Best Period Films by Director
2605
380
1951
Gordon Parry
John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, Diana Wynyard, Hermione Baddeley
Drama / Period Film
UK
English
2781
422
2019
Andrew Patterson
Sierra McCormick, Jake Horowitz, Gail Cronauer, Bruce Davis, Cheyenne Barton
Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Fantasy / Period Film
USA
English
955
125
2018
Pawel Pawlikowski
Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Cédric Kahn
Drama / Music / Romance / History / Period Film
Poland / UK / France
Polish
2785
424
2005
Bill Paxton
James Paxton, Tom Rack, Armand Laroche, Peter Hurley, Gregory Terlecki
Drama / History / Sports / Period Film / Family
USA
English
29
5
1967
Arthur Penn
Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons
Crime / Drama / Romance / Gangster / Biography / Period Film / Caper
USA
English
2807
434
2009
Rachel Perkins
Rocky McKenzie, Jessica Mauboy, Ernie Dingo, 'Missy' Higgins, Geoffrey Rush
Comedy / Drama / Musical / Period Film / Romance
Australia
English
2860
444
1991
Maurice Pialat
Jacques Dutronc, Alexandra London, Bernard Le Coq
Drama / Biography / Period Film
France
French
2801
433
2007
Jeremy Podeswa
Stephen Dillane, Rade Serbedzija, Rosamund Pike, Ayelet Zurer, Robbie Kay
Drama / Period Film
Canada / Greece
English
23
4
1974
Roman Polanski
Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Post-Noir / Detective / Period Film
USA
English
253
35
2002
Roman Polanski
Adrien Brody, Frank Finlay, Thomas Kretschmann, Maureen Lipman, Katarzyna Figura
Drama / War / Period Film
Poland / France / UK / Germany / Netherlands
English
1024
131
1979
Roman Polanski
Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / UK
English
1467
186
1971
Roman Polanski
Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, Terence Bayler
Drama / Period Film
UK / USA
English
2650
389
2019
Roman Polanski
Jean Dujardin, Louis Garrel, Emmanuelle Seigner, Grégory Gadebois
Drama / History / Thriller / Crime / Period Film
France / Italy
French
2801
433
2005
Roman Polanski
Ben Kingsley, Barney Clark, Leanne Rowe, Mark Strong, Jamie Foreman, Harry Eden
Drama / Family / Period Film / Crime
UK / Czech Republic / France / Italy
English
2783
423
2003
Michael Polish
James Woods, Nick Nolte, Douglas Sebern, Claire Forlani, Duel Farnes, Mark Polish
Drama / Fantasy / Period Film
USA
English
637
82
1969
Sydney Pollack
Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young, Red Buttons
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
676
89
1985
Sydney Pollack
Meryl Streep, Robert Redford
Drama / Romance / Epic / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
1584
201
1973
Sydney Pollack
Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman, Lois Chiles
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2140
283
1992
Sally Potter
Tilda Swinton, Quentin Crisp, Jimmy Somerville, John Bott
Drama / Romance / Fantasy / Period Film
UK / Russia / France / Italy / Netherlands
English
2788
425
2000
Sally Potter
Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, Johnny Depp, John Turturro
Drama / Period Film / Romance
UK / France
English
328
39
1943
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook, Roland Culver
Drama / Romance / War / Period Film
UK
English
473
57
1947
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Jean Simmons
Drama / Period Film / Religion
UK
English
2682
399
1947
Otto Preminger, John M. Stahl
Linda Darnell, Cornel Wilde, Richard Greene, George Sanders
Drama / Romance / History / Period Film
USA
English
2612
382
2008
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah, Sophie Okonedo, Alicia Keys
Adventure / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2709
409
1969
Ivan Pyryev, Kirill Lavrov, Mikhail Ulyanov
Mikhail Ulyanov, Lionella Pyryeva, Kirill Lavrov, Andrei Myagkov
Drama / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
1153
145
1994
Michael Radford
Massimo Troisi, Philippe Noiret, Maria Grazia Cucinotta
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / Italy / Belgium
Italian
2605
380
2004
Michael Radford
Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins, Zuleikha Robinson
Drama / Comedy / Period Film
USA / Italy / Luxembourg / UK
English
281
36
1990
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
2801
433
2003
