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81
7.6
/24012/
74
/541/
73
/385/
3.9
/22846/
100
/33/
86
/244/
83
/15/

Winchester '73 (1950)
Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting competition against him. McAdam wins the prize, a one-in-a-thousand Winchester rifle, but Dutch steals it and leaves town. McAdam follows, intent on settling his old quarrel, while the rifle keeps changing hands and touching a number of lives.
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Amazon Prime Video
81
7.6
/125705/
74
/2937/
73
/1544/
3.9
/135466/
95
/60/
88
/3025/
84
/30/

Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Times are tough at Premiere Properties. Shelley "the machine" Levene and Dave Moss are veteran salesmen, but only Ricky Roma is on a hot streak. The new Glengarry sales leads could turn everything around, but the front office is holding them back until these "losers" prove themselves. Then someone decides to take matters into his own hands, stealing the Glengarry leads and leaving everyone wondering who did it.
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Amazon Prime Video
82
79
8.1
/5649/
78
/287/
68
/78/
4.0
/18865/
100
/9/
85
/211/
cc age 5+

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977)
A poor otter family risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas.
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Netflix
79
7.5
/156532/
73
/5022/
71
/3007/
3.9
/319737/
95
/182/
79
/385428/
87
/38/
cc age 7+

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal, Gromit, investigate a mystery in Nick Park's animated adventure, in which the lovable inventor and his intrepid pup run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods that turn their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ruin the annual veggie-growing contest.
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Kanopy
77
7.2
/354932/
74
/13060/
71
/6019/
3.8
/1097012/
92
/199/
64
/1335862/
82
/41/
cc age 10+

School of Rock (2003)
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' roll. The school's hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of Finn's activities. But Finn's roommate remains in the dark about what he's doing.
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Hoopla
76
7.4
/3868/
70
/74/
69
/46/
3.7
/1848/
94
/121/
80
/603/
73
/35/

Wordplay (2006)
From the masters who create the mind-bending diversions to the tense competition at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, Patrick Creadon's documentary reveals a fascinating look at a decidedly addictive pastime. Creadon captures New York Times editor Will Shortz at work, talks to celebrity solvers -- including Bill Clinton and Ken Burns -- and presents an intimate look at the national tournament and its competitors.
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Amazon Prime Video
69
6.6
/2775/
65
/58/
62
/25/
3.4
/1848/
57
/14/
66
/47/

Cold Turkey (1971)
Reverend Brooks leads his small Iowa town in a contest to stop smoking for a month. But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts from wanting a cigarette, or kill each other from irritation and frustration, they will win a huge prize.
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Hulu
70
69
6.4
/4580/
71
/493/
69
/301/
3.4
/19214/
75
/70/
7.3
/76851/

Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai (2007)
Ash and friends (this time accompanied by newcomer Dawn) arrive at an idyllic village on their way to their next Pokemon contest, where chaos will soon erupt with the prophecy of two Pokemon Gods (Dialga and Palkia) and the arrival of a mysterious, seemingly deadly Pokemon named Darkrai, which has the power to distort space and time.
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67
6.0
/493/
54
/12/
72
/10/
3.7
/868/
58
/5/

Pumping Iron II: The Women (1985)
PUMPING IRON II: THE WOMEN, a film that is changing the way the world views the female physique-creating "a new definition of the female form." Join four women as they prepare for the 1983 Caesars Palace World Cup Championship: the sultry and curvaceous Rachel McLish, the current champion; the super-muscular Bev Francis, Rachel's toughest competition; and newcomers Lori Bowen and Carla Dunlap.
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75
67
7.3
/4715/
67
/93/
69
/88/
3.7
/7929/
95
/21/
77
/66/

Christmas in July (1940)
An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize.
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Paramount+ Amazon Channel
66
5.9
/13822/
65
/1043/
62
/187/
2.9
/42154/
59
/135/
89
/2225/
52
/35/
cc age 13+

80 for Brady (2023)
Four lifelong friends set out on an unforgettable journey to see their hero Tom Brady play in Super Bowl LI and witness one of the greatest comebacks in sports history, discovering that it's never too late to live life to the fullest. Inspired by a true story.
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69
64
7.1
/6782/
74
/184/
69
/139/
3.6
/5862/
60
/15/
73
/79/

Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)
Roger Willoughby is a renowned fishing expert, who, unbeknownst to his friends, co-workers, or boss, has never cast a line in his life. One day, he crosses paths with Abigail Paige, a sweetly annoying girl who has just badgered his boss into signing Roger up for an annual fishing tournament.
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Amazon Prime Video
63
6.7
/16991/
73
/1360/
68
/506/
3.3
/16647/
58
/38/
69
/75/
49
/12/
cc age 11+

Please Stand By (2018)
A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in order to boldly go and deliver her 500-page Star Trek script to a writing competition in Hollywood. On an adventure full of laughter and tears, Wendy follows the guiding spirit of Mr. Spock on her journey into the unknown.
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76
60
7.6
/2653/
71
/90/
75
/34/
4.0
/8488/
82
/9/

Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary (1997)
Filmmaker S.R. Bindler profiles Texas contestants trying to win a truck by keeping one hand on it longer than everyone else.
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Amazon Prime Video
56
5.6
/30522/
59
/713/
57
/506/
2.5
/22597/
55
/148/
46
/2074/
52
/35/
cc age 13+

Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)
A small-town girl wins a date with a Hollywood star through a contest. When the date goes better than expected, a love triangle forms between the girl, the celebrity, and the girl's best friend.
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62
55
6.3
/4870/
65
/204/
63
/148/
3.2
/3471/
56
/53/

Dragon Lord (1982)
Dragon and his madcap pal Cowboy spend their days getting into mischief, frustrating the elders, chasing girls, and competing in the village sport. When Dragon overhears a fiendish plot by smugglers to sell China's national treasures overseas, the pair leap into action. Also, Cowboy's wealthy father is kidnapped by the villainous and lethal Big Boss, and the scene is set for a furious martial arts showdown.
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64
49
6.3
/2371/
64
/54/
65
/59/
3.4
/2382/
60
/47/

Motorama (1991)
A ten year old boy gets tired of life with abusive parents and cashes in his piggy bank and steals a Mustang. He rides off into a surreal America playing "Motorama," a game sponsored by Chimera Gas Company. He has various encounters with different people, and eventually reaches the Chimera Gas Company where he finds they are not playing by the rules of the game.
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Hulu
49
5.7
/49358/
62
/2198/
59
/990/
2.6
/92763/
61
/23/
37
/448/
20
/11/

Would You Rather (2013)
Desperate to help her ailing brother, a young woman agrees to compete in a deadly game of "Would You Rather" hosted by a sadistic aristocrat.
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GuideDoc
74
48
7.2
/1034/
64
/35/
63
/22/
3.5
/387/
100
/62/
77
/127/
78
/17/

Afghan Star (2008)
This documentary on the effect the talent competition "Afghan Star" has on the incredibly diverse inhabitants of Afghanistan affords a glimpse into a country rarely seen. Contestants risk their lives to appear on the television show that is a raging success with the public and also monitored closely by the government.
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Plex
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47
5.8
/3335/
68
/81/
55
/39/
2.8
/1450/
75
/65/

Scavenger Hunt (1979)
An eccentric games inventor dies and leaves behind an inheritance worth hundreds of millions of dollars - which will only be given to the person or team, amongst his family and hired help, who wins a madcap scavenger hunt.
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69
40
6.7
/1296/
67
/26/
62
/24/
3.4
/1380/
100
/47/
54
/11/

State Fair (1933)
The children of Iowa farmers find love, with mixed results, at the state fair.
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MGM Plus
56
36
5.5
/2254/
58
/103/
56
/64/
2.7
/1205/
61
/20/

Miracle Beach (1992)
Down on his luck, Scotty McKay becomes the master of a very lonely genie, who brings him wealth, power and true love. Miracles can happen!
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Amazon Prime Video
42
35
4.8
/9218/
53
/777/
52
/236/
2.0
/8357/
16
/25/
67
/7/
22
/6/
cc age 17+

Buddy Games (2019)
After six lifelong friends have a five-year falling out, “The Bobfather”, reunites his pals for the Buddy Games, an insane competition of absurd physical and mental challenges with the chance to win a $150,000 pot. Now all bets are off, as the determined dudes' fight, claw, and party for the big bucks.
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Amazon Prime Video
60
31
6.2
/1004/
62
/91/
69
/29/
2.9
/512/
50

