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1. Million Dollar Arm (2014)
PG | 124 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
A sports agent stages an unconventional recruitment strategy to get talented Indian cricket players to play Major League Baseball.
Director: Craig Gillespie | Stars: Jon Hamm, Aasif Mandvi, Alan Arkin, Suraj Sharma
Votes: 47,817 | Gross: $36.45M
2. Cover Girl (1944)
Passed | 107 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
Rusty Parker wins a contest and becomes a celebrated cover girl; this endangers her romance with dancing mentor Danny.
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Lee Bowman, Phil Silvers
Votes: 5,939
3. Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama
The ups and downs of life as experienced by a group of aspiring young artists in the early Fifties New York.
Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: Lenny Baker, Shelley Winters, Ellen Greene, Lois Smith
Votes: 2,466
4. The World's Greatest Lover (1977)
PG | 89 min | Comedy
A neurotic baker travels to Hollywood to attend a talent search for an actor to rival the great Valentino. Although not an actor, through blind luck he succeeds, to a certain degree.
Director: Gene Wilder | Stars: Gene Wilder, Carol Kane, Dom DeLuise, Fritz Feld
Votes: 2,211 | Gross: $21.58M
5. The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
The film follows the trials and tribulations of David O. Selznick as he attempts to find an actress to play the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939).
Director: John Erman | Stars: Tony Curtis, Bill Macy, Harold Gould, Sharon Gless
Votes: 482
6. Miss Philippines (1947)
Comedy
Norma Blancaflor and her mother pose as wealthy to enter a movie star contest, occupying an affluent family's home while they're away. Unexpectedly, the son returns and plays along with their charade in this mistaken identity comedy.
Director: Gregorio Fernandez | Stars: Norma Blancaflor, Jose Padilla Jr., Lirio del Valle, Alfonso Carvajal
7. Mike Fright (1934)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Family
The gang attends a radio station amateur show.
Director: Gus Meins | Stars: Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Scotty Beckett, Tommy Bond, George 'Spanky' McFarland
Votes: 204
8. Fame (2003)
60 min | Family, Music, Reality-TV
Talent-contest featuring 24 dancer/singers from across the USA, hand-picked by producer Debbie Allen to compete in front of judges and a live audience for recording contracts and "Fame".
Stars: Debbie Allen, Allyson Arena, Shannon Bex, Sean Micah Dolan
Votes: 28
9. Dim Dam Dom (1965– )
Documentary
Stars: Marguerite Duras, Sylvie Vartan, Serge Gainsbourg, France Gall
Votes: 48
10. StarStruck (2003– )
Game-Show, Reality-TV
Stars: Dingdong Dantes, Jennylyn Mercado, Cherie Gil, Jose Manalo
Votes: 28
11. Forget Poverty and Live It Up! (1964)
89 min | Comedy
An aspiring showman visits the host of a popular talent show to ask him of a big favour, only to end up with his own booking agency instead. Is his handsome, but inexperienced protagonist capable of pulling off a surprising performance?
Director: Panos Glykofrydis | Stars: Thanasis Vengos, Andreas Douzos, Marion Siva, Dimitris Nikolaidis
Votes: 137
12. Whatever Happened to the Minipops? (2005 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Documentary examining the controversial 80's programme 'Minipops'.
Director: Martin Fuller | Stars: Alexander Armstrong, Stephanie Coleman, Kelly East, Joanna Fisher
13. Million Dollar Baby (1934)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A husband-and-wife vaudeville team disguise their young son as a girl so he can enter a contest run by a movie studio that's looking for "a new Shirley Temple".
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Arline Judge, Ray Walker, Jimmy Fay, George E. Stone
Votes: 23
14. Hollywood Screen Test (1948–1953)
30 min | Family
Stars: Neil Hamilton, Tom Drake, Veronica Lake, Margo
15. Discorama (1957–1975)
Music, Talk-Show
Stars: Denise Glaser, Jean Desailly, Jean-Pierre Darras, Philippe Noiret
16. It Can't Last Forever (1937)
Approved | 68 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Russ Matthews, a theatrical agent who is not above pulling off a hoax or two or more to further the career of his clients (and himself), and a newspaper gossip-columnist, Carol Wilson, get ... See full summary »
Director: Hamilton MacFadden | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Betty Furness, Robert Armstrong, Raymond Walburn
Votes: 66
17. Star Circle Quest (2004– )
45 min | Game-Show, Music, Reality-TV
Stars: Luis Manzano, Jodi Sta. Maria, Maricel Laxa, Gloria Diaz
Votes: 16
19. Search for a Star in a Million (2005– )
Game-Show, Music, Musical
Stars: Sarah Geronimo, Mark Bautista, Christian Bautista, Agot Isidro
Votes: 17
20. Le petit théâtre de Bouvard (1982– )
15 min | Comedy
Stars: Philippe Bouvard, Mimie Mathy, Philippe Chevallier, Bruno Le Millin
Votes: 31
21. Starstruck (I) (2000– )
Music
Stars: Jay Laga'aia, Glenn Wheatley, Jo Beth Taylor, Paulini Curuenavuli
Votes: 9
22. Star Search at Traxx (2003–2004)
Game-Show, Music
23.
Star Circle Quest (2004– )
Episode:
Star Circle National Teen Quest
(2004)
30 min | Game-Show, Music, Reality-TV
Director: Bobet Vidanes | Stars: Luis Manzano, Jodi Sta. Maria, Gloria Diaz, Laurenti M. Dyogi
24.
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode:
The Talented Neighborhood
(1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
When his show announces a talent contest, Rob finds himself besieged by the parents of neighborhood prodigies.
Director: John Rich | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Mary Tyler Moore
Votes: 266
25.
The Flintstones (1960–1966)
Episode:
Dino Goes Hollyrock
(1962)
Not Rated | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A crush on a lady dinosaurus who's the star of her own television show may lead to TV stardom for Dino--and to the loss of their pet for the Flintstones.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Alan Reed, Jean Vander Pyl, Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet
Votes: 204
26.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Lucky Legs
(1959)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Cloverdale, Utah, Marjorie Cluny is chosen "Lucky Legs," but her boyfriend, Bob Doray, accuses the show's producer, Frank Patton, of running a bogus contest. Marjorie goes to Hollywood anyway and disappears, followed by Patton's murder.
Director: Roger Kay | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 293
27.
Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode:
Toony Gets An Understudy
(2021)
TV-PG | Animation, Comedy
Bill and Toony hold auditions among MeTV staffers to find an understudy for Toony. The all-Looney cartoon lineup includes Curtain Razor (1949), A Star Is Bored (1956), The Music Mice-Tro (1967), Lighthouse Mouse (1955), and Tired and Feathered (1965).
Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein
Votes: 7
28.
Hidden Stories (2009– )
Episode:
Beat It
(2010)
Drama, Family
Bram wants to win the High School Talent contest and thinks he can only do that without taking the pills which control his ADHD.
Director: Jan Pool | Stars: Rick Mackenbach, Dzifa Kusenuh, Tom Hodgson, Marianne van Wijnkoop
29.
Wansapanataym (2010–2019)
Episode:
Apir disapir
(2011)
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director: Erick C. Salud | Stars: Kathryn Bernardo, Perla Bautista, Lito Pimentel, Maricar De Mesa
30.
WOW: Women of Wrestling (2000–2024)
Episode:
Night of Handcuffs!
(2023)
Action, Comedy, Sport
Miami's Sweet Heat vs Las Bandidas. G.I. Jane, Classmasters vs Tonga Twins.
Stars: Laurie Carlson, Lindsey Carlson, Ariel de Ment, Kelsey DeJournett