Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "ugly-duckling"

1. Rocky (1976)

PG | 120 min | Drama, Sport

A small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the world heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.

Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers

Votes: 629,438 | Gross: $117.24M

2. She's All That (1999)

PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Romance

A high school jock makes a bet that he can turn an unattractive girl into the school's prom queen.

Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Freddie Prinze Jr., Rachael Leigh Cook, Matthew Lillard, Paul Walker

Votes: 103,963 | Gross: $63.37M

3. Muriel's Wedding (1994)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama

A young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love.

Director: P.J. Hogan | Stars: Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Bill Hunter, Sophie Lee

Votes: 41,788 | Gross: $15.19M

4. Strictly Ballroom (1992)

PG | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A maverick dancer risks his career by performing an unusual routine and sets out to succeed with a new partner.

Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter, Pat Thomson

Votes: 29,438 | Gross: $11.74M

5. The Girl Most Likely to... (1973 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 64 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

After an accident causes an ugly duckling girl to undergo reconstructive surgery, she emerges from behind the bandages a ravishing beauty. It's payback time when she uses her new attractiveness to exact revenge on those who wronged her.

Director: Lee Philips | Stars: Stockard Channing, Edward Asner, Jim Backus, Joe Flynn

Votes: 1,558

6. The Shape of Things (2003)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A quiet, unassuming man begins to change in a major way as a result of meeting a new, art-student girlfriend, and his friends are unsettled by the transformation.

Director: Neil LaBute | Stars: Paul Rudd, Rachel Weisz, Gretchen Mol, Frederick Weller

Votes: 11,888 | Gross: $0.73M

7. My Life in Ruins (2009)

PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Romance

A disgruntled tour guide in Greece gains an unexpected new outlook on life thanks to one of the people on what she intends to be her last tour.

Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Rachel Dratch, Alexis Georgoulis

Votes: 20,876 | Gross: $8.66M

8. Hans Christian Andersen (1952)

Passed | 112 min | Biography, Family, Musical

The opening scene of the movie describes it best: "Once upon a time there lived in Denmark a great storyteller named Hans Christian Andersen. This is not the story of his life, but a fairy tale about the great spinner of fairy tales."

Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Zizi Jeanmaire, Joseph Walsh

Votes: 4,227

9. Georgy Girl (1966)

Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A traditional girl (Lynn Redgrave) resists the advances of a swinger (James Mason) who wants her as his mistress in 1960s London.

Director: Silvio Narizzano | Stars: James Mason, Alan Bates, Lynn Redgrave, Charlotte Rampling

Votes: 4,252 | Gross: $16.87M

10. Mansfield Park (1983)

261 min | Drama, Romance

Impoverished Fanny Price is sent to live with her more affluent uncle and aunt. The arrival of new neighbors brings a chance for romance to Fanny and her cousins.

Stars: Anna Massey, Angela Pleasence, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Nicholas Farrell

Votes: 1,133

11. Me, Natalie (1969)

M/PG | 111 min | Comedy, Drama

A young woman struggles for independence.

Director: Fred Coe | Stars: Patty Duke, James Farentino, Martin Balsam, Elsa Lanchester

Votes: 1,164 | Gross: $1.07M

12. Devil in the Flesh 2 (2000)

R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller

After escaping a mental institution, Debbie Strong steals the car, money and identity of a college co-ed and heads off to college where she becomes obsessed with Sam, a handsome writing teacher.

Director: Marcus Spiegel | Stars: Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Jsu Garcia, Katherine Kendall, Jeanette Brox

Votes: 1,575

13. The Mirror Has Two Faces (1958)

96 min | Drama

A teacher runs an ad in the newspaper to find a wife. Afraid of beautiful ladies, he weds an ugly woman. After a car accident, he meets a doctor who offers to reveal his wife's beauty.

