Best Period Films by Director
2730
445
2012
Salim Akil
Jordin Sparks, Whitney Houston, Derek Luke, Mike Epps, Carmen Ejogo, Tika Sumpter
Drama / Music / Period Film
USA
English
2741
449
2020
Michael Almereyda
Ethan Hawke, Eve Hewson, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Jim Gaffigan, Kyle MacLachlan
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
826
113
2001
Robert Altman
Maggie Smith, Ryan Phillippe, Michael Gambon
Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Drama / Period Film
UK / USA / Germany / Italy
English
2058
283
2001
Alejandro Amenábar
Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Period Film
Spain / France / USA
English
2575
402
2005
Jane Anderson
Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Laura Dern, Trevor Morgan, Ellary Porterfield
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
243
35
2007
Paul Thomas Anderson
Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor, Ciarán Hinds
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
406
52
1997
Paul Thomas Anderson
Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly
Drama / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
875
120
2021
Paul Thomas Anderson
Will Angarola, Griff Giacchino, James Kelley, Cooper Hoffman, Alana Haim
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1019
138
2012
Paul Thomas Anderson
Amy Adams, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Jesse Plemons, Laura Dern
Drama / Period Film / Religion
USA
English
1371
183
2017
Paul Thomas Anderson
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, Vicky Krieps, Sue Clark, Joan Brown
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
742
103
2014
Wes Anderson
Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
USA / Germany
English
2580
403
1995
Alfonso Arau
Keanu Reeves, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Anthony Quinn
Drama / Romance / War / Period Film
USA / Mexico
English
847
116
1979
Gillian Armstrong
Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes, Robert Grubb
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Biography
Australia
English
1883
249
1994
Gillian Armstrong
Winona Ryder, Kirsten Dunst, Gabriel Byrne, Trini Alvarado
Drama / Romance / Family / Period Film
USA
English
2707
438
1946
Lev Arnshtam
Boris Chirkov, Valentina Serova, Vasily Merkuryev, Katya Ivanova
Biography / Drama / Musical / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
1195
158
1976
Hal Ashby
David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland
Drama / Music / Biography / Period Film / Family
USA
English
2723
443
2000
Olivier Assayas
Emmanuelle Béart, Charles Berling, Isabelle Huppert, Olivier Perrier
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / Switzerland
French
1210
162
1993
Richard Attenborough
Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Edward Hardwicke, Michael Denison
Drama / Romance / Biography / Period Film
UK
English
2635
419
1992
Richard Attenborough
Robert Downey Jr., Geraldine Chaplin, Paul Rhys, John Thaw, Moira Kelly
Biography / Drama / Period Film
UK / USA / France / Italy
English
2690
432
1972
Richard Attenborough
Robert Shaw, Simon Ward, Anne Bancroft, Jack Hawkins
Adventure / War / Drama / Period Film / Biography
UK
English
659
90
1987
Bille August
Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Björn Granath, Astrid Villaume
Drama / Period Film
Denmark / Sweden
Danish
1972
269
1992
Bille August
Samuel Fröler, Pernilla August, Max von Sydow
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Biography
Sweden / Germany / UK / Italy / France / Denmark / Finland / Norway / Iceland
Swedish
2652
423
1954
Claude Autant-Lara
Gérard Philipe, Danielle Darrieux, Antonella Lualdi
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Italy / France
French
2492
379
1991
Jon Avnet
Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Jessica Tandy
Drama / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
694
95
1987
Gabriel Axel
Stéphane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle, Jean-Philippe Lafont
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
Denmark
Danish
2664
427
1989
Bob Balaban
Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis, Bryan Madorsky, Juno Mills Cockell
Comedy / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Period Film / Cult
Canada / USA
English
2664
427
1998
Aleksey Balabanov
Sergei Makovetsky, Dinara Drukarova, Anzhelika Nevolina, Viktor Sukhorukov
Drama / History / Period Film
Russia
Russian
2548
395
2019
Kantemir Balagov
Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina, Andrey Bykov, Igor Shirokov
Drama / War / Period Film / History
Russia
Russian
2707
438
1999
Antonio Banderas
Melanie Griffith, David Morse, Lucas Black, Cathy Moriarty
Drama / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
2537
391
1933
Boris Barnet
Aleksandr Chistyakov, Sergei Komarov, Yelena Kuzmina
Drama / War / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
2612
414
1995
Fábio Barreto
Fábio Barreto, Mariana Pellegrino Barreto
Romance / Drama / Period Film
Brazil
Portuguese
2231
321
1959
Aleksei Batalov
Rolan Bykov, Yuri Tolubeyev, A. Yozhkina, Yelena Ponsova
Drama / Comedy / Period Film / Fantasy
Soviet Union
Russian
2604
412
2023
Blitz Bazawule
Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins
Drama / Musical / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2730
445
2016
Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty, Lily Collins, Alden Ehrenreich, Alec Baldwin, Annette Bening
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1089
143
1952
Jacques Becker
Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin
Crime / Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
2295
334
1999
Jean Becker
Jacques Villeret, Jacques Gamblin, André Dussollier, Michel Serrault
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
France
French
2707
438
2003
Marco Bellocchio
Luigi Lo Cascio, Maya Sansa, Roberto Herlitzka, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Giovanni
Drama / Crime / Period Film
Italy
Italian
2723
443
1984
Richard Benjamin
Sean Penn, Elizabeth McGovern, Nicolas Cage, John Karlen, Rutanya Alda
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1665
218
1972
Robert Benton
Jeff Bridges, Barry Brown, Jim Davis, David Huddleston, John Savage, Jerry Houser
Western / Drama / Period Film / Adventure
USA
English
920
127
1989
Bruce Beresford
Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy
Drama / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
59
10
1982
Ingmar Bergman
Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Gunn Wållgren, Börje Ahlstedt
Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Period Film
Sweden / France / West Germany
Swedish
64
11
1957
Ingmar Bergman
Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental / Period Film
Sweden
Swedish
1882
248
1960
Ingmar Bergman
Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom, Birgitta Pettersson
Drama / Period Film / Crime
Sweden
Swedish
2474
374
1934
Raymond Bernard
Harry Baur, Charles Vanel, Paul Azaïs
Drama / Period Film
France
French
320
41
1986
Claude Berri
Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu
Drama / Period Film
France / Switzerland / Italy
French
1295
173
1967
Claude Berri
Michel Simon, Alain Cohen, Charles Denner, Luce Fabiole
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
France
French
2179
309
1993
Claude Berri
Miou-Miou, Renaud, Jean Carmet, Judith Henry, Jean-Roger Milo
Drama / Period Film
Belgium / France / Italy
French
554
76
1976
Bernardo Bertolucci
Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini
Drama / War / Period Film
France / Italy / West Germany
Italian
2530
390
2003
Bernardo Bertolucci
Michael Pitt, Eva Green, Louis Garrel, Anna Chancellor, Robin Renucci
Drama / Period Film / Adult
Italy / France / UK
English
2605
413
2017
Kathryn Bigelow
John Boyega, Will Poulter, Algee Smith, Jacob Latimore, Jason Mitchell
Crime / Drama / History / Thriller / Period Film
USA
English
2730
445
2012
Wayne Blair
Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens, Miranda Tapsell
Biography / Comedy / Drama / Musical / Period Film
Australia
English
2678
429
1994
Michael Blakemore
Sam Neill, Greta Scacchi, John Hargreaves, Kerry Fox, Michael Blakemore
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Australia
English
2624
417
2001
Peter Bogdanovich
Kirsten Dunst, Cary Elwes, Eddie Izzard, Edward Herrmann
Drama / Comedy / Period Film
Canada / Germany / UK
English
2652
423
1974
Peter Bogdanovich
Cybill Shepherd, Barry Brown, Cloris Leachman, Mildred Natwick
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2724
444
1976
Peter Bogdanovich
Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neal, Brian Keith, Stella Stevens, John Ritter
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
UK / USA
English
737
102
1935
Richard Boleslawski
Fredric March, Charles Laughton
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2723
443
1987
Ben Bolt, Harold Becker
Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Dern, Lee Grant, Tom Skerritt
Drama / Romance / Thriller / Crime / Period Film
USA
English
2723
443
2011
Bertrand Bonello
Hafsia Herzi, Céline Sallette, Jasmine Trinca, Adele Haenel, Alice Barnole
Drama / Period Film
France
French
2543
393
1971
Walerian Borowczyk
Michel Simon, Georges Wilson, Jacques Perrin, Ligia Branice, Denise Péronne
Drama / Period Film / Romance
France
French
2664
427
1975
Walerian Borowczyk
Sirpa Lane, Lisbeth Hummel, Elisabeth Kaza, Pierre Benedetti, Guy Tréjan
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Romance / Period Film / Cult / Adult
France
French
2030
276
1982
Phillip Borsos
Richard Farnsworth, Jackie Burroughs, Ken Pogue, Wayne Robson
Western / Drama / Crime / Biography / Period Film
Canada
English
1902
254
1993
Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Richard Briers, Keanu Reeves
Comedy / Romance / Period Film
UK / USA
English
