Highest-Rated Movies about 'Class Distinction'

Modern Times (1936), Titanic (1997), The Notebook (2004), My Fair Lady (1964), Gentleman Jim (1942), The Devil and Miss Jones (1941), For Heaven's Sake (1926), Stella Dallas (1937) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Class Distinction movies.

#17. Bordertown (1935)

Storyline: Embittered when prejudice cuts short his nascent law career, once-idealistic Johnny Ramirez leaves his home in Los Angeles and ends up in Mexico. He quickly becomes the invaluable second-in-command to Charlie Roark, the owner of a border-town casino. But Roark's wife falls hard for Johnny and goes to great lengths to make him hers, which sets in motion more perilous events.—Determined Copy Editor

Plot Keywords: casino, judge, jealousy, insanity, hitchhiking, guilty conscience, fight ...

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#18. Torrent (1926)

Storyline: A young girl and her father are kicked out of their house by a cruel noblewoman, and the girl's heart is broken when her sweetheart, the noblewoman's son, won't go to Paris with them. After becoming an opera star in Paris, the girl returns to her homeland and finds her romance with the nobleman rekindled.—page8701

Plot Keywords: opera, fortune, flood, fame, eviction, election, dam ...

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#19. The Black Swan (1942)

Storyline: When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of his former partners in ridding the Carribean of Buccaneers. When one of them apparently abducts the previous governor's pretty daughter and joins up with the rebels, things are set for a fight.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Plot Keywords: based on novel, kidnapping, bound and gagged, female tied up, gagged, tied up, punching ...

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#20. Brother Bear (2003)

Storyline: Kenai, a man who resents bears after a fight with one kills his older brother, is turned into a bear so he can see life from a different perspective. He is visited by the spirit of his older brother, and is told that, if he wishes to be changed back into a human, he must travel to the place where the lights touch the Earth, in other words, the Northern Lights. Fueled by hope, Kenai sets off on his long journey, and, along the way, encounters a younger bear, Koda, who is a chatterbox and a fun-loving spirit; Koda is trying to find his way back to his home, the Salmon Run, which, coincidentally, is right next to where the lights touch the Earth. Koda and Kenai team up, but are hunted by Kenai's other brother, Denahi, who fears that the bear has killed Kenai as well. Along the way, the two bears meet other friends, including two moose, some rams, and some mammoths, with whom they hitch a ride. However, Kenai discovers that he likes being a bear, and realizes that humans aren't only ...

Plot Keywords: bear, brotherhood, hunt, survival, fight, revenge, spirit ...

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#21. Jimmy the Gent (1934)

Storyline: Unscrupulous investigator of lost heirs Jimmy Corrigan loses his love Joan Martin to apparently upright competitor James Wallingham. He counters by adding a veneer of respectability to his own operation. Meanwhile he exposes Wallingham for a fraud.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

Plot Keywords: train crash, train, speedboat, face slap, wedding ring, bigamy, marriage of convenience ...

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#22. Lady Chatterley (2006)

Storyline: Sir Clifford has returned from the Great War to his estate near Sheffield, paralyzed from the waist down. Lady Constance, his young wife, cares for him, but she's lifeless, enervated. Her physician prescribes the open air, and she finds a quiet retreat at the hut - the workplace - of Parkin, the estate's gamekeeper. The rhythms of nature awaken Connie - daffodils, pheasant chicks - and soon she and Parkin become lovers. She's now radiant. Parkin, too, opens up. Class distinctions and gender roles may be barriers to the affair becoming more. Connie's trip to France, with her father and sister, bring the lovers to a nuanced resolution.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: female pubic hair, female full frontal nudity, male frontal nudity, female nudity, infidelity, breasts, female frontal nudity ...

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#23. The Baroness and the Butler (1938)

Storyline: On election day, Count Albert Sandor, the Prime Minister of Hungary, is surprised to learn that his faithful servant, Johann Porok, has been elected to parliament. Despite their opposing political views, Johann and Sandor amicably agree to continue their butler and master relationship. Sandor's daughter, Baroness Katrina Marissey, however, is appalled to see the eloquent butler opposing her father in parliament.—L. Hamre

Plot Keywords: parliament, butler, prime minister, hungary, class distinction, fired from the job, false accusation ...

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#24. Feet First (1930)

Storyline: Ambitious shoe salesman, Harold, unknowingly meets the boss' daughter and tells her he is a leather tycoon. The rest of the film he spends hiding his true circumstances, in the store and later on a ship. Trying to deliver a letter, he later finds himself dangling high above the street on a building's scaffolding.—Herman Seifer <alagain@aol.com>

Plot Keywords: hiding, hawaii, shoe store, airplane, courtship, dog, honolulu hawaii ...

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#25. In Our Time (1944)

Storyline: It is early 1939 in Poland when Mrs. Bromley and Jennifer come to buy antiques for her business in London. Jennifer meets Count Stephen and they wine, dine and see the sights though out the city. He wishes to marry, but his family is against plain Jennifer. When she tries to leave, he catches her at the train station and they are married. To be self sufficient, they modernize the family farm with tractors and increase production, but then Germany starts the war.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>

Plot Keywords: antique, marriage, marriage proposal, invasion, interior decorator, harvest, fire ...

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#26. Broadway Bill (1934)

Storyline: Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons- in-law, Dan Brooks and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his job as manager of J.L.'s paper box factory and devotes his life to his racing horse Broadway Bill, but his bank- roll is thin and the luck is against him, he is arrested because of $150 he owes somebody for horse food, but suddenly a planed fraud by somebody else seems to offer him a chance...—Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>

Plot Keywords: family business, pawn shop, animal cruelty, jail cell, sabotage, social class, family abandonment ...

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#27. Stella Maris (1918)

Storyline: Stella Maris is a beautiful, crippled girl, who is cared for by a rich family. They shield her from the harsh realities of the world, so that she has no idea of the cruel things that some people do. Unity Blake is a poor orphan all too familiar with the harsh realities of the real world. These two young women both fall in love with John, love which is complicated by the fact that he is still married to (though separated from) a bad wife.—John Oswalt <jao@jao.com>

Plot Keywords: woman murders a woman, paralysis, uncle, invalid, london england, disillusionment, alcoholic ...

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#28. Emma (1996)

Storyline: Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people's affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightly.

Plot Keywords: matchmaker, female protagonist, duet, snob, singing, horse and buggy, dancing ...

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#29. The Education of Charlie Banks (2007)

Storyline: The Education of Charlie Banks is a coming of age tale that spans from the playgrounds of lower Manhattan to the idyllic greens of a fictional liberal arts college in upstate New York. Set during the eighties, it is a story about change, inevitability, and ultimately, about facing one's fears.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: character name in title, father son relationship, fistfight, fight, snitch, police arrest, police ...

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#30. The Hardys Ride High (1938)

Storyline: Sixth of the Judge Hardy series. Judge James K. Hardy is brought the fabulous news from attorney George Irving, that he could be the heir to 2 million dollars. In order to claim the inheritance, he and his family must leave for Detroit. The disinherited heir Philip 'Phil' Westcott, adopted son of the deceased relative, has to leave the fabulous mansion Detroit. But the playboy Phil ain't going down without a fight. He decides on a charm offensive. First with Polly Benedict and foremost Andrew 'Andy' Hardy, the son of Judge Hardy. Various complications follow.—Robert

Plot Keywords: family character name in title, small town, spinster, nightclub, last will and testament, fortune hunter, sequel ...

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