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Movies by Lists - Period Films (236 [358])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
39 Steps, TheRichard Hannay, a mining engineer on holiday from the African colonies, finds London socialite life terribly dull. Yet it's more than he bargained for when secret agent, Scudder, bursts into his room and entrusts him a coded notebook2008James HawesAdventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller6.4 (2.2K votes)9020211228
Abduction Club, TheA group of Irish noblemen kidnap girls in order to marry into their fortune and avoid becoming priests or soldiers.2002Stefan SchwartzAction, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance6.6 (1.8K votes)9620240407
Adam BedeIn rural England in 1799, emotions run high when two men, one rich and one poor, love the same girl, driving the confused girl to drastic measures.1992Giles FosterComedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, War6.6 (216 votes)10220211228
Advocate, The [The Hour of the Pig]In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. However, he is soon drawn into amorous and political intrigues. At the same time, he is pushed to defend a pig, owned by the mysterio1993Leslie MegaheyCrime, Drama, History, Mystery6.6 (2K votes)10220211228
Affair of the Necklace, TheIn pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.2001Charles ShyerDrama, History, Romance6.0 (5.5K votes)11820230728
AmadeusThe life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was insanely jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.1984Milos Forman (*)Biography, Drama, Music8.3 (388.6K votes)16020211228
And Then There Were NoneTen strangers are invited to an island by a mysterious host, and start to get killed one by one. Could one of them be the killer?2015Craig ViveirosCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.9 (36.9K votes)020211228
Anna and the KingThe story of the romance between the King of Siam and widowed British schoolteacher, Anna Leonowens, during the 1860s.1999Andy TennantDrama, History, Romance6.7 (37.5K votes)120220912
Anna KareninaAnna Karenina is the young wife of an older husband. She has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky. By following her desires, Anna complicates her life.1977Basil ColemanDrama, History, Romance7.8 (297 votes)120240916
Anna KareninaTragic Anna leaves her cold husband for dashing Count Vronsky in 19th-century Russia.1985Simon LangtonDrama, Romance6.3 (359 votes)13520231001
Anne of the Thousand DaysKing Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Catharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.1969Charles JarrottBiography, Drama, History7.5 (7.3K votes)14520211228
Anton Chekhov's The DuelIn ANTON CHEKHOV'S THE DUEL, escalating animosity between two men with opposing philosophies of life is played out against the backdrop of a decaying seaside resort along the Black Sea coast. Laevsky is a dissipated romantic given to2010Dover KoshashviliDrama6.9 (674 votes)9520211228
Any Human HeartA novelist's life ricochets from 1920s Paris to '50s New York and '80s London. Along the way he meets Ernest Hemingway, Ian Fleming and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor - the exiled British king and his mistress Wallis Simpson.2010Michael SamuelsDrama, Romance7.8 (2.3K votes)3220240214
Around the World in 80 DaysTo win a bet, an eccentric British inventor, beside his Chinese valet and an aspiring French artist, embarks on a trip full of adventures and dangers around the world in exactly eighty days.2004Frank CoraciAction, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Western5.9 (88.7K votes)12020211228
Arsene LupinAs the daring thief Arsène Lupin (Romain Duris) ransacks the homes of wealthy Parisians, the Police, with a secret weapon in their arsenal, attempt to ferret him out.2004Jean-Paul SaloméAction, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller5.5 (7.1K votes)12520211228
As You Like ItA daughter of the powerful Duke must show her courage and inventiveness to be with the man she loves.2006Kenneth BranaghDrama, Comedy, Romance6.2 (3.3K votes)12720211228
AtonementThirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.2007Joe WrightDrama, Mystery, Romance, War7.8 (268.3K votes)12320211228
AugustineA look at the relationship between pioneering 19th century French neurologist Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot and his star teenage patient, a kitchen maid who is left partially paralyzed after a seizure.2012Alice WinocourDrama, History6.1 (1.5K votes)10220211228
AustenlandObsessed with Pride and Prejudice (1995), a woman travels to a Jane Austen theme park in search for her perfect gentleman.2013Jerusha HessComedy, Romance6.3 (20.3K votes)9720211228
Barchester Chronicles, TheWhen a crusade against the Church of England's practice of self-enrichment misfires, scandal taints the cozy community of Barchester when their local church becomes the object of a scathing, investigative report.1982David GilesDrama8.2 (1.2K votes)020230830
BasilA lonely young aristocrat in turn-of the century England stuggles to meet the approval of his over-bearing, class-conscious father while trying to please the selfish woman he loves.1998Radha BharadwajDrama, Romance5.9 (2K votes)11320220912
Being JuliaSet in 1930s London, this movie involves stage actors and actresses and their experiences with love and revenge.2004István SzabóComedy, Drama, Romance7.0 (12.4K votes)10420211228
Beloved Sisters [Die geliebten Schwestern]The 18th century literary genius Friedrich Schiller falls in love with the sisters Charlotte and Caroline von Lengefeld. After a passionate summer together in a menage a trois, jealousy and rivalry endanger their union.2014Dominik GrafDrama, History, Romance6.1 (1.5K votes)13820211228
Black BeautyThe fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life.1994Caroline ThompsonAdventure, Drama, Family, Romance6.6 (9.9K votes)8820211228
Bostonians, TheA Boston feminist and a conservative Southern lawyer contend for the heart and mind of a beautiful and bright girl unsure of her future.1984James Ivory (*)Drama, Romance6.3 (2K votes)12220211228
Bride of the WindThis movie is a biopic of Alma Mahler, the wife of composer Gustav Mahler (as well as Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel), and the mistress of Oskar Kokoschka.2001Bruce BeresfordBiography, Drama, Music, Romance5.7 (660 votes)9920211228
Brideshead RevisitedTwo young men meet at Oxford. Charles Ryder, though of no family or money, becomes friends with Sebastian Flyte when Sebastian throws up in his college room through an open window. He then invites Charles to lunch after his teddy bea1981Charles Sturridge, Michael Lindsay-HoggDrama, Romance8.5 (7.1K votes)020211228
Bright StarThe three-year romance between 19th-century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne near the end of his life.2009Jane Campion (*)Biography, Drama, Romance6.9 (26.7K votes)11920211228
Brothers Grimm, TheWill and Jake Grimm are traveling con-artists who encounter a genuine fairy-tale curse which requires true courage instead of their usual bogus exorcisms.2005Terry Gilliam (*)Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller5.9 (124.3K votes)11820230806
Burke and HareA black comedy about two nineteenth century grave robbers, who find a lucrative business providing cadavers for an Edinburgh medical school.2010John Landis (*)Comedy, Crime, History, Thriller6.2 (20.1K votes)9120211228
ByronFollowing the success of his poem ""Childe Harold's Pilgrimage"", Byron becomes the toast of London.2003Julian FarinoBiography, Drama, Romance7.0 (1.1K votes)14720240228
CamilleCamille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lov...1984Desmond DavisDrama, Romance6.1 (587 votes)10020240214
CasanovaAfter a life spent seeking pleasure and decadence, Casanova seeks his one true love, Henriette.2005Sheree FolksonBiography, Comedy, Drama, History, Romance7.8 (5.5K votes)020240910
Cater Street Hangman, TheWith the help of a feisty aristocratic woman, a working-class Scotland Yard inspector hunts for a serial killer of young women in Victorian London.1998Sarah HellingsCrime, Mystery7.0 (336 votes)10020240407