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Virginie Ledoyen, Yvan Attal
Comedy / Drama / War / Period Film
France
French
1756
225
1964
Satyajit Ray
Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Shailen Mukherjee, Shyamal Ghoshal
Drama / Romance / Period Film
India
Bengali
2305
321
1985
Satyajit Ray, Dulal Dutt
Soumitra Chatterjee, Victor Banerjee, Swatilekha Chatterjee
Drama / Romance / Period Film
India
Bengali
2801
433
2000
Robert Redford
Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron, Bruce McGill, Joel Gretsch
Drama / Romance / Sports / Fantasy / Period Film
USA
English
2792
427
2003
Peyton Reed
Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Sarah Paulson
Comedy / Romance / Period Film
USA / Germany
English
2450
342
2017
Dee Rees
Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Jonathan Banks, Mary J. Blige
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1650
209
1968
Michael Reeves
Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies, Hilary Heath, Robert Russell
History / Horror / Drama / Period Film / Adventure
UK
English
1879
242
2019
Kelly Reichardt
John Magaro, Orion Lee, Rene Auberjonois, Toby Jones, Ewen Bremner
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1635
205
1981
Karel Reisz
Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Hilton McRae, Emily Morgan
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
1782
230
1938
Jean Renoir
Pierre Renoir, Lise Delamare, Léon Larive, William Aguet, Elisa Ruis
History / Period Film / War
France
French
2393
336
1934
Jean Renoir
Max Dearly, Valentine Tessier, Pierre Renoir, Robert Le Vigan
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
2689
402
1926
Jean Renoir
Catherine Hessling, Jean Angelo, Werner Krauss, Raymond Guérin-Catelain
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French (Silent)
2792
427
1956
Jean Renoir
Ingrid Bergman, Jean Marais, Mel Ferrer, Jean Richard
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Period Film
Italy / France
French
1511
190
1974
Alain Resnais
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, François Périer
Drama / Biography / Period Film
France / Italy
French
2605
380
1983
Alain Resnais
Vittorio Gassman, Ruggero Raimondi, Geraldine Chaplin, Fanny Ardant
Drama / Comedy / Musical / Period Film
France
French
242
34
1963
Tony Richardson
Albert Finney, Susannah York
Adventure / Comedy / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
2499
357
2008
Jean-François Richet
Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier, Mathieu Amalric, Samuel Le Bihan
Action / Biography / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Period Film / Gangster
France / Canada
English
2506
359
2008
Jean-François Richet
Vincent Cassel, Cécile De France, Gérard Depardieu, Gilles Lellouche
Action / Biography / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Period Film / Gangster
France / Canada / Italy
French
2689
402
1970
Martin Ritt
James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Lou Gilbert, Joel Fluellen, Chester Morris
Biography / Drama / Sports / Period Film
USA
English
2664
394
2007
Jacques Rivette
Jeanne Balibar, Guillaume Depardieu, Bulle Ogier, Michel Piccoli, Barbet Schroeder
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / Italy
French
1959
254
1999
Tim Robbins
John Cusack, Hank Azaria, Rubén Blades, Joan Cusack
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2797
430
1958
Mark Robson
Ingrid Bergman, Curd Jürgens, Robert Donat, Michael David, Athene Seyler
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2485
350
1976
Eric Rohmer
Edith Clever, Bruno Ganz, Peter Lühr
Drama / Period Film / Romance
West Germany / France
German
2789
426
1978
Eric Rohmer
Fabrice Luchini, André Dussollier, Solange Boulanger
Drama / Adventure / Period Film
France / Italy / West Germany
French
2740
412
2023
Alice Rohrwacher
Josh O'Connor, Carol Duarte, Vincenzo Nemolato, Isabella Rossellini
Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance / Drama / Period Film
Italy / France / Switzerland
Italian
2801
433
1994
Bernard Rose
Gary Oldman, Jeroen Krabbé, Isabella Rossellini, Johanna ter Steege
Biography / Drama / Musical / Romance / Period Film
UK / USA
English
1345
172
2003
Gary Ross
Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, Gary Stevens
Drama / Period Film / Sports
USA
English
2267
308
1981
Herbert Ross
Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Walken, Jessica Harper
Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2393
336
1976
Herbert Ross
Alan Arkin, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Duvall, Nicol Williamson
Mystery / Comedy / Crime / Detective / Period Film
UK / USA
English
2652
390
1966
Roberto Rossellini
Jean-Marie Patte, Raymond Jourdan, Silvagni, Katharina Renn
Drama / History / Period Film / Biography
France
French
2788
425
1961
Roberto Rossellini
Sandra Milo, Laurent Terzieff, Martine Carol, Paolo Stoppa
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Italy / France
Italian
2676
397
2008
Patricia Rozema
Abigail Breslin, Stanley Tucci, Joan Cusack, Julia Ormond, Chris O'Donnell
Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Family / Period Film
USA
English
2783
423
1999
Patricia Rozema
Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Talya Gordon, Lindsay Duncan, Bruce Byron, James Purefoy
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
2170
289
1988
Alan Rudolph
Keith Carradine, Linda Fiorentino, John Lone, Wallace Shawn
Drama / History / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
2763
418
1994
Alan Rudolph
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Campbell Scott, Matthew Broderick, Peter Gallagher
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1011
129
1999
Raoul Ruiz
Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Perez, John Malkovich
Drama / Period Film / Romance
France / Italy / Portugal
French
2572
372
2010
Raoul Ruiz
Adriano Luz, Maria João Bastos, Ricardo Pereira, Clotilde Hesme
Drama / Mystery / Epic / Period Film
Portugal / France
Portuguese
1296
165
2013
David O. Russell
Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Lawrence
Crime / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2690
403
2000
Jay Russell
Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson, Kevin Bacon, Bradley Coryell
Drama / Family / Period Film
USA
English
766
102
1969
Ken Russell
Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson, Jennie Linden
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
1575
200
1971
Ken Russell
Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian
Drama / Horror / History / Period Film / Religion / Cult
UK
English
2852
441
1993
Åke Sandgren
Jesper Salén, Stellan Skarsgård, Basia Frydman, Niklas Olund
Drama / Comedy / Period Film
Denmark / Sweden
Swedish
1537
196
1988
John Sayles
John Cusack, Jace Alexander, Gordon Clapp, Don Harvey
Drama / Sports / Period Film
USA
English
2511
362
1983
John Sayles
Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Spano, Joanna Merlin, Jack Davidson, Nick Ferrari
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2801
433
2007
John Sayles
Danny Glover, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Yaya DaCosta, Charles S. Dutton
Drama / Music / Period Film
USA
English
1235
156
2009
Lone Scherfig
Carey Mulligan, Olivia Williams, Alfred Molina, Cara Seymour, William Melling
Drama / Period Film
UK
English
1665
212
1975
John Schlesinger
Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton
Drama / Horror / Period Film
USA
English
1745
221
1967
John Schlesinger
Julie Christie, Peter Finch, Terence Stamp, Alan Bates
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
456
54
1979
Volker Schlöndorff
Mario Adorf, David Bennent, Angela Winkler, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski
Drama / Period Film / War
West Germany / France / Poland / Yugoslavia
German
2741
413
1984
Volker Schlöndorff
Jeremy Irons, Ornella Muti, Alain Delon, Fanny Ardant, Marie-Christine Barrault
Drama / Period Film / Romance
France / West Germany
French
2696
406
2009
Aaron Schneider
Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney, Bill Cobbs
Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Period Film
USA / Germany / Poland
English
2659
393
2002
Paul Schrader
Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson, Maria Bello, Ron Leibman, Bruce Solomon
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2671
396
2004
Joel Schumacher
Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson
Drama / Fantasy / Musical / Romance / Thriller / Period Film
USA / UK
English
2689
402
1937
Harold D. Schuster
Annabella, Henry Fonda, Leslie Banks, Stewart Rome, Irene Vanbrugh, Harry Tate
