Butler movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant butler movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, humorous, captivating, feel good, light and witty films and TV shows about / with butler, society, family relations, servant, master and servant, maid, power relations, wealth, love and romance and mentor plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as butler: Bernard and Doris (2006), Upstairs, Downstairs (1971), The Remains of the Day (1993), Upstairs Downstairs (2010), Blandings (2013), Jeeves and Wooster (1990), Murder by Death (1976), Clue (1985), The Butler (2013), Mei's Butler (2009).
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Sympathetic look loosely based on the relationship between tobacco heiress, Doris Duke (1912-1993) - think Duke University - and her shy butler, Bernard Lafferty. The icy and mercurial Duke fires her butler for serving a chilled cantaloupe; the ...
Style:
touching, sincere, sad, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
heiress, homosexual, gay man straight woman relationship, butler, alcohol abuse, gay, heir, employer employee relationship, high society, platonic relationship, unlikely couple, estate ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
new jersey, usa, hawaii
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Upstairs, Downstairs is a British television drama series originally produced by London Weekend Television and revived by the BBC. It ran on ITV in 68 episodes divided into five series from 1971 to 1975.
Set in a large townhouse in Edwardian, First ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, realistic, stylized, serious ...
Plot:
butler, domestic servant, maid, working class, wealth, master servant relationship, high society, master and servant, lifestyle, couples, rich and poor, couple relations ...
Time:
1900s, edwardian era, year 1971, 1920s, 1930s ...
Place:
england, london, hawaii, britain, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A rule bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, breathtaking, romantic drama, romantic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
melancholy, nazi, love, nazism, butler, aristocracy, manor, british, class differences, master servant relationship, domestic servant, master and servant ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, ancient times, 20th century, year 1993 ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in 1936, the show takes viewers, old and new, back to the lavish world of Belgravia, London. A new set of occupants reside at 165 Eaton Place and viewers see how external and internal influences of the tumultuous pre-war period shape and mould ...
Style:
realistic, historical drama, costume drama, period piece, stylized ...
Plot:
butler, high society, master and servant, marriage, family values, housewife, rich and poor, family life, lifestyle, millionaire, abbey, class differences ...
Time:
1930s, edwardian era, 20th century
Place:
england, wales, europe, london
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Blandings is a British comedy television series adapted by Guy Andrews from the Blandings Castle stories of P.G. Wodehouse. It was first broadcast on BBC One from 13 January 2013, and stars Timothy Spall, Jennifer Saunders and Mark Williams. The ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, sitcom, captivating, light ...
Plot:
eccentric family, lord, butler, english countryside, master and servant, family relations, pig, power relations, aristocrat, estate, castle, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s
Place:
europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Jeeves and Wooster is a British comedy-drama series adapted by Clive Exton from P.G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves" stories. The series was a collaboration between Brian Eastman of Picture Partnership Productions and Granada Television.
It ...
Style:
witty, humorous, clever, hilarious, multicultural ...
Plot:
servant, butler, valet, master and servant, master servant relationship, domestic servant, boss and employee, bachelor, friendship between men, aristocracy, mishap, power relations ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
england, london, usa, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are ...
Style:
parody, spoof, surprise ending, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
murder, whodunit, private detective, butler, who done it, old mansion, dark and stormy night, old dark house, murder mystery, satire, riddles and clues, mansion ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century, 1930s
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss ...
Style:
parody, funny, black comedy, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick
Plot:
whodunit, twists and turns, butler, murder, murder mystery, multiple suspects, mansion, old dark house, investigation, mystery killer, blackmail, murder investigation ...
Time:
year 1954, 90s, 50s, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
new england
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123K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Style:
touching, inspirational, political, factual, historical drama ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
racism, president, u.s. president, civil rights, black history, racial discrimination, butler, injustice, african american, politics, civil rights movement, father son relationship ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 2013, 60s, year 1961 ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, birmingham alabama, nashville tennessee, america ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The story revolves around a young woman named Mei, who was rescued as a young girl by someone calling himself her "butler." With only a vague memory, though, the experience seems like just a dream. But one day, after her parents' ...
Style:
touching, humorous, captivating, dorama
Plot:
butler, unrequited love, boarding school, family secret, orphan, love triangle, rivalry, friendship, loneliness, competition, childhood friend, duel ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After her sister and brother-in-law's tragic death, an American woman who is the guardian for her young niece and nephew is invited to a royal European castle for Christmas by her late brother-in-law's father, the Duke of Castlebury. ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, semi serious, humorous, cute ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, kids
Plot:
holiday, christmas, prince, butler, life turned upside down, love and romance, fall in love, christmas eve, fish out of water, family relations, unlikely couple, castle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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259K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family's sprawling estate, for a summer never ...
Style:
dark comedy, psychological thriller, philosophical, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
college, class differences, obsession, college student, homoerotic friendship, country estate, university, drug use, murder, butler, teenage boy, violence ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, oxford university, united kingdom
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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: Comedy, Horror, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker ...
Style:
parody, cult classic, sexy, homoerotic, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
lgbtq, mad scientist, gay interest, transvestite, gay, gender, homosexual, castle, rock and roll, wedding, surrealism, dance ...
Time:
20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place:
transylvania, ohio
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Ireland, UK, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man, so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most posh hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape ...
Style:
touching, sad, costume drama, period piece, stylized ...
