Here we've displayed a list of the best Social Standing films : Metropolis(1927), Mildred Pierce(1945), L'Avventura(1960), A Place in the Sun(1951), The Umbrellas of Cherbourg(1964), Dodsworth(1936), Gentleman Jim(1942), Dangerous Liaisons(1988), Baby Face(1933), The Blind Side(2009), Ruggles of Red Gap(1935), Love Me Tonight(1932) ... ...
Sci-Fi, Drama
Germany
1927
123 Minutes
Brigitte Helm Alfred Abel Gustav Fröhlich Rudolf Klein-Rogge Fritz Rasp Theodor Loos Erwin Biswanger Heinrich George Olaf Storm Hanns Leo Reich Heinrich Gotho
leader son rebel teacher worker android bleak dark melodramatic tense metropolis class distinctions social change social standing kidnapping quest discovery metamorphosis 21st century
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Drama
USA
1945
109 Minutes
Joan Crawford Jack Carson Ann Blyth Zachary Scott Eve Arden Herman Brix Lee Patrick Moroni Olsen Jo Ann Marlowe George Tobias
restaurant owner daughter mother police detective melodramatic tense glendale, calif. murder social standing mother/daughter relationship investigation the great depression mystery sacrifice 1930s
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Crime, Drama
Italy|France
1960
145 Minutes
Monica Vitti Gabriele Ferzetti Léa Massari Dominique Blanchar Lelio Luttazzi James Addams Esmeralda Ruspoli Dorothy De Poliolo Giovanni Petrucci Renato Pinciroli Giovanni Danesi
beautiful woman friend lover wealthy man brooding uneasy italy rome island seaside boat missing persons romance love triangle social standing boredom mystery love 1960s
A woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. During the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.
Drama
USA
1951
122 Minutes
Montgomery Clift Elizabeth Taylor Shelley Winters Keefe Brasselle Raymond Burr Anne Revere Fred Clark Kathryn Givney
blue-collar worker girlfriend socialite uncle brooding emotional passionate factory family home lake ambition social standing blue collar wealth love triangle temptation love rivalry fall 1950s
A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.
Musical, Romance
France|West Germany
1964
91 Minutes
Catherine Deneuve Nino Castelnuovo Anne Vernon Marc Michel Ellen Farner Mireille Perrey Jean Champion P. Caden J.P. Dorat
pretty woman mechanic businessperson husband wife emotional melodramatic moving france small town cherbourg, france social standing love triangle small-town life love growing up discovery 1960s
A young woman separated from her lover by war faces a life-altering decision.
Drama
USA
1936
101 Minutes
Walter Huston Ruth Chatterton David Niven Paul Lukas Mary Astor Gregory Gaye Maria Ouspenskaya Odette Myrtil Kathryn Marlowe John Payne Spring Byington
businessperson husband wife pretty woman emotional moving europe italy ship marriage aging social standing love triangle love discovery 1930s
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
Action
USA
1942
104 Minutes
Errol Flynn Alexis Smith Jack Carson Alan Hale John Loder William Frawley Minor Watson Ward Bond Madeleine LeBeau Rhys Williams Arthur Shields
boxer girlfriend club owner friend rival amusing brash melodramatic san francisco boxing ring boxing romance social standing pride competition rise pursuit transformation 1890s
As bareknuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the top of the boxing world.
Drama
USA|UK
1988
120 Minutes
Glenn Close John Malkovich Michelle Pfeiffer Swoosie Kurtz Keanu Reeves Mildred Natwick Uma Thurman Peter Capaldi
aristocrat aristocratic lady ingénue teacher lover confident intricate passionate royal court france mansion gossip deception romance royal life social standing revenge quest forbidden love 18th century
A scheming widow and her manipulative ex-lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman.
Drama
USA
1933
71 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck George Brent Donald Cook Arthur Hohl John Wayne Henry Kolker Margaret Lindsay Douglas Dumbrille Theresa Harris Alphonse Ethier James Murray
beautiful woman businessman father friend banker sultry unrestrained pennsylvania new york city seduction sex betrayal prohibition social standing adventure transformation 1930s
A young woman, sexually exploited all her life, decides to turn the tables and exploit the hapless men at a big city bank - by gleefully sleeping her way to the top.