2723
443
2007
Catherine Breillat
Asia Argento, Fu'ad Ait Aattou, Roxane Mesquida, Claude Sarraute, Yolande Moreau
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / Italy
French
1752
236
1974
Robert Bresson
Luc Simon, Laura Duke Condominas, Humbert Balsan
Drama / War / Period Film
France / Italy
French
2392
354
1945
Robert Bresson
Paul Bernard, María Casares, Elina Labourdette
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
2688
431
1962
Robert Bresson
Florence Delay, Jean-Claude Fourneau, Roger Honorat
Drama / History / Biography / Religion / Period Film
France
French
1833
243
1985
Alan Bridges
James Mason, Edward Fox, Dorothy Tutin, John Gielgud
Drama / Period Film
UK
English
2707
438
2016
Stéphane Brizé
Judith Chemla, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Swann Arlaud, Yolande Moreau
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / Belgium
French
1720
228
1967
Peter Brook
Patrick Magee, Ian Richardson, Michael Williams, Clifford Rose, Glenda Jackson
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Period Film
UK
English
NR
-
1940
Clarence Brown
Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson, Lynne Overman, Charles Coburn, Gene Lockhart
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2324
338
1965
Stuart Burge, John Dexter
Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Maggie Smith, Joyce Redman
Drama / Period Film
UK
English
NR
-
2006
Neil Burger
Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell, Eddie Marsan, Jake Wood
Drama / Romance / Adventure / Fantasy / Period Film
Czech Republic / USA
English
180
23
1997
James Cameron
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher
Drama / Romance / Epic / Period Film / Adventure / Family
USA
English
2556
397
1997
James Cameron
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher
Drama / Romance / Epic / Period Film / Adventure / Family
USA
English
107
17
1993
Jane Campion
Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Kerry Walker
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Australia / New Zealand / France
English
2563
399
1996
Jane Campion
Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey, Mary-Louise Parker
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / USA
English
2723
443
2009
Jane Campion
Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider, Thomas Sangster, Kerry Fox
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / Australia / France
English
2635
419
1912
Albert Capellani
Henry Krauss, Henri Étiévant, Maria Ventura, Mistinguett
Drama / Period Film
France
French (Silent)
2737
447
2002
Peter Care
Jodie Foster, Emile Hirsch, Kieran Culkin, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jena Malone
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
NR
-
2009
Christian Carion
Emir Kusturica, Guillaume Canet, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ingeborga Dapkunaite
Thriller / Spy / Period Film
France
French
72
13
1945
Marcel Carné
Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Renoir, María Casares
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
2399
358
2004
Nick Cassavetes
Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner, Gena Rowlands, Joan Allen
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2042
279
1954
Renato Castellani
Laurence Harvey, Susan Shentall, Flora Robson, Norman Wooland
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Italy / UK
English
2702
435
1989
Michael Caton-Jones
John Hurt, Joanne Whalley, Bridget Fonda, Ian McKellen, Leslie Phillips
Drama / History / Period Film
UK / USA
English
2077
288
1978
Claude Chabrol
Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran, Jean Carmet
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Period Film
France / Canada
French
2714
440
2019
Gurinder Chadha
Billy Barratt, Ronak Singh Chadha Berges, Viveik Kalra, Lee Barnett
Comedy / Drama / Music / Period Film
UK / USA
English
2730
445
2008
Justin Chadwick
Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess, Mark Rylance
Drama / History / Romance / Period Film
UK / USA
English
2763
453
1997
Youssef Chahine
Laila Eloui, Mahmoud Hémeida, Magdi Idris
Drama / History / Biography / Musical / Romance / Period Film
France / Egypt
French
2569
401
2022
Damien Chazelle
Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li
Comedy / Drama / History / Period Film / Epic
USA
English
135
21
1993
Kaige Chen
Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Li Gong, Qi Lu, Da Ying, You Ge, Chun Li
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Epic
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2642
420
1996
Kaige Chen
Leslie Cheung, Li Gong, Kevin Lin, Caifei He, Shih Chang, Liankun Lin
Drama / Romance / Epic / Period Film
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2709
439
2005
Kaige Chen
Cecilia Cheung, Nicholas Tse, Ye Liu, Hong Chen, Hiroyuki Sanada, Dong-Kun Jang
Action / Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Period Film
China / Hong Kong / Japan / South Korea
Mandarin
2723
443
2010
Kaige Chen
You Ge, Xueqi Wang, Xiaoming Huang, Bingbing Fan, Qing Hai, Fengyi Zhang
Drama / History / Period Film
China
Mandarin
2707
438
2005
Patrice Chéreau
Isabelle Huppert, Thierry Hancisse, Pascal Greggory, Claudia Coli
Drama / Period Film
France / Italy
French
2702
435
2010
Sylvain Chomet
Jean-Claude Donda, Eilidh Rankin, Duncan MacNeil, Raymond Mearns, James T. Muir
Animation / Drama / Fantasy / Period Film
UK / France
English
1836
245
2004
Stephen Chow
Stephen Chow, Xiaogang Feng, Wah Yuen, Zhi Hua Dong, Kwok Kuen Chan
Action / Comedy / Crime / Fantasy / Period Film / Gangster
China / Hong Kong
Cantonese
2635
419
1955
Christian-Jaque
Charles Boyer, Martine Carol, Walter Chiari, Paul Frankeur, Elisa Cegani
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / Italy
French
2707
438
2016
Derek Cianfrance
Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Emily Barclay
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / New Zealand / USA
English
2730
445
1941
René Clair
Marlene Dietrich, Bruce Cabot, Roland Young, Mischa Auer, Andy Devine
Adventure / Comedy / Romance / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2635
419
1979
Bob Clark
Christopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings, Susan Clark, Anthony Quayle
Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Period Film / Detective
UK / Canada
English
2635
419
1974
Jack Clayton
Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, Scott Wilson, Sam Waterston
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2018
273
1947
Maurice Cloche
Pierre Fresnay, Yvonne Gaudeau, Jean Carmet, Lise Delamare
Drama / Biography / Religion / Period Film
France
French
550
75
2005
George Clooney
David Strathairn, George Clooney, Robert Downey, Jr.
Drama / History / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
882
121
2009
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Aaron Wolff
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
USA / UK / France
English
931
129
2013
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, Oscar Isaac
Drama / Music / Period Film
USA / France
English
940
130
1990
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Gabriel Byrne, John Turturro, Marcia Gay Harden, Albert Finney
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster / Period Film / Cult
USA
English
2723
443
2010
Nigel Cole
Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson, Geraldine James, Rosamund Pike
Comedy / Drama / History / Period Film
UK
English
1571
209
2006
Bill Condon
Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover, Jennifer Hudson
Drama / Musical / Period Film
USA
English
1693
223
2004
Bill Condon
Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA / Germany
English
2730
445
2015
Bill Condon
Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Milo Parker, Hiroyuki Sanada, Hattie Morahan
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Period Film
UK / USA
English
2612
414
1992
Stijn Coninx
Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck, Johan Leysen
Drama / Biography / Period Film / Religion
Belgium / France / Netherlands
Dutch
2039
278
2004
Kerry Conran
Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Gambon
Action / Adventure / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Period Film / Tech-Noir
USA / UK / Italy
English
2520
386
2017
Scott Cooper
Rosamund Pike, Christian Bale, Ben Foster, Paul Anderson, Jesse Plemons
Adventure | Drama | Western / Action / Period Film
USA
English
2009
272
1984
Francis Ford Coppola
Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee
Crime / Musical / Drama / Gangster / Period Film
USA
English
2055
282
2006
Sofia Coppola
Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Judy Davis, Rip Torn, Rose Byrne, Asia Argento
Biography / Drama / History / Epic / Period Film
Japan / France / USA
English
2623
416
1999
Sofia Coppola
James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, Michael Paré
Drama / Mystery / Period Film
USA
English
2741
449
2017
Sofia Coppola
Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Oona Laurence
Drama / Western / Period Film / Romance
USA
English
2357
345
1994
Gérard Corbiau
Stefano Dionisi, Enrico Lo Verso
Drama / Music / Comedy / Period Film / Romance / Biography
Italy / Belgium / France
French
2612
414
1988
Gérard Corbiau
José van Dam, Anne Roussel, Philippe Volter, Sylvie Fennec
Drama / Period Film
Belgium / France
French
2267
326
1961
Roger Corman
Vincent Price, John Kerr, Barbara Steele, Luana Anders, Antony Carbone
Horror / Period Film
USA
English
2063
285
1991
Alain Corneau
Jean-Pierre Marielle, Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Guillaume Depardieu
Biography / Drama / Music / Romance / Period Film
France
French
2596
411
1955
Henry Cornelius
Julie Harris, Laurence Harvey, Shelley Winters, Ron Randell, Lea Seidl
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
2596
411
1986
Eugene Corr
