Living in the Past
- 2 books
- 68 TV shows
- 90 movies
Period Shows with Good Writing and Acting
6
Othello
1996 Movie •3/5
Drama film based on William Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name.
65
The Importance Of Being Earnest
2002 Movie •3.9/5
British-American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Oliver...
40
The End Of The Affair
1999 Movie •3.6/5
Romantic drama film written and directed by Neil Jordan and starring...
964
The Last Of The Mohicans
1992 Movie •4.3/5
Epic historical drama film set in 1757 during the French and Indian War.
117
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 Movie •3.1/5
Epic war film that dramatizes the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
402
Empire Of The Sun
1987 Movie •4.3/5
Epic coming-of-age war film based on J. G. Ballard's...
215
Corrina, Corrina
1994 Movie •3.9/5
Feature film set in 1959 about a widower (Ray Liotta) who hires a...
1.4K
The Wedding Singer
1998 Movie •4.2/5
Romantic comedy film directed by Frank Coraci, written by Tim...
45
The Homesman
2014 Movie •3.8/5
Western historical drama film set in the 1850s Midwest and directed...
5
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: The Murder At The Vicarage
1986 Movie •5/5
British television series based on the Miss Marple murder mystery...
8
The Importance Of Being Earnest
1952 Movie •3.6/5
British comedy-drama film adaptation of the 1895 play by Oscar Wilde.
275
Gosford Park
2002 Movie •3.8/5
Satirical black comedy mystery film directed by Robert Altman and...
TV shows 68
178
Pride And Prejudice
1995 TV Show •3.9/5
Six-episode 1995 British television drama, adapted by Andrew Davies...
475
The Haunting Of Bly Manor
2020 TV Show •3.9/5
Gothic romance/drama streaming television miniseries created by Mike...
1.2K
Hell On Wheels
2011 TV Show •3.6/5
Canadian Western television series about the construction of the...
75
Hatfields & Mccoys
2012 TV Show •3.1/5
Three-part Western television miniseries based on the Hatfield–McCoy...
24
The Living And The Dead
2016 TV Show •3.2/5
British supernatural horror television miniseries created by Ashley Pharoah.
19
Casanova
2005 TV Show •3.4/5
British television comedy drama serial, written by television...
20
Sense And Sensibility
1981 TV Show •3.8/5
British television drama adaptation of Jane Austen's 1811 novel Sense...
485
Jeeves And Wooster
1990 TV Show •4.1/5
British comedy-drama television series adapted by Clive Exton from P....
55
Brideshead Revisited
1981 TV Show •3.2/5
British television serial starring Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews.
648
Poirot
1989 TV Show •4.1/5
British mystery drama television programme that aired on ITV from 8...
43
The Abc Murders
2018 TV Show •2.6/5
BBC One mystery thriller television serial loosely based on Agatha...
194
North & South
2005 TV Show •3.9/5
British television historical drama programme, produced by the BBC...
Books 2
8
The History Of Tom Jones, A Foundling
Book by Henry Fielding •5/5
Comic novel by English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding.
5
The Witch Of Blackbird Pond
Book by Elizabeth George Speare •1.6/5
Children's novel by American author Elizabeth George Speare,...
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Book by Willa Cather •3.3/5
Novel by American author Willa Cather, written while she was living...
90
Ivanhoe
Book by Walter Scott •3.7/5
Historical novel published in three volumes, in 1819, as one of the...
3
The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Book by Laurence Sterne •3.8/5
Novel by Laurence Sterne.
51
Vanity Fair
Book by William Makepeace Thackeray •4.4/5
English novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, which follows the lives...
356
Mansfield Park
Book by Jane Austen •4.3/5
Third published novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1814 by...
73
The Age Of Innocence
Book by Edith Wharton •4.1/5
Novel by American author Edith Wharton.
356
Beowulf
Book by Unknown, Francis Barton Gummere •3.7/5
Old English epic poem in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend...
57
Villette
Book by Charlotte Brontë •4.9/5
Novel written by English author Charlotte Brontë. After an...
45
Guns, Germs, And Steel: The Fates Of Human Societies
Book by Jared Diamond •3.4/5
Transdisciplinary non-fiction book by Jared Diamond.
48
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Book by Edith Wharton •3.5/5
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