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  • Doctor Zhivago (2002)

    1. Doctor Zhivago

    20023 epsTV-14TV Mini Series
    7.3 (5.6K)
    Doctor Zhivago falls for Lara despite being engaged. Their forbidden love blossoms amidst the upheaval of the Russian Revolution, impacting his career and family.
    StarsKeira KnightleySam NeillHans Matheson
  • Agyness Deyn in Sunset Song (2015)

    2. Sunset Song

    20152h 15mR73Metascore
    6.4 (4.2K)
    The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.
    DirectorTerence DaviesStarsKen BlackburnMark BonnarStuart Bowman
  • Marion Cotillard, Michael Fassbender, and Shawn Dixon in Macbeth (2015)

    3. Macbeth

    20151h 53mR71Metascore
    6.6 (61K)
    Macbeth, 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.
    DirectorJustin KurzelStarsMichael FassbenderMarion CotillardJack Madigan
  • Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (2004)

    4. Gunpowder, Treason & Plot

    20042 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    7.0 (2K)
    Mini series depicting the turbulent and bloody reigns of Scottish monarchs Mary, Queen of Scots and her son King James VI of Scotland who became King James I of England and foiled the Gunpowder Plot.
    StarsCarmen UngureanuVulpe AdrianClémence Poésy
  • Gemma Arterton in Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008)

    5. Tess of the D'Urbervilles

    20084 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    7.6 (6.8K)
    The story of Tess Durbeyfield, a low-born country girl whose family find they have noble connections.
    StarsGemma ArtertonEddie RedmayneRuth Jones
  • Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, and Daniel Day-Lewis in The Age of Innocence (1993)

    6. The Age of Innocence

    19932h 19mPG90Metascore
    7.2 (71K)
    A tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsDaniel Day-LewisMichelle PfeifferWinona Ryder
  • Raphaël Personnaz, Mélanie Thierry, Gaspard Ulliel, Lambert Wilson, and Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet in The Princess of Montpensier (2010)

    7. The Princess of Montpensier

    20102h 19mNot Rated78Metascore
    6.5 (4.4K)
    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.
    DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsMélanie ThierryLambert WilsonGaspard Ulliel
  • Fanny Hill (2007)

    8. Fanny Hill

    20072 epsTV Mini Series
    6.6 (1.2K)
    Young Fanny Hill is lured into prostitution in 18th century London but finds true love along the way before gaining an unexpected inheritance.
    StarsRebecca NightAlison SteadmanEmma Stansfield
  • Romola Garai in The Crimson Petal and the White (2011)

    9. The Crimson Petal and the White

    20114 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    7.5 (3.8K)
    Set in 1870s London, a young prostitute finds potential power and status after becoming the mistress of a powerful patriarch.
    StarsRomola GaraiChris O'DowdAmanda Hale
  • Frances Grey and Natasha Little in Vanity Fair (1998)

    10. Vanity Fair

    19986 epsNot RatedTV Mini Series
    7.7 (1.8K)
    Becky Sharp's journey from obscurity to high society and subsequent fall is depicted against the backdrop of Regency England and the Napoleonic Wars.
    StarsNatasha LittleFrances GreyPhilip Glenister
  • Ciarán Hinds and Juliet Aubrey in The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003)

    11. The Mayor of Casterbridge

    2003TV Series
    7.7 (1.7K)
    A 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 consequences.
    StarsCiarán HindsJuliet AubreyJodhi May
  • Little Dorrit (2008)

    12. Little Dorrit

    200814 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    8.2 (11K)
    The Dorrits are a family whose life revolves around the Marshalsea, a debtor's prison. Amy Dorrit's kind nature brings the family into contact with a wide swath of English society, from the poorest to the richest, and back again.
    StarsClaire FoyMatthew MacfadyenTom Courtenay
  • Ralph Fiennes and Liv Tyler in Onegin (1999)

    13. Onegin

    19991h 46mR59Metascore
    6.8 (8.6K)
    Russia, 1820s: Onegin inherits his uncle's country estate and moves there from St. Petersburg. He befriends his neighbor, Lensky, and meets Tatyana through him. She falls in love with Onegin but he just wants friendship.
    DirectorMartha FiennesStarsRalph FiennesLiv TylerToby Stephens
  • The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010)