Plot:
gender, loneliness, cross dressing, lesbian, lgbtq, master and servant, woman dressed as man, relationships, society, death, maid, gender disguise ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, 1800s, victorian era, turn of the century ...
Place:
ireland, england, britain, dublin ireland, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, China, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England will unleash scandal, romance and intrigue that will leave the future of Downton hanging in the ...
Style:
costume drama, family saga, sincere, captivating, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
estate, aristocracy, intrigue, servant, butler, country estate, closeted homosexual, domestic servant, country house, class differences, aristocrat, british royal family ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
england, yorkshire, london
Is relevant?
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: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When Miss Vicki's father dies, she becomes the world's greatest philanthropist. Unfortunately, she is flat broke! Her loyal butler, Claude Fitzwilliam, leads the household staff to rob from various businesses by charging goods to various ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
butler, secretary, christmas, heist, philanthropist, master and servant, christmas eve, deception, mansion, professor, graduate student, department store ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s, 1930s
Place:
manhattan new york city, pennsylvania, philadelphia, new york
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Candleshoe is a 1977 Walt Disney Productions live action movie based on the Michael Innes novel Christmas at Candleshoe and starring Jodie Foster, Helen Hayes in her last screen appearance, David Niven and Leo McKern.
Style:
sentimental, melancholic, sweet, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, girls' night
Plot:
country estate, inheritance, butler, hidden treasure, orphan, teenage girl, treasure hunt, friendship, heiress, happy ending, unlikely friendships, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
england, los angeles, london
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
"The After-Dinner Mysteries" is a daring mystery with unique characters, play on words and witty conversations.
Reiko Hosho is the only daughter to the CEO of a major enterprise, "Hosho Group," known worldwide. Hiding her true ...
Style:
detective, captivating, lighthearted, satirical, rom com
Plot:
butler, heiress, police detective, partner, investigation, sleuth, amateur sleuth, wealthy family, amateur detective, teamwork, homicide detective, male female relationship ...
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
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Stanley Ford leads an idyllic bachelor life. He is a nationally syndicated cartoonist whose Bash Brannigan series provides him with a luxury townhouse and a full-time valet, Charles. When he wakes up the morning after the night before - he had ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, clever, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
butler, farce, uxoricide, sexist, lust, language barrier, misogynist, misogyny, murder trial, sexism, bachelor, husband wife reunion ...
Time:
1900s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
new york, new jersey
Is relevant?
22K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
An idealistic teen from rural Texas embarks on the adventure of a lifetime when she decides to leave behind starry nights for big city lights. Thrilled to be on her own and determined not to be intimidated by New York City, she accepts a job as ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, feel good, semi serious, sitcom ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, boys' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
teenage girl, butler, mischievous children, workplace, nanny, large family, family relations, youth, fish out of water, school, travel, grownups ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, texas, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Hunderby is a British sitcom produced by Sky, written by Julia Davis, that was first broadcast on Sky Atlantic in 2012. The series won two awards at the British Comedy Awards in 2012.
Style:
sitcom, gothic, humorous, costume drama, light ...
Plot:
couples, maid, society, butler, rivalry, silly humor, devious, dishonesty, couple relations, male nudity, dark humor, gossip and rumors ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s, georgian era
Place:
england
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Style:
funny, cult classic, black comedy, dark comedy, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prostitute, stock market, revenge, fish out of water, rags to riches, social satire, manipulation, wrongful arrest, beggar, wager, poverty, christmas ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
pennsylvania, philadelphia, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city, arizona ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Luxembourg
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Since his wife's death, Andrew Blake is depressed. In an ultimate impetus, he leaves London to go back to France, in the house he met her. This journey through happy days memories won't go as planned.
Style:
semi serious, thrilling, captivating, romantic drama, intercultural ...
Plot:
butler, widower, manor, job, changing lives, lifestyle change, relationships, mansion, businessman, grief, bittersweet, bereavement ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A father and daughter accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat, where his billionaire boss seeks to exploit the creature’s miraculous curative properties.
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, ambiguous ending, dark fantasy, crying ...
Plot:
unicorn, family business, rapid healing, father daughter relationship, butler, killing an animal, father, creature, dead wife, daughter, cancer, mythical creature ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After separating from his wife, Leonard Parker (Cosby) quit the spy business and became a restaurateur. His wife refuses to speak with him, and his daughter, who changes her career more often than her clothes, has begun dating a man old enough to be ...
Style:
spoof, parody, humorous, psychotronic, not serious ...
Plot:
butler, espionage, race against time, absurdism, ex husband ex wife relationship, villainess, killer animal, animal attack, vegetarian, spy, secret agent, spying ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Set in the year 2020, Shiori Genbo (Ayame Gouriki) runs the large corporation Funtom. Shiori is also a descendant of prestigious noble family Phantomhive of England. As a descendant of the noble family Phantomhive, Shiori solves difficult cases ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, gothic horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
master and servant, deal with the devil, curse, supernatural ability, butler, mysterious villain, investigation, uncover truth, vengeance, one man army, power relations, love interest ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
tokyo, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In a prestigious butler academy, passionate Emma and rebellious Henry train to become royal butlers where the competition is fierce and sparks fly.
Style:
captivating, satirical, thrilling, psychological, semi serious
Plot:
butler, hotel, ambitious woman, student, satire, workplace, female protagonist, ambition, social satire, workplace situations, family business, waitress ...
Place:
scotland, maryland
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