Beauties at War

Jan 14, 2009

1h 29m

★ 4.9

Overview

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

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Gaumont

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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

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.

5.9

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

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.

5.7

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.

0.0

The American Venus

Jan 31, 1926

A lost film - Mary Gray, whose father manufactures cold cream, is engaged to sappy Horace Niles, the son of Hugo Niles, the elder Gray's most competitive rival in the cosmetics business. Chip Armstrong, a hot-shot public relations man, quits the employ of Hugo Niles and goes to work for Gray, persuading Mary to enter the Miss America contest at Atlantic City, with the intention of using her to endorse her father's cold cream should she win. Mary breaks her engagement with Horace. When it appears that she will win the contest, Hugo lures her home on the pretext that her father is ill, and she misses the contest. Chip and Mary return to Atlantic City, discovering that the new Miss America has told the world that she owes all her success to Gray's cold cream. On this note, Chip and Mary decide to get married.

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.

6.0

Miss and Mrs Sweden

Dec 21, 1969

To increase sales of the magazine Veckohatten, the management decides to invest heavily in the beauty contest Miss Sweden. A communist cell is planning to sabotage the competition, because it is sexist.

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.

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.

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.

6.2

Plucking the Daisy

Jul 25, 1956

Due to an urgent need of money, aspiring writer Agnes participates in an amateur striptease contest. Her new boyfriend, Daniel, who is a reporter by profession, covers the contest for his magazine.

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.

5.8

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.

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.

6.2

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.

6.0

Beauty Queen Butcher

Jan 1, 1991

Phyllis Loden is an overweight shy nerd who is relentlessly picked on by the more popular girls. This year's Slivis Slough Queen Beauty Pageant is fast approaching and Muffy Fairlane is a lock to win. However, Muffy doesn't want any of her friends to come in last so she enters Phyllis in the pageant. The plan works and also provides the girls with some opportunities to embarrass Phyllis in front of the whole school. As if that isn't bad enough Elizabeth McKay thinks she could've won it all if it wasn't for her allergic reaction the Phyllis' cat. So the girls decide to dispose of the feline. That turns out to be the final straw which sends Phyllis on a murderous rampage to eliminate the beauty queens one by one.

6.1

The Case of the Lucky Legs

Oct 5, 1935

A con man who stages phony "lucky legs" beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found with a surgical knife in his heart by Mason.

4.9

Meu Sangue Ferve por Você

May 30, 2024

In 1979, Brazilian singer Sidney Magal is at the peak of his career. On a TV show, he meets Magali and, enchanted by the young woman, decides to win her over. But, in order to do that, he will have to overcome the resistance of his manager, Jean Pierre, and the distrust of her family, friends and even Magali herself.

5.3

Juke Joint

Jan 1, 1947

Bad News Johnson, a con artist from Memphis, Tennessee, arrives in Dallas, Texas, accompanied by his dim sidekick July Jones with only twenty-five cents between them. The duo arrange to become boarders at the home of Louella "Mama Lou" Holiday, who is fooled into believing Johnson is an acting teacher from Hollywood. Mrs. Holiday agrees to give the men free room and board if they will provide poise lessons to her daughter, an aspiring beauty queen named Honey Dew.

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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Ella Cinders

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Juke Joint

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

Beauties at War Trailers

You may also like

Little Miss Sunshine

Miss Congeniality

Smile

Carry On Girls

Happy, Texas

The American Venus

Dumplin'

Miss and Mrs Sweden

Miss Firecracker

Miss Arizona

Miss India America

Plucking the Daisy

Dance with the Jackals 7

Lady Godiva Rides Again

Ella Cinders

Franswa Sharl

Beauty Queen Butcher

The Case of the Lucky Legs

Meu Sangue Ferve por Você

Juke Joint