Annabeth Gish, Jon Voight, JoBeth Williams, Ellen Barkin, Jay Underwood
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2707
438
2023
Saverio Costanzo
Lily James, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Sennott, Joe Keery, Alba Rohrwacher
Drama / History / Period Film
Italy
Italian
2379
351
2006
Allen Coulter
Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Ben Affleck, Bob Hoskins, Robin Tunney
Drama / History / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Period Film
USA
English
2707
438
2006
Emanuele Crialese
Francesco Casisa, Vincenzo Amato, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Filippo Pucillo
Drama / Period Film
France / Italy
Italian
NR
-
1979
Michael Crichton
Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down, Alan Webb, Malcolm Terris
Drama / Action / Comedy / Adventure / Crime / Thriller / Caper / Period Film
UK
English
1407
188
1946
John Cromwell
Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Lee J. Cobb
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1288
172
2015
John Crowley
Saoirse Ronan, Matt Glynn, Brid Brennan, Jim Broadbent, Maeve McGrath
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Ireland / UK / Canada
English
2652
423
1999
José Luis Cuerda
Fernando Fernán Gómez, Manuel Lozano
Drama / Period Film
Spain
Spanish
476
62
1935
George Cukor
Edna May Oliver, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie Ralph, Harry Beresford
Drama / Adventure / Period Film
USA
English
485
65
1936
George Cukor
Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Daniell, Elizabeth Allan
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
720
99
1944
George Cukor
Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten
Mystery / Thriller / Drama / Period Film / Detective
USA
English
1057
139
1936
George Cukor
Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2635
419
1939
Irving Cummings
Don Ameche, Loretta Young, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Gene Lockhart
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2099
293
2006
John Curran
Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Hélène Cardona
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2169
307
2011
Simon Curtis
Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh, Julia Ormond, Pip Torrens
Drama / Period Film / Romance
UK / USA
English
2596
411
1939
Michael Curtiz
Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale
Biography / Drama / Romance / History / Period Film
USA
English
2635
419
1954
Michael Curtiz
Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Gene Tierney, Michael Wilding, Bella Darvi
Drama / History / Period Film / Religion
USA
English
2652
423
1934
Paul Czinner
Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Elisabeth Bergner, Flora Robson
Drama / History / Biography / Period Film
UK
English
2452
367
2002
Sijie Dai
Xun Zhou, Kun Chen, Ye Liu, Shuangbao Wang, Zhijun Cong
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Period Film
France / China
Mandarin
590
79
2002
Stephen Daldry
Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1144
151
2008
Stephen Daldry
Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Matthias Habich, David Kross, Susanne Lothar
Drama / History / Romance / Thriller / War / Period Film
USA / Germany
English
2723
443
2001
Frank Darabont
Jim Carrey, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey DeMunn, Hal Holbrook, Laurie Holden
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2252
324
2000
Terence Davies
Gillian Anderson, Dan Aykroyd, Eleanor Bron, Terry Kinney
Romance / Drama / Period Film
UK / France / Germany / USA
English
2723
443
2011
Terence Davies
Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale, Ann Mitchell, Jolyon Coy
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA / UK
English
2741
449
2015
Terence Davies
Peter Mullan, Agyness Deyn, Mark Bonnar, Ron Donachie, Jack Greenlees
Drama / Period Film
UK / Luxembourg
English
2707
438
1999
Tonino De Bernardi
Anna Bonaiuto, Inês de Medeiros, Iaia Forte, Galatea Ranzi
Musical / Drama / Period Film
Italy
Italian
2408
361
2002
Rolf de Heer
David Gulpilil, Gary Sweet, Damon Gameau, Grant Page
Drama / Experimental / Period Film
Australia
English
2523
388
2006
Robert De Niro
Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin, Tammy Blanchard, Billy Crudup
Drama / Romance / Thriller / Spy / Period Film
USA
English
2707
438
2000
Manoel de Oliveira
Lima Duarte, Luís Miguel Cintra, Ricardo Trepa
Biography / Drama / History / Religion / Period Film
Spain / Italy / France / Brazil / Portugal
Portuguese
2788
459
1981
Manoel de Oliveira
Teresa Menezes, Diogo Dória, Mario Barroso, Silvia Rato
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Portugal
Portuguese
1006
137
1987
Brian De Palma
Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Gangster / Period Film
USA
English
2707
438
2006
Brian De Palma
Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Post-Noir / Period Film
Germany / USA
English
2714
440
2020
Autumn de Wilde
Anya Taylor-Joy, Angus Imrie, Letty Thomas, Gemma Whelan, Bill Nighy
Comedy / Drama / Period Film / Romance
UK
English
149
22
2006
Guillermo del Toro
Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ariadna Gil, Doug Jones
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / War / Period Film
Mexico / Spain / USA
Spanish
2596
411
2001
Guillermo del Toro
Eduardo Noriega, Marisa Paredes, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve
Drama / Crime / Mystery / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / Period Film
Spain / Mexico
Spanish
2594
409
2014
Yann Demange
Jack O'Connell, Sam Reid, Paul Anderson, Richard Dormer, Sean Harris
Action / Drama / Thriller / War / Period Film / History
UK
English
2635
419
1947
Cecil B. DeMille
Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Howard Da Silva, Boris Karloff, Cecil Kellaway
Adventure / History / Western / Epic / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2502
381
1984
Jonathan Demme
Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Christine Lahti, Fred Ward
Drama / Romance / Comedy / Period Film / War
USA
English
2678
429
1998
Jonathan Demme
Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Kimberly Elise, Beah Richards
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2707
438
2002
Michel Deville
Simon Abkarian, Zabou, Vincent Elbaz, Lubna Azabal
Drama / War / Period Film
France
French
2709
439
1968
Michel Deville
Michèle Morgan, Catherine Deneuve, Pierre Clémenti
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Comedy
France
French
2723
443
2008
Saul Dibb
Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper, Hayley Atwell
Drama / Biography / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
2162
305
1949
Thorold Dickinson
Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans, Yvonne Mitchell, Ronald Howard, Mary Jerrold
Drama / Horror / Fantasy / Period Film
UK
English
1170
153
1936
William Dieterle
Paul Muni, Josephine Hutchinson
Drama / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
1178
155
1939
William Dieterle
Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke
Drama / Horror / Romance / Period Film / Family
USA
English
1441
196
1941
William Dieterle
Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, Jane Darwell, Simone Simon
Drama / Fantasy / Period Film
USA
English
2253
325
1939
Mark Donskoy
Aleksei Lyarsky, Irina Zarubina, Varvara Massalitinova, Ye. Lilina
Biography / Drama / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
2635
419
1955
Mark Donskoy
Vera Maretskaya, Aleksey Batalov, Tatyana Piletskaya, Andrei Petrov, Sergei Kurilov
Drama / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
2707
438
1999
Robert Dornhelm
Lauren Bacall, Dennis Hopper, Linus Roache, Ben Cross
Drama / Period Film
Austria / USA
English
1968
267
1987
Bill Douglas
Robin Soans, William Gaminara, Stephen Bateman, Philip Davis, Jeremy Flynn
Drama / History / Period Film
UK
English
2730
445
1948
Gordon Douglas
Louis Hayward, Janet Blair, George Macready, Edgar Buchanan, Rhys Williams
Action / Adventure / History / Romance / Crime / Period Film
USA
English
651
87
1943
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Sigrid Neiiendam
Drama / Period Film
Denmark
Danish
2776
455
1995
John Duigan
Jason Patric, Thandie Newton, Larry Drake, Sam Waterston, Sarah-Jane Wylde
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2595
410
2004
Laurence Dunmore
Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton, John Malkovich, Paul Ritter, Stanley Townsend
Drama / Period Film / Biography
UK
English
1382
184
2008
Clint Eastwood
Angelina Jolie, Gattlin Griffith, Michelle Martin, Jan Devereaux, Michael Kelly
Biography / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Period Film
USA
English
2464
372
2011
Clint Eastwood
Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Josh Lucas, Judi Dench, Ed Westwick
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2081
290
2008
Uli Edel
Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Nadja Uhl, Jan Josef Liefers
Biography / Crime / Drama / History / Thriller / Period Film / War
Germany / France / Czech Republic
German
2194
311
1988
Christine Edzard
Alec Guinness, Dereck Jacobi, Joan Greenwood
Drama / Period Film
UK
English
2243
323
2019
Robert Eggers
Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson, Valeriia Karaman
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Period Film
Canada / USA
English
2741
449
2015
Robert Eggers
Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger
Horror / Mystery / Period Film / Thriller
USA / UK / Canada / Brazil
English
2723
443
2011
Roland Emmerich
Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Sebastian Armesto, Rafe Spall, David Thewlis
Drama / Period Film
UK / Germany
English
2067
287
1989
Ildikó Enyedi
Dorota Segda, Oleg Yankovsky, Paulus Manker
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
Hungary / West Germany / Cuba
