The Remains of the Day

Classic 3.97/5 1993 · Directed by James Ivory · Starring Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Christopher Reeve, Hugh Grant · Drama, Romance · 128 min

A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.

View on Letterboxd ↗