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  • Helena Bonham Carter and Julian Sands in A Room with a View (1985)

    1. A Room with a View

    19851h 57mNot Rated83Metascore
    7.2 (51K)
    Lucy Honeychurch shares a brief romance with George Emerson in Florence. Yet as she tries to move on with her life and look for marriage elsewhere, can she truly forget the events of that summer?
    DirectorJames IvoryStarsMaggie SmithHelena Bonham CarterDenholm Elliott
  • Sophie Marceau in Anna Karenina (1997)

    2. Anna Karenina

    19971h 48mPG-13
    6.3 (6.3K)
    Anna (Marceau) is a wife and mother who has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky (Bean). Based on the novel by Tolstoy.
    DirectorBernard RoseStarsSophie MarceauSean BeanAlfred Molina
  • Matthias Schoenaerts and Carey Mulligan in Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)

    3. Far from the Madding Crowd

    20151h 59mPG-1371Metascore
    7.1 (56K)
    In Victorian England, the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer; Frank Troy, a reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and mature bachelor.
    DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsCarey MulliganMatthias SchoenaertsMichael Sheen
  • JJ Feild and Felicity Jones in Northanger Abbey (2007)

    4. Northanger Abbey

    20071h 24mPGTV Movie
    7.2 (17K)
    A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.
    DirectorJon JonesStarsGeraldine JamesMichael JuddJulia Dearden
  • Death Comes to Pemberley (2013)

    5. Death Comes to Pemberley

    20133 epsTV-14TV Mini Series
    7.1 (9K)
    Elizabeth and Darcy, now six years married, are preparing for their annual ball when festivities are brought to an abrupt halt. An adaptation of PD James's homage to Pride and Prejudice.
    StarsMatthew RhysAnna Maxwell MartinMatthew Goode
  • Emma (2009)

    6. Emma

    20094 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    8.1 (19K)
    Emma Woodhouse is a wealthy young woman living in the early 19th century, whose misplaced confidence in her matchmaking abilities occasions several romantic misadventures, which leads her into deeper meanings of love and life.
    StarsRomola GaraiMichael GambonJonny Lee Miller
  • Richard Armitage and Daniela Denby-Ashe in North & South (2004)

    7. North & South

    20044 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    8.5 (37K)
    North and South is a four-part adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's love story of Margaret Hale, a middle-class southerner who is forced to move to the northern town of Milton.
    StarsDaniela Denby-AsheRichard ArmitageTim Pigott-Smith
  • Lily James in War & Peace (2016)

    8. War & Peace

    20166 epsTV-14TV Mini Series
    8.1 (28K)
    As the Russian conflict with Napoleon reaches its peak, five aristocratic families face the possibility of their lives being changed forever.
    StarsPaul DanoJames NortonLily James
  • Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle in Pride and Prejudice (1995)

    9. Pride and Prejudice

    19956 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    8.8 (99K)
    While the arrival of wealthy gentlemen sends her marriage-minded mother into a frenzy, willful and opinionated Elizabeth Bennet matches wits with haughty Mr. Darcy.
    StarsColin FirthJennifer EhleSusannah Harker
  • Poldark (2015)

    10. Poldark

    2015–201943 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.3 (38K)
    Ross Poldark returns home after the American Revolutionary War and rebuilds his life with a new business venture, making new enemies and finding a new love where he least expects it.
    CreatorDebbie HorsfieldStarsAidan TurnerEleanor TomlinsonJack Farthing
  • Outlander (2014)

    11. Outlander

    2014– 101 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.3 (191K)
    Claire Beauchamp Randall, a nurse in World War II, mysteriously goes back in time to Scotland in 1743. There, she meets a dashing Highland warrior and gets drawn into an epic rebellion.
    CreatorRonald D. MooreStarsCaitríona BalfeSam HeughanSophie Skelton
  • Gemma Arterton in Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008)

    12. Tess of the D'Urbervilles

    20084 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    7.6 (6.9K)
    The story of Tess Durbeyfield, a low-born country girl whose family find they have noble connections.
    StarsGemma ArtertonEddie RedmayneRuth Jones
  • Mia Wasikowska in Jane Eyre (2011)

    13. 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
  • Jodie Comer in The White Princess (2017)