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Sports
UK
English
1938
249
1982
Ettore Scola
Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcello Mastroianni, Hanna Schygulla
Drama / History / Period Film
France / Italy
French
553
70
2002
Martin Scorsese
Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz
Crime / Drama / Epic / Period Film / History / Gangster
USA / Germany / Italy / UK / Netherlands
English
576
72
2004
Martin Scorsese
Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA / Japan / Germany
English
886
119
2011
Martin Scorsese
Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz
Adventure / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Mystery / Period Film
USA
English
1004
128
1993
Martin Scorsese
Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Alexis Smith
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1906
245
1977
Martin Scorsese
Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro, Lionel Stander, Barry Primus
Musical / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
391
51
2000
Ridley Scott
Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris
Drama / Action / Epic / Period Film
UK / USA
English
1763
226
1977
Ridley Scott
Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel, Albert Finney, Edward Fox, Cristina Raines
Action / War / Drama / Period Film
UK
English
2590
376
2021
Ridley Scott
Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, Harriet Walter, Ben Affleck, Alex Lawther
Action / Drama / History / Period Film / Epic
USA / UK
English
2807
434
2004
Arthur Allan Seidelman
Kelsey Grammer, Jesse L. Martin, Jane Krakowski, Jason Alexander
Drama / Fantasy / Musical / Period Film / Family
Hungary / USA
English
2605
380
2005
Ali Selim
Elizabeth Reaser, Tim Guinee, Alan Cumming, John Heard, Alex Kingston, Ned Beatty
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2295
317
2007
Adam Shankman
John Travolta, Nicole Blonsky, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, Zac Efron
Comedy / Drama / Musical / Period Film
USA
English
2051
269
2008
John Patrick Shanley
Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis, Alice Drummond
Drama / Mystery / Period Film / Religion
USA
English
2335
328
1969
Masahiro Shinoda
Shima Iwashita, Kichiemon Nakamura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Jun Hamamura
Drama / Period Film / Romance
Japan
Japanese
2496
356
1951
George Sidney
Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown, Marge Champion
Drama / Musical / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2494
355
2006
Tarsem Singh
Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell, Lee Pace, Kim Uylenbroek, Aiden Lithgow
Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Period Film
India / UK / USA
English
2807
434
1946
Douglas Sirk
George Sanders, Signe Hasso, Carole Landis, Akim Tamiroff, Gene Lockhart
Adventure / Crime / Romance / Comedy / Drama / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
2155
286
1951
Alf Sjöberg
Anita Björk, Ulf Palme, Märta Dorff, Lissi Alandh
Drama / Period Film
Sweden
Swedish
2092
277
1918
Victor Sjöström
Victor Sjöström, Edith Erastoff, John Ekman, Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson
Drama / Crime / Romance / Period Film
Sweden
Swedish (Silent)
2696
406
2006
Steven Soderbergh
Jack Thompson, John Roeder, George Clooney, Tobey Maguire, Cate Blanchett
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Period Film / Post-Noir
USA
English
2739
411
2021
Steven Soderbergh
Don Cheadle, Craig muMs Grant, Brendan Fraser, Benicio Del Toro, Julia Fox
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Period Film
USA
English
1853
237
1997
Iain Softley
Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Charlotte Rampling
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA / UK
English
2799
431
1999
Aleksandr Sokurov
Yelena Rufanova, Leonid Mozgovoy, Leonid Sokol, Yelena Spiridonova
Drama / Period Film
Russia / Germany / Japan / Italy / France
German
714
97
1985
Steven Spielberg
Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
859
115
2012
Steven Spielberg
Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader
Biography / Drama / History / War / Period Film
USA / India
English
1015
130
2005
Steven Spielberg
Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler
Crime / Drama / History / Thriller / Period Film
