Book-to-film adaptations with period settings - Filmium

The Bookshop

Local Politics • Northern Ireland • Post-War Britain • Period-Appropriate Visuals • Coastal Town

2017 • Movie • DE, FR, GB, ES

These Foolish Things

Playwright • Theatre World • Fame Vs. Love • Slow-Paced • David Leon

2006 • Movie • GB

Great Expectations

Beach • Reconciliation • Artist • Nonlinear • Adults • Artistic Pursuit

1998 • Movie • US

Belle Époque

Romantic Pursuits • Bittersweet • Daughters • Cinematic • Romantic • Episodic

1992 • Movie • ES, FR, PT

Great Expectations

Premiere • Stage Actors • Public Screening • United Kingdom • Victorian Era • Theatrical Premiere

2013 • Movie • GB

Persuasion

Romantic Leads • United States • Ambiguous • Love Rekindled

2022 • Movie • US, GB

The Favourite

Triumph Of Abigail • Hatfield House • Queen Anne • Deliberate • Comedy • Queen Anne'S Health

2018 • Movie • IE, US, GB

Easy Virtue

Ealing Studios • English Aristocrat • American Widow • Mixed Reviews • Rome Film Festival

2008 • Movie • GB, CA

Austenland

Mr. Nobley • Self-Discovery • Romance With Actor • Self-Realization • Elizabeth Charming • Romantic Comedy Tropes

2013 • Movie • GB, US

Orlando

Orlando • Constantinople • Court Lawsuits • Inheritance Promise • Elizabethan Court • Visual Treatment

1992 • Movie • RU, GB, FR, NL, IT

Noble Commitments

Marriage Choice • Family Honor • Castle • Social Critics • Noble Commitments

2008 • Movie

Belle

Racial Identity • Lord Mansfield • Oxford • John Davinier • Kenwood House

2013 • Movie • GB

Atonement

Misunderstanding • England • Fictitious Ending • Romance Lovers • Rotten Tomatoes 83% • Robbie Turner

2007 • Movie • US, GB, FR

The French Lieutenant's Woman

Engagement Break • Film Production • Bittersweet • Long Runtime • Critical Acclaim • Dartmouth

1981 • Movie • GB

Possession

London • Ambiguous • Scholars • Hidden Love Affair • Classical Music • Romantic Secrecy

2002 • Movie • US, GB

The Romantic Englishwoman

England • Post-War Europe • Husband • Thoughtful • Nonlinear • Based On Novel

1975 • Movie • GB, FR

Bill

Spy Plots • Comedic Resolution • London • Multi-Role Performance • Richard Bracewell • Bill

2015 • Movie • GB

Intimate Affairs

Open-Ended • 1920S • Assistants • Debates On Sex • Based On Book • Nineteen Twenty-Nine

2002 • Movie • US, DE

Lust, Caution

Hong Kong • Ambiguous • Shanghai • Over 2 Hours • Period-Appropriate Music • Tony Leung

2007 • Movie • CN, TW, HK, US

The Age of Innocence

1870S • Regret • Socialite • Repression • Unfulfilled Love • Troy, Ny

1993 • Movie • US

Emma

Jane Fairfax • Emma Woodhouse • Happy Ending • Colorful Palette • Witty • Mr. Elton

1996 • Movie • US

Old Boys

Popular Athlete • Fiery Girl • Romantic Pursuit • Toby Macdonald (Director) • Student Helps Hero Pursue Girl • Matchmaking

2018 • Movie • SE, GB

From Time to Time

Dorset • 1940S • Bittersweet • Lord Thomas Oldknow • Period-Appropriate Music • Timothy Spall

2010 • Movie

Downton Abbey

Royal Entourage • British Monarchy • Harewood House • Family Estate • Assassination Attempt • Audience Approval

2019 • Movie • US, GB

Rock Crystal

Rural Austria • Christmas Setting • Mountain Village • Literary Adaptation • Villagers • Germany

2004 • Movie • DE, AT

Brideshead Revisited

Faith Vs. Atheism • Class Differences • 1930S Britain • Artful Framing • Critical Acclaim For Performances • Period Piece

2008 • Movie • MA, GB, IT

Imperial

Napoleonic Period • Hopeful • Female Protagonist • Visual Storytelling • Slow-Paced • Early 1800S

2021 • Short • CH

Little Women

Harmony • March Sisters • Family Home • Touching • Emotional Music • Beth

2019 • Movie • US

84 Charing Cross Road

Post-War Hardship • Post-World War Ii • London • Location-Shooting • 1960S • Based On Memoir

1987 • Movie • US, GB

Fire in Paradise

Georgette • India • Identity Deception • Personal Reflection • Marital Dissatisfaction

1997 • Movie • DE, FR, CH