Period Drama Movies

Rival knights compete for the hand of a beautiful maiden in this period feature from Jean Renoir, unfortunately only available in truncated form.

Period drama based on the novel by Saisei Murō.

Set in the Taisho era, which might be regarded as Japan's Hippie Phase, Hana no ran is a story about fashionable people without impulse control. Much...

A town doctor’s jealousy over his younger brother’s mysterious inheritance is compounded when they both fall for the same woman.

Jim McNeely thrust into the vibrant and brutal West Texas oilfields in 1939 and works his way through the ranks to ultimately become a formidable wild...

Set in the 8th century A.D., Sangamithra is the story of an Indian Princess and the trials and tribulations she undergoes so as to save her kingdom.

Tracing the history of blue jeans around the globe.

A biographical portrait of pen-and-ink artist, Aubrey Beardsley.

When a junior high student in 1963 suspects his teacher of being a communist, he investigates the truth to gain approval from his father.

The story follows three rebellious governesses who upend the household they work in - inspiriting the minds of the boys in their care, igniting the im...

The life and death of an educated communist activist who brought Bolshevik ideas to his native Serbia upon his arrival from Russia at the beginning of...

Detective discovers that a colleague's death is tied into the disappearance of a wealthy playboy's wife.

The legend of King Naresuan continues with this third of four chapters and tells the story of King Naresuan, Thai's chivalric king and warrior in the...

Charles and Peter have passed their law degree and are looking forward to wooing a few girls in the country. For that, they need a chaperone and persu...

The lifelong friendship of two rural Irish girls is put on the test when they grow up and leave for the big city, each with different life goals in mi...

The singer Dalva de Oliveira and the composer Herivelto Martins lived intensely on the stage and in life. The 13 years of marriage and the disagreemen...

In this poignant period drama set in 1960s Argentina, a young woman, struggling to raise her twin daughters alone after the tragic death of her husban...

Based on the only extensive prose work by the surrealist painter Josef Capek, Shades of Fern most resembles the philosophical fairy tales and fables o...

Kataoka Chiezo stars as Murasaki Zukin, a mysterious hero of the people who helps those in need. Now under the rule of the evil Tanuma, the people loo...