Drama, Biography
USA
2009
128 Minutes
Sandra Bullock Tim McGraw Quinton Aaron Jae Head Lily Collins Ray McKinnon Kim Dickens Adriane Lenox Kathy Bates Catherine Dyer Andy Stahl
student mother father son daughter coach inspiring uplifting endearing memphis, tenn. football field race relations social standing acceptance poverty football family sports discovery rise
The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All-American football player and first-round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.
Comedy
USA
1935
92 Minutes
Charles Laughton Mary Boland Charles Ruggles ZaSu Pitts Roland Young Leila Hyams Maude Eburne Lucien Littlefield Leota Lorraine James Burke Dell Henderson
valet earl rancher wife neighbor amusing paris washington state boomtown family home club saloon class distinctions mistaken identity wealth social standing immigration transformation adventure 1910s
An English valet brought to the American west assimilates into the American way of life.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1932
104 Minutes
Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald Charles Ruggles Charles Butterworth Myrna Loy C. Aubrey Smith Elizabeth Patterson Ethel Griffies Joseph Cawthorn Ethel Wales Marion Byron
tailor princess viscount widow countess amusing engaging playful france paris castle countryside love deception social standing royalty love forbidden love discovery 1930s
A Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron in order to collect a sizeable bill from an aristocrat, only to fall in love with an aloof young princess.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
78 Minutes
John Barrymore Bebe Daniels Doris Kenyon Isabel Jewell Melvyn Douglas Onslow Stevens Thelma Todd Clara Langsner
attorney rival wife lover secretary emotional dark family home new york city law office social standing infidelity scandal dark secrets class distinctions jewish identity fall transformation discovery 1930s
Successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns his wife has been unfaithful.
Drama
USA
1938
104 Minutes
Bette Davis Henry Fonda George Brent Margaret Lindsay Donald Crisp Fay Bainter Spring Byington Richard Cromwell Henry O'Neill
southern belle banker aunt doctor suitor emotional melodramatic louisiana new orleans family home romance wealth social standing bad behavior love triangle love wretched excess 19th century
In 1850s Louisiana, a free-spirited Southern belle loses her fiancé due to her stubborn vanity and pride, and vows to win him back.
Comedy
USA
1933
113 Minutes
Marie Dressler Jean Harlow John Barrymore Wallace Beery Lionel Barrymore Lee Tracy Edmund Lowe Billie Burke Madge Evans Jean Hersholt Karen Morley
businessperson socialite husband wife actor doctor engaging melodramatic playful household new york city social standing marriage social event quest wretched excess 1930s
Affluent Millicent and Oliver Jordan throw a dinner for a handful of wealthy and/or well-born acquaintances, each of whom has much to reveal.
Comedy, Drama
Italy|France
1964
102 Minutes
Sophia Loren Marcello Mastroianni Aldo Puglisi Tecla Scarano Marilù Tolo Pia Lindström Gianni Ridolfi Vito Moricone Generoso Cortini Raffaello Rossi Bussola Enzo Aita
mistress businessman cashier son amusing sultry charming naples, italy household restaurant romance marriage deception social standing love rivalry discovery 1960s
The rich man Domenico and Filumena, a penniless prostitute, share great part of their lives in the immediate post WWII Italy.
Romance, Drama
France|Belgium|Singapore
2012
122 Minutes
Marion Cotillard Matthias Schoenaerts Armand Verdure Céline Sallette Corinne Masiero Bouli Lanners Jean-Michel Correia Mourad Frarema Yannick Choirat
bouncer amputee sister son kickboxer friend moving inspiring south of france household hospital nightclub unlikely romance disability social standing father/son relationship love transformation 2010s
Put in charge of his young son, Alain leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Alain's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
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.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1954
79 Minutes
Alastair Sim Arthur Young Olga Lindo Brian Worth Eileen Moore Bryan Forbes Jane Wenham George Woodbridge Olwen Brookes
wealthy man wealthy woman inspector son daughter pretty woman emotional melodramatic uneasy england household death investigation family wealth social standing class distinctions discovery mystery 1910s
When a young girl is found dead an inspector is sent to investigate a prosperous Yorkshire household. It emerges that each member of the family has a guilty secret - each one is partly responsible for her death.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
95 Minutes
Warren William May Robson Guy Kibbee Glenda Farrell Ned Sparks Walter Connolly Jean Parker Nat Pendleton Barry Norton Halliwell Hobbes Hobart Bosworth
fruit seller mother daughter fiancé gangster father amusing intricate new york city mother/daughter relationship deception class distinctions social standing family gangsters underdog transformation 1930s
A gangster tries to make Apple Annie, the Times Square apple seller, a lady for a day.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1950
89 Minutes
Alec Guinness Beatrice Campbell Kay Walsh Bernard Lee Wilfrid Hyde-White Sidney James Ernest Thesiger
salesman socialite society matron maid gambler doctor winsome charming resort brighton, england beach doctor's office fatal illness vacation friendship social standing mortality transformation 1950s
When a lonely, unappreciated farm equipment salesman discovers he has only a few weeks to live, he withdraws his savings for a final holiday at a "posh" resort.