USA
English
1514
191
2017
Steven Spielberg
Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford
Biography / Drama / History / Thriller / Period Film
USA
English
1846
236
1997
Steven Spielberg
Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Matthew McConaughey
Drama / History / Period Film
USA
English
2788
425
1995
Jos Stelling
René Groothof, Veerle Dobbelaere, Nino Manfredi
Drama / Period Film / Adventure
Netherlands / Belgium / Germany
Dutch
1948
250
1944
Robert Stevenson
Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien, Peggy Ann Garner
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2688
401
2008
Philipp Stölzl
Benno Fürmann, Johanna Wokalek, Ulrich Tukur, Florian Lukas, Georg Friedrich
Adventure / Drama / History / Sports / Period Film
Germany / Austria / Switzerland
German
2605
380
1988
Charles Sturridge
James Wilby, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rupert Graves, Anjelica Huston, Judi Dench
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
UK
English
2807
434
2005
Charles Sturridge
Peter O'Toole, Samantha Morton, John Lynch, Peter Dinklage, Steve Pemberton
Adventure / Family / Period Film
France / UK / USA / Ireland
English
2852
441
1997
Charles Sturridge
Harvey Keitel, Jason Salkey, Peter O'Toole, Lara Morgan, Adam Franks, Guy Witcher
Family / Drama / Fantasy / Period Film
UK / USA
English
1975
258
1985
István Szabó
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Hans Christian Blech
Drama / Period Film / War / Spy
Hungary / Austria / West Germany
Hungarian
2511
362
1969
Igor Talankin
Innokenti Smoktunovsky, Antonina Shuranova, Kirill Lavrov
Drama / Biography / Music / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
2801
433
1996
Lee Tamahori
Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Detective / Post-Noir / Period Film / Gangster
USA
English
1089
137
2019
Quentin Tarantino
Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley
Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Period Film
UK / USA / China
English
118
17
1966
Andrei Tarkovsky
Anatoli Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko, Nikolai Sergeyev
Drama / War / History / Biography / Epic / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
630
81
1984
Bertrand Tavernier
Sabine Azéma, Louis Ducreux, Michel Aumont, Geneviève Mnich
Drama / Period Film
France
French
1998
261
1989
Bertrand Tavernier
Philippe Noiret, Sabine Azéma, Pascale Vignal
Drama / Period Film / Romance
France
French
2121
281
1976
Bertrand Tavernier
Philippe Noiret, Michel Galabru, Isabelle Huppert
Drama / Crime / Period Film
France
French
2676
397
2010
Bertrand Tavernier
Mélanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
Action / Drama / History / Romance / Period Film
France / Germany
French
1750
224
2011
Tate Taylor
Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain
Drama / Period Film
USA / India / United Arab Emirates
English
2165
288
2002
Julie Taymor
Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Mía Maestro, Amelia Zapata
Drama / Romance / Biography / Period Film
USA / Canada / Mexico
English
2460
345
2007
Julie Taymor
Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Cynthia Loebe
Drama / Musical / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2763
418
1999
Julie Taymor
Osheen Jones, Dario D'Ambrosi, Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Raz Degan
Drama / Horror / War / Period Film
Italy / USA
English
2792
427
2002
Zhuangzhuang Tian
Jingfan Hu, Jun Wu, Bai Qing Xin, Xiao Keng Ye, Si Si Lu
Drama / Romance / Period Film
China / Hong Kong / France / Netherlands
Mandarin
2605
380
2007
Laurent Tirard
Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Laura Morante, Edouard Baer, Ludivine Sagnier
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
France
French
2252
304
2000
Giuseppe Tornatore
Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Italy / USA
Italian
1528
193
1971
Jan Troell
Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann
Drama / Epic / Period Film
Sweden
Swedish
2076
273
2008
Jan Troell
Maria Heiskanen, Mikael Persbrandt, Jesper Christensen, Emil Jensen
Drama / Period Film
Denmark / Finland / Norway / Sweden / Germany
Swedish
45
7
1962
François Truffaut
Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Vanna Urbino, Boris Bassiak
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
