Contemporary Period, Costume, Historical Film
This genre is packed with great stories set during fascinating periods of history. Often epic works, they draw on real historical events and characters, frequently taking inspiration from literature. Let these films transport you back in time.
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Contemporary Period, Costume, Historical Film Film Listing
Tom Hooper, 2012
£12.99
Les Misérables
The powerful Oscar-winning big-screen adaptation of the stage musical based on Victor Hugo's clas...
Richard Lester, 1975
£12.99
Royal Flash
Malcolm McDowell stars as ne'er-do-well Harry Flashman in this outrageous period comedy adapted f...
Yves Robert, 1990-91
£15.99
La Gloire de Mon Pere / Le Chateau de Ma Mere (Restored)
A pairing of Yves Robert's glorious Provencal films...
Nikolaj Arcel, 2012
£7.99
A Royal Affair
A Danish period drama based on the true story of Caroline Mathilde (Alicia Vikander), the English...
Ken Russell, 1971
£9.49
The Devils
Ken Russell's controversial film based on the exorcisms of Loudun, The Devils sees Cardinal Riche...
Woody Allen, 2011
£7.99
Midnight in Paris
A magical-realist romantic comedy from Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris pays nostalgic tribute to t...
Tom Hooper, 2012
£17.99
Les Misérables
The powerful Oscar-winning big-screen adaptation of the stage musical based on Victor Hugo's clas...
Michel Hazanavicius, 2011
£7.99
The Artist
One of the most acclaimed films in years, Michel Hazanavicius's modern-day silent film comedy The...
Peter Greenaway, 1991
£12.99
Prospero's Books
Prospero's Books is Peter Greenaway's complex, innovative and typically ravishing retelling of Sh...
Roman Polanski, 1979
£13.99
Tess
Roman Polanski’s acclaimed 1979 adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles. Nastassia...
Joe Wright, 2012
£9.99
Anna Karenina (Wright, 2012)
Joe Wright’s bold, theatrical new vision of Tolstoy's epic love story was adapted...
Alan Parker, 1976
£9.99
Bugsy Malone (Parker, 1976) (Singalong Edition)
Original and entertaining Roaring 20s gangster musical with an all-child cast. Gu...
Aleksandr Sokurov, 2011
£6.99
Faust
Russian screenwriter and director Alexander Sokurov's fifteenth feature presents a free interpret...
Quentin Tarantino, 2012
£17.99
Django Unchained
Set in the South two years before the Civil War, Quentin Tarantino's Oscar-winning western stars ...
Bertrand Bonello, 2011
£7.99
House of Tolerance
Selected for official competition at Cannes 2011 and nominated for 8 French Césars, Bertrand Bone...
James Watkins, 2011
£6.99
The Woman in Black
Based on the classic ghost story by Susan Hill, The Woman In Black tells the tale of Arthur Kipps...
Quentin Tarantino, 2012
£13.99
Django Unchained
Set in the South two years before the Civil War, Quentin Tarantino's Oscar-winning western stars ...
Walerian Borowczyk, 1979
£12.99
Immoral Women
Revisiting the area of perversity, wit, eroticism and fascination with objects that characterised...