    14. The White Princess

    20178 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    7.5 (17K)
    Based on the Philippa Gregory book of the same name, the story of Elizabeth of York, the White Queen's daughter, and her marriage to the Lancaster victor, Henry VII.
    StarsJodie ComerRebecca BensonJacob Collins-Levy
  • Olivia Cooke in Vanity Fair (2018)

    15. Vanity Fair

    20187 epsTV-14TV Mini Series
    7.2 (6.1K)
    An adaptation of the 1848 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray.
    CreatorGwyneth HughesStarsMichael PalinOlivia CookeTom Bateman
  • Keira Knightley and James McAvoy in Atonement (2007)

    16. Atonement

    20072h 3mR85Metascore
    7.8 (315K)
    Thirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
    DirectorJoe WrightStarsKeira KnightleyJames McAvoyBrenda Blethyn
  • Lily James in Cinderella (2015)

    17. Cinderella

    20151h 45mPG67Metascore
    6.9 (199K)
    When her father unexpectedly dies, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her scheming stepsisters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger.
    DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsLily JamesCate BlanchettRichard Madden
  • Rupert Penry-Jones and Sally Hawkins in Persuasion (2007)

    18. Persuasion

    20071h 33mNot RatedTV Movie
    7.4 (17K)
    Anne was in love with Frederick, who was rejected by her snobby parents 8 years ago. They've now hit hard times and rent out their mansion to his brother-in-law. He returns a Royal Navy captain. Will he remember Anne?
    DirectorAdrian ShergoldStarsSally HawkinsAlice KrigeAnthony Head
  • Andrew Knott, Kate Maberly, and Heydon Prowse in The Secret Garden (1993)

    19. The Secret Garden

    19931h 41mG74Metascore
    7.3 (47K)
    A young, recently-orphaned girl is sent to England after living in India all of her life. Once there, she begins to explore her new, seemingly-isolated surroundings, and its secrets.
    DirectorAgnieszka HollandStarsKate MaberlyMaggie SmithHeydon Prowse
  • Kathryn Newton, Maya Hawke, Willa Fitzgerald, and Annes Elwy in Little Women (2017)

    20. Little Women

    20173 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    7.2 (5.2K)
    Dramatization of Louisa May Alcott's novel about the lives of the four March sisters during the American Civil War as they learn to navigate love, loss, and the trials of growing up.
    StarsMaya HawkeKathryn NewtonDylan Baker
  • David Oyelowo, Dominic West, Mailow Defoy, and Lily Collins in Les Misérables (2018)

    21. Les Misérables

    2018–20198 epsTV-14TV Mini Series
    7.8 (10K)
    Television adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel, which follows Jean Valjean as he evades capture by the unyielding Inspector Javert. Set against a backdrop of post-Napoleonic France as unrest begins to grip the city of Paris once more.
    StarsDominic WestDavid OyelowoAdeel Akhtar
  • Rebecca Ferguson in The White Queen (2013)

    22. The White Queen

    201310 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    7.7 (33K)
    Three different, yet equally relentless women vie for the throne in 15th-century England.
    StarsAneurin BarnardRebecca FergusonAmanda Hale
  • Keri Russell in Austenland (2013)

    23. Austenland

    20131h 37mPG-1342Metascore
    6.3 (25K)
    Obsessed with Pride and Prejudice (1995), a woman travels to a Jane Austen theme park in search for her perfect gentleman.
    DirectorJerusha HessStarsKeri RussellJJ FeildJennifer Coolidge
  • Anne of Green Gables (1985)

    24. Anne of Green Gables

    19852 epsTV-GTV Mini Series
    8.5 (24K)
    When Anne Shirley arrives at the Cuthbert's Farm on Prince Edward Island, she is a child with wild imagination, desperate to be loved. We follow Anne's enchanting life, from her struggles as an adolescent to her triumphs as a young woman.
    StarsMegan FollowsColleen DewhurstRichard Farnsworth
  • Julie Graham, Rachael Stirling, Anna Maxwell Martin, and Sophie Rundle in The Bletchley Circle (2012)

    25. The Bletchley Circle

    2012–20147 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.9 (15K)
    In 1952, four women who worked at the wartime code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park, reunite to track down a serial killer.
    StarsRachael StirlingJulie GrahamSophie Rundle

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