Highest-Rated Movies about 'Riches To Rags'

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), The Artist (2011), Baazigar (1993), A Little Princess (1995), Trading Places (1983), Blue Jasmine (2013), The Jerk (1979), Tough Enough (2006) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Riches To Rags movies.

#16. Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)

Storyline: Bored Roberta spots a regular personal ad in the paper titled 'Desperately Seeking Susan'. She heads off to New York, following one of the ads, and finds Susan. When Susan sells her jacket, Roberta - trying to emulate her mystery ad writer - buys the jacket and wears it. Little does she know someone is looking for the jacket - and its owner...

Plot Keywords: female protagonist, nightclub, marijuana, magician, jail, fishnet stockings, beauty parlor ...

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#18. Maid to Order (1987)

Storyline: Spoiled Jessie Montgomery, whose wild behavior and spending excesses cause her well-meaning but exasperated millionaire father Charles to wish he never had her, is visited by fairy godmother Stella. In an effort to save Jessie, Stella casts a spell which causes Charles to no longer have a daughter. Jessie, now penniless and without a friend, must take a maid's job to earn a living, and hopefully to learn her lesson...—Jerry Milani <jmilani@ix.netcom.com>

Plot Keywords: independent film, employment, fish out of water, humility, identity, self discovery, wealth ...

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#19. The House Bunny (2008)

Storyline: Finding family. Shelley Darlingson was raised in an orphanage, finally happy when she blossoms into a fox and moves into the Playboy Mansion. Unfortunately, she's summarily expelled on her 27th birthday(she's now too old). In desperation she takes a job as house mother for a sorority of misfits losing their house for lack of members. They have but a few months to find 30 pledges, or a sorority of mean girls will take over their place. Shelley figures that girls will pledge a house that boys find interesting, so she sets out to make the Zetas alluring, not act too smart, and host great parties. Can she succeed, and what about her own makeover? Sabotage is everywhere, plus it's hard to be one's self.

Plot Keywords: no panties, cleavage, female nudity, scantily clad female, sorority, nudity, playboy magazine ...

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#20. Rocky V (1990)

Storyline: Rocky Balboa is forced to retire after having permanent damage inflicted on him in the ring by the Russian boxer Ivan Drago. Returning home after the Drago bout, Balboa discovers that the fortune that he had acquired as heavyweight champ has been stolen and lost on the stockmarket by his accountant. His boxing days over, Rocky begins to coach an up-and-coming fighter named Tommy Gunn. Rocky cannot compete, however, with the high salaraies and glittering prizes being offered to Gunn by other managers in town.

Plot Keywords: boxing, training, punching, sweat, weightlifting, sit ups, punching bag ...

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#21. Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988)

Storyline: In this sequel to the 1981 hit movie, Arthur manages to lose his entire $750 million fortune. Will the former millionaire playboy be able to survive as a broke, unemployable alcoholic? To add to Arthur's problems, wife Linda's biological clock is ticking louder than ever, and she's pressuring him to start taking responsibility for himself.—Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>

Plot Keywords: alcoholism, butler, adoption, ghost, second part, 1980s, riches to rags ...

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#22. Material Girls (2006)

Storyline: The silver spoon daughters of the late cosmetics empire founder Victor Marchetta, Avan and Tanzie, never even took an interest in the business, happy to let it be run by their and the firm's administrator, Tommy Katzenbach, while they lead socialite lives, aiming at a marriage with soap star Mic Rionn. Suddenly a scandal wrecks the firm's stock and their family reputation. Their credit cards are canceled, one of them torches the mansion, the other hands their sports-car to a thief mistaken for a parking valet. So they end up living with their Latina former cleaning lady. Help to investigate whether the firm is really best sold to competitor Fabiella, as Tommy claims, comes from hunky lab technician Rick, whom the previously mistook for the inexistent firm parking lot attendant, and Henry Baines, whose free law for the poor charity they didn't even consider for sponsoring.

Plot Keywords: independent film, fraud, heiress, hotel, housekeeper, jail, lawyer ...

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#23. The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)

Storyline: The Flintstones are at it again. The Flintstones and the Rubbles head for Rock Vegas with Fred (Mark Addy) hoping to court the lovely Wilma Slaghoople (Kristen Johnston). Nothing will stand in the way of love, except for the conniving Chip Rockefeller (Thomas Gibson), who is the playboy born in Baysville, but who has made it in the cutthroat town of Rock Vegas. Will Fred win Wilma's love?

Plot Keywords: casino, vacuum cleaner, musical number, dancing, title appears in song, based on tv series, prequel ...

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