[Read My Review] – Click on links next to period dramas below to read my review. Although I've watched all of the films below at least once I've only had time of review a handful of them but more reviews are on their way! Check our My Film Reviews page.
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Note: Please remember that some of the films listed below may contain scenes or subject matters that may not be completely appropriate for children. Please feel free to ask me about material in any films!
Refer to this letter coding which will mark objectional scenes or themes in the films listed below:
(L) = Language / cursing
(V) = Violence / dark themes
(S) = Sexual innuendo / suggestive themes or scenes
Refer to this letter coding which will mark objectional scenes or themes in the films listed below:
(L) = Language / cursing
(V) = Violence / dark themes
(S) = Sexual innuendo / suggestive themes or scenes
Check out more information about some of these period dramas in my post Period Drama Film Tournament - Contestant Reviews.
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Death Comes To Pemberley (2013) (S, V) [Read My Review]
Emma (1972) [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
Emma (1996) [My Music Videos – One & Two]
Emma (1997) [My Music Videos]
Emma (2009) [My Music Video]
Lost In Austen (S, L) [My Music Video]
Mansfield Park (1983) [My Music Video]
Mansfield Park (1999) (S) - strong themes [My thoughs on MP Adaptations]
Mansfield Park (2007) [My Music Videos - One, Two & Three]
Miss Austen Regrets [My Music Video]
Northanger Abbey (1986) [My Music Video]
Northanger Abbey (2007) (S) - two brief scenes easily skipped [My Music Video]
Persuasion (1971) [My Music Video]
Persuasion (1995) [A Look At Anne Elliot] [My Music Videos]
Persuasion (2007) [My Thoughts] [My Music Videos – One & Two]
Pride & Prejudice (1940)
Pride & Prejudice (1980) [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
Pride & Prejudice (1995) [My Music Video]
Pride & Prejudice (2005) [My Music Video]
Sense & Sensibility (1971) [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
Sense & Sensibility (1981) [My Music Videos - One & Two]
Sense & Sensibility (1995) [My Music Video – One & Two]
Sense & Sensibility (2008) (S) - one scene at the very beginning [My Music Video]
The Real Jane Austen (2002 Documentary) [Read My Review]
ELIZABETH GASKELL FILMS
Cranford [My Music Video]
North and South (V) - tragic death [My Music Video]
Return to Cranford
Who The Dickens Is Mrs. Gaskell? (Documentary) [Read My Review]
Wives and Daughters [Read My Review] [My Music Videos - One & Two]
BRONTË FILMS
In Search of the Brontës (2003 Documentary) (V) [Read My Review]
Jane Eyre (1944)
Jane Eyre (1970) [My Music Video]
Jane Eyre (1973)
Jane Eyre (1983)
Jane Eyre (1996) (V)
Jane Eyre (1997) (V) [My Music Video]
Jane Eyre (2006) (V, S) [My Music Video]
Jane Eyre (2011) (S) - brief nude image [Read My Review]
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (S, V) [My Music Video]
Wuthering Heights (1939)
Wuthering Heights (1992) (V) - dark themes
CHARLES DICKENS FILMS
A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
Barnaby Rudge (1960)
Bleak House (2005) (V) - a few dark themes [My Music Video]
David Copperfield (1999) [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
David Copperfield (2000) [Read My Review]
Dombey and Son (1983) [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
Great Expectations (1981) [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
Great Expectations (1999) (V) - dark themes [Read My Review]
Great Expectations (BBC 2011) (L, V) [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
Hard Times (1977) [Read My Review]
Little Dorrit (2008) (V) - dark themes, scary death [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
Martin Chuzzlewit (1994) [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
Nicholas Nickleby (2002) (V) - dark themes, scary death scene [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001) (V, S) - dark themes, brief scene [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
Oliver Twist (1999) (V, S)
Oliver Twist (2007) (V, S) [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
Oliver! (Musical)
Our Mutual Friend (1998) (V) - dark themes, tragic death [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
The Life of Charles Dickens (2002 Bio) (S) [Read My Review]
The Muppet Christmas Carol [Read My Review]
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935) [Read My Review]
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012) (V) - dark themes, drug usage [Read My Review]
The Old Curiosity Shop (1979)
The Old Curiosity Shop (2007) (V) - dark themes [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
The Pickwick Papers (1985) [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT FILMS
An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (2008) [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
An Old-Fashioned Christmas (2010) [Read My Review]
Little Men (1998) [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
Little Women (1933)
Little Women (1949)
Little Women (1978) [My Music Video]
Little Women (1994) [Read My Review]
The Inheritance (1997) [My Music Video]
- OSCAR WILDE FILMS
An Ideal Husband (1999) (S)
Lady Windermere's Fan (1985)
The Canterville Ghost (1944)
The Canterville Ghost (1996)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1985)
