Class system movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant class system movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, captivating, realistic, period piece, suspense and period drama films and TV shows about / with class system, society, social differences, family relations, love and romance, class differences, couples, violence, mentor and catastrophe plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres shot in UK, USA, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as class system: Elysium (2013), Snowpiercer (2013), Snowpiercer (2020), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Gosford Park (2001), Origin (2023), Howards End (2017), Kakegurui (2017), The Baroness and the Pig (2002), Downton Abbey (2010).
Best films
New films
| Vanity Fair (2004) | 6.2 | |
| Miss Julie (2014) | 5.5 | |
| High-Rise (2015) | 5.5 | |
| Downton Abbey (2019) | 7.4 | |
| Grande école (2004) | 5.7 |
List of class system movies
489K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, South Africa, Mexico
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes (Jodie Foster), a hard line government ...
Style:
futuristic, breathtaking, cyber, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, dystopian future, dystopia, space station, distopia, class conflict, space and aliens, politics, robot, dark future, ecological disaster, utopia ...
Time:
future, year 2013, 2010s, near future, 22nd century
Place:
los angeles, seattle, peru, africa, usa ...
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418K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, thought provoking, allegory, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
train, post apocalypse, survival, distopia, dystopian future, dystopia, revolution, rebellion, violence, social differences, class struggle, winter ...
Time:
future, near future, 2030s, year 2013, year 2014 ...
Place:
east asia, britain, south korea
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train that circles the globe. Class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival are questioned in this riveting ...
Style:
apocalyptic, unusual plot structure, captivating, depressing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
train, apocalypse, post apocalypse, struggle for survival, rebellion, class system, inequality, disaster, distopia, humanity, forces of nature, caste system ...
Time:
future, 2020s
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
"Classes" are given at the age of 10, and the presence or absence of "skills" greatly affect life. Arel, the son of "Sword Princess" Fara and "Magic King" Leon, has been branded as "Classless"... But ...
Style:
anime, inspirational
Audience:
teen fantasy
Plot:
class system, magic, swordplay, martial arts, perseverance, determination, discrimination, friendship, parent child relationship, isekai, sword and sorcery, young adult ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Pride & Prejudice is a humorous story of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters. If Mr. Bennet dies their house will ...
Style:
romantic, costume drama, sweet, sexy, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
prejudice, love, fall in love, happy ending, women, strong female character, love and romance, opposites attract, aristocracy, initially antagonists, wooing, social differences ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, victorian era, 1790s, georgian era ...
Place:
england, britain, united kingdom, europe, london ...
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101K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Multiple storylined drama set in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guest and downstairs servants at a party in a country house in England.
Style:
detective, period piece, costume drama, biting, satirical ...
Plot:
murder, whodunit, society, murder mystery, country estate, estate, high society, murder investigation, butler, police investigation, twists and turns, servant ...
Time:
1930s, year 1932, 20th century, pre world war two, year 2001 ...
Place:
england, detroit, london
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
While grappling with tremendous personal tragedy, writer Isabel Wilkerson sets herself on a path of global investigation and discovery.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot:
caste system, female writer, class system, society, love story, social problems, relationships, male female relationship, social issues, love interest, relationship problems, love affair ...
Place:
germany, india
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The social and class divisions in early 20th century England through the intersection of three families - the wealthy Wilcoxes, the gentle and idealistic Schlegels and the lower-middle class Basts.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, captivating, sentimental, psychological ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
class differences, social class, wealthy family, class system, house, sister, society, love affair, love and romance, couples, couple relations, middle class ...
Time:
20th century, edwardian era, victorian era, 1910s, 1900s
Place:
england, britain
Is relevant?
17K
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Hyakkaou Private Academy. An institution for the privileged with a very peculiar curriculum. You see, when you're the sons and daughters of the wealthiest of the wealthy, it's not athletic prowess or book smarts that keep you ahead. ...
Style:
anime, social, intellectual, suspense, thought provoking ...
Plot:
gambling, gambler, direction and purpose, struggle for survival, power struggle, fighting the system, academy, poker, humiliation, social differences, submission, fight for supremacy ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A rich American woman and her French husband start a Parisian salon.
