Another Thin Man (1939), Knives Out (2019), Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), The Young Philadelphians (1959), House of Strangers (1949), Our Mother's House (1967), Murder at the Gallop (1963), Gosford Park (2001) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Inheritance Dispute movies.
Storyline: A ruthless tycoon, whom his nephew (Anthony "Tony" Richmond) hates as he had both deprived his father of half of the family business and had (after his father had committed suicide) married his mother. A nurse (Maria) from a poor Italian family, is initially hired to care for the tycoon. She initially dislikes him because he abuses his employees. Tony convinces Maria to persist in his employ, however, telling her that he plans to bequeath his entire (fifty million pound) fortune to charity. He plans to help her marry him, then to help him change his will, and (perhaps) then to help her achieve her inheritance, all for a payoff of one million pounds.—Robert B. Sklaroff, M.D.
Plot Keywords: crime, thriller, drama, mystery, film noir, murder, inheritance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: It's the 1870s in the small Russian town of Ryevsk. The lusty Fyodor Karamazov, a bit of a cad who has lived off the wealth of his long deceased first wife, has never loved any of his four now adult sons, including his illegitimate epileptic son, Pavel Smerdjakov, who he employs as his personal servant. The four brothers were largely raised apart. Alexi, the youngest, is the only one who loves his father, but does so as he loves all mankind in his piety. Second eldest Ivan, who lives most of the time in Moscow working in the newspaper business, is the emotionally troubled one. And the eldest Dmitri, an army lieutenant and the only offspring on Fyodor's first wife, knows that he is most like their father, and as such has the greatest animosity toward him in their mutual depravity. Dmitri has knowingly racked up gambling debts in waiting for what he considers his fair share of his mother's wealth, something that Fyodor will not willingly give to him but will loan on a request by request basis which now does not include paying for Dmitri's gambling debts. As a matter of circumstance, Dmitri gets engaged to a virtuous young woman named Katya, for both as a matter of honor, although Katya mistakes that honor for love. The situation between all members of the Karamazov family becomes more complex when Fyodor takes measures to make it more difficult for Dmitri, who meets tavern owner Grushenka in the process. Dmitri falls in love with Grushenka and eventually wants to become an honorable man in all aspects of his life for her, their relationship despite Fyodor himself having asked her previously to marry him.—Huggo
Plot Keywords: drama, literary adaptation, family, moral dilemma, religion, father-son relationship, classic adaptation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Ambitious poor relation Blanche Fuller accepts a job as governess from her wealthy cousins who have adopted the name Fury since they acquired the ancestral home of the Fury family. Blanche plots to become the lady of the manor but her illicit passion for the vengeful, obsessed Philip Thorn sets off a string of tragic events, including murder.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: drama, suspense, crime, romance, historical, british, film noir ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A Journalist of Jewish descent in Berlin feels that he is a loser of the political changes in Germany after 1989. When his mother dies, he has to meet his brother to whom he has not talked for years and to meet all his other family members. But during the preparations for the funeral he plays a snooker-cup for paying his debts with the money for the victory, and many other things mixes up.—Benjamin Stello
Plot Keywords: comedy, jewish culture, family, german film, religion, inheritance, brothers ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Gwen Mayfield (Joan Fontaine) suffers a mental collapse after a showdown with a witch doctor while performing missionary work in Africa. Once she recuperates, she starts teaching at a private school in England and gets to know Linda (Ingrid Brett), one of her students. Linda's boyfriend claims that there is a cult that is going to sacrifice her, and Gwen begins to investigate the wild rumors. This leads her to a confrontation with powerful cult leader Stephanie Bax (Kay Walsh).
Plot Keywords: thriller, crime, film noir, mystery, murder, detective, psychological ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician (recently deceased) tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Complicating matters are one of her father's ex-students who wants to search through his papers and her estranged sister who shows up to help settle his affairs.
