Keyword: class distinction

Fingersmith

8

2005

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In Victorian England, Sue, a young thief, participates in a scam to defraud a rich heiress by becoming her maid. Things take an unexpected turn and Sues plan goes horribly wrong.

Belgravia

6

2020

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A tale of secrets and scandals set in 1840s London. When the Trenchards accept an invitation to the now legendary ball hosted by the Duchess of Richmond on the fateful evening of the Battle of Waterloo, it sets in motion a series of events that will have consequences for decades to come as secrets unravel behind the porticoed doors of London’s grandest postcode.

The Idle Rich

5.8

1929

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Millionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Her family, part of \the great middle class\ (as blowhard nephew Henry keeps reminding us), is happy for Joan, but reluctant to take charity from Will. He moves in with them, and they keep resisting, until one day he takes drastic action.

Stella Dallas

6.9

1937

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A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.

Dragonwyck

7

1946

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A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion.

The Mysterious Island

6.1

1929

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On a volcanic island near the kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the islands inhabitants. Dakkar, his daughter Sonia and her fiance, engineer Nicolai Roget have designed a submarine which Roget pilots on its initial voyage just before the island is overrun by Baron Falon, despotic ruler of Hetvia. Falon sets out after Roget in a second submarine and the two craft, diving to the oceans floor, discover a strange land populated by dragons, giant squid and an eerie undiscovered humanoid race.

Male and Female

7

1919

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Lady Mary Lasenby is a spoiled maiden who always gets her way until shipwrecked with her butler, then learns which qualities are really admirable in a person.

The Bride Wore Red

6.2

1937

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A lounge singer is sent by a count to pose as a wealthy socialite.