Here we've displayed a list of the best Governess films : The Sound of Music(1965), The Lady Vanishes(1938), The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz(1955), Jane Eyre(1944), The Importance of Being Earnest(1952), All This and Heaven Too(1940), Death in Venice(1971), The King and I(1956), Lamhe(1991), Jane Eyre(2011), The Chalk Garden(1964), Firelight(1997) ... ...
Musical
USA
1965
174 Minutes
Julie Andrews Christopher Plummer Eleanor Parker Richard Haydn Peggy Wood Charmian Carr Heather Menzies Nicholas Hammond Duane Chase Angela Cartwright Debbie Turner
governess captain child singer nun soldier heartwarming touching mansion austria cemetery church car mountain world war ii nazism song and dance education politics romance
A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1938
97 Minutes
Margaret Lockwood Michael Redgrave Dame May Whitty Paul Lukas Googie Withers Cecil Parker Linden Travers Catherine Lacey Naunton Wayne Basil Radford Mary Clare
musicologist governess doctor spy suspenseful charming witty thrilling central europe train london hotel kidnapping espionage disappearance conspiracy mystery rescue adventure love
While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.
Comedy
Mexico
1955
91 Minutes
Ernesto Alonso Miroslava Rita Macedo Carlos Martínez Baena Leonor Llausás
sadist wealthy man governess mother police officer young woman creepy amusing outlandish mexico hospital mansion park murder plot childhood trauma sadism obsession frustrated desire sexual taboo temptation
The delirious journey of a mental disordered man, who is obsessed in making the perfect crime.
Drama
USA
1944
96 Minutes
Joan Fontaine Orson Welles Margaret O'Brien Peggy Ann Garner John Sutton Sara Allgood Henry Daniell Agnes Moorehead Aubrey Mather Edith Barrett Barbara Everest
governess pretty woman aristocrat housekeeper maid young girl emotional melodramatic dark england countryside estate yorkshire moors forbidden love romance may-december romance poverty class distinctions forbidden love love
After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
Comedy
UK
1952
95 Minutes
Michael Redgrave Michael Denison Edith Evans Richard Wattis Margaret Rutherford Joan Greenwood Dorothy Tutin Walter Hudd Miles Malleson Aubrey Mather
impostor wealthy man woman governess aunt priest witty hilarious emotional england london country house apartment identity wealth marriage social standing deception family love
When Algernon discovers that his friend, Ernest, has created a fictional brother for whenever he needs a reason to escape dull country life, Algernon poses as the brother, resulting in ever increasing confusion.
Drama
USA
1940
143 Minutes
Bette Davis Charles Boyer Barbara O'Neil Jeffrey Lynn Virginia Weidler Walter Hampden Harry Davenport Fritz Leiber Montagu Love George Coulouris Ann E. Todd
duchess duke governess child melodramatic touching france school family home royalty love triangle jealousy marital problems forbidden love sacrifice 1840s
A duchess' irrational behavior toward the governess of her children triggers tragic events that will change her family's lives forever.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
Italy|France
1971
130 Minutes
Dirk Bogarde Björn Andrésen Silvana Mangano Marisa Berenson Mark Burns Romolo Valli Nora Ricci Carole André Masha Predit Leslie French Franco Fabrizi
composer teen boy family member governess mother brooding intense venice, italy resort vacation beauty obsession cholera outbreak artistic struggle unrequited love forbidden love temptation 1910s
While recovering in Venice, sickly Composer Gustav von Aschenbach becomes dangerously fixated with teenager Tadzio.
Musical
USA
1956
133 Minutes
Deborah Kerr Yul Brynner Rita Moreno Martin Benson Terry Saunders Rex Thompson Carlos Rivas Patrick Adiarte
governess king child slave wife son moving uplifting charming spectacular thailand royal court palace siam king mongkut anna leonowens slavery royal life culture clash sacrifice
A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.
Romance
India
1991
180 Minutes
Anil Kapoor Sridevi Deepak Malhotra Waheeda Rehman Anupam Kher Dippy Sagoo
young man young woman daughter governess friend engaging emotional india london unrequited love accidental death infatuation may-december romance discovery pursuit 1990s
When the young Viren comes to India for the first time, he is captivated by Pallavi. When he learns she is already spoken for, he returns to London a broken man. When he gets the news of ... See full summary »
Romance, Drama
UK|USA
2011
118 Minutes
Mia Wasikowska Michael Fassbender Jamie Bell Judi Dench Sally Hawkins Holliday Grainger Tamzin Merchant Imogen Poots Amelia Clarkson Freya Parks Romy Settbon Moore
governess young girl boss housekeeper aunt cleric bleak engaging england estate house school running away secret abuse friendship underdog escape mystery discovery
A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.
