Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "making-ends-meet"

1. Wonka (2023)

PG | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers.

Director: Paul King | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Gustave Die, Murray McArthur, Paul G. Raymond

Votes: 141,206

2. Ferrari (2023)

R | 130 min | Biography, Drama, History

Set in the summer of 1957, with Enzo Ferrari's auto empire in crisis, the ex-racer turned entrepreneur pushes himself and his drivers to the edge as they launch into the Mille Miglia, a treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Adam Driver, Shailene Woodley, Giuseppe Festinese, Alessandro Cremona

Votes: 42,865

3. Boogie Nights (1997)

R | 155 min | Drama

Back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Luis Guzmán

Votes: 282,225 | Gross: $26.40M

4. Where the Heart Is (2000)

PG-13 | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A pregnant seventeen-year-old rebuilds her life after being abandoned by her boyfriend at a Walmart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma.

Director: Matt Williams | Stars: Natalie Portman, James Frain, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing

Votes: 36,371 | Gross: $33.77M

5. The Florida Project (2017)

R | 111 min | Drama

Set over one summer, the film follows precocious six-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Walt Disney World.

Director: Sean Baker | Stars: Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Rivera

Votes: 128,505 | Gross: $5.90M

6. Cast Away (2000)

PG-13 | 143 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

A FedEx executive undergoes a physical and emotional transformation after crash landing on a deserted island.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Paul Sanchez, Lari White

Votes: 639,141 | Gross: $233.63M

7. The Blind Side (2009)

PG-13 | 129 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All-American football player and first-round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.

Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Jae Head

Votes: 360,729 | Gross: $255.96M

8. Monte Carlo (2011)

PG | 109 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Three young women vacationing in Paris find themselves whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken for a British heiress.

Director: Thomas Bezucha | Stars: Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester, Katie Cassidy, Cory Monteith

Votes: 48,640 | Gross: $23.19M

9. X (XIII) (2011)

Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A veteran call girl and a runaway prostitute witness a murder and must evade the killer as he chases them through Sydney.

Director: Jon Hewitt | Stars: Viva Bianca, Hanna Mangan Lawrence, Peter Docker, Stephen Phillips

Votes: 7,419

10. Hoop Dreams (1994)

PG-13 | 170 min | Documentary, Drama, Sport

A film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.

Director: Steve James | Stars: William Gates, Arthur Agee, Emma Gates, Curtis Gates

Votes: 28,029 | Gross: $7.83M

11. Redbelt (2008)

R | 99 min | Drama, Sport

A fateful event leads to a job in the film business for top mixed-martial arts instructor Mike Terry. Though he refuses to participate in prize bouts, circumstances conspire to force him to consider entering such a competition.

Director: David Mamet | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tim Allen, Emily Mortimer, Max Martini

Votes: 21,519 | Gross: $2.34M

12. Strange Bargain (1949)

Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In order to cash-in a life insurance policy, a failing business owner asks one of his employees, who has financial woes of his own, to aid him in disguising his suicide into a robbery-murder.

Director: Will Price | Stars: Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn, Harry Morgan, Katherine Emery

Votes: 864

13. When She Was Bad... (1979 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

Stressed by a recent move and being a stay-at-home mom, Teeny takes out her bottled-up rage on her daughter Robbie. Only the help of her friends, family, and counselors can stop her from harming Robbie and herself.

Director: Peter H. Hunt | Stars: Cheryl Ladd, Robert Urich, Eileen Brennan, Dabney Coleman

Votes: 252

14. Alys (2011–2012)

70 min | Drama

Alys, a young woman who suddenly arrives in small West Wales town under mysterious circumstances, is desperate to maintain a stable life for she and her ten-year-old son.

Stars: Sara Gregory, William Thomas, Gillian Elisa, Kate Jarman

Votes: 32

15. Strange Confession (1945)

Passed | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A scientist who is working on a cure for influenza is victimized by his unscrupulous boss, who releases the vaccine before it's ready, resulting in tragedy.

