Movies and TvShows featuring "eccentric-millionaire" theme.

A reclusive romance novelist on a book tour with her cover model gets swept up in a kidnapping attempt that lands them both in a cutthroat jungle adventure. Loretta Sage, a romance novelist known for her adventurous stories, is struggling to write her latest book. While on a book tour with her cover model, Alan Caprison, Loretta is kidnapped by mysterious henchmen. She is taken to an eccentric billionaire, Abigail Fairfax, who wants her help in finding a mysterious treasure on a small island. Alan recruits his friend Jack Trainer to help rescue Loretta. Together, they embark on a dangerous journey through the jungle, facing henchmen and explosions. They eventually find the treasure, but it turns out to be a collection of seashells. As a volcano erupts, they narrowly escape and expose Abigail's true intentions. Loretta and Alan develop a romantic relationship and publish a book about their adventure. In the end, they find peace on an island with their friends.

A Las Vegas casino magnate, Donald Sinclair, creates a race for money, where the winners are given a key to a locker in Silver City, New Mexico, containing $2 million cash. Unbeknownst to the racers, Sinclair's wealthy patrons are placing bets on the winner. Among the racers are scheming twins, a businesswoman and her estranged mother, a disgraced football referee, an eccentric Italian tourist, and a no-nonsense attorney. Hijinks ensue as they encounter various obstacles and compete to be the first to claim the money. Eventually, all the racers reunite in Silver City, where they decide to give the money to charity, forcing Sinclair and his gamblers to pay double the prize money.

A millionaire offers a group of strangers $10,000 each if they can survive a night in a haunted mansion. As the night progresses, they encounter terrifying supernatural phenomena and must fend for their lives.

Freaky Deaky is a comedy crime thriller set in the 1970s. It follows a group of eccentric characters who get involved in explosive situations involving sex, violence, and revenge. The story revolves around a suspended cop who teams up with an explosives expert to bring down an evil woman with a deadly plan. As the plot unfolds, the non-linear timeline reveals a web of murder, car bombs, and a mysterious millionaire. The movie explores themes of greed, betrayal, and the consequences of actions.

In the 1960s, a top-secret research station is infiltrated by a thief who steals a deadly biological weapon known as the Satan Bug. As the authorities race against time to recover the weapon, a head of security, an intelligence officer, and a scientist must navigate a web of conspiracy and betrayal to save millions of lives.

A wealthy advertising executive, Drew Latham, is lonely during the holiday season and decides to pay a family to spend Christmas with him in his childhood home. The family reluctantly agrees, and chaos ensues as they try to navigate their differences and create the perfect holiday. Along the way, Drew falls in love with one of the family members, leading to unexpected romantic complications. Can they survive Christmas together?

When a dying woman's soul is transplanted into the body of a lawyer, they must learn to coexist and navigate the challenges that come with sharing a body. Meanwhile, the lawyer's soul is trapped in the woman's body, leading to hilarious and awkward situations. As they attempt to find a solution, they discover new perspectives on life and love.

When a struggling limousine driver takes on the job of chauffeuring an eccentric millionaire, he finds himself in a high-stakes game of survival. As the night unfolds, he must navigate through dangerous encounters, criminal activities, and unexpected twists to save his own life and protect his passenger.

The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide up her money. To show them that there are no hard feelings, she invites them to her estate for the weekend so she can decide to whom she actually will leave her money when she dies. Soon, however, family members begin turning up dead.

Sylvia West (Carroll Baker) may not be who she says she is. Her fiancé, the very well-to-do Frederick Summers (Peter Lawford), hires an investigator named Alan Maklin (George Maharis) to do some digging, and what he finds out about her life prior to becoming a writer is quite shocking. Will the newfound knowledge ruin the marriage? Gordon Douglas (Young at Heart) directs this drama, which is based on E.V. Cunningham's book.

WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn (2021) is a documentary film that provides an in-depth exploration of the meteoric rise and subsequent downfall of WeWork, a co-working company that was once considered a unicorn with a staggering valuation of $47 billion. The film delves into the eccentricities of the company's co-founder Adam Neumann and examines the factors that led to its spectacular collapse, including allegations of corporate mismanagement, questionable practices, and an economic crisis.

In 'The Queen of Sin,' a wealthy eccentric millionaire is found dead in his mansion. A police detective is assigned to investigate the murder and must navigate through a web of deception and intrigue. As he delves deeper into the case, he discovers a dark world of sex trafficking and uncovers shocking secrets. With time running out, the detective must unravel the truth to bring the killer to justice.

When his best friend dies of a heart attack, Ray Macklin becomes a man obsessed with his own mortality. Convinced that all his aches and pains are an indication of his imminent death, Ray's life turns into a slapstick farce of health-crazed anxiety and hypochondria.

A profligate, polo-playing playboy (Henry Fonda) is married to a beautiful but superficial heiress (Mary Brian). They divorce, and the wife gets all the money. But the humbled (and impoverished) Fonda finds true love in the arms of Pat Paterson, who cares nothing for material things.

A philanthropist's will dictates that four people receive $5,000 apiece, with the stipulation that the first one who can double the amount -- without dishonesty-- will win a cool million. Hindering the four are the avaricious relatives of the late millionaire.

Rhythm of the Islands is set in the South Seas, presumably far away from the shooting war. The nonsensical plotline finds hero Tommy (Allan Jones) posing as a native chief. Joan Holton (Jane Frazee), daughter of a millionaire (Ernest Truex), falls in love with Tommy, unaware that he's a charlatan.

A young singer hopes to become a success on Broadway.

An Arizona gas station owner faces comic adventures after traveling with an eccentric millionaire to New City, where he meets up with a small-time con woman and is repeatedly mistaken for a gangster.

Boston blueblood Aloysius Merriweather loves to play jokes on people and he's come up with a joy-buzzer of a doozy. He'll send barber Joe Jenkins in his place to a dinner party aimed at squeezing a few Merriweather millions. That Cinderella plan soon turns into a pumpkin coach with the wheels fallen off. Circumstances will force shave-and-a-haircut Joe to masquerade as Merriweather for much longer.The comedy comes fast and frantic in Mister Cinderella, from Hal Roach Studios.

Eccentric tycoon Jasper Whyte hosts a dinner at his mansion and announces that he will divide his money and give each guest a million dollars before the stroke of midnight. When his long-lost granddaughter suddenly arrives, Whyte changes his mind and proclaims that she will receive his entire fortune. A second lady appears at the estate, claiming that she is actually Whyte's granddaughter, Doris Waverly, and the first woman is found murdered in her room! With each guest possessing a motive, the mystery of the killer's identity briskly unfolds through a stirring series of surprises.