Highest-Rated Movies about 'Seamstress'

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), West Side Story (1961), Phantom Thread (2017), Malena (2000), Stella Dallas (1937), The Tin Star (1957), Caramel (2007), The Dressmaker (2015) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Seamstress movies.

#16. Cousin Bette (1998)

Storyline: Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her brother-in-law, Baron Hulot, and her niece, Hortense Hulot. Failing to do so, she instead finds solace and company in a handsome young sculptor she saves from starvation. But the aspiring artist soon finds love in the arms of another woman, Hortense, leaving Bette a bitter spinster. Bette plots to take revenge on the family who turned her away and stole her only love. With the help of famed courtesan Jenny Cadine she slowly destroys the lives of those who have scorned her.—<CherylC894@aol.com>

Plot Keywords: nanny, pregnancy, baby, debt, dwarf, servant, dance ...

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#17. Miss Firecracker (1989)

Storyline: Carnelle isn't happy with her life, so in order to improve herself she enters a local beauty contest, trying to emulate her cousin Elain's win many years ago. Few think she can win, even her closest friends and relatives (e.g. slightly mad cousin Delmount) think she's heading for a big disappointment, but Carnelle is ever hopeful, seeing a win as a ticket to escape her small town in Mississippi.—Rob Hartill

Plot Keywords: f rated, americana, affection, southern u.s., train, reunion, love ...

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#18. Carrie (2013)

Storyline: The outcast teenager Carrie White is bullied by her classmates at high school. Her mother, Margaret White, is a pious and paranoid woman that sees sin everywhere and the need of self-inflicting punishment. When Carrie has her first period, she does not understand what is happening to her and her classmates humiliate her in the changing room. The spiteful Chris Hargensen videotapes Carrie with her cellphone and posts it on the Internet. Their teacher Ms. Desjardin punishes the students, but when Chris challenges her, she is suspended and consequently is banned from the prom. Meanwhile, Carrie discovers that she has telekinesis and learns how to control her ability. Sue Snell, one of the girls that tormented Carrie, feels bad and asks her boyfriend Tommy Ross to invite Carrie to go with him to the prom to make up for what she did to Carrie. But Chris and her boyfriend Billy Nolan plot an evil prank with her friends to get back at Carrie.

Plot Keywords: telekinesis, self injury, based on the works of stephen king, menstruation, menstrual blood, tragic event, outcast ...

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#19. Maid in Manhattan (2002)

Storyline: Marisa Ventura is a single mother born and bred in the boroughs of New York City, who works as a maid in a first-class Manhattan hotel. By a twist of fate and mistaken identity, Marisa meets Christopher Marshall, a handsome heir to a political dynasty, who believes that she is a guest at the hotel. Fate steps in and throws the unlikely pair together for one night. When Marisa's true identity is revealed, the two find that they are worlds apart, even though the distance separating them is just a subway ride between Manhattan and the Bronx.

Plot Keywords: place name in title, newspaper headline, newspaper article, beauty salon, video camera, reference to richard nixon, mother daughter relationship ...

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