Highest-Rated Movies about 'Failure', Sort by Popularity

It's Always Fair Weather (1955), Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008), The Page Turner (2006), The Swimmer (1968), A Coffee in Berlin (2012), Waiting for Superman (2010), The Fly (1986), The Secret of the Grain (2007) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Failure movies.

#16. The Bounty (1984)

Storyline: The story of Lieutenant Bligh (Sir Anthony Hopkins), whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. Follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian (Mel Gibson) to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.

Plot Keywords: fletcher christian, sailor, governor, commander, native, spirited, thrilling ...

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#17. Deathtrap (1982)

Storyline: To make Sidney's slump all the more painful, Clifford Anderson, a student of one of Sidney's writing seminars, has recently sent his mentor a copy of his first attempt at playwrighting for Sidney's review and advice. The play, "Deathtrap", is a five character, two-act thriller so perfect in its construction that, as Sidney says, "A gifted director couldn't even hurt it." Using his penchant for plot, and out of his desperate desire to once again be the toast of Broadway, Sidney, along with Myra, cook up an almost unthinkable scheme: They'll lure the would-be playwright to the Bruhl home, kill him, and market the sure-fire script as Sidney's own. But shortly after Clifford arrives, it's clear that things are not what they seem. Even Helga Ten Dorp, a nosey psychic from next door, and Porter Milgram, Sidney's observant attorney, can only speculate where the line between truth and deception lies.

Plot Keywords: playwright, wife, student, rival, husband, suspenseful, creative ...

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#18. Save the Tiger (1973)

Storyline: The film depicts a day and a half in Harry Stoner's life. Harry is down on his luck, and trapped in his own indulgences. He daydreams about his youth, trying to escape from the fact that business is rotten and his company owes bundles of money. His day is filled with unusual episodes as he picks up a hitchhiker/prostitute, arranges for his company's warehouse to burn down so he can collect the insurance-money, he hires strippers for his buddies and gets engaged in an animal rights campaign, a fashion show and experiences a rather uncomfortable flashback to the war.—Kristian Krokfoss <krokus@online.no>

Plot Keywords: business owner, business partner, designer, wife, hippie, arsonist, bleak ...

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#19. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)

Storyline: When his new album fails to sell records, pop and rap superstar conner4real (Andy Samberg) goes into a major tailspin and watches his celebrity high life begin to collapse. He'll try anything to bounce back, anything except reuniting with his old rap group The Style Boyz.

Plot Keywords: rapper, manager, friend, fan, love interest, singer, hilarious ...

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#20. Fame (1980)

Storyline: At the New York City High School for the Performing Arts, students get specialized training that often leads to success as actors, singers, etc. This movie follows eight students from the time when they audition to get into the school, through graduation. Among these are the brazen Coco Hernandez, shy Doris Finsecker, sensitive gay Montgomery MacNeil, and brash, abrasive Ralph Garcy.

Plot Keywords: dancer, singer, actor, parent, teacher, student, uplifting ...

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#21. The Exchange Student (1967)

Storyline: Charles Bosquier, a role apparently written for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial headmaster of a French strict boarding school. No father could be deeper shocked to find one of his own sons miserably failed his exams, and too embarrassed to enroll him for his own summer-school, so he sends Philippe to England as exchange student. Philippe planned to save his sailing plans with friends by sending fat nerd Stephane Michonnet to England using his name, which comes out when Michonnet gets indigestion. Meanwhile Charles expects his spoiled favorite son, Gérard, who tells daddy about all the other schoolboys for money, to chaperon Shirley, the daughter of his English counterpart MacFarrell, but the girl gets all French boys horny, so even his perfect record is soon gravely soiled as dad spies on them, and he and Shirley join Philippe and his friends. Now the headmaster chases the kids' yacht -incognito, to avoid a scandal- all the way to England, where his colleague soon joins him, and further...—KGF Vissers

Plot Keywords: exchange student, headmaster, son, emotional, shower, scotland, failure ...

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#23. Elizabethtown (2005)

Storyline: After causing a loss of almost one billion dollars in his company, the shoe designer Drew Baylor decides to commit suicide. However, in the exact moment of his act of despair, he receives a phone call from his sister telling him that his beloved father had just died in Elizabethtown, and he should bring him back since his mother had problem with the relatives of his father. He travels in an empty red eye flight and meets the attendant Claire Colburn, who changes his view and perspective of life.

Plot Keywords: young man, designer, young woman, flight attendant, mother, sister, emotional ...

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#24. Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)

Storyline: Fed up with answering to higher-ups, Nick, Dale and Kurt decide to become their own bosses by launching their own business. But a slick investor soon pulls the rug out from under them. Outplayed and desperate, and with no legal recourse, the three would-be entrepreneurs hatch a misguided plan to kidnap the investor's adult son and ransom him to regain control of their company.

Plot Keywords: friend, business partner, investor, father, kidnapper, police officer, campy ...

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#25. Way Off Broadway (2001)

Storyline: Way Off Broadway is the story of five friends who, frustrated by the abrupt juxtaposition of being successful artists on the university level to poor struggling artists in New York City, take a crash course in life as they explore the dynamic of conflict in friendship involving sex, love, failure and betrayal.

Plot Keywords: friend, playwright, actress, filmmaker, musician, writer, amusing ...

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#26. The Happy Prince (2018)

Storyline: In a cheap Parisian hotel room Oscar Wilde lies on his death bed. The past floods back, taking him to other times and places. Was he once the most famous man in London? The artist crucified by a society that once worshipped him? Under the microscope of death he reviews the failed attempt to reconcile with his long suffering wife Constance, the ensuing reprisal of his fatal love affair with Lord Alfred Douglas and the warmth and devotion of Robbie Ross, who tried and failed to save him from himself. Travelling through Wilde's final act and journeys through England, France and Italy, the transience of lust is laid bare and the true riches of love are revealed. It is a portrait of the dark side of a genius who lived and died for love.—Beta Film GmbH

Plot Keywords: writer, dying person, gay man, lover, artist, dark, witty ...

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#29. Second Best (2004)

Storyline: Second Best is the story of five male baby boomers all nearing 50. They graduated from college together, ready to take on the world, but only one of the group has done exceptionally well. His visit back East to hang out with the old gang triggers the most intense feelings of inadequacy and "second bestness," particularly in his oldest and closest friend.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: writer, producer, friend, ex-wife, amusing, uneasy, new jersey ...

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#30. Crooked Hearts (1991)

Storyline: A young man leaves college and re-enters life with his dysfunctional family. Slowly, long-buried secrets involving their father are unraveled and the animosities between the father and older brother are revealed. As the past is revealed, new tragedies pulls the family together at last.—John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>

Plot Keywords: father, mother, son, brother, sister, girlfriend, dark ...

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