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Film Class: Period Film
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The list Film Class: Period Film includes
Titanic, The Notebook, Pride & Prejudice, Original Sin and Malèna.
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Titanic
1997 American romantic disaster film directed by James Cameron
Overview: Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. Incorporating both historical and fictionalized aspects, it is based on accounts of ...
Release date: 1 November 1997Genre: Drama, Romance, Adventure, HistoryDirector: James CameronProducer: James Cameron, Pamela EasleyWriter: James CameronA seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.
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The Notebook
2004 American romantic drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes
Overview: The Notebook is a 2004 American romantic drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes, written by Jeremy Leven and Jan Sardi, based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks. The film stars Ryan ...
Release date: 20 May 2004Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Nick CassavetesProducer: Toby Emmerich, Lynn HarrisWriter: Jeremy Leven, Jan SardiA poor yet passionate young man (Ryan Gosling) falls in love with a rich young woman (Rachel McAdams), giving her a sense of freedom, but they are soon ... 0
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Roll Bounce
2005 American comedy-drama film by Norman Vance Jr.
Overview: Roll Bounce is a 2005 American comedy-drama film written by Norman Vance Jr. and directed by Malcolm D. Lee. The film stars hip hop artist Bow Wow as the leader of a roller skating crew in 1970s Chicago ...
Release date: 20 September 2005Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, RomanceDirector: Malcolm D. LeeProducer: Tyrone D. Dixon, Dana ReidWriter: Norman Vance Jr.In the summer of 1978, a teenager and his group of friends face new challenges when their neighborhood roller-skating rink closes, forcing them to visit ... 0
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Pride & Prejudice
2005 film by Joe Wright
Overview: Pride & Prejudice is a 2005 romantic drama film directed by Joe Wright, in his feature directorial debut, and based on Jane Austen's 1813 novel of the same name. The film features five sisters from an ...
Release date: 25 July 2005Genre: Drama, Romance, ComedyDirector: Joe WrightProducer: Tim Bevan, Liza ChasinWriter: Deborah Moggach, Jane AustenSparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman ... 0
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Pretty Baby
1978 film by Louis Malle
Overview: Pretty Baby is a 1978 American historical drama film directed by Louis Malle, and starring Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, and Susan Sarandon. The screenplay was written by Polly Platt. The plot focuses ...
Release date: 5 April 1978Genre: Drama, HistoryDirector: Louis MalleProducer: Louis Malle, Polly PlattWriter: Polly Platt, Louis MalleA teenage girl lives as a prostitute in New Orleans in 1917. 0
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Original Sin
2001 romantic drama film by Michael Cristofer
Overview: Original Sin is a 2001 erotic thriller film starring Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie. It is based on the novel Waltz into Darkness by Cornell Woolrich, and is a remake of the 1969 François Truffaut ...
Release date: 11 July 2001Genre: Romance, Thriller, Drama, MysteryDirector: Michael CristoferProducer: Sheldon Abend, Ashok AmritrajWriter: Cornell Woolrich, Michael CristoferA young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp ... 0
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Malena
2000 film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
Overview: Arpine Martoyan (Armenian: Արփինե Մարտոյան; born 10 January 2007), known professionally as Maléna (Armenian: Մալենա), is an Armenian singer and songwriter. She represented Armenia in the Junior Eurovision ...
Release date: 27 October 2000Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, WarDirector: Giuseppe TornatoreCast: Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico, Matilde Piana, Pietro Notarianni, Gaetano AronicaProducer: Carlo Bernasconi, Mario CotoneWriter: Giuseppe Tornatore, Luciano VincenzoniAmidst the war climate, a teenage boy discovering himself becomes love-stricken by Malèna, a sensual woman living in a small, narrow-minded Italian town ... 0
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Hairspray
2007 film directed by Adam Shankman
Overview: Hairspray is a 2007 musical romantic comedy film based on the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was based on John Waters's 1988 comedy film of the same name. The film was a British ...
Release date: 13 July 2007Genre: Comedy, Musical, RomanceDirector: Adam ShankmanCast: John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden, Queen LatifahProducer: Michael Disco, Anson DownesWriter: Leslie Dixon, John WatersPleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show. 0
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Forrest Gump
1994 film by Robert Zemeckis
Overview: Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth. It is an adaptation of the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom, and stars Tom Hanks, Robin ...
Release date: 23 June 1994Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, WarDirector: Robert ZemeckisCast: Bobby Richardson, Tom Hanks, Rebecca Williams, Sally Field, Michael Conner Humphreys, Harold G. HerthumProducer: Wendy Finerman, Charles NewirthWriter: Winston Groom, Eric RothThe presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and other historical events unfold from the perspective of an Alabama man ... 0
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Fiddler on the Roof
1971 film by Norman Jewison
Overview: Fiddler on the Roof is a 1971 American epic musical comedy-drama film produced and directed by Norman Jewison. It is an adaptation of the 1964 Broadway musical of the same name, with music composed by ...