508
63
1971
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Kika Markham, Stacey Tendeter
Romance / Drama / Period Film
France
French
1115
141
1970
François Truffaut
François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Cargol
Drama / Period Film / Biography
France
French
1451
182
1975
François Truffaut
Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott, Joseph Blatchley
Drama / Period Film / Romance / Biography
France
French
2792
427
1978
François Truffaut
François Truffaut, Nathalie Baye, Jean Dasté
Drama / Period Film
France
French
1661
211
1991
Hark Tsui
Jet Li, Biao Yuen, Rosamund Kwan, Jacky Cheung, Steve Tartalia, Kent Cheng
Action / Adventure / Drama / History / Period Film
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2783
423
2006
Tom Tykwer
Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, John Hurt
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Period Film
Germany / France / Spain
English
2801
433
1996
Liv Ullmann
Pernilla August, Max von Sydow, Samuel Fröler, Anita Björk
Drama / Period Film
Sweden
Swedish
2575
373
1981
Luis Valdez
Daniel Valdez, Edward James Olmos, Charles Aidman, Tyne Daly
Drama / Musical / Period Film
USA
English
2212
296
2005
Jean-Marc Vallée
Michel Côté, Marc-André Grondin, Danielle Proulx
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
Canada
French
2089
276
1997
Mike van Diem
Jan Decleir, Jonathan Maxwell Reeves, Fedja van Huêt
Drama / Period Film
Netherlands / Belgium
Dutch
2303
320
2003
Mario Van Peebles
Mario Van Peebles, Joy Bryant, Paul Rodriguez, Nia Long
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2740
412
2021
Paul Verhoeven
Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling, Daphne Patakia, Lambert Wilson
Biography / Drama / History / Romance / Religion / Period Film
France / Belgium / Netherlands
French
2773
419
1960
Charles Vidor, George Cukor
Dirk Bogarde, Capucine, Geneviève Page
Drama / Musical / Period Film / Biography
USA
English
1211
154
1982
Daniel Vigne
Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Maurice Barrier
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
226
30
1963
Luchino Visconti
Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale
Drama / War / Epic / History / Period Film
Italy / France
English
500
60
1954
Luchino Visconti
Alida Valli, Farley Granger, Heinz Moog, Rina Morelli
Drama / War / Romance / Period Film
Italy
English
516
66
1971
Luchino Visconti
Dirk Bogarde, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns, Nora Ricci
Drama / Period Film
Italy / France
English
1659
210
1976
Luchino Visconti
Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli, Jennifer O'Neill, Rina Morelli
Drama / Period Film / Romance
Italy / France
Italian
2859
443
1972
Luchino Visconti
Helmut Berger, Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano, Gert Fröbe
Drama / History / Biography / Period Film / Epic
France / Italy / West Germany
Italian
2689
402
1927
Alexandre Volkoff
Ivan Mozzhukhin, Suzanne Bianchetti, Diana Karenne, Jenny Jugo, Rina De Liguoro
Biography / Drama / Period Film
France
French (Silent)
NR
-
2006
David Von Ancken
Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson, Angelica Houston, Michael Wincott, Jimmi Simpson
Action / Drama / Thriller / War / Western / Period Film
USA
English
328
39
2006
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme
Drama / Thriller / Period Film
Germany
German
813
108
1934
Josef von Sternberg
Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge
Drama / History / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
1299
166
1928
Josef von Sternberg
Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent, William Powell, Jack Raymond
Adventure / Drama / Period Film
USA
English (Silent)
521
67
2003
Lars von Trier
Nicole Kidman, Harriet Andersson, Lauren Bacall, Jean-Marc Barr, Paul Bettany
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Experimental / Period Film / Gangster
Denmark / Sweden / France / Norway / Netherlands / Finland / Germany / USA / UK
English
2788
425
2003
Margarethe von Trotta
Katja Riemann, Maria Schrader, Martin Feifel, Jürgen Vogel
Drama / War / Period Film
Germany / Netherlands
German
2807
434
2005
Andrucha Waddington
Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres, Ruy Guerra, Seu Jorge, Stênio Garcia
Drama / Period Film
