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1. Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance
A chronicle of the lives of the British aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the early twentieth century.
Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Brendan Coyle
Votes: 225,041
2. Parasite (2019)
R | 132 min | Drama, Thriller
Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly-formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-sik
Votes: 960,668 | Gross: $53.37M
3. Belgravia (2020)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
Follows events when the emerging nouveau riche, including the Trenchard family, rub shoulders with London's established upper classes and when secrets from the past threaten to emerge.
Stars: Philip Glenister, Tamsin Greig, Harriet Walter, Saskia Reeves
Votes: 8,871
4. Downton Abbey (2019)
PG | 122 min | Drama, Romance
1927. The Crawleys prepare to host King George V and Queen Mary at Downton Abbey.
Director: Michael Engler | Stars: Stephen Campbell Moore, Michael Fox, Lesley Nicol, Sophie McShera
Votes: 63,413 | Gross: $96.85M
5. The Remains of the Day (1993)
PG | 134 min | Drama, Romance
A butler who sacrificed body and soul to service in the years leading up to World War II realizes too late how misguided his loyalty was to his lordly employer.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, John Haycraft, Christopher Reeve
Votes: 84,498 | Gross: $22.95M
6. The Celebration (1998)
R | 105 min | Drama
At Helge's 60th birthday party, some unpleasant family truths are revealed.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen
Votes: 93,917 | Gross: $1.65M
7. Death Comes to Pemberley (2013)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Elizabeth and Darcy, now six years married, are preparing for their annual ball when festivities are brought to an abrupt halt. An adaptation of PD James's homage to Pride and Prejudice.
Stars: Matthew Rhys, Anna Maxwell Martin, Matthew Goode, Trevor Eve
Votes: 8,465
8. Mothering Sunday (I) (2021)
R | 104 min | Drama, Romance
Jane Fairchild is a maidservant who, between the wars, works for the wealthy Niven family. On Mothering Sunday, Jane is given the day off to spend as she likes. To her surprise, Paul ... See full summary »
Director: Eva Husson | Stars: Odessa Young, Josh O'Connor, Colin Firth, Olivia Colman
Votes: 4,533
9. Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
The lives and fortunes of the Bellamy family and their below-stairs servant staff at 165 Eaton Place play out against the social, political and historical backdrop of Edwardian London from 1903 to 1930.
Stars: Gordon Jackson, David Langton, Jean Marsh, Angela Baddeley
Votes: 3,569
10. Sister My Sister (1994)
R | 86 min | Drama, Thriller
Two sisters separated in childhood reunite years later as servants at a household in France. Their happiness to be reunited spirals into an incestuous relationship.
Director: Nancy Meckler | Stars: Julie Walters, Joely Richardson, Jodhi May, Sophie Thursfield
Votes: 3,659 | Gross: $0.22M
11. Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
TV-PG | 55 min | Comedy
Bertram Wooster, a well-intentioned, wealthy layabout, has a habit of getting himself into trouble and it's up to his brilliant valet, Jeeves, to get him out.
Stars: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Richard Dixon, Robert Daws
Votes: 13,153
12. Merrily We Live (1938)
Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
Dizzy 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 soon ends up in a ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Constance Bennett, Brian Aherne, Alan Mowbray, Billie Burke
Votes: 2,269
13. The Rules of the Game (1939)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély
Votes: 31,343
14. The Gathering Storm (2002 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History
Winston Churchill's wilderness years prior to World War II, when only he could see the threat that Adolf Hitler and a rearmed Germany posed to Europe.
Director: Richard Loncraine | Stars: Albert Finney, Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent, Linus Roache
Votes: 7,052
15. A Princess for Christmas (2011 TV Movie)
TV-G | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
At the invitation of an estranged relative, a young woman travels with her niece and nephew to a castle in Europe for Christmas, where she unwittingly falls for a dashing Prince.
Director: Michael Damian | Stars: Katie McGrath, Roger Moore, Sam Heughan, Travis Turner
Votes: 9,190
16. The Duchess of Duke Street (1976–1977)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
Louisa Trotter works her way up from being a skivvy to being the queen of cooks, cook to the King, and owner of the Bentinck Hotel. Her life and happenings among the guests and staff of the hotel make up the 31 episodes.
Stars: Gemma Jones, Victoria Plucknett, John Welsh, John Cater
Votes: 1,541
17. The Halcyon (2017)
60 min | Drama, War
The story of a bustling and glamorous five star hotel at the center of London society and a world at war.
