Topic: Costume Drama

Direction Kim Sung-Yong

Cast Namkoong Min · Ahn Eun-jin · Lee Hak-ju · Lee Da In

Synopsis TV Series (2023). 2 Parts. 20 Episodes. A love-story between a noble woman and a mysterious man set in Joseon during the Qing invasion

Direction Stanley Kubrick

Cast Ryan O'Neal · Marisa Berenson · Leon Vitali · Patrick Magee

Synopsis 18th century rural Ireland. After his father is killed in a duel, Barry Lyndon lives with his mother. He is in love with his cousin, Nora Brady, but she gets engaged to the British Captain John Quin. Barry challenges him...

Direction Bill Bain · Christopher Hodson · Raymond Menmuir · Derek Bennett

Cast Gordon Jackson · David Langton · Jean Marsh · Angela Baddeley

Synopsis TV Series (1971-1975). 5 Seasons. 68 Episodes. The series follows the lives of both the family and the servants in the London townhouse at 165 Eaton Place. Richard Bellamy, the head of the household, is a member of Parliament, and...

Direction Simon Langton

Cast Colin Firth · Jennifer Ehle · David Bamber · Crispin Bonham-carter

Synopsis The Pride and Prejudice (TV Miniseries) (1995) follows the spirited Elizabeth Bennet as she navigates love, class, and societal expectations in 19th-century England. When the proud Mr. Darcy arrives in her village, their initial dislike fuels witty clashes and misunderstandings....

Direction Kim Kyoo-Tae

Cast Iu · Ji-soo · Lee Joon-gi · Nam Joo-Hyuk

Synopsis TV Series (2016). 20 Episodes. During a total solar eclipse, a 25-year-old 21st-century woman, Go Ha-jin (Lee Ji-eun), is transported back in time to the Goryeo Dynasty. She wakes up in the year of 941 in the body of Hae...

Direction Julian Fellowes · Brian Percival · David Evans · Philip John

Cast Hugh Bonneville · Michelle Dockery · Maggie Smith · Elizabeth McGovern

Synopsis Downton Abbey (TV Series) (2010) follows the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in early 20th-century England. Set in the sprawling Yorkshire estate of Downton Abbey, the series explores the intricate dynamics between the family and their...

Direction Stephen Frears

Cast Glenn Close · John Malkovich · Michelle Pfeiffer · Keanu Reeves

Synopsis In Dangerous Liaisons (1988), two manipulative aristocrats, the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, engage in a twisted game of seduction and revenge in 18th-century France. Their cruel schemes target innocent victims, including a virtuous married woman and...

Direction Adam Smith · Dearbhla Walsh · Diarmuid Lawrence

Cast Claire Foy · Matthew Macfadyen · Tom Courtenay · Alun Armstrong

Synopsis An adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic 'Little Dorrit'. It tells the story of the Dorrit family and the rich array of characters they encounter on their way from rags to riches and back again.

Direction Bill Gallagher · Susan Tully · Patrick Lau · Alan Grint

Cast Olivia Hallinan · Sarah Lancashire · Julia Sawalha · Fergus Drysdale

Synopsis An adaptation of Flora Thompson's autobiographical novel "Lark Rise To Candleford", set in 19 century Oxfordshire, in which a young girl moves to the local market town to begin an apprenticeship as a postmistress.

Direction Simon Curtis · Steve Hudson

Cast Judi Dench · Imelda Staunton · Michael Gambon · Simon Woods

Synopsis Based on Elizabeth Gaskell's novel, it is a five-part period drama set in the 1840s which follows the small absurdities and major tragedies in the lives of the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire market town on the cusp of...

Direction Peter Kosminsky

Cast Claire Foy · Christian Cooke · Itay Tiran · Katharina Schüttler

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2011). 4 Episodes. A young British woman visits Israel/Palestine, retracing her grandfather's steps through his diary written in 1940's Palestine.

Direction Brian Percival

Cast Daniela Denby-Ashe · Richard Armitage · Sinead Cusack · Lesley Manville

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2004). 4 Episodes. Set against the backdrop of Victorian England's industrial north, it follows the fortunes of Margaret Hale (Daniela Denby-Ashe), a privileged, middle class southerner who is forced to settle in the northern town of Milton. Margaret...

Direction Aisling Walsh

Cast Elaine Cassidy · Sally Hawkins · Imelda Staunton · Rupert Evans

Synopsis 20 year old petty thief, Sue Trinder (Sally Hawkins), is part of an elaborate scam to defraud a wealthy heiress, Maud Lilley (Elaine Cassidy), of her inheritance. Encouraged by Mrs. Sucksby (Imelda Staunton) who has looked after her since she...

Direction Andy Wilson · Christopher Menaul · David Moore

Cast Damian Lewis · Rupert Graves · Gina McKee · Amanda Root

Synopsis In the 1920s, decades after the troubled and unhappy marriage between Soames Forsyte and the beautiful pianist Irene Heron came to an end, Soames and Irene have both remarried and moved on. Irene is happily married with a son to...

Direction Luchino Visconti

Cast Giancarlo Giannini · Jennifer O'Neill · Laura Antonelli · Marc Porel

Synopsis L'Innocente takes place among the social class to which Visconti belonged, but in the 1890s, ten years before he was born. This was to be Visconti's swansong, and he died just as the editing was being finished. The film tells...

Direction Céline Sciamma

Cast Noémie Merlant · Adèle Haenel · Luàna Bajrami · Valeria Golino

Synopsis Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) is a poignant historical drama set in 18th-century France. The story follows Marianne, a painter commissioned to create a portrait of Héloïse, a reluctant bride-to-be, without her knowledge. Posing as a companion, Marianne...

Direction David Lean

Cast John Mills · Valerie Hobson · Martita Hunt · Alec Guinness

Synopsis Pip, a good-natured, gullible young orphan, lives with kind blacksmith Joe Gargery and his bossy, abusive wife 'Mrs. Joe'. When the boy finds two hidden escaped galley convicts, he obeys under -probably unnecessary- threat of a horrible death to bring...

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Eva Dahlbeck · Ulla Jacobsson · Harriet Andersson · Margit Carlqvist

Synopsis Distinguished lawyer Frederik Egerman lives with Anne, his picturesque, young wife, his son Henrik, a forlorn student of the cloth, and Petra, the flirtatious yet sensible maid. One summer evening Frederik takes Anne to see a play starring his former...

Direction Matthieu Delaporte · Alexandre de La Patellière

Cast Pierre Niney · Anaïs Demoustier · Laurent Lafitte · Anamaria Vartolomei

Synopsis In the year 1815, within the confines of Marseille, Edmond Dantès finds himself incarcerated within the formidable walls of the Château d’If for a crime he did not commit. Enduring fourteen years of imprisonment, he eventually engineers his escape, embarking...

Direction Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Cast Gérard Depardieu · Vincent Pérez · Anne Brochet · Jacques Weber

Synopsis In Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), a brilliant but self-conscious poet and swordsman, Cyrano, harbors deep love for his cousin Roxane. Despite his wit and bravery, he believes his large nose makes him unworthy of her. When Roxane falls for the...