Catherine the GreatTrapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become Catherine the Great.1995Marvin J. Chomsky, John GoldsmithBiography, Drama, History, Romance6.2 (1.2K votes)10020211228
Children of the Century, The [Les enfants du siècle]A story of doomed passion between two genius writers of the 19th century - novelist George Sand and poet Alfred de Musset.1999Diane KurysBiography, Drama, Romance6.4 (1.8K votes)13520211228
Claim, TheA prospector who sold his wife and infant daughter in exchange for a mining claim, tries desperately to win them back as he helps to build the Pacific Railroad with a group of pioneer friends.2000Michael WinterbottomDrama, Romance, Western6.4 (6.3K votes)12020211228
Cold MountainIn the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.2003Anthony MinghellaAdventure, Drama, Romance, War7.2 (155.3K votes)15420240219
Copying BeethovenA fictionalized account of the last year of Beethoven's life.2006Agnieszka HollandBiography, Drama, Music6.8 (13.5K votes)10420211228
Count of Monte Cristo, TheA young man, falsely imprisoned by his jealous "friend", escapes and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge.2002Kevin ReynoldsAction, Adventure, Drama, Thriller7.8 (135.1K votes)13120211228
David CopperfieldA gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.2000Peter MedakDrama7.0 (1.2K votes)18020240116
David CopperfieldA gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.1999Simon CurtisDrama7.7 (4.5K votes)020211228
Devil's Violinist, The19th Century violinist and composer Niccolò Paganini incurs the wrath of his diabolical manager while preparing for his debut performance in London, and falling for the daughter of an English impresario.2013Bernard RoseBiography, Drama, Musical6.1 (3.5K votes)12220211228
Dickens of LondonCharles Dickens grew up in a family where his father was larger than life. The elder Dickens is a teller of tales and always seem to have ambitions that are well beyond his means or his capabilities. He is also constantly in debt and1976Marc Miller, Michael FergusonBiography, Drama, Romance7.6 (71 votes)020211228
Doctor ThornePenniless Mary Thorne grows up with her uncle, Doctor Thorne, and develops a friendship with the family at the nearby Greshamsbury Park estate.2016Niall MacCormickDrama7.3 (5.2K votes)220240205
Doctor ZhivagoYoung and beautiful Lara is loved by three men: a revolutionary, a mogul, and a doctor. Their lives become intertwined with the drama of Russian revolution. Doctor Zhivago is about to get married to another when he first lays eyes on2002Giacomo CampiottiDrama, Romance7.4 (5.1K votes)020211228
Dracula UntoldAs his kingdom is being threatened by the Turks, young prince Vlad Tepes must become a monster feared by his own people in order to obtain the power needed to protect his own family, and the families of his kingdom.2014Gary ShoreAction, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, War6.3 (189.6K votes)9220211228
Duchess, TheA chronicle of the life of 18th-century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.2008Saul DibbBiography, Drama, History, Romance6.9 (81.7K votes)11020211228
Edward & Mrs. SimpsonThe events leading to the 1936 abdication of King Edward VIII, who gave up his throne to marry the twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson.1978Waris HusseinDrama, History, Romance7.6 (422 votes)42020220820
Edward the King [Edward the Seventh]The life of Edward VII (1841 - 1910), the King of the United Kingdom. Before becoming the King, he developed a reputation of a playboy, which angered his mother, Queen Victoria. He was a reformer and modernizer, but also an elitist.1975John GorrieBiography, Drama, History, War8.3 (486 votes)020211228
Effie GrayA look at the scandalous love triangle between Victorian art critic John Ruskin (Greg Wise), his teenage bride Euphemia "Effie" Gray (Dakota Fanning), and Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais (Tom Sturridge).2014Richard LaxtonBiography, Drama, Romance6.0 (5.3K votes)10420211228
ElizabethThe early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.1998Shekhar KapurBiography, Drama, History7.4 (97.2K votes)12420211228
Elizabeth - The Golden AgeA mature Queen Elizabeth endures multiple crises late in her reign including court intrigues, an assassination plot, the Spanish Armada, and romantic disappointments.2007Shekhar KapurBiography, Drama, History, War6.8 (70.5K votes)11420211228
Elizabeth IMini-series about the the public and private lives of the later years of Queen Elizabeth I.2005Tom HooperBiography, Drama, History, Romance7.9 (6.6K votes)020211228
Elizabeth R When Elizabeth Tudor comes to the throne, her (male) advisers know she has to marry. Doesn't she? Thus starts a decades-long political/ matrimonial game, during an age of high passions and high achievement.1971Roderick Graham, Richard Martin, Donald McWhinnie, Claude Whatham, Herbert WiseBiography, Drama, History8.7 (1.7K votes)020211228
Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain, TheWhen an English cartographer must tell a Welsh village that their mountain is only a hill, the offended community sets out to change that.1995Christopher MongerComedy, Drama, Romance6.6 (17.2K votes)9920211228
EroicaOn June 9, 1804, Ludwig van Beethoven and his pupil Ries assemble a group of musicians to give the first performance of his Third Symphony, 'Bonaparte', to his patron Prince Lobkowitz and his guests, including hypercritical Count Die2003Simon Cellan JonesDrama, History, Music7.7 (587 votes)12920211228
Ethan FromeA new pastor arrives in a stark Vermont village and is intrigued by crippled, misshapen Ethan Frome living on an isolated, hardscrabble farm with his sickly wife Zeena.1993John MaddenDrama, Romance6.2 (2.1K votes)9920211228
FairyTale - A True StoryIn 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies.1997Charles SturridgeDrama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery6.5 (5.9K votes)9920211228
Far and AwayA young Irish couple flee to the States, but subsequently struggle to obtain land and prosper freely.1992Ron HowardAdventure, Drama, Romance, Western6.6 (62.2K votes)14020211228
Far From the Madding CrowdIn Victorian England, the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer; Frank Troy, a reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and mature bachelor.2015Thomas Vinterberg (*)Drama, Romance7.1 (48.4K votes)11920211228
Far from the Madding CrowdBathsheba Everdene, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and is romantically pursued by three very different men.1967John Schlesinger (*)Drama, History, Romance7.2 (5.8K votes)16820220723
Farewell, My QueenA look at the platonic relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her female readers during the first days of the French Revolution.2012Benoît JacquotDrama, History, Romance6.2 (8.5K votes)10020211228
Fifteen Streets, TheIn northern England around 1900, the worker John O'Brien lives near poverty in a small house in the worker's district. He falls in love with Mary, the teacher of his highly intelligent younger sister Kathy and daughter of a rich f...1989David WheatleyDrama, History, Romance6.9 (571 votes)10420240407
Finding NeverlandThe story of Sir J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.2004Marc ForsterBiography, Drama, Family7.6 (203.7K votes)10620211228
Four Feathers, TheA British officer resigns his post just before battle and subsequently receives four white feathers from his friends and fiancee as symbols of what they believe to be his cowardice.2002Shekhar KapurAction, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War6.5 (33.7K votes)13220211228
FrankensteinWhen the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.1994Kenneth BranaghDrama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi6.4 (54.2K votes)12320211228
From Time to TimeA haunting ghost story spanning two worlds, more than a century apart. When 13-year-old Tolly finds he can mysteriously travel between the two, he begins an adventure that unlocks family secrets laid buried for generations.2009Julian FellowesAdventure, Drama, Fantasy6.7 (5.5K votes)9220240329
