Principis del segle XVIII. Anglaterra està en guerra amb els francesos. Una reina afeblida, Anne (Olivia Colman), ocupa el tron i la seva amiga Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) governa el país en la seva absència, a causa del seu estat de salut i el seu caràcter inestable. Quan una nova serventa apareix, Abigail (Emma Stone), el seu encant sedueix Sarah. Sarah ajuda Abigail i aquesta veu una oportunitat per tornar a les seves arrels aristocràtiques. Com que la política ocupa gran part del temps de Sarah, Abigail comença a acompanyar amb més freqüència la Reina. Desenvoluparan una amistat que Abigail aprofitarà per satisfer les seves ambicions.
"Underworld: La rebel·lió dels licàntrops" ens explica els orígens de la guerra entre vampirs i licàntrops. Rhona Mitra dóna vida a Sonja, la filla de Viktor (Bill Nighy), líder dels vampirs, qui desafia les lleis de la seva raça en enamorar-se de Lucian (Michael Sheen), líder dels licàntrops.
França, segle XVII. D'Artagnan, un jove i valerós gascó, viatja a París amb la intenció d'ingressar a la companyia dels mosqueters del rei, al front del qual hi ha el senyor de Treville. Pel camí té una mala trobada amb el comte de Rochefort i Milady De Winter, tots dos col·laboradors del cardenal Richelieu, primer ministre de Lluís XIII (1610-1643). Un cop a la capital, té la mala sort d'enfrontar-se als més valerosos i fidels mosqueters del Rei: Athos, Porthos i Aramis.
Per a la jove Carolina Matilde, casada sent una adolescent amb el rei de Dinamarca Christian VII, és un horror viure amb un marit ciclotímic i estrafolari que proposa desmesures com nomenar al seu gos membre honorari del Consell d'Estat, o que circulin a Copenhaguen a la nit carruatges buits per recollir als borratxos. Així les coses, Carolina es rendeix als encants del metge personal del rei, un intel·lectual progressista que es veurà dividit entre la seva lleialtat al rei, el seu amor a la reina i la seva oportunitat de convertir una Dinamarca encara medieval en un país il·lustrat.
A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the palace of Versailles. As the two work on the palace, they find themselves drawn to each other and are thrown into rivalries within the court of King Louis XIV.
Stefan and Dolly Oblonsky have had a spat and Stefan has asked his sister, Anna Karenina, to come down to Moscow to help mend the rift. Anna's companion on the train from St. Petersburg is Countess Vronsky who is met at the Moscow station by her son. Col. Vronsky looks very dashing in his uniform and it's love at first sight when he looks at Anna and their eyes meet.
Set in the high courts of 16th Century France, where the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants are raging. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, is in love with Henri de Guise, but her hand in marriage is promised to the Prince of Montpensier.
To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.
Sophie is far from being the model little girl one would like her to be, unlike her friends Camille and Madeleine. She always insists on having her own way, often getting into trouble, to the despair of one and all. But her mother is unbending and otherwise inclined. She will not let her get away with anything, and poor Sophie will often have to live with the consequences of her bad behaviour and learn her lesson.
La bogeria del rei George (o Les bogeries del rei George, segons algunes traduccions) és una pel·lícula de 1994 dirigida per Nicholas Hytner i adaptada per Alan Bennett a partir de la seva pròpia obra de teatre, La bogeria del rei Jorge. Explica la història del deteriorament en la salut mental del rei George III i el deteriorament en la relació amb el seu fill, el Príncep de Gal·les, i concentra la seva atenció en el període al voltant de la crisi de la Regència del 1788. La medicina moderna ha suggerit que els símptomes del rei eren símptomes de porfíria.
The Arbac de Neuvilles are one of the oldest families in France. They have inhabited their ancient château for fifty-two generations and are proud of their noble ancestry. But today they are stone broke. When a bailiff turns up notifying them that they owe two million euros in back taxes, these proud aristocrats are understandably shaken to the core of their ancestral seat. Just how are they to find this amount of money when none of them has any capacity for work?
During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.
France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their parents' lives causes Louise's blindness, they decide to travel to Paris in search of a cure, but they separate when a lustful aristocrat crosses their path.
An American boy turns out to be the heir of a wealthy British earl. He is sent to live with the irritable and unsentimental aristocrat, his grandfather.
The plot of the film is the love of a married woman, Anna Karenina, and a young officer, Aleksei Vronsky. Anna leaves the family in search of happiness to her beloved person. She has to take a very serious step in her life - to part with her son. The attitude of the high society towards her is changing. All this brings a lot of pain and humiliation to the main character. The tragic story of love and betrayal, the fate of a woman, for the sake of passion who decided to change her life irrevocably.
In the film series finale, Lily finds herself near financial ruin because of the debts left behind by her father, all while battling a newly diagnosed cancer. Too proud to seek solace from anyone around her, Lily sets off a chain of self-destructive events that lead to her estrangement from best friends Lin Xiao, Nan Xiang, and Ruby.
Gorgeous Antonia is on a dangerous downward spiral caused by an addiction to heroin when she meets Mike, a tough drifter who helps her score more smack. Although they're not attracted to each other initially, Antonia and Mike eventually give in to their growing feelings for each other. But this leads to a dilemma: How does Mike help the woman he now loves kick her addiction?
The story of Toña and Paquita, the housekeepers for the aristocratic González-Dubois family. These domestic employees have been mistreated for quite some time and they are tired of their situation. So when the family plans a shopping trip to Miami, the maids have a plan of their own; to take control of the mansion. Unexpectedly, they will also discover a family secret.
A law student becomes an outlaw French revolutionary when he decides to avenge the unjust killing of his friend. To get close to the aristocrat who has killed his friend, the student adopts the identity of Scaramouche the clown.