Movies and TvShows featuring "prize-money" theme.
Squid Game (2021) is a thrilling and suspenseful TV show that follows a group of contestants who are forced to participate in a dangerous game with a large cash prize at stake. As the game progresses, the players face brutal challenges and must navigate a web of secrets and intrigue. With their lives on the line, they must do whatever it takes to survive.
A reality series pitting people identified with "genius traits" against one another in social games of strategy, logic, and negotiation skills. Each episode consists of a main match and a death match. The main match decides the winner and elimination candidate for the day. The winner receives a token of life, which grants immunity from the death match, and potentially garnets, a game currency worth ₩1,000,000 each. Garnets can be used to improve a player's chances of winning a game, as well as be traded with other players to gain favor. The elimination candidate chooses a player without a token of life to take part in a 1v1 game called the death match. The player who loses the death match is eliminated, and the winner of the death match gains their garnets. The last remaining player is the champion, and the total garnets held by the champion will be the final prize.
Yoo Jae-suk and Jo Se-ho who enter ordinary people's everyday lives, chat with them, and give them surprise quizzes! The talk and quiz show program will spotlight these people's lives and aims to gift them a refreshing, different kind of day. Recently they're also inviting celebrities & professionals to the show.
The Chase is a popular game show where contestants compete against a professional quizzer, known as "The Chaser", to win money. The contestants have to answer a series of general knowledge questions within a specific time limit, while the chaser's aim is to catch them by answering more questions correctly. The show is based on a British TV series and features a British quizzer in America. The format involves three contestants teaming up against the chaser, and the prize money increases with each correct answer. The show combines elements of quiz shows, trivia, and general knowledge competitions.
Come Dine with Me is a reality TV show that features amateur chefs competing against each other by hosting dinner parties. Each contestant takes turns hosting a dinner party for the other contestants, who then rate the evening based on the quality of the food, hospitality, and entertainment. The contestant with the highest score at the end of the week wins a cash prize.
Tipping Point is a British television game show presented by Ben Shephard and is broadcast on ITV. The show began airing on 2 July 2012 and sees contestants answering general knowledge questions to win counters which they use on a large coin pusher arcade-style machine which releases the counters worth £50 each. The third series began airing on 20 May 2013. Twelve celebrity editions of the show, known as Tipping Point: Lucky Stars, aired between June and August 2013. These feature three celebrities, playing to win up to £20,000 for their chosen charities.
Lingo is a British game show hosted by Adil Ray where pairs of contestants compete to find words across a series of rounds. It is a reboot of the original show of the same name that aired in 1988.
In a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theater impresario's attempt to save his theater with a singing competition becomes grander than he anticipates even as its finalists find that their lives will never be the same. In a world of anthropomorphic animals, koala Buster Moon owns a theater and decides to host a singing competition after facing financial problems. Animals from all around the city audition, including a housewife pig, a street musician mouse, a mobster's son gorilla, and a punk-rock porcupine. As the performers face individual challenges, Buster's hopes for a successful show seem uncertain. But with the support of his friends and an unexpected turn of events, the show becomes a success and the theater is saved.
Hosted by Meredith Vieira, two teams of celebrities and civilians face off in a fast paced word game with a top prize of $10,000.
America's Funniest Home Videos is a comedy TV show that showcases funny and often embarrassing home videos submitted by viewers. The videos often feature people getting into hilarious situations, bloopers, and funny moments caught on camera. The show has a live audience and includes audience voting to determine the funniest video of each episode. Join in the laughter and enjoy the best of hilarious home videos.
In the year 2045, people escape the desolation of Earth by engaging in the virtual reality world of the OASIS. When the creator of the OASIS dies, he challenges players to find his Easter Egg, promising them his fortune and control of the OASIS. Wade Watts, a young Gunter, teams up with fellow players to complete the quests and defeat the evil conglomerate IOI, who also seeks the Easter Egg. Together, they uncover the truth about the creator's regrets and ultimately gain control of the OASIS.
In 'The Circle,' contestants live in an apartment building in London and communicate solely through a voice-activated social media platform. They create profiles, build alliances, and navigate the complexities of online interactions. Each week, the least popular contestant is eliminated, and the last person standing wins the prize money. However, not everyone is who they appear to be, as some contestants use fake profiles to gain an advantage.
Twenty-two strangers compete in a series of missions for a chance to win £120k. However, amongst the players lie the 'Traitors', who meet in secret and decide who to eliminate from their fellow players known as 'Faithfuls'.
In this competition of intelligence, contestants face off in games of wit and strategy to be crowned winner and go home with the ultimate prize.
Bullseye was a popular British television programme. It was first made for the ITV network by ATV in 1981, then by Central from 1982 until 1995, and was hosted by Jim Bowen.
After the death of his wife, a truck driver named Lincoln Hawk fights to regain custody of his estranged son and decides to enter a high-stakes arm-wrestling competition to win the prize money and prove his worth as a father.
Five contestants attempt to answer top 10 list questions for the chance to win a big cash prize.
Every question is an opportunity to climb the endless money ladder and reach the big money, but only a correct answer banks the cash. Push their luck too far and they’ll crash out of the game and lose it all.
Eggheads is a BBC quiz show which pits a team of five "Eggheads" against a series of teams of five "challengers" who in each episode attempt to beat the Eggheads through a series of rounds. The program was first broadcast in 2003, and co-presented by Dermot Murnaghan and Jeremy Vine. For the 2008 series, Jeremy Vine was brought in to present on nights when Murnaghan was hosting the spinoff series Are You an Egghead?. This happened again from October 2009 while Murnaghan presented the second series of the spinoff show. Since the spin-off show finished, Jeremy Vine has continued to host the second half of each series, which broadcasts 52 weeks a year. Episodes generally air weekdays.