Plot Keywords: drama, mystery, mathematics, family, psychological, father-daughter relationship, genius ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A young painter stumbles upon an assortment of odd characters at an English estate where he has been hired to give art lessons to beautiful Laura Fairlie. Among them are Anne Catherick, a strange young woman dressed in white whom he meets in the forest and who bears a striking resemblance to Laura; cunning Count Fosco, who hopes to obtain an inheritance for nobleman Sir Percival Glyde, whom he plans to have Laura marry; Mr. Fairlie, a hypochondriac who can't stand to have anyone make the slightest noise; and eccentric Countess Fosco who has her own dark secret. The artist also finds himself drawn to Marion Halcomb, a distant relation to Laura whom the Count also has plans for.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: mystery, thriller, drama, crime, film noir, classic, adaptation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In the 30's, in New York, the coffin of the leftist gangster Johnny Tempio is brought to the house of his older brother Ray for the wake of family and friends. Ray is a cold gangster that likes to read and is married to Jean. His brother Chez is a hot head that runs a bar and is married to Clara . Ray decides to revenge the murder of his younger brother and believes the gangster Gaspare is the one who killed Johnny. Meanwhile Chez has a breakdown with tragic consequences for the Tempio brothers.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Plot Keywords: crime, gangster, family, japan, violence, revenge, brothers ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When a wealthy man dies, his avaricious relatives look forward to inheriting all his money. However, he leaves a provision in his will that they all must spend a week together in his castle before they will be able to inherit anything. At the castle (which is cut off from the outside world), the relatives soon begin to be killed off one by one, each strangled with an Indian scarf. The estate's executor, a lawyer, sets out to find the killer before everyone--including himself--is murdered.—frankfob2@yahoo.com
Plot Keywords: mystery, crime, thriller, detective, murder, inheritance, family secret ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Two brothers' murder plans go somewhat sideways in this Australian dark comedy.
Plot Keywords: thriller, crime, drama, family, brothers, murder, dark comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When Jasper (Jim Dale), founder of the western town of Bloodshy, dies, his twin sons face off to decide who will inherit his legacy. Billy (also Dale) is a wild gunslinger, while Eli (also Dale) is a mild-mannered, religious type. To decide the town's rightful successor, the brothers duel each other in a series of oddball competitions that culminate in a zany train race. But the real battle begins when Billy and Eli try to wrest control from Bloodshy's crooked mayor, Ragsdale (Darren McGavin).
Plot Keywords: comedy, western, family, adventure, action, humor, brotherhood ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Jenny Wren coerces banker Priam Andes to have a dinner party at his shorefront estate Crestwood, and instructs him to invite three other men, each of whom she plans to extort money from. Jenny plans to retire to Europe after a life of involvement with wealthy and influential men. Also at the party, among others, are Jenny's sister Esther and her fiance, scion of the Andes' family. But death also attends and Jenny's plans are thwarted.—Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>
Plot Keywords: mystery, crime, thriller, film noir, murder, detective, inheritance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1931, Elizabeth Rambeau comes from England to live in California with her aunt and uncle of a winemaking dynasty, who are still wealthy despite 12 years of Prohibition. Object: marriage to the heir of another vineyard, to further consolidate holdings in the Valley. But John Rambeau, Elizabeth's illegitimate cousin, has other ideas about who she should marry, and sharply opposes patriarch Philippe's refusal to sell wine grapes to bootleggers. John's activities bring soap opera to the Rambeau family and violence to the valley.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, historical, war, family, conflict, inheritance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In the mid-1980s, three women (each with an attorney) arrive at the office of New York entertainment manager Morris Levy. One is a singer from Los Angeles, formerly of the Platters; one is a petty thief from Philadelphia; one teaches high school in a small Georgia town. Each claims to be the widow of long-dead doo-wop singer-songwriter Frankie Lyman, and each wants years of royalties due to his estate, money Levy has never shared. During an ensuing civil trial, flashbacks tell the story of each one's life with Lyman, a boyish, high-pitched, dynamic performer, lost to heroin. Slowly, the three widows come together and establish their own bond.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: musical, biography, romance, drama, black culture, 1950s, singer ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A rodeo rider decides to quit his line of work after a serious injury, but when he visits his family and finds out that his dad is not well, he'll have to risk it one more time.
Plot Keywords: western, family, father-son relationship, inheritance, texas, country music, homecoming ...
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