The L-Shaped Room (1963), Make Mine Mink (1960), Heaven's Gate (1980), The Raid (1954), Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995), It All Came True (1940), Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937), Lady With Red Hair (1940) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Boarding House movies.
Storyline: Jane, a young French woman, pregnant and unmarried, takes a room in a seedy London boarding house, which is inhabited by an assortment of misfits. She considers getting an abortion, but is unhappy with this solution. She falls into a relationship with Toby, a struggling young writer who lives on the first floor. Eventually she comes to like her odd room, and makes friends with all the strange people in the house. But she still faces two problems: what to do with her baby, and what to do with Toby.—John Oswalt <jao@jao.com>
Plot Keywords: writer, doctor, boyfriend, pregnant woman, bleak, gritty, powerful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Zany collection of misfits led by aging military man (Terry-Thomas) go on a spree of robbing mink coats. An unlikely trio of women (Athene Seyler, Hattie Jacques, and Elspeth Duxbury) find new reasons to live ... until their housekeeper (Billie Whitelaw), an ex-con is suspected of the robberies.—Ed Lorusso <elorusso@techreps.com>
Plot Keywords: landlady, major, maid, boarder, police officer, witty, quirky ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Wyoming, 1890. James Averill is the Sherriff of Johnson County, a county largely inhabited by foreign immigrants. The wealthy cattle owners view the immigrant farmers as a nuisance and hindrance to them enlarging their own land. The cattlemen's association, the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, effectively declares war on the immigrant farmers, and gets the state government's blessing. They assemble an army of guns-for-hire, and, backed by the U.S. Cavalry, set out to rid the state of the immigrants. James Averill's heart is with the immigrants, but he is not sure they have a chance of winning the inevitable war.
Plot Keywords: sheriff, mercenary, land baron, immigrant, madam, bleak, gritty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A group of Confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life and especially into that of an attractive widow and her son.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: confederate soldier, prisoner of war, veteran, widow, son, banker, thrilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Brayker is a man who carries the last of seven keys, special containers which held the blood of Christ and were scattered across the universe to prevent the forces of evil from taking over. If The Collector gets the last key, the universe will fall into Chaos, and he has been tracking Brayker all the way to a small inn in a nowhere town. And now the final battle for the universe begins......
Plot Keywords: demon, guardian, soldier, mercenary, landlady, alcoholic, creepy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Nightclub entertainer Sarah Ryan and songwriter Tommy Taylor move in to the boardinghouse run by their mothers Maggie and Norah. Tommy brings along Mr. Grasselli, a "nervous wreck" who keeps to himself.. Sarah recognizes him as the gangster Chips Maguire. He killed a cop with Tommy's gun, so Tommy must now protect him. Grasselli winds up turning the boarding house into a money-making nightclub.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: daughter, son, gangster, mother, singer, songwriter, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Cricket West is a hopeful actress with a plan and a pair of vocal chords that bring down the house. Along with her eccentric aunt, she plays host to the local jockeys, whose leader is the cocky but highly skilled Timmie Donovan. When a young English gentleman comes to town convincing Donovan to ride his horse in a high stakes race, the plot breaks into a speeding gallop. Donovan is disqualified from racing, but Cricket springs into action and heads into the home stretch riding high!—Shawn Ashley
Plot Keywords: jockey, niece, horse owner, young boy, uncle, gambler, charming ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A messy divorce leaves Mrs. Leslie Carter shunned by Chicago society for being an adulteress and forbidden from having custody of her son. She's determined to return to her hometown in a few years as a success and with enough money to fight to get her son back. In order to realize her plans, she heads to New York with ambitions of being a great actress. Despite having no stage training, producer David Belasco becomes attracted to her and becomes intent on making her a star, as well as winning her heart.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: actress, actor, producer, socialite, ex-husband, son, melodramatic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Sparks fly when wandering singer Ranbir Raj (Ranbir Kapoor) arrives in a mystical town and meets charming prostitute Gulabji (Rani Mukherjee). Gulabji directs Raj to a local boarding house, and he begins to explore his new home. But soon the restless Raj meets the stunning Sakina (Sonam Kapoor), a young Muslim who spurns his advances. As Gulabji pines for the handsome musician, Raj falls hard for the elusive Sakima -- who secretly harbors her own unspoken desires.
Plot Keywords: singer, prostitute, muslim, landlady, mysterious man, grandmother, melodramatic ...
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