19th century
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    Bright Star (2009)

    The drama based on the three-year romance between 19th century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne,...

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    The Age of Innocence (1993)

    An upper-class lawyer (Daniel Day-Lewis) falls in love with his fiancee's (Winona Ryder)...

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    Far From the Madding Crowd (1967)

    An English farmer (Alan Bates), soldier and aristocrat (Peter Finch) court a rural Victorian beauty...

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    Affinity

    A visitor (Anna Madeley) becomes attracted to a female prisoner (Zoe Tapper) who claims to have ties...

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    Princess Caraboo (1994)

    An 1817 English village questions the authenticity of a stranger (Phoebe Cates) conveying she's a...

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    Al di la del bene e del male (1977)

    The German philosopher Nietzsche and his Jewish companion Paul Ree meet a beautiful young Russian...

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    War and Peace (1956)

    Pierre (Henry Fonda) loves Natasha (Audrey Hepburn), and Napoleon attacks Russia in this epic based...

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    Tess (1980)

    A young strong-willed peasant girl, becomes the affection of two men, in the end tragically falling...

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    Mary Reilly (1996)

    Gentle Dr. Jekyll (John Malkovich) confides in a young chambermaid (Julia Roberts) and transforms...

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    Dimples (1936)

    An 1850s New York dowager (Helen Westley) pays a petty thief (Frank Morgan) $5,000 for his cute...

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    Sarah Bernhardt

    Illustrious French actress Sarah Bernhardt was primarily known for her theatrical work, but she also...

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    Esther Kahn (2002)

    A young Jewish woman (Summer Phoenix) of the lower class takes a mentor (Ian Holm) in order to...

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    Total Eclipse (1995)

    Mutual destructiveness marks the relationship of 19th-century poets Arthur Rimbaud (Leonardo...

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    Nybyggarna (1972)

    The life of an immigrant family from Sweden in the Minnesota's forests, during mid 19th century

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    Swept From the Sea (1998)

    Locals disapprove of the love between an indentured servant (Rachel Weisz) and the shipwrecked...

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    Daisy Miller (1973)

    A flirtatious American woman in Europe shocks the staid crowd her mother wishes to impress. Based on...

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    Wild Wild West (1999)

    Secret agent James T. West (Will Smith) and his partner (Kevin Kline) fight evil inventor Dr....

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    The Elephant Man (1980)

    Victorian Dr. Treves (Anthony Hopkins) rescues grotesque John Merrick (John Hurt) from a London...

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    The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)

    Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and...

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    The Europeans (1979)

    A Boston family welcomes two visiting cousins who are actually seeking a way to cash in on the...

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    The Magician of Lublin

    This expensive production attempts to bring Nobel Prize-winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer's...

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    Zandy's Bride (1974)

    This western follows the relationship that tough rancher Zandy Allan develops with his mail-order...

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    Utvandrarna (1971)

    A family of farmers leaves famine-striken 19th-century Sweden for America, and builds a homestead in...

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    Chi-hwa-seon (2003)

    In a time of political and social unrest in 19th century Korea, an uncouth, self-taught painter...

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    Master of the World (1961)

    A Victorian madman (Vincent Price) with a huge airship takes captives (Charles Bronson, Henry Hull)...

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    Feast of July (1995)

    After an abandoned young woman in late 19th Century England is taken in by a rural couple with three...

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    Royal Flash (1976)

    The escapades of an adventurer land him in the arms of a notorious courtesan and on the wrong side...

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    The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)

    The relationship of actors (Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Leo McKern) in a movie production parallels...

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    The Secret Agent (1996)

    An agent (Bob Hoskins) spearheads a Russian bomb plot and incurs personal tragedy while posing as an...

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    I Monster

    In this fairly interesting variant on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde from Britain's Amicus Studios,...