Reverend Brooks leads his small Iowa town in a contest to stop smoking for a month. But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts from wanting a cigarette, or kill each other from irritation and frustration, they will win a huge prize.

Scavenger Hunt

1979

English

5.8

♡ 13

75%

san diego, california

scavenger hunt

Michael Schultz Director

Hal Landon Jr. as Cornfield

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Lars

Richard Mulligan as Marvin Dummitz

Vincent Price as Milton Parker

An eccentric games inventor dies and leaves behind an inheritance worth hundreds of millions of dollars - which will only be given to the person or team, amongst his family and hired help, who wins a madcap scavenger hunt.

Miracle Beach

1992

English

5.5

♡ 40

61%

Skott Snider Director

Alexis Arquette as Lars

Allen Garfield as Magnus O'Leary

Dean Cameron as Scotty McKay

Dean Cain as Volleyball Player #1

Down on his luck, Scotty McKay becomes the master of a very lonely genie, who brings him wealth, power and true love. Miracles can happen!

$1000 a Minute

1935

English

6.0

♡ 1

Aubrey Scotto Director

Ian Wolfe as Davidson

Leila Hyams as Dorothy Summers

Harry C. Bradley as Dr. Cromley

Sterling Holloway as Pete

Two rich and wealthy millionaires who have a lot of money bet that reporter Wally Jones can't spend $720,000 in twelve hours.

Man's Favorite Sport?

1964

English

7.0

♡ 8

60%

fiancé fiancée relationship

Howard Hawks Director

Regis Toomey as Bagley

Maria Perschy as Isolde 'Easy' Mueller

Norman Alden as John Screaming Eagle

Forrest Lewis as Skaggs

Roger Willoughby is a renowned fishing expert, who, unbeknownst to his friends, co-workers, or boss, has never cast a line in his life. One day, he crosses paths with Abigail Paige, a sweetly annoying girl who has just badgered his boss into signing Roger up for an annual fishing tournament.

Bikini Baby

1951

English

5.8

♡ 5

Frank Launder Director

Aileen Lewis as Diner in foreground

Trevor Howard as Guest at Theater Accepting Program

Alastair Sim as Hawtrey Murington - Optimum Films

Dennis Price as Simon Abott

Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff. This leads by way of a suspect beauty competition to the show-business world of London. But it could be a slippery slope for simple home-town Marge.

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

2005

English

7.2

♡ 2

59%

Jane Anderson Director

Martin Doyle as Cutter Murphy

Julianne Moore as Evelyn Ryan

Nora Dunn as Girl Group Member

Woody Harrelson as Kelly Ryan

A Midwestern housewife supports her large family by entering contests for ad slogans sponsored by consumer product companies, while dealing with abuse from her alcoholic husband. Based on a true story.

American Beach House

2015

English

2.6

♡ 3

Straw Weisman Director

Lorenzo Lamas as Lifeguard Joe

Jena Sims as Lola

Kaila Yu as Self - Nylon Pink

Tim Parrish as Vincent

What happens when six lucky strangers, three handsome young guys and three beautiful sexy young women, from all over the world, win a random contest-- an all expenses paid trip to an amazing beach house in glamorous Malibu, California, thanks to a big Internet company--only to discover they have to share it with each other.

Please Stand By

2017

English

6.7

♡ 55

58%

los angeles, california

manuscript

runaway

san francisco, california

Ben Lewin Director

Alice Eve as Audrey

Amy Tolsky as Bus Passenger

Toni Collette as Scottie

Dakota Fanning as Wendy

A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in order to boldly go and deliver her 500-page Star Trek script to a writing competition in Hollywood. On an adventure full of laughter and tears, Wendy follows the guiding spirit of Mr. Spock on her journey into the unknown.

Dangerous When Wet

1953

English

6.2

♡ 7

58%

Joseph Barbera Director

Fernando Lamas as André Lanet Ed Fury

Ed Fury as Hercules

John Roy as Swimmer

Jack Carson as Windy Weebe

The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. One day, traveling health-tonic salesman, Windy Weebe, comes to town and suggests they could swim the English Channel. Sponsored by "Liquapep" and coached by Windy, the family arrive in Europe. There it is decided that daughter Katie is the only one strong enough to enter the contest. But while she should be focused on the difficult and risky task ahead, Katie is pursed by dashing Frenchman, André Lanet... This comedic musical is well remembered for the scene when Katie dreams she is swimming with cartoon characters Tom & Jerry!

Lafangey Parindey

2010

Hindi

5.2

♡ 6

35%

Pradeep Sarkar Director

Kay Kay Menon as Anna

Manish Chaudhary as Inspector K.K. Sethna

Neil Nitin Mukesh as Nandan 'Nandu' Kamtekar

Deepika Padukone as Pinky Palkar

The path of a street fighter and a dancer on skates, who are in love, is paved by friendship, grit and hope.

Glengarry Glen Ross

1992

English

7.7

♡ 70

95%

James Foley Director

Alec Baldwin as Blake

Ed Harris as Dave Moss

Jonathan Pryce as James Lingk

Al Pacino as Ricky Roma

Times are tough at Premiere Properties. Shelley "the machine" Levene and Dave Moss are veteran salesmen, but only Ricky Roma is on a hot streak. The new Glengarry sales leads could turn everything around, but the front office is holding them back until these "losers" prove themselves. Then someone decides to take matters into his own hands, stealing the Glengarry leads and leaving everyone wondering who did it.

Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai

2007

Japanese

6.4

♡ 2

Kunihiko Yuyama Director

Kiyotaka Furushima as Buizel

Katsuyuki Konishi as Greggle

Rica Matsumoto as Satoshi

Yûji Ueda as Takeshi

Ash and friends (this time accompanied by newcomer Dawn) arrive at an idyllic village on their way to their next Pokemon contest, where chaos will soon erupt with the prophecy of two Pokemon Gods (Dialga and Palkia) and the arrival of a mysterious, seemingly deadly Pokemon named Darkrai, which has the power to distort space and time.

The Million Dollar Duck

2016

English

7.2

♡ 3

83%

Brian Davis Director

Adam Grimm as

Rob McBroom as

Dee Dee Murry as

Rebekah Nastav as

Six artists from different walks of life vie to win the Federal Duck Stamp Contest, the only juried art competition sponsored by the U.S. government.

Christmas in July

1940

English

7.3

♡ 6

95%

Preston Sturges Director

Ellen Drew as Betty Casey

Dale Van Sickel as Co-Worker in Office

Douglas Spencer as Co-Worker in Office

William Demarest as Mr. Bildocker

An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize.

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

1977

English

8.1

♡ 8

100%

Jim Henson Director

Jerry Nelson as Emmet Otter

Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog

Marilyn Sokol as Ma Otter

Dave Goelz as Wendell

A poor otter family risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas.

Dragon Lord

1982

Cn

6.3

♡ 16

56%

Jackie Chan Director Mars

Mars as Cowboy

Jackie Chan as Dragon

Cam Clarke as Dragon's Father

Fred Tatasciore as (voice)

Dragon and his madcap pal Cowboy spend their days getting into mischief, frustrating the elders, chasing girls, and competing in the village sport. When Dragon overhears a fiendish plot by smugglers to sell China's national treasures overseas, the pair leap into action. Also, Cowboy's wealthy father is kidnapped by the villainous and lethal Big Boss, and the scene is set for a furious martial arts showdown.

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Bikini Baby

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American Beach House

Please Stand By

Dangerous When Wet

Lafangey Parindey

Glengarry Glen Ross

Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai

The Million Dollar Duck

Christmas in July

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

Dragon Lord