Beauties at War

Jan 14, 2009

1h 29m

★ 5.0

Overview

A ski resort town struggles to become the top tourism spot.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Gaumont

Beauties at War Trailers

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Cast

Franck Chevrel

Benoît Poelvoorde

Cécile

Olivia Bonamy

Le maire de Charmoussey

Jacques Mathou

Le maire de Super Charmoussey

Christian Charmetant

Femme maire Charmoussey

Béatrice Michel

Femme maire Super Charmoussey

Michèle Garcia

Camille

Cynthia Groggia

Père du maire Super Charmoussey

Albert Delpy

Gaby (le coiffeur)

Laurent Gamelon

Le présentateur

Jean-Paul Comart

Gérard patron du café

Antoine Chappey

Jeanine, la patronne du café

Juliette Poissonnier

In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the richest family in town, the police are pretty relaxed about it all. Despite everything, main rival (but sweet) Amber Atkins won't give up without a fight.

9.0

Comme les Filles

May 6, 2021

Fresh out of prison after drugging the matcha latte of her pageant competition, a young and accomplished beauty queen is on the hunt for her ex-boyfriend upon discovering he's robbed her home.

6.8

Dumplin'

Dec 20, 2018

To prove a point about measuring up and fitting in, Texas teen Willowdean “Dumplin’” Dickson enters a local pageant run by her ex-beauty queen mom.

6.5

Miss Congeniality

Dec 22, 2000

When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-nails Gracie Hart is the only female Agent at the office, she's chosen to go undercover as the contestant from New Jersey.

3.5

Dance with the Jackals 7

Dec 6, 2024

A group of hapless friends stumble into a plot involving mobsters, bounty hunters, beauty queens, and stolen jewels.

5.6

Carry On Girls

Nov 9, 1973

Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to sabotage the contest.

5.8

Smile

Jul 9, 1975

It's time again for California's "Young American Miss" beauty pageant, the biggest event of the year for Big Bob Freelander and Brenda DiCarlo, who give their all to put on a successful pageant. But Brenda is having marital difficulties and Bob's son is up to some mischief. Could this year's pageant be in jeopardy?

5.7

Happy, Texas

Dec 3, 1999

Two escaped convicts roll into the village of Happy, Texas, where they're mistaken for a gay couple who work as beauty pageant consultants. They go along with it to duck the police, but the local sheriff has a secret of his own.

5.6

Miss Firecracker

Apr 28, 1989

Carnelle Scott is a restless Mississippi girl looking for a life change. She decides to enter a beauty pageant, which her cousin had won years before. Despite a lack of support from those close to her Carnelle remains determined. She enlists the help of a seamstress to outfit her for the competition, while rebuffing the advances of predatory men, as she aims to bring home the crown.

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3.5

But Charlie, I Never Played Volleyball!

Jan 1, 1966

A struggling Hollywood actress is dragged by her agent to judge a beauty pageant in a nudist colony.

5.7

Miss India America

Mar 24, 2016

Lily is a winner, but when her boyfriend leaves her for a vapid beauty pageant queen, she gets the notion that winning the Miss India America title would bring him back. Since Lily is perfect in everything else she does, it should be a cinch...or so she thinks. The pageant world isn't just pretty smiles and high heels, and her main competition, Sonia, gives her a run for her money.

5.9

Franswa Sharl

Jan 15, 2009

Keeping the position of number one son requires a certain amount of ingenuity. Twelve year old Greg has inherited his father's competitive streak. On a family holiday to Fiji they have different ideas about where Greg should focus his talents. When his creative pursuits fail to amuse his father Greg goes to bizarre lengths to win him back.

5.8

Lady Godiva Rides Again

Oct 25, 1951

Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff. This leads by way of a suspect beauty competition to the show-business world of London. But it could be a slippery slope for simple home-town Marge.

6.0

Miss Arizona

Jun 10, 2018

A former pageant queen embarks on an all-night adventure with four unlikely friends she meets at a women's shelter.

7.0

Ella Cinders

Jun 6, 1926

Poor Ella Cinders is much abused by her evil step-mother and step-sisters. When she wins a local beauty contest she jumps at the chance to get out of her dead-end life and go to Hollywood, where she is promised a job in the movies. When she arrives in Hollywood, she discovers that the contest was a scam and the job non-existent. But through pluck, luck, and talent, she makes it in the movies anyway, and finds true love.

5.8

Miss Blue Jeans

Aug 3, 2012

Year 1977. Punk and new wave rock'n roll has arrived to remote Finland and a bleak small town Oulu where increasingly odd-looking youths began to appear in the street with a message. Their rebellion speaks to Välde (17). Välde dreams of joining a rock band and becoming famous. He wants to get drunk for the first time, and to win the love of Pike, the most beautiful girl in the class. When Pike wins the Miss Blue Jeans contest organised by the country´s leading (and only) pop music magazine Suosikki and takes as her boyfriend the bourgeois Henri Hakala, Välde puts all his eggs in one basket. He abandons his former self and begins purposefully constructing a new persona for himself. But everything doesn’t go as Välde wanted … The film is based on a novel by Kauko Röyhkä, an author and indie rock musician.

6.4

Misbehaviour

Mar 12, 2020

A group of women involved in the Women's Liberation Movement hatched a plan to invade the stage and disrupt the live broadcast at the 1970 Miss World competition in London, resulting in overnight fame for the newly-formed organization. When the show resumed, the results caused an uproar and turned the Western ideal of beauty on its head.

0.0

Le ambiziose

Feb 1, 1961

Thirty girls arrive in a seaside town to participate in a beauty contest. Marina has no ambitions of victory: she only wants to have the sewing machine promised to each participant.

Cast

Franck Chevrel

Benoît Poelvoorde

Cécile

Olivia Bonamy

Le maire de Charmoussey

Jacques Mathou

Le maire de Super Charmoussey

Christian Charmetant

Femme maire Charmoussey

Béatrice Michel

Femme maire Super Charmoussey

Michèle Garcia

Camille

Cynthia Groggia

Père du maire Super Charmoussey

Albert Delpy

Gaby (le coiffeur)

Laurent Gamelon

Le présentateur

Jean-Paul Comart

Gérard patron du café

Antoine Chappey

Jeanine, la patronne du café

Beauties at War

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

Beauties at War Trailers

Cast

Benoît Poelvoorde

Olivia Bonamy

Jacques Mathou

Christian Charmetant

Béatrice Michel

Michèle Garcia

Cynthia Groggia

Albert Delpy

Laurent Gamelon

Jean-Paul Comart

Antoine Chappey

Juliette Poissonnier

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Beauties at War Trailers

Cast

Benoît Poelvoorde

Olivia Bonamy

Jacques Mathou

Christian Charmetant

Béatrice Michel

Michèle Garcia

Cynthia Groggia

Albert Delpy

Laurent Gamelon

Jean-Paul Comart

Antoine Chappey

Juliette Poissonnier