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

1. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A teenager from the slums of Mumbai becomes a contestant on the show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati?' When interrogated under suspicion of cheating, he revisits his past, revealing how he had all the answers.

Directors: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan | Stars: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Saurabh Shukla, Anil Kapoor

Votes: 878,158 | Gross: $141.32M

2. Warrior (2011)

PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Drama, Sport

The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.

Director: Gavin O'Connor | Stars: Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Morrison

Votes: 498,154 | Gross: $13.66M

3. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)

R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.

Directors: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Votes: 170,542 | Gross: $13.76M

4. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011)

G | 87 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Playing around while aboard a cruise ship, the Chipmunks and Chipettes accidentally go overboard and end up marooned in a tropical paradise. They discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seems.

Director: Mike Mitchell | Stars: Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Jason Lee

Votes: 39,619 | Gross: $133.11M

5. All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)

G | 84 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A canine angel, Charlie, sneaks back to earth from heaven but ends up befriending an orphan girl who can speak to animals. In the process, Charlie learns that friendship is the most heavenly gift of all.

Directors: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Dan Kuenster | Stars: Dom DeLuise, Burt Reynolds, Loni Anderson, Judith Barsi

Votes: 46,151 | Gross: $27.10M

6. What Happens in Vegas (2008)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Romance

A man and a woman are compelled, for legal reasons, to live life as a couple for a limited period of time. At stake is a large amount of money.

Director: Tom Vaughan | Stars: Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Rob Corddry, Lake Bell

Votes: 187,954 | Gross: $80.28M

7. Welcome to Me (2014)

R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama

When Alice Klieg wins the Mega-Millions lottery, she immediately quits her psychiatric meds and buys her own talk show.

Director: Shira Piven | Stars: Kristen Wiig, James Marsden, Linda Cardellini, Wes Bentley

Votes: 19,656 | Gross: $0.61M

8. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (2021)

Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama

Emi, a school teacher, finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked on the Internet. Forced to meet the parents demanding her dismissal, Emi refuses to surrender to their pressure.

Director: Radu Jude | Stars: Katia Pascariu, Claudia Ieremia, Nicodim Ungureanu, Olimpia Malai

Votes: 10,497

9. Sour Grapes (1998)

R | 91 min | Comedy

Evan and Ritchie see their friendship go sour after one wins a slots jackpot with two quarters bummed from the other.

Director: Larry David | Stars: Steven Weber, Craig Bierko, Jack Burns, Viola Harris

Votes: 3,076 | Gross: $0.22M

10. The Cooler (2003)

R | 101 min | Drama, Romance

In an old school Las Vegas casino, its top gambling jinx breaks his curse when he falls in love, much to his boss' consternation.

Director: Wayne Kramer | Stars: William H. Macy, Maria Bello, Alec Baldwin, Shawn Hatosy

Votes: 35,515 | Gross: $8.24M

11. Looking Glass (I) (2018)

R | 103 min | Mystery, Thriller

A couple buy a desert motel where they find that strange, mysterious events occur.

Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Robin Tunney, Marc Blucas, Ernie Lively

Votes: 7,860

12. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)

Not Rated | 79 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A Roger Corman tale of Dr. James Xavier's devastating experiments on himself and the unforeseen.

Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Ray Milland, Diana Van der Vlis, Harold J. Stone, John Hoyt

Votes: 8,168

13. Pointless (2009– )

TV-PG | 45 min | Game-Show

A game show where contestants aim to score the fewest points possible by guessing the least popular answers given by people in polls on various subjects.

Stars: Alexander Armstrong, Richard Osman, Stephen Mangan, Konnie Huq

Votes: 2,989

14. What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)

Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama

The vicissitudes of Gloria, a neurotic housewife, and her family's peculiar characters.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Carmen Maura, Gonzalo Suárez, Luis Hostalot, Ryo Hiruma

Votes: 11,135

15. Another Stakeout (1993)

PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Crime

Two immature detectives are joined by a pesky assistant district attorney in staking out a lakeside home where a Mafia trial witness is believed to be heading.

Director: John Badham | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Rosie O'Donnell, Dennis Farina

Votes: 15,398 | Gross: $20.21M

16. Bonneville (2006)

PG | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

Three women take a road trip to Santa Barbara in order to deliver the ashes of one of their dead husbands to his resentful daughter.

Director: Christopher N. Rowley | Stars: Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Joan Allen, Robert Conder

Votes: 2,861 | Gross: $0.49M

17. My Daughter's Secret Life (2001 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

Kaitlyn is a high school student whose obsession with gambling leads to her accumulating a mountain of debt. Her habit also causes a high degree of family tension.

Director: John Fawcett | Stars: Elisha Cuthbert, Sherry Miller, Evan Sabba, Greg Ellwand

Votes: 1,431

18. Slipstream (2007)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Aging screenwriter Felix Bonhoeffer has lived his life in two states of existence: in reality and his own interior world. While working on a murder mystery script, and unaware that his brain is on the verge of implosion, Felix is baffled when his characters start to appear in his life, and vice versa.

