Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "private-secretary"

1. Auntie Mame (1958)

Approved | 143 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An orphan goes to live with his free-spirited aunt. Conflict ensues when the executor of his father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle.

Director: Morton DaCosta | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne, Fred Clark

Votes: 12,690 | Gross: $23.30M

2. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

PG | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In December 1935, when his transcontinental luxury train is stranded by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before, with a multitude of suspects.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery

Votes: 69,109 | Gross: $0.07M

3. Body of Evidence (1992)

R | 99 min | Drama, Thriller

A lawyer defends a woman accused of killing her older lover by having sex with him.

Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Madonna, Willem Dafoe, Joe Mantegna, Anne Archer

Votes: 16,383 | Gross: $13.28M

4. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)

PG | 143 min | Adventure, Drama

A missing heir of respected Scottish family, raised in African jungles by animals, finally returns to his estate only to realize that difference between the two worlds is really significant.

Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm

Votes: 21,250 | Gross: $45.90M

5. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Crime

A distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.

Director: Robert Hamer | Stars: Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood

Votes: 39,699

6. Mrs. Brown (1997)

PG | 101 min | Biography, Drama, History

When Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert dies, she finds solace in her trusted servant, Mr. John Brown, but their relationship also brings scandal and turmoil.

Director: John Madden | Stars: Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer, Antony Sher

Votes: 15,579 | Gross: $9.22M

7. The Last Station (2009)

R | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's (Christopher Plummer's) struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things.

Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer, Paul Giamatti

Votes: 19,153 | Gross: $6.62M

8. A Promise (2013)

R | 98 min | Drama, Romance

A romantic drama set in Germany just before WWI and centered on a married woman who falls in love with her husband's protégé. Separated first by duties and then by the war, they pledge their devotion to one another.

Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman, Richard Madden, Toby Murray

Votes: 4,514

9. Random Harvest (1942)

Passed | 126 min | Drama, Romance

An amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-war life.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Philip Dorn, Susan Peters

Votes: 8,402 | Gross: $10.14M

10. The Passionate Friends (1949)

Approved | 95 min | Drama, Romance

A woman meets a man whose love she rejected years ago.

Director: David Lean | Stars: Ann Todd, Trevor Howard, Claude Rains, Betty Ann Davies

Votes: 3,032

11. Unfaithfully Yours (1948)

Approved | 105 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A man dreams of revenge when he suspects his wife is unfaithful.

Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Rudy Vallee, Barbara Lawrence

Votes: 5,858

12. Churchill's Secret (2016 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 100 min | Biography, Drama, History

British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill (Sir Michael Gambon) suffers from a stroke in the summer of 1953, which is consequently kept a secret from the rest of the world.

Director: Charles Sturridge | Stars: Michael Gambon, Romola Garai, Lindsay Duncan, Daisy Lewis

Votes: 1,556

13. The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)

Passed | 68 min | Mystery

Detective tries to solve the murder of antiques collector who was in possession of a famous jewel known as "The Eye of the Daughter of The Moon."

Director: William Nigh | Stars: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Dorothy Tree, Craig Reynolds

Votes: 989

14. Something to Sing About (1937)

Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Musical

A New York bandleader journeys to Hollywood when he is offered a contract with a studio, but he is determined to do things his way and not theirs.

Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: James Cagney, Evelyn Daw, William Frawley, Mona Barrie

Votes: 1,022

15. Behind Office Doors (1931)

Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Mary Linden is the secretary who is the unheralded power behind successful executive James Duneen. He takes her for granted until rival Wales tries to take her away from him.

Director: Melville W. Brown | Stars: Mary Astor, Robert Ames, Ricardo Cortez, Catherine Dale Owen

Votes: 571

16. High Pressure (1932)

Passed | 73 min | Comedy

Gar Evans is a "high pressure" promoter who tends to be unrealistically optimistic about his projects and exaggerates the chance of success. He sets up the "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber ... See full summary »

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: William Powell, Evelyn Brent, George Sidney, John Wray

Votes: 679

17. Passions of a Private Secretary (2009)

87 min | Drama

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Director: Yutaka Ôgi | Stars: Mayu Asada, Mutsuo Yoshioka, Tsugumi Nagasawa, Kotoha Hiroyama

Votes: 41

18. Wambo (2001 TV Movie)

101 min | Biography, Drama

Feature Film about the life and death of the famous Bavarian actor Walter Sedlmayr.