Brazil
Portuguese
2801
433
2010
Taika Waititi
James Rolleston, Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu, Taika Waititi, Moerangi Tihore
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
New Zealand
English
1155
146
1983
Andrzej Wajda
Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro
Drama / History / Period Film / Biography
France / Poland / West Germany
French
2709
409
1975
Andrzej Wajda
Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn
Drama / Period Film
Poland
Polish
2709
409
1979
Andrzej Wajda
Daniel Olbrychski, Anna Seniuk, Maja Komorowska
Drama / Period Film / Romance
Poland / France
Polish
2655
392
1998
Randall Wallace
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gabriel Byrne
Action / Adventure / Drama / Period Film
UK
English
2788
425
2010
Bing Wang
Cenzi Xu, Deguang Li, Haoyu Yang, Jielu Wang, Niansong Jing, Renjun Lian
Drama / Period Film
Hong Kong / France / Belgium
Mandarin
2783
423
1993
Vincent Ward
Jason Scott Lee, Robert Joamie, Anne Parillaud, Annie Galipeau, Patrick Bergin
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Epic
Australia / UK / Canada / France
English
2198
293
1999
Régis Wargnier
Sandrine Bonnaire, Catherine Deneuve, Oleg Menshikov
Romance / Drama / Period Film
Bulgaria / France / Russia / Spain / Ukraine
French
2209
295
2007
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker
Drama / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
580
73
1975
Peter Weir
Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse
Drama / Mystery / Period Film
Australia
English
1
1
1941
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins
Drama / Mystery / Experimental / Period Film / Film-Noir
USA
English
239
33
1942
Orson Welles
Joseph Cotten, Tim Holt
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1171
149
1952
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Micheál MacLiammóir
Drama / Period Film
USA / Italy / France / Morocco
English
2689
402
1948
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall, Edgar Barrier
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2492
354
1982
Wim Wenders
Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear
Mystery / Crime / Post-Noir / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
2807
434
2011
Tanya Wexler
Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones, Rupert Everett
Comedy / Romance / Drama / Period Film
UK / France / Germany / Luxembourg
English
884
118
1936
James Whale
Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan
Drama / Musical / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
NR
-
2012
Susanna White
Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall, Roger Allam, Adelaide Clemens, Rupert Everett
Action / Drama / Romance / War / Period Film
UK
English
1806
234
1967
Bo Widerberg
Pia Degermark, Thommy Berggren
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Sweden
Swedish
2807
434
1985
Sandy Wilson
Margaret Langrick, John Wildman, Richard Donat, Jane Mortifee, T.J. Scott
Biography / Drama / Comedy / Period Film
Canada
English
2801
433
1991
Irwin Winkler
Robert De Niro, Annette Bening, George Wendt, Patricia Wettig, Sam Wanamaker
Drama / Period Film
France / USA
English
1957
253
2002
Michael Winterbottom
Steve Coogan, John Thomson, Nigel Pivaro, Lennie James, Shirley Henderson
Biography / Comedy / Drama / Music / Period Film
UK / France / Netherlands
English
2650
389
2005
Michael Winterbottom
Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Keeley Hawes, Shirley Henderson, Dylan Moran
Comedy / Period Film
UK
English
2801
433
2000
Michael Winterbottom
Peter Mullan, Milla Jovovich, Wes Bentley, Nastassja Kinski, Sarah Polley
Drama / Romance / Western / Period Film
UK / France / Canada
English
2817
438
2010
Michael Winterbottom
Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson, Simon Baker, Bill Pullman
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Post-Noir / Period Film
USA / Sweden / UK / Canada
English
2852
441
1996
Michael Winterbottom
Christopher Eccleston, Kate Winslet, June Whitfield, Rachel Griffiths
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
52
9
2000
Kar Wai Wong
Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ping Lam Siu, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung
Romance / Drama / Period Film
Hong Kong / France / Thailand
Cantonese
2789
