History Main / NouveauRiche

** Compared to the rest of the Overlords, who have been in power for vastly longer, the [[BigBadDuumvirate Vees]] are utterly tactless and disrespectful of everyone else, even their fellow Overlords, by virtue of having amassed their power relatively recently via [[NewMediaAreEvil controlling Hell's media]]. Where most of the Overlords wield their power and influence with finesse, subtlety and [{AffablyEvil good manners]], the Vees flaunt their power at every turn and [[BadBoss treat their subordinates rather poorly]], not to mention they can be rather petty and impulsive at times.

* A subtle one in Film/MonaLisaSmile when a student mentions that her family owns a Van Gogh painting.

* A subtle one in "Film/MonaLisaSmile" when a student mentions that her family owns a Van Gogh painting.

* ''Film/TheMusicRoom'': Mahim, whose father was a moneylender, but who has prospered and become rich. Roy the ImpoverishedPatrician, basically the hereditary noble lord of the area, is irritated by the putt-putt noise of the generator that provides electricity to Mahim's house. Mahim holds Roy in thinly veiled contempt but wishes to imitate him, staging concerts just like Roy does. In one scene Mahim notes that the peasants gawk at Roy's elephant because Roy is OldMoney, while they throw rocks at Mahim's nice new car.
* Many ''Film/JamesBond'' villains, who are contrasted with CulturedBadass Bond.
* In ''Film/LayerCake'', the LondonGangster Jimmie Price is a rather vulgar, crude jerk and is contrasted with his old friend Eddie, who is the MagnificentBastard to Jimmie's SmugSnake, and has managed to make himself WickedCultured, despite coming from the same background.
* Al Czervik (Rodney Dangerfield) in ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}''. Despite being boorish and crude, he's decidedly more likeable than the uptight [[OldMoney Judge Elihu Smails]].
* Jack Hartounian in ''Film/CaddyshackII'', a self-made millionaire of Jewish-Armenian descent who still retains his salt-of-the-earth mentality and enjoys a close friendship with his construction workers. he deliberately folds in a poker game against a Hispanic worker with a large family despite his winning hand in order to avoid taking money from him. He makes his money by building low-income housing in wealthy neighborhoods. Naturally, the country club {{Blue Blood}}s don't much like this idea and make efforts to shut down his construction project. As in the first film, this leads to a golf match. Meanwhile, his daughter desperately wants to be thought of as a Blue Blood and is frequently embarrassed by her father's antics, while one of the Blue Bloods finds Jack's personality a refreshing change from the stuck-up snobs at the club and starts dating him.

* As in RealLife, Molly Brown from ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', played by Kathy Bates. Subverted in that the only people who seem to dislike her for being Nouveau Riche are the other upper-class women. The men (and of course Rose) all seem to like her just fine. She is also a much more likable character than the other upper-class women.
* ''Film/TheJerk'': Navin Johnson, along with his girlfriend Marie, complete with looking like idiots in a fancy restaurant, AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted and ConspicuousConsumption, though not in that order.
* Max Shreck, the crooked tycoon in ''Film/BatmanReturns''. He actually turns the stereotype on its head by mocking [[CulturedBadass Bruce Wayne]] for having inherited all his money, while Max had to work hard (and break the law) for all of his. (Sharp-eyed viewers will note that Max and his son wear [[FurAndLoathing fur-lined overcoats]], which were once the preferred fashion of this social group.)
* This is how Creator/FrancoZeffirelli depicted the Capulets (Juliet's family) in his version of ''Film/{{Romeo and Juliet|1968}}''. This is emphasized through ColorCodedForYourConvenience: the Capulets and their retainers are dressed in loud, bright colors, while the Montagues (the older and more respected family of Romeo) favor more conservative clothing hues.
* The Spanish movie ''Hay Que Educar A Papá'' shows two families: Rich, aristocratic HighClassGlass -wearing Count De Ronda versus hard-working SelfMadeMan Severiano Paredes who lacked social graces but made money with his work. Their children want to marry. Paredes's daughter convinces her dad to become a Nouveau Riche ''on purpose'' to impress De Ronda.

* In ''Film/TheLadyEve'', the Pike family is new money. The main character's father is a blue-collar man who made a fortune in brewing.

* In ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds III: The Next Generation'' Booger falls in love with the daughter of a Nouveau Riche family whose patriarch denies he's Nouveau Riche.
* In ''Film/TilliesPuncturedRomance'', ignorant farmgirl Tillie inherits a large fortune, and the mansion to go with it. She and her villainous GoldDigger husband (played, [[PlayingAgainstType interestingly]], by Creator/CharlieChaplin), make jackasses out of themselves and trash the place. When Tillie's presumed dead uncle turns up alive after all, he tries to have them arrested.

* In ''Film/DumbAndDumber'', Harry and Lloyd accidentally break open a ransom-filled briefcase they had been trying to return to Lloyd's crush. They become this trope immediately -- gaudy designer clothes, opulent hotel suite, freakishly expensive car, and outrageous tips to the staff -- which is PlayedForLaughs because it falls perfectly in line with the tone of the movie (because they're both complete idiots.)
* In ''Film/{{Masterminds|2016}}'', Steve and his family quickly fall into this trope after taking their cut from the Loomis Fargo robbery. It ends up being their undoing, as their ConspicuousConsumption quickly draws attention from the authorities.
* The Filipino film ''Film/FourSistersAndAWedding'': The Bayags are tacky, overbearing, and overly condescending towards the middle-class Salazars, leading the sisters to conclude that they're recently rich.