THEME EXPLORATION

beauty pageant

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
1991 · Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938 · Leni Riefenstahl
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
2017 · Bill Condon
Caramel
Caramel
2007 · Nadine Labaki
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1938 · David Hand & Wilfred Jackson
The Entertainer
The Entertainer
1960 · Tony Richardson
La Belle et la Bête
La Belle et la Bête
1946 · Jean Cocteau
Parthenope
Parthenope
2024 · Paolo Sorrentino
Lover, Come Back to Me
Lover, Come Back to Me
1983 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
The Gibson Goddess
The Gibson Goddess
1909 · D.W. Griffith
The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus
The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus
1989 · Clara Law
The Beast
The Beast
2024 · Bertrand Bonello
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Guy Ritchie United States

His satirical masterpiece 'Smile' (1975) dissects the artificiality and darker underbelly of beauty pageants with sharp comedic observation.

 Billy Wilder United States

'Miss America: By the Numbers' and her directorial work explore the complex pressures and transformations women undergo in competitive pageant culture.