Hungarian
2723
443
2010
Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba
Limara Meneses, Eman Xor Oña, Mario Guerra, Jon Adams, Renny Arozarena
Animation / Music / Romance / Period Film
Spain / UK
Spanish
2369
347
2008
Anthony Fabian
Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige, Tony Kgoroge, Hannes Brummer
Biography / Drama / Mystery / Period Film
UK / South Africa
English
2709
439
1999
Max Färberböck
Maria Schrader, Juliane Köhler, Johanna Wokalek
Romance / Drama / War / Period Film
Germany
German
2652
423
1934
Nicolas Farkas, Viktor Tourjansky
Charles Boyer, Merle Oberon, John Loder, Betty Stockfeld
Romance / Drama / Period Film / War
France / UK
English
865
119
1980
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Günter Lamprecht, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Karin Baal
Drama / Epic / Period Film / History
Italy / West Germany
German
1795
241
1974
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel, Lilo Pempeit
Drama / Period Film
West Germany
German
2730
445
2003
Paul Feig
Ben Tibber, James Caviezel, Joan Plowright, Hristo Shopov, Silvia De Santis
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
731
101
1969
Federico Fellini
Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Salvo Randone
Drama / Period Film / Fantasy / History
Italy / France
Italian
2788
459
1983
Federico Fellini
Freddie Jones, Barbara Jefford, Victor Poletti, Peter Cellier
Comedy / War / Period Film
France / Italy
Italian
2788
459
1976
Federico Fellini
Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont, Cicely Browne, Carmen Scarpitta
Drama / Comedy / Biography / Period Film
Italy / USA
Italian
2741
449
2006
Pascale Ferran
Marina Hands, Jean-Louis Coullo'ch, Hippolyte Girardot
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Belgium / France / UK
French
1725
230
1935
Jacques Feyder
Françoise Rosay, Micheline Cheirel, Lyne Clevers
Romance / War / Comedy / Drama / Period Film
France / Germany
French
2642
420
1937
Jacques Feyder
Marlene Dietrich, Robert Donat, Irene Vanbrugh, Herbert Lomas, Austin Trevor
Adventure / Drama / History / Thriller / Period Film / Romance
UK
English
1268
168
2007
David Fincher
Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards, Robert Downey Jr., Brian Cox
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Period Film / Detective
USA
English
1780
239
1967
Richard Fleischer
Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley
Family / Fantasy / Adventure / Musical / Period Film / Comedy
USA
English
2596
411
2004
Frédéric Fonteyne
Emmanuelle Devos, Clovis Cornillac, Laura Smet, Alice Verlinden
Drama / Period Film
Belgium / France / Luxembourg / Italy / Switzerland
French
2709
439
1976
Bryan Forbes
Richard Chamberlain, Gemma Craven, Annette Crosbie, Edith Evans
Adventure / Romance / Family / Musical / Fantasy / Period Film
UK
English
2768
454
1965
John Ford
Anne Bancroft, Sue Lyon, Margaret Leighton, Flora Robson, Mildred Dunnock
Drama / History / Period Film
USA
English
203
28
1984
Milos Forman
F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce
Drama / Music / Biography / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
2222
318
1981
Milos Forman
James Cagney, Elizabeth McGovern, Brad Dourif, Moses Gunn
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2723
443
1989
Milos Forman
Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly, Fairuza Balk, Siân Phillips
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / USA
English
706
96
2004
Marc Forster
Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell
Drama / Period Film / Biography
UK / USA
English
2709
439
1968
John Frankenheimer
Alan Bates, Dirk Bogarde, Georgia Brown, Hugh Griffith
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2545
394
2013
Carl Franklin
Luke Ganalon, Miriam Colon, Benito Martinez, Dolores Heredia, Castulo Guerra
Drama / War / Period Film
USA
English
2393
355
1934
Sidney Franklin
Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan
Drama / Romance / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
355
44
1988
Stephen Frears
Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA / UK
English
2477
375
1996
Stephen Frears
Julia Roberts, John Malkovich, George Cole, Michael Gambon, Kathy Staff
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Period Film
USA
English
2481
376
2000
Stephen Frears
Ian Hart, Anthony Borrows, David Hart, Claire Hackett, Megan Burns
Drama / Period Film
UK / Germany / France
English
2492
379
2005
Stephen Frears
Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Will Young, Kelly Reilly, Thelma Barlow
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
UK
English
2723
443
2009
Stephen Frears
Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Bates, Rupert Friend, Felicity Jones, Frances Tomelty
Romance / Drama / Period Film
UK / France / Germany
English
2723
443
2003
Stephen Fry
Emily Mortimer, Stephen Campbell Moore, James McAvoy, Michael Sheen
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
UK
English
2575
402
2011
Cary Fukunaga
Mia Wasikowska, Jamie Bell, Su Elliot, Holliday Grainger, Tamzin Merchant
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
2723
443
2003
Tim Fywell
Romola Garai, Rose Byrne, Henry Thomas, Marc Blucas, Bill Nighy, Tara Fitzgerald
Drama / Romance / Comedy / Period Film
UK
English
2596
411
1936
Abel Gance
Harry Baur, Annie Ducaux, Jany Holt, Andre Nox, Jane Marken, Lucas Gridoux
Biography / Drama / Music / Period Film / Romance
France
French
2707
438
1934
Abel Gance, Fernand Rivers
Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay, Jane Marken, Lugné-Poe
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
2612
414
1998
José Luis Garci
Fernando Fernán Gómez, Rafael Alonso
Drama / Period Film
Spain
Spanish
2730
445
2011
Rodrigo García
Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Janet McTeer, Brendan Gleeson, Aaron Johnson
Drama / Period Film
UK / Ireland
English
2707
438
2005
Aleksei German Jr.
Chulpan Khamatova, Evgeny Pronin, Danila Kozlovsky, Dmitri Vladimirov
Drama / Period Film / Sports
Russia
Russian
2783
457
1985
Aleksey German
Andrei Boltnev, Andrey Mironov, Nina Ruslanova, Aleksey Zharkov, Aleksandr Filippen
Drama / Period Film / Crime / Detective
Soviet Union
Russian
1201
160
2019
Greta Gerwig
Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Timothée Chalamet, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1593
211
2016
Mel Gibson
Andrew Garfield, Richard Pyros, Jacob Warner, Milo Gibson, Darcy Bryce
Drama / History / War / Period Film / Religion / Biography
Australia / USA
English
2723
443
1997
Brian Gilbert
Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle, Gemma Jones
Biography / Drama / Period Film
UK / Germany / Japan
English
1109
147
2003
Marco Tullio Giordana
Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Adriana Asti, Sonia Bergamasco
Drama / Period Film
Italy
Italian
2550
396
1998
François Girard
Carlo Cecchi, Jean-Luc Bideau, Irene Grazioli, Anita Laurenzi
Drama / Romance / Mystery / Music / Period Film
Canada / Italy / UK
French
596
80
2023
Jonathan Glazer
Sandra Hüller, Christian Friedel, Ralph Herforth, Max Beck, Marie Rosa Tietjen
Drama / History / War / Period Film
USA / UK / Poland
English
2612
414
1986
Wolfgang Glück
Tobias Engel, Sunnyi Melles, Heinz Trixner, Romuald Pekny
Drama / Period Film / Romance
Austria / West Germany
German
2484
377
2001
Sandra Goldbacher
Ella Jones, Anna Popplewell, Cameron Powrie, Trudie Styler, Allan Corduner
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
UK / Germany
English
2735
446
1988
Allan A. Goldstein
Jan Rubes, Aaron Schwartz, Sharon Corder, Susan Douglas Rubes, Ken Zelig
Comedy / Drama / Religion / Period Film
Canada
English
2739
448
1999
Tony Goldwyn
Diane Lane, Viggo Mortensen, Liev Schreiber, Anna Paquin, Tovah Feldshuh
Romance / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1275
171
1950
Michael Gordon
José Ferrer, Mala Powers
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2723
443
1997
Marleen Gorris
Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha McElhone, Michael Kitchen, Alan Cox, Sarah Badel
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / USA / Netherlands
English
524
70
2001
Ashutosh Gowariker
Aamir Khan, Raghuvir Yadav, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley
Musical / Drama / Romance / Comedy / Sports / Period Film
India
Hindi
2709
439
2017
Michael Gracey
Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson
Biography / Drama / Musical / Period Film
USA
English
2704
437
2016
Michael Grandage
Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Laura Linney, Dominic West, Guy Pearce
Biography / Drama / Period Film
UK / USA
English
2730
445
2022
James Gray
Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Banks Repeta, Jaylin Webb, Anthony Hopkins
Drama / Period Film
USA / Brazil
English
2730
445
2013
James Gray
Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Renner, Dagmara Dominczyk, Jicky Schnee
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Period Film
USA
English
2730
445
2007
James Gray
Joaquin Phoenix, Eva Mendes, Danny Hoch, Alex Veadov, Oleg Taktarov
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Period Film / Gangster
USA
English
2707
438
2007
Peter Greenaway
Martin Freeman, Emily Holmes, Michael Teigen, Eva Birthistle, Jodhi May
Biography / Drama / History / Mystery / Period Film
Canada / France / Germany / Poland / Netherlands / UK
English
2540
392
2000
Maggie Greenwald
Janet McTeer, Aidan Quinn, Michael Davis, Michael Goodwin, Greg Russell Cook
Drama / Music / Period Film
USA
English
1347
178
1921
D.W. Griffith
Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut, Frank Losee
Drama / Period Film
USA
English (Silent)
2707
438
2019
Ciro Guerra
Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Gana Bayarsaikhan, Greta Scacchi
Drama / Period Film
Italy / USA
English
2723
443
1998
Sturla Gunnarsson
