Top Classism Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Kim Woo-bin

Kang You-seok

Esom

Song Seung-heon

Black Knight (2023) TV Show

7.4 309 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 6

Audience: TV-MA

Story: In a dystopian 2071 devastated by air pollution, the survival of humanity depends on the Black Knights — and they’re far from your average delivery men.

Style: dark, gritty

Plot: competition, post-apocalyptic future, dystopia, miniseries, social injustice, class conflict, discrimination, mysterious, ...

Time: 2070s

Tomorrow is forever (2008) TV Show

7.4 212 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Mexico

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 160

Story: Fernanda is the youngest daughter of the landowner Gonzalo Elizalde, owner of a large dairy company, and Eduardo is the son of Soledad, the Elizalde family's housekeeper. The two children have grown up together, united by an innocent and pure love, despite the difference in social class.

Plot: romance, class differences, telenovela

Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) TV Show

7.4 47 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: Germany

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 14

Audience: NR

Story: In late 1920s Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released from prison and vows to go straight. However, he soon finds himself embroiled in the city’s criminal underworld.

Plot: berlin, germany, based on novel or book, breaking the fourth wall, period drama, ex-con, class struggle, interwar period, ...

Time: 1920s

Cast

Yoo Ah-in

Steven Yeun

Jeon Jong-seo

Kim Soo-kyung

Burning (2018)

7.4 1.8K votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Country: South Korea, Japan

Duration: 148 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return, she introduces to Jong-su an enigmatic young man named Ben, who she met during her trip. One day Ben tells Jong-su about his most unusual hobby.

Style: melancholy, philosophical

Plot: fire, jealousy, dreams, countryside, love triangle, cat, sex shop, sadness, ...

La Doña (2016) TV Show

7.4 640 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Mexico, United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 200

Audience: TV-14

Story: A story of revenge and ambition, seduction and betrayal; all told from the perspective of an offended and abused woman named Altagracia. Altagracia represents the hundreds of thousands of Mexican women who have been victims of the violence by faceless men who are protected by impunity. But Altagracia, transformed into a strong-willed, ruthless man-eater known as La Doña, will seek out each and every one of these men to bring them to justice.

Plot: corruption, business woman, violence against women, alcoholism, femme fatale, revenge, murder, romance, ...

María la del Barrio (1995) TV Show

7.4 580 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Mexico

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 185

Audience: TV-PG

Story: A brave, poor young girl is welcomed into a rich family and develops a romance with their misogynist youngest son, driving a woman already in love with him to go to great lengths to destroy their relationship.

Style: nostalgic

Plot: romance, class differences, telenovela

Cast

Clara Galle

Julio Peu00f1a

Guillermo Lasheras

Natalia Azahara

Through My Window (2022)

7.4 3.4K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: Spain

Duration: 112 min.

Audience: R

Story: Raquel's longtime crush on her next-door neighbor turns into something more when he starts developing feelings for her, despite his family's objections.

Plot: based on novel or book, family business, stalking, class differences, teenage romance, toxic relationship, brothers, family obligations, ...

Dirty Dancing (1987)

7.3 6.6K votes

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.

Plot: hotel, daughter, dancing, secret love, robbery, sibling relationship, summer camp, dancing master, ...

Awaara (1951)

7.2 65 votes

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance

Country: India

Duration: 168 min.

Story: A petty thief is put on trial for the attempted murder of a lawyer. Through a series of flashbacks, the intertwining lives of the thief, the lawyer, and the thief's defense lawyer are illustrated.

Plot: prison, slum, judge, anti hero, flashback, love, prejudice, school, ...

Cast

Alastair Sim

Olga Lindo

Arthur Young

Brian Worth

An Inspector Calls (1954)

7.2 109 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 80 min.

Audience: PG

Story: An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a hand in her death. But who is the mysterious Inspector and what can he want of them?

Plot: prostitute, corruption, department store, fiancé, based on play or musical, scandal, alcoholism, engagement, ...

