Top 20 Greatest Romantic Period Films
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- Movies are always more romantic in a period setting. For this list, we’ll be looking at the best period pieces where romance is the central theme. Our countdown includes "Jane Eyre," "Atonement," "Titanic," and more! What's YOUR favorite period romance? Let us know in the comments!
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queen charlotte plsss TT
Carol. If you consider Brokeback Mountain into the "period" category Carol applies to that too. And I think it's a masterpiece. Both Cate and Rooney did an amazing job.
Titanic and Moulin Rouge
Correction in number 2 - You mentioned that it's Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche as the doomed couple in English Patient, but that is incorrect. Juliette Binoche actually plays the nurse who is in love with Naveen Andrews. The doomed couple is Ralph Fiennes and Kristen Scott Thomas
Onegin - w/ Ralph Fiennes - Masterful and full of yearning and bad timing -
"Atonement" broke my heart into a million little pieces. Despite Briony being indirectly responsible for so many lives being ruined, you can't help but wish, like her, that Robbie and Cecelia's story had a happier ending.
That movie is so heartbreaking
The very end of these movies always breaks my heart. To see the human suffering of loss and heartache and pain.
My husband watched it and told me it's so tragic. He liked it a lot though.
I cant bring myself to watch that film again..its so sad.
The 2005 version of P & P is my all-time favorite romance movie so you got it right. Matthew Macfadyen's achingly vulnerable portrayal of Mr. Darcy was breathtaking.
He even made Mr. Darcy's disastrous 1st proposal sound romantic. The way he said, "I love you. Most ardently." would've made me say yes.
He's an incredible actor, a chameleon like Daniel Day Lewis.
The 1995 miniseries is the definitive version, with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle, but it's not a movie, so....
@@shells500tutubo but it's deeeeefinitely better than the 2005 film
critics dint like P and P that much neither did academy but i have seen 18/20 on the list and i rate P and P very high.
No Ever After? It is the gold standard for the Cinderella tale.
It's fine movies but nothing special about it infact it's boring
I absolutely love that film. The best Cinderella version, hands down.
Pure gold. Deserves top 5 even
Love Ever After.
Charming, and who doesn't want to spend an hour watching Dougray Scott?
"The Last of the Mohicans" is one of the very best period romances of all time.
Oh, yeah. Daniel Day Lewis and Madeleine Stowe lit it up.
yes!
Absolutely agree!
It's more of action drama than romance
The lovers in The English Patient were Ralph Fienes and Kristin Scott Thomas. Juliette Binoche was the nurse who cared for the patient.
Yep
Thank you! Was coming here to say that!
IKR? WatchMojo: get your act together!!!
Thank you!
@@karatemamanr- Same. Haha.
Pride and Prejudice had to be #1. It's my favorite period movie and book ❣️
Wrong P&P for me
@@janetdunn7583 Yeah but it's film not mini series unfortunately.
The movie should be a laughing stock to everyone who loves the book. The "holy grale" of the film versions can only be the BBC Mini Series with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle.
I have read the book, watched the movie and watched the mini series and strongly prefer the film. I feel Jennifer Ehle was not a good fit for the part of Elizabeth Bennett. I just could not stand the feel of the mini series and felt it dragged on way too long.
I liked the 1995 and 2005 movies.
Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite Jane Austin Novels. Next are Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Mansfield Park, and Persuasion. I also loved Ana Karenina, little women and great expectations.
Jane Eyre is one of the most beautifully written books I have read. I will watch any movie or series based on it.
A top 10 list of Jane Eyre adaptations would be nice. Let's face it, they do 1 or 2 new adaptations every decade. Or maybe a list of the top 10 couples to play Rochester and Jane, that might be better.
If you are into audio books, Thandie Newton does a fantastic narration of it.
Masterpiece Theatre's production with Ruth Wilson as Jane and Toby Stephens as Rochester was my favorite version of this story.
The book is so beautiful… the story and the writing. i’ve never found a film adaptation to do it justice. I think it would have to be a mini-series with at least three episodes to capture the tale. That said, however, the Juliet Stevenson narration is absolutely beautiful in every way. (She can speak the German, French, sing the songs, read the dialogs and distinguish each character with a stand alone voice. She is perfection as the narrator of what must be a difficult book to read aloud.)