Roshan Seth, Soni Razdan, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Ranjit Chowdhry
Drama / Period Film
UK / Canada
English
2723
443
1995
Philip Haas
Mark Rylance, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patsy Kensit, Jeremy Kemp, Douglas Henshall
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA / UK
English
1273
170
1999
Lasse Hallström
Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine, Delroy Lindo
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2596
411
2005
Lasse Hallström
Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Oliver Platt, Lena Olin, Omid Djalili
Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1571
209
1995
Christopher Hampton
Emma Thompson, Jonathan Pryce, Steven Waddington
Drama / Romance / Biography / Period Film
UK / France
English
412
53
2009
Michael Haneke
Ulrich Tukur, Susanne Lothar, Burghart Klaußner, Josef Bierbichler
Drama / Period Film
Austria / France / Germany
German
68
12
1997
Curtis Hanson
Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Post-Noir / Period Film
USA
English
2635
419
1940
Veit Harlan
Ferdinand Marian, Werner Krauss, Heinrich George, Kristina Söderbaum
Drama / Period Film
Germany
German
2723
443
1996
Mary Harron
Lili Taylor, Jared Harris, Martha Plimpton, Lothaire Bluteau, Anna Levine
Biography / Crime / Drama / Period Film
UK / USA
English
756
105
1968
Anthony Harvey
Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle, Nigel Terry
Drama / History / Period Film
UK
English
416
55
2002
Todd Haynes
Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / USA
English
971
134
2015
Todd Haynes
Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler, Jake Lacy, Sarah Paulson
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / USA / France
English
2642
420
1998
Todd Haynes
Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Christian Bale, Toni Collette, Eddie Izzard
Drama / Music / Period Film
UK / USA
English
2714
440
2011
Todd Haynes
Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood, Brian F. O'Byrne, James LeGros
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2723
443
1998
Marshall Herskovitz
Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell, Oliver Platt, Moira Kelly, Naomi Watts
Biography / Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
518
69
1974
Werner Herzog
Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira, Willy Semmelrogge
Drama / Crime / Biography / Period Film
West Germany
German
2499
380
1976
Werner Herzog
Josef Bierbichler, Stefan Güttler, Clemens Scheitz
Drama / Experimental / Period Film
West Germany
German
2678
429
1999
Scott Hicks
Ethan Hawke, Youki Kudoh, Reeve Carney, Anne Suzuki, Rick Yune, Max von Sydow
Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller / Period Film
USA
English
2723
443
2001
Scott Hicks
Anthony Hopkins, Anton Yelchin, Hope Davis, Mika Boorem, David Morse, Alan Tudyk
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Period Film
USA
English
395
50
1973
George Roy Hill
Paul Newman, Robert Redford
Drama / Crime / Comedy / Period Film / Gangster / Family / Cult
USA
English
2635
419
1975
George Roy Hill
Robert Redford, Bo Svenson, Bo Brundin, Susan Sarandon, Geoffrey Lewis
Drama / Adventure / Period Film
USA
English
2723
443
1995
Michael Hoffman
Robert Downey Jr., Sam Neill, David Thewlis, Polly Walker, Meg Ryan, Ian McKellen
Drama / Period Film
USA / UK
English
2730
445
2002
Michael Hoffman
Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Embeth Davidtz, Rob Morrow, Edward Herrmann
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2742
450
2009
Michael Hoffman
James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer
Biography / Drama / Period Film
Germany / Russia / UK
English
444
57
2010
Tom Hooper
Helena Bonham Carter, Colin Firth, Guy Pearce, Michael Gambon, Geoffrey Rush
Drama / History / Period Film
UK / Australia
English
1197
159
2012
Tom Hooper
Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Sacha Baron Cohen
Drama / Musical / Romance / Thriller / Period Film
UK
English
2585
404
2009
Tom Hooper
Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Jim Broadbent, Henry Goodman
Biography / Drama / Sports / Period Film
UK
English
1421
191
1989
Hsiao-hsien Hou
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Jack Kao, Li Tian-lu, Sung Young Chen
Drama / War / Period Film
Taiwan
Taiwanese
1550
205
2015
Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Dahong Ni, Yun Zhou
Drama / Action / Period Film
Taiwan / China / Hong Kong / France
Mandarin
2643
421
1998
Hsiao-hsien Hou
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Michiko Hada, Michelle Reis, Carina Liu
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Taiwan
Shanghainese
2702
435
2005
Hsiao-hsien Hou
Chen Chang, Mei Di, Su-jen Liao, Fang Mei, Qi Shu
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / Taiwan
Mandarin
2203
314
2005
Ron Howard
Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko
Biography / Drama / Sports / Period Film
USA
English
225
30
1981
Hugh Hudson
Ian Charleson, Ben Cross
Drama / Sports / Period Film / Family
UK
English
2635
419
1984
Hugh Hudson
Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, James Fox
Adventure / Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
1928
258
1972
Peter H. Hunt
William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard
Drama / Musical / Family / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
1611
215
1951
Brian Desmond Hurst
Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Michael Hordern
Fantasy / Drama / Adventure / Period Film / Family
UK
English
405
51
1987
John Huston
Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Dan O'Herlihy, Donal Donnelly
Drama / Period Film
UK
English
835
115
1952
John Huston
José Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Suzanne Flon
Drama / Biography / Period Film
UK
English
2635
419
1982
John Huston
Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry
Family / Musical / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
1183
156
1994
Nicholas Hytner
Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, Rupert Graves
Comedy / Drama / History / Biography / Period Film
UK
English
2269
327
1996
Nicholas Hytner
Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen, Bruce Davison
Drama / History / Period Film
USA
English
2474
374
2006
Nicholas Hytner
Samuel Anderson, James Corden, Stephen Campbell Moore, Richard Griffiths
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
UK
English
2144
302
2017
Armando Iannucci
Olga Kurylenko, Tom Brooke, Paddy Considine, Justin Edwards, Adrian McLoughlin
Biography | Comedy | Drama | History / Period Film
UK / Canada / France / Belgium
English
1836
245
1963
Kon Ichikawa
Kazuo Hasegawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ayako Wakao, Eiji Funakoshi
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
1436
195
1983
Shohei Imamura
Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Aki Takejo, Tonpei Hidari, Seiji Kurasaki
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
2592
407
1981
Shohei Imamura
Kaori Momoi, Shigeru Izumiya, Ken Ogata, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Drama / Comedy / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
2780
456
1996
Dan Ireland
Vincent D'Onofrio, Renée Zellweger, Ann Wedgeworth, Harve Presnell
Biography / Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2723
443
1995
John Irvin
Vanessa Redgrave, Edward Fox, Uma Thurman, Alida Valli, Carlo Cartier
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / USA
English
291
39
1985
James Ivory
Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Denholm Elliott
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
598
81
1992
James Ivory
Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave
Drama / Period Film
UK / Japan
English
806
111
1993
James Ivory
Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Christopher Reeve, Hugh Grant
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / USA
English
2114
295
1979
James Ivory
Lee Remick, Robin Ellis, Wesley Addy, Tim Choate
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
2198
313
1983
James Ivory
Greta Scacchi, Christopher Cazenove, Julian Glover, Susan Fleetwood
Drama / Period Film
UK
English
1412
190
2005
Peter Jackson, Bryan Singer
Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks
Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller / Sci-Fi / Period Film / Horror
New Zealand / USA
English
2353
344
1965
Miklós Jancsó
János Görbe, Zoltán Latinovits
Drama / War / Period Film
Hungary
Hungarian
2723
443
2010
Andrew Jarecki
Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella, Lily Rabe, Philip Baker Hall
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Crime / Period Film / Romance
USA
English
2020
274
1986
Derek Jarman
Nigel Terry, Sean Bean, Garry Cooper, Spencer Leigh, Tilda Swinton, Michael Gough
Biography / Drama / Period Film
UK
English
1735
234
1969
Charles Jarrott
Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas
Drama / History / Period Film / Biography
UK
English
2709
439
1971
Charles Jarrott
Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson, Patrick McGoohan, Timothy Dalton
Drama / History / Epic / Biography / Period Film
UK
English
2528
389
2017
Patty Jenkins
Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / War / Comic / Period Film
USA / China / Hong Kong
English
2730
445
2007
Garth Jennings
Bill Milner, Will Poulter, Jules Sitruk, Jessica Stevenson, Neil Dudgeon, Anna Wing
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
France / UK
English
1567
207
2004
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth
Drama / Mystery / Romance / War / Period Film
France / USA
French
1657
217
1965
Norman Jewison
Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Ann-Margret, Karl Malden, Tuesday Weld
Drama / Period Film / Romance
USA
English
1979
270
1971
Norman Jewison
Topol, Norma Crane
