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Genre: Period drama (movies)

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  • The Tiger Brigades (2006)

    1. The Tiger Brigades

    20062h 5mNot Rated
    5.8 (1.8K)
    The film, set in 1912, is about the exploits of France's first motorized police brigade.
    DirectorJérôme CornuauStarsClovis CornillacDiane KrugerEdouard Baer
  • Anne Parillaud in The Marquise of Darkness (2010)

    2. The Marquise of Darkness

    20103hTV Movie
    5.3 (63)
    Marie Madeleine Dreux, Marquise of Brinvilliers, was executed in 1676 for poisoning. Manipulated by her lover and having kept the aftereffects of her childhood, she does not hesitate to poison her father and two brothers to recover their inheritance.
    DirectorEdouard NiermansStarsAnne ParillaudNicolas BouchaudOlivier Perrier
  • Sunnyi Melles in 38 (1986)

    3. 38

    19861h 37m
    6.2 (205)
    In 1938, Austria is about to become a part of the Third Reich. A theater actress and a Jewish journalist fall in love and spend time together, completely ignoring the political turmoil of the time despite friendly warnings.
    DirectorWolfgang GlückStarsTobias EngelSunnyi MellesHeinz Trixner
  • 1776 (1972)

    4. 1776

    19722h 21mPG
    7.6 (11K)
    A musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence.
    DirectorPeter H. HuntStarsWilliam DanielsHoward Da SilvaKen Howard
  • 1809 Andreas Hofer - Die Freiheit des Adlers (2002)

    5. 1809 Andreas Hofer - Die Freiheit des Adlers

    20021h 51mTV Movie
    6.6 (210)
    The story of Tyrolean folk hero Andreas Hofer, who led his people in their resistance against the occupation of their country by Bavarian troops in the year 1809.
    DirectorXaver SchwarzenbergerStarsTobias MorettiFranz-Xaver KroetzMartina Gedeck
  • Glenn Ford and Van Heflin in 3:10 to Yuma (1957)

    6. 3:10 to Yuma

    19571h 32mApproved80Metascore
    7.6 (23K)
    Broke small-time rancher Dan Evans is hired by the stagecoach line to put big-time captured outlaw leader Ben Wade on the 3:10 train to Yuma but Wade's gang tries to free him.
    DirectorDelmer DavesStarsGlenn FordVan HeflinFelicia Farr
  • Simon Callow in A Christmas Carol (2018)

    7. A Christmas Carol

    20181h 21m
    7.5 (184)
    Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly man, is visited by 3 ghosts on Christmas Eve who reveal his past mistakes, present selfishness and grim future if he doesn't change. He transforms into a caring man.
    DirectorTom CairnsStarSimon Callow
  • Viggo Mortensen, Keira Knightley, and Michael Fassbender in A Dangerous Method (2011)

    8. A Dangerous Method

    20111h 39mR76Metascore
    6.4 (110K)
    A look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsMichael FassbenderKeira KnightleyViggo Mortensen
  • A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1990)

    9. A Ghost in Monte Carlo

    19901h 31mTV Movie
    5.9 (794)
    Weary of her very public life in Paris, an aging courtesan takes her orphaned niece from her convent home and relocates to Monte Carlo to begin a new life. Determined to bury the past, the courtesan Madame Bluet becomes the respectable Countess de Secret, and her niece Mistral, Mademoiselle Phantome. Soon, the secretive Countess and the beautiful Mlle. Phantome are the talk of Monte Carlo. Mistral finds herself surrounded by admirers - some with less than honorable intentions, while her aunt plots a long-awaited revenge. Will Mistral's chance for happiness be destroyed when her aunt's plot and past are revealed?
    DirectorJohn HoughStarsSarah MilesOliver ReedChristopher Plummer
  • Kristin Scott Thomas, Rupert Graves, and James Wilby in A Handful of Dust (1988)

    10. A Handful of Dust

    19881h 58mPG
    6.6 (2.5K)
    The wife's affair and a death in the family hasten the demise of an upper-class English marriage.
    DirectorCharles SturridgeStarsJames WilbyKristin Scott ThomasRichard Beale
  • A Harlot's Progress (2006)

    11. A Harlot's Progress

    20062hTV Movie
    6.9 (350)
    Drama looking at artist William Hogarth and his relationship with the prostitute that inspired his most famous piece.
    DirectorJustin HardyStarsToby JonesZoë TapperSophie Thompson
  • A Hazard of Hearts (1987)

    12. A Hazard of Hearts

    19871h 30mNot RatedTV Movie
    6.7 (1.6K)
    When compulsive gambler Sir Giles Staverley (Christopher Plummer) has lost his estate and all of his money playing dice, he realizes that he only has one thing left of value: his daughter Serena (Helena Bonham Carter). In a final game, he stakes his daughter's hand in marriage, convinced that this time he will not lose. Unfortunately, however, he does lose; to the evil Lord Harry Wrotham (Edward Fox). Unable to return home and tell his daughter that he has lost her in a game of dice, Sir Giles kills himself there and then. Lord Justin Vulcan (Marcus Gilbert), who has witnessed the events, takes pity on Serena Staverley, although they have never met. He challenges Lord Harry Wrotham to a game of dice in which the winner takes Staverley Court and Miss Serena. Lord Justin Vulcan wins and is simply pleased that he has saved someone from the nasty Wrotham, he thinks no more about the event. One evening, however, Vulcan's friend Lord Peter Gillingham (Robert Addie) insists upon them going to Staverley Court to take a look at Vulcan's "prize". When arriving there, Vulcan finds Serena Staverley more beautiful than he ever imagined.
    DirectorJohn HoughStarsDiana RiggEdward FoxHelena Bonham Carter
  • August Diehl and Valerie Pachner in A Hidden Life (2019)

