A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She makes a sad last bid for love with a fellow resident of her rundown boarding house, who imagines she has the money to bankroll the business he hopes to open.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

1969

English

7.6

♡ 13

81%

84%

Action

based on novel or book

Ronald Neame Director

Gordon Jackson as Gordon Lowther

Maggie Smith as Jean Brodie

Helen Worth as Schoolgirl

Robert Stephens as Teddy Lloyd

A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12-year-old charges with her over-romanticized worldview.

My Old Lady

2014

English

6.4

♡ 11

61%

Israel Horovitz Director

Kristin Scott Thomas as Chloé Girard

Kevin Kline as Mathias Gold

Maggie Smith as Mathilde Girard

Stéphane De Groodt as Philippe

Mathias Gold is a down-on-his-luck New Yorker who inherits a Parisian apartment from his estranged father. But when he arrives in France to sell the vast domicile, he's shocked to discover a live-in tenant who is not prepared to budge. His apartment is a viager—an ancient French real estate system with complex rules pertaining to its resale—and the feisty Englishwoman Mathilde Girard, who has lived in the apartment with her daughter Chloé for many years, can by contract collect monthly payments from Mathias until her death.

The Missionary

1982

English

6.2

♡ 5

100%

44%

Action

Comedy

Richard Loncraine Director

Maggie Smith as Lady Isabel Ames

Roland Culver as Lord Fermleigh

Trevor Howard as Lord Henry Ames

Janine Duvitski as Millicent, Ames' Maid

In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new assignment - to minister to London's prostitutes.

The Pumpkin Eater

1964

English

7.1

♡ 6

69%

Jack Clayton Director

Ronald Leigh-Hunt as 2nd Man in Bar

John Franklyn-Robbins as Parson

Aileen Lewis as Party Guest

Maggie Smith as Philpot

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.

Nowhere to Go

1958

English

6.8

♡ 5

62%

Basil Dearden Director

Maggie Smith as Bridget Howard

Bessie Love as Harriet P. Jefferson

Geoffrey Keen as Inspector Scott

Howard Marion-Crawford as Mack Cameron

A professional thief is sprung from prison with the assistance of a new partner who wants to know where he's hid his loot.

The Honey Pot

1967

English

6.7

♡ 9

57%

Joseph L. Mankiewicz Director

Edie Adams as Merle McGill

Maggie Smith as Sarah Watkins

Massimo Serato as The Pretender

Jack Benny as Violinist outside restaurant

A millionaire fakes a terminal illness to fleece his former girlfriends.

California Suite

1978

English

6.2

♡ 13

50%

45%

academy awards

academy awards (oscars)

Action

based on play or musical

husband wife relationship

Romance

Herbert Ross Director

Maggie Smith as Diana Barrie

Lupe Ontiveros as Maid

Michael Caine as Sidney Cochran

Tawny Moyer as Stewardess

The misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Washington Square

1997

English

6.6

♡ 9

81%

69%

Action

based on novel or book

older woman younger man relationship

Romance

single father

Agnieszka Holland Director

Robert Stanton as Arthur Townsend

Maggie Smith as Aunt Lavinia Penniman

Jennifer Jason Leigh as Catherine Sloper

Jennifer Garner as Marian Almond

In 1870s New York, spinster heiress Catherine Sloper is courted by the much younger, penniless Morris Townsend, much to the chagrin of her overprotective father. Catherine must decide whether to spend the rest of her life alone, or marry a man interested in her solely for her inheritence.

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

2002

English

6.1

♡ 9

43%

parent child relationship

playwright

secret society

Callie Khouri Director

Maggie Smith as Caro

Sandra Bullock as Sidda

Kiersten Warren as Younger Necie

Ashley Judd as Younger Vivi

A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the "Yaya sisterhood" - long time friends of the mother.

From Time to Time

2009

English

6.7

♡ 9

43%

based on children's book

Julian Fellowes Director

Timothy Spall as Boggis

Dominic West as Caxton

Lynn Farleigh as Gypsy

Maggie Smith as Mrs Oldknow

A haunting ghost story spanning two worlds, two centuries apart. When 13 year old Tolly finds he can mysteriously travel between the two, he begins an adventure that unlocks family secrets laid buried for generations.

