Highest-Rated Movies about 'Country House', Sort by Popularity

The Rules of the Game (1939), My Rembrandt (2019), The Rules of the Game (1939), You're Next (2011), Pride & Prejudice (2005), The King of Comedy (1982), Maurice (1987), Withnail and I (1987) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Country House movies.

#2. My Rembrandt (2019)

Storyline: Rembrandt, the grandmaster of intimacy rocks the art world; 350 years after his death, many people, even entire nations are obsessed with his paintings. Aristocrats cherish, experts rule, art dealers investigate, collectors hunt, museums battle. The epic documentary MY REMBRANDT dives deep into the art world of Old Masters, exploring the motives of its elite.

Plot Keywords: art collector, art critic, art dealer, curator, benefactor, confident, engaging ...

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#3. The Rules of the Game (1939)

Storyline: On the brink of WWII, the record-breaking aviator, André Jurieux, safely lands at a small airport crammed with reporters, only to come face to face with his worst fear: the object of his desire, Christine--a blonde noblewoman and wife of the affluent Marquis de la Cheyniest, Robert--is not there to greet him. Intent on winning her back, André accepts his friend Octave's invitation for a lavish hunting weekend at the aristocrat's palatial country estate at La Coliniere, among hand-picked guests and the mansion's servants; however, intrigue, rivalries, and human weaknesses threaten to expose both royalty and paupers alike. Who will breach the unwritten rules of the game?

Plot Keywords: servant, pilot, aristocrat, game warden, poacher, maid, witty ...

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#6. The King of Comedy (1982)

Storyline: Rupert Pupkin is obsessed with becoming a comedy great. However, when he confronts his idol, talk show host Jerry Langford, with a plea to perform on the Jerry's show, he is only given the run-around. He does not give up, however, but persists in stalking Jerry until he gets what he wants. Eventually he must team up with his psychotic Langford-obsessed friend Masha to kidnap the talk show host in hopes of finally getting to perform his stand-up routine.

Plot Keywords: comedian, stalker, talk show host, mother, friend, offbeat, amusing ...

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#7. Maurice (1987)

Storyline: Two male English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up his forbidden love, Maurice (pronounced "Morris") and marries. While staying with Clive and his shallow wife, Anne, Maurice finally discovers romance in the arms of Alec, the gamekeeper. Written from personal pain, it's E.M. Forster's story of coming to terms with sexuality in the Edwardian age.

Plot Keywords: homosexual, aristocrat, servant, wealthy woman, doctor, hypnotist, emotional ...

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#8. Withnail and I (1987)

Storyline: London, 1969 - two 'resting' (unemployed and unemployable) actors, Withnail and Marwood, fed up with damp, cold, piles of washing-up, mad drug dealers and psychotic Irishmen, decide to leave their squalid Camden flat for an idyllic holiday in the countryside, courtesy of Withnail's uncle Monty's country cottage. But when they get there, it rains non-stop, there's no food, and their basic survival skills turn out to be somewhat limited. Matters are not helped by the arrival of Uncle Monty, who shows an uncomfortably keen interest in Marwood...—Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>

Plot Keywords: actor, alcoholic, uncle, drug dealer, poacher, yokel, hilarious ...

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#9. Band of Outsiders (1964)

Storyline: A triangle: Franz, Arthur, and Odile. Franz, a young man with Alain Delon good looks, has met Odile in an English class. She lives in Joinville with wealthy benefactors and has mentioned to Franz that Mr. Stolz keeps a pile of 10,000 franc notes unlocked in his room. Franz tells his friend Arthur, a swarthy guy whose shady uncle is pressing him for money. Arthur and Franz, who mimic American movie tough guys, case Odile's house, pressure her to assist them with a burglary, and make passes at her as well. She's alternately compliant and distressed. Will they pull off the heist?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: beautiful woman, slacker, film fan, uncle, aunt, benefactor, playful ...

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#10. Match Point (2005)

Storyline: From a humble background and with traditional values, Irish Chris Wilton is still struggling financially despite being a recently retired high ranked tennis pro. He has taken a job as a tennis instructor at an upscale London tennis club, although he knows there is a better life for him somewhere down the road. He is befriended by one of his students, wealthy Tom Hewett. Chris starts to date Tom's sister, Chloe Hewett, a girl-next-door type who is immediately attracted to Chris. Chloe quickly knows she wants to marry Chris, and through her businessman father, Alec Hewett, tries to help Chris and their future by getting him an executive job in Alec's company. In his life with the Hewetts, Chris begins to enjoy the finer things in life. Through it all however, Chris cannot help thinking about Nola Rice, a struggling American actress who he meets at the Hewett estate and who is Tom's unofficial fiancée. Nola is vivacious, and she knows the effect she has on men, including Chris. Unlike ...

Plot Keywords: tennis player, student, sister, father, wife, girlfriend, somber ...

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#13. Beetlejuice (1988)

Storyline: Adam and Barbara are a normal couple...who happen to be dead. They have given their precious time to decorate their house and make it their own, but unfortunately a family is moving in, and not quietly. Adam and Barbara try to scare them out, but end up becoming the main attraction to the money making family. They call upon Beetlejuice to help, but Beetlejuice has more in mind than just helping.

Plot Keywords: ghost, husband, sculptor, daughter, wife, quirky, amusing ...

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#14. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Storyline: En route to visit their grandfather's grave (which has apparently been ritualistically desecrated), five teenagers drive past a slaughterhouse, pick up (and quickly drop) a sinister hitch-hiker, eat some delicious home-cured meat at a roadside gas station, before ending up at the old family home... where they're plunged into a never-ending nightmare as they meet a family of cannibals who more than make up in power tools what they lack in social skills...

Plot Keywords: sister, paraplegic, friend, psychopath, leatherface, patriarch, shocking ...

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#15. The Invitation (1973)

Storyline: Mild-mannered office worker Remy (Michel Robin) invites a group of work colleagues to a gathering at his new country home, hiring refined butler Emile (François Simon) to oversee the festivities. Though the party begins innocently enough, as the alcohol flows it disintegrates into a drunken bacchanal, with revelers -- including office lothario Maurice (Jean-Luc Bideau) and spinster Emma (Neige Dolsky) -- revealing the most intimate details of their lives.

Plot Keywords: playboy, spinster, office worker, butler, guest, drunk, amusing ...

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