Fugitive PiecesA child escapes from Poland during World War II and first heads to Greece before coming of age in Canada.2007Jeremy PodeswaAdventure, Drama, War7.0 (2.5K votes)10420211228
GettysburgIn 1863, the Northern and Southern forces fight at Gettysburg in the decisive battle of the American Civil War.1993Ron MaxwellDrama, History, War7.7 (28.7K votes)27120211228
Girl With a Pearl EarringA young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.2003Peter WebberBiography, Drama, Romance6.9 (76.9K votes)10020211228
Glorious 39The adopted daughter of a privileged British politician uncovers a family secret in the weeks leading up to World War II.2009Stephen PoliakoffDrama, History, Mystery, Thriller, War6.4 (5.6K votes)12920231002
GloryRobert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.1989Edward Zwick (*)Biography, Drama, History, War7.8 (131.7K votes)12220211228
Gods and GeneralsThe rise and fall of confederate general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, as he meets with military success against the Union from 1861 to 1863, when he is accidentally killed by his own soldiers.2003Ron MaxwellBiography, Drama, History, War6.3 (16.1K votes)21920211228
Golden Bowl, TheA man marries an heiress for her money even though he is actually in love with her friend.2000James Ivory (*)Drama, Romance5.9 (4.4K votes)13020211228
Gone with the WindThe manipulative daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a turbulent romance with a roguish profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.1939Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam WoodDrama, History, Romance, War8.1 (306.3K votes)23820211228
Gosford ParkSet in the 1930s, this movie brings a group of pretentious rich and famous together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.2001Robert Altman (*)Comedy, Drama, Mystery7.2 (85.5K votes)13720211228
Goya's GhostsPainter Francisco Goya faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk.2006Milos Forman (*)Biography, Drama, History6.9 (30.4K votes)11320211228
Grand Budapest Hotel, TheA writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.2014Wes Anderson (*)Adventure, Comedy, Crime8.1 (766K votes)9920211228
Great ExpectationsA humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.1989Kevin ConnorDrama7.5 (453 votes)020231101
Great Gatsby, TheStock broker Nick Carraway consents to play Cupid for his rich married cousin Daisy Buchanan and her former love, nouveau riche Jay Gatsby.2000Robert MarkowitzDrama, Romance5.7 (1.9K votes)9020240127
HamletHamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.1990Franco ZeffirelliDrama6.7 (22.2K votes)13520211228
Hard TimesIn the first part of this adaptation by Peter Barnes, we are introduced to Tom and Louisa.1994Peter BarnesDrama6.4 (281 votes)020211228
HeidiAfter charming her reclusive grandfather and falling in love with the beautiful mountain he calls home, Heidi is uprooted and sent to Frankfurt where she befriends Klara, a young girl confined to a wheelchair.1993Michael Ray RhodesDrama, Family7.1 (2K votes)020240622
Henri 4 [Henry Of Navarre]A wide-ranging, energetic period piece tracing the rise of the Protestant Henry of Navarre as he goes from battlefield warrior to France's beloved King Henri IV. Director Jo Baier's epic is a classically-entertaining adventure, albei2010Jo BaierBiography, Drama, War5.8 (1.3K votes)15520220414
Henry VIn the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.1989Kenneth BranaghDrama, History, War7.5 (29.5K votes)13720211228
Henry VIIITwo part mini-series documenting the stormy thirty-eight-year reign of King Henry VIII.2003Pete TravisBiography, Drama, History, Romance7.2 (2.3K votes)19320211228
Henry VIII and His Six WivesOn his deathbed, King Henry VIII looks back over his eventful life and his six marriages.1972Waris HusseinBiography, Drama7.0 (837 votes)12520211228
History of Mr Polly, TheIn the early 1900s Alfred Polly, still hankering after his dream girl Christabel, marries Miriam Larkins and they open a shop, but, as the years go by, the marriage becomes stale and Polly feels trapped. He decides to stage his ow...2007Gillies MacKinnonDrama6.4 (217 votes)12020240709
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, TheA ribald and rowdy romp through the mansions and taverns of Georgian England. Henry Fielding's fallen hero bed-hops his way out of a good home and almost into a hangman's noose, via a series of misadventures and misunderstandings.1997Metin HüseyinAdventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance7.7 (797 votes)020211228
Horseman on the Roof, The [Le hussard sur le toit]In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband.1995Jean-Paul RappeneauAdventure, Drama, Romance, War7.1 (6K votes)11820211228
House Of Mirth, TheA woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.2000Terence Davies (*)Romance, Drama7.0 (7.5K votes)13520211228
Howards EndA businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman.1992James Ivory (*)Drama, Romance7.4 (31.5K votes)14220211228
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The [The Hunchback]Based on the novel, a young gypsy becomes a Minister's obsession in 1483. Only the bell ringer and her husband and the court of miracles can save her.1997Peter MedakDrama, Romance6.1 (1.8K votes)9820240127
I Am DinaDina grows up in a village at a fjord in 1860s north Norway. As child, she accidentally kills her mom and loses her rich dad's love. She grows up to be a clever, pretty, wild, and strange woman. She marries a rich Frenchman.2002Ole Bornedal, Tony SpataroDrama6.6 (5.5K votes)12520211228
I ClaudiusThe history of the Roman Empire as experienced by one of its rulers.1976Herbert WiseBiography, Drama, History8.8 (16.9K votes)020211228
Immortal BelovedThe life and death of the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven. Besides all the work he is known for, the composer once wrote a famous love letter to a nameless beloved, and the movie tries to find out who this beloved was--not easy, as Be1994Bernard RoseBiography, Drama, Music, Romance7.4 (24.5K votes)12120211228
Impressionists, The"Three hour mini-series tells the intimate history of a most illustrious brotherhood of Impressionist artists - Monet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne and Manet. Entirely based on documentary evidence, special effects transport the viewer ins2006Tim DunnDrama8.1 (1.1K votes)020211228
ImpromptuIn 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand.1991James LapineBiography, Comedy, Music, Romance6.9 (5K votes)10720211228
In SecretThérèse grows up with her aunt and cousin. Around 1860 the aunt decides they move to Paris and that her son and Thérèse get married. The joy- and loveless life changes when her husband brings a friend home. The affair turns ugly for 2013Charlie StrattonCrime, Drama, Thriller6.1 (8.4K votes)10720211228
Invisible Woman, TheAt the height of his career, Charles Dickens meets a younger woman who becomes his secret lover until his death.2013Ralph FiennesBiography, Drama, History, Romance6.2 (9.8K votes)11120211228
IvanhoeWilfred of Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars. He finds England under the reign of Prince John and his henchmen and finds himself being involved in the power-struggle fo1982Douglas CamfieldAdventure, Drama, Romance6.7 (4.9K votes)14220211228
IvanhoeAfter returning from the Third Crusade in the Holy Land, Ivanhoe discovers that England is under the rule of the corrupt Prince John.1997Stuart OrmeAdventure, Drama, Romance7.4 (1.1K votes)020211228
Jack the RipperA Scotland Yard police inspector, battling the booze, investigates the Jack the Ripper murders and discovers a conspiracy that leads all the way up to the Queen.1988David WickesCrime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller7.6 (5K votes)020211228
Jane EyreAfter a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.1973Joan CraftDrama, Romance7.5 (509 votes)120240916
