Шпанија 1944. године. Званично, грађански рат је завршен пре пет година, али мала група побуњеника је наставила борбу у северним планинама Наваре. Десетогодишња Офелија, девојчица бујне маште, досељава се у Навару заједно с трудном мајком код свог новог очуха Видала. Он је фашистички официр који је добио задатак да очисти територију од побуњеника. Опседнут послом, нема времена да се зближи са својом новом пасторком. Усамљена, Офелија се зближава с Мерцедес, куварицом у чети њеног очуха. Офелија, која је фасцинирана бајкама, открива лавиринт иза млина где су стационирани војници које води њен очух.
Грејс је млада жена која живи усамљена у великој викторијанској кући са своје двоје деце Ен и Николасом. Деца болују од ретке алергије због које никад не смеју бити изложени дневном светлу. Крај је Другог светскога рата, а њен супруг Чарлс још увек није вратио са ратишта.
Кад у кућу дође троје нових слугу, након што је стара послуга без објашњења отишла, почињу се догађати необичне ствари. Ен тврди да виђа дечака Виктора, а Грејс, која своју децу учи строгим католичким истинама из катекизма, за такво нешто не жели ни да чује. Све док једног дана и сама не зачује буку у напуштеном тавану...
An orphaned girl, driven by poverty at such a young age, makes a promise with an enchantress. In return for beauty and the admiration of every man, she will never be with the man she loves. This spell cannot be broken unless the impossible happens: snow falling in spring and the dead coming back to life. Now a grown and beautiful princess, she regrets her promise, for all of the men she's loved has always been met with tragedy.
When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self-worth.
The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. When Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son from his first marriage, John and wife Fanny. But these circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's current wife, and daughters Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.
After her sister and brother-in-law's tragic deaths, an American woman who is the guardian for her young niece and nephew is invited to a royal European castle for Christmas by her late brother-in-law's father, the Duke of Castlebury. Feeling out of place as a commoner, she is determined to give her family a merry Christmas and surprises herself when she falls for a handsome prince.
A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and forgotten. Aided by one of the servants' boys, she begins restoring the garden, and eventually discovers some other secrets of the manor.
Ова комедија о путовању кроз време прати лудог средњовековног витеза и његовог верног слуге који се одједном нађу у данашњем времену. На свом повратку започињу напад свим снагама на свој „стари дворац“, данас луксузни хотел. У 1123. години спашавају свог краља од смрти, а за храброст, краљ му обећа жену коју воли, прекрасну Френегонде де Појил.
After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.
A French housekeeper with a mysterious past brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late 19th century Denmark.
A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.
Society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest find is a handsome tramp who shows up at her doorstep and ends up in a chauffeur's uniform. He also catches the eye of Geraldine.
A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.
У новембру 1932. у кући сир Вилијама Мекордла (М. Гамбон) и лејди Силвије (К. Скот Томас) окупљају се припадници високог друштва, који су дошли због лова. Посебно занимање дама, али и послуге, изазива долазак холивудске звезде, глумца Ивора Новела (Џ. Нортам). Док се богаташи забављају ловом и разговорима уз вечеру, послуга, на челу с домаћицом Џејн Вилсон (Х. Мирен), чини све како би њихов боравак на имању протекао без проблема. Друге вечери у кући се догоди убиство и на сцену ступа Скотланд Јард, у лику неспретног инспектора Томсона (С. Фрај)...
A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde.
A wealthy landlord lives a decadent life with his wife and son. His passion – his wife would calls it his addiction – is music, and he spends a great deal of his fortune on concerts held for the locals in his magnificent music room. He feels threatened by his neighbour, a commoner who has attained riches through business dealings. His passion for music and quest for social respect are his undoing, as he sacrifices his family and wealth trying to retain it.
In the 1830's in northern England, Riah Millican, a widow with three children, takes a job as housekeeper to a reclusive former teacher, Percival Miller. Miller makes Riah the gift of a black velvet gown, and even educates her children. But when Riah discovers the reason behind Miller's gifts, she vows to leave his house, but Miller has a hold on her, even after his death, when he leaves his house to her on the condition that she never marry. Riah's daughter, Biddy, grows up and becomes a laundress in a large house where her education keeps her from fitting in and makes her a target. But it also catches the eye of a son of the house, and with Miller's legacies, Biddy may yet find her way to happiness.
When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving his beloved dog to the landlady's pregnant and abandoned maid for temporary safekeeping.
Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their maids is writing a telling exposé.
Somewhere in the spanish country, in the 60s. Paco and his wife Régula are very poor. They work as tenant farmers for a very wealthy landowner. They have 3 children. One is backward. The others can not got to school because the master "needs" their work. When Regula's brother is fired from where he has worked for 61 years, he settles down at their little place... An attack against the archaism of the spanish country of the 60s.