Book-to-film adaptations with period settings

The Bookshop

Bittersweet • Post-War Britain • Christine • Subtle Score • Property Dispute • Passion For Books

2017 • Movie • DE, FR, GB, ES

These Foolish Things

Bristol • Love Triangle • Director • Career Ambition • Love And Ambition • Fame Pursuit

2006 • Movie • GB

Great Expectations

Redemption • Betrayal • Artistic Success • Gwyneth Paltrow • Nonlinear • Flashback

1998 • Movie • US

Belle Époque

Hopeful • Political Backdrop • Political Upheaval • Highest-Grossing Spanish Film 1992 • Portugal Villages • Idyllic

1992 • Movie • ES, FR, PT

Great Expectations

Public Screening • 19Th Century • Closed-Door Show • Stage Actors • Theatre Success • London

2013 • Movie • GB

Persuasion

Ambiguous • Unsatisfying • Regency Era • Meta • Romantic Reconciliation • Criticized Adaptation

2022 • Movie • US, GB

The Favourite

Hatfield House • Queen Anne • Sarah Churchill • Character-Driven • European Film Awards

2018 • Movie • IE, US, GB

Easy Virtue

Marital Tension • Flintham Hall • Marriage In Monaco • Mid-Budget • Linear • American Widow

2008 • Movie • GB, CA

Austenland

Martin • Elizabeth Charming • Happy Ending • Self-Realization • Jj Feild • Romantic Comedy

2013 • Movie • GB, US

Orlando

Court Lawsuits • Ottoman Empire • Constantinople • Quentin Crisp • Gender Identity Crisis

1992 • Movie • RU, GB, FR, NL, IT

Noble Commitments

Urban Housing • Ambiguous • Social Status • Sensitive • Cinematic • Noble Commitments

2008 • Movie

Belle

Kenwood House • Marriage • John Davinier • Legal Victory • Critical Acclaim • Oxford

2013 • Movie • GB

Atonement

Briony Tallis • War Separation • Fictitious Ending • Original Score • French Coast • Financial Success

2007 • Movie • US, GB, FR

The French Lieutenant's Woman

Social Disgrace • Moral Divide • Anna • Melancholic • Beautiful Visuals • Mike

1981 • Movie • GB

Possession

Poetry Research • Scholars • Poignant • Period Costumes • Drama • Aaron Eckhart

2002 • Movie • US, GB

The Romantic Englishwoman

Gangster Chase • Post-War Europe • Germany • Baden-Baden • Identity • Extramarital Affair

1975 • Movie • GB, FR

Bill

Anne Hathaway • Lost Loves • Spy Plots • Elizabethan Court • Cannes • Fun With History

2015 • Movie • GB

Intimate Affairs

Assistants • Open-Ended • Artists • Trophy Wife • Comedy • Taboo

2002 • Movie • US, DE

Lust, Caution

Love Vs Duty • Hong Kong 1938 • Mr. Yee • Assassination • Drama • Patriotism

2007 • Movie • CN, TW, HK, US

The Age of Innocence

1870S • Bittersweet • Heiress • Social Ostracism • Slow-Paced • $68 Million Worldwide

1993 • Movie • US

Emma

Happy Ending • Harriet Smith • Regency Era • Early 19Th-Century England • Romantic Music • Romantic Realizations

1996 • Movie • US

Old Boys

French Teacher • Nerdy Student • Happy Ending • Reworking Cyrano • Modern

2018 • Movie • SE, GB

From Time to Time

Dorset • Ghostly Farewell • Treasure Discovery • Timothy Spall • World War Ii

2010 • Movie

Downton Abbey

Romance • Crawley Family • Highclere Castle • Royal Tour • Location Shooting • Hugh Bonneville

2019 • Movie • US, GB

Rock Crystal

Christmas Setting • Sebastian • Villagers • Marital Relationship • Snow Cinematography • Mountain Film

2004 • Movie • DE, AT

Brideshead Revisited

Venice • Faithful Ending • Parting • Lady Marchmain • Slow-Paced • Faith And Doubt

2008 • Movie • MA, GB, IT

Imperial

Battlefield • Military Camp • Hopeful • Romantic • Art Film Enthusiasts • Romantic Pursuit

2021 • Movie • CH

Little Women

Jo • Laurie • March Sisters • Standard • Massachusetts • Beth'S Illness

2019 • Movie • US

84 Charing Cross Road

London • Personal Visits • Bookshop Closure • Death Of Doel • Moscow International Film Festival • Nostalgic

1987 • Movie • US, GB

Fire in Paradise

Missionary Promise • Ship • Bittersweet • Cultural Clash • Identity • Ambiguous

1997 • Movie • DE, FR, CH