Musical / Drama / Family / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
1338
176
1986
Roland Joffé
Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons
Drama / History / Period Film / Religion
UK
English
2119
296
1999
Joe Johnston
Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Chris Owen, William Lee Scott
Biography / Drama / Period Film / Family
USA
English
2596
411
2004
Joe Johnston
Viggo Mortensen, Zuleikha Robinson, Omar Sharif, Louise Lombard, Adam Alexi-Malle
Action / Drama / Adventure / Western / Period Film
USA
English
2730
445
2014
Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto, Sonja Richter
Drama / Western / Period Film
France / USA
English
2359
346
2005
Neil Jordan
Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Ruth Negga, Laurence Kinlan, Stephen Rea
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
Ireland / UK
English
2453
368
1999
Neil Jordan
Ralph Fiennes, Stephen Rea, Julianne Moore, Heather-Jay Jones
Drama / Romance / War / Period Film / Religion
UK / USA
English
2147
303
2000
Philip Kaufman
Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Biography
USA / Germany / UK
English
2685
430
1961
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Lucyna Winnicka, Mieczyslaw Voit, Anna Ciepielewska
Drama / Religion / Period Film
Poland
Polish
775
108
1945
Elia Kazan
Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn, Lloyd Nolan
Drama / Period Film / Family
USA
English
1960
264
1976
Elia Kazan
Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jeanne Moreau
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Biography
USA
English
2730
445
2014
James Kent
Alicia Vikander, Taron Egerton, Colin Morgan, Dominic West, Emily Watson
Biography / Drama / History / War / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
2521
387
2018
Jennifer Kent
Sam Claflin, Aisling Franciosi, Damon Herriman, Ewen Leslie, Charlie Shotwell
Adventure / Drama / Thriller / Period Film
Australia / Canada / USA
English
2432
362
1960
Iosif Khejfits
Iya Savvina, Aleksei Batalov, Nina Alisova
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
2342
341
2008
Jee-woon Kim
Woo-sung Jung, Kang-ho Song, Byung-hun Lee, Je-mun Yun, Seung-su Ryu
Action / Adventure / Western / Period Film
South Korea
Korean
1117
149
1943
Henry King
Jennifer Jones, William Eythe
Drama / Religion / Period Film / Biography
USA
English
1735
234
1938
Henry King
Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Alice Brady
Drama / Action / Musical / Period Film
USA
English
2499
380
1958
Keisuke Kinoshita
Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yûko Mochizuki, Danko Ichikawa
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
893
123
1953
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Kazuo Hasegawa, Machiko Kyô, Isao Yamagata, Yataro Kurokawa
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
889
122
1964
Masaki Kobayashi
Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Kenjirô Ishiyama
Horror / Fantasy / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
2062
284
1962
Masaki Kobayashi
Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentaro Mikuni, Shima Iwashita
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
2499
380
1967
Masaki Kobayashi
Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Etsuko Ichihara
Drama / History / Period Film / War / Romance
Japan
Japanese
2741
449
2005
Lajos Koltai
Marcell Nagy, Béla Dóra, Bálint Péntek
Drama / War / Period Film
Hungary / Germany / UK
Hungarian
1340
177
1936
Alexander Korda
Charles Laughton, Gertrude Lawrence, Elsa Lanchester
Drama / Period Film / Biography
UK
English
2635
419
1952
Henry Koster
Olivia de Havilland, Richard Burton, Audrey Dalton, Ronald Squire, George Dolenz
Mystery / Romance / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2730
445
2009
Jan Kounen
Anna Mouglalis, Mads Mikkelsen, Yelena Morozova, Natacha Lindinger, Grigori Manukov
Drama / Romance / Biography / Period Film
France
French
1532
204
1964
Grigori Kozintsev, Iosif Shapiro
Innokenti Smoktunovsky, Mikhail Nazvanov
Drama / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
2652
423
1935
Grigori Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg
Boris Chirkov, Valentina Kibardina, Mikhail Tarkhanov
Drama / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
2664
427
1971
Grigori Kozintsev, Iosif Shapiro
Yuri Yarvet, Elsa Radzin, Galina Volchek, Oleg Dal, Valentin Shendrikova, Oleg Dal
Drama / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
2752
451
1929
Grigori Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg
David Gutman, Yelena Kuzmina, Andrei Kostrichkin, Sofya Magarill
Drama / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
2642
420
1931
F.W. Kraemer, Milton Rosmer
Cedric Hardwicke, Charles Carson, George Merritt, Sam Livesey, Beatrix Thompson
Drama / History / Period Film / Biography
UK
English
115
19
1975
Stanley Kubrick
Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Krüger, Steven Berkoff
Drama / Romance / War / Period Film / Epic
UK
English
951
131
2001
Zacharias Kunuk
Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq
Drama / Fantasy / Adventure / Romance / Period Film
Canada
Inuktitut
8
2
1954
Akira Kurosawa
Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi
Action / Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
11
3
1950
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
43
9
1985
Akira Kurosawa
Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada
Drama / War / Epic / History / Period Film
Japan / France
Japanese
186
24
1957
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura
War / Drama / Action / Thriller / Period Film / Crime
Japan
Japanese
1269
169
1975
Akira Kurosawa
Maksim Munzuk, Yuri Solomin, Svetlana Danilchenko
Adventure / Drama / Period Film
Soviet Union / Japan
Russian
1919
257
1965
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Yuzo Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
2630
418
1957
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyôko Kagawa
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
1298
174
1983
Diane Kurys
Miou-Miou, Isabelle Huppert, Guy Marchand, Jean-Pierre Bacri
Drama / Period Film
France
French
2318
337
2000
Im Kwon-taek
Hyo-jeong Lee, Seung-woo Cho, Sung-nyu Kim, Hak-young Kim
Drama / Musical / Romance / Period Film
South Korea
Korean
2723
443
2002
Neil LaBute
Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam, Jennifer Ehle, Lena Headey
Romance / Drama / Mystery / Period Film
USA / UK
English
2730
445
1950
Fritz Lang
Louis Hayward, Jane Wyatt, Lee Bowman, Dorothy Patrick, Ann Shoemaker
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Period Film
USA
English
2776
455
1995
Simon Langton
Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle, David Bamber, Crispin Bonham-Carter, Anna Chancellor
Romance / Drama / Comedy / Period Film
UK
English
1229
165
2018
Yorgos Lanthimos
Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Delves, Faye Daveney, Emma Stone
Biography / Comedy / Drama / History / Period Film
Ireland / UK / USA
English
NR
-
1996
Diarmuid Lawrence
Kate Beckinsale, Bernard Hepton, Mark Strong, Samantha Bond, James Hazeldine
Comedy / Romance / Drama / Period Film
UK
English
226
31
1946
David Lean
John Mills, Anthony Wager, Valerie Hobson, Jean Simmons, Bernard Miles
Drama / Period Film / Romance / Family
UK
English
242
34
1965
David Lean
Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness
Drama / Romance / Epic / History / Period Film
USA
English
660
91
1984
David Lean
Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee
Drama / Period Film
UK / USA
English
686
93
1948
David Lean
Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan
Adventure / Crime / Drama / Period Film
UK
English
1835
244
1970
David Lean
Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, Christopher Jones, John Mills
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
1383
185
1996
Patrice Leconte
Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Period Film
France
French
2343
342
2000
Patrice Leconte
Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Emir Kusturica, Michel Duchaussoy
Drama / Period Film / Romance
France / Canada
French
99
15
2000
Ang Lee
Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Sihung Lung, Pei-pei Cheng
Adventure / Drama / Action / Fantasy / Romance / Period Film
Taiwan / Hong Kong / USA / China
Mandarin
426
56
1995
Ang Lee
Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Period Film
USA / UK
English
1516
202
2007
Ang Lee
Joan Chen, Chih-ying Chu, Anupam Kher, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Wei Tang
Drama / Romance / Thriller / War / Spy / Period Film
USA / China
Mandarin
1733
232
1997
Ang Lee
Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Henry Czerny, Tobey Maguire
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2543
393
1999
Ang Lee
Tobey Maguire, Skeet Ulrich, Jewel Kilcher, Jeremy W. Auman, Scott C. Sener
Drama / Romance / Western / War / Period Film
USA
English
2671
428
2020
Francis Lee
Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, James McArdle
Biography / Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / Australia / USA
English
1069
140
1934
Rowland V. Lee, Wilfred Lucas
Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer
Adventure / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2723
443
1999
Spike Lee
John Leguizamo, Mira Sorvino, Jennifer Esposito, Adrien Brody, Michael Rispoli
Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller / Period Film
USA
English
727
100
1999
Mike Leigh
Allan Corduner, Jim Broadbent, Dexter Fletcher, Sukie Smith
Comedy / Drama / Music / Biography / Period Film
UK
English
907
125
2004
Mike Leigh
Imelda Staunton, Heather Craney, Philip Davis, Peter Wight
Drama / Period Film
UK / France / New Zealand
English
2730
445
1947
Mitchell Leisen
Ray Milland, Marlene Dietrich, Murvyn Vye, Bruce Lester, Dennis Hoey
Adventure / Romance / Spy / Action / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1247
