James Ivory

In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.

Dir. Luca Guadagnino · With Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg

After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.

Dir. James Ivory · With James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves

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.

Dir. James Ivory · With Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox

A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.

Dir. James Ivory · With Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham Carter, Anthony Hopkins

When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?

Dir. James Ivory · With Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Maggie Smith

The passionate Merchant-Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Picasso who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty and move on with her life.

Dir. James Ivory · With Anthony Hopkins, Natascha McElhone, Julianne Moore

While visiting her sister in Paris, a young woman finds romance and learns her brother-in-law is a philanderer.

Dir. James Ivory · With Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts, Glenn Close