Period drama

The BBC films of Jane Austen are great!
Victoria, the young years of a queen, Much Ado About Nothing, Cold Mountain, Gone with the Wind, The Count of Monte Cristo, Gigi, Australia, Giant, Pearl Harbor...
More period pieces: Lancelot, King Arthur, Marie Antoinette, The Duchess, Two Sisters for a King, Elizabeth 1 and 2...
There are many!

Ever After (Cinderella) and Pride and Prejudice (with Keira Knightley) are my two favorite films!

Barry Lyndon - Kubrick (mandatory!)

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Kate & Leopold .... Hugh Jackman Meg Ryan
The Prestige .... Hugh Jackman
Jane Eyre .... Orson Welles
Beyond the Illusion .... Catherine Zeta-Jones
Amadeus .... Tom Hulce

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There are tons of period films, especially American and English ones, of good quality.

Come check out our blog if you love this genre (we're fans!): http://filmsencostumes.blogspot.fr/

Many adaptations of English literature:
C. Dickens, Thomas Hardy
I love almost all of Jane Austen's works =) and many have been released on DVD in France: Pride and Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility (great with Hattie Morahan), Persuasion (excellent with Sally Hawkins), Northanger Abbey (I loved it, with Felicity Jones)
E. Gaskell: North & South (sublime), Cranford (excellent, great casting), Wives and Daughters

Easy Virtue (brilliant comedy), Young Victoria, The Tudors (TV), Rome (TV), Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett), Girl with a Pearl Earring, Little Women (I love it with Susan Sarandon), Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (good comedy)..............

Period films are my favorites, especially love stories, but I generally like everything, so I'll make you my little list (there's a bit of everything from all eras and on all subjects):
- Australia
- The Duchess
- Victoria: The Young Years of a Queen
- Elizabeth
- Sense and Sensibility
- Pride and Prejudice
- Jane
- Cold Mountain
- Marie Antoinette
- The Other Boleyn Girl
- Wuthering Heights
- Jane Eyre
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Pearl Harbor
- King Arthur
- Troy
- Adolphe
- Dangerous Liaisons
- Bel Ami
- The Princess of Montpensier (French film)
- A Royal Affair

Also, there's Anna Karenina currently in theaters and I think you'll like it if you enjoy period films!
Well, I hope I've helped you :)

Look, "Pride and Prejudice" and "Moulin Rouge" are the only ones I know, and I also love period films, but there aren't many, at least to my knowledge!!
Oh yes, there's also "Tristan and Isolde" and "Shakespeare in Love."

I loved "Amour interdit" (The Sleeping Dictionary) with Jessica Alba; the story takes place in 1936 during the colonial period. It's a very moving and, of course, romantic story, but I find it has a very good content, and I have some great memories of it.

Pride and Prejudice is a very good movie.

Long list after several years of research on period films:

1. Anna and the King: Jodie Foster
2. D'Artagnan: Nena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Tim Roth, Justin Chambers
3. Much Ado About Nothing: Kenneth Branagh, Michael Keaton, Robert Sean Leonard, Keanu Reeves, Denzel Washington, Emma Thompson
4. Becoming Jane: Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Julie Walters
5. The Golden Bowl: Kate Beckinsale, Uma Thurman, Nick Nolte, Jeremy Northam
6. Dangerous Beauty: Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell
7. The Other Boleyn Girl: Eric Bana, Natalie Portman
8. The Duchess: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes
9. Elizabeth: (both parts) Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Clive Owen
10. The End of the Affair: Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore, Stephen Rea
11. Marie Antoinette: Kirsten Dunst
12. Miss Potter: Ewan McGregor, Renée Zellweger
13. Pride and Prejudice: Keira Knightley
14. Oscar and Lucinda: Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett
15. The English Patient: Kristin Scott Thomas, Ralph Fiennes, Colin Firth
16. Little Women: Winona Ryder, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Christian Bale
17. Sense and Sensibility: Hugh Grant, Kate Winslet
18. Atonement: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy
19. Mona Lisa Smile: Julia Roberts, Julia Stiles, Kirsten Dunst
20. The Age of Innocence: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder
21. The Painted Veil: Naomi Watts, Edward Norton
22. Revolutionary Road: Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio
23. North and South
24. Jane Eyre: (two versions plus a new one coming out this year)
25. Jane Austen BBC Collection: - Pride and Prejudice
- Emma
- Sense and Sensibility
- Northanger Abbey
- Persuasion
- Mansfield Park
26. The Secret Agent: Bob Hoskins, Patricia Arquette, Gérard Depardieu, Christian Bale, Robin Williams
27. Modigliani: Andy Garcia
28. For the Love of Cuba: Andy Garcia
29. Charlie Wilson's War: Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks
30. Michael Collins: Julia Roberts, Liam Neeson
31. Everybody Says I Love You: Julia Roberts
32. Dead Poets Society: Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke
33. Cinderella Man: Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger
34. White Fang: Ethan Hawke
35. Dances with Wolves: Kevin Costner
36. The Shawshank Redemption: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman
37. Finding Neverland: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Dustin Hoffman
38. A Beautiful Mind: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly
39. Legends of the Fall: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins
40. The Green Mile: Tom Hanks
41. Seven Years in Tibet: Brad Pitt
42. Coco Before Chanel
43. Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
44. Shutter Island: Leonardo DiCaprio
45. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett
46. Sunshine: Ralph Fiennes
47. The Reader: Ralph Fiennes
48. Wuthering Heights: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche
49. Black Book: Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn
50. The Last Samurai: Tom Cruise
51. Gladiator: Russell Crowe
52. Kingdom of Heaven: Orlando Bloom
53. Master and Commander: Russell Crowe
54. King Arthur: Clive Owen, Keira Knightley
55. Tristan & Isolde: James Franco, Sophia Myles
56. Troy: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger
57. U-571: Matthew McConaughey
58. The Insurgents: Daniel Craig
59. Sylvia: Daniel Craig, Gwyneth Paltrow
60. Possession: Gwyneth Paltrow
61. Among the Happy People
62. Gone with the Wind
63. The Untouchables: Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro, Sean Connery
64. L.A. Confidential: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito
65. Public Enemies: Johnny Depp
66. Ask the Dust: Colin Farrell
67. Far and Away: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman
68. Australia: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman
69. 3:10 to Yuma: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale
70. Cold Mountain: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger
71. All the Pretty Horses: Matt Damon, Henry Thomas, Penélope Cruz, Lucas Black
72. Hidalgo: Viggo Mortensen
73. Lone Star: Matthew McConaughey, Chris Cooper
74. Ned Kelly: Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Naomi Watts, Geoffrey Rush
75. The Newton Boys: Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke
76. Open Range: Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall
77. Dogville: Nicole Kidman
78. Portrait of a Lady: Nicole Kidman
79. Billy Bathgate: Dustin Hoffman, Bruce Willis.
80. Bright Star
81. A Single Man: Colin Firth
82. An Education
83. Sherlock Holmes: Jude Law
84. A Time to Love: Russell Crowe
85. The Time to Love: Sandra Bullock
86. The Battle of Passchendaele
87. The Admiral
88. Shakespeare in Love: Gwyneth Paltrow
89. The Sound of Music: Julie Andrews
90. The Piano
91. Victoria - The Young Years of a Queen
92. Sissi Trilogy
93. Road to Perdition: Tom Hanks
94. The Man Who Cried: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett
95. A Walk in the Clouds: Keanu Reeves
96. Captain Corelli's Mandolin: Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz
97. Of Mice and Men: John Malkovich, Gary Sinise
98. Divine Secrets: Sandra Bullock
99. The Legend of Bagger Vance: Matt Damon, Will Smith
100. Chicago: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Renée Zellweger
101. Moulin Rouge: Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman
102. Vanity Fair: Reese Witherspoon
103. The Secret Garden
104. A Little Princess
105. Black Beauty
106. Cranford
107. War and Peace
108. Girl with a Pearl Earring: Colin Firth
109. Wives and Daughters
110. The Barchester Chronicles: Alan Rickman
111. Little Dorrit: Claire Foy
112. Lost in Austen
113. A Handful of Dust: Kristin Scott Thomas
114. Where Angels Fear to Tread: Helena Bonham Carter
115. An Ideal Husband: Rupert Everett
116. The King's Speech: Colin Firth
117. Return to Howard's End: Adrian Ross Maginty, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson

Still plenty of other films obviously, if you see others, don't hesitate!!!!

118. The Prestige
119. The Village
120. Ever After: A Cinderella Story
121. Lancelot
122. Pearl Harbor
123. Barry Lyndon
124. Kate & Leopold: Hugh Jackman, Meg Ryan
125. Beyond the Illusion: Catherine Zeta-Jones
126. Amadeus: Tom Hulce
127. Kubrick
128. The Illusionist

What difference does it make???

There aren't a lot of period films, but there are tons and tons of series. Unfortunately, they are not necessarily in French.

So here's a list of series: && there are also many that are Italian. && Some are mini-series of 2 or 3 episodes.
Elisa Di Rivombrosa
La Figlia Di Elisa [Sequel to Elisa Di Rivombrosa]
Lorna Doone
Tess Of the d'Uberville.
Cartouche, the magnificent brigand
Il Falco e la Colomba
Rossella
Terra Ribelle
Tierra de Lobos
Daniel Deronda [which I am currently subtitling]

If you have any questions about these series, feel free to ask.
You can find some of them here:
http://elisadirivombrosa.skyrock.com/

"Anna Karenina" with Catherine McCormack and Rufus Sewell
The story takes place in 16th century Venice, so beautiful costumes and stunning sets!
A love story of course ^^
One of my favorites!