The Schlegels are an intellectual family of Anglo-German bourgeoisie, while the Wilcoxes are conservative and wealthy, led by hard-headed businessman Henry. In Edwardian Britain, Helen Schlegel becomes engaged to Paul Wilcox during a moment of passion, while staying at the Wilcox family's country home, Howards End. At the 46th British Academy Film Awards, it garnered a leading eleven nominations, winning two awards Best Film, and Best Actress (for Thompson). At the 65th Academy Awards, the film received a leading nine nominations including for the Best Picture, and won three Best Actress (for Thompson), Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published and Best Art Direction.

The film was theatrically released on Main the United States and on May 1, in the United Kingdom to critical acclaim and commercial success, grossing over $32 million on a $8 million budget. Howards End premiered at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or and won the 45th Anniversary Award.

The film's narrative explores class relations in turn-of-the-20th-century Britain, through events in the lives of the Schlegel sisters. Marking Merchant Ivory Productions' third adaptation of a Forster novel (following 1985's A Room with a View, and 1987's Maurice), it was the first film to be released by Sony Pictures Classics. Howards End is a 1992 period romantic drama film directed by James Ivory, from a screenplay written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala based on the 1910 novel of the same name by E.

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