Thank you for the recommendation!@@RandomFandomDragon
Persuasion is such an underrated movie. The emotions are palpable.
Also agree, Atonement was a heartbreaking film.
Amanda Root as Anne Elliott was perfect casting. She was excellent.
It's my favorite adaption of my favorite novel!
RIP Jean-Marc Vallée
He directed THE YOUNG VICTORIA
Sense and Sensibility is my favorite. I would add -
- A Room With a View
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- Wuthering Heights (1939 version)
- Enchanted April
Darling a Room with a view❤
Enchanted April! I love it so much.
Room with a view would be top 10 in my list
So surprised that Somewhere in Time is not on this list. Not only is it a beautiful movie but the soundtrack is so beautiful it makes you cry.
Gosh that movie made my heart break
i so love that movie!
So glad you listed PERSUASION. It is one of my favorite period romances...❤
Agreed! What I love about stories like this is the romance and passion all comes from subtle dialogue and expressive looks rather than steamy sex scenes. That subtlety makes it so much more intense IMO. And this is my favorite film version!
@@wanderer7956Completely agree!
I LOVE YOUNG VICTORIA! Has to be one of the best movies ever, especially period pieces
Romeo and Juliet with Olivia Hussey or Lady Jane with Helena Bonham Carter were both amazing too.
Lady Jane ❤❤❤❤
Becoming Jane should be on this list. Since this movie, Ive had a massive crush on James McAvoy. Atonement and Becoming Jane are both heartbreaking maybe that's why they're close to my heart.
Age Of Innocence is probably Martin Scorsese’s most underrated movie
Genuinely feel like 1999’s “Anna and the King” should be on here. Jodie Fosters chemistry with Chow Yun-Fat is undeniable. And the setting and accuracy to the film is stunning.
Number 21!
Yup Brennan and Deborah Kerr will always be the king and I.
I agree. I love that movie.
My favorite Jane Eyre is the 2006 bbc one. Ruth Wilson is AMAZING.
The best version of pride and prejudice is the 1995 version. It was the utter embodiment of Elizabeth and Darcy
The country dance in the Kiera Knightley version, and the palpable smell of the unkempt Bennett house were wonders I've never seen before in a film of any kind.
for some reason I don't appreciate most 19th century novels, but usually like a good movie adaptation. I think it's because they were all serialized and payed by the word. it shows. but my favorite I'm sorry, but it's Pride and Prejudice and zombies.
I agree.
I completely agree!
20. Jane Eyre (2011)
19. The Remains of the Day (1993)
18. Moulin Rouge! (2001)
17. The Age of Innocence (1993)
16. Persuasion (1995)
15. Howard’s End (1992)
14. The Piano (1993)
13. The Young Victoria (2009)
12. Brooklyn (2015)
11. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
10. Dangerous Liaison (1988)
9. Atonement (2007)
8. Gone With the Wind (1939)
7. Far From the Madding Crowd (2015)
6. Shakespeare in Love (1998)
5. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
4. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
3. The English Patient (1996)
2. Titanic (1997)
1. Pride and Prejudice (2005)
Honorable Mentions -
Bright Star (2009)
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
La Reine Margot (1994)
They forgot:
1. A room with a view
2. Jeanne du barry
3. Miss potter
4. The guernsey literary and potato peel pie society
5. Lady chatterly's lover
Thank you for taking the time to post this for people like me. Those who don't have the patience or time to watch this whole video, but love a good film. Cheers 🥂
@@macy6012well said!
@@MrgoldenRose to add: the taste of things. its french
@@macy6012 thank you ☺️
Please, do a list of the romantic period mini-series. There are so many good one. Especially, Pride and Prejudice and North and South. Both are beautiful and wonderfully acted.
JANE EYRE!!
Yes! War & Peace!
It does get better than Pride and Predudice. You simply have to go back to the Colin Firth version of the same film.
A Room With a View , Julian Sands is perfect in that movie.
Yes. A WONDERFUL movie!
It was Kristin Scott Thomas who was the romantic interest in The English Patient. Juliette Binoche played the nurse
I think they picked the wrong Pride and Prejudice for #1!
