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Return with us now to the days of polite society, back when upper lips were stiff, corsetry was tortuous and no one was really happy. Hardly the good old days, but at least everyone looked smart and knew how to behave. From Austen to Dickens we have no end of impeccable period dramas for you to enjoy, films that, for better and for worse, reveal how we used to live.
Period Dramas

Period Dramas

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Marie Antoinette   DVD 12
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3 Stars
Drama > General
Sofia Coppola
Kirsten DunstJason SchwartzmanJudy Davis;
From director Sofia Coppola comes Marie Antoinette. Spanning from her betrothal to Louis XVI at the age of fourteen to the final fall of Versailles a...

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Howard's End(1992)   DVD PG
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4 Stars
Drama > Period
James Ivory
Anthony HopkinsPrunella ScalesVanessa Redgrave;
Edwardian drama based on E.M. Forster's novel which follows the fortunes of two families. Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Actress, Best ...

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Room With A View, A(1985)   DVD PG
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4 Stars
Drama > General
James Ivory
Maggie SmithDenholm ElliottHelena Bonham-Carter;
Based on the novel by E.M. Forster and set in Florence and the English countryside, the film follows a young English couple who encounter passion in I...

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Nicholas Nickleby(2002)   DVD PG
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4 Stars
Drama > General
Douglas McGrath
Charlie HunnamStella GonetRomola Garai;
An adaptation of one of Charles Dicken's best-loved stories. Nicholas Nickleby becomes the head of his family after the untimely death of his father a...

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Emma   DVD U
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4 Stars
Drama > Period
Douglas McGrath
Gwyneth PaltrowToni ColletteAlan Cumming;

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Sense And Sensibility(1995)   DVD U
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4 Stars
Drama > General
Ang Lee
Emma ThompsonAlan RickmanKate Winslet;
Set in rural Georgian England, the story of two beautiful sisters searching for true love and happiness in a society obsessed with both financial and ...

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Pride And Prejudice(1995)   DVD U
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4 Stars
Drama > Period
Simon Langton
Colin FirthJennifer EhleDavid Bamber;
An adaptation of Jane Austen's novel about five unmarried sisters in 19th century England. When Mr Darcy arrives to live in the area the Bennett famil...

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Crow The - City Of Angels(1996)   DVD 18 This title is part of a series, if you have other titles from this series in your list they will be sent in order.
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3 Stars
Action/Adventure > General
Tim Pope
Vincent PerezMia KirshnerRichard Brooks;

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Little Women   DVD U
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4 Stars
Drama > Period
Gillian Armstrong
Winona RyderGabriel ByrneTrini Alvarado;
An adaptation of the classic 1886 story by Louisa M. Alcott, of the four March sisters growing up in 19th century

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Forsyte Saga, The Disc 1   DVD 12 This title is part of a series, if you have other titles from this series in your list they will be sent in order.
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4 Stars
Drama > Period
An epic television mini-series, this 1960's BBC production was avidly followed by audiences around the world. The literary adaptation follows the Vict...

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Onedin Line, The - Series 1 - Part 1(1971)   DVD PG
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4 Stars
Drama > General
Peter Graham Scott
Peter GilmoreAnne Stallybrass
THE ONEDIN LINE is the beloved BBC miniseries set against the changing socioeconomic climate of 19th-century England. James Onedin is a poor young ski...

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Brideshead Revisited - Part 1   DVD 15 This title is part of a series, if you have other titles from this series in your list they will be sent in order.
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4 Stars
Drama > General
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Laurence OlivierClaire BloomStephane Audran;

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Chariots Of Fire(1981)   DVD U
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4 Stars
Drama > General
Hugh Hudson
Ben CrossCheryl CampbellIan Charleson;
The story of the intense rivalry between two British athletes as they prepare for and participate in the 1924 Olympic Games.

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Elizabeth   DVD 15
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4 Stars
Drama > Historical
Shekhar Kapur
Cate BlanchettGeoffrey RushChristopher Eccleston;
England 1554 and Princess Elizabeth remains in grave danger from a dying Queen Mary, a Catholic, who has weakened England financially and religiously....

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Vanity Fair(1967)   DVD PG
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2 Stars
Drama > Period
Susan Hampshire
A BBC adaptation of Thackery's novel which follows the relative changes in fortunes of two friends in the early 1800s.

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Shakespeare In Love(1998)   DVD 15
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4 Stars
Comedy > Romantic
John Madden
Gwyneth PaltrowJoseph FiennesGeoffrey Rush;
The reign of Elizabeth I finds Will Shakespeare, a writer, broke and envious of a rival. Then, he meets with a woman who wants to be an actor and who ...

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Remains Of The Day, The   DVD U
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4 Stars
Drama > General
James Ivory
Anthony HopkinsEmma ThompsonJames Fox;
A perfect English butler sacrifices everything he cares for in the name of duty and serving his master. Now years later he realises that his duty cost...

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Wings Of The Dove, The(1997)   DVD 15
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3 Stars
Drama > General
Iain Softley
Helena Bonham-CarterLinus RoacheAlison Elliott;
Kate falls in love with a penniless journalist named Merton. If she marries him she will live in poverty but if she gives him up she will receive her ...

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Age Of Innocence, The   DVD U
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3 Stars
Drama > Romantic
Martin Scorsese
Daniel Day-LewisMichelle PfeifferWinona Ryder;
An adaptation of Edith Wharton's Pullitzer Prize-winning novel which chronicles the hypocrisy of high society in the 1880s and tells of three wealthy ...

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Tom Jones   DVD PG
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3 Stars
Comedy > General
Tony Richardson
Albert FinneySusannah YorkDiane Cilento;
Based on a novel by Henry Fielding about the wild exploits of a rustic playboy.

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