Best costume drama films (11 titles)
It all began with 'A Room With a View'...and it's still my favourite.
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A Room With A View
Helena Bonham-Carter in her first and best role as Lucy Honeychurch. Merchant Ivory Productions based on E.M. Forster's novel.
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A Room With A View
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Helena Bonham-Carter
Director: James Ivory
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Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. This may be due to the title being deleted or on a limited release. We will continue to rent this title as soon as stock becomes available. E.M. Forster's 1908 novel, A ROOM WITH A VIEW, is adapted for the screen by director James ..read more »
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Howard's End
Helena Bonham-Carter is joined by Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins in another great adaptation of E.M. Forster novel.
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Howard's End
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Prunella Scales, Vanessa Redgrave
Director: James Ivory
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E.M. Forster's 1910 novel is adapted for the screen by Merchant Ivory Productions in this masterful Edwardian Age romance directed by James Ivory. The dying Ruth Wilcox (Vanessa Redgrave) wishes to leave her country home, Howards End, to Margaret Schlegel (Emma Thompson in an Academy Award-winning ..read more »
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Where Angels Fear To Tread
Filmed in beautiful Venice, with beautiful costumes..worn by Helena Bonham-Carter.
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Where Angels Fear To Tread
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Helena Bonham-Carter, Judy Davis, Helen Mirren
Director: Charles Sturridge
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An adaptation of E.M. Forster's debut novel. A woman who has recently lost her husband visits Italy where she soon marries again.
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from 1,010 member
The Age Of Innocence
Winona Ryder really suits a corset. A romance to keep you in suspense.
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The Age Of Innocence
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder
Director: Martin Scorsese
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An adaptation of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel which chronicles the hypocrisy of high society in the 1880s and tells of three wealthy New Yorkers caught in a love triangle.
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from 4,638 members
The Remains Of The Day
Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins get into costume again after working so well together in Howard's End.
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The Remains Of The Day
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox
Director: James Ivory
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James Ivory directed this quietly moving film set just prior to World War II. On the large English estate of Lord Darlington (James Fox), a disciplined butler, Stevens (Anthony Hopkins), devotes himself to his duties with rigorous dedication. Like his father (Peter Vaughan) before him, Stevens ..read more »
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
The costumes are stunning and unique, and again Winona Ryder compliments the corset.
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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This sumptuous, erotic film is a faithful adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic novel. In 1897 London, Jonathan Harker (Keanu Reeves) leaves fiancee Mina (Winona Ryder) and journeys to Transylvania to meet Count Dracula (Gary Oldman). While keeping Jonathan a prisoner in his castle, Dracula travels ..read more »
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from 11,082 members
The Horseman On The Roof
Beautiful people looking dashing as they dash around.
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The Horseman On The Roof
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Olivier Martinez, Pierre Arditi
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
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In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband...
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from 1,487 member
Artemisia
Girl power in the 17th Century Italy as Artemisia fights to be a painter.
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Artemisia
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Michel Serrault, Miki Manojlovic, Valentina Cervi
Director: Agnes Merlet
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Seventeen year old Artemisia is a budding artist in 17th Century Italy where women are forbidden to study painting much less paint nude models. She persuades her father to let her watch and learn from the great painter Agostino Tassi. Tassi, however, has plans other than teaching art and he attacks ..read more »
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from 259 members
Manon Des Sources
Follow up from Jean De Florette. More art-house than costume drama, but still one of the best.
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Manon Des Sources
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Beart
Director: Claude Berri
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The second of two parts of the classic Marcel Pagnol story set in France in the mid-1920's. The daughter of a ruined farmer discovers the identity of the men who stopped up her father's well and plots revenge, eventually uncovering long forgotten family secrets. Follows "Jean De Florette."
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from 13,692 members
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
I couldn't resist adding this one to the list because Penelope Cruz has adorable costumes.
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, John Hurt, Christian Bale
Director: John Madden
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In keeping with Hollywood's time-honoured tradition of turning celebrated novels into cinematic spectacles, director John Madden brings Louis de Berniere's acclaimed 1994 work, CORELLI'S MANDOLIN, to life. Set on the Greek island of Cephalonia in 1940, the film tells the story of the beautiful ..read more »
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Average rating for this collection:
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