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1) Alibi
Language
English
Description
When neurotic Greg is implicated in his business partner's death, witness Marcey helps him dispose of the corpse, but quickly begins to regret it.
Series
Criterion collection volume 295
Language
日本語
Description
Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking. A portrayal of post-war sexual revolution among Japan's young and privileged.
Language
English
Description
Captain Spaulding a famed African explorer who is being honored at a high society party at the estate of Mrs. Rittenhouse. Mayhem and chaos ensue after a valuable painting disappears and Spaulding, along with the Professor Sigmore Emanuel Ravelli and Horatio 'help' search for it.
5) Belgravia
Language
English
Description
Follows events when the rising nouveau riche, including the Trenchard family, rub shoulders with London's well-known upper classes and when secrets from the past threaten to emerge.
6) Penelope
Language
English
Description
Penelope Wilhern is born to wealthy socialites. She is afflicted by the Wilhern spell that can only be broken when she finds love. Hidden away in her family's estate, the lonely girl meets a string of suitors in her parent's futile attempt to break the curse. Each eligible bachelor is enamored with Penelope and her sizable dowry, but only until her curse is revealed. Lemon, a mischievous and eager tabloid reporter, wants a photograph of the mysterious...
Language
English
Description
In 1918, Larry Darrell returns home from World War 1 disillusioned with his materialistic society. The quest for inner peace leads Larry to reject his rich fiancee, Isabel, and go searching for truth in the Himalayas. But, Larry learns that the path to enlightenment is as painful and narrow as treading the sharp edge of a razor.
10) Cruel intentions
Language
English
Description
An unscrupulous student gets more than he anticipated when he attempts to deflower the Headmaster's beautiful, virgin daughter.
11) The Europeans
Series
Language
English
Description
A sophisticated European brother and sister turn up unexpectedly on the doorstep of their staid American cousins. The fortune-hunting Eugenia and her high-spirited brother Felix turn this Puritan world upside down.
Series
Criterion collection volume 459
Language
Español
Description
After a lavish dinner party in a stately mansion, the guests believe themselves unable to leave the premises. As the days pass, the elaborate facades of their social positions collapse and they are forced to live like animals. Finally discovering they are actually free to leave, they go to church to give thanks, where they are again trapped.
Language
Español
Description
A passionate and bold novella with a modern take on forbidden love. In the glamorous yet superficial world of fashion, an impossible love develops between Victoria, a woman of high society, and Jose Angel, her bodyguard. Married to others, their love is forbidden, but too strong to ignore.
14) Dinner at eight
Language
English
Description
Collection includes: Dinner at Eight (1933); Libeled Lady (1936).
Series
Language
English
Description
Errol Flynn stars as an upper crust gentleman who is juggling two identities. Behind his public persona as an investment counselor lies his secret identity as a detective novelist. When he stumbles onto a real murder, he finds himself in danger, not just from the killer but from his wife finding out what he's up to.
18) End of summer
Language
English
Description
A summer of romance and scandal rocks the elite world of the upper class in this sumptuous turn-of-the-century drama.
Language
English
Description
Hot stars Sarah Michelle Gellar ... and Ryan Phillippe ... sizzle as a pair of wealthy and manipulative step-siblings in this delicious tale of seduction and revenge. After cleverly seducing and ruining the reputation of an unsuspecting classmate, Kathryn and Sebastian devise their greatest challenge yet. Sebastian must seduce and deflower the Headmasters' beautiful and innocent daughter Annette ... If he loses, he must hand over his most prized possession...