Stars: Annabelle Apsion, Mark Benton, Jamie Blackley, Edward Bluemel
Votes: 3,104
18. Princess Caraboo (1994)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A mysterious young woman speaking a strange language shows up in an English village, where she is taken in by aristocrats who assume she is a foreign princess
Director: Michael Austin | Stars: Phoebe Cates, Jim Broadbent, Wendy Hughes, Kevin Kline
Votes: 2,981 | Gross: $3.02M
19. Cavalcade (1933)
Passed | 112 min | Drama, Romance, War
A portrayal of the triumphs and tragedies of two English families, the upper-crust Marryots and the working-class Bridgeses, from 1899 to 1933.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Una O'Connor, Herbert Mundin
Votes: 5,992 | Gross: $7.63M
20. Angels and Insects (1995)
R | 116 min | Drama, Romance
In the 1800s a naturalist marries into a family of British country gentry.
Director: Philip Haas | Stars: Mark Rylance, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patsy Kensit, Jeremy Kemp
Votes: 4,843 | Gross: $5.30M
21. Mary Reilly (1996)
R | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Henry Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Edward Hyde.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Julia Roberts, John Malkovich, George Cole, Michael Gambon
Votes: 15,824 | Gross: $5.71M
22. Viceroy's House (2017)
Not Rated | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History
The final Viceroy of India, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (Hugh Bonneville), is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.
Director: Gurinder Chadha | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal, Huma Qureshi
Votes: 8,562 | Gross: $1.11M
23. The Grand (1997–1998)
957 min | Drama
At the end of the First World War, the Bannerman family reopened the Grand Hôtel after a long closure and costly renovation.
Stars: Rebecca Callard, Tim Healy, Susan Hampshire, Paul Warriner
Votes: 686
24. The Maid (2009)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A drama centered on a maid trying to hold on to her position after having served a family for 23 years.
Director: Sebastián Silva | Stars: Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celedón, Mariana Loyola, Andrea García-Huidobro
Votes: 6,463 | Gross: $0.55M
25. Berkeley Square (1998)
50 min | Drama, History, Romance
Three young women from very different backgrounds meet, become friends and share experiences when they all gain positions as nannies in the wealthy households of London's exclusive Berkeley Square.
Stars: Victoria Smurfit, Clare Wilkie, Tabitha Wady, Hermione Norris
Votes: 1,216
26. The Shooting Party (1984)
98 min | Drama, Romance
While Europe stands on the brink of World War I in Autumn 1913, Sir Randolph Nettleby hosts a weekend of shooting on his estate for European aristocrats.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: James Mason, Edward Fox, Dorothy Tutin, John Gielgud
Votes: 1,526
27. The Black Velvet Gown (1991 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 103 min | Drama
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Stone | Stars: Bob Peck, Janet McTeer, Geraldine Somerville, Brendan P. Healy
Votes: 658
28. Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012)
PG | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young woman frets upstairs in her family's country manor on her wedding day, fearful she's about to marry the wrong man. Downstairs, her fiancé and her former lover grow increasingly anxious.
Director: Donald Rice | Stars: Felicity Jones, Luke Treadaway, Elizabeth McGovern, James Norton
Votes: 2,451 | Gross: $0.00M
29. The Cater Street Hangman (1998 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Mystery
With the help of a feisty aristocratic woman, a working-class Scotland Yard inspector hunts for a serial killer of young women in Victorian London.
Director: Sarah Hellings | Stars: Eoin McCarthy, Keeley Hawes, Peter Egan, John Castle
Votes: 339
30. Crown for Christmas (2015 TV Movie)
TV-G | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
After getting fired from her job as a maid at a ritzy New York City hotel, Allie reluctantly accepts a temporary gig as the governess to a young girl who is part of a powerful family in Europe that lives in a castle.
Director: Alex Zamm | Stars: Danica McKellar, Rupert Penry-Jones, Ellie Botterill, Pavel Douglas
Votes: 5,652
31. My Life So Far (1999)
PG-13 | 98 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate headed up by a strong disciplinarian, her daughter, her inventor husband, their ten year old son and his ... See full summary »
Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Colin Firth, Rosemary Harris, Irène Jacob, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Votes: 3,153 | Gross: $0.62M
32. The Maids (1975)
PG | 95 min | Drama, Romance
A film version of Genet's play. Two house cleaners, Solange and Claire, hate their employers and, while they are out, take turns at dressing up as Madame and insulting her.
Director: Christopher Miles | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Susannah York, Vivien Merchant, Mark Burns
Votes: 580
33. By the Sword Divided (1983–1985)
50 min | Drama, History, War
Story of the English Civil War as seen through the eyes of two families; the Laceys, loyal to King Charles I, and the Fletchers, loyal to Oliver Cromwell.
Stars: Sharon Maughan, Andrew MacLachlan, Rob Edwards, Lucy Aston
Votes: 236
34. Relative Values (2000)
PG | 87 min | Comedy
A man returns home with his bride-to-be, an actress, who turns out to be the sister of his family's maid.
