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1. The Cheat (1915)
Not Rated | 59 min | Drama, Romance
A venal, spoiled stockbroker's wife impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the charity she chairs and desperately turns to a Burmese ivory trader to replace the stolen money.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Dean, James Neill
Votes: 2,799 | Gross: $0.21M
2. Blank Check (1994)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
After a bike accident, a young boy inadvertently gains possession of a check for $1 million and proceeds to spend it, unaware that the gangsters it belongs to are in pursuit.
Director: Rupert Wainwright | Stars: Brian Bonsall, Karen Duffy, James Rebhorn, Jayne Atkinson
Votes: 22,167 | Gross: $30.58M
3. Age of Indiscretion (1935)
Passed | 78 min | Drama, Romance
A book publisher finds his business floundering, which prompts his socially ambitious wife to desert him for a society millionaire, leaving him with their young son. The publisher's ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Paul Lukas, Madge Evans, Helen Vinson, May Robson
Votes: 189
4. Ludwig (1973)
R | 238 min | Biography, Drama, History
The reign of the tormented Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from 1864 to 1886.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano
Votes: 6,010
5. Street of Shame (1956)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
The personal tales of various prostitutes who occupy a brothel.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Machiko Kyô, Aiko Mimasu, Ayako Wakao, Michiyo Kogure
Votes: 4,881
6. Madame Bovary (2000 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman in her late teens, a reader of novels and with high hopes of romance and passion, marries a widowed country doctor. Although he dotes on her, she is soon bored and discontent.... See full summary »
Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Frances O'Connor, Greg Wise, Eileen Atkins, Hugh Bonneville
Votes: 1,011
7. Versailles: The Dream of a King (2008 TV Movie)
180 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Docudrama about the life of Louis XIV nicknamed "the Sun King", the King of France who ran a glamorous court, expanded the borders of France, loved women and parties and built an incredible palace for himself - the Versailles.
Director: Thierry Binisti | Stars: Vinciane Millereau, Samuel Theis, Jérôme Pouly, Antoine Coesens
Votes: 369
8. The Cherry Orchard (1999)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama
Abandoned by her lover, the aristocratic Madame Lubov Ranevskaya returns to Russia, only to see her fragrant cherry orchard in full bloom: a painful reminder of her dire economic state and the imminent foreclosure of the enviable property.
Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, Tushka Bergen, Frances de la Tour
Votes: 710 | Gross: $0.14M
9. Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Romantic antics abound among the guests at a luxury hotel, including a stage director, an eccentric millionaire, and the daughter of a financial backer.
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: Dick Powell, Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Stuart, Alice Brady
Votes: 2,970
10. Woman Chases Man (1937)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Romance
Former millionaire B.J. Nolan is useless with money, having lost most of his fortune on crazy schemes. His son, Kenneth, has the opposite problem thanks to good sense and a large ... See full summary »
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Charles Winninger, Erik Rhodes
Votes: 481
11. Just This Once (1952)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy
Mark MacLene owes the IRS, the banks, and others a lot of money. The problem is that his trust makes $1,000,000 a year, but he spends $150,000 every month. His trustee Sam uses the power of... See full summary »
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Janet Leigh, Peter Lawford, Lewis Stone, Marilyn Erskine
Votes: 449
12. For Heaven's Sake (1926)
Passed | 58 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.
Director: Sam Taylor | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Noah Young, Jim Mason
Votes: 1,967 | Gross: $5.67M
13. Looking Forward (1933)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Family
In this Depression-era story set in London, a department-store owner (Lewis Stone) faces bankruptcy while his family fritters away money. A long-standing employee (Lionel Barrymore) gets ... See full summary »
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, Benita Hume, Elizabeth Allan
Votes: 307
14. Phantom (1922)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama, Romance
A shiftless young man becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman and yearns to find her again.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Alfred Abel, Frida Richard, Aud Egede-Nissen, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Votes: 1,957
15. The Working Man (1933)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The vacationing head of a successful shoe company is placed as his rival's trustee, unbeknownst to them.
Director: John G. Adolfi | Stars: George Arliss, Bette Davis, Theodore Newton, Hardie Albright
Votes: 1,284
16. Nothing Is Truer Than Truth (2018)
75 min | Documentary, Biography, History
NOTHING IS TRUER THAN TRUTH is a feature length documentary about Edward de Vere, Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, A-list party boy on the continental circuit, who spent a year and a half in ... See full summary »
Director: Cheryl Eagan-Donovan | Stars: Charles Bird, Michael Cecil, Alberto Toso Fei, Derek Jacobi
Votes: 126
17. The Materassi Sisters (1944)
72 min | Comedy
The quiet days of two elderly spinster sisters are changed for good with the unexpected arrival of their nephew.
Director: Ferdinando Maria Poggioli | Stars: Emma Gramatica, Irma Gramatica, Olga Solbelli, Massimo Serato
Votes: 81
18. Kôshoku ichidai otoko (1961)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
A mans' escapades concerning sex and love.
Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao, Tamao Nakamura, Michiko Ai
Votes: 169
19. You Can't Buy Everything (1934)
Passed | 82 min | Drama, Romance
Hannah is so tight with her money that she takes her son, Donnie, to the charity ward a week after he hurts his leg. But she has always hoarded her money since her late husband wasted most ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: May Robson, Jean Parker, Lewis Stone, Mary Forbes
Votes: 225
20. Spendthrift (1936)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Profligate Townsend "Towny" Middleton, once the possessor of $20,000,000, becomes a "millionaire with everything but money." In order to enter his filly "Black Mamba" in the Kentucky Derby,... See full summary »
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Henry Fonda, Pat Paterson, Mary Brian, George Barbier
Votes: 92
21. The Truth About Youth (1930)
Passed | 69 min | Drama, Romance
Richard Carewe has raised his deceased friend's son from childhood with the help of his housekeeper and her beautiful daughter Phyllis. He arranges a marriage between the lad and Phyllis, ... See full summary »
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Loretta Young, Conway Tearle, David Manners, Myrna Loy
Votes: 432
22. Founding Brothers (2002 TV Movie)
200 min | Documentary
Director: Melissa Jo Peltier | Stars: Peter Coyote, Brian Dennehy, Bill Doran, Joseph Ellis
Votes: 111
23. The Nickel Nurser (1932)
21 min | Comedy, Short
Charley is an efficiency expert trying to teach a millionaire's daughter the value of money.
Director: Warren Doane | Stars: Charley Chase, Thelma Todd, Billy Gilbert, Harry Bowen
Votes: 89
24. The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million (2005 TV Movie)
89 min | Drama
The true story of Joyti De-Laurey, a wife and mother whose job as a secretary at investment bankers Goldman Sachs eventually led her to spend millions of pounds of her employers' money without their knowledge.
Director: Colin Barr | Stars: Meera Syal, John Salthouse, Catherine Russell, Rosemary Leach
Votes: 24
25. Lucky Legs (1942)
Approved | 64 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
Chorus girl Gloria Carroll inherits one million dollars from Broadway playboy Herbert Dinwiddle. Producer Ned McLane persuades her to advance him the money on a production called "Lucky ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Jinx Falkenburg, Leslie Brooks, Kay Harris, Russell Hayden
Votes: 24
26. Pleasure Seekers (1920)
60 min | Drama
Matters come to a climax in wealthy John Winchell's quarrels with his spendthrift son Craig when the latter becomes involved with divorcée Clara Marshall, and Craig breaks with his father. ... See full summary »
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Elaine Hammerstein, James A. Furey, Webster Campbell, Marguerite Clayton
27. The Spendthrift (1915)
Drama
Who has reared the perfect child? Who has successfully combated the destiny-shaping factors of heredity and environment with a theoretical code of child-raising warranted never to fail? Mrs... See full summary »
Director: Walter Edwin | Stars: Irene Fenwick, Cyril Keightley, Malcolm Duncan, John Nicholson
28. Meet the Stewarts (1942)
Approved | 73 min | Comedy
A young newlywed couple learns to make their new marriage work; trying to impress family, stay on budget, and remain as diplomatic towards each other as possible.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: William Holden, Frances Dee, Grant Mitchell, Marjorie Gateson
Votes: 368
29. Das Schweigen im Walde (1976)
90 min | Drama, Romance
Earl Ellinger leads a dissolute life in Munich's high-society, far away from his estates, where he ruinously exploits the forests to finance his expensive way of life. Only when he flees ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Alexander Stephan, Belinda Mayne, Evelyn Opela, Ferdy Mayne
Votes: 48
30. The Ne'er-Do-Well (1923)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
Disgusted with his spendthrift son, Kirk Anthony's father has Kirk shanghaied and taken to Panama, where he (Kirk) attracts the attention of Mrs. Edith Cortlandt; falls in love with ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Thomas Meighan, Lila Lee, Gertrude Astor, John Miltern
Gross: $0.18M
31. She Asked for It (1937)
Approved | 69 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Dwight Stanford and his wife, Penny, are a pair of spendthrifts who can't hold on to money, dependent for support on Dwight's rich uncle, who sends them a monthly allowance. Conrad Norris, ... See full summary »
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: William Gargan, Orien Heyward, Vivienne Osborne, Richard Carle
Votes: 30
32. Zwölf Winter (2009 TV Movie)
85 min | Crime, Drama
Two Robbers - several banks - and why not leave some traces for the cops, but the wrong?