The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) (S) - backside shown briefly
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976) (V, S)
ANTHONY TROLLOPE FILMS
He Knew He Was Right [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
The Barchester Chronicles [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
The Two Loves of Anthony Trollope (2004 Documentary) [Read My Review]
The Way We Live Now (S) [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
BIOGRAPHY FILMS
Amazing Grace (V) - slavery
Bright Star (V, S) - brief [Read My Review]
C.S. Lewis: The Shadowlands (1993)
Chaplin (S) [My Music Video]
Chariots of Fire
C.S. Lewis: Through The Shadowlands (1985)
Dreamchild (The Real Alice of Wonderland)
Finding Neverland
Gettysburg (V) - war scenes
Gods and Generals (V) - war scenes
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale [Read My Review]
Luther (V) [My Music Video]
Miss Potter [My Post on Beatrix Potter]
Princess Ka'iulani (2009) (S) - excessive kissing [Read My Review]
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend (2000) [Read My Review]
The Diary of Anne Frank (2009) (V)
The Dreamer of Oz
FILMS ABOUT ROYALTY
Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (S, V)
Bertie and Elizabeth (2002) [Read My Review]
Lady Jane (S)
Mary of Scotland (1936)
Her Majesty, Mrs Brown (S)
The King's Speech (L) [Read My Thoughts]
The Lost Prince [Read My Review]
The Madness of King George (V, S)
Victoria & Albert (2001) (S) - brief
The Mudlark (1950)
The Young Victoria (S) - brief [Read My Review]
GEORGE ELIOT FILMS
The Mill on the Floss (1997) (V)
Daniel Deronda (V, S) - two brief scenes [My Music Videos]
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life (2002 Documentary) (S) [Read My Review]
Middlemarch (1994)
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (1985) [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
THOMAS HARDY FILMS
Day After The Fair (TV 1987) (S)
Far from the Madding Crowd (1998) (V, S) [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998) (S)
The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978) [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003) (S, V) - brief
The Woodlanders (S, V)
Under the Greenwood Tree [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE FILMS
As You Like It (1936)
As You Like It (2006) (V, S) [My Music Video]
Hamlet (1990) (V, S)
Hamlet (1996) (V, S)
Kiss Me Kate (Taming of the Shrew) [Read My Review]
Much Ado About Nothing (1993) (S) [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
Romeo and Juliet (1936)
The Merchant of Venice (1973) [Read My Review]
The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996) (S) - girl dresses as a boy
BBC's The Hollow Crown: Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, Henry V (S, V) [Read My Review] [My Trailers & Clips Post]
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY FILMS
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel
Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (V) - contains WWII war scenes
Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (V) - contains WWII war scenes
Emily of New Moon (V) - dark themes [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
The Secret Garden (1993) (V) - contains a few scary scenes
Black Beauty (1994) (V) - a scary fire scene [My Music Video]
Stranded (based on The Swiss Family Robinson)
The Sign of the Beaver (a.k.a. Keeping the Promise)
Treasure Island (1990)
Treasure Island (2012) (V, L, S,) - tame pirate violence, mild language, slightly off color jokes [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
Treasure Island (2012) (V, L, S,) - tame pirate violence, mild language, slightly off color jokes [Read My Review] [My Music Video]
-Felicity: An American Girl Adventure [My Music Video]
-Kit Kitterage: An American Girl
-Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front [My Music Video]
-Samantha: An American Girl Holiday
CINDERELLA STORIES
Cinderella (1965)
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998) (L) - three words in uncut edition [My Film Review]
The Slipper and the Rose
PRAIRIE & WILD WEST FILMS
Against a Crooked Sky
Baker's Hawk
Bonanza (TV series)
Five Mile Creek (TV series)
Gunsmoke (TV series)
Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Rose Hill
Seasons of the Heart
The Apple Dumpling Gang
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
The Big Valley (TV Series)
The Man from Snowy River
Return to Snowy River
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga
LOVE COMES SOFTLY SERIES
(in order films were made)
Love Comes Softly
Love's Enduring Promise
Love's Long Journey
Love's Abiding Joy
Love's Unending Legacy
Love's Unfolding Dream
Love Takes Wing
Love Finds a Home
(Prequel) Love Begins [My Thoughts]
(Second Prequel) Love's Everlasting Courage [My Thoughts]
NARNIA FILMS
BBC: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (1988) [My Music Video]
BBC: Prince Caspian & the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989) [Read My Review]
BBC: The Silver Chair (1990)
Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) (V) - fighting scenes
Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) (V) - fighting scenes
Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) (V) - fighting scenes [Read My Review]
PERIOD SET MUSICALS
Annie Get Your Gun
An American In Paris (1951)
Brigadoon
Carousel
Finian's Rainbow [Read My Review]
Half A Sixpence
Hans Christian Andersen
Hello, Dolly!
