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1. The Gilded Age (2022– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
The series follows the conflicts surrounding the new money Russell family and their old money neighbors, the van Rhijn family, in 1880s New York City high society.
Stars: Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton
Votes: 38,568
2. Vanity Fair (2004)
PG-13 | 141 min | Drama
Growing up poor in London, Becky Sharp defies her poverty-stricken background and ascends the social ladder alongside her best friend, Amelia Sedley.
Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Romola Garai, James Purefoy, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Votes: 23,531 | Gross: $16.14M
3. My Blueberry Nights (2007)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Romance
A young lonely woman takes a soul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions about love while encountering a series of off-beat characters along the way.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Norah Jones, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Chad R. Davis
Votes: 56,607 | Gross: $0.87M
4. Brother Orchid (1940)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sothern, Donald Crisp
Votes: 3,199
5. A Good Marriage (1982)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sabine vows to give up married lovers, and is determined to find a good husband. Her best friend Clarisse introduces her to her cousin Edmond, a busy lawyer from Paris. Sabine pursues ... See full summary »
Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Béatrice Romand, André Dussollier, Féodor Atkine, Arielle Dombasle
Votes: 3,795
6. A Private Function (1984)
R | 92 min | Comedy
In post-World War II Britain, food rationing continues, leading a married couple to become involved in the flourishing bacon black market.
Director: Malcolm Mowbray | Stars: Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Richard Griffiths
Votes: 3,193 | Gross: $2.53M
7. Alice Adams (1935)
Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A working-class girl is thwarted and embarrassed in her attempts to move up socially by her gauche family and unstable father.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Fred MacMurray, Fred Stone, Evelyn Venable
Votes: 4,575
8. The Skin Game (1931)
TV-G | 85 min | Drama
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village and almost destroy each other.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Jill Esmond, C.V. France, Helen Haye
Votes: 3,575
9. L'homme pressé (1977)
90 min | Drama
Pierre is an antique dealer living in our modern fast paced society. The rub is he tries to move even faster than the surrounding world. Alain Delon and Mireille Darc (Pierre's wife) starr
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Alain Delon, Mireille Darc, Monica Guerritore, Marie Déa
Votes: 946
10. What a Woman! (1956)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
A photographer named Corrado snaps a picture of Antonietta. When it shows up on the front page of a magazine, she wants to take him to court over it.
Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Sophia Loren, Charles Boyer, Marcello Mastroianni, Elisa Cegani
Votes: 484
11. 7 Plus Seven (1970 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, Biography
Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born children after a seven-year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Bruce Balden, Jacqueline Bassett, Symon Basterfield, Andrew Brackfield
Votes: 3,233
12. Promotion canapé (1990)
92 min | Comedy
Two women who want a raise, realize that they can easily get what they want, if they sleep with their boss.
Director: Didier Kaminka | Stars: Grace de Capitani, Thierry Lhermitte, Michel Sardou, Claude Rich
Votes: 547
13. The Painted Flapper (1924)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Romance
A socially-ambitious mother is pushing her younger daughter into a life-style that will satisfy the desires of the mother but the older daughter, having tasted the consequences of such a ... See full summary »
Director: John Gorman | Stars: James Kirkwood, Pauline Garon, Crauford Kent, Kathlyn Williams
14. Millionaires (1926)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy
Meyer Rubens and his wife Esther own a pressing-shop in New York's Lower East Side. Esther wants to move up to the upper West Side, and her rich sister Reba persuades Meyer to invest in the... See full summary »
Director: Herman C. Raymaker | Stars: George Sidney, Louise Fazenda, Vera Gordon, Nat Carr
15. Lucky Day (2019)
6 min | Short, Comedy
The ordinary day of Antoine Miller, a dynamic young man, who does not allow himself to be defeated by the vagaries of his existence.
Director: Eddy Juillerat | Stars: Luca Colucci, Olivier Guibert
16.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Duel
(2000)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, History
This episode analyzes the reasons for and the consequences of the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.
Director: Carl Byker | Stars: Rene Auberjonois, Guy Boyd, Keith de Brunner, Brian Dennehy
Votes: 29