Drama
UK|USA
1964
106 Minutes
Deborah Kerr Hayley Mills John Mills Edith Evans Felix Aylmer Elizabeth Sellars Lally Bowers Tonie MacMillan
wealthy woman ex-convict governess granddaughter butler judge disturbing emotional engaging family home england secret past troubled youth gardening gossip second chance discovery rivalry transformation 1960s
An elderly woman hires a governess with a mysterious past to look after her disturbed and spoiled teenage granddaughter, who eventually understands the meaning of self-sacrifice, as an example of love, and grows into a better person.
Drama
UK|USA
1997
103 Minutes
Sophie Marceau Stephen Dillane Kevin Anderson Joss Ackland Lia Williams Dominique Belcourt
governess aristocrat daughter wife bleak passionate england sussex, england estate love marriage mother/daughter relationship father/daughter relationship affair secret forbidden love temptation transformation 1830s
In 1838, lovely governess Elisabeth agrees to bear a child of anonymous English landowner, and he will in return pay her father's debt. At birth she, as agreed, gives up the child. Seven ... See full summary »
Romance, Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
2008
92 Minutes
Frances McDormand Amy Adams Lee Pace Ciarán Hinds Mark Strong Shirley Henderson Clare Clifford Christina Cole Stephanie Cole Beatie Edney Sarah Kants
governess singer fiancé producer heartwarming dreamy thrilling intricate london household hotel romance friendship show business love triangle ambition deception love discovery 1930s
Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse.
Drama
France|Italy
1963
95 Minutes
Channing Pollack Francine Bergé Édith Scob Michel Vitold Theo Sarapo Sylva Koscina René Génin Roger Fradet André Méliès Luigi Cortese Benjamin Boda
governess daughter banker vigilante father swindler dreamy engaging suspenseful france party hideout graveyard inheritance deception justice kidnapping faking death vigilantism revenge
Favraux, an unscrupulous banker, receives a threatening note, signed by "Judex", demanding that he pay back the people he has swindled. He refuses, and apparently dies after a midnight ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1939
112 Minutes
doctor governess young boy wife bleak dark shocking solemn england theater house accident death gossip poison execution fall 1910s
A husband hires a lonely pretty young woman to work as a nanny for his son. His wife becomes instantly jealous and things take turn for the worst. In the background, World War II is in the air, and anti-German sentiment is on the rise.
Drama
USA
1953
122 Minutes
Moira Shearer Gottfried Reinhardt Leslie Caron Kirk Douglas Pier Angeli Ethel Barrymore Farley Granger James Mason Agnes Moorehead Zsa Zsa Gabor
governess trapeze artist choreographer ballerina boy witch melodramatic touching sad ocean liner rome london accidental death love romance wishes ambition traveling love metamorphosis
An anthology film consisting of three very different stories about love set in Europe and told in flashback.
Biography, Drama
UK
1972
100 Minutes
Dorothy Tutin Scott Antony Helen Mirren Lindsay Kemp Michael Gough John Justin Aubrey Richards Peter Vaughan
sculptor governess writer suffragette muse creative fascinating inspiring melodramatic paris london artist's studio art artistic struggle henri gaudier may-december romance world war i sculpting rise transformation
Biographical movie of the life of French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (Scott Antony).
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1948
95 Minutes
Stewart Granger Valerie Hobson Walter Fitzgerald Michael Gough Maurice Denham Sybilla Binder Edward Lexy Allan Jeayes Suzanne Gibbs Ernest Jay George Woodbridge
stableman cousin uncle governess daughter husband dark eerie passionate tense estate england stable curse class distinctions wealth murder plot ambition love triangle forbidden love
The childless widow of Allan Fury bequeaths the Fury estate to her Fuller relatives but Allan's illegitimate son who masquerades as a servant hopes to grab the estate for himself.
Drama
USA
1941
81 Minutes
Ingrid Bergman Warner Baxter Susan Hayward Fay Wray Richard Denning Johnny Downs June Lockhart
wealthy man widower governess son wife emotional melodramatic united states household family romance love separation schemes world war i growing up rise 1910s
A governess becomes the center of a wealthy family after her employer's wife dies.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Malta|USA
2017
114 Minutes
Kenneth Branagh Johnny Depp Michelle Pfeiffer Penélope Cruz Willem Dafoe Judi Dench Josh Gad Derek Jacobi Leslie Odom Jr. Daisy Ridley Marwan Kenzari
investigator detective passenger murder suspect governess widow brooding suspenseful uneasy tense train train tracks mountain dining room cabin murder investigation murder plot murder accusation suspicion mystery
When a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.
Horror
USA
1970
98 Minutes
Jonathan Frid Joan Bennett Grayson Hall Kathryn Leigh Scott Roger Davis John Karlen Thayer David Louis Edmonds Nancy Barrett
vampire governess drunk doctor fiancé campy chilling suspenseful maine collinwood manor vampires romance murder reincarnation forbidden love rescue mystery 1970s
Vampire Barnabas Collins is accidentally released from his centuries-long confinement at his family's estate in Maine. He targets his clueless descendants who live there now and pursues Maggie, the incarnation of his lost love.