Director: Jo Baier | Stars: Jürgen Tarrach, Ruth Drexel, Bettina Redlich, Alexander Lutz

Votes: 147

19. Secrets of Three Hungry Wives (1978 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

When a millionaire playboy is murdered, suspicion falls on three married women, each of whom had an affair with him.

Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Jessica Walter, Gretchen Corbett, Eve Plumb, Heather MacRae

Votes: 62

20. Office Love-in (1968)

81 min | Comedy, Drama

A secretary at a computer dating service unknowingly dates her own boss, his wife, and his two sons.

Director: Stephen C. Apostolof | Stars: Kathy Williams, Harvey Shain, Marsha Jordan, Ray Cyr

Votes: 85

21. The Royal Bed (1931)

Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy

More interested in playing checkers with the servants than in governing his people, King Eric VIII is dominated by Martha, his queen, a humorless woman who believes in doing her royal duty ... See full summary »

Director: Lowell Sherman | Stars: Lowell Sherman, Mary Astor, Anthony Bushell, Hugh Trevor

Votes: 262

22. Looking Forward (1933)

Approved | 82 min | Drama, Family

In this Depression-era story set in London, a department-store owner (Lewis Stone) faces bankruptcy while his family fritters away money. A long-standing employee (Lionel Barrymore) gets ... See full summary »

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, Benita Hume, Elizabeth Allan

Votes: 307

23. The Richest Girl in the World (1934)

Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Romance

An heiress switches places with her secretary in order to find a man who will love her for who she is and not for her money.

Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Henry Stephenson

Votes: 1,019

24. Eine Liebe für den Frieden - Bertha von Suttner und Alfred Nobel (2014 TV Movie)

88 min | Biography, Drama, History

An unusual woman, a dramatic life: Bertha von Suttner never had it easy. Although she was born as Countess Kinsky and was highly educated, she and her family do not enjoy a good reputation.... See full summary »

Director: Urs Egger | Stars: Birgit Minichmayr, Sebastian Koch, Philipp Hochmair, Sona MacDonald

Votes: 144

25. It's All Yours (1937)

Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Jimmy Barnes arrives from Europe to be educated by his multi-millionaire uncle, Edward J. Barnes and in five years the extravagant escapes of Jimmy, now a lawyer, are the talk of San ... See full summary »

Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Madeleine Carroll, Francis Lederer, Mischa Auer, Grace Bradley

Votes: 105

26. O.S.S. 117 n'est pas mort (1957)

80 min | Crime, Drama

Who,in Mr Lead 's house, helps the villains get the stuff? Mr Lead himself? his wife? his daughter? his secretary?his servant?.

Director: Jean Sacha | Stars: Ivan Desny, Magali Noël, Yves Vincent, Danik Patisson

Votes: 80

27. A Parisian Romance (1932)

Passed | 77 min | Drama, Romance

Octave Feuillet's play about an elderly Parisian rake who romances a parade of sophisticated women without falling for any of them. He meets his match when he tries to win a young girl away from her fiance, a struggling young artist.

Director: Chester M. Franklin | Stars: Lew Cody, Marion Shilling, Gilbert Roland, Joyce Compton

Votes: 66

28. Cross My Heart (1946)

Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Music, Mystery

A compulsive liar admits to a killing she didn't commit so her husband, a lawyer, can clear her and build a reputation for himself.

Director: John Berry | Stars: Betty Hutton, Sonny Tufts, Ruth Donnelly, Rhys Williams

Votes: 58

29. Bill Cracks Down (1937)

Passed | 61 min | Action, Drama, Romance

When William Reardon, a steel magnate, dies and leaves a strange will. When his spineless and dandified heir and son returns home from living in Paris, he finds "Tons' Walker, a strong and ... See full summary »

Director: William Nigh | Stars: Grant Withers, Beatrice Roberts, Ranny Weeks, Judith Allen

Votes: 108

30. Les caves du Majestic (1945)

100 min | Crime, Drama

A murder has been committed in the basement of the Grand Hotel Majestic. Ms Petersen's body was indeed discovered in the staff locker rooms by a kitchen employee. Commissioner Maigret and Inspector Lucas are in charge of the case.