Director: André Cayatte | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Bourvil, Ivan Desny, Georgette Anys

Votes: 363

14. The Enchanted Cottage (1945)

Approved | 91 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A plain maid and a wounded war veteran are transformed by their love for each other while residing in an enchanted honeymoon cottage.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Herbert Marshall, Mildred Natwick

Votes: 3,532

15. Permanent (2017)

PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy

Permanent is a comedy about bad hair, adolescence, and socially awkward family members. It involves life-altering permanents and poorly-made toupees. Obstacles to daily survival ensue.

Director: Colette Burson | Stars: Alexis Leggett, Kaleigh Jo Keller, Kira McLean, Patricia Arquette

Votes: 2,610 | Gross: $0.01M

16. The Patsy (1928)

Not Rated | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An awkward teenager hopelessly in love with her older sister's boyfriend tries to make him notice her.

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Marion Davies, Orville Caldwell, Marie Dressler, Lawrence Gray

Votes: 2,780

17. The Ugly Duckling and Me! (2006)

TV-G | 89 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

This modern version of Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale is charming. Ratso is a streetwise chancer of a rat whose theatre show is struggling. Then he finds an egg that hatches a mutant ... See full summary »

Directors: Michael Hegner, Karsten Kiilerich | Stars: Morgan C. Jones, Paul Tylak, Anna Nugent, Gary Hetzler

Votes: 2,751

18. Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (2011)

PG-13 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography

A look at the life and work of the influential fashion editor of Harpers Bazaar, Diana Vreeland.

Directors: Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Frédéric Tcheng | Stars: Diana Vreeland, Richard Avedon, David Bailey, Lauren Bacall

Votes: 1,696 | Gross: $1.00M

19. Selling Innocence (2005 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 88 min | Drama

Mia Sampson's dreams to be a model come true when she's asked to pose for photographs to be displayed on an Internet website for "members only." However, when the owner of the website uses ... See full summary »

Directors: Pierre Gang, Nicolette Saina | Stars: Mimi Rogers, JR Bourne, Sarah Lind, Tamara Hope

Votes: 648

20. Love the Way You Are (2019–2020)

45 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Zhen Yuan is a plump girl who fell in love with her high school senior, Dong Shen, both separated by a misunderstanding. Years later they reunited, Yuan become slim fashion model, Eva while Shen became a successful entrepreneur and chef.

Stars: Derek Chang, Yandi Qi, Mengwei Ma, Haoyue Zhang

Votes: 42

21. Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale (2003 TV Movie)

174 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A fictionalized account of the young life of Hans Christian Andersen, a young man with a penchant for storytelling but struggles to find his place in the world and gain the affection of the... See full summary »

Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Kieran Bew, Emily Hamilton, Flora Montgomery, James Fox

Votes: 576

22. Killer Bash (2005 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 96 min | Horror

Terror strikes a campus after the vengeful spirit of a murdered collegian possesses a student.

Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Raquel Riskin, Cory Monteith, Tara Wilson, Alicia Jones

Votes: 407

23. Downhearted Duckling (1954)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A depressed baby duck thinks he is ugly after reading "The Ugly Duckling" and wants Tom to eat him but Jerry keeps preventing that.

Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Red Coffey, June Foray, William Hanna

Votes: 806

24. Sex and the Beauties (2004)

101 min | Comedy, Romance

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Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Hin-Wai Au, Kenny Bee, Yat Ning Chan, Edison Chen

Votes: 183

25. Chef's Special (2008)

Not Rated | 111 min | Comedy, Romance

Javier Cámara (Talk to Her) stars as Chef Maxi, a culinary genius/drama queen with too much on his plate.

Director: Nacho G. Velilla | Stars: Javier Cámara, Lola Dueñas, Fernando Tejero, Benjamín Vicuña

Votes: 2,242

26. The Sissy Duckling (1999 TV Movie)

TV-Y7 | 53 min | Animation, Family

Elmer is an unusual young duckling who doesn't quite fit in with the rest of the flock. But that doesn't mean he's a sissy--or that he can't be a hero to his family.