Director: Thomas Stiller | Stars: Jürgen Vogel, Axel Prahl, Matthias Koeberlin, Wotan Wilke Möhring
Votes: 450
33. Everything's on Ice (1939)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Music
A rascal turns his little niece into a skating star, but spends more money than she makes.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Irene Dare, Edgar Kennedy, Roscoe Karns, Lynne Roberts
Votes: 73
34. The Wilderness Woman (1926)
Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
"Kodiak" MacLean, after years of gold prospecting in the Alaskan Klondike, finally strikes it rich and hits a million-dollar bonanza. His daughter, Juneau, immediately thinks it is time to ... See full summary »
Director: Howard Higgin | Stars: Aileen Pringle, Lowell Sherman, Chester Conklin, Henry Vibart
Votes: 36
35. The Champion of Justice (1944)
7 min | Animation, Short
An elderly (human couple) lives in an old Southern mansion, with their only companions being a group of faithful mice. The mice do all the housework for their masters. When the couple dies,... See full summary »
Director: Mannie Davis
Votes: 36
36. Baccara (1935)
91 min | Comedy, Crime
A woman wants to become a French citizen by marrying a man of straw.
Directors: Yves Mirande, Léonide Moguy | Stars: Marcelle Chantal, Lucien Baroux, Jules Berry, Marcel André
Votes: 73
37. The College Spendthrift (1911)
Short, Drama
He was the only son of his mother and she was a widow." The boy was the apple of his mother's eye, and mother-like she had lavished on him the majority of the meager resources at her ... See full summary »
38. Shopping from Your Home (2016– )
4 min | Comedy
A world class home shopping network hosted by Anthony DeVries and Heidi Hayward. . .Where shopping is done from home.
Stars: Heidi Hayward, Anthony Devries, Robert Buscemi
39. The Shuttle (1918)
50 min | Romance, Drama
Bettina Vanderpoel, the charming daughter of New York millionaire Reuben Vanderpoel, departs for England to visit her sister Rosalie, who is married to Sir Nigel Anstruthers, an ... See full summary »
Director: Rollin S. Sturgeon | Stars: Constance Talmadge, Alan Roscoe, Edith Johnson, Edwin B. Tilton
40. Too Much Money (1926)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Romance
Millionaire Robert Broadley, in order to curb his wive's enthusiasm for spending money foolishly, inform her that he is now broke and penniless, which might have been a good plan if a ... See full summary »
Director: John Francis Dillon | Stars: Lewis Stone, Anna Q. Nilsson, Robert Cain, Derek Glynne
41. Brothers Under the Skin (1922)
60 min | Comedy
Newton Craddock is a shipping clerk in the same company where Thomas Kirkland is Vice President. Another thing they have in common is that they both have jealous wives who like spending all... See full summary »
Director: E. Mason Hopper | Stars: Pat O'Malley, Helene Chadwick, Mae Busch, Norman Kerry
42. Otevrený kruh (1973 TV Movie)
88 min | Biography, Drama
The last decades of the life of the now world-renowned painter Karel Purkyne and his struggle for the possibility of creative expression. After studying in Paris, he returned to Prague. He ... See full summary »
Director: Marie Polednáková | Stars: Ludek Munzar, Karel Höger, Jana Hlavácová, Hana Maciuchová
43. A False Suspicion (1911)
Drama, Short
A spendthrift wife is rebuked by her husband for her extravagance, but despite his entreaties to pay less for her gowns, the mania for dress is irresistible and he is finally compelled to ... See full summary »
Stars: Francis X. Bushman, Bryant Washburn, Mabel Moore, Doris Kelcey
46. The Spendthrift's Reform (1912)
Drama, Short
Dan Steele, a man about town," is a consistent loser at cards, which compels Mrs. Steele to ask for money of her father, with whom the Steeles make their home. The stern old gentleman ... See full summary »
Stars: Paul Panzer, Pearl White
47. Sherry (1920)
70 min | Drama
After Sheridan Redpath, known as Sherry, squanders the last of his inheritance on drink, he plucks up his courage and decides to go to work. Employed as a bodyguard by Andrew Gilman, the ... See full summary »
Director: Edgar Lewis | Stars: Pat O'Malley, Lillian Hall, Harry Spingler, Maggie Fisher
48. The Spender (1919)
50 min | Comedy
Dick Bisbee loses his job in his millionaire uncle T. W. Bisbee's factory because of the hostility of crooked manager Elmer Robbins. Before leaving, Dick denounces his uncle for his ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Swickard | Stars: Bert Lytell, Thomas Jefferson, William V. Mong, Mary Anderson
49.
Performance (1991–1998)
Episode:
A Doll's House
(1992)
140 min | Drama
Years ago, Nora Helmer committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed, and lives in fear of her husband finding out.
Director: David Thacker | Stars: Juliet Stevenson, Trevor Eve, Geraldine James, Patrick Malahide
Votes: 131
50.
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968–1970)
Episode:
Make Me a Match
(1969)
TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Carolyn's distraught friend Aggie comes to visit after breaking up with her fiancé. Carolyn and the Captain set her up with Claymore.
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Hope Lange, Edward Mulhare, Reta Shaw, Charles Nelson Reilly
Votes: 35