Jewel in the Crown, TheThe sweeping drama about the ruling and ruled classes of WWII India, trying amidst the turmoil to come to terms with the drastic changes taking place around them, knowing that their lives will never be the same again.1984Jim O'Brien, Christopher MorahanDrama, History, Romance, War8.4 (2.1K votes)020211228
John AdamsThe life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years.2008Tom HooperBiography, Drama, History8.5 (31.3K votes)020211228
Jonathan Strange & Mr. NorrellIn an alternate history, during the time of real life Napoleonic Wars, two men of destiny, the gifted recluse Mr. Norrell and daring spellcasting novice Jonathan Strange, use magic to help England.2015Toby HaynesFantasy, War8.1 (13.5K votes)2120231001
JudeIn late 1800s England, Jude plans to go to the city and attend university but marries early and becomes a stonemason. When his wife leaves, he moves to the city, where he befriends his liberal cousin Sue.1996Michael WinterbottomDrama, Romance6.9 (10.4K votes)12320211228
Jungle Book, TheRudyard Kipling's classic tale of Mowgli, the orphaned jungle boy raised by wild animals, and how he becomes king of the jungle.1994Stephen SommersAdventure, Family, Romance6.1 (17.5K votes)11120211228
Lady and the Duke [L'Anglaise et le Duc], TheDuring the French Revolution, a Scottish aristocrat and her former lover, the Duke of Orleans, find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict.2001Éric Rohmer (*)Drama, History, Romance, War6.9 (2.7K votes)12920211228
Lady and the Highwayman, TheSwashbuckling tale of romance, betrayal, jealousy, banditry, murder, and court intrigue set in the 1660s, during the Restoration to the English throne of King Charles II.1988John HoughAdventure, Drama, History, Romance5.5 (1.1K votes)9020220414
Lady Chatterley's LoverIn 1913 Connie Reid marries wealthy Nottingham colliery owner Sir Clifford Chatterley but he returns from the Great War disabled and in a wheelchair. Connie is loyal but begins to feel alienated as he engages a nurse, Mrs Bolton, and2015Jed MercurioDrama, Romance6.4 (3.3K votes)8920211228
Lady JaneThe story of Lady Jane Grey, who was Queen of England for only nine days.1986Trevor NunnBiography, Drama, History, Romance7.1 (6.6K votes)13620211228
Lady MacbethIn 19th-century rural England, a young bride who has been sold into marriage discovers an unstoppable desire within herself as she enters into an affair with a worker on her estate.2016William OldroydDrama, Romance6.8 (22.3K votes)8920211228
Lady of the Camelias [La storia vera della signora dalle camelie]A young girl from the provinces, comes to Paris with one goal: to become a part of the rich bourgeoisie. To achieve this she will use her unique beauty and charm.1981Mauro BologniniDrama, Romance6.9 (635 votes)11520211228
Lady Vanishes, TheWhile traveling by train, a young socialite is befriended by a charming yet enigmatic older woman. However, when the woman disappears, the other passengers deny she ever existed.2013Diarmuid LawrenceMystery, Thriller6.1 (2K votes)9020211228
Last Legion, TheAs the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.2007Doug LeflerAction, Adventure, History, War5.4 (37K votes)10120240219
Last Mistress, The [Une vieille maîtresse]Secrets, rumors and betrayals surround the upcoming marriage between a young dissolute man and virtuous woman of the French aristocracy.2007Catherine BreillatDrama, Romance6.3 (3.5K votes)11520211228
Last of the Mohicans, TheThree trappers protect the daughters of a British Colonel in the midst of the French and Indian War.1992Michael Mann (*)Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War7.7 (163.4K votes)11220211228
Last Sin Eater, TheIn seeking her own redemption from the man of whom she is most afraid, ten-year-old Cadi Forbes discovers a secret sin haunting her community of Welsh immigrants in 1850s Appalachia.2007Michael Landon Jr.Drama5.7 (2K votes)11720240501
Les MiserablesValjean, a former criminal, has atoned for his past and now finds himself in the midst of the French Revolution, avoiding a law-obsessed policeman hell-bent on capturing him.1998Bille AugustCrime, Drama, History, Romance7.4 (40.6K votes)13420211228
Les MiserablesThe scene is set during the French Restoration at the beginning of the 19th century. Jean Valjean, a galley slave who was sent to prison for stealing food, is now released after serving nineteen years. At first he only encounter mist2000Josée DayanDrama, History7.7 (4.4K votes)020211228
Les MiserablesJean Valjean (Richard Jordan), convicted of stealing bread, is hounded for several decades by the relentless and cruel Policeman Javert (Anthony Perkins).1978Glenn JordanDrama, History7.3 (1.7K votes)15020211228
Libertine, TheThe story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.2004Laurence DunmoreBiography, Drama, History, Romance6.3 (35.9K votes)11420211228
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, TheA young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.2001Stephen WhittakerComedy, Drama7.5 (1.1K votes)20020240727
Little WomenLouisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are at home with their mot...1978David Lowell Rich, Gordon HesslerDrama, Family, Romance6.8 (268 votes)020221116
LongitudeIn two parallel stories, the clockmaker John Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea in the 18th Century and the horologist Rupert Gould becomes obsessed with restoring it in the 20th Century.2000Charles SturridgeDrama, History7.8 (2.3K votes)20020220731
Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, TheA rebellious socialite defies social conventions for a once-in-a-lifetime shot at true love, only to see her hopes shattered after a priceless diamond vanishes into thin air. Adapted from a long-lost Tennessee Williams screenplay.2008Jodie MarkellDrama, Romance5.8 (2.6K votes)10220211228
Lost Prince, TheThe true story of the British royal Prince locked away because of having epilepsy.2003Stephen PoliakoffBiography, Drama7.7 (1.9K votes)18020220315
Love & FriendshipLady Susan Vernon takes up temporary residence at her in-laws' estate and, while there, is determined to be a matchmaker for her daughter Frederica -- and herself too, naturally.2016Whit StillmanComedy, Drama, Romance6.4 (25.8K votes)9020230730
LutherDuring the early sixteenth century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the Catholic Church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.2003Eric TillBiography, Drama, History6.6 (15.2K votes)12320211228
MacbethMacbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.2015Justin KurzelDrama, History, War6.6 (55.6K votes)11320211228
Mad Love [Juana La Loca]The love story that transformed Juana, Queen of Spain, into Juana "the Mad". A story of passions, lies and jealousy with a political motive behind.2001Vicente ArandaBiography, Drama, History, Romance6.6 (3.8K votes)11520211228
Madame BovaryBored in her marriage to a country doctor and stifled by life in a small town, the restless Emma Bovary pursues her dreams of passion and excitement, whatever they may cost.2014Sophie BarthesDrama, Romance5.7 (8.2K votes)11820211228
Madness of King George, TheWhen King George III goes mad, his Lieutenants try to adjust the rules to run the country without his participation.1994Nicholas HytnerBiography, Comedy, Drama, History7.2 (16.4K votes)11020211228
Magnificent Ambersons, TheThe spoiled rotten and utterly unlikable rich kid George Amberson becomes horrified when his recently widowed mother rekindles her relationship with the wealthy Eugene Morgan, who she left decades earlier in order to marry George'...2002Alfonso ArauDrama, Romance5.8 (899 votes)15020230328
Man For All Seasons, AThe story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry.1966Fred Zinnemann (*)Biography, Drama, History7.7 (33.8K votes)12020211228
Man from Snowy River, TheIn 1880s Australia, after young Jim Craig's father dies, he takes a job at the Harrison cattle ranch, where he is forced to become a man.1982George Miller (*)Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western7.2 (10K votes)10220240407
