Nøgleord Aristocracy

I 1708 er England i krig med Frankrig. Den småskøre dronning Anne sidder på tronen, men hader at regere og vil hellere spise kage og lege med sine 17 kaniner. Landet er reelt styret af hendes hemmelige elskerinde, hertuginden Sarah Churchill. Da Sarah's fattige kusine Abigail Hill bliver kammerpige, begynder en skamløs, bitter og grotesk strid mellem dem.

I en fjern fortid regerer vampyrerne over varulvene. På sin borg holder vampyrkongen Viktor den unge varulv Lucian som slave. Hvad Viktor ikke ved, er, at Lucian og Viktor's datter Sonja er elskende. Og en dag stiller de to sig i spidsen for et blodigt oprør mod den grusomme konge.

Kong George III har regeret England i næsten 30 år, da noget tyder på, at han er ved at blive gal og en politisk magtkamp starter. Kongens søn, Prinsen af Wales, prøver på at få erklæret faren utilregnelig for selv at få magten i landet. Han nægter sin mor, Dronning Charlotte, adgang til faren, der holdes i isolation overladt til uduelige læger med latterligt gammeldags behandlingsmetoder. Prinsen forbereder sin kroning, men dronningens hofdame, Lady Pembroke, tager affære og skaffer kongen en ny læge, Dr. Willis. Kong Georges tilstand bedres, og snart er han i stand til at genoptage regeringen af landet. Eller er han?

Filmen handler om en Russisk immigrant, Grevinde Natascha, som bliver presset ud i prostitution i Hong Kong, som bliver lejet ud til amerikanske Ogden, for at afpresse sig til et liv i USA. Men da Ogden har sin egen mening, og kan modstå Nataschas charme, er det følgende en sjov magtkrig mellem de to.

Den dramatiske kærlighedshistorie mellem dronning Caroline Mathilde af Danmark og Johan Struensee, kong Christian d. VII's livlæge. Caroline og Johan drømmer begge om et bedre liv for Danmarks befolkning, og gennem hans indflydelse på kongen formindskes aristokratiets magt, og samfundsreformer bliver indført i landet. Det er dog kun et spørgsmål om tid, før hoffet atter genvinder magten over deres syge konge. Filmen er uegnet for mindre børn.

En kvindelig landskabsarkitekt udfordrer både kønsroller og klasseskel, da hun hyres til at tilrettelægge en af Louis XIVs store haver foran Versailles. Alan Rickman har instrueret et lige dele historisk og romantisk drama med Kate Winslet i topform, som den normbrydende kvinde, der i mere end én forstand er ude med riven.

In a Victorian world of steam, dreadnoughts, and occult horrors, Zhou Mingrui awakens as Klein Moretti. He walks a razor’s edge between light and darkness, entangled with warring Churches. This is the legend of unlimited potential…and unspeakable danger.

In the late 19th century, the British Empire nobility reigns while its working class suffers at their hands. Sympathetic to their plight, William James Moriarty wants to topple it all. Frustrated by the systemic inequity, Moriarty strategizes to fix the entire nation. Not even consulting detective Sherlock Holmes can stand in his way. It’s time for crime to revolutionize the world!

Six sisters of an upper-class Spanish family experience difficulties in taking over the family's fabrics business after their father's death in 1913.

Winner of the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela, "Side by Side" focuses on two women of different origins and social classes. The brave Isabel, daughter of a former slave and in love with the capoeira player Zé Maria; and Laura, descendant from a wealthy family and destined to an undesired marriage to Edgar. In addition to an unshakable friendship, the two share the same purpose in life: the conquest of freedom in the conservative society of Rio de Janeiro of the early 20th century.

Murasaki Shikibu (Yoshitaka Yuriko), the heroine of this story, wrote the bestseller 'The Tale of Genji,' transcending a thousand years during the Heian period. She weaves the story of Hikaru Genji, fueled by her love for Fujiwara no Michinaga (Emoto Tasuku), with her hidden passion and incomparable imagination. It is a tale of a woman who lived with unchanging love in an ever-changing world. (From TV JAPAN)

Agnostic Charles Ryder is seduced by the allure of the Flytes, a wealthy aristocratic family. Although he finds himself at odds with their strong Catholicism, his ties to the family deepen for the decades between the two world wars.

Pedro da Maia, meets a beautiful woman called Maria Monforte with whom he gets married despite his father's objection. The marriage produces a son, Carlos Eduardo, and a daughter. Some time later, Maria Monforte falls in love with Tancredo and runs away to Italy with him, taking her daughter along. When Pedro finds out, he goes with his son to his father's house where he commits suicide. Carlos stays at his grandfather's house and is educated by him. Carlos, becomes a doctor and opens his own office. Later he meets a gorgeous woman, Maria Eduarda. The two fall in love and have dozens of nights together. Eventually Carlos finds out later that Maria lied to him about her past and he starts fearing the worst. In the end, Carlos finds out that Maria is his sister. He informs her that they are siblings and that they cannot live like this anymore. Carlos, to forget his tragedies, goes for a trip around the world.

Laura, a young noblewoman who grew up in a convent, is given in marriage to the baron of Carini, an overbearing and lustful man. The life of the young baroness seems destined for unhappiness until she meets Luca Corbara, who arrives in the country to find his origins.

Experts reveal what the royals are saying when they think nobody is listening.