Here we've displayed a list of the best Contest films : Lage Raho Munna Bhai(2006), Deep Water(2006), Christmas in July(1940), Night Song(1947), Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair(1952), Dancehall Queen(1997), Judge Hardy and Son(1939), The Magnificent Dope(1942), Highwater(2008), The Jackpot(1950), Strike Up the Band(1940), Sounds Like Teen Spirit(2008) ... ...
Romance
India
2006
130 Minutes
Sanjay Dutt Arshad Warsi Vidya Balan Boman Irani Jimmy Sheirgill Dilip Prabhavalkar Diya Mirza Kulbhushan Kharbanda Saurabh Shukla
gandhi young man disc jockey sidekick businessman astrologer amusing lighthearted mumbai, india house studio hero worship contest romance radio philosophy rise rivalry quest 2000s
Munna Bhai embarks on a journey with Mahatma Gandhi in order to fight against a corrupt property dealer.
Documentary
UK
2006
93 Minutes
englishman sailor contestant engaging gripping intense sad sea england boat donald crowhurst contest boats boat race golden globe financial troubles adventure quest 1960s
A documentary about the disastrous 1968 round-the-world yacht race.
Comedy
USA
1940
67 Minutes
Dick Powell Ellen Drew Raymond Walburn William Demarest Ernest Truex Franklin Pangborn Harry Hayden Rod Cameron Adrian Morris Harry Rosenthal Georgia Caine
clerk girlfriend mother businessman coworker lighthearted endearing new york city office household aspirations romance deception practical jokes contest discovery love 1940s
When the co-workers of an ambitious clerk trick him into thinking he has won $25,000 in a slogan contest, he begins to use the money to fulfill his dreams. What will happen when the ruse is discovered?
Drama
USA
1947
102 Minutes
Dana Andrews Merle Oberon Ethel Barrymore Hoagy Carmichael Jacqueline White Donald Curtis Walter Reed Jane Jones Whit Bissell Leonard Bremen
composer socialite best friend older woman blind man conductor melodramatic passionate san francisco nightclub apartment beach concert hall new york city blindness music contest impersonation friendship deception
When phony stage mentalist Triton mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition, he becomes frightened and abandons his act to live of anonymity.
Comedy
USA
1952
78 Minutes
Marjorie Main Percy Kilbride James Best Lori Nelson Esther Dale
country girl family patriarch mother nemesis daughter hilarious cheery lighthearted fair farm church small town washington state contest horse racing cooking young love education husband/wife relationship adventure
Ma and Pa are trying to raise enough money at the county fair to send their daughter Rosie to college. Ma competes in baking and Pa enters a trotter in a horse race, while Rosie takes up with handsome young Marvin Johnson.
Comedy
Jamaica
1997
98 Minutes
Rick Elgood Audrey Reid Paul Campbell Pauline Stone-Myrie Cherine Anderson Mark Danvers Anika Grason Donald Thompson Patrice Harrison Henry Brown Carl Bradshaw
thug daughter single mother teen girl dance hall girl wealthy man quirky melodramatic kingston, jamaica city dance hall household street disguise mother/daughter relationship contest schemes poverty music underdog
A single street vendor disguises herself for a dance contest, and pits her enemies against each other.
Comedy
USA
1939
87 Minutes
Lewis Stone Mickey Rooney Cecilia Parker Fay Holden Sara Haden Ann Rutherford June Preisser Maria Ouspenskaya Henry Hull Martha O'Driscoll
judge wife son daughter immigrant girlfriend amusing charming small town household high school family illness blackmail dating father/son relationship contest quest rescue temptation
Judge Hardy, trying to find a relative of an aged couple to prevent them from losing their home, enlists the aid of his son Andy.
Comedy
USA
1942
83 Minutes
Henry Fonda Lynn Bari Don Ameche Edward Everett Horton George Barbier Frank Orth Roseanne Murray Marietta Canty Hal K. Dawson Josephine Whittell Arthur Loft
young man love interest motivational speaker press agent insurance executive reporter lighthearted airy new york city office ambition love triangle contest culture clash deception transformation rise love 1940s
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... See full summary »
Adventure, Documentary
USA
2008
90 Minutes
director martin scorsese filmmaker engaging well hawaii triple crown contest surfing rivalry
"High Water" is an action-packed adventure centered around surfing's Triple Crown competitions,the professional surfing tour's final three competitions held each year on the North Shore of ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1950
85 Minutes
James Stewart Barbara Hale James Gleason Fred Clark Alan Mowbray Patricia Medina Natalie Wood Tommy Rettig Robert Gist Lyle Talbot
vice president wife boss interior decorator painter irs officer heartwarming hilarious quirky small town indiana house luck contest taxes family radio husband/wife relationship discovery underdog
Bill Lawrence wins a slew of prizes on a radio quiz program. His happiness is short-lived when he discovers he'll have to sell the prizes in order to pay the taxes on them.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1940
120 Minutes
drummer singer band leader teen girl father love interest charming lighthearted high school chicago stage contest theater production school band aspirations daunting task illness quest rise 1940s
Jimmy Connors and his girl-friend want to take part in Paul Whiteman's high-school bands contest, but they cannot afford the fare. But per chance they meet Paul Whiteman in person and are ... See full summary »
Documentary
UK
2008
100 Minutes
spirit performers teenager engaging festival music competition contest children youth rivalry 20th century
A documentary about the junior version of the annual Eurovision song festival.
