Period drama movies and TV shows – page 2
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In Mansfield Park, poverty-stricken Fanny Price is sent away to live with her wealthy uncle and aunt at Mansfield Park. As she struggles to adapt to her new lifestyle she begins to attract the attentions of suitors, learning about the sexual ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, realistic, stylized, witty ...
Plot:
love triangle, couples, couple relations, love and romance, fall in love, class differences, unrequited love, social differences, society, unfulfilled love, estate, infidelity ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, regency period ...
Place:
england, europe, britain
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112K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Russia
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Trapped in a loveless marriage, aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, sentimental, historical drama, colorful ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
high society, forbidden love, imperial russia, infidelity, tragic love, aristocracy, marriage, suicide, adultery, cuckolded husband, love, depression ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, year 2012, 1800s ...
Place:
moscow russia, russia, st. petersburg russia, europe
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 276 min.
TV show
Story:
In 2002, the first two books and the first interlude of John Galsworthy's trilogy The Forsyte Saga were adapted by Granada Television for the ITV network. Additional funding for this production was provided by American PBS station WGBH, the ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, realistic, family saga, serious ...
Plot:
love affair, high society, forbidden love, love and romance, victorian england, couple relations, parents and children, society, unfulfilled love, rich and poor, family relations, power relations ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 20th century, 1920s, 1800s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
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28K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Hungary, Belgium
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
French novelist, Colette, overcomes an abusive marriage to emerge as a leading writer in her country and a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Style:
captivating, costume drama, historical drama, period piece, intellectual ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
lgbt, lgbtq, sex scene, lesbian relationship, female protagonist, novelist, lesbian attraction, writers, lesbian, open marriage, woman, female writer ...
Time:
19th century, 1900s, 1890s, year 1900, victorian era ...
Place:
paris france, france, algeria, louisiana, marseille
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243K
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.
Style:
detective, costume drama, period piece, mysterious, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
victorian england, strong female lead, sherlock holmes, feminism, female detective, amateur detective, female protagonist, runaway teen, private detective, teenage protagonist, strong female character, obsessive quest ...
Time:
victorian era, future, 2020s, edwardian era, 1880s ...
Place:
london, england, scotland yard
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35K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
BELLE is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral. Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield and his wife, Belle's lineage affords her certain privileges, yet ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, sentimental, captivating, historical drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
racism, slavery, interracial relations, white male black female relationship, high society, social differences, aristocracy, interracial couple, society, hopes, love and romance, biracial ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, georgian era, regency period, victorian era ...
Place:
england, indiana, europe, london, africa ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Mr. Selfridge recounts the real life story of the flamboyant and visionary American founder of Selfridge's, London's lavish department store. Set in 1909 London, when women were reveling in a new sense of freedom and modernity, it follows ...
Style:
stylized, captivating, costume drama, serious, period piece ...
Plot:
businessman, high society, rise to the top, visionary, department store, success, materialism, lifestyle, ambitious, career, boss, manager ...
Time:
1900s, edwardian era, 1910s, 20th century, victorian era
Place:
england, london, britain
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and numerous challenges, fights for love and acceptance and for her place in the world. The series centers on a young orphaned girl in the late 1890’s, who, after an abusive childhood ...
Style:
compassionate, touching, sincere, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, orphan, teenage life, small town, coming of age, feminism, child's point of view, family relations, children's home, society, school, parents and children ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1890s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, France, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
Style:
visually stunning, period piece, visual, costume drama, factual ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
queen, french revolution, historical character, french history, royal court, royal family, decadence, royalty, aristocracy, teenage girl, monarchy, princess ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 2006, victorian era, georgian era ...
Place:
france, versailles, europe, austria, vienna ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his muse, painful secrecy is the ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, sentimental, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
love affair, actress, writers, writer's life, forbidden love, biopic, older man younger woman relationship, secret relationship, affair, scandal, secret, marital discord ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, ancient times, 1860s, 1850s ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, manchester
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the palace of Versailles. As the two work on the palace, they find themselves drawn to each other and are thrown into rivalries within the court of King ...