A Sweet Christmas Romance (2019)
When food stylist Holly returns home for Christmas, she learns that the elderly owner of her favorite childhood bakery is retiring and has started a contest to give the bakery away to whoever can recreate her famous 12 Days of Christmas recipes. When a local baker also enters the contest, the two adversaries end up cooking up something special together for the holidays.
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Netflix
52
27
5.3
/2396/
53
/50/
59
/22/
3.0
/650/
35
/44/

Lafangey Parindey (2010)
The path of a street fighter and a dancer on skates, who are in love, is paved by friendship, grit and hope.
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The Roku Channel
58
26
5.9
/1665/
66
/100/
59
/49/
2.8
/476/
53
/5/

Desperately Seeking Santa (2012)
Jennifer, a young, ambitious executive running promotions at a failing Boston mall comes up with a genius promotional gimmick to save her workplace and position herself for advancement: hold a "Hunky Santa" contest to replace the old Mall Santa. David, a local man trying to save his family's pizzeria, ultimately wins the contest and sparks fly between him and Jennifer. However, complications ensue when it comes to light that the company Jennifer works for is the same one trying to run David's family out of business.
poster
68
25
7.3
/471/
67
/14/
68
/14/
3.3
/422/
71
/514/

People Are Bunny (1959)
Daffy Duck needs to get Bugs Bunny into QTTV's studio ASAP in order to win the thousand dollar prize.
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Criterion Channel
58
24
6.0
/745/
45
/6/
61
/19/
3.2
/392/
80
/5/
38
/5/

Plucking the Daisy (1956)
Due to an urgent need of money, aspiring writer Agnes participates in an amateur striptease contest. Her new boyfriend, Daniel, who is a reporter by profession, covers the contest for his magazine.
poster
61
23
6.3
/1284/
66
/17/
58
/22/
3.2
/884/
56
/10/

Dangerous When Wet (1953)
The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. One day, traveling health-tonic salesman, Windy Weebe, comes to town and suggests they could swim the English Channel. Sponsored by "Liquapep" and coached by Windy, the family arrive in Europe. There it is decided that daughter Katie is the only one strong enough to enter the contest. But while she should be focused on the difficult and risky task ahead, Katie is pursed by dashing Frenchman, André Lanet... This comedic musical is well remembered for the scene when Katie dreams she is swimming with cartoon characters Tom & Jerry!
poster
67
21
6.9
/142/
70
/3/
57
/7/
74
/12/

Rank (2006)
Seven days, 45 finalists, one World Champion. Shot on location in Las Vegas, Nevada, Rank takes us from the ranch to the arena for the struggle of the three highest-ranking bull riders competing for the title of PBR World Champion. The three contenders: Justin McBride, a third generation bull rider; Mike Lee, 21 year-old born-again Christian and 34 year-old Brazilian Adriano Moraes, already a two-time PBR World Champion, who has been riding since the age of 18 and is now in the twilight of his bull riding career. This documentary brings the reality of this hazardous sport into focus for the first time. From preparations to ride through severe injuries and finally, victory for one: a gold belt buckle and a check for one million dollars.
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60
20
6.4
/512/
60
/5/
58
/6/
60
/78/

Give Me a Sailor (1938)
Jim and Walter are two brother sailors in the United States Navy. Walter tells Jim as soon as they get home he is going to ask his beautiful girlfriend, Nancy Larkin to marry him. But Jim is also in love with Nancy so he begs Nancy's ugly duckling sister, Letty to help break Walter and Nancy up. Letty agrees only under one condition, he help her to win Walter!
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The Roku Channel
38
19
2.6
/1478/
37
/109/
41
/44/
2.4
/426/

American Beach House (2015)
What happens when six lucky strangers, three handsome young guys and three beautiful sexy young women, from all over the world, win a random contest-- an all expenses paid trip to an amazing beach house in glamorous Malibu, California, thanks to a big Internet company--only to discover they have to share it with each other.
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Criterion Channel
63
14
6.6
/356/
62
/7/
56
/13/
3.5
/640/

Heat Wave (1991)
Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.
poster
61
14
6.3
/845/
61
/15/
58
/16/
3.3
/421/
60
/5/

