Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "new-york-city-high-society"

1. The Gilded Age (2022– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

The series follows the conflicts surrounding the new money Russell family and their old money neighbors, the van Rhijn family, in 1880s New York City high society.

Stars: Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton

Votes: 38,524

2. The Alienist (2018–2020)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Newspaper illustrator John Moore meets with criminal psychologist (alienist) Dr. Laszlo Kreizler to investigate a serial killer in New York during the late 19th century.

Stars: Daniel Brühl, Dakota Fanning, Luke Evans, Robert Wisdom

Votes: 60,424

3. The House of Mirth (2000)

PG | 135 min | Romance, Drama

A woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.

Director: Terence Davies | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Dan Aykroyd, Eleanor Bron, Terry Kinney

Votes: 8,103 | Gross: $3.04M

4. Possessed (1931)

Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance

An ambitious factory girl meets a handsome, wealthy lawyer, but he's interested in her as a mistress, not a wife.

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Wallace Ford, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Votes: 2,340

5. The Cheat (1915)

Not Rated | 59 min | Drama, Romance

A venal, spoiled stockbroker's wife impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the charity she chairs and desperately turns to a Burmese ivory trader to replace the stolen money.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Dean, James Neill

Votes: 2,808 | Gross: $0.21M

6. Upperworld (1934)

Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Music

A rich man (Warren William) starts an affair with a showgirl (Ginger Rogers), and when the girl's manager (J. Carrol Naish), finds out, he decides to blackmail him.

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Warren William, Mary Astor, Ginger Rogers, Andy Devine

Votes: 673

7. Midnight Mary (1933)

Passed | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

An abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Loretta Young, Franchot Tone, Ricardo Cortez, Andy Devine

Votes: 1,620

8. Two Sisters from Boston (1946)

Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A high society Boston girl goes from the Bowery to the opera with the help of her sister.

Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, June Allyson, Lauritz Melchior, Jimmy Durante

Votes: 697

9. Tarnished Lady (1931)

Passed | 83 min | Drama, Romance

Tarnished Lady is a 1931 Pre-Code American drama film directed by George Cukor. The screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart is based on his short story, A Story of a New York Lady.

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Tallulah Bankhead, Clive Brook, Phoebe Foster, Alexander Kirkland

Votes: 252

10. The Call of the Cumberlands (1916)

Passed | 62 min | Drama

A family feud erupts in the mountains of Kentucky.

Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Dustin Farnum, Winifred Kingston, Herbert Standing, Page Peters

Votes: 141

11. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: Murder of the Century (1995)

TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A documentary chronicling the events surrounding the murder of famed architect Stanford White by millionaire Harry Thaw over the affections of showgirl Evelyn Nesbitt in New York in 1906.

Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Brendan Gill, David Lowe, Suzannah Lessard

Votes: 45

12. Biography (1987– )
Episode: The Astors: High Society (1996)

TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Their name is synonymous with wealth and glamour. Their saga is marked by five generations of tragedy, family feuds and philanthropy.

Stars: John Jacob Astor, Mrs. Vincent Astor, Nancy Astor, Winston Churchill

Votes: 72

13. CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (1979– )
Episode: Episode #45.50 (2023)

TV-PG | News, Talk-Show

A Pennsylvania manhunt captivates the nation; John Dickerson interviews Apple CEO Tim Cook; musician Carlos Santana; author Anderson Cooper on his book about the Astor family dynasty; new ... See full summary »

Stars: Jane Pauley, Rita Braver, Margaret Brennan, Tim Cook