Movies: Rags to riches

  • 2011
    Ballplayer: Pelotero

    Ballplayer: Pelotero (2011)

    Ballplayer: Pelotero

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    Two top baseball prospects in the Dominican Republic face fierce competition and corruption as they chase their big league dreams....

    Ballplayer: Pelotero
  • 2012
    Comrade Kim Goes Flying

    Comrade Kim Goes Flying (2012)

    Comrade Kim Goes Flying

    6.22012HD

    A North Korean coal miner struggles to realize her dream of becoming a circus acrobat....

    Comrade Kim Goes Flying
  • 1987
    Pasan Ko ang Daigdig

    Pasan Ko ang Daigdig (1987)

    Pasan Ko ang Daigdig

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    A riches story amidst the filth and squalor of the Smokey Mountain. A scavenger among the garbage who had to carry her crippled mother on her back while begging on the steps of the Manila Cathedral. Raped by an unknown man she left her poverty laden ...

    Pasan Ko ang Daigdig
  • 1976
    The Astrologer

    The Astrologer (1976)

    The Astrologer

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    Craig Alexander, a con-man "psychic" on the carnival circuit receives the opportunity to pilfer some legendary rubies in Kenya. His luck holds and he winds up the sole beneficiary of the ill-gotten wealth, which he parlays into an astrological broadc...

    The Astrologer
  • 1943
    Two Weeks to Live

    Two Weeks to Live (1943)

    Two Weeks to Live

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    When Abner is mistakenly diagnosed as having only two weeks to live, his partner gets the idea that they can make a ton of money by having Abner perform all kinds of dangerous stunts....

    Two Weeks to Live
  • 1941
    En fattig miljonär

    En fattig miljonär (1941)

    En fattig miljonär

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    Nisse Holm start marketing coffee made of tree cones....

    En fattig miljonär
  • 1949
    The Lord from the Lane

    The Lord from the Lane (1949)

    The Lord from the Lane

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    The poor photographer Tibbe turns out to be the heir of the recently deceased count Silfverbåge. But he can only get the money on one condition: he must stop seeing his old friends, including his fiancée Maja....

    The Lord from the Lane
  • 1956
    Gilda

    Gilda (1956)

    Gilda

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    Destroyed during a fire that ravaged Sampaguita’s archives. Gilda tells the story of a poor squatter who carried her invalid mother while begging on the streets for money. As she lives under the abusive hand of her mother’s lover, Gilda dreams of bec...

    Gilda
  • 2000
    Millennium Stars

    Millennium Stars (2000)

    Millennium Stars

    4.52000HD

    When they were children, Shiva and Shankar went to Mumbai in search of a living. Circumstances puts them in jail, where they meet a bully named Karunan. They escape from jail. Several years later, Shankar and Shiva dream of becoming singers. Karunan ...

    Millennium Stars
  • 1969
    Finally Home

    Finally Home (1969)

    Finally Home

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    Raised in the South African township of Zamelda, Johannes 'JoJo' Radebe faced prejudice as a young boy who was captivated by dance – and Barbies… rather than football and rugby, as was the norm among his peers. With the support of his mother, sister,...

    Finally Home
  • 1936
    With a Smile

    With a Smile (1936)

    With a Smile

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    A tramp learns that even honesty won't help him overcome his struggles to prosper. After a man tells him that he needs to smile in order to succeed, he turns his attitude around and he becomes successful....

    With a Smile
  • 2011
    Great Gain

    Great Gain (2011)

    Great Gain

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    Isaac is a janitor whose livelihood is in jeopardy when his boss tries to cut his job in order to save money. When it seems he has finally gotten the best of Isaac, a misunderstanding at a convenience store puts a winning lottery ticket in Isaac's ha...

    Great Gain
  • 1954
    El hombre inquieto

    El hombre inquieto (1954)

    El hombre inquieto

    6.11954HD

    Adult street urchin passes himself off as rich man's long-lost son....

    El hombre inquieto
  • 2023
    Wide Open: The Andre Rison Story

    Wide Open: The Andre Rison Story (2023)

    Wide Open: The Andre Rison Story

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    The legendary player Andre Rison, the five-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl XXXI champion's unbelievable journey to stardom in the National Football League....

    Wide Open: The Andre Rison Story