A Private Function

1984

English

6.5

♡ 2

91%

Malcolm Mowbray Director

Denholm Elliott as Dr. Swaby

Maggie Smith as Joyce Chilvers

Alison Steadman as Mrs Allardyce

Tony Haygarth as Sutcliff

In the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. To get around food-rationing laws, Dr. Charles Swaby, accountant Henry Allardyce and solicitor Frank Lockwood are fattening a black-market pig for the big day. Egged on by his wife, meek Gilbert Chilvers steals the swine, but the couple must conceal it from inspector Morris Wormold.

A Boy Called Christmas

2021

English

6.7

♡ 41

83%

Gil Kenan Director

Maggie Smith as Aunt Ruth

Michiel Huisman as Joel

Jim Broadbent as King

Sally Hawkins as Mother Something

An ordinary young boy called Nikolas sets out on an extraordinary adventure into the snowy north in search of his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of the elves, Elfhelm. Taking with him a headstrong reindeer called Blitzen and a loyal pet mouse, Nikolas soon meets his destiny in this magical and endearing story that proves nothing is impossible…

Becoming Jane

2007

English

7.0

♡ 69

58%

Julian Jarrold Director

Anne Hathaway as Jane Austen

Leo Bill as John Warren

Maggie Smith as Lady Gresham

James McAvoy as Tom Lefroy

Though young Jane Austen's financially strapped parents expect her to marry the nephew of wealthy Lady Gresham, Jane herself knows that such a union will destroy her creativity and sense of self-worth. Instead, she becomes involved with Tom Lefroy, a charming but penniless apprentice lawyer who gives her the knowledge of the heart she needs for her future career as a novelist.

Capturing Mary

2007

English

6.7

♡ 8

49%

Action

Drama

Stephen Poliakoff Director

David Walliams as Greville White

Gemma Arterton as Liza

Maggie Smith as Mary Gilbert

Ruth Wilson as Young Mary

A young man ushers an older woman into a dark exploration of her past - back to the time when, as a young girl, she met a stranger who affected her life forever.

Tea With the Dames

2018

English

7.4

♡ 3

conversation

Documentary

documentary filmmaking

Roger Michell Director

Robert Altman as Self

Maggie Smith as Self

Judi Dench as Self

Rory Kinnear as Tanner

BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen together for the first time as they reminisce over a long summer weekend in a house Joan once shared with Sir Laurence Olivier.

Sister Act

1992

English

6.5

♡ 90

73%

Emile Ardolino Director

Joseph Maher as Bishop O'Hara

Whoopi Goldberg as Deloris

Maggie Smith as Mother Superior

Terry Wills as Salesman

A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob's hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing choir and begins helping with community projects, which gets her an interview on TV—and identification by the mob.

Murder by Death

1976

English

7.2

♡ 36

63%

dark and stormy night

Robert Moore Director

Maggie Smith as Dora Charleston

Truman Capote as Lionel Twain

Nancy Walker as Maid

Peter Falk as Sam Diamond

Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are decently allowed.

The Miracle Club

2023

English

6.4

♡ 16

68%

Thaddeus O'Sullivan Director

Laura Linney as Chrissie Ahearn

Kathy Bates as Eileen Dunne

Stephen Rea as Frank Dunne

Maggie Smith as Lily Fox

Three close friends who have never left the outskirts of Dublin (much less Ireland) get the journey of a lifetime — a visit to Lourdes, the picturesque French town and place of miracles.

Ladies in Lavender

2004

English

7.0

♡ 12

64%

Charles Dance Director

Daniel Brühl as Andrea

David Warner as Dr. Francis Mead

Maggie Smith as Janet

Natascha McElhone as Olga Daniloff

Andrea, a gifted young Polish violinist from Krakow, is bound for America when he is swept overboard by a storm. When the Widdington sisters discover the handsome stranger on the beach below their house, they nurse him back to health. However, the presence of the musically talented young man disrupts the peaceful lives of Ursula and Janet and the community in which they live.

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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

My Old Lady

The Missionary

The Pumpkin Eater

Nowhere to Go

The Honey Pot

California Suite

Washington Square

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

From Time to Time

A Private Function

A Boy Called Christmas

Becoming Jane

Capturing Mary

Tea With the Dames

Sister Act

Murder by Death

The Miracle Club

Ladies in Lavender