Man In The Iron Mask, TheThe cruel King Louis XIV of France has a secret twin brother whom he keeps imprisoned. Can the twin be substituted for the real king?1998Randall WallaceAction, Adventure, Drama6.5 (164K votes)13220211228
Man Who Cried, TheA young refugee traveling from Russia to America in search of her lost father falls for a gypsy horseman.2000Sally PotterDrama, Music, Romance, War6.2 (15.1K votes)10020211228
Martin ChuzzlewitOld Martin Chuzzlewit is nearing his death. Who will inherit his riches? With such a prize to play for, the Chuzzlewit family bring forth all of their cunning, greed and selfishness. Adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens.1994Pedr JamesDrama8.1 (950 votes)020240116
Mary ReillyA housemaid falls in love with Dr. Henry Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Edward Hyde.1996Stephen Frears (*)Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller5.8 (15K votes)10820220806
Mary, Queen of ScotsDuring the sixteenth century, the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots engages in over two decades of religious and political conflict with her cousin, the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England, amidst political intrigue in her native lan1971Charles JarrottBiography, Drama, History7.2 (4.3K votes)12820211228
Master and Commander The Far Side of the WorldDuring the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.2003Peter Weir (*)Action, Adventure, Drama, War7.4 (214.8K votes)13820211228
MaverickBret Maverick, needing money for a poker tournament, faces various comic mishaps and challenges, including a charming woman thief.1994Richard DonnerAction, Adventure, Comedy, Western7.0 (108.8K votes)12720211228
Mayor of Casterbridge, TheA drunken farm worker sells his wife and child at a market and begins a new life of wealth and respect as the Mayor of Casterbridge. However, his past returns to haunt him when he is reunited with his family, with unexpected conse...2003David ThackerDrama7.7 (1.6K votes)19620240715
Merchant of Venice, TheIn 16th century Venice, when a merchant must default on a large loan from an abused Jewish moneylender for a friend with romantic ambitions, the bitterly vengeful creditor demands a gruesome payment instead.2004Michael RadfordDrama, Romance7.0 (36.2K votes)13120211228
MesmerA biography of the 18-century Viennese physician Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of ""animal magnetism.""1994Roger SpottiswoodeBiography, Drama5.9 (1.1K votes)10720240222
Messenger, The - The Story of Joan of ArcA young girl receives a vision that drives her to rid France of its oppressors.1999Luc Besson (*)Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War6.4 (66K votes)14820211228
Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, TheA young girl receives a vision that drives her to rid France of its oppressors.1999Luc Besson (*)Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War6.4 (65.9K votes)14820211228
MiddlemarchMiddlemarch is a story of provincial life on the brink of momentous change and a deeply moving saga about a group of people striving to give meaning and value to their lives during the Industrial Revolution.1994Anthony PageDrama, History, Romance7.4 (2.5K votes)020211228
Miniaturist, TheA young woman moves to 17th century Amsterdam and hires a mysterious local miniaturist to furnish the dollhouse she received from her merchant husband as a present, but the lifelike miniatures somehow start eerily foreshadowing her f2017Guillem MoralesDrama, Mystery7.0 (5K votes)020211228
Moby DickThe sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.2011Mark Barker, Mike BarkerAdventure, Drama6.2 (1.9K votes)020211228
ModiglianiThe story of Amedeo Modigliani's bitter rivalry with Pablo Picasso, and his tragic romance with Jeanne Hebuterne.2004Mick DavisBiography, Drama7.3 (11.6K votes)12820211228
Moonstone, TheWhen the fabulous Moonstone diamond is stolen, all the suspects appear to have alibis. Even the young girl who owns the diamond won't say whom she saw took it. A dear family friend calls in the famous Sergeant Cuff to solve the ca...1996Robert BiermanCrime, Drama, Mystery6.6 (544 votes)11220240407
Mozart's Sister [Nannerl, la soeur de Mozart]A reimagined account of the early life of Maria Anna 'Nannerl' Mozart, five years older than Wolfgang, and a musical prodigy in her own right.2010René FéretBiography, Drama, Music, Romance6.4 (1.5K votes)12020211228
Mr. TurnerAn exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life.2014Mike Leigh (*)Biography, Drama, History6.8 (25.5K votes)15020211228
Mrs DallowayIn 1923 London, socialite Clarissa Dalloway's (Vanessa Redgrave's) well-planned party is overshadowed by the return of an old suitor she had known thirty-three years earlier.1997Marleen GorrisDrama, Romance6.7 (3.8K votes)9720211228
Mrs. BrownWhen Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert dies, she finds solace in her trusted servant, Mr. John Brown, but their relationship also brings scandal and turmoil.1997John MaddenBiography, Drama, History, Romance7.2 (14.2K votes)10120211228
Murder On The Home FrontSet during the London Blitz of 1940, this is a world where people live life in the moment. It is also a world where criminals can use the blackout and devastation to hide their darkest activities.2013Geoffrey SaxCrime, Mystery, Thriller6.7 (1.8K votes)9120211228
My AntoniaLife in rural Nebraska in the late 1890s.1995Joseph SargentDrama6.1 (262 votes)10020240622
My Boy JackAuthor Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 18-year-old son after he goes missing during World War I.2007Brian KirkBiography, Drama, History, War7.1 (5.6K votes)9520240407
My Brilliant CareerA proud young woman in early 20th century Australia must choose between marriage and independence.1979Gillian ArmstrongBiography, Drama, Romance7.2 (4.2K votes)10020211228
NapoleonA masterful soldier, tactician and statesmen, Napoleon Bonaparte's courage and love for his country sees him rise from an unpaid general consumed with ambition to the most powerful man in Europe, then his fall, and exile2002Yves SimoneauAdventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War7.4 (4.4K votes)020211228
NeverlandSome places may look familiar. Some characters may ring a bell. But in this world, where time stands still, an adventure awaits like none you've ever seen before.2011Nick WillingAdventure, Fantasy6.4 (10.2K votes)020211228
Nicholas and AlexandraTsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.1971Franklin J. Schaffner (*)Biography, Drama, History, War7.2 (4.8K votes)18320211228
Nicholas NicklebyA young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.1977Christopher BarryDrama7.2 (158 votes)020240810
Nicholas NicklebyA young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-heartedly grasping uncle.2002Douglas McGrathAdventure, Drama, Romance7.2 (12.4K votes)13220211228
Old Curiosity Shop_ TheA kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.2007Brian PercivalDrama6.5 (713 votes)9320211228
Oliver TwistAn orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.1997Tony BillAdventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy6.2 (1.9K votes)9120240116
Oscar and LucindaIn mid-1800s England, Oscar is a young Anglican priest, a misfit and an outcast, but with the soul of an angel. As a boy, even though from a strict Pentecostal family, he felt God told him through a sign to leave his father and his f1997Gillian ArmstrongDrama, Romance6.6 (6.8K votes)13220220414
Other Boleyn Girl, TheTwo sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII.2008Justin ChadwickBiography, Drama, History, Romance6.7 (110.2K votes)11520211228
Parade's EndRevolves around a love triangle between a conservative English aristocrat, his mean socialite wife and a young suffragette.2012Susanna WhiteAction, Drama, Romance, War7.5 (10.8K votes)120240701
Pascali's IslandA secret agent in Turkey is persuaded by his superiors to assist a couple of English cons in the theft of a priceless Greek statue.1988James DeardenDrama6.8 (1.2K votes)10420211228