Cast

Kevin Hart

Bryan Cranston

Nicole Kidman

Golshifteh Farahani

The Upside (2019)

7.1 1.4K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 126 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Phillip is a wealthy quadriplegic who needs a caretaker to help him with his day-to-day routine in his New York penthouse. He decides to hire Dell, a struggling parolee who's trying to reconnect with his ex and his young son. Despite coming from two different worlds, an unlikely friendship starts to blossom.

Plot: based on true story, remake, class differences, caregiver, man in wheelchair, interracial friendship, social differences, rich man, ...

Cast

Mikey Madison

Mark Eydelshteyn

Yura Borisov

Karren Karagulian

Anora (2024)

7.1 3.3K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 139 min.

Audience: R

Story: A young sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out to get the marriage annulled.

Plot: new year's eve, new york city, marriage, boardwalk, baptism, strip club, coney island, female protagonist, ...

Place: las vegas

Cast

Michael Moore

Elijah Cummings

Marcy Kaptur

Bernie Sanders

Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

7.1 573 votes

Genre: Documentary, History

Country: United States of America

Duration: 128 min.

Audience: R

Story: Michael Moore comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, the rest of the world).

Plot: capitalist, capitalism, banking, wall street, industrial society, criticism and blame, money, prejudice, ...

Cast

Paul Newman

Joanne Woodward

Anthony Franciosa

Orson Welles

The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

7.1 226 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 115 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.

Plot: small town, based on novel or book, arranged marriage, host family, family relationships, sexual tension, arson, class differences, ...

Belgravia (2020) TV Show

7.0 92 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United Kingdom

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 6

Audience: TV-14

Story: A tale of secrets and scandals set in 1840s London. When the Trenchards accept an invitation to the now legendary ball hosted by the Duchess of Richmond on the fateful evening of the Battle of Waterloo, it sets in motion a series of events that will have consequences for decades to come as secrets unravel behind the porticoed doors of London’s grandest postcode.

Plot: london, england, forbidden love, family secrets, redemption, period drama, reputation, secret past, ...

Place: england

Cast

Harris Dickinson

Charlbi Dean

Dolly de Leon

Woody Harrelson

Triangle of Sadness (2022)

7.0 2.9K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: Denmark, France

Duration: 147 min.

Audience: R

Story: A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged, alcoholic captain. What first appears Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island in a struggle of hierarchy.

Style: philosophical, satirical

Plot: dark comedy, satire, survival, stranded, cruise ship, class differences, model, gender roles, ...

Cast

Venkatesh

Mahesh Babu

Prakash Raj

Jayasudha

Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2013)

7.0 41 votes

Genre: Drama, Family

Country: India

Duration: 159 min.

Story: An exuberant and evocative family drama, that primarily revolves around the close bond between two brothers with radically different personalities, highlighting the complex process of choosing an ideal life partner for each of them.

Style: romantic

Plot: sibling relationship, brotherhood, family relationships, slice of life, family drama, class differences, family values, brother brother relationship, ...

Cast

Amanda Seyfried

Justin Timberlake

Cillian Murphy

Vincent Kartheiser

In Time (2011)

7.0 12.2K votes

Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 109 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: In the not-too-distant future, the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest struggle to negotiate for their immortality. A poor young man who suddenly comes into a fortune of time finds himself on the run from a corrupt police force known as the "time keepers".

Plot: race against time, immortality, bank, dystopia, time, love, on the run, class differences, ...

Time: future

Cast

Keanu Reeves

Aziz Ansari

Seth Rogen

Keke Palmer

Good Fortune (2025)

6.9 675 votes

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 97 min.

Audience: R

Story: A well-meaning but rather inept angel named Gabriel meddles in the lives of a struggling gig worker and a wealthy capitalist.

Plot: second chance, personal growth, guardian angel, contemporary fantasy, search for identity, morals / life lessons, multiple jobs, heavenly intervention, ...

Cast

Clara Galle

Julio Peu00f1a

Natalia Azahara

Hugo Arbues

Through My Window 3: Looking at You (2024)

6.9 681 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: Spain

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: 15

Story: After the events of the summer, Ares and Raquel they don't see a way forward in their relationship and decide to go separate ways. But when they meet again in the winter in Barcelona, the love and desire they feel for each other is undeniable. Will they be able to find a way to get back together?

Plot: based on novel or book, class differences, teenage romance

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