Drama
USA
2008
110 Minutes
Chris Pine Hal B. Klein Alan Rickman Jean-Michel Richaud Dennis Farina Bill Pullman Kirk Baily Freddy Rodriguez Rachael Taylor Bradley Whitford Eliza Dushku
vintner winemaker son foreman beautiful woman amusing heartwarming endearing napa valley, calif. winery paris vineyard wine father/son relationship family business culture clash contest small-town life underdog rise
The story of the early days of California wine making featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as "Judgment of Paris".
Comedy
USA
1927
72 Minutes
Marion Davies Owen Moore Louise Fazenda George Siegmann Karl Dane Russ Powell Snitz Edwards William Orlamond Fred Gamble
barmaid tourist young woman captain governor hilarious mushy tavern netherlands family home love triangle ice skating contest inheritance mistaken identity adventure rivalry love 1920s
A tavern worker and the daughter of a burgomaster enter into elaborate masquerades in order to win the hearts of the men they love.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1951
107 Minutes
Phyllis Avery Adam Williams Edith Meiser Helen Mowery Joan Winfield Tristram Coffin Tracey Roberts Ben Astar
child father mother nanny radio host teen boy melodramatic heartwarming studio california circus apartment chateau household illness imaginary friend college admission physical appearance class distinctions contest
A series of vignettes linked together with the popular radio show of the same name, where women publicly reveal why they deserve to be Queen for the Day.
Western
USA
1935
88 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Preston Foster Melvyn Douglas Moroni Olsen Pert Kelton Andy Clyde Chief Thundercloud Margaret Armstrong Delmar Watson Philo McCullough Eddie Dunn
sharpshooter cowboy buffalo bill chief promoter annie oakley spirited amusing engaging new york city cincinnati europe ambition show business contest guns native americans rivalry pursuit love
A romanticized biography of the famous sharpshooter.
Comedy
USA
1952
96 Minutes
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Mona Freeman Don DeFore Robert Strauss Ray Teal Marcy McGuire Danny Arnold Richard Erdman Edwin Max Alex Gerry
entertainer partner paratrooper soldier general sergeant madcap cheery playful stage military base barracks backstage new york city entertainment impersonation military life musical revue romance contest
Nightclub comic Hap Smith assumes the identity of another soldier so he can tour army bases in a revue with his ex-partner Chuck Allen.
Comedy
UK|France|Germany|USA
2007
88 Minutes
Rowan Atkinson Emma de Caunes Max Baldry Willem Dafoe Jean Rochefort Karel Roden Steve Pemberton Antoine de Caunes
fool actress filmmaker son police officer cheeky hilarious cannes, france train theater contest filmmaking mistaken identity journey kidnapping underdog adventure 2000s
Mr. Bean wins a trip to Cannes where he unwittingly separates a young boy from his father and must help the two reunite. On the way he discovers France, bicycling, and true love.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1939
84 Minutes
Lana Turner Richard Carlson Roscoe Karns Ann Rutherford Lee Bowman Leon Errol Monty Woolley Thurston Hall Walter Kingsford Mary Field Chester Clute
dancer college student editor secretary producer publicist lighthearted cheery los angeles movie studio office college newsroom dance hall filmmaking contest impersonation father/daughter relationship journalism dancing
After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college dance contest to find a new star.
Comedy
USA
1952
108 Minutes
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Marion Marshall Robert Strauss Betty Hutton
bumbler singer nurse chief petty officer movie star recruit madcap lighthearted outlandish office naval base television studio hospital nightclub san diego military life navy wager allergies contest
Although allergic to kissing girls, Seaman Melvin Jones, through a fluke TV appearance, gets the undeserved reputation of a great kisser dubbed "Mr. Temptation" and is pursued by amorous young females.
Comedy
USA
1933
77 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Colin Clive Billie Burke Helen Chandler Ralph Forbes Jack LaRue Irene Browne Gwendolyn Logan Desmond Roberts Agostino Borgato Margaret Lindsay
pilot married man wife daughter aunt parliament member emotional sad spectacular cannes, france new york city san francisco airplane party affair marriage pregnancy flying contest romance
A famous female flier and a member of Parliament drift into a potentially disastrous affair.
