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Romantic period films
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The list Romantic period films includes
Romeo and Juliet, Pride & Prejudice, Original Sin, Malèna and Dirty Dancing.
The list consists of 154 members
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Romeo and Juliet
1968 film by Franco Zeffirelli
Overview: Romeo and Juliet is a 1968 period romantic tragedy film based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare.Directed and co-written by Franco Zeffirelli, and stars Leonard Whiting as Romeo and Olivia ...
Release date: 4 March 1968Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Franco ZeffirelliProducer: John Brabourne, Richard B. GoodwinWriter: William Shakespeare, Franco BrusatiWhen two young members of feuding families meet, forbidden love ensues.
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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 ... 1
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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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Little Women
1949 film by Mervyn LeRoy
Overview: Little Women is a 1949 American drama film with script and music taken directly from the earlier 1933 Hepburn version. Based on Louisa May Alcott's 1868–69 two-volume novel of the same name, it was filmed ...
Release date: 10 March 1949Genre: Drama, Family, RomanceDirector: Mervyn LeRoyProducer: Mervyn LeRoyWriter: Andrew Solt, Sarah Y. MasonThe four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War. 0
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Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
2004 American musical romance film directed by Guy Ferland
Overview: Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (also known as Dirty Dancing 2 or Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights) is a 2004 American dance musical romantic drama film directed by Guy Ferland and starring Diego Luna, Romola ...
Release date: 27 February 2004Genre: Romance, Drama, MusicDirector: Guy FerlandProducer: Lawrence Bender, Jennifer BermanWriter: Kate Gunzinger, Peter SagalHigh school senior Katey moves to Havana in November 1958, when her dad gets a promotion at Ford. She meets a local waiter, who introduces her to sensual ... 0
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Dirty Dancing
1987 American romantic drama film directed by Emile Ardolino
Overview: Dirty Dancing is a 1987 American romantic drama dance film written by Eleanor Bergstein, produced by Linda Gottlieb, and directed by Emile Ardolino. Starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, it tells ...
Release date: 12 May 1987Genre: Drama, Romance, Musical, MusicDirector: Emile ArdolinoProducer: Doro Bachrach, Eleanor BergsteinWriter: Eleanor BergsteinSpending the summer in a holiday camp with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor Johnny Castle ... 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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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 Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008 film by David Fincher
Overview: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a 2008 American fantasy romantic drama film directed by David Fincher. The storyline by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord is loosely based on the 1922 short story of the ...
Release date: 10 December 2008Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, RomanceDirector: David FincherCast: Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt, Julia Ormond, Faune Chambers Watkins, Elias Koteas, Donna DuplantierProducer: Ceán Chaffin, Jim DavidsonWriter: Eric Roth, Robin SwicordTells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with consequences. 0
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The Blue Lagoon
1980 film by Randal Kleiser
Overview: The Blue Lagoon is a 1980 American romantic survival drama film directed by Randal Kleiser from a screenplay written by Douglas Day Stewart based on the 1908 novel of the same name by Henry De Vere St ...
Release date: 20 June 1980Genre: Adventure, Drama, RomanceDirector: Randal KleiserProducer: Richard Franklin, Randal KleiserIn the Victorian period, two children are shipwrecked on a tropical island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life ... 0
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The Age of Innocence
1993 film directed by Martin Scorsese
Overview: The Age of Innocence is a 1993 American historical romantic drama film directed by Martin Scorsese. The screenplay, an adaptation of the 1920 novel The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, was written by ...
Release date: 31 August 1993Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Martin ScorseseCast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Linda Faye Farkas, Michael Rees Davis, Terry CookProducer: Barbara De Fina, Bruce S. PustinWriter: Edith Wharton, Jay CocksA tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to ... 0
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Splendor in the Grass
1961 film
Overview: Splendor in the Grass is a 1961 American Technicolor period drama film that tells a story of a teenage girl navigating her feelings of sexual repression, love, and heartbreak. Written by William Inge ...
Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Elia KazanProducer: William Inge, Elia KazanWriter: William IngeThe love of high school sweethearts Deanie and Bud is weighed down by the oppressive expectations of their parents and society in smalltown Kansas in 1928 ... 0
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Sleepy Hollow
1999 film by Tim Burton
Overview: Sleepy Hollow is a 1999 American gothic supernatural horror film directed by Tim Burton. It is a film adaptation loosely based on Washington Irving's 1820 short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", and ...
Release date: 17 November 1999Director: Tim BurtonCast: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey JonesProducer: Francis Ford Coppola, Celia D. CostasWriter: Washington Irving, Kevin YagherIchabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people, with the culprit being the legendary apparition, The Headless ... 0
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Sense and Sensibility
1995 film by Ang Lee
Overview: Sense and Sensibility is a 1995 British-American period drama film directed by Ang Lee and based on Jane Austen's 1811 novel of the same name. Emma Thompson wrote the screenplay and stars as Elinor Da ...
Release date: 13 December 1995Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Ang LeeProducer: Laurie Borg, Lindsay DoranWriter: Jane Austen, Emma ThompsonRich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The two eldest daughters are the title opposites ... 0
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Return to the Blue Lagoon
1991 American romantic adventure film by William A. Graham
Overview: Return to the Blue Lagoon is a 1991 American south seas romantic adventure film directed and produced by William A. Graham and starring Milla Jovovich and Brian Krause. The film is a sequel to The Blue ...
Release date: 2 August 1991Genre: Adventure, Romance, DramaDirector: William A. GrahamCast: Milla Jovovich, Brian Krause, Lisa Pelikan, Courtney Barilla, Garette Ratliff Henson, Emma JamesProducer: Peter Bogart, William A. GrahamWriter: Henry De Vere Stacpoole, Leslie StevensIn this sequel to The Blue Lagoon (1980), two children are stranded on a beautiful island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make ... 0
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Little Women
1994 film by Gillian Armstrong
Overview: Little Women is a 1994 American coming-of-age historical drama film directed by Gillian Armstrong. The screenplay by Robin Swicord is based on Louisa May Alcott's 1868-69 two-volume novel of the same title ...
Release date: 21 December 1994Genre: Drama, Family, RomanceDirector: Gillian ArmstrongProducer: Warren Carr, Denise Di NoviWriter: Louisa May Alcott, Robin SwicordThe March sisters live and grow in post-Civil War America. 0
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Legends of the Fall
1994 US epic historical drama Western film by Edward Zwick
Overview: Legends of the Fall is a 1994 American epic historical drama Western film directed by Edward Zwick and starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond and Henry Thomas. Based on the 1979 ...
Release date: 16 December 1994Genre: Drama, Romance, War, WesternDirector: Edward ZwickProducer: Jane Bartelme, Sarah CaplanWriter: Susan Shilliday, William D. WittliffIn the early 1900s, three brothers and their father living in the remote wilderness of Montana are affected by betrayal, history, love, nature, and war ... 0
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Ever After: A Cinderella Story
1998 American romantic drama film
Overview: Ever After (known in promotional material as Ever After: A Cinderella Story) is a 1998 American romantic drama film inspired by the fairy tale Cinderella. It was directed by Andy Tennant and stars Drew ...
Release date: 29 July 1998Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama, FantasyDirector: Andy TennantProducer: Timothy M. Bourne, Melissa CobbWriter: Susannah Grant, Andy TennantThe Brothers Grimm arrive at the home of a wealthy Grande Dame who speaks of the many legends surrounding the fable of the cinder girl before telling the ... 0
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Doctor Zhivago
1965 film by David Lean
Overview: Doctor Zhivago (Italian: Il dottor Živago) is a 1965 epic romantic drama film directed by David Lean with a screenplay by Robert Bolt. It is set in Russia between the years prior to World War I and the ...
Release date: 22 December 1965Genre: Drama, Romance, WarDirector: David LeanProducer: Arvid Griffen, Carlo PontiWriter: Boris Pasternak, Robert BoltThe life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during ... 0
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