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926)
A poor cobbler's son enters a $25,000 cross-country hiking contest sponsored by the footwear company that has nearly bankrupted his father. He also has fallen in love with the girl on the company's billboards, the competition's daughter, and her sweet inspiration keeps him tramping along.
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Fandango at Home Free
47
11
4.3
/712/
57
/14/
36
/19/
2.9
/396/
46
/9/

King Frat (1979)
Set on the quiet campus of Yellowstream University, this comedy follows the rivalries that build between two of the college's fraternities. When they're not mooning everyone they pass and throwing garbage on the lawns of rival frats, the members of the Pi Kappa Delta fraternity are mainly interested in drinking and... well, drinking. When a campus-wide farting contest is announced, Grossout, the leader of the Deltas, is all too eager to stand up, bend over and defend the honor of his fraternity.
poster
74
10
6.8
/484/
100
/1/
72
/10/
58
/4/

The Magnificent Dope (1942)
Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope" takes his course. But winner Tad Page is contented with his idle, lazy life and threatens to convert Dawson's other students to his philosophy. Dawson captalizes on Tad's attraction to Claire Harris to win him over; but will Tad find out Claire is really engaged to Dawson?
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73
7
7.2
/134/
73
/11/
67
/11/
3.5
/208/
83
/1/

The Million Dollar Duck (2016)
Six artists from different walks of life vie to win the Federal Duck Stamp Contest, the only juried art competition sponsored by the U.S. government.
poster
50
7
4.8
/280/
48
/5/
48
/11/
3.2
/332/
43
/3/

Knights of the City (1986)
A street Gang that is also a rap group tries to get a record contract.
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?
8.4
/68/
50
/1/

Triviatown (2006)
This documentary is about the "World's Largest Trivia Contest" held in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Eight questions per hour are asked over 90FM, the student radio station at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, for 54 hours straight. This film highlights several trivia teams and how very differently they play the contest from the more serious teams to the teams who just get together to party. For most teams, Trivia is like an annual reunion where they can get together with family and friends and have fun doing something they all love.
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?
5.9
/84/
30
/1/

Ice Cold Cocos (1926)
Billy and Andy impersonate two ice-delivery men in a suburban town. Billy takes a fancy to a newly-wed bride and most of his loose cash is liquidated as he flirts with her. Her husband is not pleased at Billy's attentions to his new bride. There is a skating contest at the local ice-rink, and the bride, her mother and her husband are in attendance, as are Billy and Andy, the icemen.
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?
100
/2/

X Un Millón de Euros (2023)
N/A
poster
?
8.1
/17/
80
/1/

Fuck-a-Fan (2024)
A viral porn star and a broken-hearted fan get a lesson in true intimacy when their gonzo “F**k-a-Fan” shoot unravels in an unexpectedly wholesome way.
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?
10
/1/

The Yodel Contest (1990)
A wooden nutcracker boy and his pet goat compete in a yodeling contest.
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?
20
/1/

Spit Farther! (2001)
For the last half century, the little town of Luling, Texas has held an annual Watermelon Thump Festival – and its own world championship watermelon seed spitting competition. This short documentary is about both the contest and the chief seed spitting judge, Phil, an underemployed, over-stimulated, former expatriate, who’s come home after years abroad in Europe.
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?
10
/2/

The Bikini Open 5 (1991)
THE BIKINI OPEN is a special-event, retro series featuring the best swimsuit, fitness, bikini, and modeling competitions from the early 90s.
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?
100
/1/

NOELIO (2023)
NOELIO is Santa Claus's biggest fan. In this interview for a documentary about Christmas, we will learn a little about him, the reason for his fanaticism for this iconic character and a little about his normal life.
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?
10
/1/

The City of Beautiful Girls (1950)
An aqua-maid at Cypress Gardens in Florida tells of her profession - wins the 'Miss Citrus' contest and then has to decide whether she wants to leave and take a shot at stardom.
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?
10
/1/

The Golden Eagle (1964)
'Golden Eagle' is crowned wrestling champion at the Aobao Meeting, but subsequent conflicts break out between Glden Eagle and the Lord of Ba-yin. Expelled from the tribe, he meets and falls in love with San-Tan. But their affair arouses the jealousy of her suitor Chaganhu.


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