Showdown

Sense and Sensibility

Best period films

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Powder your wigs and button your doublets, it’s Showdownton Abbey time. We’re celebrating period films: historical dramas, Victorian chamber comedies, Shakespearean romps, E.M. Forster quip-fests, handmaidens’ tales and cinematic journeys to Austenland. Think immersive, transportive films in which the art, costume and makeup departments really earned their keep. This far into the 21st century, what even is period, anymore? For the purposes of this Showdown, we’ll accept any film set on Earth during WWII or earlier (sorry, Carol).

Most mentioned

  • The Favourite
  • Barry Lyndon
  • Amadeus
  • Pride & Prejudice
  • There Will Be Blood
  • The Witch
  • The Handmaiden
  • Marie Antoinette
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • Sense and Sensibility
  • Atonement
  • Schindler's List
  • Andrei Rublev
  • Gone with the Wind
  • Inglourious Basterds
  • Titanic
  • 12 Years a Slave
  • A Room with a View
  • Gosford Park

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  • Downton Abbey
  • Gosford Park
  • The Remains of the Day
  • Howards End
  • Brideshead Revisited
Didacus

Didacus 54 films

  • The Favourite
  • Barry Lyndon
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  • Aguirre, the Wrath of God
  • Caligula
Jimi R

Jimi R 10 films

  • Pride & Prejudice
  • The Duchess
kristine ♡

kristine ♡ 2 films

  • Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
  • The Draughtsman's Contract
  • Heaven's Gate
  • The Magnificent Ambersons
  • Judith of Bethulia
Zane

Zane 10 films

  • The Witch
  • The Favourite
  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • The Handmaiden
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
Em

Em 10 films

  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • Iguana
  • Ravenous
  • Andrei Rublev
  • Barry Lyndon
urdummheiten

urdummheiten 10 films

  • The Pianist
  • Gosford Park
  • J. Edgar
  • The Reader
  • The King's Speech
Jacob Peterson

Jacob Peterson 10 films

  • Ran
  • Gosford Park
  • Gone with the Wind
  • My Fair Lady
  • Paper Moon
ozmodiar

ozmodiar 10 films

  • In the Mood for Love
  • Assassination
  • The Assassin
  • The Madness of King George
  • The Handmaiden
festerwretch

festerwretch 10 films

  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  • The Age of Innocence
  • Matewan
  • Topsy-Turvy
  • Kagemusha
Kurosawa

Kurosawa 10 films

  • Last Man Standing
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles
  • Some Like It Hot
  • Carry On Up the Khyber
  • A Touch of Zen
s1em

s1em 10 films

  • Zodiac
  • Apocalypto
  • Boogie Nights
  • The Witch
  • The Prestige
V. Vargas

V. Vargas 10 films

  • Once Upon a Time in the West
  • Children of Paradise
  • Marketa Lazarová
  • Letter from an Unknown Woman
  • Demons
Ivan

Ivan 10 films

  • The Fall
  • Cold Comfort Farm
  • North & South
  • The English Patient
  • The Handmaiden
aobh

aobh 23 films

  • 12 Years a Slave
  • The African Queen
  • The Age of Innocence
  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Amadeus
Albie Hay

Albie Hay 89 films

  • The Age of Innocence
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Titanic
  • Jacquot de Nantes
  • The Gold Rush
Ben Harman

Ben Harman 10 films

  • The Handmaiden
  • A Room with a View
  • My Brilliant Career
  • Pride and Prejudice
  • The Piano
Macca1

Macca1 10 films

  • The Piano
  • Crimson Peak
  • Marie Antoinette
  • Maurice
  • Love & Friendship
Annikin

Annikin 10 films

  • Sense and Sensibility
  • A Room with a View
  • Maurice
  • The Witch
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Charles O'Grady

Charles O'Grady 16 films

  • The Favourite
  • Joyeux Noel
  • Braveheart
  • The Handmaiden
  • Gone with the Wind
StudioHibari

StudioHibari 12 films

  • Crimson Peak
  • Death on the Nile
  • Gosford Park
  • The Harvey Girls
  • Little Women
Hitchcock Barbie

Hitchcock Barbie 10 films

  • Doctor Zhivago
  • The Leopard
  • Amadeus
  • Fiddler on the Roof
  • Barry Lyndon
Davormkd

Davormkd 10 films

  • There Will Be Blood
  • Life of Brian
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • Amadeus
funnybair

funnybair 8 films

  • Clue
  • The Fall
  • The Favourite
  • Hero
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Lauren Stoolfire

Lauren Stoolfire 10 films

  • Seven Samurai
  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • Inglourious Basterds
  • Amadeus
  • The Favourite
Carleigh Smith

Carleigh Smith 54 films

  • Aladdin
  • Back to the Future Part III
  • Pride & Prejudice
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Titanic
Melissa

Melissa 90 films

  • Once Upon a Time in America
  • Ran
  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • Barry Lyndon
  • There Will Be Blood
Marcus Pagliarulo

