Vuosi 1944. Raskaana oleva nainen ja kirjoja kainalossaan puristava tyttö kiitävät Espanjan vuorilla armeijan autokaravaanin kyydissä. Äidin on päästävä lapsen isän, yltiöagressiivisen everstin luo. Tyttö pakenee yhä syvemmälle fantasian labyrinttiin. Sadistisena riehuvan sissisodan kuolinkouristukset rinnastuvat Ofelian mielikuvitusmaailmaan. Vanhan myllyn uumenissa avautuu labyrintti. Sen outoa logiikkaa noudattava isäntä Pan ajaa Ofelian yhä merkillisimpiin tehtäviin ja kohtaamisiin. Satumaisuus lumoaa herkästi. Heti perään seuraa sadistinen veriteko. Keijujen lento ei ole niin kepeää, kun hurme hulmahtaa siiville tuon tuosta. Del Toron ihmiset ovat inhimillisiä, uljaita ja uhrautuvaisia.
Vuosi on 1945. Englannin kanaalin Jerseyn saarella leijuu ainainen sumu. Grace kasvattaa valtavassa kartanossa kahta valolle allergista lastaan. Gracen mies on kadonnut sodan kurimukseen. Talossa eletään ikuisessa hämärässä. Ovet lukitaan aina ennen kuin seuraavat avataan. Talon palvelijat katovat eräänä yönä. Sumusta ilmestyy kolme uutta palvelijaa, jotka Grace pestaa töihin ja alkaa opettaa talon tavoille. Sitten mies palaa sodasta. Mutta miksi palvelijat piilottavat pihan kulmalla olevat hautakivet?
Tilanomistaja Henry Dashwood on kuollut ja tila sekä muu omaisuus siirtyy lain mukaan hänen ensimmäisestä avioliitosta syntyneelle pojalleen. Niinpä hänen nykyinen vaimonsa sekä kolme tytärtä, Elinor, Marianne ja Margaret, joutuvat puille paljaille. Mikä katastrofi armottomilla avioliittomarkkinoilla! Tytöt muuttavat äitinsä kanssa sukulaisensa, rouva Jenningsin, omistamaan taloon. Onnenhetkiä on luvassa kun rouva Jennings päättää hankkia vanhemmille tytöille aviomiehet, mikä onkin helpommin sanottu kuin tehty...
In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This outrageous time-travel comedy follows the misadventures of a wacky medieval knight (Jean Reno) and his faithful servant when they are accidentally transported to contemporary times by a senile sorcerer. Mayhem rules as these 12th-century visitors try adapting to the wildly confusing modern world. To avoid being stuck here for good, however, they soon begin an all-out cosmic assault on their former castle -- now a luxury hotel -- in their quest to return to the past.
Raquel has been the live-in housekeeper for a kind, reasonably wealthy family for half her life, and the joyless repetition of the job has begun to take its toll. Increasingly dependent on painkillers, Raquel resorts to pranks and childish avoidance to antagonize the family’s college-age daughter and a procession of new servants, all in the hopes of protecting her precarious power within the home. Her antics successfully push everyone away, until new maid Lucy actually pushes back.
Draamaelokuvan tapahtumat sijoittuvat 1800-luvun Englantiin. Julia Robertsin esittämä Mary Reilly uskoo saavansa unelmien työpaikan, kun hän pääsee sisäköksi arvostettuun lääkäriperheeseen tohtori Jekyllin luo. Talon isännässä on kuitenkin kaksi puolta: hyvä ja paha.
A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.
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.
The young nobleman Calisto falls in love with Melibea, the daughter of a rich merchant. Calisto's servant Sempronio suggests they get the sorceress Celestina to further the romance. However Calisto's other servant Parmeno is suspicious of Celestina, as he knows about her tricks.
Two domestic robots fall in love and run off together.
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.
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 little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.
Artaban is a young Magus (Wise Man) who desires to follow the star to the birthplace of the coming King, against the counsel of his friends and family. Carrying three precious jewels to give to the baby Messiah, Artaban and his reluctant servant Orontes set off to join the caravan of the three other wise men. They miss the caravan, but Artaban continues the search for his King, always one step behind. Artaban spends much of his remaining wealth and all of his energy helping the poor and unfortunate people he meets, until at the end of his life he finally finds Jesus--at His trial! Has Artaban wasted his life in a foolish quest? Will he ever get the chance to present his gifts to the King?
A woman and her husband take separate vacations, and she falls in love with another man.