beauty contest is staged in the barn of a dimwit called The Colonel. The beauty contest doesn't last too long as The Colonel and his buddies get down to business with the contestants.

Director: Bethel Buckalew | Stars: Jack Richesin, Jacob Often, John Tull, Judy Angel

Votes: 200

25. Beauty's Revenge (1995 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 96 min | Drama, Thriller

An obsessive small town beauty queen goes to great lengths to keep the love of her life from reconciling with his ex-girlfriend.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Courtney Thorne-Smith, Kyle Secor, Stephen Fanning, Tracey Gold

Votes: 489

26. Miss Firecracker (1989)

PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama

Carnelle wants to escape her dreary life, so she enters a local beauty contest, much to everyone's dismay.

Director: Thomas Schlamme | Stars: Holly Hunter, Mary Steenburgen, Tim Robbins, Alfre Woodard

Votes: 2,348 | Gross: $0.65M

27. We're Not Married! (1952)

Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Romance

In separate stories, five couples learn that they are not legally married.

Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe, Victor Moore, Fred Allen

Votes: 2,291

28. Savage Beauty (2022– )

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama

Seeking revenge for her tragic past, a mysterious woman embeds herself in a powerful family who possess a global beauty empire - and dark secrets.

Stars: Rosemary Zimu, Dumisani Mbebe, Nthati Moshesh, Jesse Suntele

Votes: 531

29. The Great Masquerade (1974)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime

In order to infiltrate a gang of drug smugglers, a cop is sent undercover to participate in a drag-queen beauty contest aboard a cruise ship.

Director: Alan Ormsby | Stars: Kaye Stevens, Roberts Blossom, Gay Perkins, Frank Logan

Votes: 123

30. The Lady Without Camelias (1953)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama

A new starlet is discovered and has ups and downs in Italian films.

Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Lucia Bosè, Gino Cervi, Andrea Checchi, Ivan Desny

Votes: 2,261

31. Jeanne Eagels (1957)

Not Rated | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The life of 1920s actress Jeanne Eagels.

Director: George Sidney | Stars: Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, Agnes Moorehead, Charles Drake

Votes: 847

32. The Searchers (1993)

108 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Convicts return to life of crime after release from prison.

Directors: Peter Cartriers, Daniel Fridell | Stars: Liam Norberg, Ray Jones IV, Thorsten Flinck, Malou Bergman

Votes: 2,307

33. No Contest (1995)

R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Andrew Dice Clay takes over a hotel during a beauty pageant taking several pageant contestants hostage since one of them is a rich senator's daughter.

Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Shannon Tweed, Robert Davi, Andrew Dice Clay, Roddy Piper

Votes: 984

34. I Married a Woman (1958)

Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Drama

Advertising executive Marshall Briggs finds his work in conflict with his love-life with fashion model Janice Blake.

Director: Hal Kanter | Stars: George Gobel, Diana Dors, Adolphe Menjou, Jessie Royce Landis

Votes: 458

35. Nudie Cuties: Volume 370 (2009 Video)

Unrated | 107 min

A series of 1960s loops from Something Weird Video.

Director: Joe Bonica | Stars: Sue, Sharon, Michelle Angelo, Sandra

36. Cool Breeze (1972)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama

Thalmus is the leader for a group of criminals who gather in L.A. to rob a bank. Their goal is to find a new bank.

Director: Barry Pollack | Stars: Thalmus Rasulala, Judy Pace, Julian Christopher, Lincoln Kilpatrick

Votes: 415 | Gross: $1.18M

37. I amartia tis omorfias (1972)

94 min | Drama

Behind his mother's back, the heir of her shipping business empire gets married to the poor winner of a beauty pageant. As contempt turns into animosity, a shocking revelation tests the familial bonds. Will things ever be the same again?

Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Betty Livanou, Nikos Galanos, Tasso Kavadia, Lefteris Vournas

Votes: 92

38. Holiday Camp (1947)

Approved | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on the run, and a pregnant young girl and her boyfriend missing from home.

Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Flora Robson, Dennis Price, Jack Warner, Hazel Court

Votes: 552

39. Miss All-American Beauty (1982 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After winning a beauty contest in Texas, a teen-aged girl is unprepared for the demands of travel, press conferences and interviews that go with winning the title and participating in a national beauty pageant.

Director: Gus Trikonis | Stars: Diane Lane, Cloris Leachman, David Dukes, Jayne Meadows

Votes: 198

40. The Helen Morgan Story (1957)

Not Rated | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Ann Blyth, Paul Newman, Richard Carlson, Gene Evans

Votes: 869

41. Hear My Song (1991)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

The owner of a failing club seeks infamous Irish singer Josef Locke in order to bring business and success to his club.

Director: Peter Chelsom | Stars: Ned Beatty, Adrian Dunbar, Brian Flanagan, Constance Cowley

Votes: 1,930 | Gross: $4.31M

42. Fuccbois (2019)

Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Ace (23) and Miko (17) desperately want to become famous actors but it seems the universe has a different plan for their lives.

Director: Eduardo W. Roy Jr. | Stars: Royce Cabrera, Kokoy De Santos, Ricky Davao, Yayo Aguila

Votes: 311

43. Vampire Cop (1990)

R | 89 min | Action, Horror

A cop, who's actually a vampire, teams up with a hot investigative journalist to stop a posh crime boss.

Director: Donald Farmer | Stars: Ed Cannon, Melissa Moore, Mal Arnold, Joey Thrower

Votes: 208

44. Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976)

R | 95 min | Biography, Drama

Aspiring actress Norma Jean Baker lives in squalor in the early '40s as she works at the munitions plant and dreams of being a movie star. Abused as a child and an adult, she lacks ... See full summary »

Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: Misty Rowe, Terence Locke, Patch Mackenzie, Preston Hanson

Votes: 384

45. The Death of Ocean View Park (1979 TV Movie)

100 min | Thriller

A young woman starts to get visions of a disaster happening at a local amusement park.

Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Mike Connors, Diana Canova, Perry Lang, Caroline McWilliams

Votes: 189

46. A Woman's a Helluva Thing (2001)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After the death of his estranged mother, a womanizer discovers that they had a lot in common.

Director: Karen Leigh Hopkins | Stars: Angus Macfadyen, Penelope Ann Miller, Ann-Margret, Kathryn Harrold

Votes: 148

47. The Ugliest Woman in the World (1999)

TV-MA | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi

2012 Madrid DF. Lola Otero, the ugliest woman in the world, suffers the cruelty of the people until at 18 a surgery transforms her into a beauty. When the mutilated corpse of an old woman is discovered, it seems Lola as suspicious.

Director: Miguel Bardem | Stars: Elia Galera, Roberto Álvarez, Javivi, Héctor Alterio

Votes: 648

48. Slozna braca (1995–1996)

55 min | Comedy, War

In a fictional tavern located in a tiny UN demilitarized zone, during the Bosnian war, spies from all three warring sides are waiting for a foreign spy with a secret weapon that will bring victory to the side that obtains it.

Stars: Vladimir-Cobi Savcic, Goran Sultanovic, Zivojin 'Zika' Milenkovic, Zoran Cvijanovic

Votes: 1,613

49. Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold (1978 TV Movie)

98 min | Drama

A naive Texas beauty queen, seeking Hollywood stardom, quickly learns the realities of the business after attending an unethical modeling school.

Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Kim Basinger, Vivian Blaine, Fabian, Tab Hunter

Votes: 219

50. The Wild Wild World of Jayne Mansfield (1968)

99 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

Jayne Mansfield shares her experiences from her last trip around the world.

Directors: Charles W. Broun Jr., Joel Holt, Arthur Knight | Stars: Jayne Mansfield, Mickey Hargitay, Rocky Roberts and The Airdales, The Ladybirds

Votes: 357