Cleopatra (1934), Gone with the Wind (1939), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001), The Tales of Hoffmann (1951), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), La Traviata (1982), What a Way to Go! (1964), Monsieur Beaucaire (1946) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Lavish movies.
Storyline: Two young gentlemen living in 1890's England use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities...
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, british, classic, play adaptation, victorian era, high society ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Pretty Wally Cook, a reporter for the New York Chronicle convinces her editor to let her do a series of articles on Homer Flagg, a young man from New Mexico who is believed to be dying as a result of radioactive poisoning. Before she arrives out west, Homer learns from his doctor that the diagnosis was a mistake and he's perfectly healthy. That doesn't stop them from accepting Wally's offer of an all- expenses paid trip to New York. Everyone in New York takes pity on Homer, while Homer and his doctor try to keep up their pretense.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, musical, romance, hollywood, 1950s, adaptation, broadway ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A Canadian World War II veteran working for the British Foreign Office scours England for the killer who murdered his wife.
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, comedy, musical, song and dance, classic, hollywood ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Opera prima donna leaves the Metropolitan to form her own company with Tibbett as leading man. She leaves this company too which means Tibbett and company must carry on without her.
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, musical, classic, hollywood, song and dance, romantic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship, but it may not stay platonic for long. Gaston, the scion of a wealthy Parisian family finds emotional refuge from the superficial lifestyle of upper class Parisian 1900s society with the former mistress of his uncle and her outgoing, tomboy granddaughter, Gigi. When Gaston becomes aware that Gigi has matured into a woman, her grandmother and aunt, who have educated Gigi to be a wealthy man's mistress, urge the pair to act out their roles but love adds a surprise twist to this delightful turn-of-the 20th century Cinderella story.
Plot Keywords: romance, musical, comedy, paris, classic, song and dance, romantic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Carolyn Sayres gets a Hollywood contract from talent scout Brooke but is later rejected because she's too young. She falls in love with Bud Borden, another contractee who helps her to become a star. Based partly on Darnells' early experiences in Hollywood. Wharton is a parody of Zanuck.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: fantasy, adventure, musical, comedy, romance, song and dance, classic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte Bronte vie for the affection of the Reverend Arthur Nichols. Along with their sister Anne, Emily and Charlotte also try to help their tormented brother Branwell, a gifted artist whose life is being destroyed by alcohol.—Daniel Bubbeo
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, music, musical, classic, black and white, hollywood ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Ellen Hallet is in love with her playboy boss, Douglas Morrison, but is too timid to do anything about it. To help her, her roommate Chris decides to step in and devises a plan. Chris follows Morrison on his trip to Sun Valley, Idaho and plays the over-attentive female in hopes that he will send for Ellen who often plays his "fiancée" when he has a female he can't discourage otherwise. Complications arise when Chris catches the eye of band leader Dick Layn and finds herself caught in a triangle between the two men.
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, musical, hollywood, 1950s, star-studded, dance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Oscar Wilde goes to a performance of his controversial, banned play 'Salome, on Guy Fawkes day, 1892. A bordello's the theatre and the performers are prostitutes.Lord Alfred (Bosie) Douglas. who's Wilde's lover is John the Baptist. Soon, Wilde's interactions with some of the cast ignite Bosie's jealousy.—grantss
Plot Keywords: drama, biography, historical, theatrical, artistic, erotic, literary adaptation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Casanova is in love with Francesca, who thinks he is a friend of himself even though he is engaged to Victoria, who is the love of Giovanni, Francesca's brother. Francesca is betrothed to Paprizzio who thinks Casanova is the feminist writer Guardi, who is really Francessca's nomme de plume. Amidst all these secret identities and misunderstandings, the Catholic Church sends Pucci to bring Casanova and Guardi to trial for heresy.
Plot Keywords: adventure, comedy, romance, historical, biographical, drama, love ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In eighteenth-century England, "first cousins" Tom Jones and Master Blifil grew up together in privilege in the western countryside, but could not be more different in nature. Tom, the bastard son of one of Squire Allworthy's servants Jenny Jones and the local barber Partridge, was raised by virtuous Allworthy as his own after he sent Jenny away. Tom is randy, chasing anything in a skirt, he's having a sexual relationship on the sly with Molly Seagrim, the peasant daughter of Allworthy's gamekeeper. Tom is nonetheless kind-hearted and good-natured, he who is willing to defend that and those in which he believes. Blifil, on the other hand, is dour, and although outwardly pious, is cold-hearted and vengeful. Despite his randiness, Tom eventually falls in love with Sophie Western, who has just returned to the area after a few years abroad. Despite Sophie's love for Tom, Squire Western and his spinster sister would rather see Sophie marry Blifil rather than a bastard, who Western ...
Plot Keywords: adventure, comedy, romance, period, british literature, classic, oscar ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is love with a poor dancer, but wants to marry for money. When Louis wins the Irish Sweepstakes, he asks May to marry him and she accepts even though she doesn't love him. Soon after, Louis has an accident and gets knocked on the head, where he dreams that he's King Louis XV pursuing the infamous Madame Du Barry.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, historical, court, song and dance, fantasy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Herman Brandt, a handsome but overly conceited actor, lives in the same apartment building in Vienna as Carola and John Pointer and their 18-year-old daughter Mariette. One day, as Carola leaves to walk her dog, Brandt sides up to her and proposes she "visit" him at his apartment after everyone has gone to bed. Shocked and offended at his brazenness, she complains about him to the building manager, who orders Brandt to leave. He refuses, so the Pointers decide that they will move out instead. While they're packing, the police show up at their apartment with some bad news--Brandt has been found murdered, shot in the head, and since they were known to have quarreled with him, they are suspects. However, Inspector Muller, the detective investigating the murder, discovers that there is more to this case than meets the eye.—frankfob2@yahoo.com
Plot Keywords: adventure, fantasy, romance, musical, dance, fairy tale, russian ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In France, prior to Louis XIV ascending the throne, a young baroness is forced to marry against her will and is caught up in a web of treachery and murder, threatening her and her husband, whom she has come to love deeply.
Plot Keywords: historical, drama, romance, adventure, costume, french, female lead ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
Plot Keywords: historical, comedy, romance, drama, biography, art, renaissance ...
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