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, touching, contemplative ...
Plot:
fall in love, fish out of water, couples, social differences, culture clash, couple relations, society, love and romance, class system, maid, wedding, inventions and discoveries ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
paris france, france, philadelphia
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244K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
Style:
costume drama, captivating, historical drama, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
aristocracy, estate, traditional versus modern, relatives, manners, countryside, high society, servant, country estate, butler, family life, aristocrat ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, edwardian era, 1920s, 50s ...
Place:
england, britain, hawaii, europe, yorkshire ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The residents of Downton Abbey go on a new adventure that takes them to a Spanish villa.
Style:
sincere, family saga, period piece, saga, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
aristocracy, abbey, country house, earl, royalty, king, high society, domestic servant, countess, aristocrat, mother daughter relationship, inheritance ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
england, britain, french riviera, london, south of france ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Children from influential families in politics and businesses attend the Hyakkaou Private Academy. There, the hierarchy of the students are classified by a series of games. Students that win the games are on the ruling side and the students who lose ...
Style:
social, suspense, serious, stylized, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gambling, gambler, one last chance, direction and purpose, high school, society, love and romance, social differences, wealth, luxury, academy, fighting the system ...
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Genre: Animation, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Kenichi Yamada, a single, 35-year-old businessman, has spent the majority of his adult life playing every MMORPG to hit the market. Tired of the constant cycle of repetitive, newbie-centric gameplay, he is immediately drawn in by the promise of a ...
Style:
dark fantasy, grim, anime
Plot:
isekai, reincarnation, class system, determination, medieval, survival, second chance, hardcore, magic, sword and sorcery, gamer, slice of life
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 225 min.
TV show
Story:
Tom Brown's Schooldays is a 1971 television serial adaptation of the Thomas Hughes novel of the same name.
It was originally shown on the BBC1 Sunday tea time slot, which often showed adaptations of classic novels aimed at a family audience. ...
Style:
period piece, dramatic, period drama, earnest
Plot:
coming of age, bullying, corporal punishment, boarding school, high school life, public school, friendship, literary, class system, boarding house, peer pressure, english countryside ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China, Japan
TV show
Story:
When a woman wakes up as Athanasia, the ill-fated princess from the novel The Lovely Princess, she's gotta rewrite this tragedy or face execution—by her own father! She may be trapped, but she's got her wits and the doomed girl's ...
Style:
emotional, twisted, suspense, romantic comedy, romantic ...
Plot:
isekai, royalty, reincarnation, survival, female protagonist, rebirth, palace, palace intrigue, father daughter relationship, alternate world, family drama, danger ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Lena, aged twenty, wants to know all she can about life and reality. She collects information on everyone and everything, storing her findings in an enormous archive. She experiments with relationships, political activism, and meditation. Meanwhile, ...
Style:
controversial, sexy, erotic, art house, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
politics, sex, revolution, anti war, vietnam war, sexploitation, sexuality, photograph, sex scene, self discovery, nudity, controversy ...
Time:
60s
Place:
spain, europe, russia, vietnam, israel ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Anos Voldigord was a tyrannical Demon King that eradicated humans, spirits, and even the gods, but became bored of eternal warfare and reincarnated with dreams of a peaceful world. However, what awaited him in reincarnation after 2000 years were ...
Style:
anime, visually appealing, captivating, enigmatic, adult animation ...
Audience:
teen fantasy
Plot:
reincarnation, high school life, resurrection, wizards and magicians, demon, supernatural power, supernatural ability, magic, academy, magical, black magic, magician ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Norway, UK, France, Ireland
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Over the course of a midsummer night in Fermanagh in 1890, an unsettled daughter of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy encourages her father's valet to seduce her.
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, emotional, period piece ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
seduction, love triangle, valet, forbidden love, destructive relationship, power relations, couples, society, love and romance, father daughter relationship, suffering, victorian england ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, victorian era
Place:
ireland, britain, europe
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Based on the first novel, Spring Snow, of Mishima Yukio's Sea of Fertility tetralogy, it follows the troubled and illicit affair between two youngsters amongst the aristocracy and rich of early twentieth century Japan.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
love story, young love, tragic love, aristocracy, illicit love, relationship problems, male female relationship, unfulfilled love, star crossed lovers, blackmail, adultery, relationships ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Drama, History, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Two 19th-century footballers on opposite sides of a class divide navigate professional and personal turmoil to change the game — and England — forever.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, realistic, stylized, inspirational ...
