Top 100 Governess movies
Welcome to our curated selection of titles and articles connected to the keyword "Governess". Here, you’ll discover a variety of content—spanning films, TV shows, news, and other media—that offers valuable insights, entertainment, and perspectives on this topic. Whether you’re deeply familiar with "Governess" or just starting to explore, this collection is designed to guide you toward notable works, hidden gems, and must-read information.
Buffalo Kids (2024)
1
Mary and Tom are parentless Irish siblings who arrive in New York City via ocean liner in 1886 and quickly find themselves on a wild, cross-country journey aboard a transcontinental "Orphan Train" where they meet an extraordinary new friend who will change their lives forever.
Crown for Christmas (2015)
- 0
Allie Foster, a struggling New York artist, reluctantly accepts to act as a governess to a rebellious Princess Theodora of Winshire. When Allie forms an unlikely bond with the princess, she attracts the attention of the handsome King Maximillian, who’s facing an arranged marriage against his heart’s wishes. As Christmas Eve draws near, Allie finds herself swept up in romance, royalty and the spirit of the holidays.
The Awakening (2011)
- 1
In post–War England, a writer and sometime-ghost hunter investigates a reported haunting at a boys boarding school.
The Turn of the Screw (2009)
- 0
A young governess, Ann, is sent to a country house to take care of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Soon after her arrival, Miles is expelled from boarding school. Although charmed by her young charge, she secretly fears there are ominous reasons behind his expulsion. With Miles back at home, the governess starts noticing ethereal figures roaming the estate's grounds. Desperate to learn more about these sinister sightings she discovers that the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of her predecessor hold grim implications for herself. As she becomes increasingly fearful that malevolent forces are stalking the children the governess is
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
- 0
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.
Presence of Mind (2000)
- 0
A governess, caring for two children at a remote estate, becomes convinced that the grounds are haunted and the children are under an evil influence.
Firelight (1998)
- 0
In 1838, lovely governess Elisabeth agrees to bear a child of anonymous English landowner, and he will in return pay her father's debt. At birth she, as agreed, gives up the child. Seven years later she is hired as governess to a girl on a remote Sussex estate. The father of the girl, Charles Godwin, turns out to be that anonymous landowner. So Elisabeth has to be her own daughter's governess, and she can't reveal the secret of her tie with little Louisa.
The Turn of the Screw (1992)
- 0
A young woman is hired by a wealthy but sinister man to tutor his two children at the family's isolated estate. When the woman gets there, she finds that the two children are not quite what they seem to be--in fact, they are possessed by the spirits of the evil Quint and his lover.
The Haunting of Morella (1990)
- 1
An executed witch inhabits her teenaged daughter's body to continue in the pursuit of bloodshed.
Chinese Roulette (1977)
- 0
A husband and wife lie to each other about their weekend travel plans, only to both show up at the family's country house with their lovers.
The Sound of Music (1965)
- 3
In the years before the Second World War, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
The Chalk Garden (1964)
- 0
The peculiar antics of Laurel, an emotionally troubled young girl, are the focus of The Chalk Garden – a stately household drama set on the cliffs of the English south coast. Edith Evans plays a matriarchal grandmother who, in raising her granddaughter, has neglected her other love – a barren chalk garden. Mayhem ensues as Laurel's behavior frightens away a succession of governesses until an enigmatic one is hired in spite of her mysterious references. She skillfully sets about tending to the girl's reckless emotions and the pitifully failed garden.
The Innocents (1961)
- 2
A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.
The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
- 0
Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder when she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to America.
Uncle Silas (1947)
- 2
Following her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke and schemes to murder his niece for her vast inheritance.
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
- 1
In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.
Jane Eyre (1943)
- 2
After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house to care for his young daughter.
A Woman's Face (1941)
- 1
A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.