PersuasionEight years earlier, Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, was persuaded to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a young seaman, who, though promising, had poor family connections. When 1971Howard BakerHistory, Romance6.6 (515 votes)020211228
Pickwick Papers, TheThe story follows Samuel Pickwick and three other members of The Pickwick Club as they travel throughout the English countryside by coach observing the phenomena of life and human nature, and recording their experiences for the ot...1985Brian LighthillDrama7.1 (276 votes)020240116
Plunkett & MacleaneTwo robbers are persecuted by the law, whose servants are not much better and even worse.1999Jake ScottAction, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama6.4 (10K votes)9920211228
Prestige, TheAfter a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.2006Christopher Nolan (*)Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.5 (1.3M votes)13020211228
Princes in the TowerSixteen years after the presumed deaths of the two boy princes held captive in the Tower, Perkin Warbeck makes his claim to the throne as the rightful King Richard. Did the younger brother survive? Is he an impostor? Or is he, as ...2005Justin HardyDrama7.4 (137 votes)12020231013
Princess Kaiulani [Princess Ka'iulani]The true story of a Hawaiian princess' attempts to maintain the independence of the island against the threat of American colonization.2009Marc ForbyBiography, Drama, History, Romance6.1 (1.9K votes)13020240519
Princess of Montpensier, The [La princesse de Montpensier]Based on the classic didactic novel, the action centers on the noble lady who soon becomes exposed to the sexual and political intrigues of the French court of the religious wars era.2010Bertrand TavernierAction, Drama, History, Romance, War6.5 (3.9K votes)13920211228
RasputinHBO biopic about the infamous "mad monk" Rasputin from the court of Czar Nicholas II in Russia.1996Uli EdelBiography, Drama, History7.0 (3.7K votes)13520211228
RebeccaA British gentleman's innocent bride grapples with intrusive reminders of his deceased wife.1997Jim O'BrienDrama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller7.3 (1.5K votes)020230728
Remains of The Day, TheA butler who sacrificed body and soul to service in the years leading up to World War II realizes too late how misguided his loyalty was to his lordly employer.1993James Ivory (*)Drama, Romance7.8 (71.8K votes)13420211228
Return of the Native, TheReddleman Diggory Venn drives slowly across the heath, carrying a hidden passenger in the back of his van. When darkness falls, the country folk light bonfires on the hills, emphasizing the pagan spirit of the heath and its denizens.1994Jack GoldDrama6.1 (687 votes)10120211228
RidiculeTo get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.1996Patrice LeconteComedy, Drama, History, Romance7.4 (7.5K votes)10220211228
Rob RoyIn 1713 Scotland, Rob Roy MacGregor is wronged by a nobleman and his nephew, becomes an outlaw in search of revenge while fleeing the Redcoats, and faces charges of being a Jacobite.1995Michael Caton-JonesAdventure, Biography, Drama, History6.9 (42.3K votes)13920211228
Ruby in the Smoke, TheIn Victorian England, a young woman searches for a priceless ruby and uncovers even greater mysteries.2006Brian PercivalCrime, Drama, Mystery6.6 (997 votes)9520240403
Sarah, Plain and TallA single New England woman responds to an advertisement by a Midwestern widower in which he asks for a bride to help him raise his two children.1991Glenn JordanDrama, Family, Romance7.3 (2.3K votes)9820230728
Scarlet and BlackThe story of an ambitious but impoverished young man who seduces women of social class in order to improve his own prospects in 19th century France.1993Ben BoltDrama, Romance7.1 (465 votes)020211228
Secret Garden, TheMary Lennox is sent to live at Misselthwaite Manor where she befriends a young boy and learns about a secret garden.1987Alan GrintFamily, Drama7.1 (1.9K votes)10020240214
Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton, TheIn 19th century Victorian England, Mrs. Isabella Beeton produced what became an essential book for housewives of the day. She was married at a relatively young age to Sam Beeton, a publisher of books and magazines on a variety of ...2006Jon JonesBiography7.3 (334 votes)8520240715
Sense and SensibilityMrs. Dashwood and her two daughters, Elinor and Marianne, are faced with the prospect of Mrs. Dashwood's stepson and his wife moving into their home at Norland.1971David GilesDrama, Romance6.7 (182 votes)020211228
Shadow of the Tower, TheA series of dramas by various writers recording the key events in the reign of Henry Tudor and his founding of the Tudor Dynasty1972Prudence Fitzgerald, Moira Armstrong, Anthea Browne-Wilkinson, Darrol Blake, Joan Kemp-WelchBiography, Drama, History7.8 (192 votes)020211228
SilkThe story of a married silkworm merchant-turned-smuggler in 19th century France traveling to Japan for his town's supply of silkworms after a disease wipes out their African supply. During his stay in Japan, he becomes obsessed with 2007François GirardDrama, Romance5.9 (11.3K votes)10720211228
Sleeping Dictionary, TheA young Englishman is sent to Malaysian Borneo in the 1930s to stay with a tribe as UK's colonial representative. A local woman (J.Alba) helps him understand local tradition and language. He falls in love with her etc. despite the ta2003Guy JenkinDrama, Romance6.6 (8.5K votes)10920211228
Sleepy HollowIchabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people, with the culprit being the legendary apparition, The Headless Horseman.1999Tim Burton (*)Fantasy, Horror, Mystery7.3 (349.1K votes)10520211228
Snow QueenA young woman must journey through the seasons to rescue her boyfriend who has been kidnapped by the evil Snow Queen.2002David WuAdventure, Family, Fantasy6.5 (3.4K votes)4220231120
Snow White - The Fairest of Them All [Snow White]Snow White's mother dies during childbirth, leaving baby Snow and father John for dead on an icy field, who then receives a visit from one of Satan's representatives, granting him three wishes.2001Caroline ThompsonAdventure, Family, Fantasy5.7 (4.9K votes)9320240511
Somewhere in TimeA Chicago playwright uses self-hypnosis to travel back in time and meet the actress whose vintage portrait hangs in a grand hotel.1980Jeannot SzwarcDrama, Fantasy, Romance7.2 (28.5K votes)10320211228
SommersbyA farmer returns home from the Civil War, but his wife begins to suspect that the man is an impostor.1993Jon AmielDrama, Mystery, Romance6.2 (21.5K votes)11420211228
SongcatcherAfter being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist, impulsively visits her sister, who runs a struggling rural school in Appalachia. There she stumbles upon the disco...2000Maggie GreenwaldDrama, Music7.3 (3.7K votes)10920240407
Stage BeautyA female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desdemona in Othello. But what will become of the male actor she once worked for and eventually replaced?2004Richard EyreDrama7.1 (10.7K votes)10620240407
Story of Adele H, The [L'histoire d'Adèle H]The story of Adèle Hugo's unrequited love for a lieutenant.1975François Truffaut (*)Biography, Drama, History7.3 (8K votes)9620211228
Summer in FebruaryA true tale of love, liberty and scandal amongst the Edwardian artists' colony in Cornwall2013Christopher MenaulBiography, Drama, Romance5.6 (4.3K votes)10020240229
Summer Story, AAshton and his best friend are hiking across Dartmoor when he twists his ankle. Ashton goes for help at a nearby farmhouse, where he stays for a few days and falls in love with Megan.1988Piers HaggardDrama, Romance7.3 (1K votes)9520211228
SunshineThe fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.1999István SzabóDrama, History, Romance, War7.5 (15K votes)18120220414
Tale of Two Cities, AAn ex-aristocrat from France and an alcoholic English lawyer find themselves crossing paths and in love with the same woman during the French Revolution.1980Jim GoddardDrama, History, Romance, War6.6 (988 votes)16220240116
