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2) The turning
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Newly appointed nanny Kate is charged with the care of two disturbed orphans, Flora and Miles. Quickly though, she discovers that both the children and the house are harboring dark secrets and things may not be as they appear.
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Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the most beloved family film of all time! Rogers and Hammerstein's cinematic treasure stars the incomparable Julie Andrews as Maria, the warmhearted young woman who brings joy and music to Captain von Trapp and his children.
4) Houseboat
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English
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Shows Cary Grant as a government attorney, living in a houseboat, widowed and left with three unruly kids. He hires Sophia Loren as a governess and ends up falling in love with her.
5) Jane Eyre
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English
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Jane Eyre, a young orphan with no prospects, lands a job as a governess to the ward of Edward Rochester. As she goes about her duties at the manor Thornfield, love blooms between them. He asks for her hand in marriage and it appears her dreams will come true; but a dark secret looms over Thornfield that threatens to engulf them all.
11) The innocents
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English
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"Set in nineteenth-century England, this gothic ghost story centers around a governess taking care of two orphans in a foreboding Victorian mansion. As eerie apparitions appear and the children's behavior becomes strange, the governess begins to wonder about the fate of the previous governess and her sadistic lover. Could it be that their restless spirits are trying to corrupt the innocence of the children, or is this 'haunting' a product of her own...
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A hauntingly atmospheric and star-studded adaptation of Henry James' classic gothic horror story. A young, inexperienced governess is hired to look after two small children abandoned by their uncle, following the death of their parents, at his grand country house. Unsettled by glimpses of ghostly figures that only she can see, she quickly believes that something malevolent is stalking the children in her care.
13) Jane Eyre
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English
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Orphaned as a child, a determined Jane Eyre struggles through hardship and brutality to gain an education. Hungry for adventure, she takes a job as a governess at the sprawling Thornfield Hall, where the master is the harsh, enigmatic Mr. Rochester. Despite his brooding ways, Jane finds herself falling in love. But something stalks the halls of Thornfield that threatens to destroy any happiness they might find together.
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"High atop Widow's Hill off the stormy Maine coast sits the foreboding Collinwood estate, home for centuries of the wealthy and mysterious Collins family. This special release reveals how the children of Collinwood become possessed by the ghost of Quentin Collins"--Container.
15) The innocents
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Criterion collection volume 727
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Deborah Kerr stars as an emotionally fragile governess who comes to suspect that there is something very, very wrong with her precocious new charges. A psychosexually intensified adaptation of Henry James's classic The Turn of the Screw, co-written by Truman Capote (In Cold Blood) and directed by Jack Clayton (Room at the Top).
16) Jane Eyre
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English
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Jane Eyre is the orphan girl who secures a position as a governess to the ward of Edward Rochester, lord of an English manor house call Thornfield, whose halls hide a dark and sinister secret.
17) The nightcomers
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English
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Two Children, Two Adults, One Unspeakable Crime! Captivating and disturbing, this highly intense psychological drama with its haunting, twisted notion of sexuality puts a new spin on the characters from Henry James' celebrated ghost story, 'The Turn of the Screw.' Marlon Brando stars as Quint, a gardener who powerfully impacts the lives of young orphans Miles and Flora, who are left in the care of their governess (Stephanie Beacham), and housekeeper...
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Former nun Maria becomes the governess for a large family living in the shadow of their domineering and repressed widower father, Captain Georg von Trapp. Along with the required discipline, Maria brings a love music and light into the children's lives and, eventually, their father. A classic love story that features some of the most beloved songs in musical history.
19) Jane Eyre
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English
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Jane Eyre is the orphan girl who secures a position as a governess to the ward of Edward Rochester, lord of an English manor house call Thornfield, whose halls hide a dark and sinister secret.
20) Jane Eyre
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English
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After a wretched childhood, orphaned Jane Eyre yearns for new experiences. She accepts a governess position at Thornfield Hall, where she tutors a lively French girl named Adele. She soon finds herself falling in love with the brooding master of the house--passionate Mr. Rochester. When Jane saves Rochester from an eerie fire, she begins to supect that there are many mysteries behind the walls of Thornfield Hall.
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