Movies and TvShows featuring "pretending-to-be-poor" theme.

Amid a tense inheritance fight, a charming heir clashes with his hardworking employee who's known for her irresistible smile, which he cannot stand.

An African prince, tired of his pampered life, travels to Queens, New York to find a wife whom he respects for her intelligence and strong will. He goes undercover and falls in love with a woman he meets in a fast food restaurant. Despite facing challenges and revealing his identity, they ultimately end up together.

In High Society, a wealthy heiress, Yoon Ha, disguises herself as an ordinary person and starts working at a delivery service. She encounters a charming man, Joon Ki, who comes from a poor background. As they fall in love, they face various obstacles due to their different social statuses.

A young man from a wealthy family lies about his background to win the heart of a woman, but ultimately learns the importance of honesty and love.

Felix Grandet reigns supreme in his modest house in Saumur where his wife and daughter Eugenie lead a distraction-free existence. Extremely avaricious, he does not take a favorable view of the beautiful parties who rush to ask for his daughter's hand. Nothing should damage the colossal fortune he hides from everyone. The sudden arrival of Grandet's nephew, an orphaned and ruined Parisian dandy, turns the young girl's life upside down.

The Marquis Rodolphe de Sombrueil accidentally runs over a working man with his carriage and helps his widow -- unjustly accused of robbery -- to find her missing daughter.

Aaron, a young, successful Chinese businessman, drifts on to a rural island after a scuba accident. Mistaken for an illegal immigrant, he is forced to take refuge in a small, family-run grocery store. Enjoying the riches to rags transition, he tells nobody his true identity, and falls in love with the grocery store owner's daughter, Yvonne. But while Aaron enjoys his life of anonymity, Yvonne covets the chance to escape her poverty. Meanwhile, in Aaron's absense, a plot has been hatched to take over his company. Are Aaron's and Yvonne's lives too different to find happiness together?

A hat-check girl at the Stork Club pretends to be wealthy in order to impress a swindler, but the plan backfires when she falls in love with a handsome marine.

Surrender is a comedy movie set in Beverly Hills, California. The story revolves around a divorced man who finds himself in the middle of a love triangle and a high-stakes heist. As he tries to navigate through the complicated situation, he must deal with deception, casino games, and the glamorous lifestyle of Los Angeles. With the help of an artist and a writer, he attempts to unravel the mysteries and face the challenges that lie ahead.

Aristos, a ship worker and singer at a popular tavern in the evening, is preparing to marry a poor girl, Maryio. One night at the shop comes the rich Elena, which hides the truth about her financial situation, he falls in love with her and separates him from Maryio. However, after an accident, the real identity of Elena is revealed, as is the fact that she is betrothed. Elena, seeing the misfortune she has scattered around her, pretends that Aristos was just an adventure for her and lets him return to Maryio.

Sri Krishna is the son of a multimillionaire. He falls in love with the girl named Satya who hates millionaires and serves the poor. Sri Krishna bluffs her that he is a poor man and also makes his family to act like poor people. But he doesn't know about Satya's background which will put him and his family in furthermore trouble.

The House of Rothschild is a biographical drama that tells the story of the rise of the Rothschild family, a Jewish banking dynasty, and their struggles against anti-Semitism and prejudice.

Society heiress Joan Bradford rebels against her mother's choice of a future husband by masquerading as a working class girl and dating a window washer.

Sunil lives with his mom and sister in a middle-class dwelling in Delhi, India. He works for Chopra & Co., Chartered Accountants. He comes across a beautiful woman posing for a painting and instantly falls in love. The only problem, Sunil hates rich girls and this girl is very wealthy.

When Jhinuk, the daughter of a wealthy man, falls in love with Sagor (Shakib Khan), who hates how the rich treat the poor, she poses as a pauper to win his heart.

In this classic drama, a prince decides to experience the life of a commoner by pretending to be a pauper. He discovers love and the true meaning of happiness along the way, all set in a magical fairy tale world.

Eve, a beautiful young nightclub dancer, turns down a string of wealthy and powerful suitors for Robert, a poor but ambitious young man. What Eve doesn't know is that Robert is the son of a wealthy businessman and is just pretending to be poor to see if she really loves him. However, an item in the society pages gives away Robert's true identity. Complications ensue.