Director: Anthony Bell | Stars: Dan Butler, Edward Asner, Andy Dick, Melissa Etheridge

Votes: 319

27. Sara (I) (2007–2008)

30 min | Drama, Romance

Sara is a Flemish soap, on a modest budget, about the people connected to the fashion firm Présence, founded by Leon van Wyck and his late partner but artistically dependent on the gay ... See full summary »

Stars: Gert Winckelmans, Sandrine André, Veerle Baetens, Kürt Rogiers

Votes: 245

28. The Magic Riddle (1991)

93 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Cinderella and other fairy tales get jumbled together when a grandmother tells a story.

Director: Yoram Gross | Stars: Ross Higgins, Robyn Moore, Keith Scott

Votes: 276

29. The Ugly Duckling and Me! (2006– )

TV-Y | 23 min | Animation, Comedy

This loveable cartoon follows the day-to-day misadventures of an odd-looking little duckling named "Ugly" and the street-wise city rat, "Ratso", who teaches him the ways of the world. Join ... See full summary »

Stars: Morgan C. Jones, Paul Tylak, Barbara Bergin, Michelle Read

Votes: 88

30. Megaheavy (2010)

19 min | Short, Drama, Romance

Jolly is a 14 years old introvert teenage girl who is in love with her classmate Kenneth. But one day her world is turned upside down when the neighbor's son arrives to the island to bury his father.

Director: Fenar Ahmad | Stars: Eva Thompson, Sarah Boberg, Jonatan Tulested, Nicolei Faber

Votes: 75

31. Stanley, the Ugly Duckling (1982 TV Short)

Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

A modernized take on the classic fairy tale that follows an ugly duckling who befriends a loner fox and learns a lesson about self-esteem.

Director: John Wilson | Stars: Susan Blu, Jack DeLeon, Wolfman Jack, Brian Cummings

Votes: 61

32. Quackodile Tears (1962)

6 min | Animation, Family, Short

Daffy Duck is ordered by his loud-mouthed wife to sit on their egg in a nest. When Daffy adjusts the nest to make it more comfortable, the egg rolls away from him and into a crocodile ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Davis | Stars: Mel Blanc, June Foray

Votes: 276

33. Rosa mistica (1987)

116 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A magical rose helps an ugly duckling live up her romantic fantasies a Filipino fantasy/horror anthology of 3 episodes.

Director: Emmanuel H. Borlaza | Stars: Snooky Serna, Liza Lorena, Aga Muhlach, Kristine Garcia

Votes: 24

34. The Seagull's Laughter (2001)

Unrated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama

Post-war provincial Iceland: around 1950, Freyja, who'd been a plump teen, returns from America, a widow with a 20-inch waist, seven suitcases of dresses, and a list of who ever wronged or ... See full summary »

Director: Ágúst Guðmundsson | Stars: Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir, Ugla Egilsdóttir, Heino Ferch, Hilmir Snær Guðnason

Votes: 697

35. Wife for a Night (1952)

84 min | Comedy

A poor musician hires a courtesan to pose as his wife so he can "give" her to a wealthy count in return for patronage.

Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Gino Cervi, Gina Lollobrigida, Nadia Gray, Armando Francioli

Votes: 174

36. My Favorite Fairy Tales Volume 2: The Three Little Pigs/The Ugly Duckling/The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids (1986 Video)

30 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Fairy tale stories of: The three little pigs, the wolf and the seven kids, the ugly duckling.

Director: Robert V. Barron | Stars: Cam Clarke, Xavier Garcia

Votes: 31

37. Skin Crawl (2007 Video)

R | 75 min | Horror

A young woman named Margaret is brutally murdered, victim of her husband's cold-blooded plot to inherit her wealth. An ages-old curse lying dormant for generations will manifest itself before his very eyes and those of Margaret's killers.

Director: Justin Wingenfeld | Stars: Julian Wells, Kevin G. Shinnick, Debbie Rochon, Armand Anthony

Votes: 245

38. The Girl (2014 Video)

2 min | Short, Comedy, Romance

The Girl is a 2014 Chinese romantic comedy film directed by Guan Xiaojie, Niu Dong, and Ma Donghua, starring Zhao Yihuan, Leon Jay Williams, Jo Jiang, and Wen Mengyang. The film was released in China on 24 November 2014.