Director: John Hoffman | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Brenda Joyce, J. Carrol Naish, Milburn Stone

Votes: 737

16. The River Niger (1976)

R | 105 min | Drama

An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet, struggling to financially and emotionally support his cancer-ridden wife Mattie. But ... See full summary »

Director: Krishna Shah | Stars: Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Louis Gossett Jr., Glynn Turman

Votes: 296

17. Journal of the Mysterious Creatures (2019)

13+ | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

As a person who is down-to-earth as well as a good Samaritan, Hao Ren desires to live the rest of his life as a benevolent landlord. Stumbling into a curious yet mysterious lady, he began ... See full summary »

Stars: Gui Niang, Su Wan, Aya Suzaki, Yuko Natsuyoshi

Votes: 47

18. Lola (I) (2009)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama

Two elderly women bear the consequences of a crime involving their respective grandsons. One is the victim, the other is the suspect. Both weak and poor, they laboriously solicit money in ... See full summary »

Director: Brillante Mendoza | Stars: Anita Linda, Rustica Carpio, Tanya Gomez, Jhong Hilario

Votes: 917

19. The Raffle (1994)

PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two out of work men come up with a money-making promotion to find the most beautiful woman in the world and to set up a raffle where the winner wins a date with her.

Director: Gavin Wilding | Stars: Nicholas Lea, Bob Dawson, Jennifer Clement, Mark Hamill

Votes: 166

20. The King of Arcades (2014)

Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary

Follow the rise and fall of the King of Arcades as one man pursues his dream against all odds.

Director: Sean Tiedeman | Stars: Richie Knucklez, Walter Day, Billy Mitchell, Eugene Jarvis

Votes: 624

21. Family Tree (1987)

Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A magical tree has a 7 dwarves taking care of it. The tree is bearing money and only good people can take it and prove that the tree has money on it.

Director: Mike Relon Makiling | Stars: Nida Blanca, Luis Gonzales, Francis Magalona, Nadia Montenegro

Votes: 15

22. Stardoom (1971)

145 min | Drama, Music

Frustrated, ambitious stage mother Toyang (Lolita Rodriguez) forces her son Joey (Walter Navarro) into a showbiz career and ultimately ends up in a tragedy. 1970s teenage heartthrob, ... See full summary »

Director: Lino Brocka | Stars: Lolita Rodriguez, Eddie Garcia, Hilda Koronel, Walter Navarro

Votes: 32

23. Ginger (I) (2018)

96 min | Comedy, Drama

A 23-year-old woman's pretty funny, slightly sad, powerfully emotional guide to breast cancer.

Directors: Jimmy Boratyn, Melissa Boratyn | Stars: Susan Gordon, Meghan Flood, Debra Rodkin, Frankie Weschler

Votes: 36

24. Why Play Leap Frog? (1950)

10 min | Animation, Short

Joe, who works at a doll factory, gets an economics lesson explaining why a doll that has only ten cents worth of materials costs two dollars at the toy shop.

Director: George Gordon | Stars: John Hiestand, Frank Nelson

Votes: 45

25. Huang Fei Hong yong jiu mai yu can (1956)

73 min | Action, Drama

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Director: Peng Hu | Stars: Tak-Hing Kwan, Kau Lam, Yee Man, Cham Lau

26. Monidlo (1970 TV Movie)

32 min | Comedy

There's a ringing at the door of an apartment of a worker Kaminski who hardly makes both ends meet. The guest asks for a cup of water and soon appears to be a smart and gabby peddler ... See full summary »

Director: Antoni Krauze | Stars: Kazimiera Utrata, Henryk Hunko, Tadeusz Kwinta, Andrzej Michalczyk

Votes: 95

27. Lovable Trouble (1941)

Approved | 17 min | Comedy, Short

Andy invests the money his wife gave him to pay the bills into a sure-fire money-making scheme, a girl's softball team made up of out-of-work chorus girls. Mrs. Clyde is, to say the least, not amused.

Director: Del Lord | Stars: Andy Clyde, Esther Howard, Ann Doran, Luana Walters

28. Maalaala Mo Kaya (1991–2022)
Episode: Internet Shop (2011)

TV-14 | Biography, Drama, Romance

Nora has done a lot of odd jobs in order to gain extra income for her family, but it's still not enough to cover their daily expenses. So when her gay friend tells her that she could earn ... See full summary »

Director: Dado C. Lumibao | Stars: Manilyn Reynes, Romnick Sarmenta, Khaycee Aboloc, Bugoy Cariño

29. The Ghost and Molly McGee (2021–2024)
Episode: Out of House and Home/Home is Where the Haunt Is (2022)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

The McGees struggle to make ends meet after a hospital trip leaves them nearly broke; Molly does her best to pretend everything is normal while Scratch protects the house.

Directors: David Knott, Stephen Heneveld, Sam King | Stars: Ashly Burch, Dana Snyder, Jordan Klepper, Sumalee Montano

Votes: 145