Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "based-on-play", "bet"

1. My Fair Lady (1964)

G | 170 min | Drama, Family, Musical

7.7

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95 Metascore

In 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make crude flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, presentable in high society.

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White

Votes: 101,936 | Gross: $72.00M

2. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)

PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama

7.3

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Two minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.

Director: Tom Stoppard | Stars: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss, Livio Badurina

Votes: 23,872 | Gross: $0.74M

3. An Ideal Husband (I) (1999)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Romance

6.8

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67 Metascore

London 1895: Cabinet minister, Sir Chiltern, and bachelor, Lord Goring, are victims of scheming women.

Director: Oliver Parker | Stars: Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Peter Vaughan, Minnie Driver

Votes: 16,730 | Gross: $18.54M

4. Pygmalion (1938)

89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

7.7

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A phonetics and diction expert makes a bet that he can teach a cockney flower girl to speak proper English and pass as a lady in high society.

Directors: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard | Stars: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson, Marie Lohr

Votes: 9,674 | Gross: $3.05M

5. House of the Long Shadows (1983)

PG | 100 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

6.2

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An American author finds a dilapidated Welsh manor perfect for writing until the residents host a bizarre family reunion.

Director: Pete Walker | Stars: Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Desi Arnaz Jr.

Votes: 4,617

6. Love's Labour's Lost (2000)

PG | 93 min | Romance, Comedy, Musical

5.9

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35 Metascore

An update of the classic Shakespeare story, director Kenneth Branagh shot the film like a classic 1930s musical. It tells the story of four best friends who swear off love.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Alessandro Nivola, Alicia Silverstone, Natascha McElhone, Kenneth Branagh

Votes: 4,905 | Gross: $0.28M

7. Carry on Nurse (1959)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Romance

6.2

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An idiosyncratic group of patients wreak havoc in the men's surgical ward of Haven Hospital. They decide to take their revenge on the frosty Matron, and there is even a spot of DIY surgery!

Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Connor, Shirley Eaton

Votes: 3,196

8. Tea for Two (1950)

Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

6.5

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A socialite with aspirations of a career in show business bets her wealthy uncle $25,000 that she can say "no" to everything for two days straight, hoping winning will help her fulfill her dreams.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Gene Nelson, Eve Arden

Votes: 2,196

9. Secret Agent (1936)

Not Rated | 86 min | Mystery, Thriller

6.4

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After three British Agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to the mission conflicts with their consciences.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: John Gielgud, Madeleine Carroll, Robert Young, Peter Lorre

Votes: 9,050

10. Short Eyes (1977)

R | 100 min | Drama

7.0

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53 Metascore

A child molester sent to prison finds that criminals exact harsher justice than society.

Director: Robert M. Young | Stars: Bruce Davison, José Pérez, Nathan George, Don Blakely

Votes: 1,565

11. A Damsel in Distress (1937)

Passed | 101 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

6.8

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A betting castle staff, and a series of misunderstandings and set-ups, leads to an American entertainer and an English damsel falling in love.

Director: George Stevens | Stars: Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Joan Fontaine

Votes: 2,382

12. Up 'n' Under (1998)

99 min | Comedy, Sport

5.6

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A former professional rugby player trains a group of underachievers to compete against the dominant local team in a rugby sevens tournament, with the assistance of an attractive woman, after making a bet with his boss.

Director: John Godber | Stars: Gary Olsen, Richard Ridings, Samantha Womack, Ralph Brown

Votes: 969

13. Woe to the Young (1961)

87 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

8.1

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In return for handsome and unclouded youth, a weary old geezer makes a pact with the father of lies to woo his beautiful next-door-neighbour. However, will he admit his mistake, now that things are not working out as planned?

Director: Alekos Sakellarios | Stars: Dimitris Horn, Maro Kodou, Smaro Stefanidou, Spyros Mousouris

Votes: 1,411

14. Nothing But the Truth (1941)

Approved | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

7.1

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A stockbroker's new partner bets $10,000 that he can only tell the truth for twenty-four hours.

Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Edward Arnold, Leif Erickson

Votes: 998

15. Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947)

Passed | 64 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller

5.9

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A mystery writer gets caught up in a real mystery when he accepts a bet to write a book at Baldpate, a remote inn.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Phillip Terry, Jacqueline White, Eduardo Ciannelli, Margaret Lindsay

Votes: 445

16. The Fleet's In (1942)

Passed | 93 min | Musical, Romance

6.6

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After a shy sailor is kissed by a female starlet as part of a publicity stunt, he becomes known as a stud; his friends then bet that he'll be able to defrost an icy nightclub singer.

Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, William Holden, Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton

Votes: 428

17. How to Go Out on a Date in Queens (2006)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance

4.3

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A self-proclaimed dating expert tries to get his best friend, who lost his wife two years earlier, back into the dating scene, with disastrous results.

Director: Michelle Danner | Stars: Jason Alexander, Ruth Barrie, Carlos M. Castillón, Cliff Bemis

Votes: 418

18. A Street in Palermo (2013)

92 min | Comedy, Drama

6.5

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Two cars come face to face in a narrow street in Italy. When neither one of the drivers wants to back down to let the other pass, within no time the whole village is involved.

Director: Emma Dante | Stars: Emma Dante, Alba Rohrwacher, Elena Cotta, Renato Malfatti

Votes: 657

19. Lady Be Careful (1936)

Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance

6.1

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Comedy and Romance amongst American sailors in a pre-WWII tale of antics during shore leave chasing high society ladies. It's a common tale where a confident sailor bets he can get the girl but inevitably falls in love with her.

Director: Theodore Reed | Stars: Lew Ayres, Mary Carlisle, Benny Baker, Buster Crabbe

Votes: 39

20. Nothing But the Truth (1929)

Passed | 78 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

6.3

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A young man bets $10,000 that he can tell for 24 hour nothing but the truth.

Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Richard Dix, Helen Kane, Louis John Bartels, Ned Sparks

Votes: 104

21. I hartopaihtra (1964)

94 min | Comedy

7.3

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About Aleka who is obsessed with playing cards and the efforts of her husband to make her quit this bad "habit".

Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Rena Vlahopoulou, Labros Konstadaras, Lili Papayanni, Hloi Liaskou

Votes: 1,475

22. Kuisma ja Helinä (1951)

91 min | Drama, Romance

4.5

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Director: Ilmari Unho | Stars: Elina Pohjanpää, Kalervo Nissilä, Rauni Luoma, Elina Kolehmainen

Votes: 27

23. Silent Partner (2001)

84 min | Comedy, Drama

5.6

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Two down-on-their-luck blokes have good fortune fall into their laps when the chance to train a greyhound is offered to them. Little do they know their silent partner is setting them up for a fall.

Director: Alkinos Tsilimidos | Stars: David Field, Syd Brisbane, Hebe, Les Andrews

Votes: 143