Director: Anthony Hopkins | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Stella Hopkins, Christian Slater, John Turturro

Votes: 4,912 | Gross: $0.01M

19. Rings on Her Fingers (1942)

Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

Two con artists take a shopgirl under their wing, but she disrupts their marrying-for-money scheme by falling for a mathematician.

Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Laird Cregar, Shepperd Strudwick

Votes: 1,081

20. Sweet 'n Short (1991)

89 min | Comedy

A disgraced sports presenter falls victim to an accidental head trauma and slips into a coma. He awakens months later to find that South Africa was not as he left it, he is now in the New ... See full summary »

Director: Gray Hofmeyr | Stars: Leon Schuster, Casper de Vries, Joanna Weinberg, Alfred Ntombela

Votes: 272

21. Push, Nevada (2002)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A Federal agent travels to a small town in search of a missing $1 million (while the audience gets a chance to find - and win - the money first).

Stars: Derek Cecil, Scarlett Chorvat, Melora Walters, Josh Todd

Votes: 249

22. Tastes of Horror (2023)

118 min | Horror, Mystery

Montage from the Te-i-seu-cheu o-beu ho-reo (2021) series, which is composed of ten short films directed by five of the most acclaimed directors of the genre in South Korea.

Directors: Sang-hoon Ahn, Johnny Chae, Yoon Een-Kyoung, Yong-gyun Kim, Dae-wung Lim | Stars: So-Young Ban, Yoo Da-in, Kim Dong-young, Shin Eun-soo

Votes: 70

23. Rent-a-Man (2023)

93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A gangster hires a mysterious rent-a-man for a subtle game of cat-and-mouse in the Las Vegas desert.

Director: Rafal Zlak | Stars: Rafal Zlak, Jakub Baranski, Jomri D.

Votes: 126

24. Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity (2002)

90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Twelve-year-old Mindy Ho inexpertly tries Taoist magic to fix her single mother's financial situation and seemingly hopeless romantic prospects.

Director: Mina Shum | Stars: Sandra Oh, Valerie Tian, Ric Young, Tseng Chang

Votes: 605

25. Ant & Dec's Limitless Win (2022– )

Game-Show

Ant and Dec present a unique new Saturday prime-time quiz show in which there is no limit to how much prize money the contestants can win - but they can only bank their money by correctly answering a question.

Stars: Anthony McPartlin, Declan Donnelly, Clara Amfo, Jimmy Carr

Votes: 107

26. Cinderella Meets Fella (1938)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A partial updating of the Cinderella story. When the fairy godmother is late, Cinderella calls the police, who put out an APB and find her in a bar. Her first attempt at turning the pumpkin... See full summary »

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Elvia Allman, Tex Avery, Mel Blanc, Bill Days

Votes: 292

27. Ah! Si j'étais riche (2002)

105 min | Comedy

On the verge of a divorce, Aldo wins the lottery. About to tell his wife, he discovers she's sleeping with his new boss. Instead of telling her and sharing the money, he keeps the news hidden.

Directors: Gérard Bitton, Michel Munz | Stars: Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Richard Berry, François Morel

Votes: 1,432

28. People in Luck (1963)

95 min | Comedy

Every day, the newspaper reports the story of a man or woman especially in vein, who won a prize or a spectacular contest.

Directors: Philippe de Broca, Jean Girault, Jacques Pinoteau | Stars: France Anglade, Francis Blanche, Blanchette Brunoy, Daniel Ceccaldi

Votes: 356

29. My Year Without Sex (2009)

Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama

A tender story from Australia highlights the realistic ups and downs of an Australian family in the year following a parent's emergency medical procedure.

Director: Sarah Watt | Stars: Portia Bradley, Jonathan Segat, Sacha Horler, Matt Day

Votes: 919 | Gross: $0.00M

30. Men O'War (1929)

Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Family

On shore leave from the Navy, seamen Stanley and Oliver want to treat two attractive single girls to a glass of soda in the park but only have enough change for three sodas.

Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Anne Cornwall

Votes: 1,381

31. People Are Bunny (1959)

7 min | Family, Animation, Short

Daffy Duck manages to get Bugs into a TV studio in order to win the thousand dollar bounty.

Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, June Foray

Votes: 420

32. Barbary-Coast Bunny (1956)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short

When Nasty Canasta cheats Bugs out of his gold, the rabbit retaliates by playing a naive hayseed whose effortless and unrelenting winning bankrupts Canasta's new casino.

Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Daws Butler

Votes: 963

33. Bumping Into Broadway (1919)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Short

Young playwright spends his last cent to pay the rent of struggling actress in a theatrical boarding house. Pursuing her, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big, just before a police raid.

Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, 'Snub' Pollard, Helen Gilmore

Votes: 1,389

34. The Ducksters (1950)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Daffy Duck is an obnoxious radio host who puts the guest, Porky, through an arduous series of quiz tests. The more questions he gets wrong, the more penalties Daffy gives him.

Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 1,249

35. Minte-mã frumos în Centrul Vechi (2016)

115 min | Comedy, Romance

Matters of the heart weave themselves into a love pentagon between five actors as they rehearse for a stage play in Bucharest's historic quarter.

Director: Iura Luncasu | Stars: Marius Damian, Zaharia Visan, Pavel Ulici, Nicoleta Hâncu

Votes: 159

36. Pointless (2018–2019)

Game-Show

The Australian version of the British quiz series that rewards contestants whose knowledge extends beyond the obvious into the obscure.

Stars: Mark Humphries, Andrew Rochford, Greg Eccleston, Amanda Scotland

Votes: 9

37. Chase the Case (2018– )

44 min | Game-Show

A daily, daytime game show in which five contestants swap general knowledge for information to gain access to a case containing a secret stash of cash. Hosted by Dan Walker.

Stars: Dan Walker, Deborah Anderson, Demi Rickard

Votes: 22

38. Head Hunters (2019– )

44 min | Game-Show

Quiz show hosted by Rob Beckett. Contestants will decide whether they think they can win the prize money on their own or if they need to headhunt other players to supplement their knowledge.

Star: Rob Beckett

Votes: 39

39. Hit the Jackpot (1955)

75 min | Comedy

A jobless and kind countryman moves to Athens, only to lose yet another job. However, the lottery ticket in his hand could be the solution to his chronic problems. Will now the love of his life change her mind and reciprocate his feelings?

Director: Ioannis Triantafyllis | Stars: Georgia Vasileiadou, Kostas Hatzihristos, Mary Nikolaidou, Rena Stratigou

Votes: 43

40. Car-azy Drivers (1955)

Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Popeye arrives in a suit of armor to take Olive for her first driving lesson. Between her literal-mindedness ("choke the engine"), inexperience, an inattentiveness, she has several accidents, culminating in a showdown with a locomotive.

Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel

Votes: 73

41. The Gentlemen Smugglers

Biography | Announced

Based on the Wall Street Journal best selling book, Jackpot, by Jason Ryan, This is the outrageous story of the group of non-violent men known as The Gentlemen Smugglers led by kingpins Les... See full summary »

42. Pistol Packin' Nitwits (1945)

Approved | 20 min | Comedy, Western, Short

Harry and his pal protect a pretty saloonkeeper from a gang of thugs.

Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: El Brendel, Harry Langdon, Christine McIntyre, Brad King

Votes: 28

43. Buddy's Trolley Troubles (1934)

7 min | Family, Animation, Short

Buddy runs his own trolley. Most of it seems to be a musical number. However, there is a criminal living in the ditches as he breaks loose and hijacks Buddy's trolley.

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Bernard B. Brown, Stanley Fields, Shirley Reed

Votes: 106

44. My Little Buckeroo (1938)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

In the border town of Boiled Beef, Texas, in 1872, a bandit who is wanted by authorities terrorizes the town - but a pig-headed deputy thinks he has a way to capture him.

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Tex Avery, Mel Blanc, Charles Frederick Lindsley, Charles Lung

Votes: 108

45. Fireworks Fireworks (2017)

Drama

Every year on the 4th of July, local rapper Jackpot The Juice, who plays a high octane version of himself, is a self indulgent wanna be rapper famed for putting on a super firework show every single year.

Directors: Timothy McCall, Kamal Smith | Stars: Aqeel Ash-Shakoor, La Shayla Hood, Rodriana Jordan, Glen Tattoo Man Paige

46. The Gold Ghost (1934)

Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Western

Dumped by his girlfriend, Buster drives west and winds up in a ghost town called Vulture City, where he appoints himself sheriff.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Buster Keaton, Warren Hymer, Dorothy Dix, Roger Moore

Votes: 281

47. The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins (2007– )

Game-Show

Nick Knowles hosts the game show in which teams compete by completing a series of lists. The team who name more correct answers on a list get the chance to play for the star prize and return to play again if they so choose.

Stars: Nick Knowles, Alan Dedicoat, Jenni Falconer, Gaby Roslin

Votes: 29

48. Beanstalk Jack (1946)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A Terrytoon reworking of Jack and the Beanstalk, and the hen/goose that laid the golden eggs; here, the hen is a Jackpot that lays/produces golden coins, and swings a mean mallet in protecting Jack from the evil giant.

Director: Eddie Donnelly

Votes: 23

49. California Dreaming (2016)

10 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy

John is about to win a multi-million dollar lottery draw, when two robbers barge in for a stick-up!

Director: Sahirr Sethhi | Stars: Johnny Cannizzaro, David Hill, Sophia Grosso, Shelly Kurtz

50. Sham Poo, the Magician (1932)

Passed | 17 min | Comedy, Short

Two goofball tourists in an exotic foreign location flirt with a cigarette girl, annoy a magician and awaken a monster.

Director: Harry Sweet | Stars: Roscoe Ates, Hugh Herbert, Dorothy Granger, Jerry Mandy

Votes: 10