Recommended Costume dramas

[olde_fashioned]

This is designed to be a list of costume dramas that I like, as well as ones I would recommend to those looking for something to watch. This is by no means extensive, and certain movies have been omitted intentionally due to objectionable content. (what, I ask, is the point of a costume drama when the characters spend more time out of the costumes than in them?) I've seen a great many movies, and a lot of costume dramas, and very few of them I would consider good enough to buy, or recommend.

[note: my favourites are highlighted ]

Alphabetically:

Bleak House
IMDb entry

Christy (the television show with Kellie Martin, and/or pilot episode for the show)
IMDb entry

Cranford and Return to Cranford (IMDb has combined both productions as one entry)
IMDb entry
[has one fleeting suggestive scene that will probably go over the heads of younger viewers]

Emma (a.k.a. E3, the 1996 Kate Beckinsale/Mark Strong version)
IMDb entry

Ever After
IMDb entry

Five Mile Creek (an Australian TV show based on Louis L'Amour's "The Cherokee Trail")
IMDb entry

Gods & Generals
IMDb entry

Jane Eyre (with Timothy Dalton and Zelah Clarke)
IMDb entry

Jane Eyre (with Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens)
IMDb entry
[beware of a few "suggestive" scenes...]

Lady and the Duke, The (in French; with subtitles)
IMDb entry

Lady and the Highwayman, The
IMDb entry

Last of the Mohicans, The
IMDb entry
[beware heavy war violence and rather "intense" kissing in one scene]

Little Dorrit
IMDb entry

Lorna Doone (the 2001 Amelia Warner version)
IMDb entry

Man from Snowy River, The
IMDb entry

Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World
IMDb entry

Mayor of Casterbridge, The
IMDb entry

Miss Austen Regrets
IMDb entry

North & South (with Richard Armitage and Daniela Denby-Ashe)
IMDb entry

Northanger Abbey (1986)
IMDb entry

Our Mutual Friend
IMDb entry

The Phantom of the Opera
IMDb entry
[beware suggestive lyrics and dancing for "Point of No Return"]

Persuasion (a.k.a. P2, the 1995? Amanda Root/Ciaran Hinds version)
IMDb entry

Pride & Prejudice (a.k.a. P&P2, the 1995 Colin Firth/Jennifer Ehle version)
IMDb entry

Sense & Sensibility (a.k.a. S&S2, the 1995 Emma Thompson/Kate Winslet version)
IMDb entry

Shackleton (with Kenneth Brannagh, about the Antarctic explorer)
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Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (a Korean-made drama about the Korean war)
IMDb entry
[beware heavy war violence and language]

Wives & Daughters
IMDb entry

Comments

[narnialovers.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen the sequels yet, but I LOVED Love Comes Softly. Such a beautiful, heart-warming story...*sighs*

You're welcome!=D

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

I liked the second one the very best, but after that they started deviating from the books too much so I didn't care for them. Have you read the series by Janette Oke?

[narnialovers.livejournal.com]

Have you read the series by Janette Oke?

Nope, but now I really want to!=D

I also LOVED Anne of Green Gables. Have you seen it?

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

It's not a bad series. :-) She has many that my mom and I have both enjoyed.

Heheh, I LOVE Anne!! I like both the first movies, as well. ;-D