In Nazi-occupied Paris, a young accompanist named Sophie Vasseur gets a job with famed singer Irene Brice. As Irene's husband Charles, a businessman collaborating with the Nazis, wrestles with his conscience, Sophie becomes obsessed with Irene, taking on the role of maid as well as accompanist, living life vicariously through Irene's triumphs and affairs.

Rembrandt

1936

English

7.0

♡ 5

75%

Alexander Korda Director

Alexander Knox as Ludwick's Assistant

Austin Trevor as Marquis de Grand Coeur

Abraham Sofaer as Menasseh

Evelyn Ankers as Party Girl

A character study depicting the life of Rembrandt Van Rijn at the height of his fame in the mid 1600s. Beginning with the death of his wife, Rembrandt's work takes a dark turn, which offends many of his patrons.

The Chambermaid

2018

Spanish

7.0

♡ 10

99%

Lila Avilés Director

Agustina Quinci as

Alán Uribe as

Gabriela Cartol as Eve

Teresa Sánchez as Minitoy

Eve, a young chambermaid at a luxurious Mexico City hotel, confronts the monotony of long workdays with quiet examinations of forgotten belongings and budding friendships that nourish her newfound and determined dream for a better life.

The Maid

1990

English

5.9

♡ 9

50%

Ian Toynton Director

Martin Sheen as Anthony Wayne

Catherine Lachens as Catherine Olivier

James Faulkner as Laurent Leclair

Jacqueline Bisset as Nicole Chantrelle

A man goes off to Paris to start his new job at a bank. When he falls in love with a beautiful woman, he decides to work as her maid -- until he discovers she not only is his boss, but his colleague at the bank.

The Member of the Wedding

1952

English

6.7

♡ 2

86%

55%

Action

based on novel or book

Fred Zinnemann Director

Danny Mummert as Barney McKean

Julie Harris as Frankie Addams

Nancy Gates as Janice

Margaret Bert as Townswoman

Tomboy, Frances 'Frankie' Addams, dreams of running away with her brother and new fiancée away from the Deep South.

Secrets of a French Maid

1980

German

4.7

♡ 19

Erwin C. Dietrich Director

Karine Gambier as Frau Oberst

Will Stoer as Gerard

France Lomay as Marquise

Mike Montana as Simon

Frau Oberst has 2 young nieces who are very open with their sexuality. She hopes to find adequate lovers for her nieces and along the way finds herself in some precarious sexual situations. After a series of sexual encounters between just about everyone at the estate, the Countess drops by for a party where the nieces announce their wedding intentions.

The Maid

2009

Spanish

7.3

♡ 5

93%

Sebastián Silva Director

Luis Dubó as Eric

Agustín Silva as Lucas

Alejandro Goic as Mundo

Agustín Moya as Tío 1

Raquel has been the live-in housekeeper for a kind, reasonably wealthy family for half her life, and the joyless repetition of the job has begun to take its toll. Increasingly dependent on painkillers, Raquel resorts to pranks and childish avoidance to antagonize the family’s college-age daughter and a procession of new servants, all in the hopes of protecting her precarious power within the home. Her antics successfully push everyone away, until new maid Lucy actually pushes back.

Sitcom

1998

French

6.6

♡ 5

64%

François Ozon Director

Jules-Emmanuel Eyoum Deido as Abdu

Kiwani Cojo as Le garçon au piercing

Vincent Vizioz as Le garçon aux cheveux rouges

Sébastien Charles as Le garçon aux courgettes

The adventures of an upper-class suburban family abruptly confronted with the younger brother's discovery of his homosexuality, the elder sister's suicide attempt and sadomasochist tendencies, and the intrusion of a very free-spirited maid and her husband. And it all started with the arrival in the family of an innocent looking rat.

The Door

2012

English

6.5

♡ 5

44%

István Szabó Director

Helen Mirren as Emerenc

Erika Marozsán as Évike Grossmann

Ferenc Elek as Television Director

Károly Eperjes as Tibor

Emerenc, an elderly and private woman, is hired to be the housekeeper of a struggling writer, Magda. An event in the writer's life prompts Emerenc to disclose details of her traumatizing past, which will bond the two women forever. Based on the novel by Magda Szabó.

Bambina

1974

Italian

5.5

♡ 3

marriage of convenience

Alberto Lattuada Director

Teresa Ann Savoy as Clotilde Spina

Lina Polito as Concetta

Bruno Cirino as Peppe Colizzi

Irene Papas as Raimonda Spina

In order to convince Raimonda, a wealthy noble woman, to finance his project for a holiday resort, Saverio gets engaged to Clotilde, her mentally-disturbed and sex-obsessed adolescent daughter. He plans to have her kidnapped and raped by an accomplice so she won't be a virgin anymore and he'll have an excuse to get out of the impending marriage. But what he doesn't plan is to fall in love with the girl...

