Movies and TvShows featuring "rags-to-riches" theme.
Fighting Spirit follows the story of Makunouchi Ippo, a shy high school student who is constantly bullied. One day, he is saved by a professional boxer and inspired to take up boxing himself. With an immense passion for the sport, Ippo joins a boxing gym and begins his journey to become a champion. Along the way, he faces numerous challenges, both inside and outside the ring, as he strives to prove himself and overcome his own limits.
Maria da Paz is a committed baker who becomes a wealthy businesswoman twenty years after a tragedy strikes on the day of her wedding to Amadeu. From this broken union a baby is born, Jô, who seeks power and despises her mother’s humble origins. Afraid that her parents’ reunion might spoil her plans, Jô starts an alliance with the charming Régis to convince Maria to marry him and, together, they plan to steal all of Maria’s fortune. In this exciting telenovela written by Emmy Awards winner Walcyr Carrasco, Maria’s optimism must be stronger than Jô’s ambition when the baker finds out about the betrayal and her own daughter’s dangerous secrets.
Record of Youth follows the lives of three young individuals in the entertainment industry as they chase their dreams, face obstacles, and navigate love and friendship. It explores topics such as the pressures of fame, the sacrifices required to succeed, and the personal growth that comes with pursuing one's passions.
Zhou Ying is sold to the powerful Shen family by her foster father, yet successfully escapes by sneaking into merchant Wu Ping’s palanquin. The Wu family agreed to take her in after witnessing her remarkable business acumen, and she ends up marrying Wu Ping. The drama will chronicle the life of the Qing Dynasty's richest female merchant, and her struggles to keep the Wu family business afloat during the last years of the Qing Dynasty. Shen Xingyi is a happy-go-lucky young sir who has never known hardship in his life. After meeting Zhou Ying, he eventually decides to change his ways and becomes a mature noble who is willing to protect his country and family from disaster. He has a seemingly unrequited love for Zhou Ying.
The Clampett family strike oil and become millionaires overnight. They move from their rural home to the posh Beverly Hills, where their country ways and lack of sophistication lead to comedic situations.
"Sparkling Girls" centers around three young and beautiful, hard-working housekeepers who reach stardom instantly when an online video clip of them singing, surprisingly becomes a hit. Their success provokes the wrath of a glamorously gaudy and outspoken famous singer who will do anything to ruin the girls' friendship and career. With humor, romance, over the top characters, and bright, glittery stage performances set to catchy tunes, "Sparkling Girls" delivers all of the expected delights and shows that dreams really do come true.
Love for Rent (2015) follows the story of a shoe designer who pretends to be a rich businesswoman's love interest in order to save her small company. Along the way, she discovers the true meaning of love and friendship, while navigating romantic relationships and facing various challenges in the fashion industry. This heartwarming series explores themes of family relationships, character development, and the ups and downs of finding love.
After being expelled from school and wrongfully imprisoned, Park Sae-ro-yi opens a bar-restaurant in Itaewon, Seoul, with his friends. The establishment becomes popular and he soon begins his quest for revenge against the massive food corporation that destroyed his life. Along the way, he deals with challenges, love, and the pursuit of his dreams.
A man dies in a car crash, but awakes with the spirit of another person. He becomes the head of two families and he agonizes over his two different wives.
Boss & Me is a Chinese romantic comedy TV show that follows the story of a young woman who starts working as an intern for a CEO and gradually falls in love with him. As their relationship develops, they face various obstacles and challenges that test their love and commitment. Will their love prevail or will the pressures of work and society tear them apart?
This is a tale about a group of young people who grew up in Jiudaowan. 40 years after the reform and opening up, they experienced the hardships of life, the merry-go-round of love, and various ups and downs of their careers. These true friends fought side by side and eventually matured into adults.
From when she was young, Qing Ling grew up in an orphanage. She is a kind, cheerful and helpful girl with a perfect sense of smell. Due to her sensitivity to smells, she started to develop perfume. Qing Ling's dream is to create a perfume to pay back the orphanage and help society. In order to realize this dream, Qing Ling persevered through all sorts of adversity. While chasing her dream, she received Xu Qinglun, Duan Tian Lang, Duan Yi Hua and others help. With Duan Tian Lang, they went from friends to lovers. During this period, she also found her family and reconnected with them. After experiencing lots of frustration, she finally, with her own effort and everyone's help, produced her own perfume brand, realized her dream and obtained love.
The Greatest Showman celebrates the birth of show business and tells the story of P.T. Barnum, a visionary who rose from nothing to create a worldwide spectacle. Barnum opens a museum devoted to oddities but fails to attract business. He then assembles a troupe of unique individuals and creates a circus that wins over crowds every night. Despite facing criticism and challenges, Barnum’s show becomes a huge success, allowing him to provide for his family and fulfill his dreams. Through love, friendship, and the celebration of humanity, Barnum builds a legacy that changes his life forever.
The Thorn Birds is a 2011 South Korean television series where one woman forsakes her love and family for her ambition while another woman embraces with love all that the former had left behind. Fates of a bit part actress Seo Jung-eun and a film producer Han Yoo-kyung who chose success are intertwined and resolved gradually as their mutual stories progress. The "thorn birds" of the title refers to Jung-eun's character, who only brings out her best at the cost of great pain. A thornbird is a mythical bird who searches for a thorn tree from the day it is born. When it finds it, the bird impales itself upon the sharpest thorn, and rises above the agony to sing the most beautiful song ever heard.
Scam 1992 - The Harshad Mehta Story is a TV show that portrays the real-life events of Harshad Mehta, a stockbroker who manipulated the stock market in the 1990s. It delves into the rise and fall of Mehta's empire, his involvement in a massive financial scam, and the subsequent investigation by authorities. The show provides an insightful account of Mehta's cunning tactics, the intricacies of the stock market, and the repercussions of his actions.