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    Darling 1965 POSTER

    Darling

    1965

    English

    7.0

    11

    73%

    70%

    Action

    advertising executive

    Drama

    extramarital affair

    london, england

    paris, france

    Romance

    social climbing

    swinging 60s

    John Schlesinger John Schlesinger Director Vernon Dobtcheff Vernon Dobtcheff as Art Critic at Ralph Riggs Exposure Aileen Lewis Aileen Lewis as Fortnum and Masons Customer Peter Bayliss Peter Bayliss as Lord Grant Brian Wilde Brian Wilde as Willett
    Diana, a beautiful but shallow and easily distracted model and failed actress, toys with the affections of several men while attempting to gain fame and fortune in Swinging London.
    Georgetown 2019 POSTER

    Georgetown

    2019

    English

    6.2

    6

    62%

    56%

    Action

    based on true story

    Biography

    Crime

    Drama

    social climbing

    Christoph Waltz Christoph Waltz Director Ron Lea Ron Lea as Detective Reid Paulino Nunes Paulino Nunes as Prosecutor Kirshner George W. Bush George W. Bush as Self Christoph Waltz Christoph Waltz as Ulrich Mott
    Ulrich Mott is an eccentric and versatile social climber with grandiose plans to affect United States foreign policy. Encouraged in his attempts by his strategically chosen (and much older) wife, the well-connected journalist Elsa Brecht, Mott has a knack for making himself indispensable and impossible to ignore. The only one seemingly immune to his charms is Elsa's daughter Amanda, who might simply disapprove of her mother marrying a much younger man - or perhaps she senses something more sinister beneath the smooth-talking surface?
    Floating City 2012 POSTER

    Floating City

    2012

    Cn

    6.5

    2

    67%

    67%

    1980s

    chinese

    class warfare

    Drama

    mixed race child

    racism

    social climbing

    Ho Yim Ho Yim Director Ben Yuen Ben Yuen as Cherry Ngan Cherry Ngan as Charlie Yeung Charlie Yeung as Aaron Kwok Aaron Kwok as Bo Wah Cheun
    Set in Hong Kong in the 1980s, the film follows a fisherman’s son who rises to become a powerful tai pan.
    An American Tragedy 1931 POSTER

    An American Tragedy

    1931

    English

    6.4

    6

    50%

    50%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Crime

    Drama

    murder

    pre-code

    Romance

    snob

    social climbing

    trial

    Josef von Sternberg Josef von Sternberg Director Sidney D'Albrook Sidney D'Albrook as Courtroom Policeman Nella Walker Nella Walker as Hotel Guest Sylvia Sidney Sylvia Sidney as Roberta Alden Matty Roubert Matty Roubert as Vendor Outside of Courtroom
    A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.
    Nana 1926 POSTER

    Nana

    1926

    French

    6.6

    2

    68%

    68%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    Romance

    silent cinema

    social climbing

    stage actress

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Gresham Gresham as Le jockey de 'Lusignan' Dennis Price Dennis Price as Le jockey de 'Nana' Luc Dartagnan Luc Dartagnan as Maréchal - le bookmaker Nita Romani Nita Romani as Satin
    Count Moffat becomes infatuated with Nana, a presumptuous stage actress, vulgar, hypocritical and promiscuous, willing to do anything to succeed.
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