Drama
France
1996
102 Minutes
Charles Berling Jean Rochefort Fanny Ardant Judith Godrèche Bernard Giraudeau Bernard Dhéran Carlo Brandt Jacques Mathou Urbain Cancelier Albert Delpy Bruno Zanardi
engineer louis xvi lady marquis courtier witty intricate countryside royal court versailles, france palace intrigue ambition social standing quest transformation 18th century
To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.
Drama
USA
1928
115 Minutes
Erich von Stroheim Fay Wray ZaSu Pitts Matthew Betz George Fawcett Maude George George Nichols Dale Fuller Cesare Gravina Hughie Mack
army officer heiress butcher country maiden disheartening brash emotional vienna class conflict romance social standing love triangle love temptation 1910s
A young impoverished aristocrat falls in love with an inn-keepers daughter, but has to marry money.
Drama
France
1954
170 Minutes
Gérard Philipe Danielle Darrieux Antonella Lualdi Jean Martinelli Jean Mercure
peasant aristocrat priest lover emotional spirited france household church ambition class distinctions social standing infidelity religion adventure discovery rise fall 1820s
A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving a soporific soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2018
105 Minutes
Jeff Koons Larry Poons Simon de Pury Amy Cappellazzo Jerry Saltz George Condo
artist art collector art critic art dealer intellectual critic creative fascinating hedonistic spectacular art gallery auction house london united states art art world auction consumerism money prestige
With unprecedented access to pivotal artists and the white-hot market surrounding them, this film dives deep into the contemporary art world, holding a fun-house mirror up to our values and times.
Drama
USA
1928
96 Minutes
Greta Garbo John Gilbert Lewis Stone Johnny Mack Brown Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Hobart Bosworth Dorothy Sebastian
beautiful woman aristocrat friend father fiancée melodramatic emotional england paris household love triangle romance social standing aristocracy marriage depression forbidden love fall 1920s
When two childhood sweethearts are kept from marrying, misery ensues.
Drama
USA
1993
138 Minutes
Daniel Day-Lewis Michelle Pfeiffer Winona Ryder Richard E. Grant Alec McCowen Geraldine Chaplin Mary Beth Hurt Miriam Margolyes Sian Phillips Michael Gough Alexis Smith
lawyer socialite countess mother passionate sultry tense new york city forbidden love scandal love triangle love social standing temptation love sacrifice 1870s
A tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
Drama
Japan
1983
140 Minutes
Keiko Kishi Yoshiko Sakuma Sayuri Yoshinaga Yûko Kotegawa Juzo Itami Koji Ishizaka
sister wife rebel bank employee accountant daughter amusing charming melodramatic osaka, japan family home sister relationship marriage world war ii occupation shyness social standing adventure love rivalry
The orphaned Makioka sisters look for a husband for their third sister, Yukiko, as the rebellious youngest sister, Taeko, is kept waiting her turn.
Romance
USA
1974
98 Minutes
high-school student girlfriend fiancée best friend mother father dark moving intense georgia small town high school woods love triangle rape promiscuity social standing scandal love revenge
In a rural 1940s southern town, a socially awkward high school girl is taken advantage of by the boys, because it's the only way she knows to relate to boys. But one, Buster, falls in love ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1947
98 Minutes
Ronald Colman Peggy Cummins Edna Best Vanessa Brown Richard Haydn Charles Russell Nydia Westman
father son cousin daughter boyfriend wife amusing confident playful boston household club new york city family tradition social standing prejudice courtship rivalry transformation
George and Catherine Apley of Boston lead a proper life in the proper social circle, as did the Apleys before them. When grown daughter Eleanor falls in love with Howard (from New York!), ... See full summary »