Director: Richard Pottier | Stars: Albert Préjean, Suzy Prim, Jacques Baumer, Denise Grey

Votes: 125

31. Ticket to a Crime (1934)

Approved | 67 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A Man is found murdered at the Lido Country Club and, although several people are under suspicion, including Elaine and Willis Purdy, the police can not find the murderer; but private ... See full summary »

Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Ralph Graves, Lois Wilson, Lola Lane, James Burke

Votes: 52

32. A Few People, a Little Time (2005)

104 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The unusual bond between a blind female writer and an acclaimed poet changes their lives and forms an exceptional creative cooperation, free of politics and the complexities of mundane life.

Director: Andrzej Baranski | Stars: Krystyna Janda, Andrzej Hudziak, Violetta Arlak, Katarzyna Cynke

Votes: 158

33. Fröken Kyrkråtta (1941)

86 min | Comedy

Eva works in a bank and is secretly in love with the manager.

Director: Schamyl Bauman | Stars: Marguerite Viby, Edvin Adolphson, Ernst Eklund, Karl-Arne Holmsten

Votes: 54

34. Yankee Doodle Home (1939)

Approved | 10 min | Short, Musical, Comedy

Nick and Vince, a song writing team, are fired from their jobs at a publishing house when a foreign producer arrives looking for "hot" numbers. Vince dons a disguise and poses as a foreign ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Dreifuss | Stars: Nick Lucas, Vince Barnett, Jean Walters, Nathaniel Shilkret

35. Frökens första barn (1950)

102 min | Comedy

Author Johannes Porshammar is about to write a book about single mothers but his publisher doesn't believe in it. The publisher prints an ad in Porshammar's name where he seeks objects of ... See full summary »

Director: Schamyl Bauman | Stars: Sickan Carlsson, Edvin Adolphson, Olof Winnerstrand, Dagmar Ebbesen

Votes: 70

36. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Brief eines Toten (1988)

59 min | Crime, Drama

Explosion of in a caravan in a camping site near Munich: the firemen found a corpse, but they couldn't identify if it was a man or a woman.The manager of the camping site says the Mr.Eckard... See full summary »

Director: Günter Gräwert | Stars: Rolf Schimpf, Michael Ande, Charles M. Huber, Markus Böttcher

Votes: 22

37. Bewitched (1964–1972)
Episode: Samantha's Good News (1969)

TV-G | 24 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Endora and Maurice fight over his new secretary.

Director: Richard Michaels | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Maurice Evans

Votes: 279

38. Anna Karenina (1977)
Episode: Episode #1.4 (1977)

Drama, History, Romance

After a difficult birth to a baby girl, Anna flees with Vronsky without obtaining a divorce from Karenin.

Director: Basil Coleman | Stars: Nicola Pagett, Eric Porter, Stuart Wilson, Sheila Gish

Votes: 13

39. Scarlet and Black (1993)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (1993)

79 min | Drama, Romance

Julien Sorel is now at the seminary at Besançon, initially believing that he has been abandoned by his lover Madame de Renal, but in fact her letters have been intercepted.

Director: Ben Bolt | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Zoe Hilson, Alice Krige, Christopher Fulford

Votes: 17

40. Scarlet and Black (1993)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (1993)

77 min | Drama, Romance

To conquer the heart of a woman a military campaign is needed. Julien goes into battle determined to win at all costs.

Director: Ben Bolt | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Rachel Weisz, Christopher Fulford, T.P. McKenna

Votes: 21

41. Inga Lindström (2004– )
Episode: Herz aus Eis (2013)

89 min | Drama, Romance

Swedish business consultant Kristian Norden leads an extremely regulated life, assisted faithfully by devoted private secretary Frans Vidmark. When the maid who normally manages the huge ... See full summary »

Director: Martin Gies | Stars: Carin C. Tietze, Philippe Brenninkmeyer, Markus Knüfken, Meira Durand

Votes: 37

42. Indian Summers (2015–2016)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2015)

TV-14 | 75 min | Drama

In 1932, Alice Whelan, fleeing a faithless husband in England and passing herself off as a widow, arrives with her baby in Simla, India - where her brother Ralph is private secretary to the... See full summary »

Director: Anand Tucker | Stars: Shachin Sailesh Kumar, Alexander Cobb, Mano Maniam, Nikesh Patel

Votes: 199