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.
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.
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.
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.
A loving heart trapped beneath an ugly facade, ignored and unappreciated by those who fail to see beyond what is skin-deep. She is a woman whose only desire is to feel a little affection from the world that has deprived her of everything she has always longed for.
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.
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.
The Queen's Gambit is a TV show centered around Beth Harmon, a young orphaned girl with a gift for chess. Set in the 1960s, the show follows Beth as she navigates her way through the male-dominated world of competitive chess, facing challenges both on and off the board. Despite her troubled upbringing, Beth's extraordinary talent and determination propel her to become a grandmaster and a force to be reckoned with in the chess world.
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.
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.
Cinderella, mistreated by her stepmother, dreams of a better life. With the help of her friends, she attends the Royal Ball and meets the prince, but must flee before midnight when everything turns back to normal. The prince sets out to find the girl who fits the glass slipper and eventually marries Cinderella.
In the summer of 1922, writer and Wall Street trader Nick Carraway moves to New York, where he becomes drawn to his mysterious neighbor, Jay Gatsby. As Nick attends Gatsby's extravagant parties, he discovers the truth behind Gatsby's past and his obsession with his long-lost love, Daisy Buchanan. The story takes a tragic turn as secrets are revealed and lives are forever changed.
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.
A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires. The snobbish investor is fired from his job, his bank accounts are frozen, and he is left homeless and penniless. He seeks help from the street hustler, who is now living his former life of luxury. Together, they plan to take revenge on the millionaires by disrupting their plan to corner the market on frozen orange juice. In the end, they succeed in obtaining a forgery of a secret report, make a huge profit, and leave the millionaires bankrupt.
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.
A street urchin, Aladdin, and a power-hungry Grand Vizier, Jafar, both want the magic lamp that grants wishes. Aladdin, with the help of a genie, disguises himself as a prince to win the heart of Princess Jasmine. Jafar, on the other hand, wants to use the lamp to become the most powerful man in the world. In the end, Aladdin defeats Jafar and chooses love over power.
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.
Pushpa, a man from a humble background, gets involved in the dangerous world of smuggling. As he rises to power, he faces intense sibling rivalry and must fight against ruthless smugglers to protect his territory.