Ochrnutý bohatý aristokrat Philippe si za svojho nového opatrovateľa vyberie Drissa - černošského mladíka zo sídliska, ktorého práve prepustili z väzenia. Napriek obrovským rozdielom medzi nimi ich spojí nedotknuteľné a bláznivé priateľstvo, vďaka ktorému obaja dokážu veľké veci v tejto komédii o tom, že ani ochrnutý človek nemusí stratiť zmysel života a toto zistenie mu môže sprostredkovať tá najmenej pravdepodobná osoba.

Do seba zahľadený jazykovedec Herry Higgins uzavrie stávku, že prostoreké dievča z ulice je možné za šesť mesiacov premeniť na šarmantnú a sofistikovanú dámu, ktorú uvedie na ples spoločenskej smotánky. Zmätená a očarená Eliza Doolittle sa pomaly mení. Ale v krásnych šatách a s vybraným spoločenským správaním už prestáva patriť do svojho bývalého sveta a nový svet tiež nie je jednoduchý.

In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she's married an innkeeper who's a member of a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecking and murder for profit.

Stephen is a professor at Oxford University who is caught in a rut and feels trapped by his life in both academia and marriage. One of his students, William, is engaged to the beautiful Anna, and Stephen becomes enamored of the younger woman. These three people become linked together by a horrible car crash, with flashbacks providing details into the lives of each person and their connection to the others in this brooding English drama.

Georgiana Cavendishová z rodu Spencerovcov (príbuzná princeznej Diany) bola na svoju dobu veľmi pokrokovou ženou, ktorá sa angažovala v politike, bola jednou z najvplyvnejších hostiteliek tej doby a často podliehala hazardu a milostným aféram. Viedla veľmi extravagantný, rozmarný a promiskuitný život plný intríg. Romanticky ladený film dokumentuje jej milostné zápletky, nadšenie pre účasť na vtedajšej politickej scéne a nie veľmi šťastné manželstvo s vojvodom z Devonshiru...

Becky Sharpová je dcérou chudobného maliara a sníva o bohatej budúcnosti. Má všetko, čo ju predurčuje na šťastný život a úspech v spoločnosti: mladosť, krásu, príťažlivosť, inteligenciu, vtip a poriadnu dávku drzosti. Chýba jej len jedna vec - dobrý rodokmeň. Ale v Anglicku na začiatku 19. storočia je to to najdôležitejšie. Becky sa zamestná ako guvernantka v rodine dosť výstredného sira Pitta Crawleyho. Tam sa zoznámi s jeho mladším synom Rawdonom a spriatelí sa s panovačnou tetou Mathildou. Po čase sa tajne vydá za Rawdona. Spočiatku sú plní optimizmu, a hoci Rawdona vydedia, žijú na veľmi vysokej úrovni. Jej protiváhou je Amelia Sedleyová, pasívne a sentimentálne dievča z bohatej rodiny. Obaja sú ochotní urobiť čokoľvek, aby sa stali súčasťou najvyššej spoločenskej elity.

Tullio Hermil is a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes she has been unfaithful he becomes enamored of her again.

The story of an idealist's rise to power in the world of Louisiana politics and the corruption that leads to his ultimate downfall. Based on the 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Robert Penn Warren, loosely based on the story of real-life politician Huey Long.

Edwardian England. A precocious girl from a poor background with aspirations to being a novelist finds herself swept to fame and fortune when her tasteless romances hit the best seller lists. Her life changes in unexpected ways when she encounters an aristocratic brother and sister, both of whom have cultural ambitions, and both of whom fall in love with her.

Jealousy flares after the headmistress of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a new student.

In 1825, English peer Lord John Morgan is cast adrift in the American West. Captured by Sioux Indians, Morgan is at first targeted for quick extinction, but the tribesmen sense that he is worthy of survival. He eventually passes the many necessary tests that will permit him to become a member of the tribe.

Desperate to help her ailing brother, a young woman agrees to compete in a deadly game of "Would You Rather" hosted by a sadistic aristocrat.

Počas prvej svetovej vojny padnú dvaja francúzski dôstojníci, kapitán de Boeldieu a poručík Maréchal, do zajatia. Prvý z nich je aristokrat, zatiaľ čo druhý bol pred vojnou mechanikom. Tesne pred plánovaným útekom sú však prevezení do pevnosti, ktorej velí kapitán von Rauffenstein. Medzi de Boeldieuom a von Rauffensteinom sa rozvíja priateľstvo založené na triednej príslušnosti...

A runaway criminal breaks into an eerie chateau, taking its two frightened chambermaids hostage. As night falls, a group of mysterious aristocratic women arrive and the criminal begins to realize the women are hiding a sinister secret.

Nicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to divorce his wife, Charlotte, but when he sees others trying to woo her his own interest is rekindled.

A love triangle forms between post-Enlightenment writer Friedrich Schiller and two sisters -- one who became his wife, and the other, his biographer.

Secrets, rumors and betrayals surround the upcoming marriage between a young dissolute man and virtuous woman of the French aristocracy.

During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravagant and outlandish antics. Among the group is the aspiring novelist Adam Fenwick-Symes, who is attempting to raise enough money to marry fellow member Nina Blount. However, after customs officials confiscate his first manuscript, Fenwick-Symes must recover from the financial setback and figure out new ways to earn money for a wedding.

Lady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who she'll choose, with young Albert wagering on 'Mr. X'. After Alyce goes to London to meet a beau she is restricted to the castle to curb her scandalous behavior. Albert then summons Jerry to Alyce's aid in order to 'protect his investment'.

Rafael, a young man from the provinces, works as a waiter in a resort and helps himself economically having sex for money with rich older women. During a bomb threat, he is discovered in bed with one of the guest, Leonor Marchioness of Montenegro, and he is fired as a consequence. The Marchioness of Montenegro is an aging aristocrat, ruined economically, but still with wealthy and influential friends. She helps Rafael finds a new job in Madrid as the gardener in the mansion of Antonio Fernández Herrador, Minister of economy in the new democratic Spanish government.