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The 30 Best Period Dramas From the Last 30 Years: Flavorwire

In making this list of my 30 favorites from the past 30 years, I have employed the following rules: first, in general nothing set after 1950 counts as a period drama just yet in my eyes. I think there has to be somewhat more than marginal distance from the past to achieve the title of "period piece." Further, I cut out Westerns and war movies, even if they do try to engage us with the past; they just have different generic conventions. I also, if the film was a historical or literary adaptation, limited myself to just one film that covered either the same period or book. No television shows were allowed. And nothing released before 1980, just to keep this to manageable size and comfortable for modern tastes. And no Shakespeare in Love, out of my respect for my long-held rule of excluding all things Gwyneth-Paltrow-related from my consciousness
By Michelle Dean
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Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
2
The New World (2005)
The New World (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   62%
3
Stage Beauty (2004)
Stage Beauty (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   64%
4
Daniel Deronda (2002)
Daniel Deronda (2002)
5
The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   46%
6
Carrington (1995)
Carrington (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   54%
7
Quills (2000)
Quills (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
8
Bleak House (2005)
Bleak House (2005)
9
Mrs Brown (1997)
Mrs Brown (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
10
Bright Star (2009)
Bright Star (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
11
A Little Princess (1995)
A Little Princess (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
12
Jude (1996)
Jude (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
13
A Passage to India (1984)
A Passage to India (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
14
The Young Victoria (2009)
The Young Victoria (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   76%
15
Impromptu (1991)
Impromptu (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   76%
16
The Forsyte Saga: To Let (2003)
The Forsyte Saga: To Let (2003)
17
The Piano (1993)
The Piano (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
18
The Madness of King George (1994)
The Madness of King George (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
19
A Room With a View (1985)
A Room With a View (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
20
Wives & Daughters (1999)
Wives & Daughters (1999)
21
Washington Square (1997)
Washington Square (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
22
Elizabeth (1998)
Elizabeth (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
23
The Remains of the Day (1993)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
24
Dangerous Liasons
Dangerous Liasons
25
Little Dorrit (2008)
Little Dorrit (2008)
26
North and South (2004)
North and South (2004)
27
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
28
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
29
The House of Mirth (2000)
The House of Mirth (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
30
Fingersmith (2005)
Fingersmith (2005)
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