426
1994
Kar Wai Wong
Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai
Drama / Adventure / Period Film
Hong Kong / China / Taiwan
Cantonese
1988
259
1923
Wallace Worsley
Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry, Kate Lester, Winifred Bryson
Drama / Horror / Period Film / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
713
96
2007
Joe Wright
Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Brenda Blethyn
Drama / Romance / War / Period Film / Epic
UK
English
2153
285
2005
Joe Wright
Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Talulah Riley, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone
Drama / Romance / Comedy / Period Film
France / UK
English
2816
437
2012
Joe Wright
Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Johnson, Matthew MacFadyen, Domhnall Gleeson
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
2605
380
1996
Tian-Ming Wu
Zhigang Zhang, Zhigang Zhao, Renying Zhou, Xu Zhu
Drama / Period Film
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
355
44
1939
William Wyler
Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
NR
-
2016
David Yates
Alexander Skarsgård, Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie, Christoph Waltz
Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1377
174
1934
Harold Young
Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey, Nigel Bruce, Bramwell Fletcher
Adventure / Comedy / Period Film / Family
UK
English
2789
426
1968
Terence Young
Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason, Ava Gardner
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Biography / History
France / UK
English
2689
402
1955
Sergei Yutkevich
Sergei Bondarchuk, Irina Skobtseva, Andrei Popov, Vladimir Soshalsky
Drama / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
689
90
1968
Franco Zeffirelli
Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / Italy
English
2689
402
1972
Franco Zeffirelli
Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Leigh Lawson, Kenneth Cranham, Lee Montague
Drama / Biography / Religion / Period Film
Italy / UK
English
2801
433
1996
Franco Zeffirelli
Anna Paquin, Nic Knight, Nicola Howard, Sasha Graff, Fiona Shaw, John Wood
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / Italy / UK
English
2816
437
2007
Robert Zemeckis
Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, Robin Wright Penn, Brendan Gleeson
Animation / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Period Film
USA
English
43
6
1991
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Caifei He, Cuifen Cao, Jingwu Ma, Qi Zhao, Lin Kong, Jin Shuyuan
Drama / Period Film
China / Hong Kong / Taiwan
Mandarin
663
87
2004
Yimou Zhang
Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Ziyi Zhang, Dandan Song
Action / Drama / Romance / Period Film
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
757
100
1987
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Wen Jiang, Rujun Ten, Liu Jia, Cunhua Ji
Drama / War / Period Film
China
Mandarin
1125
142
1990
Yimou Zhang, Fengliang Yang
Li Gong, Wei Li, Baotian Li, Zhang Yi, Ji-an Zheng
Drama / Period Film / Romance
Japan / China
Mandarin
2605
380
2005
Yimou Zhang
Ken Takakura, Shinobu Terajima, Kiichi Nakai, Jiamin Li, Lin Qiu, Jiang Wen
Drama / Period Film
Hong Kong / China / Japan
Mandarin
2740
412
2006
Yimou Zhang
Jay Chou, Yun-Fat Chow, Li Gong, Qin Junjie, Man Li, Ye Liu, Dahong Ni
Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance / Period Film
Hong Kong / China
Mandarin
NR
-
2016
Yimou Zhang
Matt Damon, Tian Jing, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau, Pedro Pascal, Hanyu Zhang
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Thriller / Period Film / Epic
China / USA
English
374
47
1966
Fred Zinnemann
Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles
Drama / History / Period Film
UK
English
NR
-
1995
Jerry Zucker
Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Ben Cross, Liam Cunningham
Adventure / Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1592
203
2003
Edward Zwick
Ken Watanabe, Tom Cruise, William Atherton, Chad Lindberg
Action / Adventure / Drama / War / Period Film / Epic
USA / New Zealand / Japan
English
2752
416
1994
Edward Zwick
Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond, Henry Thomas
Drama / Romance / Epic / Period Film
USA
English
