Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "postmistress"

1. Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011)

TV-PG | 53 min | Drama, Romance

An adaptation of Flora Thompson's autobiographical novel "Lark Rise To Candleford", set in 19 century Oxfordshire, in which a young girl moves to the local market town to begin an apprenticeship as a postmistress.

Stars: Olivia Hallinan, Sarah Lancashire, Julia Sawalha, Fergus Drysdale

Votes: 8,416

2. The Grand Seduction (2013)

PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy

To survive, a dying Newfoundland fishing village must convince a young doctor to take up residence by any means necessary.

Director: Don McKellar | Stars: Taylor Kitsch, Brendan Gleeson, Liane Balaban, Gordon Pinsent

Votes: 19,268 | Gross: $3.41M

3. La Cérémonie (1995)

Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A newly hired maid for a rich countryside family befriends a post-office clerk who encourages her to rebel against her employers.

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel

Votes: 13,833 | Gross: $0.08M

4. I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)

Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Romance

A young Englishwoman goes to the Hebrides to marry her older, wealthier fiancé. When the weather keeps them separated on different islands, she begins to have second thoughts.

Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, Pamela Brown, Finlay Currie

Votes: 9,788

5. Alone in Berlin (2016)

R | 103 min | Drama, History, War

After a Nazi German working class couple loses their son in World War II, they decide to retaliate by secretly leafletting handwritten cards in Berlin denouncing their government.

Director: Vincent Perez | Stars: Louis Hofmann, Emil von Schönfels, Katrin Pollitt, Sammy Scheuritzel

Votes: 9,978

6. The Spitfire Grill (1996)

PG-13 | 117 min | Drama

Oscar-winner Ellen Burstyn (The Exorcist) headlines this critically praised drama about a young woman, just out of prison, who finds spiritual redemption working at a cafe in Maine.

Director: Lee David Zlotoff | Stars: Alison Elliott, Ellen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden, Will Patton

Votes: 7,214 | Gross: $12.64M

7. Man Hunt (1941)

Passed | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

British hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German agents and aided by a young woman.

Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders, John Carradine

Votes: 6,441

8. Son of Zorro (1947)

Approved | 100 min | Western

Young cavalry officer Jeff Stewart returns to his home in the west after the Civil War to find that a ring of crooked politicians has taken over the county, bleeding the citizens with 50% ... See full summary »

Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Fred C. Brannon | Stars: George Turner, Peggy Stewart, Roy Barcroft, Ed Cassidy

Votes: 132

9. To Keep the Light (2016)

TV-MA | 88 min | Drama, History

Inspired by true stories, a lighthouse keeper's wife struggles with her work and her sanity as she cares for her sick husband in 19th century Maine.

Director: Erica Fae | Stars: Antti Reini, Erica Fae, David Patrick Kelly, Meagen Fay

Votes: 269

10. Rationing (1944)

Passed | 93 min | Comedy, Romance, War

A village butcher bickers with the postmistress in charge of World War II ration stamps.

Director: Willis Goldbeck | Stars: Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main, Donald Meek, Dorothy Morris

Votes: 273

11. Four Days Wonder (1936)

Approved | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A 13-year-old girl who is a murder mystery fanatic gets mixed up in a real murder.

Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Jeanne Dante, Kenneth Howell, Martha Sleeper, Alan Mowbray

Votes: 16

12. 'If Only' Jim (1921)

50 min | Western

Gold miner Jim Golden is in love with Miss Dot, the local postmistress, but he has a reputation for being somewhat lazy and shiftless. One day he finds a baby that had been abandoned by ... See full summary »

Director: Jacques Jaccard | Stars: Harry Carey, Carol Holloway, Ruth Royce, Duke R. Lee

Votes: 37

13. Westbound Mail (1937)

Approved | 60 min | Drama, Western

The gold mine belonging to "Gun" Barlow (Edward Keane) is worked out, and Barlow attempts to buy adjacent land, with the hopes his gold vein will continue, from town postmistress Marion ... See full summary »

Director: Folmar Blangsted | Stars: Charles Starrett, Rosalind Keith, Edward Keane, Arthur Stone

Votes: 10

14. Maigret (1991–2005)
Episode: Maigret et l'inspecteur Cadavre (1998)

89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Maigret travels ex officio to help the brother-in-law of commisionaire who is a friend of his. The brother-in-law is being anonymously accused of the murder of a man who died having been ... See full summary »

Director: Pierre Joassin | Stars: Bruno Cremer, Jacques Boudet, Nade Dieu, Philippe Bas

Votes: 100

15. Maigret (1991–2005)
Episode: Maigret à l'école (2002)

84 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Maigret goes to a small village after receiving a letter from the son of the schoolteacher. The schoolteacher is currently in prison awaiting trial for the murder of the village's ... See full summary »

Director: Yves de Chalonge | Stars: Bruno Cremer, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Carole Richert, Stéphane Jobert

Votes: 78

16. Sugar and Spice (1989)
Episode: Birds, Bees and Rabbits (1989)

Comedy, Drama, Family

A remark about rabbits and 'multiplication' exposes Pixie's lack of knowledge about sexual reproduction. Unfortunately, Aunt Vera does not want to explain to her the facts of life and suggests she talk to grandma.

Director: John Gauci | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Michelle Kearley, Penelope Shelton, Louise Hall