- North and South 2004 with Richard Armitage and Daniela Denby-Ashe
- Sense and Sensibility 1995 with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet
- Pride and Prejudice 1995 with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle
- Emma 1996 Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeremy Northam
- Cranford 2007 with Judy Dench and Eileen Atkins
- Wives and Daughters 1999 with Justine Waddell and Michael Gambon
- Emma 2009 with Romola Garai and Jonny Lee Miller
- Persuasion 1995 with Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds
- The Way We Live Now 2001 with David Suchet and Matthew Macfadyen
- Shakespeare in Love 1998 with Joseph Fiennes and Gwyneth Paltrow
- A Knight's Tale 2001 with Heath Ledger and Paul Bettany
- The Princess Bride 1987 with Carey Elwes and Robin Wright
- Impromptu 1991 with Judy Davis and Hugh Grant
- Jane Eyre 2006 with Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens
- Northanger Abbey 2007 with JJ Feild and Felicity Jones
- The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 1997 with Max Beesley and Benjamin Whitrow
- Bleak House 2005 with Gillian Anderson and Anna Maxwell Martin
- Gosford Park 2001 with Maggie Smith and Kristin Scott Thomas
- Anne of Green Gables 1985 with Megan Follows and Colleen Dewhurst
- The Buccaneers 1995 with Carla Gugino and Mira Sorvino
- Amadeus 1984 with F. Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce
- A Child's Christmas in Wales 1987 with Denholm Elliot
Pemberley (Lyme Park, Cheshire)
Oh, to be in England...
My top 10 Period Dramas (top 20? 30?)
This is just a list of films I can't do without and keep coming back to. As this is my list, yours will obviously be different, and I am always open to suggestions. This list is in no particular order, although my extra favorites seem to be closer to the top. This will definitely change over time as well, and there are already way more than 10, so here goes nothing...
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A great list, but I have to add a few other must-sees:
ReplyDeleteAmazing Grace (Ioan Gruffudd)
Daniel Deronda (Hugh Dancy & Romola Garai)
An Ideal Husband (Cate Blanchett)
Little Women (Winona Ryder)
Miss Potter (Renee Zellweger)
A Room with a View (Helena Bonham Carter)
The Young Victoria (Emily Blunt).
Check them out; no collection would be complete without these.
I love your variations
DeleteHi Shannon
ReplyDeleteThanks for the additional films for my list. I will have to add to this list soon, as I am watching Little Dorrit for the second time and it is FAB! Sad to admit that I haven't seen Amazing Grace yet, although I have heard it's brilliant. My next Amazon spree will have to include that. All your others I know and love (especially Miss Potter and An Ideal Husband). As I am writing this, I am thinking of many other additions. Perhaps tomorrow I can add my updates to my list. So many films...
Did you ever see The Cazalets? That happens to be one of my favorite, though some disliked it because of the "unpleasant characters." They're all very complext, in my opinion. Great list! I, too, am a huge fan of North and South, a favorite contender. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the suggestion Elleoneiram. I had seen The Cazalets online somewhere (possibly Amazon) but was undecided whether to order it. I might like it better than the new Upstairs Downstairs, which I have seen in preview as it comes to PBS later in the spring. I was pretty lukewarm about Updown. Same time period so I'll see if I like this one better. And I adore Hugh Bonneville.
ReplyDeleteOh I love North and South, Wives and Daughters, almost all the Jane Eyre's and Persuasions - different reasons for each. Northanger Abbey, Anne of Green Gables, Miss Potter, most you've already listed. Larkrise to Candleford love it also. suzan
ReplyDeleteWatch the BBCs Little Dorrit series, I loved it. Also ITVs Downton Abbey, that is great and was something like the most popular TV drama ever, was in the Guinness Book of World Records!
ReplyDeletenow i have a list of movies that i can look out for (a few of these i have not seen)and judging from your excellent taste in the first 10 (especilly the first) i'm sure that they'll be good. i now find it difficult to watch period movies without comparing the 'HIGH' to North an South
ReplyDeleteWhat about the 2007 Persuasion with Sally Hawkins??
ReplyDeleteThank you for this treasure trove of period flicks to watch out for!
ReplyDeleteI agree with the other commenter that The Cazelets is well worth watching. Also, I am sorrowed to see that Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day didn't make the cut-- it's one of my favorites!
The Princess Bride is just...marvellous. A great film and a even greater book.
ReplyDeleteAt last someone who likes the Jane Austen-version with Tobu Stevens and Ruth Wilson. And the top seven are also really great films, especially North and South <3
Hi Karin. I need to watch Toby Stevens and Ruth Wilson again. Yum! Did you know he is Maggie Smith's son? And North and South is v v v wonderful. Princess Bride too. You have impeccable taste!
DeleteTess of Durberville
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with North and South being #1! It is a fantastic drama and I cannot get enough of it!
ReplyDeleteHi Alix. Yes, we need more Richard Armitage in a cravat don't we?
DeleteWuthering Heights, 1939. It's not true to the book in many respects, but I always cry when Cathy dies. It is the only version of the movie that makes me cry no matter how many times I see it. 1992 version is good also, but it's in color and not nearly as foreboding as 1939 version....
ReplyDeleteGone With the Wind....
Upstairs/Downstairs original.
Thanks Anon. Great recommendations. Sometimes the oldies are still the best!
DeleteI love 'Wives and Daughters' and 'Pride and Prejudice' so much...may I say 'fingersmith'2005 is also my favorite...
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen Fingersmith yet. I guess I was just waiting for a good recommendation from a reader. :)
DeleteI am rereading Wives and Daughters again right now. I may have to see the miniseries again soon too. Oh, that Roger Hamley. Man o' my dreams!
Under the Greenwood Tree is very good
ReplyDeleteSmall Island, Lark Rise to Candleford, Talk of Angels, Firelight and Dangerous Beauty. ALL so worth seeing!
ReplyDelete2005 Pride and Prejudice...
ReplyDeletejust no
DeleteJust curious to know what you think of Downton Abbey after reading your comment from two years ago!
ReplyDeletefor those obsessed with pnp 1995. must watch lost in austen, austenland, miss austen regrets, and becoming jane
ReplyDeleteThe Age of Innocence was simply divine! A beautiful adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel. The costumes and interiors were so elegant.
ReplyDeleteThe Painted Veil, Atonement, Cold Mountain, Bright Star and Memoirs of a Geisha are also great, in terms of both performances and historical detail and accuracy. Also, anyone who likes Anne of Green Gables will also enjoy another series called Road to Avonlea.
ReplyDeleteThe Painted Veil and Bright Star are two of my favourite films of all time. So, so beautiful.
DeleteThe absolute best and least discovered movie is FIRELIGHT.
ReplyDeleteAmazing. Brilliant. Unforgettable.
Little Women
ReplyDeleteMansfield Park! Is my #1
ReplyDeleteIt is certainly in my top 5. I was wondering why there was no mention of it! So funny.
ReplyDeleteOne vote here for the BBC's 1985 Bleak House.
ReplyDeleteBy the sword divided. Was on PBS in the 80s. DVD Umavsolable in the US. Though did find it on You Tube..
ReplyDeleteVery different from everyone else's Zulu Dawn
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