Tale of Two Cities, ATwo men, one an aristocrat, and one a drunken lawyer, fall in love with the same woman during the early stages of the French Revolution.1989Philippe MonnierDrama, History, Romance, War7.1 (391 votes)020240116
Tale of Two Cities, AAn ex-aristocrat from France and an alcoholic English lawyer find themselves crossing paths and in love with the same woman during the French Revolution.1980Jim GoddardDrama, History, Romance, War6.6 (835 votes)16220211228
TessA strong-willed young peasant girl attracts the affection of two men.1979Roman Polanski (*)Drama, Romance7.3 (16.3K votes)18620211228
Tess of the D'UrbervillesA free-spirited yet naive country girl is caught between her wealthy, manipulative "cousin" Alec and the handsome, educated farmer Angel Clare in this Victorian tragedy from novelist Thomas Hardy.1998Ian SharpDrama, Romance7.7 (2K votes)18020211228
Testament of YouthA British woman recalls coming of age during World War I - a story of young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times.2014James KentBiography, Drama, History, War7.3 (28.3K votes)12920211228
TitanicA seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.1997James Cameron (*)Drama, Romance7.8 (1.1M votes)19420211228
To Kill a KingA recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I.2003Mike BarkerBiography, Drama, History, War6.2 (3.2K votes)10220211228
To the Ends of the EarthIn 1812, young British aristocrat Edmund Talbot travels by ship to Australia, and learns more about himself and about life than he had ever bargained for.2005David AttwoodDrama7.2 (2.3K votes)020211228
Tom Brown's SchooldaysDrama about life at Rugby School in Victorian England. The headmaster is fair but not effective and life is brutal for the young boys because of bullying and its consequences. The acting and character development are good and the rol2005David MooreDrama7.4 (1K votes)9320211228
Treasure IslandIn 1765, young English boy Jim Hawkins gets involved with buccaneers during his quest to find pirate Captain Flint's treasure buried on a secret island.2012Steve BarronAction, Adventure, History, Mystery, Thriller6.2 (6.1K votes)18020220414
TutankhamunThe remarkable story of the chance meeting that transformed penniless, ostracised archaeologist Howard Carter into a household name following his discovery of the tomb of the boy-king, Tutankhamun.2016Peter WebberDrama, History, Romance7.1 (2.4K votes)18020230921
ValmontFrance before 1789: When a widow hears that her lover is to marry her cousin's daughter, she asks the playboy Valmont to take the girl's virginity. But first she bets him, with her body as prize, to seduce a virtuous, young, married 1989Milos Forman (*)Drama, Romance7.0 (13.3K votes)13720211228
Vanity FairGrowing up poor in London, Becky Sharp defies her poverty-stricken background and ascends the social ladder alongside her best friend, Amelia Sedley.2004Mira NairDrama6.2 (22.3K votes)14120211228
VatelVatel is the cook of Prince Condé. When the prince invites Louis XIV to hunt, he has to give lavish banquets in order to fall in his favor. But when Vatel falls in love with the king's mistress, love and duty come into conflict.2000Roland Joffé (*)Biography, Drama, Romance6.6 (7.7K votes)10320211228
Very Long Engagement, ATells the story of a young woman's relentless search for her fiancé, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One.2004Jean-Pierre JeunetDrama, Mystery, Romance, War7.6 (73K votes)13320211228
Village, TheA series of events tests the beliefs of a small isolated countryside village.2004M. Night Shyamalan (*)Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.5 (254.9K votes)10820211228
Virgin Queen, TheFrom teenage princess to accomplished queen, torn between duty and personal longing, the reign of Elizabeth I is exposed in this lavish drama filmed against a backdrop of some of Great Britain's most beautiful houses and landscapes.2006Coky GiedroycBiography, Drama, History, Romance7.5 (3K votes)020211228
War & PeaceAs the Russian conflict with Napoleon reaches its peak, five aristocratic families face the possibility of their lives being changed forever.2016Tom HarperDrama, History, Romance, War8.1 (25.2K votes)36020230921
War and PeaceThe story of five aristocratic families in Russia during the Napoleonic Wars of 18122007Robert DornhelmDrama, History, Romance, War7.2 (2.1K votes)120240407
Washington SquareIn this adaptation of the Henry James novel set in 19th-century New York City, a wealthy spinster with an overbearing father is pursued by a handsome fortune hunter who may be only after her money.1997Agnieszka HollandDrama, Romance6.7 (3.4K votes)11520211228
Where Angels Fear to TreadAfter a rich Edwardian widow impulsively marries a handsome but poor Tuscan dentist and dies in childbirth, her English in-laws try to gain custody of the baby.1991Charles SturridgeDrama, Romance6.3 (2.5K votes)11620240622
The White QueenThree different, yet equally relentless women vie for the throne in 15th-century England.2013Colin Teague, James Kent, Jamie PayneDrama, History, Romance, War7.7 (30.3K votes)138020230921
Wings Of The Dove, TheAn impoverished woman who has been forced to choose between a privileged life with her wealthy aunt and her journalist lover, befriends an American heiress. When she discovers the heiress is attracted to her own lover and is dying, s1997Iain SoftleyDrama, Romance7.1 (12.2K votes)10220211228
Winslow Boy, TheFollowing the theft of a postal order, a 14-year-old cadet is expelled from Naval College. To save the honour of the boy and his family, the pre-eminent barrister of the day is engaged to take on the might of the Admiralty.1999David MametDrama, Romance7.3 (9K votes)10420211228
Wuthering HeightsA poor boy of unknown origins is rescued from poverty and taken in by the Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy.2011Andrea ArnoldDrama, Romance6.0 (10K votes)12920211228
Young Goethe in Love [Goethe!]After aspiring poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe fails his law exams, he's sent to a sleepy provincial court to reform. Instead, he falls for Lotte, a young woman who is promised to another man.2010Philipp StölzlBiography, Romance6.6 (3.1K votes)10220240407
Young Visiters, TheNine-year-old Daisy wrote a novel in 1890 about an awkward gentleman meeting a young lady on a train. He invites her to his London home. She wants to meet high society, so he takes her to a lord's country estate.2003David YatesComedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy6.7 (528 votes)9020211228
Emily of New Moon1998nanDrama7.4 (Unkn) Excluded
The Forsyte Saga1967nanDrama, Romance8.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Garrow's Law2009nanBiography, Drama, History8.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Poldark1975nanDrama, History, Romance8.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Road to Avonlea1990nanAdventure, Drama, Family, Mystery, Romance8.5 (Unkn) Excluded
A Room with a View2007Nicholas RentonDrama6.2 (Unkn) Excluded
Titanic1996nanAction, Drama, History, Romance5.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Upstairs, Downstairs1971nanDrama8.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Victoria & Albert2001nanBiography, Drama, History, Romance7.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Ballet Shoes1975nanDrama, Family7.0 (Unkn) Excluded
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man2006Philippa LowthorpeDrama, History7.0 (Unkn) Excluded
David Copperfield1974nanDrama7.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale2003Philip SavilleAdventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy6.9 (Unkn) Excluded
In a Savage Land1999Bill BennettAdventure, Drama6.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Island at War2004nanDrama, War7.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Lorna Doone1990Andrew GrieveDrama, Romance5.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Love in a Cold Climate1980nanDrama7.6 (Unkn) Excluded
The Pallisers1974nanDrama, Romance8.1 (Unkn) Excluded
The Queen's Sister2005Simon Cellan JonesBiography, Comedy, Drama, Romance6.3 (Unkn) Excluded
The Woodlanders1997Phil AglandDrama, Romance6.2 (Unkn) Excluded