Release date: 21 October 1971Genre: Drama, Family, Musical, RomanceDirector: Norman JewisonProducer: Norman Jewison, Walter MirischWriter: Sholom Aleichem, Arnold PerlIn pre-revolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant with traditional values contends with marrying off three of his daughters with modern romantic ideals while ... 0
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Cavalcade
1933 film
Overview: Cavalcade is a 1933 American epic pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Lloyd. The screenplay by Reginald Berkeley and Sonya Levien is based on the 1931 play of the same title by Noël Coward. The film ...
Release date: 5 January 1933Genre: Drama, Romance, WarDirector: Frank LloydProducer: Frank Lloyd, Winfield R. SheehanWriter: Reginald Berkeley, Noël CowardA portrayal of the triumphs and tragedies of two English families, the upper-crust Marryots and the working-class Bridgeses, from 1899 to 1933. 0
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Boogie Nights
1997 film by Paul Thomas Anderson
Overview: Boogie Nights is a 1997 American period drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It is set in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley and focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher who becomes a ...
Release date: 11 September 1997Genre: DramaDirector: Paul Thomas AndersonProducer: Paul Thomas Anderson, Michael De LucaWriter: Paul Thomas AndersonBack when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he d ... 0
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Wind at My Back
Canadian TV series or program
Overview: Wind at My Back is a television series which aired in Canada on CBC Television between 1996 and 2001. It was created and produced by Kevin Sullivan, best known for his adaptation of Anne of Green Gables ...
Release date: 1 December 1996Genre: DramaDirector: Ken Jubenvill, Stefan ScainiCast: Shirley Douglas, Kathryn Greenwood, Dylan Provencher, Tyrone Savage, James Carroll, Robin CraigProducer: Trudy Grant, Kevin SullivanWriter: Kevin Sullivan, Raymond StoreyA recently widowed mother loses her children to a cold mother-in-law in Ontario during the Great Depression. 0
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This Is England
2006 film
Overview: This Is England is a 2006 British drama film written and directed by Shane Meadows. The story centres on young skinheads in England in 1983. The film illustrates how their subculture, which has its roots ...
Release date: 12 September 2006Genre: Drama, CrimeDirector: Shane MeadowsProducer: Peter Carlton, Hugo HeppellWriter: Shane MeadowsA young boy becomes friends with a gang of skinheads. Friends soon become like family, and relationships will be pushed to the very limit. 0
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The Wedding Singer
1998 film by Frank Coraci
Overview: The Wedding Singer is a 1998 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Coraci, written by Tim Herlihy, and produced by Robert Simonds for US$18million and grossed $80.2million in the United States ...
Release date: 13 February 1998Genre: Comedy, Romance, MusicDirector: Frank CoraciCast: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Christine Taylor, Allen Covert, Matthew Glave, Ellen Albertini DowProducer: Richard Brener, Jack GiarraputoWriter: Tim HerlihyRobbie, a singer, and Julia, a waitress, are both engaged, but to the wrong people. Fortune intervenes to help them discover each other. 0
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The Untouchables
1987 American film directed by Brian De Palma
Overview: The Untouchables is a 1987 American crime film directed by Brian De Palma, produced by Art Linson, written by David Mamet, and based on the book of the same name (1957). The film stars Kevin Costner, ...
Release date: 2 June 1987Genre: Crime, Drama, History, ThrillerDirector: Brian De PalmaCast: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro, Richard BradfordProducer: Raymond Hartwick, Art LinsonWriter: David Mamet, Oscar FraleyDuring the era of Prohibition in the United States, Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone and, because of rampant ... 0
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The Prestige
2006 film by Christopher Nolan
Overview: The Prestige is a 2006 British-American mystery thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan and written by Nolan and his brother Jonathan, based on the 1995 novel of the same name by Christopher Priest ...
Release date: 17 October 2006Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDirector: Christopher NolanProducer: Christopher Ball, Valerie DeanWriter: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher NolanTwo stage magicians engage in competitive one-upmanship in an attempt to create the ultimate stage illusion. 0
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The Piano
1993 romantic drama film directed by Jane Campion
Overview: The Piano is a 1993 period drama film written and directed by Jane Campion and starring Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, and Anna Paquin in her first acting role. The film is based on the novel ...
Release date: 15 May 1993Genre: Drama, Romance, MusicDirector: Jane CampionProducer: Jan Chapman, Alain DepardieuWriter: Jane CampionIn the mid-19th century a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a farmer, but is ... 0
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The Other Boleyn Girl
2008 film by Justin Chadwick
Overview: The Other Boleyn Girl is a 2008 historical romantic drama film directed by Justin Chadwick. The screenplay by Peter Morgan was adapted from Philippa Gregory’s 2001 novel of the same name. It is a fict ...
Release date: 15 February 2008Genre: Biography, Drama, History, RomanceDirector: Justin ChadwickCast: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess, Mark Rylance, Kristin Scott ThomasProducer: Mark Cooper, Alison OwenWriter: Peter Morgan, Philippa GregoryTwo sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII. 0
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The Last Samurai
2003 film by Edward Zwick
Overview: The Last Samurai is a 2003 epic period action drama film directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Logan and Marshall Herskovitz from a story devised by Logan ...
Release date: 22 November 2003Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War, HistoryDirector: Edward ZwickProducer: Tom Cruise, Michael DovenWriter: John Logan, Edward ZwickAn American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle. 0
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