167
1995
Claude Lelouch
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Boujenah, Alessandra Martines
Drama / Romance / Epic / Period Film / War
France
French
1967
266
1974
Claude Lelouch
Marthe Keller, André Dussollier
Drama / Period Film / Romance / War
France / Italy
French
2147
303
1997
Kasi Lemmons
Jurnee Smollett, Samuel L. Jackson, Meagan Good, Lynn Whitfield
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1892
253
1927
Paul Leni
Mary Philbin, Conrad Veidt, Julius Molnar Jr., Olga Baclanova
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Horror
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
902
124
1940
Robert Z. Leonard
Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Mary Boland, Edna May Oliver, Maureen O'Sullivan
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
505
67
1984
Sergio Leone
Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams
Crime / Drama / Gangster / Period Film
Italy / USA
English
1744
235
1936
Mervyn LeRoy, Michael Curtiz
Fredric March, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Woods, Anita Louise
Adventure / Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1868
247
1984
Barry Levinson
Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley
Drama / Sports / Period Film / Family
USA
English
2235
322
1990
Barry Levinson
Elizabeth Perkins, Aidan Quinn, Kevin Pollak, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2723
443
1999
Barry Levinson
Adrien Brody, Ben Foster, Orlando Jones, Bebe Neuwirth, Joe Mantegna
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2596
411
1947
Albert Lewin
George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Ann Dvorak, John Carradine
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1349
179
2001
Caroline Link
Juliane Köhler, Merab Ninidze
Drama / Period Film
Germany
English
2336
339
2008
Richard Linklater
Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay, Ben Chaplin, Zoe Kazan, Eddie Marsan
Drama / Comedy / Period Film
UK / USA
English
2405
360
1993
Richard Linklater
Jason London, Rory Cochrane, Wiley Wiggins, Sasha Jenson
Comedy / Drama / Period Film / Cult
USA
English
1206
161
1956
Anatole Litvak
Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes, Akim Tamiroff
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1450
199
1936
Anatole Litvak
Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux,
Romance / Drama / History / Period Film / Biography
France
French
1087
142
1933
Frank Lloyd
Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Una O'Connor, Herbert Mundin, Beryl Mercer
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2297
335
2006
Ken Loach
Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Gerard Kearney, William Ruane
Drama / War / Period Film
France / Ireland / UK
English
1774
237
1995
Richard Loncraine
Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey Jr., Nigel Hawthorne
Drama / War / Period Film
UK / USA
English
2723
443
2009
Richard Loncraine
Renée Zellweger, Logan Lerman, Kevin Bacon, Troy Garity, David Koechner
Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
548
74
1971
Joseph Losey
Julie Christie, Alan Bates
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
2707
438
2019
Ye Lou
Li Gong, Tom Wlaschiha, Mark Chao, Pascal Greggory, Xiangli Huang
Drama / History / Period Film
China
Mandarin
2376
350
2009
Chuan Lu
Ye Liu, Yuanyuan Gao, Hideo Nakaizumi, Wei Fan, Yiyan Jiang, Ryu Kohata
Drama / History / War / Epic / Period Film
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2635
419
1943
Arthur Lubin
Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains, Edgar Barrier, Leo Carrillo, Jane Farrar
Drama / Horror / Music / Thriller / Period Film / Crime
USA
English
2393
355
1928
Ernst Lubitsch
Emil Jannings, Florence Vidor, Lewis Stone, Vera Veronina
Drama / History / Period Film
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2635
419
1920
Ernst Lubitsch
Henny Porten, Emil Jannings, Paul Hartmann, Ludwig Hartau, Aud Egede Nissen
Drama / Biography / History / Period Film
Germany
German (Silent)
2635
419
1919
Ernst Lubitsch
Pola Negri,Emil Jannings, Harry Liedtke, Eduard von Winterstein
Drama / History / Biography / Period Film
Germany
German (Silent)
2635
419
1920
Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch, Pola Negri, Paul Wegener, Jenny Hasselqvist, Aud Egede Nissen
Adventure / Drama / Period Film
Germany
German (Silent)
187
25
1973
George Lucas
Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams
Comedy / Drama / Period Film / Cult
USA
English
2707
438
1998
Daniele Luchetti
Stefano Accorsi, Stefania Montorsi, Giorgio Pasotti
War / Drama / Romance / Period Film
Italy
Italian
2730
445
2008
Baz Luhrmann
Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson
Adventure / Drama / War / Western / Period Film / Epic
Australia / USA
English
2730
445
2004
Peter Lydon, Thaddeus O'Sullivan
James Wilby, Clare Holman, Owen Teale, Julia Ford, Philip Glenister
Drama / War / Period Film / Romance
UK
English
337
43
1980
David Lynch
Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud
Drama / Biography / Period Film / Cult
UK / USA
English
2484
377
2003
David Mackenzie
Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan, Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone
Drama / Crime / Thriller / Post-Noir / Period Film
UK / France
English
361
46
1998
John Madden
Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes
Drama / Romance / Comedy / Period Film
USA / UK
English
1685
222
1997
John Madden
Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer, Antony Sher, Gerard Butler
Drama / History / Romance / Period Film
UK / Ireland / USA
English
2723
443
2003
Guy Maddin
Mark McKinney, Isabella Rossellini, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox, Ross McMillan
Drama / Musical / Romance / Fantasy / Comedy / Experimental / Period Film
Canada
English
191
26
1978
Terrence Malick
Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz, Robert J. Wilke
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
506
68
2011
Terrence Malick
Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken, Laramie Eppler
Drama / Sci-Fi / Period Film
USA
English
1570
208
2005
Terrence Malick
Colin Farrell, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Christian Bale, Christopher Plummer
Adventure / Drama / History / Romance / Period Film / Epic
USA
English
1884
250
1978
Louis Malle
Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Frances Faye
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1931
260
1990
Louis Malle
Miou-Miou, Michel Piccoli, Michel Duchaussoy, Bruno Carette, Paulette Dubost
Comedy / Period Film
France / Italy
French
2635
419
1967
Louis Malle
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Geneviève Bujold, Marie Dubois, Julien Guiomar
Comedy / Drama / Crime / Caper / Period Film
France / Italy
French
2723
443
1999
David Mamet
Matthew Pidgeon, Rebecca Pidgeon, Gemma Jones, Nigel Hawthorne, Lana Bilzerian
Drama / Period Film / Family
USA
English
605
82
1933
Rouben Mamoulian
Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith
Drama / Romance / History / Period Film / Biography
USA
English
2130
298
1935
Rouben Mamoulian, Lowell Sherman
Miriam Hopkins, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Billie Burke
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2780
456
2004
Luis Mandoki
Carlos Padilla, Leonor Varela, Xuna Primus, Gustavo Muñoz
Drama / War / Period Film
Mexico / USA / Puerto Rico
Spanish
1434
194
1953
Anthony Mann
James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan, Charles Drake, George Tobias
Biography / Drama / Music / Period Film
USA
English
2763
453
1951
Anthony Mann
Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou, Marshall Thompson
Adventure / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Period Film / Detective
USA
English
2137
301
2009
Michael Mann
Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Period Film / Gangster / Detective
USA
English
2133
299
2019
Pietro Marcello
Luca Marinelli, Jessica Cressy, Vincenzo Nemolato, Marco Leonardi, Denise Sardisco
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Italy / France / Germany
Italian
2168
306
2019
Václav Marhoul
Stellan Skarsgård, Harvey Keitel, Barry Pepper, Julian Sands, Udo Kier
Drama / War / Period Film
Czech Republic / Slovakia / Ukraine
Czech
2655
425
2009
James Marsh
Warren Clarke, Paddy Considine, James Fox, David Calder, Nicholas Woodeson
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Period Film / Detective
UK
English
2283
330
2005
Rob Marshall
Suzuka Ohgo, Togo Igawa, Mako, Samantha Futerman, Elizabeth Sung, Thomas Ikeda
Drama / History / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2707
438
2018
Mario Martone
Marianna Fontana, Reinout Scholten van Aschat, Antonio Folletto, Jenna Thiam
Drama / History / Period Film
Italy / France
Italian
2730
445
1940
Joe May
George Sanders, Vincent Price, Margaret Lindsay, Dick Foran, Nan Grey
Thriller / Drama / Crime / Period Film
USA
English
2723
443
2004
Michael Mayer
Colin Farrell, Robin Wright Penn, Dallas Roberts, Sissy Spacek, Erik Smith
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2169
307
2002
Douglas McGrath
Charlie Hunnam, Christopher Plummer, Stella Gonet, Andrew Havill
Drama / Period Film
USA / UK / Germany / Netherlands
English
2206
315
2006
Shane Meadows
Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim, Vicky McClure
Drama / Period Film
UK
English
2113
294
2005
Deepa Mehta
Lisa Ray, Seema Biswas, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Waheeda Rehman, Raghuvir Yadav
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Canada / India
Hindi
109
18
2002
Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino
Drama / Crime / Thriller / Period Film
Brazil / France / USA
Portuguese
1000
136
2019
Sam Mendes
Andrew Scott, Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Madden, Dean-Charles Chapman