Director: Eric Styles | Stars: Julie Andrews, Edward Atterton, William Baldwin, Colin Firth
Votes: 2,606
35. Comic Relief: Uptown Downstairs Abbey (2011 TV Movie)
Comedy, History
A parody of the hit television show, Downton Abbey (2010), following the lives of the upper class and their servants.
Director: Adrian Edmondson | Stars: Patrick Barlow, Bruce Byron, Simon Callow, Kim Cattrall
Votes: 228
36. The Bretts (1987–1989)
60 min | Drama
1920s family of actors deals with the day to day of the theater business.
Stars: Norman Rodway, Barbara Murray, Belinda Lang, George Winter
Votes: 81
37. Mockery (1927)
75 min | Drama, Romance
During the Russian Revolution, a mentally challenged peasant saves then obsesses over a beautiful countess.
Director: Benjamin Christensen | Stars: Lon Chaney, Ricardo Cortez, Barbara Bedford, Mack Swain
Votes: 541 | Gross: $0.45M
38. Manor House (2002– )
50 min | Documentary, Reality-TV
21 people from the 21st century are being brought together in an Edwardian Country House. 6 of them are the Upstairs family and the 15 others are the servants. For three months, these people have only the rulebook and each other...
Stars: Derek Jacobi, Charlie Clay, Hugh Edgar, Ken Skelton
Votes: 556
39. The Clandestine Marriage (1998)
90 min | Comedy
A period movie, set around an English country house whose owners want to arrange a marriage of convenience between their elder daughter and an aristocratic heir of a hard-up noble family. ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Miles | Stars: Nigel Hawthorne, Joan Collins, Timothy Spall, Tom Hollander
Votes: 398
40. A Christmas Without Snow (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Music
A divorced woman moves to a new city, trying to rebuild her life. She joins the choir of a local church and is inspired by the choirmaster, a curmudgeonly old gentleman who will accept ... See full summary »
Director: John Korty | Stars: Michael Learned, John Houseman, Ramon Bieri, James Cromwell
Votes: 410
41. Downton Abbey Revisited (2012 TV Movie)
Documentary
Full of footage after the series' end.
Stars: Angela Lansbury, Samantha Bond, Jessica Brown Findlay, Laura Carmichael
Votes: 59
42. Downstairs (1932)
Passed | 77 min | Drama, Romance
An amoral chauffeur seeks to seduce a young bride.
Director: Monta Bell | Stars: John Gilbert, Paul Lukas, Virginia Bruce, Hedda Hopper
Votes: 1,858
43. Désiré (1937)
92 min | Comedy
Shavian social satire. Odette is an actress who's now the mistress of a government minister. Her household of cook, maid, and chauffeur needs a valet. On the eve of going with the minister ... See full summary »
Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Sacha Guitry, Jacqueline Delubac, Jacques Baumer, Saturnin Fabre
Votes: 447
44. Wharf Angel (1934)
Passed | 65 min | Drama
"Mother Bright's" place on the lawless, waterfront district of the 'Barbary Coast' in San Francisco is the toughest of all saloons that can be found, and that is where "Turk", a stoker on a... See full summary »
Directors: William Cameron Menzies, George Somnes | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Dorothy Dell, Preston Foster, Alison Skipworth
Votes: 78
45. The Three Bears (1935)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Playing hide-and-seek with her dog, young Goldilocks scampers away into the woods and stumbles upon a lovely little house. Unbeknownst to her, a family of bears live there. The bears, ... See full summary »
Directors: Ub Iwerks, Shamus Culhane, Al Eugster | Star: Sara Berner
Votes: 168
46. Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936)
G | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
At an orphanage, the children are sad because they received broken toys as gifts. Professor Grampy sees the children while passing by in his sled and has an idea on how to give them a merry Christmas.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Everett Clark, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 778
47. Desired (1995)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
Désiré is a fine servant and butler who regularly seduces the ladies of the house where he works, but then he moves on.This time he is working for Odette, the mistress of the minister of ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Murat | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Fanny Ardant, Claude Rich, Béatrice Dalle
Votes: 228
48. Hector's Hectic Life (1948)
Passed | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Hector is a dog with an easy life and the run of the house when the lady of the house gives him a warning...one more mess and you're out. Hector would be okay if not for the fact that three... See full summary »
Directors: Bill Tytla, George Germanetti | Star: Mae Questel
Votes: 296
49. Festa (1989)
82 min | Comedy, Drama
Hired to entertain a party in a luxury home, in São Paulo, a musician, a snooker player, and an old decadent actor keep waiting downstairs, never being invited to the party upstairs to perform their acts.
Director: Ugo Giorgetti | Stars: Antonio Abujamra, Otávio Augusto, Pedro Paulo Calvoso, Jessica Canoletti
Votes: 211
50. Servants: The True Story of Life Below Stairs (2012– )
Documentary, History
Stars: Pamela Cox, Lucy Delap, Matthew Parris, Alison Light
Votes: 84