Movies and TvShows featuring "black-servant" theme.
In Jackson, Mississippi during the civil rights movement, aspiring author Skeeter Phelan decides to write a book about the lives of the African American maids who work for white families. As she delves into their stories, she exposes the hardships they face on a daily basis due to racial segregation and discrimination.
During the Great Depression, a movie star steps off the screen and into reality, falling in love with a lonely woman in New York City. This fantasy-becomes-reality tale explores the complexities of love, happiness, and the boundaries between fiction and reality.
Queen Bee is a drama/romance movie that tells the story of a jealous woman and a lumber company owner. The woman is the business manager for the company and becomes infatuated with the owner, who is married. The plot follows their complicated relationship and the consequences it has on those around them.
Alice Adams, a small-town girl, tries to improve her social status by dating a wealthy playboy. Along the way, she faces challenges like unemployment, theft, and prejudice.
In 1690, years have passed since Captain Blood was pardoned by the Crown for his daring deeds against the Spanish on the Spanish Main, and he is living quietly on his plantation in the West Indies, practicing medicine and planning his marriage to Isabella. But his peaceful existence is shattered when Hilary Evans arrives and arrests him on a piracy charge. Somebody has been raiding the islands, and making it appear it was Captain Blood. In order to prove his innocence, Captain Blood has to sail again under the "Jolly Roger."
When a man's wife leaves him, he develops an alter ego that he believes is invisible. This alter ego causes him to commit a series of murders, all while the police try to catch the elusive killer.
Boom Town is a movie set in the 1920s during an oil boom in a small town. It follows the story of two wildcatters who become partners and face romantic rivalry, sabotage, and deception. The film portrays the challenges and successes of the oil industry during that time.
L'Inhumaine is a silent film set in the Belle Epoque era, where a famous prima donna is poisoned to death by a snakebite. She is then revived using a futuristic invention by a scientist. As she navigates her revived life, she encounters a series of events including her interactions with a black servant and musician, a cruel and attention-seeking admirer, and her own obsession with a maharaja. The film explores themes of love, toxic relationships, and the blurred lines between life and death.
Set in an upper-class neighbourhood of the Dominican Republic, La Hembrita is an unsettling portrait of a middle-aged woman, Dominique, and her relations with family, servants and entourage.
Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire is a silent horror film released in 1920. The movie follows the story of a vampire who experiences a tragic life. It explores themes of witchcraft, slavery, seduction, captivity, and the supernatural. The film is known for its expressionist style and features a gripping plot that keeps viewers on the edge of their seats.
A writer and a horse-breeder get married but their relationship is tested by jealousy and divorce court. Comedy ensues as they navigate through a ladies club, a historical desk, and an African-American servant. Set during Christmas time, chaos erupts with a Santa Claus costume, a birthday present, and a raucous race track.
An Alsacian Baron massacres the family of a French Duke, and takes his lands and his title. Isabella, the Duke's baby child, escapes the massacre, is raised by gypsies, and comes back twenty years later to exact revenge.
A gifted classical pianist, fueled by poverty, Wladiziu Valentino Liberace was already playing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the age of 17. Through a variety of his highs and lows, chaptered in TV-style format, Liberace's life from his early years through his death are chronicled.
The perineal District Attorney and conservative southern patriarch cherishes the old ways and does his best to adjust to change.
The story of Dr. Charles Randolph, a scientist dedicated to deciphering the secrets of life and death. Aided by assistant David Cochran, Charles conducts experiments that have horrifying side effects. Charles's lonely wife, Elaine, is frightened by his work, and in order to protect her, housekeeper Maria unleashes a torrent of voodoo that wrecks havoc.
Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is a suave and clever criminal who takes on various cases to right the wrongs of the world. In this thrilling installment, The Saint finds himself embroiled in a deadly game of cat and mouse as he tries to bring down a notorious mobster and seek vengeance for a fallen friend. With twists and turns at every corner, The Saint must use all his wit and charm to outsmart his enemies and save the day.
In Southern Rhodesia in the 1940s, city-dweller Mary marries farmer Dick Turner and is plucked from the comforts of her cosmopolitan life and forced to live on his unsuccessful farm. Mary slowly goes insane and has a sexual affair with her black servant, Moses. When the affair is discovered, Mary asks Moses to leave the farm, but he returns and murders her.
A groundskeeper's son, who is mentally unstable due to childhood trauma, goes on a murdering spree where his perception of reality is distorted by imagining people as mannequins and vice versa.
The legend of Aladdin and his magic lamp: Aladdin finds a magic lamp which brings him wealth, luxury, and marriage to a princess. But his rival, an evil magician, steals the lamp for himself. Aladdin must regain the lamp or lose everything.
A circus performer falls in love with the son of a plantation owner in antebellum New Orleans. When the young man's stepmother objects to the wedding, the couple break apart and go their separate ways for a time. Also in the mix are two circus comics who feud over the heart of another Southern belle.