Drama
Argentina|USA
1986
102 Minutes
Julie Christie Donald McIntyre Sofia Viruboff Barbara Bunge Nacha Guevara Eduardo Pavlovsky Guillermo Battaglia Iris Marga Luisina Brando Nora Zinsky Gerardo Romano
governess father mother son daughter uneasy emotional argentina buenos aires, argentina household women's rights family dysfunction childcare culture clash fascism fall transformation 1930s
A young British woman is hired as a governess by a wealthy Argentine family. Through her position, she slowly sees how the upper class of society is slowly crumbling, and how a popular ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1998
114 Minutes
Minnie Driver Tom Wilkinson Florence Hoath Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Harriet Walter Arlene Cockburn Emma Bird Adam Levy Bruce Myers Diana Brooks Raymond Brody
governess scientist son daughter mother patriarch solemn passionate london scottish hebrides island house church jewish identity english society obsession childcare photography isolation forbidden love
When the father of privileged Rosina da Silva violently dies, she decides to pass herself off as a gentile and finds employment with a family in faraway Scotland. Soon she and the family ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1941
88 Minutes
Shirley Temple Herbert Marshall Laraine Day Gail Patrick Felix Bressart Lloyd Corrigan Nella Walker Guy Bellis Wade Boteler Charles Judels Else Argal
girl father governess friend fiancée psychologist charming amusing emotional household antique shop truck philadelphia daydreaming father/daughter relationship loneliness neglect romance psychoanalysis escape
Kathleen is a 12 year old who lives in a big house with a nanny, a butler, maids, no mother and a father who is working most of the time. She dreams of a family with a mother, father and ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1943
81 Minutes
Virginia Weidler Edward Arnold John Carroll Jean Porter Marta Linden Dick Simmons Ann Ayars Agnes Moorehead Marcia Mae Jones Raymond Roe Scotty Beckett
teen girl best friend mother father governess playful spirited new york city hotel apartment celebrities family deception jealousy misunderstanding quest growing up 1940s
Joan Lyons and her friend Patricia Drew are autograph hounds spending most of their day bumping into, and having tea, with the likes of Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. Based on ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1998
96 Minutes
Polly Walker Vincent Perez Franco Nero Marisa Paredes Leyre Berrocal Penélope Cruz Frances McDormand Ruth McCabe Francisco Rabal Ariadna Gil Rossy de Palma
governess doctor son wife lesbian priest engaging melodramatic madrid house train stable bullfight spain spanish civil war father/son relationship marital problems roman catholic church relocation fascism
A young Irishwoman becomes governess to 3 daughters of a rich family in Spain in 1936, just before the civil war. The mom likes Franco - the dad doesn't. She becomes family. She befriends 5 Irishwomen.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
81 Minutes
Joel McCrea Gail Russell Herbert Marshall Phyllis Brooks Isobel Elsom Norman Lloyd Mikhail Rasumny Elisabeth Risdon Tom Tully Nona Griffith Richard Lyon
widower governess murderer son child dark intricate gripping suspenseful new england house neighborhood murder police work investigation suspicion crime quest discovery mystery
A secretive widower hires a governess for his children, a willful boy and impressionable girl. Strange occurrences and the governess's curiosity lead her to unlock the secrets of the mysterious and uninhabited brownstone next door.
Adventure
UK
1964
84 Minutes
Anthony Quayle Sylvia Sims Jenny Agutter Derek Fowlds Johnny Sekka Harold Coyne Joseph Layode Ellario Pedro Desmond Davies Derek Bloomfield Edward Ellis
englishman trooper governess officer brash passionate powerful sudan boat nile river colonialism exploitation quest rescue love 1880s
During the Mahdist insurrection in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, veteran colonial Private Baker teams up with freshly arrived gentleman Murchison, trying to evacuate from southern Barash the ... See full summary »
Drama
1971
100 Minutes
George C. Scott Susannah York Ian Bannen Jack Hawkins Nyree Dawn Porter Rachel Kempson Kenneth Griffith Peter Copley Michele Dotrice
orphan governess lord wife ward brooding emotional eerie england manor boarding school doomed romance tragic love secret marriage insanity hidden past jane eyre love mystery discovery
Charlotte Bronte's gothic heroine (Susannah York) loves her moody employer (George C. Scott), who keeps a dark secret hidden from her.
Other, Romance
2015
86 Minutes
Danica McKellar Rupert Penry-Jones Ellie Botterill Pavel Douglas Alexandra Evans Amy Marston Colin McFarlane Rollo Skinner Emma Sutton Rose Neville Cristian Bota
hotel worker maid young woman governess king princess charming amusing lighthearted engaging heartwarming emotional hotel castle kingdom love christmas faith relationships serendipity
After getting fired from her job as a maid at a ritzy New York City hotel, a woman accepts a temporary job as governess to a young girl who is part of a powerful European family.