Comedy
USA
2015
96 Minutes
Will Ferrell Mark Wahlberg Linda Cardellini Thomas Haden Church Scarlett Estevez Owen Vaccaro Hannibal Buress Bobby Cannavale Bill Burr Jamie Denbo Paul Scheer
stepfather wife radio producer birth father son daughter amusing hilarious heartwarming home well family home basketball court competition children contest schemes parenting serendipity rivalry
Brad Whitaker is a radio host trying to get his stepchildren to love him and call him Dad. But his plans turn upside down when their biological father, Dusty Mayron, returns.
Drama
USA
1939
65 Minutes
Kay Francis William Gargan Victor Jory Max Rosenbloom Sheila Bromley Eve Arden Eddie Foy Jr. Charles Anthony Hughes
heroine pilot brother friend wife rousing gutsy california airplane cleveland aviation contest family sabotage divorce love triangle rivalry quest 1930s
A pilot enters an aviation race in order to win enough money to pay for her brother's medical treatment, and encounters difficulty with a rival pilot.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
USA|France
2008
86 Minutes
igor mad scientist assistant friend creature shapeshifter emotional madcap hysterical laboratory palace arena kingdom science aspirations inventions monsters experiments contest quest
Animated fable about a cliché hunchbacked evil scientist's assistant who aspires to become a scientist himself, much to the displeasure of the rest of the evil science community.
Horror
USA
1999
96 Minutes
Geoffrey Rush Famke Janssen Taye Diggs Peter Gallagher Chris Kattan Ali Larter Bridgette Wilson Max Perlich Jeffrey Combs Lisa Loeb
millionaire trophy wife doctor young man young woman guest creepy frightening mental institution mansion los angeles california haunting evil spirits medical experiments contest husband/wife relationship troubled past revenge pursuit
An amusement park mogul offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past.
Action
USA|Hong Kong
1986
83 Minutes
Kurt McKinney Jean-Claude Van Damme J.W. Fails Kathie Sileno Tai Chung Kim Kent Lipham Ron Pohnel Dale Jacoby Peter Cunningham Timothy D. Baker Gloria Marziano
father teen boy thug suspenseful spirited rousing passionate inspiring gutsy seattle california martial arts bullying overcoming the odds organized crime contest rise underdog 1980s
Jason, a Bruce Lee fan, sees his karate instructor/dad beaten by martial art thugs. They move to Seattle where, after humiliations, he trains with Bruce Lee's ghost so he can defend himself and others against thugs.
Comedy
USA
2003
122 Minutes
Cuba Gooding Jr. Beyoncé Knowles Melba Moore Mike Epps LaTanya Richardson Steve Harvey Montell Jordan T-Bone Ann Nesby
advertising executive singer taxi driver dj reverend aunt tender uplifting cheery new york city georgia small town church condo redemption homecoming gospel music inheritance relationships contest
A New York advertising executive travels to a small Southern town to collect an inheritance but finds he must create a gospel choir and lead it to success before he can collect.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
63 Minutes
Johnny Downs Gale Storm Robert Lowery Candy Candido GeGe Pearson Douglas Leavitt Herbert Heyes Marie Blake John Duncan Claudia Drake
teen girl radio singer uncle agent orchestra conductor college student amusing lighthearted charming playful new york city college radio station american midwest show business radio starting over college life contest singing
Radio singer Joan Abbott, known as the "Crunchy-Wunchy Thrush", does not want to renew her contract with the cereal sponsor, as she wants to go to college. Her Uncle Willie signs it for her... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
2013
87 Minutes
Kenton Duty Danny Flaherty Mary Beth Peil Katherine McNamara Kyle Dean Massey Chris Riggi Owen Teague Robert Wuhl Tina Benko Kelley Missal
bully high-school student teen boy teen girl brooding uneasy sad offbeat high school contest cooking friendship bullying adolescence discovery adventure underdog rise 2010s
A bullied high school student is suddenly befriended by his chief tormentor and together they face challenges that will change their lives forever.
Drama
USA
2019
90 Minutes
John Robinson Heather Matarazzo Eric Roberts Leo Fitzpatrick Alice Wills Michael Fegley Cristina Lucas Tissot Kristyn Koczur
radio station manager contestant radio personality police officer entrepreneur bleak emotional intricate endearing moving radio station office funeral television studio radio contest family business quest adventure discovery
Times are tough, listener-ship is down and Casey needs to come up with a plan to save his radio station, WTYT 960, and fast! Casey's grand plan is to host a billboard sitting contest, where... See full summary »