Style:
romantic, light, period piece, costume drama, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
gardener, love story, royal court, garden, female protagonist, aristocracy, jealousy, infidelity, intrigue, voyeurism, adultery, extramarital affair ...
Time:
18th century, 17th century, victorian era, 60s, 1930s ...
Place:
france, paris france, versailles, europe, england ...
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18K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose ...
Style:
costume drama, captivating, period piece, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
royal family, tudors, medieval, rise to the top, monarchy, cardinal the priest, british monarchy, queen, manipulation, state affairs, ambition, dishonesty ...
Time:
16th century, medieval times
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
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71K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, China, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.
Style:
humorous, feel good, entertaining, period piece, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, kids, teens
Plot:
love and romance, male female relationship, estate, couples, friendship, looking for love, female protagonist, fall in love, wedding, prejudice, unrequited love, matchmaking ...
Time:
19th century, 2020s, 1800s, future, victorian era ...
Place:
england, yorkshire
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The lives of two young women collide in Victorian England when a trio of 'fingersmiths' (pick-pockets) concoct an elaborate scam to defraud a young heiress of her inheritance. The story alternates between the twisting back alleyways of ...
Style:
costume drama, serious, realistic, eros, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian love, lgbt, lesbian relationship, sapphic, gays and lesbians, deception, manipulation, mistaken identity, voice over narration, lesbian teen, thief ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, ancient times, 1860s, turn of the century
Place:
london, britain, england, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of the penniless Mary Thorne, who grows up with her rich aunt/cousins at Greshamsbury Park estate.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, historical drama, captivating, cynical ...
Plot:
aristocrat, english countryside, family drama, ward, physician, family relations, victorian england, social differences, couples, society, intrigue, love and romance ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1850s, 1840s
Place:
england, britain
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, Denmark, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and ...
Style:
touching, period piece, captivating, costume drama, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
world war one, wartime, death, aspiring writer, women, war, nurse, poetry, wartime life, love and romance, love affair, adaptation ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, edwardian era, year 1918, 1920s ...
Place:
england, london, oxford university, france, yorkshire ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Elizabeth and Darcy, now six years married and with two young sons, are preparing for the lavish annual ball at their magnificent Pemberley home. The unannounced arrival of Elizabeths wayward sister Lydia, however, brings an abrupt and shocking halt ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
murder mystery, high society, murder, couples, empire fashion, family relations, who done it, investigation, duty, passionate love, passion, female protagonist ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1800s, 18th century, regency period ...
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Six-part drama series set in and among the alleys, galleries and flesh-houses of 19th-century industrial London, following the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a vagabond group of English painters, poets and critics.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, serious, realistic, stylized ...
Plot:
painting, bohemian life, painter, artist, lust, lifestyle, rebellion, couples, rebelliousness, love and romance, art, female artist ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1860s
Place:
england, london, europe
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement who were forced underground to evade the State.
Style:
political, factual, costume drama, period piece, bleak ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
feminism, feminist, women, girl power, sexism, rebelliousness, activism, politics, gender, women's suffrage, women's rights, sexual harassment ...
Time:
1900s, year 1912, 1910s, edwardian era, victorian era ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, united kingdom ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The Hornblower series is based on C.S. Forester's classic maritime adventures - the story of one young man's struggle to become a leader of men. Set against the back drop of the 18th century Anglo-French wars, the bloodiest time in British ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
napoleonic wars, ship, british navy, adventurer, military, navy, duel, folk hero, bully, heroes, sword duel, war hero ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century
Place:
britain
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Set in 1870's New York, a spinster heiress is courted by a much younger, penniless man, much to the chagrin of her over-protective father, and must decide whether to spend the rest of her life alone, or marry a man who is interested in her only ...
Style:
costume drama, romantic drama, romantic, stylized, sex comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
father daughter relationship, marriage proposal, love, betrayal, victorian england, forbidden love, older woman younger man relationship, gilded age, american history, couple relations, love and romance, marriage ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, turn of the century, year 1997, 1870s ...
