Social Climbing
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    Shark Tale (2004)

    A bottom feeder (Will Smith) pretends to be a fearsome shark slayer after the son of a finned...

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    Darling (1965)

    A British model (Julie Christie) gravitates toward one unfulfilling love affair after another and,...

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    Vanity Fair (2004)

    Despite her poverty-stricken background, a young woman (Reese Witherspoon) climbs the social ladder...

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    A Good Woman (2006)

    A 1930s society vamp (Helen Hunt) leaves New York behind for Italy, where she worms her way into the...

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    A Place in the Sun

    A social climber (Montgomery Clift) in love with a wealthy beauty (Elizabeth Taylor) figures out how...

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    How She Move (2008)

    Forced to return to public school after her sister's death, a young dancer (Rutina Wesley) has a...

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    Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003)

    A corrupt principal puts two teenagers (Eric Christian Olsen, Derek Richardson) in a class for...

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    Heartbreakers (2001)

    Mother and daughter con-artists (Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt) try to swindle a cigarette...

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    Barbershop (2002)

    The owner of a popular barbershop considers selling the place to a loan shark who wants to convert...

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    Evita (1996)

    President Juan Peron's (Jonathan Pryce) wife (Madonna) achieves cult-figure status in Argentina...

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    Envy (2004)

    A man (Ben Stiller) becomes jealous after his best friend's (Jack Black) invention, a spray that...

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    The Age of Innocence (1993)

    An upper-class lawyer (Daniel Day-Lewis) falls in love with his fiancee's (Winona Ryder)...

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    How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

    Three gold diggers (Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall, Betty Grable) share a Manhattan penthouse, hoping...

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    Bratz: The Movie (2007)

    When they enter high school, lifelong friends (Nathalia Ramos, Janel Parrish, Logan Browning) face...

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    Sleepover (2004)

    Four teenage friends (Alexa Vega, Mika Boorem, Scout Taylor-Compton) find adventure after a popular...

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    Mean Girls (2004)

    Attending high school for the first time, a teenager (Lindsay Lohan) becomes friends with three...

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    Cruel Intentions (1999)

    A manipulative adolescent (Sarah Michelle Gellar) challenges her stepbrother (Ryan Phillippe) to...

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    Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003)

    To improve his reputation, an unpopular teenager (Nick Cannon) hires a cheerleader (Christina...

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    Easy Money (1983)

    Photographer Monty (Rodney Dangerfield) will be rich from his late mother-in-law's (Geraldine...

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    Sleuth (2007)

    An aging writer (Michael Caine) hatches an elaborate scheme for revenge against the young man (Jude...

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    Blanche Fury

    A Victorian governess (Valerie Hobson) marries an English heir, then plots with a stableboy (Stewart...

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    Factory Girl (2006)

    Wealthy Edie Sedgwick (Sienna Miller) lands at artist Andy Warhol's (Guy Pearce) Factory and becomes...

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    Angels & Insects (1996)

    An 1800s naturalist (Mark Rylance) marries into a family of British aristocrats who reflect Darwin's...

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    Sleuth (1972)

    An aging British mystery writer (Laurence Olivier) invites his wife's lover (Michael Caine) to his...

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    Angel (2009)

    The rise and fall of a young eccentric British writer, in the early 20th century.

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    Pride and Prejudice (1940)

    A middle-class girl (Greer Garson) and her sisters seek husbands in Georgian England.

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    Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)

    Two pinheads (Mira Sorvino, Lisa Kudrow) try to impress former classmates with far-fetched success...

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    Tess (1980)

    A young strong-willed peasant girl, becomes the affection of two men, in the end tragically falling...

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    People

    Harriet MacGibbon

    Harriet MacGibbon appeared in movies such as A Majority of One and Son of Flubber and the TV show...

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    Ingrid Rogers

    This attractive, light-skinned, black Canadian performer first became known as Taylor Roxbury...