A young girl goes to work as a live-in caretaker for a spooky old woman. She doesn't know that every night, the woman drains some blood from her to feed her strange plant.

The Rules of the Game

1939

French

7.9

♡ 14

97%

Jean Renoir Director

Roland Toutain as André Jurieux

Odette Talazac as Madame Charlotte de la Plante

Marcel Dalio as Marquis Robert de la Cheyniest

Jean Renoir as Octave

A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.

A Little Princess

1995

English

7.6

♡ 34

97%

88%

Action

based on novel or book

parent child relationship

private school

servant

Alfonso Cuarón Director

Vanessa Lee Chester as Becky

Juliana Harkavy as Girl in India

Camilla Belle as Jane

Chris Ellis as Policeman

When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self-worth.

The Secret Garden

1993

English

7.3

♡ 49

89%

80%

Action

based on novel or book

Agnieszka Holland Director

Andrew Knott as Dickon

John Lynch as Lord Archibald Craven

Irène Jacob as Mary's Mother / Lilias Craven

Maggie Smith as Mrs. Medlock

A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and forgotten. Aided by one of the servants' boys, she begins restoring the garden, and eventually discovers some other secrets of the manor.

Pan's Labyrinth

2006

Spanish

8.2

♡ 270

95%

Guillermo del Toro Director

Ariadna Gil as Carmen

Ivan Massagué as El Tarta

Doug Jones as Fauno / Pale Man

Maribel Verdú as Mercedes

In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost princess from an underground kingdom. To return to her true father, she must complete a series of surreal and perilous tasks that blur the line between reality and fantasy.

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