List of the best James Ivory movies: The Remains of the Day(1993), Maurice(1987), Howards End(1992), A Room With a View(1986), Shakespeare Wallah(1965), Mr. & Mrs. Bridge(1990), Quartet(1981), The Europeans(1979), The Bostonians(1984), The City of Your Final Destination(2007), The Golden Bowl(2000), Savages(1972) ... ...
Drama
USA|UK
1993
135 Minutes
Director
Anthony Hopkins Emma Thompson James Fox Christopher Reeve Peter Vaughan Hugh Grant Michael Lonsdale Tim Pigott-Smith Patrick Godfrey
butler aristocrat housekeeper congressman lord cook emotional tense bleak estate england manor loyalty anti-semitism world war ii duty class conflict regret transformation love
A butler who sacrificed body and soul to service in the years leading up to World War II realizes too late how misguided his loyalty was to his lordly employer.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK
1987
140 Minutes
Director
James Wilby Hugh Grant Rupert Graves Denholm Elliott Simon Callow Billie Whitelaw Ben Kingsley Judy Parfitt Phoebe Nicholls Barry Foster
homosexual aristocrat servant wealthy woman doctor hypnotist emotional moving cambridge university country house gym courtroom train station homosexuality affair blackmail marriage romance class distinctions forbidden love
After his lover rejects him, a young man trapped by the oppressiveness of Edwardian society tries to come to terms with and accept his sexuality.
Drama
UK|Japan|USA
1992
140 Minutes
Director
Anthony Hopkins Emma Thompson Helena Bonham Carter Vanessa Redgrave James Wilby Samuel West Jemma Redgrave Nicola Duffett Prunella Scales Susie Lindeman Adrian Ross Magenty
businessperson wealthy woman sister aunt emotional england mansion restaurant inheritance money jealousy romance class distinctions scandal discovery fall transformation 1910s
A businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman.
Drama
UK
1986
115 Minutes
Director
Helena Bonham Carter Maggie Smith Julian Sands Denholm Elliott Daniel Day-Lewis Simon Callow Judi Dench Rosemary Leach Rupert Graves Patrick Godfrey Fabia Drake
pretty woman suitor tourist wealthy man cousin emotional passionate italy england florence small town hotel love love triangle romance travel high society love discovery 1900s
Lucy meets George in a Florence pensione and the two share a brief romance before Lucy returns home, where she becomes engaged to Cecil. However, it isn't long before George unexpectedly enters her life again.
Drama
USA|India
1965
120 Minutes
Director
Shashi Kapoor Felicity Kendal Madhur Jaffrey Geoffrey Kendal Laura Liddell Utpal Dutt
actor wife playboy daughter movie star emotional striking moving india road stage town race relations colonialism family performance jealousy cultural differences love growing up
The story of a family troupe of English actors in India. They travel around the towns and villages giving performances of Shakespearean plays. Through their travels we see the changing face... See full summary »
Drama
UK|USA|Canada
1990
127 Minutes
Director
Paul Newman Joanne Woodward Robert Sean Leonard Margaret Welsh Kyra Sedgwick Blythe Danner Simon Callow Malachy McCourt Austin Pendleton Diane Kagan Saundra McClain
Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his children.
Drama
UK|France
1981
101 Minutes
Director
Isabelle Adjani Alan Bates Maggie Smith Anthony Higgins Armelia McQueen Daniel Chatto Pierre Clémenti Suzanne Flon Sheila Gish Daniel Mesguish Virginie Thévenet
wife husband art dealer art collector painter waif bleak confident tender sultry paris flat nightclub zoo prison love triangle art marriage decadence infidelity
Marya Zelli finds herself penniless after her art dealer husband, Stephan, is convicted of theft. Marya accepts the hospitality of a strange couple, H.J. and Lois Heidler, who lets her live in their house.
Drama
UK
1979
91 Minutes
Director
Lee Remick Robin Ellis Wesley Addy Lisa Eichhorn
countess brother gentleman cousin minister neighbor brooding intricate sultry new england manor social standing matchmaking ambition courtship aristocracy discovery adventure 19th century
It's the mid-nineteenth century. Adult siblings Felix Young and Eugenia Munster were born and raised in Europe and have a somewhat bohemian lifestyle reflective of their travels throughout ... See full summary »
Drama
UK|USA
1984
122 Minutes
Director
woman activist radical lawyer man cousin bleak engaging boston household beach suffrage mentorship relationships women's rights marriage lesbianism love pursuit 19th century
A Boston feminist and a conservative Southern lawyer contend for the heart and mind of a beautiful and bright girl unsure of her future.
Drama
USA
2007
114 Minutes
Director
Omar Metwally Anthony Hopkins Laura Linney Charlotte Gainsbourg Alexandra Maria Lara Norma Aleandro Hiroyuki Sanada Arturo Goetz
After discovering a bizarre book, a young man is plagued by unexplainable occurrences.
Drama
USA|France|UK
2000
134 Minutes
Director
Uma Thurman Jeremy Northam Kate Beckinsale Nick Nolte Anjelica Huston James Fox Madeleine Potter Peter Eyre
nobleman billionaire daughter friend adulterer intricate intense london household love affair infidelity deception forbidden love temptation 1900s
A man marries an heiress for her money even though he is actually in love with her friend.
Comedy
USA
1972
105 Minutes
Director
Lewis J. Stadlen Anne Francine Susan Blakely
An allegory about humankind progresses from a savage state to a civilized form, that is only a cover for its innate barbarism.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1975
95 Minutes
Director
James Coco Raquel Welch Perry King Tiffany Bolling Royal Dano David Dukes Eddie Lawrence Bobo Lewis
Promoting the world of professional wrestling at the expense of the plot itself, Frank Bass (Ed Asner) takes a stand and defends what he thinks is right. Gamblers, mobsters, unscrupulous ... See full summary »
Drama
1977
103 Minutes
Director
Teresa Wright Christopher Walken Lilia Skala Lou Jacobi Don De Natale Louise Kirtland Hetty Galen Carol Culver Danny Shearer Geraldine Chaplin Helen Gallagher
widow dancer lover gigolo partner creative heartwarming ballroom new york city dance romance marriage competition polyamory quest transformation discovery love 1970s
A widow (Teresa Wright), a gigolo (Christopher Walken) and an old German scrubwoman (Lilia Skala) come to dance in New York's Roseland ballroom.
Comedy, Drama
1989
121 Minutes
Director
Bernadette Peters Adam Coleman Howard Chris Sarandon Nick Corri Madeleine Potter Charles McCaughan Mary Beth Hurt Mercedes Ruehl John Harkins Anna Katarina Bruce Peter Young
A hat designer (Bernadette Peters) and her painter boyfriend (Adam Coleman Howard) play the art game.
Drama
1983
133 Minutes
Director
Julie Christie Greta Scacchi Christopher Cazenove Julian Glover Susan Fleetwood Shashi Kapoor Madhur Jaffrey Barry Foster Zakir Hussain Patrick Godfrey
granddaughter grandmother government official nawab husband emotional uneasy england india palace river infidelity abortion social ostracism colonial india sexism marriage forbidden love transformation 1970s
An Englishwoman's (Julie Christie) affair in India parallels her great-aunt's (Greta Scacchi) 1920s scandal.