Highest-Rated Movies about 'Social Class'

Barry Lyndon (1975), La Grande Illusion (1937), Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), Titanic (1997), The Remains of the Day (1993), Holiday (1938), Que Horas Ela Volta? (2015), Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Social Class movies.

#16. A Woman of Affairs (1928)

Storyline: Even when Diana, Neville and David played together as children, Diana knew that she loved Nevs. But Morton, Nevs' father, did not like any Merrick. Since Nevs did not have any money, Morton sent him off to Egypt to work and also talked him out of marrying Diana before he left. Diana waited two years and then married David, who Jeffry thought was the greatest thing since sliced bread. While in Paris, David jumps to his death when the cops come after him and Diana lies about the reason for the sake of Jeffry. Of course Jeffry, who has been a drunk all his life, cuts all ties with Diana. While Nevs still loves Diana, she does not return to England for seven years - just 3 days before Nevs' wedding to Constance.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>

Plot Keywords: f rated, london england, jumping from height, illness, false accusation, engagement, embezzlement ...

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#17. Snowpiercer (2013)

Storyline: Set in 2031, the entire world is frozen except for those aboard the Snowpiercer. For seventeen years, the world's survivors are on a train hurtling around the globe creating their own economy and class system. Led by Curtis (Chris Evans), a group of lower-class citizens living in squalor at the back of the train are determined to get to the front of the train and spread the wealth around. Each section of the train holds new surprises for the group who have to battle their way through. A revolution is underway.

Plot Keywords: train, revolt, ice, social commentary, rebellion, post apocalypse, dystopia ...

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#18. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

Storyline: War threatens London as Miss Pettigrew, a destitute governess, filches a client's card from her agency and presents herself at the door. A singer named Delysia Lafosse wants a social secretary as she seeks a West End role by sleeping with a feckless producer in the bed of Nick, a smarmy nightclub owner with whom she also dallies. She ignores Michael, her piano player, who loves her and has tickets for New York on the Queen Mary. Miss Pettigrew's job is to make sure Delysia gets the part. Over 24 hours, Miss Pettigrew is also called upon to help an ambitious and unfaithful fashion editor patch things up with her older fiancé, a lingerie designer. Has Miss Pettigrew found her calling?

Plot Keywords: casting couch, nudity, bra, kiss, fired from the job, bathtub, concealed nudity ...

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#19. Mansfield Park (1999)

Storyline: At 10, Fanny Price, a poor relation, goes to live at Mansfield Park, the estate of her aunt's husband, Sir Thomas. Clever, studious, and a writer with an ironic imagination and fine moral compass, she becomes especially close to Edmund, Thomas's younger son. Fanny is soon possessed of beauty as well as a keen mind and comes to the attention of a neighbor, Henry Crawford. Thomas promotes this match, but to his displeasure, Fanny has a mind of her own, asking Henry to prove himself worthy. As Edmund courts Henry's sister and as light shines on the link between Thomas's fortunes and New World slavery, Fanny must assess Henry's character and assert her heart as well as her wit.

Plot Keywords: letter writing, country estate, lesbian subtext, caught having sex, intrigue, letter, marriage ...

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#20. Aladdin (2019)

Storyline: A kind-hearted street urchin Aladdin vies for the love of the beautiful princess Jasmine, the princess of Agrabah. When he finds a magic lamp, he uses the genie's magic power to make himself a prince in order to marry her. He's also on a mission to stop the powerful Jafar who plots to steal the magic lamp that could make his deepest wishes come true.—Santhosh

Plot Keywords: hero, monkey, wilhelm scream, giant bird, blue skin, genie, dungeon ...

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#21. Platinum Blonde (1931)

Storyline: Reporter Gallagher loves reporter Smith who marries Anne. He's soon bored being married to a socialite and asks Gallagher to help him write a play. She arrives with a bunch of reporters and the mansion turns into a party. Anne arrives and orders them out and Smith goes with them.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

Plot Keywords: newspaper, passed out, playwright, speakeasy, typewriter, wealthy family, ambassador ...

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#23. 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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#24. 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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#25. 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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#26. Death Duel (1977)

Storyline: The Third Master (Erh Tung Sheng, aka Derek Yee, in the role that launched his career) is considered to be the greatest sword master of the day. His displays of skill and strength bring armies of challengers to his door, seeking the title for themselves. Not to be defeated, the Third Master fights evil, saves damsels in distress, and duels rival swordsmen to the death.—Ananymous

Plot Keywords: duel, fatalism, incognito, love, social class, violence, body count ...

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#27. Simon and the Oaks (2011)

Storyline: Epic story about two families and their friendship and common destiny in Sweden's Gothenburg in the 1940s and 1950s. Told from the perspective of young Simon Larsson, who learns that he's an adopted child who has a Jewish father from Germany. After WWII Simon travels to explore his roots - a journey that leads to the basic mysteries of the human life. After the bestselling novel by Marianne Fredriksson.—Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv

Plot Keywords: male nudity, male rear nudity, childhood, family relationships, father son relationship, mother son relationship, best friend ...

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#30. Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)

Storyline: Duke falls for Flaxen in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. He loses money to crooked gambler Tito, goes home and PL: learns to gamble, and returns. After he makes a fortune he opens his own place with Flaxen as the entertainer. The 1906 quake destroys his place.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

Plot Keywords: fighting, quick draw, robbery, violence, derringer, disarming someone, western town ...

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