Jane Austen's Emma (1996), Call of Heroes (2016), The Princess of Montpensier (2010), Ying xiong (2002), Ashes of Time Redux (2008), Pride & Prejudice (2005), The Favourite (2018), Carnival in Flanders (1935) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Period movies.
Storyline: After the master of the Sharp Manufacturer saber factory abdicates and appoints On, his least popular worker, as his successor, On, unwilling to lead his surly colleagues, embarks on a quest of revenge to kill the evil, flying, tattooed kung fu master who killed his father.—Erik Gregersen <erik@astro.as.utexas.edu>
Plot Keywords: martial arts, action, revenge, period, swordplay, violence, classic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: War threatens London as Miss Pettigrew, a destitute governess, filches a client's card from her agency and presents herself at the door. A singer named Delysia Lafosse wants a social secretary as she seeks a West End role by sleeping with a feckless producer in the bed of Nick, a smarmy nightclub owner with whom she also dallies. She ignores Michael, her piano player, who loves her and has tickets for New York on the Queen Mary. Miss Pettigrew's job is to make sure Delysia gets the part. Over 24 hours, Miss Pettigrew is also called upon to help an ambitious and unfaithful fashion editor patch things up with her older fiancé, a lingerie designer. Has Miss Pettigrew found her calling?
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, drama, period, 1930s, london, fashion ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Beaucaire is a barber for the royal French court which becomes a real "royal pain" for the king. As a result he is sent to the guillotine - however he is saved by the Duc de Chandre, who rescues and transports him to the Spanish court. While there Beaucaire poses as a nobleman. The only problem is, he gets into even more trouble.—Kelly
Plot Keywords: adventure, comedy, romance, historical, period, french, court ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: English trout fisher Rudolf Rassendyll is about the only tourist not coming for the coronation of Central-European King Rudolf V at Strelsau, but happens to be a distant relative and is approached on account of their canning resemblance to stand in for the drunken king, in order to prevent his envious half-brother Michael, who arranged spiking his wine to seize the throne when the reputedly less then dutiful Rudolf stays away. The ceremony goes well, and he gets acquainted with the charming royal bride, related princess Flavia, but afterward the king is found to be abducted; he must continue the charade and once the hiding place, the castle of Zenda, is found is involved in the fight between political parties for control over Rudolf V, his throne and his bride, for which a formidable third candidate, Michael's disloyal co-conspirator Rupert of Hentzau, was waiting in the curtains.—KGF Vissers
Plot Keywords: adventure, romance, drama, classic, adaptation, period, action ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Roguish young peasant Fanfan (Gérard Philipe) escapes being wed to a farm girl when a gypsy, Adeline (Gina Lollobrigida), predicts that he'll find glory in the army, then marry a princess. After enlisting, Fanfan learns that Adeline is the recruiter's daughter and offered a phony prediction to get him to join, but he decides to make the fortune come true anyway. During a sword fight, he rescues the grateful king's daughter, which convinces him that fate is on his side.
Plot Keywords: adventure, romance, comedy, period, swashbuckler, french film, classic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This fictional story is set in 13th century medieval India. a Princess of Sinhala(modern-day Sri Lanka) called Padmavati falls in love with already married Maharawal Ratan Singh, King of Chittor. Upon their marriage, Padmavati is crowned queen, taking the place of wife of Ratan Singh and they reside together in joy and splendor. Their perfect life takes an unfortunate turn when a banished royal priest Chetan convinces Sultan of Delhi Allauddin Khilji to attack Chittor and capture Padmavati for her beauty and luck she could bring him. Sultan Allaudin Khilji, convinced by the priest and driven by desire of ultimate power, prepares to attack Chittorgarh.
Plot Keywords: historical, drama, romance, war, epic, indian, period ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: China is plunged into strife as feuding warlords try to expand their power by warring over neighboring lands. Fuelled by his success on the battlefield, young and arrogant Hao Jie sneers at Shaolin's masters after killing a rival warlord on their temple grounds. But the glory comes before a fall. His own family is wiped out in an unexpected turn of events and Hao is forced to take refuge with the monks. As the civil unrest spreads and the people suffer, Hao and the Shaolin masters are forced to take a fiery stand against the evil warlords. They launch a daring plan of rescue and escape.
Plot Keywords: action, adventure, comedy, martial arts, historical, drama, war ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, drama, british, period, adaptation, high society ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Jane Austen's beloved comedy about finding your equal and earning your happy ending, is reimagined in this. Handsome, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse is a restless queen bee without rivals in her sleepy little town. In this glittering satire of social class and the pain of growing up, Emma must adventure through misguided matches and romantic missteps to find the love that has been there all along.—Focus Features
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, drama, period, british, jane austen, adaptation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Among jugglers and other entertainers, Esmeralda, a sensuous gypsy, performs a bewitching dance in front of delighted spectators. From up in a tower of the cathedral, Frollo, an alchemist, gazes at her lustfully. Later in the night, Frollo orders Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer and his faithful servant, to kidnap Esmeralda. But when the ugly freak comes close to her is touched by the young woman's beauty...—Guy Bellinger
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, historical, period, literary adaptation, 1950s, black and white ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A young man (Leslie Cheung) spends a night in a haunted temple, where he encounters a woman (Tsu-hsien Wang) possessed by spirits.
Plot Keywords: fantasy, romance, ghost, period, martial arts, horror, comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Amber St Clair means to get on in life and despite a poor background knows she has the assets to do it. Husbands, lovers, prison and a liaison with King Charles II form a tapestry of apparently calculating ups and downs, although in fact the one love of her life, Bruce Carlton, is never far from Amber's thoughts.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: historical, romance, drama, period, british, court, adaptation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of a spaniel dear to the King. Merivel joins the King's court and lives the high life provided to someone of his position. Merivel is ordered to marry one of the King's mistresses in order to divert the suspicions of another one of his mistresses. He is given one order by the king and that is not to fall in love. The situation worsens when Merivel finds himself in love with his new wife. Eventually, the King finds out and relieves Merivel of his position and wealth. His fall from grace leaves Merivel where he first started. And through his travels and reunites with an old friend, he rediscovers his love for true medicine and what it really means to be a physician.—P. Wong <pwong@nt.net>
Plot Keywords: historical, drama, british, period, court, romance, art ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Forced into slavery in ancient China two boys become like brothers. Aspiring to be free one day they train to hone their skills. The training almost pays off, but one of them is whisked away by one of the emperor's men before its completion. The dream of reuniting with his brother are dashed when the older boy returns mortally wounded only to extract a promise from his younger friend to visit a location. There has been a coup in the palace and the Emperor is bereft of his throne and supporters.—aghaemi
Plot Keywords: history, costume, war, zombie, horror, thriller, political intrigue ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 17th. century England, Jassy is believed a witch because she has sometimes visions of approaching disasters. When Barney Hatton, an impoverished gentry whose gambling father has lost the family home, helps her anyway she will not forget and will try to help him have his property back - at any price?—BSK
Plot Keywords: romance, drama, british film, black and white, historical, period, novel adaptation ...
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