Marcus Pagliarulo 10 films

  • Pride & Prejudice
  • The Handmaiden
  • Maurice
  • A Room with a View
  • The Great Gatsby
anna

anna 12 films

  • Barry Lyndon
  • There Will Be Blood
  • The Handmaiden
  • Ran
  • Andrei Rublev
Sindre Haram

Sindre Haram 10 films

  • Anna Karenina
  • Atonement
  • Gone with the Wind
  • My Brilliant Career
  • A Royal Affair
Anne Campbell

Anne Campbell 10 films

  • Gangs of New York
  • The Untouchables
  • A Christmas Story
  • Singin' in the Rain
  • Changeling
John Quinn

John Quinn 8 films

  • Meet Me in St. Louis
  • Lola Montès
  • The Leopard
  • Barry Lyndon
  • Pretty Baby
elvisisking

elvisisking 10 films

  • The Valley of the Bees
  • The House of Mirth
  • That Hamilton Woman
  • Far from the Madding Crowd
  • Barry Lyndon
Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly 20 films

  • Barry Lyndon
  • The Piano
  • The Duellists
  • Jimmy's Hall
  • The Last of the Mohicans
_ottavia_

_ottavia_ 15 films

  • Dangerous Liaisons
  • Bright Star
  • Sense and Sensibility
  • The Piano
  • Pride & Prejudice
Eduardo Ramírez

Eduardo Ramírez 53 films

  • Barry Lyndon
  • Inside Llewyn Davis
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  • 20th Century Women
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
Josh

Josh 9 films

  • Amadeus
  • The Birth of a Nation
  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • The Favourite
  • Lawrence of Arabia
Abdulatief Achour Almasri

Abdulatief Achour Almasri 32 films

  • Gone with the Wind
  • Anne of the Thousand Days
  • A Royal Affair
  • The Other Boleyn Girl
  • The House of Mirth
kierstonwoodley

kierstonwoodley 15 films

  • There Will Be Blood
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • The Prestige
  • The Last Emperor
Nichtsbesondern

Nichtsbesondern 14 films

  • The Favourite
  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • The Handmaiden
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Django Unchained
Saba Birkadze

Saba Birkadze 6 films

  • 10 Rillington Place
  • Back to the Future
  • Back to the Future Part II
  • Back to the Future Part III
  • The Beguiled
Geoff T

Geoff T 15 films

  • Bram Stoker's Dracula
  • The Favourite
  • The Rocketeer
  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Gabriel Jewett

Gabriel Jewett 5 films

  • The Saragossa Manuscript
  • Children of Paradise
  • Andrei Rublev
  • Gone with the Wind
  • Barry Lyndon
captnspaulding

captnspaulding 25 films

  • The Travelling Players
  • The Devils
  • Harakiri
  • The Whip and the Body
  • Lisztomania
Andreas K

Andreas K 35 films

  • The Call of Cthulhu
  • Ludwig
  • Macbeth
  • Four of the Apocalypse
  • Caligula
Nick FW

Nick FW 10 films

  • The Witch
  • True Grit
  • The Favourite
  • Seven Samurai
  • Pan's Labyrinth
Julia <3

Julia <3 9 films

  • Pride & Prejudice
  • From Hell
  • The Scarlet Pimpernel
  • The Outsiders
  • Les Misérables
BmoreSmore

BmoreSmore 10 films

  • The Rocketeer
  • Braveheart
  • Tombstone
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • The Last of the Mohicans
B S

B S 10 films

  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • The Witch
  • The Favourite
  • Paths of Glory
Gabe murgatroyd

Gabe murgatroyd 10 films

  • The Last Emperor
  • Love and Death
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • The Beguiled
  • The Hateful Eight
Ted C

Ted C 7 films

  • Jane Eyre
  • Pride & Prejudice
  • Emma
  • Mansfield Park
  • Jane Eyre
eunan nwachukwu

eunan nwachukwu 224 films

  • Barry Lyndon
  • Harakiri
  • Come and See
  • Andrei Rublev
  • Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Jo Brennan

Jo Brennan 18 films

  • My Twentieth Century
  • The Seventh Seal
  • Barry Lyndon
  • Aguirre, the Wrath of God
  • Aferim!
Lucian

Lucian 27 films

  • The Favourite
  • Pride & Prejudice
  • The Phantom of the Opera
  • Dangerous Liaisons
  • Shakespeare in Love
bas2804

bas2804 16 films

  • Atonement
  • Pride & Prejudice
  • Dunkirk
  • Les Misérables
  • Pan's Labyrinth
Kelcey

Kelcey 10 films

  • Gosford Park
  • 12 Years a Slave
  • The Remains of the Day
  • Titus
  • Topsy-Turvy
Erik Vorhes

Erik Vorhes 10 films

  • 12 Years a Slave
  • The Age of Innocence
  • Can You Ever Forgive Me?
  • Captain America: The First Avenger
  • Daughters of the Dust
kelsey

kelsey 16 films

  • The Duellists
  • Andrei Rublev
  • Barry Lyndon
  • Chinatown
  • Amadeus
Ruth Scouller