Directors: Xiaojie Guan, Donghua Ma, Niu Sen | Stars: Chao Jiang, Mengyang Wen, Leon Jay Williams, Chloe Zhao

Votes: 18

39. Maailman kaunein tyttö (1953)

80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Unexpected romance is in the air when a young woman from Finnish boarding school meets an American millionaire.

Director: Veikko Itkonen | Stars: Armi Kuusela, Tauno Palo, Eija Karipää, Tarmo Manni

Votes: 75

40. The Light That Came (1909)

11 min | Short, Drama

A disfigured young woman with two beautiful sisters is courted by a blind man. Will he still love her when his sight is restored?

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Marion Leonard, Mary Pickford, Ruth Hart, Kate Bruce

Votes: 117

41. Quack-a-Doodle-Doo (1950)

Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

His Mama is the only one who love Baby Huey, an overgrown clumsy ugly duckling. The other Mamas and their broods shun him like the plague and make his little life miserable. But when a ... See full summary »

Directors: Izzy Sparber, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Gwen Davies, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Sid Raymond

Votes: 141

42. Diva (2010– )

45 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

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Stars: Regine Velasquez, Rufa Mae Quinto, Mark Anthony Fernandez, TJ Trinidad

Votes: 35

43. Oxbridge Baby: Fairy Tales (2008 Video)

45 min | Family, Fantasy

Featuring six classic stories (The Three Little Pigs, The Gingerbread Man, Little Red Riding Hood, The Ugly Duckling, The Tortoise and the Hare, Jack and the Beanstalk) that have been ... See full summary »

Director: Sarah Wickens | Stars: Francesca Lebens, Daniel Wiltshire, Ben Shevas

44. Sea Birds of the West Indies (1940)

25 min | Documentary, Short

The Mandel Caribbean Expedition, sponsored by Leon Mandel of Chicago, was conducted with his assistance and the use of his yacht, the Buccaneer, in the Caribbean region from January 1 to ... See full summary »

45. Ruma Elsa (1949)

73 min | Comedy

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Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Eeva-Kaarina Volanen, Arvo Lehesmaa, Kullervo Kalske, Elsa Turakainen

Votes: 99

46. The Ugly Duckling (1925)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

In a twist on the old story, the Ugly Duckling is thrown out for being different. But kidnappers stealing the rest of his fellow hatchlings give him a chance to prove his worth.

Director: Paul Terry

Votes: 27

47. The Better Way (1926)

Passed | 58 min | Comedy, Romance

Unattractive Betty Boyd (Dorothy Revier), a broker's stenographer, overhearing a tip from a business associate, invests her saving in the stock market. She makes a fortune and, after ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Ince | Stars: Dorothy Revier, Ralph Ince, Eugene Strong, Armand Kaliz

48. ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode: The Great Love Experiment (1984)

60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Teenagers lure a timid girl into a made-up experiment that gets her involved in affectionate ways.

Director: Claudia Weill | Stars: Tracy Pollan, Kelly Wolf, Peter Kowanko, Esai Morales

Votes: 28

49. The Bold and the Beautiful (1987– )
Episode: Episode #1.5267 (2008)

TV-14 | Drama, Romance

Katie and Nick drink Scotch and work a jigsaw puzzle together. The family is crushed with disappointment when Eric tells them he's committed to marrying Donna.

Director: Cynthia J. Popp | Stars: Susan Flannery, Jennifer Gareis, Winsor Harmon, Ashley Jones

50. The Bold and the Beautiful (1987– )
Episode: Episode #1.5329 (2008)

TV-14 | Drama, Romance

Bridget and Nick have a surprise for Katie, the girl whose first prom ended in disaster. Stephanie visits Katie and asks her unlikely new friend not to give up.

Director: Deveney Kelly | Stars: Eileen Davidson, Lesley-Anne Down, Susan Flannery, Jennifer Gareis