Governess Movies, Governess List Movies

The Turning 2020

3.9 /10

A young woman quits her teaching job to be a private tutor for two wealthy young kids, but soon starts to suspect there’s more to their house than what meets the eye.

Run Time: 94 Min . MMPA: 14 . Release: Jan 23, 2020

Director: Director: Floria Sigismondi,

Stars: Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince, Mark Huberman, Niall Greig Fulton,

In Victorian England, wealthy patriarch Sir Harald Alabaster invites an impoverished biologist, William Adamson, into his home. There, William tries to continue his work, but is distracted by Alabaster's seductive daughter, Eugenia. William and Eugenia begin a torrid romance, but as the couple become closer, the young scientist begins to realize that dark, disturbing things are happening behind the closed doors of the Alabaster manor.

Run Time: 118 Min . MMPA: 18 . Release: Sep 10, 1995

Director: Director: Philip Haas,

Stars: Mark Rylance, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patsy Kensit, Jeremy Kemp, Douglas Henshall,

The Awakening 2011

6.4 /10

In 1921, England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost. Everything she believes unravels as the 'missing' begin to show themselves.

Run Time: 107 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Aug 17, 2011

Director: Director: Nick Murphy,

Stars: Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, Isaac HempsteadWright, Lucy Cohu,

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 2008

7 /10

London, England, on the eve of World War II. Guinevere Pettigrew, a strict governess who is unable to keep a job, is fired again. Lost in the hostile city, a series of fortunate circumstances lead her to meet Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous and dazzling American jazz singer whose life is a chaos ruled by indecision, a continuous battle between love and fame.

Run Time: 88 Min . MMPA: 13 . Release: Mar 07, 2008

Director: Director: Bharat Nalluri,

Stars: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Lee Pace, Ciarn Hinds, Shirley Henderson,

Carmilla 2020

5.3 /10

Isolated from the outside world, fifteen-year-old Lara lives in seclusion on a vast country estate with her father and strict governess Miss Fontaine. Late one evening, a mysterious carriage crash brings a young girl into their home to recuperate. Lara immediately becomes enchanted by this strange visitor who arouses her curiosity and awakens her burgeoning desires.

Run Time: 94 Min . MMPA: 15 . Release: Jul 17, 2020

Director: Director: Emily Harris,

Stars: Hannah Rae, Devrim Lingnau, Tobias Menzies, Greg Wise, Jessica Raine,

Little Women 1994

7.3 /10

With their father away as a chaplain in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their mother in somewhat reduced circumstances. They are a close family who inevitably have their squabbles and tragedies. But the bond holds even when, later, male friends start to become a part of the household.

Run Time: 115 Min . MMPA: 11 . Release: Dec 21, 1994

Director: Director: Gillian Armstrong,

Stars: Winona Ryder, Trini Alvarado, Claire Danes, Kirsten Dunst, Samantha Mathis,

Emma 1996

6.6 /10

Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightly.

Run Time: 121 Min . MMPA: 10 . Release: Aug 02, 1996

Director: Director: Douglas McGrath,

Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Toni Collette, Alan Cumming, Ewan McGregor, Jeremy Northam,

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain 2021

6.8 /10

The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public's perception of cats forever.

Run Time: 111 Min . MMPA: 14 . Release: Oct 21, 2021

Director: Director: Will Sharpe,

Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones, Sharon Rooney,

Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975

7.4 /10

In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.

Run Time: 117 Min . MMPA: 14 . Release: Sep 02, 1975

Director: Director: Peter Weir,

Stars: Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse, Kirsty Child, Tony LlewellynJones,

The Nightcomers 1972

5.8 /10

Prequel to the Henry James classic "Turn of the Screw" about the events leading up to the deaths of Peter Quint and Ms. Jessel, and the slow corruption of the children in their care.

Run Time: 96 Min . MMPA: 18 . Release: Feb 15, 1972

Director: Director: Michael Winner,

Stars: Marlon Brando, Stephanie Beacham, Thora Hird, Harry Andrews, Verna Harvey,

Jane Eyre 2011

7.3 /10

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

Run Time: 120 Min . MMPA: 13 . Release: Mar 11, 2011

Director: Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga,

Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Sally Hawkins, Simon McBurney,