Ruth Scouller 15 films

  • Chinatown
  • Barry Lyndon
  • The New World
  • The Virgin Spring
  • The Witch
buzzedAldrin

buzzedAldrin 12 films

  • Pride & Prejudice
  • Anne of Green Gables
  • The Secret Garden
  • The Age of Innocence
  • Little Women
scorpiofire

scorpiofire 10 films

  • A Quiet Passion
  • Harakiri
  • The Searchers
  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • Culloden
Chris Coke

Chris Coke 25 films

  • Roma
  • The Favourite
  • BlacKkKlansman
  • Mission: Impossible – Fallout
  • Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
lebc97

lebc97 10 films

  • Pride & Prejudice
  • The Last of the Mohicans
  • The Piano
  • Sense and Sensibility
  • The Handmaiden
NotInChicago

NotInChicago 9 films

  • The Longest Day
  • Gettysburg
  • Red Cliff
  • Band of Brothers
  • Kingdom of Heaven
John Roberts

John Roberts 10 films

  • The Duchess
  • Crimson Peak
  • Memoirs of a Geisha
  • Titanic
  • Downfall
Kyle

Kyle 7 films

  • Chinatown
  • The Handmaiden
  • The Witch
  • The Master
  • Dead Man
Daniel Holliday

Daniel Holliday 5 films

  • Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Pollyanna
  • Once Upon a Time in the West
  • Picnic at Hanging Rock
Lovaloo

Lovaloo 10 films

  • Gone with the Wind
  • Amadeus
  • The Leopard
  • The Favourite
  • The Secret Garden
Angelo Cordeiro

Angelo Cordeiro 10 films

  • The Revenant
  • There Will Be Blood
  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  • The Hateful Eight
  • The Witch
Rod T

Rod T 11 films

  • Amadeus
  • Marie Antoinette
  • Elizabeth
  • Atonement
  • A Royal Affair
Barb Hoffman

Barb Hoffman 10 films

  • A Room with a View
  • Gone with the Wind
  • Radio Days
  • Dragon Inn
  • Sweet and Lowdown
beatlestw

beatlestw 40 films

  • Lincoln
  • Gone with the Wind
  • Somewhere in Time
  • Amadeus
  • Braveheart
Robert Shupe

Robert Shupe 10 films

  • Gosford Park
  • There Will Be Blood
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • The Favourite
  • Dangerous Liaisons
Todd The Librarian

Todd The Librarian 10 films

  • Matewan
  • Glory
  • The Witch
  • Gosford Park
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles
johnconn

johnconn 15 films

  • Pride & Prejudice
  • Becoming Jane
  • Love & Friendship
  • Dorian Gray
  • The Painted Veil
kiki_witch

kiki_witch 20 films

  • Pride & Prejudice
  • Meet Me in St. Louis
  • Belle
  • A League of Their Own
  • The Lion in Winter
Clara

Clara 10 films

  • Singin' in the Rain
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • The Handmaiden
  • The Favourite
  • Moulin Rouge!
Romario De la Rosa

Romario De la Rosa 15 films

  • Little Women
  • Sense and Sensibility
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Pride & Prejudice
  • Anne of Green Gables
Rachel Mac

Rachel Mac 20 films

  • The Favourite
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula
  • Pride & Prejudice
  • The Beguiled
  • Little Women
Stephen Hanson

Stephen Hanson 10 films

  • Amadeus
  • The Remains of the Day
  • The Lion in Winter
  • Sense and Sensibility
  • Barry Lyndon
Sam Holdren

Sam Holdren 14 films

  • The Favourite
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  • Marie Antoinette
  • Amadeus
  • True Grit
Julia ✨

Julia ✨ 11 films

  • Rabbit-Proof Fence
  • Jesus Christ Superstar
  • Chicago
  • Lisztomania
  • Marie Antoinette
patty hearst

patty hearst 15 films

  • Atonement
  • Amadeus
  • Django Unchained
  • Titanic
  • Schindler's List
Adam William

Adam William 10 films

  • Elizabeth
  • 12 Years a Slave
  • The Duchess
  • The Favourite
  • Lincoln
Gals

Gals 10 films

  • The Favourite
  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  • Andrei Rublev
  • Heart of Glass
  • A Room with a View
Ben, jamin.

Ben, jamin. 10 films

  • Pride & Prejudice
  • Girl with a Pearl Earring
  • The Handmaiden
  • Marie Antoinette
  • Little Women
franzi annasophie

franzi annasophie 43 films

  • Tess
  • Phantom Thread
  • The Favourite
  • The New World
  • True Grit
Brett Hudson

Brett Hudson 10 films

  • Amadeus
  • The Favourite
  • Lincoln
  • Russian Ark
  • Barry Lyndon
Sophia Suazo

Sophia Suazo 10 films

  • True Grit
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  • A Knight's Tale
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Logan Caldwell

Logan Caldwell 20 films

  • Sense and Sensibility
  • Pride and Prejudice
  • Pride & Prejudice
  • Schindler's List
  • Marie Antoinette
Eduarda Sousa

Eduarda Sousa 15 films

Still from A Room with a View (1986)