When it comes to period piece movies, there are a few patterns: Jane Austen, old time-y relationship problems, Emma Thompson, Merchant Ivory productions, or Keira Knightley dramatically storming ...

As period movie pro Keira Knightley told The Los Angeles Times in December 2024, "You learn the rules of the time period, and then you can break them. What the breaking of those rules says, I find ...

The words “period piece” can suggest boring, dry, and slow. But the movies we’re about to discuss on this list are anything but. So the next time you hear that title thrown around in ...

Ang Lee’s film is arguably the first gay romance to ever break through to the mainstream culture. Based on a short story by Annie Proulx, “ Brokeback Mountain ” stars Heath Ledger and Jake ...

James Ivory and Ismail Merchant collaborated on the 1985 British period romantic movie A Room with a View, which is based on the novel by E. M. Forster. It centers on Lucy Honeychurch, played by ...

Directed by Amma Asante, Belle is the first 1700s period film to feature the romance of an interracial couple, and since its release in 2013, it remains the only film to do so.

Look no further then my list of these five must-see period films! I’m talking grand costumes, old English accents, power struggles and love that you’ll swoon over.

Amadeus, Lawrence of Arabia, and There Will Be Blood are all among the absolute best period movies that deserve to be in the ...

You can simply never have enough Period TV shows. There is just something about swishing gowns, glittering balls, and handsome, brooding men in cravats that draws one in. But not all Period pieces ...