The 2005 version with Keira Knightly is good, but it's presented as if the author of the book were Charlotte Bronte, not Jane Austin. The scene is the rain they clipped here is a good example: confessing one's love in a storm is really "high Romantic," which is not Austen's sensibility (play on words intended) at all. She doesn't go in for such matchy-matchy scenes. At #1 I would instead suggest the BBC Pride and Prejudice with Jennifer Ehle from 1995 -- the one that made Colin Firth a major star. Yes, it was made for television and that makes it a 5 1/2 hour movie, but with that time, it is much truer to the book (any 2-hour version has to cut sooo many great scenes) and it is almost perfectly cast (I quibble only with Jane Bennet).
If you love romance, Austen, or great adaptations of great books, go watch it and see if you agree!
I guess they couldn't use a miniseries in this film ranking, but I agree completely with you.
Agree 100%.
@@cmm5542 You make a good point, but I still think that considering it a 5 1/2 hour movie helps; the BBC version is true not only to the full narrative of the book (aside from the famous jump in the estate's lake scene), but to the tone of the book as well.
SO glad you differentiated the 1995 version of Persuasion from the horrible 2022 version. Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds have never been better… the music, the directing, the supporting cast and writing ,and cinematography is all spot on. Definitely a top pick.
Totally agree. The very best adaptation.
I hate how "Belle" keeps flying under the radar. Not only is it an excellent film concerning racism and classism in 18th century Britain, but it's absolutely gorgeous and the chemistry between the two leads is off the charts. Plus, the male lead, Mr. Davinier, has, in my opinion, some of the most swoon-worthy lines put on film. It's a serious must see.
Agreed!!!!!
Agreed.
I love Belle too, however I think the greater message in Belle is the love her uncle had for her rather than the romantic love in the movie.
Another case of rewriting history. The concept of ‘racism’ in 18th century Britain is ridiculous because the average Briton wouldn’t have clapped eyes on anyone of another race in their entire lives. There may have been very rare instances of non-whites coming to the island, but the influx only really happened on any scale in the 20th century when people immigrated from other parts of the empire. Yes, we all know a small number of black servants worked in some extremely wealthy houses, but this was absolutely the exception, not the rule.
@@penname5766Ok well slavery then, if not "racism".
Brokeback Mountain is a heartbreaking slow burn. Jake and Heath poured their all into their characters and even though you want them to make it work you know it’s only a matter of time.
Great list! I think you missed Casablanca, though. Other period romances I enjoyed are Ever After, Becoming Jane, Tristan and Isolde, and The Last of the Mohicans.
Perhaps they didn't think Casablanca qualified, since it was set during World War II and it was made... during World War II. So, maybe not a "period film" in the strictest terms?
Casablanca isn't a period film. But I love the other movies you listed though.
Becoming Jane is my favorite ❤
Period/Historical Dramas are the best, especially for people who love history.
“A Very Long Engagement,” with Audrey Tautou and Gaspard Ulliel. What a film…
I’m so glad you put Sense and Sensibility on here. It’s incredible!
I love the 2011 Jane Eyre but Toby Stephenson made an amazing Mr. Rochester in the 2006 version 😍😍😍
Yes, Yes, and Yes to Pride and Prejudice (2005). It’s my all time favourite movie. I never get tired of watching it. ❤❤❤❤
The Guernsey Literary and Potatoe Peel Pie Society could also be in this list
I’m so glad Dangerous Liaisons are on the list. It’s an astoundingly good movie that managed to turn a boring book (I tried to read it so many times! - it’s not the content but the format (exchange of letters) that’s the issue for many) into a hot, steamy and so very satisfying in terms of the timing of the retorts by Malkovich and Glenn Close. I learnt English by watching this movie a million times in high school (I’m French)
I can't see Malkovich ever being a believable lover.
One of the best movies I’ve ever seen !!
I'm glad Bright Star at least got an honorable mentioned, but Painted Veil should have also been in there. That was a great one
I liked Painted Veil as well.
I am SO HAPPY that you listed Far From the Madding Crowd!!! It's one of my favorite movies of all time (and the book is great too) and it doesn't get the recognition it deserves.