    14. The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

    20101h 32mTV-14TV Movie
    7.0 (2.3K)
    A look at the life of 19th-century Yorkshire landowner Anne Lister (1791-1840), who lived openly as a lesbian and kept diaries chronicling the details of her daily life.
    DirectorJames KentStarsMaxine PeakeAnna MadeleySusan Lynch
  • Stephen Fry in Wilde (1997)

    15. Wilde

    19971h 58mR70Metascore
    6.9 (19K)
    The turmoil in poet/playwright Oscar Wilde's life after he discovers his homosexuality.
    DirectorBrian GilbertStarsStephen FryJude LawVanessa Redgrave
  • Cillian Murphy in Peaky Blinders (2013)

    16. Peaky Blinders

    2013–202236 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.7 (713K)
    A gangster family epic set in 1900s England, centering on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.
    CreatorSteven KnightStarsCillian MurphyPaul AndersonSophie Rundle
  • Mia Wasikowska in Jane Eyre (2011)

    17. Jane Eyre

    20112hPG-1376Metascore
    7.3 (96K)
    A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.
    DirectorCary Joji FukunagaStarsMia WasikowskaMichael FassbenderJamie Bell
  • Diego Luna in Casanova (2015)

    18. Casanova

    201555mTV-MATV Movie
    6.9 (786)
    18th century Venetian Giacomo Casanova escapes from prison and flees to France.
    DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsDiego LunaBojana NovakovicBen Daniels
  • Danila Kozlovsky and Klavdiya Korshunova in Dubrovskiy (2014)

    19. Dubrovskiy

    20142h 3m
    5.2 (366)
    A modern take on the classic novel by Alexander Poushkine. Vladimir is a successful banker and a regular at trendy night clubs. Masha is a diligent graduate of a British college and a loving daughter. It looks like they have bright future ahead. However, an unexpected quarrel between two eccentric fathers forces their offspring to live through the conflict of Pushkin's novel.
    DirectorsKirill MikhanovskyAleksandr VartanovStarsDanila KozlovskyKlavdiya KorshunovaYuriy Tsurilo
  • Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Jessica De Gouw in Dracula (2013)

    20. Dracula

    2013–201410 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.3 (31K)
    Dracula travels to London, with dark plans for revenge against those who ruined his life centuries earlier. However, his plan is complicated when he falls in love with a woman who seems to be a reincarnation of his dead wife.
    CreatorCole HaddonStarsJonathan Rhys MeyersJessica De GouwThomas Kretschmann
  • Keeley Hawes in Under the Greenwood Tree (2005)

    21. Under the Greenwood Tree

    20051h 33mTV-PGTV Movie
    6.9 (3.1K)
    In this lighthearted romance from Victorian novelist Thomas Hardy, the beautiful new village school teacher is pursued by three suitors: a working-class man, a landowner, and the vicar.
    DirectorNicholas LaughlandStarsKeeley HawesJames MurrayTerry Mortimer
  • Heath Ledger in Casanova (2005)

    22. Casanova

    20051h 52mR57Metascore
    6.5 (57K)
    The fabled romantic Giacomo Casanova, after failing to win the affection of the Venetian woman Francesca Bruni, strives to discover the real meaning of love.
    DirectorLasse HallströmStarsHeath LedgerSienna MillerJeremy Irons
  • Great Expectations US Poster (2013)

    23. Great Expectations

    20122h 8mPG-1360Metascore
    6.3 (14K)
    A series of events change the orphaned Pip's life forever as he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman.
    DirectorMike NewellStarsToby IrvineRalph FiennesJason Flemyng
  • Gillian Anderson, Douglas Booth, and Vanessa Kirby in Great Expectations (2011)

    24. Great Expectations

    2011–20123 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    7.5 (8.5K)
    The orphan Pip becomes a gentleman when his life is transformed by a mystery benefactor.
    StarsDouglas BoothJack RothRay Winstone
  • Robert De Niro, Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Anne Bancroft in Great Expectations (1998)

    25. Great Expectations

    19981h 51mR55Metascore
    6.8 (58K)
    Modernization of Charles Dickens' classic story finds the hapless Finn as a painter in New York City pursuing his unrequited and haughty childhood love.
    DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsEthan HawkeGwyneth PaltrowHank Azaria

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