Plot:
soccer, british history, football, tournament, football player, sports history, society, sport team, culture clash, friendship, against the rules, follow your dream ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1870s
Place:
england
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
The sweeping rags to riches story of the Hardacres, a working-class family in 1890s Yorkshire who strike it rich and move from a grimy fish dock to a vast estate.
Style:
family saga, historical drama, emotional, costume drama, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
working class, rags to riches, domestic drama, class conflict, social climbing, manor, moral dilemma, slow burn, family secret, inheritance, class system, country estate ...
Time:
1890s, victorian era, 19th century
Place:
yorkshire
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
It’s 1882 and the Gilded Age is in full swing when Marian Brook, a young orphaned daughter of a Southern general, moves in with her rigidly conventional aunts in New York City. With the help of Peggy Scott, an African-American woman masquerading ...
Style:
costume drama, captivating, period piece, historical drama, exciting ...
Plot:
high society, wealthy family, rich man, lifestyle, rich woman, sorority, butler, gilded age, female writer, charity, female protagonist, mansion ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, 20th century, victorian era
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India, USA, Italy, Germany, France, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
From an exciting Indian wedding comes a relationship from two different times not only showing the modern but also the traditional. Different characters and stories interact with each other in director Mira Nair film where she used an ...
Style:
emotional, humorous, touching, romantic, talky ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
wedding, wedding planning, culture clash, adultery, arranged marriage, honest, confession, disagreement, understanding, leaving home, first love, family secret ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
india, new delhi, asia, pakistan, delhi ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Maggie has had four children, by four different fathers, removed by social services because of a previous violent relationship. When she meets Jorge, a gentle Latin American refugee, she gradually sees her chance for happiness, but her history still ...
Style:
disturbing, sad, realistic, biting, independent film ...
Plot:
immigrant, violence, love, working class, dysfunctional family, activism, women, social commentary, hospital, drinking, children, resistance ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
england, liverpool, paraguay, london, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: Venezuela, Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Oliver flees from abuse of his family and seeks refuge in the violent streets of Caracas, where survival is only possible in an environment of corruption, crime and sniffing glue to escape hunger, like other children in the same situation. Soon, the ...
Plot:
brutality, children, misery, poverty, survival, desperation, street life, street kid, child in peril, juvenile delinquent, homelessness, police corruption ...
Place:
venezuela
Is relevant?
752
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 152 min.
TV show
Story:
This 1940s drama presents a story of class conflict and its influence on romance. Robert Bradley leaves the shipyards to work in his uncle's furniture business but soon finds himself at odds with the old man. So he becomes a servant for the ...
Style:
costume drama, sexy, historical drama, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
world war one, shipyard, fatherhood, tragic romance, love and romance, master and servant, society, family relations, power relations, estate, couples, love affair ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, edwardian era
Place:
britain, england
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story:
Classic comedy set in fading department store Grace Brothers.
Style:
sitcom, double entendre, humorous, hilarious, retro ...
Plot:
department store, sexual innuendo, workplace, store, innuendo, christmas, small business, gay, salesman, sexism, farce, gay subtext ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
london, europe, england, united kingdom
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is ...
Style:
surreal, witty, humorous, satirical, talky ...
Plot:
satire, mental illness, dark humor, religion, insanity, dysfunctional family, nobility, farce, country estate, misfit, split personality, mistaken identity ...
Time:
20th century, year 1972, 70s, victorian era
Place:
britain, europe, london, england
Is relevant?
344K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Science fiction drama about a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics where humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. The young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet he is ...
Style:
futuristic, thought provoking, intellectual, neo noir, clever ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
distopia, genetics, fighting the system, discrimination, dystopia, philosophy, society, paraplegic, eugenics, hopes, dystopian future, twists and turns ...
Time:
future, near future, 20th century, 90s, 1900s ...
Place:
detroit, riviera, french riviera
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