Oh my god yes I'm in love with this movie too
Hardy was a great novelist
Kiera Knightley is such a Period Film Girl
I think I might add Cold Mountain to the list. It already featured many of my favorites
I love Sense and Sensebility, Dr Zivago, Far From The Madding Crowd and Brokeback Mountain. About Half of the list I haven't watched yet. I would add A Room With A View and A Royal Affair to the list.
I love Thomas Hardy's novels made into movies. Ready his poetry sometime....so romantic and tragic
21:19 should be Kristin Scott Thomas, not Juliette Binoche. The latter portrayed the nurse, not the lover.
I absolutely love jane Eyre the 2011 version is my favorite adaptation ❤
Moulin Rouge, Brooklyn, Shakespeare In Love, Sense and Sensibility and Titanic are the best of the best to my heart. ❤
Thank you for including the 1995 Persuasion. One of if not THE absolute favorite(s) of mine. Just stellar performances 🥰
so happy to see Pride and Prejudice as number one, it is also the number one in my heart and has been for years! It will take something extreme to change it’s spot
If you are discussing Austen's Persuasion, you must put the 2007 BBC version staring Sally Hawkins and Rupert Penry-Jones at the top of that list!
Yes yes...in total agreement.
My favorite romantic period movies are Titanic, Moulin Rouge, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, The Notebook and Dirty Dancing. I like the Kiera Knightly Pride and Prejudice ok but I prefer the Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle 1995 version. I also LOVE Sense and Sensibility! Both Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet were so perfect for their roles. Basically any Jane Austen movie.
_Titanic_ is undoubtedly the most iconic period piece romance. DiCaprio and Winslet give their all into the characters and it pays off beautifully.
Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice
Emma
Those are my favourite Jane Austen movies
Jane Eyre is another great periodical movie
Atonement is so good and tragic as well.
yup, Emma is def missing here 😢
In "The English Patient," the flashback romance is with Kristin Scott Thomas, not Juliette Binoche.
Cleopatra!! The love on & off stage with Richard & Elizabeth.. mesmerising 😢
Could not agree more that Pride and Prejudice (2005) is by far the number one romantic period film to date!
MacFadyen's declaration of love when he stutters and says" I love, love you" gets me every time...
I also loved Firth's "Mr Darcy " as well .
Can't believe Maurice isn't on here (but I'm so happy that far from the madding crowd is)
Great list! If you had room for one more I'd definitely say "Miss Potter"-- what a beautiful movie
There's a ridiculous remake called Pride and Prejudice and Zombies!
Fantastic list! ❤
Atonement was the only movie that has ever made me cry my eyes out! It was utterly heartbreaking.
Pride and Prejudice (2005) is probably my favorite movie of all time! Is it the best Austen adaptation? probably not, but is still my personal fav!
This looks pretty good!
Onegin with Ralph Fiennes and Liv Tyler - this movie was soooo good and the costume design was phenomenal!
You nailed most of mine and gave me a couple to check out. I have always been a costume romance victim.
While it's not thought of as a romantic movie per se, I always thought Legends of the Fall was such a beautiful love story
Perfect list!
I would add Wuthering Heights (1939) with Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier. .. right up there with Jane Eyre (2011) Pride and Prejudice (2005) and the BBC miniseries (1995) with Colin Firth he for me was the original Mr. Darcy, Sense and Sensibility, and Persuasion but the 2018 version with Sally Hawkins and Rupert Penry Jones (swoon).
I sobbed in the movie theater when I watched the English patient …nothing like walking out of a movie theater looking like you came from a funeral 😂
A good movie 🥹🤣
Persuasion (1995) excellent choice. This is a wonderful film.
Good list, thanks for including Remains of the Day, Atonement and Brokeback Mountain all stunning movies I've watched over and over, though I feel you missed a few, and easily replaced Shakespeare in Love (meh) and Titanic (banal)... Maurice, Room with a View, Carol and the best movie ever made, Wong Kar Wai's In the The Mood For Love (glaring omission)
Somewhere in time.
GREAT LIST!!👌👌👌👌
Jane Eyre 2011 is top 1... best drama period, best photography and art direction, perfect movie
I’ve seen all but 3 of these!! But Sense & Sensibility is my favorite and Alan Rickman as Colonel Brandon is my favorite romantic hero! Also, my mother named me after the heroine of Dr. Zhivago.