Les Miserables 10th Anniversary Concert (L) - brief name calling
Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Concert (L, S) - brief name calling, suggestive motions and dancing
Les Miserables (2012) (L, S, V) - brief name calling, suggestive motions and dancing, low cut gowns, scenes of prison and war
Meet Me in St. Louis
My Fair Lady
Oklahoma! (1955)
Oklahoma! (1999)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Show Boat
Singin' In The Rain
Summer Magic
State Fair (1945) [A Look At The Costumes]
The Happiest Millionaire [Read My Review]
The Inspector General (1949)
The King and I
The Music Man
The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
The Phantom Of The Opera (2004) (S, V) - low cut gowns, suggestive gestures, some scary scenes
The Phantom Of The Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)
The Sound of Music
MORE FAMILY PERIOD FILMS
From Time To Time (2010) (V) - a scary scene [My Music Video]
Mirror, Mirror (2012) (V) - fighting a scary dragon [Read My Review]
The Three Musketeers (1993) (S, V) - low bodice gowns, sword fighting
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Downton Abbey (S, V) - two scenes in first series, one in second series, war scenes in second seriesEnchanted April (S) - briefGarrow's Law (TV series, 2009-2011) (V, S, L) - various episodes include brief scenes or themesIvanhoe (1997) (V, S) - war scenesLadies in Lavender (S) - brief themeLady Audley's Secret (V, S) [My Music Video]Les Miserables (1998) (S, V) [My Music Video]Lorna Doone (2000) (V) - brief dark themes [Read My Review] [My Music Video]Murdoch Mysteries (TV Series) (S, V) [My Music Video]
Nanny (TV series 1981-1983)
One Night With The King (story of Queen Esther)Princess Cariboo (S) - brief themeShadow in the North (S, V)Somewhere in Time (S) - brief sceneSwept From The Sea (V, S) - dark theme, brief scene [My Music Video]The Carter Street Hangman (V) - murder mystery theme [My Music Video]The Count of Monte Cristo (V, S)The Heiress (adaptation of Washington Square)The House of Elliot (TV series) (S) - brief themes in a few episodes
The Illusionist (S, V) - one scene, dark themesThe Magnificent Ambersons (2002) (S) - brief sceneThe Moonstone (V) - dark themeThe Murders in the Rue Morgue (V) - murder mysteryThe Nativity (TV 2010) (V) - brief theme [My Music Video]The Notebook (S) - two scenes easily skipped [Read My Review]The Prestige (S, V)The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) [My Music Video]
The Three Musketeers (2011) (L, V, S) - brief themes and words [Read My Review]The Woman in Black (V) - dark themes [My Music Video]The Woman in White (S, V) - abuse theme, scary scenes [Read My Review] [My Music Video]Widows' Peak (S) - brief [Read My Review]
AGATHA CHRISTIE MYSTERIES (V) - mostly murder mysteries
A Caribbean Mystery (1983)
Agatha Christie's Partners In Crime (TV Films) [My Music Videos]
Murder Is Easy (TV 1982)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
The Seven Dials Mystery (TV 1981)
Witness For The Prosecution (TV 1982)
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (TV 1980)
Films Starring Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple:
-Murder She Said (1961)
-Murder at the Gallop (1963)
-Murder Most Foul (1964)
-Murder Ahoy (1964)
Miss Marple (TV Films starring Joan Hickson) [My Music Video]
-4.50 from Paddington (1987)
-A Caribbean Mystery (1989)
-A Murder Is Announced (1985)
-Nemesis (1987)
Marple (TV Films with Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple) [My Music Video]
-Marple: The Body in the Library (2004)
-Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (2004)
-Marple: What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw (2004)
-Marple: A Murder Is Announced (2005)
-Marple: Sleeping Murder (2006) (S)
-Marple: By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2006)
-Marple: The Moving Finger (2006)
-Marple: The Sittaford Mystery (2006)
-Marple: Towards Zero (2007)
-Marple: Nemesis (2007)
-Marple: At Bertram's Hotel (2007)
-Marple: Ordeal by Innocence (2007)
Marple (TV Films starring Julia McKenzie as Miss Marple)
~Marple: Murder Is Easy (2008) (S) - theme
~Marple: Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (2009)
~Marple: They Do It With Mirrors (2009)
~Marple: The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side (2010)
~Marple: The Secret of Chimneys (2010) (S) - brief
Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot (TV Films starring David Suchet)
-The Adventure of the Clapham Cook (1989)