Drama / War / Period Film / Epic
UK / USA
English
1432
193
2002
Sam Mendes
Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Crime / Drama / Period Film / Gangster
USA
English
2080
289
2008
Sam Mendes
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Michael Shannon, Kathryn Hahn
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA / UK
English
2709
439
1997
Agnès Merlet
Valentina Cervi, Michel Serrault, Miki Manojlovic
Drama / Biography / Period Film
France / Germany / Italy
French
2568
400
2002
Menno Meyjes
John Cusack, Noah Taylor, Leelee Sobieski, Molly Parker, Ulrich Thomsen
Drama / Biography / Period Film / War
Hungary / Canada / UK
English
1930
259
1995
Roger Michell
Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds, Susan Fleetwood, Corin Redgrave
Romance / Drama / Period Film
UK / France / USA
English
2230
320
1979
Nikita Mikhalkov
Oleg Tabakov, Yuri Bogatyryov, Andrei Popov, Yelena Solovey
Drama / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
2652
423
1976
Nikita Mikhalkov
Yelena Solovey, Rodion Nakhapetov, Aleksandr Kalyagin
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
761
106
2005
Bennett Miller
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr., Chris Cooper
Biography / Drama / Crime / Period Film
USA
English
2395
356
1992
Claude Miller
Richard Bohringer, Yelena Safonova, Romane Bohringer
Drama / War / Period Film
France
French
2652
423
2007
Claude Miller
Cécile De France, Patrick Bruel, Ludivine Sagnier, Julie Depardieu
Drama / War / Period Film
France
French
2047
280
1982
George Miller
Tom Burlinson, Kirk Douglas, Terence Donovan, Tommy Dysart
Drama / Romance / Western / Family / Period Film
Australia
English
2723
443
2008
Randall Miller
Chris Pine, Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Rachael Taylor, Freddy Rodríguez
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
301
40
1996
Anthony Minghella
Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche
Romance / Drama / War / Epic / Period Film / Adventure
USA
English
1357
180
2003
Anthony Minghella
Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Eileen Atkins
Drama / War / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1447
197
1999
Anthony Minghella
Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett
Drama / Thriller / Crime / Mystery / Period Film
USA
English
825
112
1956
Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor
Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald
Drama / Period Film / Biography
USA
English
2596
411
1949
Vincente Minnelli
Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan, Alf Kjellin
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1447
197
2022
Santiago Mitre
Ricardo Darín, Peter Lanzani, Alejandra Flechner, Santiago Armas, Laura Paredes
Drama / Crime / Period Film
Argentina / USA
Spanish
2780
456
1995
Frédéric Mitterrand
Ying Huang, Richard Troxell, Ning Liang, Richard Cowan, Jing Ma Fan
Musical / Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / UK / Germany
Italian
75
14
1953
Kenji Mizoguchi
Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Eitarô Ozawa, Ikio Sawamura
Drama / Thriller / Fantasy / Romance / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
103
16
1954
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
832
114
1952
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirô Sugai
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
1231
166
1939
Kenji Mizoguchi
Shôtarô Hanayagi, Kôkichi Takada
Drama / Period Film / Romance
Japan
Japanese
2374
349
1954
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô, Eitarô Ozawa
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
2401
359
1946
Kenji Mizoguchi
Minosuke Bandô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kôtarô Bandô
Drama / Biography / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
2455
369
1941
Kenji Mizoguchi
Utaemon Ichikawa, Yoshizaburo Arashi, Chojuro Kawarazaki
Action / Drama / History / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
2788
459
1949
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito, Kuniko Miyake, Ichirô Sugai
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
2312
336
1995
Hans Petter Moland
Stellan Skarsgård, Gard B. Eidsvold, Bjørn Sundquist
Drama / Adventure / Period Film
Norway / Sweden
Norwegian
2652
423
1996
Edouard Molinaro
Fabrice Luchini, Manuel Blanc, Sandrine Kiberlain
Adventure / Romance / History / Period Film / Biography
France
French
1668
219
2000
Lukas Moodysson
Lisa Lindgren, Michael Nyqvist, Emma Samuelsson, Sam Kessel, Gustav Hammarsten
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
Sweden / Denmark / Italy
Swedish
2612
414
1999
Paul Morrison
Ioan Gruffudd, Nia Roberts, Sue Jones-Davies, William Thomas
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
2692
433
2009
Greg Mottola
Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1448
198
2002
Peter Mullan
Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone, Geraldine McEwan, Dorothy Duffy
Drama / Religion / Period Film
UK / Ireland
English
2216
317
1971
Robert Mulligan
Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Oliver Conant
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2763
453
1926
F.W. Murnau
Hermann Picha, Rosa Valetti, André Mattoni, Werner Krauss
Drama / Comedy / Period Film / Crime
Germany
German (Silent)
2518
385
2004
Mira Nair
Gabriel Byrne, Reese Witherspoon, Romola Garai, James Purefoy
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / USA
English
2780
456
2008
Bharat Nalluri
Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Lee Pace, Ciarán Hinds, Shirley Henderson
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
2210
316
1995
Gregory Nava
Jimmy Smits, Edward James Olmos, Esai Morales, Jacob Vargas
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2293
333
1992
Mike Newell
Miranda Richardson, Alfred Molina, Josie Lawrence, Neville Phillips
Drama / Romance / Comedy / Period Film
UK
English
2707
438
2020
Susanna Nicchiarelli
Romola Garai, Patrick Kennedy, John Gordon Sinclair, Felicity Montagu
Drama / Romance / Biography / Period Film
Italy / Belgium
English
2279
328
1957
Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
Elsa Daniel, Lautaro Murúa, Guillermo Battaglia, Berta Ortegosa
Drama / Period Film
Argentina
Spanish
2741
449
2006
Christopher Nolan
Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Piper Perabo, Rebecca Hall
Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Period Film
USA / UK
English
1107
146
2002
Phillip Noyce
Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan, David Gulpilil
Adventure / Drama / Period Film
Australia
English
1360
182
2002
Phillip Noyce
Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen, Rade Serbedzija
Drama / Thriller / Romance / War / Period Film
USA / Germany / Australia
English
1889
251
1988
Bruno Nuytten
Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu
Drama / Biography / Period Film / Romance
France
French
2788
459
1998
I. Nyamgavaa
Drama / Period Film / Religion
Mongolia
Mongolian
2612
414
1991
Sven Nykvist
Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Stellan Skarsgård
Drama / Period Film
Sweden / Norway / Denmark
Swedish
2450
366
1998
Pat O'Connor
Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Gerard McSorley, Catherine McCormack
Drama / Period Film
Ireland / UK / USA
English
2442
364
1924
Sidney Olcott
Rudolph Valentino, Bebe Daniels, Lois Wilson, Doris Kenyon, Lowell Sherman
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English (Silent)
2280
329
1992
Pedro Olea
Omero Antonutti, Assumpta Serna, Joaquim de Almeida
History / Thriller / Period Film
Spain
Spanish
612
84
1948
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons
Drama / Crime / Romance / Thriller / Period Film
UK
English
2540
392
1970
Laurence Olivier, John Sichel
Jeanne Watts, Joan Plowright, Louise Purnell, Derek Jacobi, Sheila Reid
Drama / Period Film
UK
English
207
29
1953
Max Ophüls
Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica, Jean Debucourt
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / Italy
French
329
42
1955
Max Ophüls
Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Henri Guisol
Drama / Period Film / Biography
France / West Germany
French
385
49
1948
Max Ophüls
Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet, Art Smith
Drama / Period Film / Romance
USA
English
2158
304
1933
Max Ophüls
Paul Hörbiger, Magda Schneider, Luise Ullrich, Gustaf Gründgens
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Germany
German
2371
348
1999
Nagisa Oshima
Takeshi Kitano, Ryuhei Matsuda, Shinji Takeda, Tadanobu Asano, Koji Matoba
Drama / History / Period Film
France / UK / Japan
Japanese
2433
363
1948
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Ewald Balser, Ernst Deutsch, Albert Truby, Heinz Moog
Drama / Period Film
Austria
German
1401
186
1982
Alan J. Pakula
Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Rita Karin
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
542
73
1965
Sergei Parajanov
Ivan Mikolajchuk, Larisa Kadochnikova, Tatyana Bestayeva
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Soviet Union
Ukrainian
621
85
1969
Sergei Parajanov
Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Aleksanyan, Vilen Galstyan, Giorgi Gegechkori
Drama / Experimental / Period Film
Soviet Union
Armenian
1676
220
1996
Alan Parker
Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce, Jimmy Nail
Drama / Musical / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
2780
456
1999
Alan Parker
Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, Michael Legge
Drama / Period Film
USA / Ireland
English
2780
456
1999
Oliver Parker
Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Northam
Comedy / Romance / Period Film
UK / USA
English
2730
445
1984
Gordon Parks
Avery Brooks, Rhetta Greene, Mason Adams, Lee Bryant, Art Evans
Drama / History / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
