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

1. Pretty Woman (1990)

R | 119 min | Comedy, Romance

A man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets... only to fall in love.

Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Jason Alexander, Laura San Giacomo

Votes: 363,749 | Gross: $178.41M

2. Weird Science (1985)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

Two high-school nerds use a computer program to literally create the perfect woman, who promptly turns their lives upside-down.

Director: John Hughes | Stars: Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly LeBrock, Bill Paxton

Votes: 97,595 | Gross: $23.83M

3. 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: 103,971 | Gross: $63.37M

4. Mannequin (1987)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

A young artist, searching for his vocation, makes a mannequin so perfect he falls in love with it. Finding the mannequin in a store window, he gets a job there and his creation comes to life.

Director: Michael Gottlieb | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Estelle Getty, James Spader

Votes: 35,753 | Gross: $42.72M

5. Can't Buy Me Love (1987)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An outcast secretly pays the most popular girl in school one thousand dollars to pretend to be his girlfriend for a month.

Director: Steve Rash | Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson, Courtney Gains, Tina Caspary

Votes: 42,117 | Gross: $31.62M

6. My Fair Lady (1964)

G | 170 min | Drama, Family, Musical

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: 101,973 | Gross: $72.00M

7. Whatever Works (2009)

PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Romance

A middle-aged, misanthropic divorcé from New York City surprisingly enters a fulfilling, Pygmalion-type relationship with a much younger, unsophisticated Southern girl.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Larry David, Henry Cavill, Adam Brooks

Votes: 76,943 | Gross: $5.31M

8. B*A*P*S (1997)

PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy

Two tacky homegirls move to L.A. to become dancers; instead they scam a dying millionaire but eventually become B*A*P*S (Black American Princesses).

Director: Robert Townsend | Stars: Halle Berry, Natalie Desselle Reid, Martin Landau, Ian Richardson

Votes: 5,865 | Gross: $7.24M

9. 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

10. Miss Marple: The Moving Finger (1985)

Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The normally friendly village of Lymston is plagued by vile anonymous letters. When a mother of three takes her own life, following such a letter, Ms. Marple is not at all convinced things are as they seem.

Stars: Joan Hickson, Michael Culver, Deborah Appleby, Andrew Bicknell

Votes: 2,166

11. Never on Sunday (1960)

Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An American scholar in Greece sets about improving the prostitute with whom he is infatuated.

Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Melina Mercouri, Jules Dassin, Giorgos Foundas, Titos Vandis

Votes: 6,158

12. Pygmalion (1938)

89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

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: 9,677 | Gross: $3.05M

13. The Idolmaker (1980)

PG | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marcucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.

Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Ray Sharkey, Tovah Feldshuh, Peter Gallagher, Paul Land

Votes: 1,508

14. Sweet Hostage (1975 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Romance

An escaped mental patient kidnaps an illiterate teenage farm girl and takes her to his mountain hideaway, where they become friends--and, eventually, lovers.

Director: Lee Philips | Stars: Linda Blair, Martin Sheen, Jeanne Cooper, Lee de Broux

Votes: 829

15. Mad Love (1935)

Passed | 68 min | Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi

In Paris, a demented surgeon's obsession with a British actress leads him to secretly replace her concert-pianist husband's mangled hands with those of a guillotined murderer with a gift for knife-throwing.

Director: Karl Freund | Stars: Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive, Ted Healy

Votes: 5,882 | Gross: $0.37M

16. Born Yesterday (1993)

PG | 100 min | Comedy, Romance

A businessman comes to Washington with his ex Vegas showgirl girlfriend, and after some embarrassments, he hires a reporter as tutor to smarten her up. She turns out to be smart, sucks up knowledge and questions things. Trouble?

Director: Luis Mandoki | Stars: Melanie Griffith, John Goodman, Don Johnson, Edward Herrmann

Votes: 4,176 | Gross: $17.95M

17. What a Woman! (1956)

92 min | Comedy, Drama

A photographer named Corrado snaps a picture of Antonietta. When it shows up on the front page of a magazine, she wants to take him to court over it.

Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Sophia Loren, Charles Boyer, Marcello Mastroianni, Elisa Cegani

Votes: 481

18. Emmanuelle's Magic (1993 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Young Emmanuelle and her friend Coco visit a friend whose sculptor husband is infatuated with one of his plaster creations. Emmanuelle uses her magic to get him interested again, jump ... See full summary »

Director: Francis Leroi | Stars: Marcela Walerstein, George Lazenby, Sylvia Kristel, Joel Bui

Votes: 271

19. Brahmachari (I) (1968)

157 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Abandoned as a child, Brahmachari lives in a mortgaged house with twelve young orphans. He saves a woman from dying and she changes his life forever. But first she has to deal with her own affairs.

Director: Bhappi Sonie | Stars: Shammi Kapoor, Rajshree, Pran Sikand, Mumtaz Askari

Votes: 450

20. Pygmalion (1983 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 109 min | Comedy

The standard My Fair Lady (1964) story, with a provocative rendition by Peter O'Toole. He knows how to talk, but does he know how to behave towards a lady?

Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Shelagh McLeod, Nancy Kerr, Ron White

Votes: 187

21. Hoi Polloi (1935)

Approved | 19 min | Comedy, Short

A professor plays Pygmalion to three bumbling garbagemen and tries to turn them into gentlemen.

Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Gail Arnold

Votes: 946

22. Gospodin oformitel (1987)

109 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A famous artist strives to find the secret to eternal life through the beautiful mannequins he creates.

Director: Oleg Teptsov | Stars: Viktor Avilov, Anna Demyanenko, Mikhail Kozakov, Ivan Krasko

Votes: 1,084

23. Princesse Tam-Tam (1935)

Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Drama

A French novelist passes off a African shepherdess as a princess.

Director: Edmond T. Gréville | Stars: Josephine Baker, Albert Préjean, Robert Arnoux, Germaine Aussey

Votes: 573

24. A Pitiful Don Juan (1960)

81 min | Comedy, Romance

The exciting world of a confirmed bachelor turns upside down when a lively chemistry student moves into his home. Now, he is her guardian and father figure. Will the love-smitten man realise that some barriers are not meant to be broken?

Director: Dimis Dadiras | Stars: Labros Konstadaras, Anna Fonsou, Giannis Gionakis, Ketty Panou

Votes: 61

25. The Making of 'My Fair Lady' (1995 Video)

58 min | Documentary

This 30th anniversary documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of My Fair Lady, the classic musical about a poor young girl transformed into a woman of society... See full summary »

Director: Suzie Galler | Stars: Jeremy Brett, Gene Allen, Julie Andrews, Army Archerd

Votes: 100

26. The Sculptor's Dream (1930)

Drama

A sculptor dreams about his work coming to life and having various adventures.

Director: Lou Tellegen | Stars: Lou Tellegen, Georgia Vasileiadou, Dolores Del Río, Don Alvarado

Votes: 7

27. Kanske en gentleman (1950)

91 min | Comedy, Drama

Director Haglund make a bet with actor Stig Järrel that he can turn a bum from society's bottom into a real gentleman in two months.

Director: Ragnar Frisk | Stars: John Elfström, Stig Järrel, Marianne Löfgren, Gösta Cederlund

Votes: 36

28. The First Night of 'Pygmalion' (1975 TV Movie)

70 min | Drama

A new play by George Bernard Shaw is always an event - but will the egotism of the leading actress lead to disaster?

Director: Eric Till | Stars: William Hutt, Elizabeth Shepherd, Paxton Whitehead, Colin Fox

29. Der Traum des Bildhauers (1907)

4 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy

The artist studio is decorated with a rug, a chaise longue, a small table, a plinth, a couple of copies of classic sculptures, a vase with flowers, a few prints on the walls, and on the ... See full summary »

Director: Johann Schwarzer

Votes: 74

30. Pygmalion and Galatea (2007)

3 min | Short

A creator struggles to come to terms with the emotional reality of his creations.

Director: John R. Hand | Star: Jason Marks

31. Fly mej en greve (1959)

87 min | Comedy

The burglar Karl Kilian Ledig tries to get his somewhat reluctant son Carl Gustaf interested in his "profession".