Likewise!
Another addition to the list would be The Cider House Rules ❤
Dangerous Liaisons is definitely a gorgeous period film, but... romantic? From what I can recall, this movie has little to no actual romance.
My main complaint about the list, however, is my usual one -- recency bias. Aside from "Gone With the Wind" and "Dr. Zhivago," all the movies featured here are from the 80s onward. Some movies I would argue qualify for the list include:
Camille (1937), featuring Greta Garbo (her best performance IMO) and Robert Taylor;
That Hamilton Woman (1941), with Laurence Olivier as Lord Nelson and Vivien Leigh as Emma Hamilton;
Random Harvest (1943), a Ronald Colman/ Greer Garson tearjerker set in the aftermath of World War I;
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), part comedy, part tragedy, with Rex Harrison and Gene Tierney at their charismatic best;
The African Queen (1951), a romantic comedy set in Africa during World War I, with gold-standard performances by Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn.
All the same, I love seeing The Age of Innocence, Sense and Sensibility, and the 1995 Persuasion get the credit they deserve.
I completly agree with the number one. Pride and Prejudice it's a beatiful love story and the movie is well adapted. But I don' agree on a couple of things. First, if you include movies like Brokeback Mountain or Atonement an others from the 20th century, I would've had also included Carol. It's beautiful and touching love story and movie in general. Both Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara had an amazing chemistry, and did an amazing work. And the period where things happen it's a very important subject of the movie. And second, I would've not included Shakespeare In Love. In my opinion, it's one of the most overrated movies ever. But that's only my opinion, It doesn't mean that I'm right
I also love Emma starring Gwyneth Paltrow.
I consider that the best Austen film adaptation of all the ones I've seen so far!
For me, the 2020 Emma is much better. The chemistry between Anya Taylor Joy and Johnny Flynn is great, and the costumes are divine
@@luisaandreou-jones5374
I liked that one too but hated the nosebleed scene!
"A Room with a View" I feel is far better than "Howard's End" It should be for sure high on this list!
AGE OF INNOCENCE WAS EPIC!!!!❤❤❤❤ CAUGHT THE NY CULTURE PERFECTLY👌👌👌❤
My favorite Far from the Madding Crowd was the 1998 with Paloma Baeza, Nathaniel Parker. But Terence Stamp in the 1967 version was an act of God.
"The Gone with the Wind" should be #1, it's a real masterpiece.
It's considered too racist today. The old South and slavery
I love the top three but Im missing Emma and Romeo & juliet from the list
Let’s not forget the amazing film
“In the mood for love”
Should be on the top 3
The movie Pride and Prejudice couldn't hold a candle to the 6 part series staring Colin Firth.
AHHHH....THE PIANO....SO GREAT!!!!❤👌❤👌
"Australia", with Nicole Kidman, is one if my favorite
My fave is 1995's "Pride and Prejudice". The performances of Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth, and the rest of that cast, imo, stood head and shoulders above all other film and television productions ever made. p.s.: Samantha Morton's 'Jane Eyre' was so much more believable than Mia Wasikowski's.
Seconded... those two versions are the best, hands down. Ciaran Hinds as Mr. Rochester and Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy = perfection.
I prefer A&E's version of Pride & Prejudice. Otherwise, a good ranking.
agree. and glad to say i have seen all of them several times except atonement which is too tragic to watch more than once.
EMMA'S "SENSE AND SENSIBILITY" WAS EXCELLENT!!! ALL THE MEN HANDSOME !!!!💋💋💋💋💋💋
The Importance of being Earnest
Underrated gem
I think the most beautiful romance ever was Zeferelli’s Romeo and Juliet.
Remember looking fwd to AGE OF INNOCENCE. Fell asleep in theater.
Glad Shakespeare in love is on this list 🥰😍
Bright Star is one of my all time favorite movies hands down. I wish it had made the actual list.
I much prefer the 1995 Pride and Prejudice.
Finding neverland! Kate and Leopold!
The BBC version of pride and prejudice is my absolute favourite, Colin firth is Mr Darcy!
"Somewhere in Time"... beautiful film with haunting score.
The 1995 BBC pride and prejudice is so much better!
I agree! Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle are the best!