Marcus i Kevin su dvojac ne tako savršenih FBI-evih agenata, koji su upravo uprskali najveću policijsku zaplijenu droge pa se žele ponovo 'dodvoriti' svojim nadređenima. Prilika se odmah ukazala: dvije mlade pripadnice visokoga društva Tiffany i Brittany Wilson potrebno je otpratiti do Hamtonsa gdje se odvija vrlo bitna modna revija i, naravno, prisutni će biti svi. No, putem FBI dvojac otme sponzoruše koje su žurile na modno-socijalni spektakl, a kako im o zadatku gotovo pa ovisi agentska karijera, odlučuju se na riskantni plan - oblače se poput blizanki Wilson - plave perike, plave leće, teniranje, feniranje... i odlaze u Hamptons.
Philadelphijska bogatašica Tracy Lord izbaci svoga muža, Dextera Havena, ubrzo nakon početka braka. Prolaze dvije godine i Tracy je spremna za novi brak, ovoga puta na meti joj je ugledni bogataš George Kittredge. Dexter se u međuvremenu zaposlio kao novinar za časopis "Spy". Kada sazna da se Tracy namjerava ponovo oženiti on i suradnici iz novina kreću na misiju... upropastiti vjenčanje.
Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for a wife and family. David is all play – technically he is employed by the family business, but never shows up for work, spends all his time entertaining, and has been married and divorced three times. Meanwhile, Sabrina Fairchild is the young, shy, and awkward daughter of the household chauffeur, who goes away to Paris for two years, and returns to capture David's attention, while falling in love with Linus.
"Sve sretne obitelji nalik su jedna na drugu, svaka nesretna obitelj nesretna je na svoj način."
Rečenica kojom počinje Tolstojev roman vjerojatno se mnogima urezala duboko u pamćenje, a tragična bezvremenska romansa poslužila je kao inspiracija i redatelju Joeu Wrightu.
Nakon „Ponosa i predrasuda" te „Okajanja", odlučio je još jednom za glavnu ulogu angažirati Keiru Knightley koja je utjelovila Anu Karenjinu u najnovijoj ekranizaciji ruskoga klasika. Njezinog supruga, visokog državnog službenika Alekseja Karenjina igra Jude Law, dok joj utjehu pruža Aaron Taylor-Johnson koji je utjelovio Vronskog.
Film je sniman na više od 100 povezanih setova, koji omogućavaju vrlo glatko kretanje radnje kroz različite interijere i eksterijere u kojima će gledatelji imati prilike uživati.
Pompozni profesor Henry Higgins kladi se da može preobraziti ženu iz radničke klase Elizu Doolittle u istaknutu osobu engleskog visokog društva, ali njih dvoje ubrzo započinju riskantnu vezu koju ugrožavaju aristokratski prosci.
Dido Elizabeth Bell, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, plays an important role in the campaign to abolish slavery in England.
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
Johnny Case (C. Grant) zaljubi se u milijunaševu kćer, Juliju Seton (L. Nolan). Kad ga njezina obitelj želi uključiti u posao, on se pobuni jer svoje mlade godine želi provesti na "godišnjem". U tome ga podržavaju obiteljska crna ovca Linda (K. Hepburn) i pijani Ned (L. Ayres), a njegovi prijatelji Nick (E. E. Horton) i Susan (J. Dixon) Potter rade na tome da se predomisli...
Emma has left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.
When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealthy Pierre Revel, she is reunited with Jean by chance. This leaves her with the choice between a glamorous life in Paris, and the true love she left behind.
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.
Wealthy but arrogant writer Jean Hervey comes home one day to find that his wife, Gabrielle, has left him for another man. Realizing her mistake, Gabrielle returns, and the pair begin a merciless analysis of their marriage as the relationship comes undone.
Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected, things don't go too smoothly.
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.
In early 20th century New York City, an impoverished socialite desperately seeks a suitable husband as she gradually finds herself betrayed by her friends and exiled from high society.
General Montriveau, having returned from the Napoleonic Wars in despair, quickly becomes enamored with Duchess Langeais. Across a series of nocturnal visitations, the Duchess mercilessly toys with her hot-tempered suitor, as the machinations of a shadowy conspiracy unfold in the background.
A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the millionaire.
The son of a wealthy politician falls in with a notorious gangster planning to rob a night club.
A man and a woman at an art exhibition share a fleeting moment of attraction, which neither can act upon. Days later, a chance second meeting leads to an innocent coffee and the two strangers – both married - toy with their unexplainable fascination for each other. Svenja is curious and finds herself in a hotel room with Roland, but she does not consummate an affair. A powerful executive at the large bank where Svenja's husband works, Roland is used to getting what he wants. He manipulates the transfer of her husband to Indonesia to replace a recently murdered bank manager. Unaware of Roland’s actions, Svenja now ceases to resist...
A catalan manufacturer of intercoms travels to Madrid, accompanied by his mistress, to attend a hunt that he has organized. Its main purpose is to mix with people of high society to improve their business. All seems well until the owner of the farm shows full authority over James, who is the real organizer of the meeting. The celebration is diverse characters who live next to absurd situations.