-Murder In The Mews (1989)
-The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly (1989)
-Four and Twenty Blackbirds (1989)
-The Third Floor Flat (1989)
-Triangle at Rhodes (1989)
-Problem at Sea (1989)
-The Incredible Theft (1989)
-The King of Clubs (1989)
-The Dream (1989)
-Peril at End House (1990)
-The Veiled Lady (1990)
-The Lost Mine (1990)
-The Cornish Mystery (1990)
-The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim (1990)
-Double Sin (1990)
-The Adventure of the Cheap Flat (1990)
-The Kidnapped Prime Minister (1990)
-The Adventure of the Western Star (1990)
-The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1991)
-How Does Your Garden Grow? (1991)
-The Million Dollar Bond Robbery (1991)
-The Plymouth Express (1991)
-Wasps' Nest (1991)
-The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor (1991)
-The Double Clue (1991)
-The Mystery of the Spanish Chest (1991)
-The Theft of the Royal Ruby (1991)
-The Affair at the Victory Ball (1991)
-The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge (1991)
-The ABC Murders (1992)
-Death in the Clouds (1992)
-One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (1992)
-The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb (1993)
-The Underdog (1993)
-The Yellow Iris (1993)
-The Case of the Missing Will (1993)
-The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman (1993)
-The Chocolate Box (1993)
-Dead Man's Mirror (1993)
-Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan (1993)
-Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1995) [My Music Video]
-Hickory Dickory Dock (1995)
-Murder on the Links (1996)
-Dumb Witness (1996)
-The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (2000)
-Lord Edgware Dies (2000) [My Music Video]
-Evil Under the Sun (2001)
-Murder in Mesopotamia (2001)
-Five Little Pigs (2003) (S) [My Music Video]
-Sad Cypress (2003) (S) [My Music Video]
-Death on the Nile (2004) (S) [My Music Video]
-The Hollow (2004) (S) [My Music Video]
-The Mystery of the Blue Train (2005) (S) [My Music Video]
-Cards on the Table (2005) [My Music Video]
-After the Funeral (2006) (S) [My Music Video]
-Taken at the Flood (2006) (S) [My Music Video]
-Mrs McGinty's Dead (2008)
-Cat Among the Pigeons (2008) (S)
-Third Girl (2008) (S)-Murder on the Orient Express (2010)
SHERLOCK HOLMES FILMS (V) - mostly murder mysteries
Dressed to Kill (1946)
Sherlock Holmes (2009) (S, V) - the scenes of partial nudity, action violence, scary themes
Sherlock Holmes (TV Series 1954–1955)
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004) (S)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) (S)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV 2000)
The Royal Scandal (TV 2001) (S) - brief theme
The Sign of Four (TV 2001) (S)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) (S, V)
The Woman in Green (1945)
Granada TV Film Series with Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes (S) - some themes [My Thoughts on the Series]
-The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series 1984–1985) [13 Episodes]
-The Return of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series 1986) [11 Episodes]
-The Sign of Four (TV 1987)
-The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV 1988)
-The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series 1991) [9 Episodes]
-The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series 1994) [6 Episodes]
PERIOD FANTASY FILMS
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (V) - dark themes
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (V) - dark themes
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (V)Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (V, S) - dark themes, brief partial nudityPrince of Persia: The Sands of Time (V) - dark themes [Read My Review]Stardust (S, V) - brief themes, fantasy violenceThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (V) - dark themes, war scenesThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (V) - dark themes, war scenes
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (V) - dark themes, war scenesThe Polar Bear King (V) - dark themes [My Music Video]The Princess Bride (L, V) - one brief word easily muted, sword fighting
SILVER SCREEN FILMS
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Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
Bells On Their Toes [Sequel To Cheeper By The Dozen] (1952)
Christmas In Connecticut (1945)
Bells On Their Toes [Sequel To Cheeper By The Dozen] (1952)
Christmas In Connecticut (1945)