Director: Torgny Anderberg | Stars: Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Sigge Fürst, Ulla-Carin Rydén, Sif Ruud

Votes: 35

32. Kanske en gentleman (1935)

98 min | Comedy

Director Hugo Berner and Doctor Olof Mellgren have come out of the theater where they have just shown the classic play Pygmalion. Director Mellgren claims that, like Higgins in the play, he can turn a harbor worker into the gentleman.

Directors: Ragnar Arvedson, Tancred Ibsen | Stars: Adolf Jahr, Carl Barcklind, Olga Andersson, Brita Appelgren

Votes: 18

33. The Inspiration of Charlotte Burke (2012)

Short

Charlotte Burke is an aspiring artist. Though everyday she faces a tough situation with a smothering and bold teacher, Mrs. Stochern, and a boy, Will, who seems to have done something ... See full summary »

Director: Rachel Linehan | Stars: Kaela Meyer, Curtis Horger, Kaitlin Ruby, Tyler Abrams

34. Celebrity Playhouse (1981– )
Episode: Pygmalion (1981)

90 min | Drama

Can Professor Higgins transform cockney flower girl Eliza Dolittle into a great lady?

Director: John Glenister | Stars: Twiggy, Robert Powell, Mona Washbourne, Ronald Fraser

Votes: 32

35. Andromeda (2000–2005)
Episode: Star-Crossed (2001)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Andromeda attempts to defend a freighter from a Restorian fighter, but in its last moments the fighter rams the freighter, destroying it and all 536 aboard. However unlikely, one escape... See full summary »

Director: David Warry-Smith | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Lisa Ryder, Keith Hamilton Cobb, Laura Bertram

Votes: 256

36. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: Love Me Not (1964)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Ben's Pygmalion-like efforts to 'civilize' a young, white woman, raised by a neighboring Paiute Indian tribe, have an unintended result when, instead of choosing a husband from among the ... See full summary »

Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon

Votes: 118

37. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode: The Ugliest Dog in the World (1965)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Rob brings the ugliest dog anyone's ever seen to the studio for a dog sketch. No one stops to consider what becomes of the poor pooch once he's no longer needed.

Director: Lee Philips | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews

Votes: 249

38. Dracula: The Series (1990–1991)
Episode: My Fair Vampire (1991)

22 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Inspired by Pygmalion, which the musical My Fair Lady was based on, Lucard decides to turn a ditsy woman who works for him into a true lady. Meanwhile, Gustav's old senile friend claims that vampires are preying on his old folks' home.

Director: Michael Sloan | Stars: Marina Anderson, Bernard Behrens, Mary Delli Colli, Geordie Johnson

Votes: 9

39. Family Ties (1982–1989)
Episode: Stage Fright (1983)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Alex reluctantly preps Mallory for a high school television quiz show when he can't find anyone else to fill an empty spot on his team - but when the cameras are on, he's the one who freezes up.

Director: Sam Weisman | Stars: Meredith Baxter, Michael Gross, Michael J. Fox, Justine Bateman

Votes: 188

40. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: My Fair Esther (1975)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Fred becomes a latter-day Henry Higgins when he undertakes the task of transforming ugly duckling Esther into a swan so she can win the Mrs. Watts Businessman's Contest and net Fred half the prize money.

Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Raymond Allen

Votes: 114

41. The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode: Tower Beyond Tragedy (1972)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Stone and Keller uncover the seedy world of escort services when their suspect is a cultured art collector with a Pygmalion complex who hires escorts determined to create in them his idealized woman.

Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Edward Mulhare, Stefanie Powers

Votes: 209

42. Au théâtre ce soir (1966–1990)
Episode: Ferraille à vendre (1972)

125 min | Comedy

A businessman hires a reporter to educate his uncouth girlfriend.

Director: Pierre Sabbagh | Stars: Pierre Mondy, Amarande, Louis Velle, Marc Cassot

43. Grimm (2011–2017)
Episode: My Fair Wesen (2014)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Nick (David Giuntoli) does his best to educate Trubel (guest star Jacqueline Toboni) on how best to handle the world she is learning about for the first time, and decides it best to bring ... See full summary »

Director: Clark Mathis | Stars: David Giuntoli, Russell Hornsby, Elizabeth Tulloch, Silas Weir Mitchell

Votes: 984