    13. A Hidden Life

    20192h 54mPG-1380Metascore
    7.4 (30K)
    The Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II.
    DirectorTerrence MalickStarsAugust DiehlValerie PachnerMaria Simon
  • Jennifer Beals, Sam Waterston, Tim Daly, and LisaGay Hamilton in A House Divided (2000)

    14. A House Divided

    20001h 41mRTV Movie
    6.8 (301)
    In the aftermath of the terrible Civil War which has devastated the South, Amanda America Dixon returns home to find she has become the sole heir to a vast cotton plantation. But the dreadful secret which has blighted her life threatens to deprive her of the birthright which her beloved father David had struggled for so long to create. Amanda was raised by her father and grandmother to be the perfect white Southern belle, but her mother was a black slave named Julia. Confronted with the forces of greed and bigotry, Amanda must face not only the hatred of a racist world, but the complex truth of a family whose lives have been built on a lie.
    DirectorJohn Kent HarrisonStarsSam WaterstonJennifer BealsLisaGay Hamilton
  • Kate Winslet and Matthias Schoenaerts in A Little Chaos (2014)

    15. A Little Chaos

    20141h 57mR51Metascore
    6.5 (26K)
    Famed builder Le Notre is tasked with building an ethereal palace for King Louis XIV that transcends beauty. Le Notre hires Sabine de Barra to design and construct the outdoor ballroom and is soon captivated by her beauty.
    DirectorAlan RickmanStarsKate WinsletAlan RickmanStanley Tucci
  • A Man for All Seasons (1966)

    16. A Man for All Seasons

    19662hG72Metascore
    7.7 (39K)
    The story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry.
    DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsPaul ScofieldWendy HillerRobert Shaw
  • A Patch of Blue (1965)

    17. A Patch of Blue

    19651h 45mApproved73Metascore
    8.0 (9.9K)
    A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life by introducing her to the outside world.
    DirectorGuy GreenStarsSidney PoitierShelley WintersElizabeth Hartman
  • Suzanna Hamilton in A Pattern of Roses (1983)

    18. A Pattern of Roses

    19831h 5mTV Movie
    6.0 (133)
    Teenagers Tim Ingram and his friend Rebecca investigate a ghost story involving a boy, Tom Inskip, who mysteriously died in Tim's parents' cottage in 1910. Tim soon discovers eerie parallels between himself and Tim during his final days.
    DirectorLawrence Gordon ClarkStarsStuart MacKenzieSuzanna HamiltonVivian Pickles
  • Jeroen Spitzenberger and Lize Feryn in A Real Vermeer (2016)

    19. A Real Vermeer

    20161h 55m
    6.1 (620)
    The life story of Dutch painter Han van Meegeren, from his beginnings as a rebellious young artist in 1920s Amsterdam to his rise to infamy as one of the most ingenious art forgers of all time.
    DirectorRudolf van den BergStarsJeroen SpitzenbergerLize FerynRoeland Fernhout
  • Helena Bonham Carter and Julian Sands in A Room with a View (1985)

    20. A Room with a View

    19851h 57mNot Rated83Metascore
    7.2 (50K)
    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
  • Imogen Stubbs and James Wilby in A Summer Story (1988)

    21. A Summer Story

    19881h 35mPG-13
    7.2 (1.3K)
    Frank Ashton and his best friend are hiking across Dartmoor when he twists his ankle. Frank goes for help at a nearby farmhouse where he stays for a few days and falls in love with Megan.
    DirectorPiers HaggardStarsImogen StubbsJames WilbySusannah York
  • Alice Krige and Chris Sarandon in A Tale of Two Cities (1980)

    22. A Tale of Two Cities

    19802h 42mNot RatedTV Movie
    6.6 (1.1K)
    An ex-aristocrat from France and an alcoholic English lawyer find themselves crossing paths and in love with the same woman during the French Revolution.
    DirectorJim GoddardStarsChris SarandonPeter CushingKenneth More
  • Elizabeth Allan, Ronald Colman, and Donald Woods in A Tale of Two Cities (1935)

    23. A Tale of Two Cities

    19352h 8mApproved87Metascore
    7.8 (6.6K)
    A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amidst the turmoil of the French Revolution.
    DirectorsJack ConwayRobert Z. LeonardStarsRonald ColmanElizabeth AllanEdna May Oliver
  • David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike in A United Kingdom (2016)

    24. A United Kingdom

    20161h 51mPG-1365Metascore
    6.9 (17K)
    The story of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and how his loving but controversial marriage to a British white woman, Ruth Williams, put his kingdom into political and diplomatic turmoil.
    DirectorAmma AsanteStarsDavid OyelowoRosamund PikeTom Felton
  • Keanu Reeves and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón in A Walk in the Clouds (1995)

    25. A Walk in the Clouds

    19951h 42mPG-1354Metascore
    6.7 (38K)
    Paul Sutton, a young married soldier, befriends a pregnant lady who is petrified her father will disown her, and agrees to pose as her boyfriend. As time passes, they start growing fond of each other.
    DirectorAlfonso ArauStarsKeanu ReevesAitana Sánchez-GijónAnthony Quinn

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