Highest-Rated Movies about 'Earl', Sort by Popularity

Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936), Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015), Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), Richard III (1995), The Ruling Class (1972), Pom Poko (1994), Cromwell (1970), Anonymous (2011) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Earl movies.

#2. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)

Storyline: Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.ndnd

Plot Keywords: earl, girl, classmate, emotional, pittsburgh, leukemia, filmmaker ...

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#3. Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)

Storyline: While visiting Paris in 1908, upper class Lord Burnstead loses his butler playing poker. Egbert and Effie Floud bring Ruggles back to Red Gap, Washington. Effie wants to take advantage of Ruggles' upper class background to influence Egbert's hick lifestyle. However, Egbert is more interested in partying and he takes Ruggles to the local 'beer bust'. When word gets out that "Colonel Ruggles is staying with his close friends" in the local paper, the butler becomes a town celebrity. After befriending Mrs. Judson, a widow who he impresses with his culinary skills, Ruggles decides to strike out on his own and open a restaurant. His transition from servant to independent man will depend on its success.—Gary Jackson <garyjack5@cogeco.ca>

Plot Keywords: valet, earl, rancher, wife, neighbor, amusing, paris ...

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#4. Richard III (1995)

Storyline: William Shakespeare's classic play is brought into the present with the setting as Great Britian in the 1930s. Civil war has erupted with the House of Lancaster on one side, claiming the right to the British throne and hoping to bring freedom to the country. Opposing is the House of York, commanded by the infamous Richard who rules over a fascist government and hopes to install himself as a dictator monarch.

Plot Keywords: lady, earl, duke, king, dark, intricate, spectacular ...

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#5. The Ruling Class (1972)

Storyline: A member of the House of Lords dies in a shockingly silly way, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son is insane: he thinks he is Jesus Christ. The other somewhat-more respectable members of their family plot to steal the estate from him. Murder and mayhem ensues.—Mark Logan <marklo@west.sun.com>

Plot Keywords: earl, uncle, psychiatrist, mental patient, butler, hilarious, quirky ...

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#6. Pom Poko (1994)

Storyline: As the human city development encroaches on the raccoon dog population's forest and meadow habitat, the raccoon dogs find themselves faced with the very real possibility of extinction. In response, the raccoon dogs engage in a desperate struggle to stop the construction and preserve their home.

Plot Keywords: hero, mystic, creature, earl, playful, cool, lighthearted ...

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#7. Cromwell (1970)

Storyline: Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War.—Marg Baskin <marg@asd.raytheon.ca>

Plot Keywords: king charles i, earl, queen, prince, general, patriotic, powerful ...

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#8. Anonymous (2011)

Storyline: Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, is presented as the real author of Shakespeare's works. Edward's life is followed through flashbacks from a young child, through to the end of his life. He is portrayed as a child prodigy who writes and performs A Midsummer Night's Dream for a young Elizabeth I. A series of events sees his plays being performed by a frontman, Shakespeare.

Plot Keywords: queen elizabeth i, playwright, earl, suspenseful, intricate, london, royal court ...

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#9. Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921)

Storyline: Young Cedric Errol lives with his widowed mother in New York City. Cedric's late father was a son of the Earl of Dorincourt, but the Earl had objected strongly to his son's marriage, and thus has long been estranged from Cedric and his mother. But when the Earl's only surviving son dies in a riding accident, Cedric suddenly becomes Lord Fauntleroy, the Earl's heir. Cedric and his mother travel to England, where they must overcome the Earl's hard feelings about the past, as well as some unexpected obstacles.—Snow Leopard

Plot Keywords: earl, lord, widow, grandfather, young boy, mother, uplifting ...

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#10. Forever Amber (1947)

Storyline: Amber St Clair means to get on in life and despite a poor background knows she has the assets to do it. Husbands, lovers, prison and a liaison with King Charles II form a tapestry of apparently calculating ups and downs, although in fact the one love of her life, Bruce Carlton, is never far from Amber's thoughts.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Plot Keywords: courtesan, soldier, king charles ii, earl, highwayman, emotional, passionate ...

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#11. Relative Values (2000)

Storyline: A comedy of discriminating taste and dirty little secrets, the story is set in 1952 England, where Nigel, Earl of Marshwood (Edward Atterton), woos Hollywood star Miranda Frayle (Jeanne Tripplehorn), upsetting his mother, Countess Felicity of Marshwood (Dame Julie Andrews), and her former love, fellow Hollywood star Don Lucas (William Baldwin). Right before the engagement party to be held at Marshwood, Dora Moxton "Moxie" (Sophie Thompson), the Countess' personal maid and best friend, reveals that Miranda is her estranged sister. Frederick Crestwell (Stephen Fry), the Countess' butler, quickly devises a plan, but an inebriated Lucas' arrival at Marshwood to try to talk to Miranda causes all chaos to break loose.—Q. Leo Rahman

Plot Keywords: earl, actress, mother, fiancée, actor, maid, amusing ...

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#12. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)

Storyline: A shipping disaster in the nineteenth century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. The mother dies soon afterwards. An ape enters the house and kills the father, and a female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captaine Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.

Plot Keywords: apes, orphan, explorer, scientist, grandfather, earl, emotional ...

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#13. The Squaw Man (1931)

Storyline: Jim Wyngate, an English aristocrat, comes to the American West under a cloud of suspicion for embezzlement actually committed by his cousin Lord Henry. In Wyoming, Wyngate runs afoul of cattle rustler Cash Hawkins by rescuing the Indian girl Naturich from Hawkins. Wyngate marries Naturich, but then learns that his cousin Lord Henry has been killed and has cleared his name before dying. As Wyngate has long loved Lady Diana, Lord Henry's wife, he is perplexed at his situation. But fate takes a hand and resolves matters as Wyngate could not have predicted.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>

Plot Keywords: english gentleman, native american woman, earl, lady, brother, cattle rustler, melodramatic ...

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#14. Castle in the Air (1952)

Storyline: The Earl of Locharne's (David Tomlinson's) ancestral castle is literally falling apart. His efforts to support it by hosting tourists and paid guests isn't working. A coal firm wants it to use as a vacation resort, for which it would be requisitioned by the government, and a distant American cousin wants to purchase it to live in.—Becie

Plot Keywords: earl, assistant, historian, divorcée, ghost, government official, engaging ...

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#15. Mary of Scotland (1936)

Storyline: Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to rule as queen, to the chagrin of Elizabeth I of England who finds her a dangerous rival. There is much ado over whom Mary shall marry; to her later regret, she picks effete Lord Darnley over the strong but unpopular Earl of Bothwell. A palace coup leads to civil war and house arrest for Mary; she escapes and flees to England, where a worse fate awaits her.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Plot Keywords: mary stuart, earl, lord, courtier, engaging, fascinating, powerful ...

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