Young Hyacinth

2016

English

5.8

♡ 2

aspiration

Comedy

employer employee relationship

Sandy Johnson Director

Mark Addy as Daddy

Katherine Pearce as Daisy

Debra Stephenson as Dulcie

Tim Downie as Freddy

Set in the 1950s, this prequel to Keeping Up Appearances looks at the life, relationships, and aspirations of 18-year-old Hyacinth. Long before she becomes Mrs. Bucket (pronounced Bouquet), young Hyacinth is already dreaming of matching china and a bedroom in pastel shades. If only her family were more like the upper-class Cooper-Smiths in whose home Hyacinth works as a maid.

Hotel Desire

2011

German

5.6

♡ 17

84%

Sergej Moya Director

Carlo Ljubek as Galerist Dennewitz

Palina Rojinski as Julia

Clemens Schick as Julius Pass

Trystan Pütter as Rezeptionist

Antonia is a single mother who works as a hotel maid in Berlin. A normal hot summer day takes a dramatic turn when she crosses paths with a particular guest of the hotel, famous blind portrait painter Julius Pass.

A Few Days with Me

1988

French

7.0

♡ 1

Claude Sautet Director

Carlo Nell as Barman

Sandrine Bonnaire as Francine

Daniel Auteuil as Martial Pasquier

Jean-Pierre Castaldi as Max

After being discharged from a mental institution, a man is tasked by his mother to revive a struggling supermarket in Limoges. He must navigate unexpected responsibilities and the challenges of managing the store's staff.

Bruiser

2000

English

5.3

♡ 9

67%

George A. Romero Director

Ari Cohen as Caller #1

Jonathan Higgins as Detective Rakowski

Peter Stormare as Miles Styles

Leslie Hope as Rosemary Newley

After years of being browbeaten and walked on, a man wakes one day wearing an expressionless mask, fitted with a personality that enables him to take revenge.

My Piece of the Pie

2011

French

5.8

50%

Cédric Klapisch Director

Alex Lutz as Homme important soirée 1

Raphaële Godin as Mélody

Tim Pigott-Smith as Mr. Brown

Kevin Bishop as Nick, le broker

France, a factory worker, lives with her three daughters in Dunkirk. The factory where she worked has been closed, leaving France and all of her workmates without a job. She decides to go to Paris to look for work. There she finds a cleaning job at the home of a rich man, Steve, whose world is radically different from her own. As their paths keep crossing, she discovers that her employer played a part in closing the factory in Dunkirk...

An Ordinary Man

2017

English

5.7

♡ 21

41%

Brad Silberling Director

Peter Serafinowicz as Miro

Hera Hilmar as Tanja

Ben Kingsley as The General

Milena Radulovic as Young Woman

A war criminal in hiding forms a relationship with his only connection to the outside world - his maid.

Paths to Paradise

1925

English

7.0

100%

Clarence G. Badger Director

Fred Kelsey as Confederate

Leo White as Gang Member

Ellinor Vanderveer as Party Guest

Raymond Griffith as The Dude from Duluth

Two thieves discover a professional and personal relationship when individual heist plans are thrown together by circumstance.

Flowing

1956

Japanese

7.5

♡ 13

88%

Action

based on novel or book

Mikio Naruse Director

Kichijirô Ueda as

Yoshie Minami as

Hideko Takamine as Katsuyo, Otsuta's daughter

Isuzu Yamada as Otsuta

Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mother's trade in the late days of Geisha. But Otsuta will not give up. This film portraits the day time life of geisha when not entertaining customers.

A Separation

2011

Persian

8.3

♡ 136

99%

teheran (tehran), iran

Thriller

Asghar Farhadi Director

Shahab Hosseini as Hojjat

Sareh Bayat as Razieh

Leila Hatami as Simin

Sarina Farhadi as Termeh

A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.

What Every Frenchwoman Wants

1986

French

5.6

♡ 47

based on novel or book

Gianfranco Mingozzi Director

Virginie Ledoyen as Berta

Alexandra Vandernoot as Elisa

Claudine Auger as La mère

Serena Grandi as Ursule

In 1914, sixteen year old Roger returned home from boarding school during vacation to find his puberty hit hard in a house filled with beautiful women. These women have previous engagements with other men who are away, and during this time, Roger impregnates them all, including his aunt and sister, then devises plans to cuckold the men.

Collections

Sort

View

Search

The Accompanist

Rembrandt

The Chambermaid

The Maid

The Member of the Wedding

Secrets of a French Maid

The Maid

Sitcom

The Door

Bambina

Young Hyacinth

Hotel Desire

A Few Days with Me

Bruiser

My Piece of the Pie

An Ordinary Man

Paths to Paradise

Flowing

A Separation

What Every Frenchwoman Wants