Young Catherine1991Michael AndersonBiography, Drama, History7.4 (Unkn) Excluded
All Forgotten2001Reverge AnselmoDrama, Romance, War4.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Lady Audley's Secret2000Betsan Morris EvansDrama6.0 (Unkn) Excluded
The House of Eliott1991nanDrama8.1 (Unkn) Excluded
The Last of the Mohicans1971nanAdventure, Drama, War, Western6.9 (Unkn) Excluded
The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby2012nanDrama7.4 (Unkn) Excluded
The Portrait of a Lady1968nanDrama6.8 (Unkn) Excluded
The Clandestine Marriage1998Christopher MilesComedy5.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Hornblower: The Even Chance1998Andrew GrieveAdventure, Drama, War8.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant1998Andrew GrieveAdventure, Drama, War8.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil1999Andrew GrieveAdventure, Drama, War7.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters1999Andrew GrieveAdventure, Drama, War7.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Hornblower: Mutiny2001Andrew GrieveAdventure, Drama, History, War8.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Hornblower: Retribution2001Andrew GrieveAdventure, Drama, War8.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Hornblower: Loyalty2003Andrew GrieveAdventure, Drama, War8.0 (Unkn) Excluded
Hornblower: Duty2003Andrew GrieveAdventure, Drama, War7.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal2000nanBiography, Drama, History, Romance7.0 (Unkn) Excluded
Stranded2002Charles BeesonAdventure, Drama6.5 (Unkn) Excluded
The Dark Angel1989nanDrama, Mystery, Thriller7.2 (Unkn) Excluded
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman1993nanDrama, Family, Western6.8 (Unkn) Excluded
The Wonderful World of Disney: The Miracle Worker2000Nadia TassAdventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy7.1 (Unkn) Excluded
The Moth1997nanDrama7.4 (Unkn) Excluded
The Shadow in the North2007John AlexanderAdventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.4 (Unkn) Excluded
First Knight1995Jerry ZuckerAction, Adventure, Drama, Romance6.0 (Unkn) Excluded
The Borgias1981nanBiography, Drama, History7.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Sunday Premiere: The Monocled Mutineer1986nannan8.2 (Unkn) Excluded
Secret Army1977nanDrama, History, War8.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Tenko1981nanDrama, War8.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Arthur of the Britons1972nanAdventure, Drama, Fantasy7.6 (Unkn) Excluded
A Family at War1970nanDrama, History, War7.7 (Unkn) Excluded
Colditz1972nanDrama, History, War8.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Colditz2005nanDrama, War6.7 (Unkn) Excluded
Dick Turpin1979nanAction, Adventure, Biography, Comedy, History7.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Hard Times1977nanDrama7.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Lost Empires1986nanDrama7.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Piece of Cake1988nanDrama, War8.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Robin of Sherwood1984nanAction, Drama, Fantasy8.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Testament of Youth1979nanDrama, Romance, War8.5 (Unkn) Excluded
The Brontës of Haworth1973nanBiography, Drama, Romance7.1 (Unkn) Excluded
The Cinder Path1994nanDrama, Romance, War6.6 (Unkn) Excluded
The Gambling Man1995nanDrama7.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Troubles1988nanDrama6.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Vanity Fair1967nanDrama7.5 (Unkn) Excluded
The Girl1996David WheatleyDrama7.2 (Unkn) Excluded
The Making of a Lady2012Richard Curson SmithDrama6.7 (Unkn) Excluded
The Old Curiosity Shop1979nanAdventure, Drama, Family7.0 (Unkn) Excluded
The Old Curiosity Shop1995Kevin ConnorDrama7.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Titanic: Blood and Steel2012nanDrama7.2 (Unkn) Excluded
Dancing on the Edge2013nanDrama7.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Mr Selfridge2013nanDrama, History7.7 (Unkn) Excluded
The Onedin Line1971nanAdventure, Drama, Romance7.6 (Unkn) Excluded
When the Boat Comes In1976nanDrama, History8.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Captains and the Kings1976nanDrama7.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Sleepy Hollow2013nanAction, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller7.3 (Unkn) Excluded
The Musketeers2014nanAdventure, Drama7.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Reign2013nanDrama7.5 (Unkn) Excluded
The Christmas Candle2013John StephensonDrama, Family6.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Vanity Fair1987nanDrama8.0 (Unkn) Excluded
Jamaica Inn2014nanDrama, History, Mystery, Romance6.4 (Unkn) Excluded
When Calls the Heart2014nanDrama, History, Romance7.9 (Unkn) Excluded
A Place to Call Home2013nanDrama8.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Wolf Hall2015nanBiography, Drama, History8.1 (Unkn) Excluded
The Knick2014nanDrama, History8.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Muhtesem Yüzyil2011nanBiography, Drama, History, Romance, War6.9 (Unkn) Excluded
The Great Fire2014nanDrama, History5.9 (Unkn) Excluded
The Secret River2015nanAdventure, Drama, History7.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Affinity2008Tim FywellDrama, Romance6.2 (Unkn) Excluded
Colour Blind1998nanDrama7.3 (Unkn) Excluded
The Dwelling Place1994nanDrama7.1 (Unkn) Excluded
David Copperfield2009Ambrogio Lo GiudiceDrama6.7 (Unkn) Excluded
The Frankenstein Chronicles2015nanCrime, Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery7.2 (Unkn) Excluded
The Land Girls1998David LelandDrama, Romance, War6.2 (Unkn) Excluded
Jacquou le croquant2007Laurent BoutonnatAdventure, Drama6.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Poldark2015nanDrama, Romance8.3 (Unkn) Excluded
The Black Arrow1972nanAdventure, Family7.0 (Unkn) Excluded
Oliver Twist1985nanDrama7.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Banished2015nanDrama, History7.4 (Unkn) Excluded
The Outcast2015nanDrama7.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Isabel2011nanBiography, History8.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Rag Nymph1997nanDrama, History7.4 (Unkn) Excluded
The Mystery of Edwin Drood1993Timothy ForderCrime, Drama, Mystery6.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Against the Wind1978nanDrama, History, Western8.2 (Unkn) Excluded
Versailles2015nanBiography, Drama, History, Romance, War7.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Muhtesem Yüzyil: Kösem2015nanDrama, History, Romance6.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Jericho2016nanDrama, Western6.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Turn2014nanDrama, History, War8.1 (Unkn) Excluded
The Hanging Gale1995nanDrama, History7.9 (Unkn) Excluded
The Crimson Field2014nanDrama, War7.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Houdini and Doyle2016nanCrime, Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery7.2 (Unkn) Excluded
Underground2016nanAdventure, Drama, History, Thriller7.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Black Sails2014nanAction, Adventure, Drama8.2 (Unkn) Excluded
Gran Hotel2011nanCrime, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance8.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries2012nanCrime, Drama, History, Mystery8.2 (Unkn) Excluded
The Halcyon2017nanDrama, War7.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Wind at My Back1996nanDrama7.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Medici2016nanBiography, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance, Thriller7.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Ekaterina2014nanBiography, Drama, History8.0 (Unkn) Excluded
Mercy Street2016nanDrama, History7.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Howards End2017nanDrama, Romance7.2 (Unkn) Excluded
The Moonstone2016nanCrime, Drama, Mystery6.1 (Unkn) Excluded
The Moonstone1972nanDrama7.5 (Unkn) Excluded
The Luminaries2020nanAdventure, Drama, Mystery6.4 (Unkn) Excluded