Favourite Period Dramas


~  Unless indicated, films are for all audiences ~

~A~
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson (1998)
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) ~ some episodes for older audience

Amazing Grace (2006) ~ some scenes may be disturbing
Anna and the King (1999) ~ for older audience, some violence

~B~
Ben Hur (1959) ~ scary part (leprosy), violence
Berkeley Square (1998) ~ for older audience
Bertie and Elizabeth (2002) ~ for older audience
Black Arrow (1985)

~C~
Casablanca (1942) ~ for older audience
Chariots of Fire (1981)
A Christmas Carol (1951)
Cinderella Man (2005) ~ violence, lewd character (the bad guy)
The Colditz Story (1955)
Cranford (2007)

~D~
Daniel Deronda (2002) ~ for older audience
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
The Dwelling Place (1994) ~ mature theme, also a part you may prefer to fast-forward

~E~
Emma (1996)
Emma (2009)
Ever After (1998) ~ some scenes may be disturbing

~F~
Falling For A Dancer (1998) ~ mature theme, some parts you may want to fast-forward
Far From the Madding Crowd (1967) ~ for older audience
Finding Neverland (2004) ~ for older audience (I think; I'm going to have to watch it again)
The Four Feathers (1939) ~ violence, part you may want to fast-forward

~G~
The Gathering Storm (2002) ~ for older audience, crude song, part you may want to fast-forward
The Great Escape (1963) ~ one very sad scene you may want to fast-forward for children
Gone With the Wind (1939) ~ for older audience

~H~
He Knew He Was Right (2004) ~ for older audience, very sad in parts, part you may want to fast-forward
Horatio Hornblower (1998) ~ for older audience, violence

~I~
I Am David (2003)
The Inheritance (1997) ~ one part you may want to fast-forward
Ivanhoe (1952)
Ivanhoe (1997) ~ for older audience

~J~
Jane Eyre (1983)
Jane Eyre (2006)

~L~
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008) ~ some strange pagan themes (Queenie)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992) ~ for older audience, graphic violence
Little Dorrit  (2008) ~ for older audience
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
A Little Princess (1995)
The Little Princess (1939)
Little Women (1994)
Lorna Doone (2000) ~ for older audience
Love Comes Softly (2003)
Love's Enduring Promise (2004)

~M~
The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005) ~ mature theme
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Mary Poppins (1964)
The Moth (1997) ~ for older audience, mature theme
Miss Potter (2006)
My Family and Other Animals (2005) ~ for older audience
My Fair Lady (1964)

~N~
North and South (2004)
Northanger Abbey (2007) ~ one part you may want to fast-forward

~O~
Our Mutual Friend (1998)

~P~
Peter Pan (2003)
Persuasion (2007)
The Phantom of the Opera (2004) ~ for older audience
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Pride and Prejudice (2005)

~R~
The Railway Children (1970)
The Railway Children (2000)
A Room With a View (1985) ~ for older audience, one part you may want to fast-forward
Return to Cranford (2010)

~S~
Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Sense and Sensibility (2008) ~ part at the beginning you may want to fast-forward
The Sound of Music (1965)
Swept From The Sea (1997) ~ for older audience, part you may want to fast-forward

 ~T~
A Tale of Two Cities (1989) ~ violence, sad part
The Treasure Seekers (1996)

~W~
The Way We Live Now (2001) ~ for older audience, some parts you may want to fast-forward
Wuthering Heights (1998) ~ for older audience, some parts you may want to fast-forward
Wives and Daughters (1999)

~V~
Vanity Fair (1987) ~ for older audience
Victoria and Albert (2001) ~ for older audience
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