The Favourite

IMDb

7.5/10

Rated

R

The Favourite is a 2018 period black comedy directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. In the court of Queen Anne, played by Olivia Colman in an Oscar-winning role, the ailing monarch relies on her close friend Lady Sarah Churchill, played by Rachel Weisz, to run the country. When Sarah's impoverished cousin Abigail, played by Emma Stone, arrives looking for work, she wins the queen's favour, and the two women begin a cunning and often cruel battle for influence while England is at war.

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