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EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies 

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Willy Wonka & the Ch... is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
Dir. by Mel Stuart (1971), starring Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson & Tim Brooke-Taylor

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Ruthless People is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
Dir. by Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams (1986), starring Danny DeVito, Bette Midler & Helen Slater

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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Ma... is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
Dir. by Stanley Kramer (1963), starring Mickey Rooney, Spencer Tracy & Buster Keaton

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Rat Race is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
Dir. by Jerry Zucker (2001), starring Whoopi Goldberg, Amy Smart & John Cleese

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Waking Ned is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
Dir. by Kirk Jones (1998), starring James Nesbitt, David Kelly & Fionnula Flanagan

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A New Leaf is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
Dir. by Elaine May (1971), starring Walter Matthau, Doris Roberts & Elaine May
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Million Dollar Duck is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
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The Treasure of the Sier... is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
Dir. by John Huston (1948)

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No Country for Old Men ... is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
Dir. by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (2007), starring Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones & Woody Harrelson

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A Simple Plan is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
Dir. by Sam Raimi (1998), starring Billy Bob Thornton, Bill Paxton & Bridget Fonda

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Mad Money is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
Dir. by Callie Khouri (2008), starring Katie Holmes, Queen Latifah & Diane Keaton
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It Could Happen to You ... is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
Dir. by Andrew Bergman (1994), starring Nicolas Cage, Emily Deschanel & Bridget Fonda

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Indecent Proposal is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
Dir. by Adrian Lyne (1993), starring Demi Moore, Robert Redford & Woody Harrelson

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What Happens in Vegas is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
Dir. by Tom Vaughan (2008), starring Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher & Queen Latifah

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Paycheck is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
Dir. by John Woo (2003), starring Ben Affleck, Uma Thurman & Paul Giamatti

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Double Indemnity is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
Dir. by Billy Wilder (1944), starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck & Edward G. Robinson

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The Big Bounce is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
The Big Bounce Dir. by George Armitage (2004), starring Charlie Sheen, Morgan Freeman & Willie Nelson
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Catch Me If You Can is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
Dir. by Steven Spielberg (2002), starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Amy Adams & Jennifer Garner

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21 is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
Dir. by Robert Luketic (2008), starring Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth & Laurence Fishburne

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Shallow Grave is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
Dir. by Danny Boyle (1994), starring Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston & 피터 뮬란

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Millions is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
Dir. by Danny Boyle (2005), starring James Nesbitt, Leslie Phillips & Alun Armstrong
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The Producers is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
Dir. by Susan Stroman (2005), starring Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell & Matthew Broderick
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The Distinguished Gentle... is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
Dir. by Jonathan Lynn (1992), starring Eddie Murphy, James Garner & Charles S. Dutton

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Small Time Crooks is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
Dir. by Woody Allen (2000), starring Woody Allen, Hugh Grant & Jon Lovitz
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Money for Nothing is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list EW.com's Hollywood's 'Get Rich Quick!' Movies
Dir. by Ramón Menéndez (1993), starring John Cusack, Philip Seymour Hoffman & James Gandolfini