Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "social-mobility"

1. Cinderella (1950)

G | 74 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq and from her Fairy Godmother.

Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Ilene Woods, James MacDonald, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton

Votes: 174,494 | Gross: $85.00M

2. The Jeffersons (1975–1985)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

A nouveau riche, African-American family who move into a luxury apartment building develop close, if occasionally fractious, relationships with other tenants.

Stars: Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover

Votes: 10,658

3. Metropolitan (1989)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.

Director: Whit Stillman | Stars: Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Chris Eigeman, Taylor Nichols

Votes: 12,445 | Gross: $2.94M

4. Young Hyacinth (2016 TV Movie)

TV-G | 28 min | Comedy

Set in the late 1950s, a young Hyacinth will be seen desperately trying to force her family to climb the social ladder.

Director: Sandy Johnson | Stars: Kerry Howard, Debra Stephenson, Tony Gardner, Mark Addy

Votes: 519

5. Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)

G | 72 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Daffy Duck opens a detective agency for the supernatural along side his Looney Toon buddies.

Directors: Greg Ford, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Terry Lennon, Robert McKimson, Maurice Noble | Stars: Mel Blanc, Mel Tormé, Roy Firestone, B.J. Ward

Votes: 2,680

6. Scarlet and Black (1993)

238 min | Drama, Romance

The story of an ambitious but impoverished young man who seduces women of social class in order to improve his own prospects in 19th century France.

Stars: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Fulford, Alice Krige, T.P. McKenna

Votes: 516

7. The Reckoning (1970)

R | 111 min | Drama

Michael Marler, a successful business man in London, is about to make his way to the top. The death of his father brings him - after five years - back to his hometown Liverpool, where he is... See full summary »

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Nicol Williamson, Rachel Roberts, Ann Bell, Zena Walker

Votes: 638

8. The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007)

180 min | Documentary

The many ways in which Western notions of personal and political freedom are changing in the 21st Century are explored in this three-part documentary from writer and filmmaker Adam Curtis.

Stars: John Nash, Robert Spitzer, Jerome Wakefield, Paul McHugh

Votes: 2,024

9. Carmen from Kawachi (1966)

89 min | Comedy

Like a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. She meets the owner of a model school, Yoko, and seriously thinks about becoming a fashion model. Yoko tells her that she... See full summary »

Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Yumiko Nogawa, Kôji Wada, Tamio Kawaji, Chikako Miyagi

Votes: 183

10. From Soup to Nuts (1928)

20 min | Comedy, Short

Inexperienced waiters (Laurel & Hardy) are hired for a swank dinner party.

Directors: Edgar Kennedy, Leo McCarey | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Tiny Sandford, Dorothy Coburn

Votes: 1,154

11. School of Seduction (2019)

95 min | Documentary

'School of Seduction' follows the three Russian women, Diana, Lida and Vica, who are on the same mission. They're searching for security, a higher social status, and plain, simple happiness... See full summary »

Director: Alina Rudnitskaya | Stars: Lida, Vika, Diana, Vladimir Putin

Votes: 183

12. The Secret History of My Family (2016– )

60 min | Documentary, History

Documentary series exploring social history via the family trees of ordinary families, tracing the family forward through history to their modern descendants.

Stars: David Morrissey, Natalie Martins, Tom England, Bryan Parry

Votes: 18

13. Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream (2012)

Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Filmmaker Alex Gibney investigates the fact that the 400 richest Americans control more wealth than the 150 million people in the bottom 50 percent of the population.

Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Alex Gibney, Paul Piff, Anne Rueth, Colin Dunkley

Votes: 1,391

14. Lao gong zhi ai qing (1922)

30 min | Short, Comedy, Romance

Cheng the fruit seller is in love with the daughter of his neighbor the doctor, but the good doctor won't let him marry her unless Chang finds him more patients. With some creative ... See full summary »

Director: Shichuan Zhang | Stars: Zhegu Zheng, Zhengqiu Zheng, Ying Yu

Votes: 295

15. Generation Gifted (2018–2020)

120 min | Documentary

Recurring documentary series following the progress of 6 bright teenagers from disadvantaged backgrounds, exploring the challenges that they face.

Stars: Maxine Peake, Kian Milburn, Zoe Murray, Aaron Muir

Votes: 17

16. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: Tupperware! (2004)

TV-G | 63 min | Documentary, Biography, History

This is about the origins of Tupperware in Massachusetts.

Director: Laurie Kahn | Stars: Kathy Bates, Will Le Bow, Karen MacDonald, Brownie Wise

Votes: 100

17. Politics Live (2018– )
Episode: Episode #2.80 (2019)

104 min | News, Talk-Show

Labour's attempt to declare a climate emergency, are Labour about to cut a Brexit deal with the Prime Minister? The PM's dinner with a Russian donor, tomorrow's local elections and social mobility. Plus, coverage of PMQ's.

Director: Anna Rasmussen | Stars: Jo Coburn, Madeline Grant, Ed Vaizey, Ed Miliband

18. Breakfast with Kay Burley (2019– )
Episode: Episode dated 21 July 2020 (2020)

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Stars: Kay Burley, Alistair Bunkall, Tom Cheshire, Chris Donnelly

19. Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2010)

TV-14 | 47 min | Drama, Romance

September 1912. The new legal heir to Downton, lawyer Matthew Crawley, arrives with his mother, Isobel, to live on the estate. However, they are resented as usurpers and interlopers by both upstairs and downstairs.

Director: Ben Bolt | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter

Votes: 2,668

20. The Paint Explainer (2023– )
Episode: Every Political Ideology Explained in 8 Minutes: Part 2 (2023)

8 min | Documentary

A quick introduction to some of the lesser known political philosophies.

21. Peston on Sunday (2016– )
Episode: Episode #5.6 (2018)

47 min | News, Talk-Show

Ruth Davidson, Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry and Justine Greening are among the guests speaking to Robert on this week's show.

Director: Erron Gordon | Stars: Robert Peston, Allegra Stratton, Ruth Davidson, Emily Thornberry

22. Television Theater (1953– )
Episode: Pigmalion (1959)

104 min | Drama

Can Professor Higgins turn a flower-girl into a lady?

Directors: Maryna Broniewska, Maciej Wojtyszko | Stars: Edyta Jungowska, Barbara Krafftówna, Jan Englert, Wladyslaw Kowalski

23. Frankie Boyle's New World Order (2017–2022)
Episode: Episode #2.5 (2018)

31 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show

Host Frankie Boyle and regular guest Sara Pascoe are joined by comedians Miles Jupp, Desiree Burch and Romesh Ranganathan to dissect the week's news.

Director: Barbara Wiltshire | Stars: Frankie Boyle, Sara Pascoe, Miles Jupp, Desiree Burch

Votes: 14

24. The Big Questions (2007– )
Episode: Episode #12.4 (2019)

59 min | Talk-Show

This week's topical debate come from the Oasis Academy MediaCity in Salford. The topics discussed are:- Are private schools immoral? Should Britain be afraid of its far right?

Director: Rob Hopkin | Stars: Nicky Campbell, Liz Armstrong, Richard Evans, Robert Verkaik