Place:
alps, geneva switzerland, manhattan new york city, america, new york ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Newlyn School of artists flourished at the beginning of the 20th Century and the film focuses on the wild and bohemian Lamorna Group, which included Alfred Munnings and Laura and Harold Knight. The incendiary anti-Modernist Munnings, now ...
Style:
sincere, touching, emotional, serious, retro ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
painter, biopic, couples, love triangle, nudity, infidelity, love affair, lifestyle, family relations, unfulfilled love, fall in love, dishonesty ...
Time:
1910s, 1900s, year 1915, 20th century, year 1914 ...
Place:
cornwall, england, london
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1935, financially strapped widow Louisa Durrell, whose life has fallen apart, decides to move from England, with her four children (three sons, one daughter), to the island of Corfu, Greece. Once there, the family moves into a dilapidated old ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, costume drama, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
greek island, province, friendship, island, relationships, parents and children, family life, culture shock, expatriate, changing lives, family relations, widow ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1935
Place:
greece, mediterranean sea, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The Duchess Of Duke Street is a BBC television drama series set in London between 1900 and 1925. It was created by John Hawkesworth, the former producer of the highly successful ITV period drama Upstairs, Downstairs. It starred Gemma Jones as Louisa ...
Style:
costume drama, historical drama, realistic, semi serious, sincere ...
Plot:
hotel, high society, female chef, victorian england, world war one, professional, jazz, rags to riches, food, great war, battle of the sexes, domestic drama ...
Time:
1910s, edwardian era, victorian era, 1920s, 20th century ...
Place:
britain, london, europe, england
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Persuasion is the newest adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel of the same name published in 1818. Anne falls deeply in love with handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth at the age of nineteen.
Style:
romantic, costume drama, sentimental, period piece, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, kids, chick flick
Plot:
love affair, love, fall in love, rich and poor, relationships, love and romance, love story, couple relations, spinster, abbey, passionate love, enemies to lovers ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, victorian era, regency period, 1810s ...
Place:
england, britain
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Forced by poverty to seek support, the innocent Tess Durbeyfield seeks the help of the D'Urbervilles.
Style:
clever, sincere, costume drama, period piece, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
innocence, couples, society, poverty, master and servant, pregnancy, life is a bitch, unrequited love, dishonesty, village life, love and romance, family relations ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 50s
Place:
england, britain
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 156 min.
TV show
Story:
Clarissa is a 1991 British period drama television miniseries starring Sean Bean, Saskia Wickham and Lynsey Baxter. It aired on the BBC in three hour-long episodes between 27 November and 11 December 1991. It was based on the 1749 novel Clarissa by ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, historical drama, period drama
Plot:
deception, rape, letter, time machine, manor, disguise, prison, estate, church of england, sword fight, church, ruse ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
england
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, tense, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, gang, mafia, gang war, gangster, determination, cruelty, crime boss, power struggle, mob boss, rivalry, shooting ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, ancient times, 1910s, victorian era
Place:
england, britain, ireland, birmingham alabama, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In this eleven parts British television serial, Charles Ryder's involvement with members of the aristocratic Marchmain/Flyte family is followed throughout the years between the two World Wars.
Style:
costume drama, avant garde, historical drama, sitcom, spiritual ...
Plot:
world war two, friendship, closeted homosexual, gay, atheist, homosexuality, catholicism, homosexual subtext, voice over narration, religion, forbidden love, illicit love ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
oxford university, england, venice, paris france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
Daniel Deronda is a British television serial drama adapted by Andrew Davies from the George Eliot novel of the same name. The serial was directed by Tom Hooper, produced by Louis Marks, and was first broadcast in three parts on BBC One from 23 ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
aristocracy, marriage of convenience, jewess, love triangle, society, drowning, social differences, love affair, rise to the top, fall in love, betrayal, unlikely couple ...
Time:
19th century, middle ages, victorian era, 1870s
Place:
britain, england, europe, london, italy
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