Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "period-film"

1. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

R | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.

Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody

Votes: 886,004 | Gross: $59.10M

2. X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In the 1980s the X-Men must defeat an ancient all-powerful mutant, En Sabah Nur, who intends to thrive through bringing destruction to the world.

Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult

Votes: 460,843 | Gross: $155.44M

3. The Three Musketeers - Part I: D'Artagnan (2023)

121 min | Action, Adventure, History

D'Artagnan arrives in Paris trying to find his attackers after being left for dead, which leads him to a real war where the future of France is at stake. He aligns himself with Athos, Porthos and Aramis, three musketeers of the King.

Director: Martin Bourboulon | Stars: François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris, Pio Marmaï

Votes: 18,877

4. 42 (2013)

PG-13 | 128 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process.

Director: Brian Helgeland | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, T.R. Knight, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie

Votes: 102,652 | Gross: $95.00M

5. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

PG-13 | 132 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

In 1926, magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York during his worldwide tour to research and rescue magical creatures as something mysterious leaves trails of destruction in the city, threatening to expose the wizarding world.

Director: David Yates | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler

Votes: 507,513 | Gross: $234.04M

6. The Illusionist (2006)

PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing.

Director: Neil Burger | Stars: Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, Paul Giamatti, Rufus Sewell

Votes: 389,553 | Gross: $39.87M

7. Apostle (2018)

TV-MA | 130 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In 1905, a drifter on a dangerous mission to rescue his kidnapped sister tangles with a sinister religious cult on an isolated island.

Director: Gareth Evans | Stars: Dan Stevens, Richard Elfyn, Paul Higgins, Bill Milner

Votes: 58,989

8. The Phantom of the Open (2021)

PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, manages to gain entry to the 1976 British Open Golf Championship qualification round despite being a complete novice.

Director: Craig Roberts | Stars: Mark Rylance, Ian Porter, Tommy Fallon, David Mara

Votes: 7,180

9. In the Fire (2023)

R | 87 min | Thriller

A doctor travels to a remote plantation to care for a disturbed boy who has inexplicable abilities. She ignites a war of science versus religion with the local priest who believes the boy is possessed by the Devil.

Director: Conor Allyn | Stars: Amber Heard, Eduardo Noriega, Sophie Amber, Luca Calvani

Votes: 3,972

10. Hollywoodland (2006)

R | 126 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A detective examines the mysterious death of George Reeves, the star of the television series Adventures of Superman (1952).

Director: Allen Coulter | Stars: Adrien Brody, Ben Affleck, Diane Lane, Bob Hoskins

Votes: 35,949 | Gross: $14.42M

11. Mary Shelley (2017)

PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History

Life and facts of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet Percy Shelley, resulting in the writing of Frankenstein.

Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour | Stars: Elle Fanning, Bel Powley, Owen Richards, Joanne Froggatt

Votes: 17,758 | Gross: $0.11M

12. Madame Bovary (2014)

R | 118 min | Drama, Romance

Bored in her marriage to a country doctor and stifled by life in a small town, the restless Emma Bovary pursues her dreams of passion and excitement, whatever they may cost.

Director: Sophie Barthes | Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Rhys Ifans, Ezra Miller, Logan Marshall-Green

Votes: 8,854

13. Radio Days (1987)

PG | 88 min | Comedy

A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Mike Starr, Paul Herman

Votes: 36,286 | Gross: $14.79M

14. K.G.F: Chapter 1 (2018)

Not Rated | 154 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In the 1970s, a gangster named Rocky goes undercover as a slave to assassinate the owner of a notorious gold mine known as the Kolar Gold Fields.

Director: Prashanth Neel | Stars: Yash, Srinidhi Shetty, Ramachandra Raju, Archana Jois

Votes: 98,401

15. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)

PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama

Two minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.

Director: Tom Stoppard | Stars: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss, Livio Badurina

Votes: 23,840 | Gross: $0.74M

16. The World Unseen (2007)

PG-13 | 93 min | Drama, Romance

A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era.

Director: Shamim Sarif | Stars: Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth, Parvin Dabas, Nandana Sen

Votes: 4,680 | Gross: $0.02M

17. The Birth of a Nation (2016)

R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History

Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.

Director: Nate Parker | Stars: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Penelope Ann Miller, Jackie Earle Haley

Votes: 21,816 | Gross: $15.86M

18. The Limehouse Golem (2016)

Not Rated | 109 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

In Victorian London, a Scotland Yard inspector hunts down the sadistic killer behind a series of gory, Jack the Ripper-Like murders.

Director: Juan Carlos Medina | Stars: Douglas Booth, Olivia Cooke, Sam Reid, María Valverde

Votes: 23,312

19. Matewan (1987)

PG-13 | 135 min | Drama, History

A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.

Director: John Sayles | Stars: Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham

Votes: 8,906 | Gross: $1.68M

20. The Seamstress (2017)

160 min | Drama, Western

In the thirties, two sisters separated by fate face prejudice and sexism, one by the high society in a big city and the other by a group of renegades in the countryside. Despite the ... See full summary »

Director: Breno Silveira | Stars: Nanda Costa, Marjorie Estiano, Julio Machado, Rômulo Estrela

Votes: 393

21. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)

Not Rated | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History

A young man named Kaspar Hauser suddenly appears in Nuremberg in 1828, barely able to talk or walk, and bearing a strange note.

Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira, Willy Semmelrogge

Votes: 18,892

22. Diabolik: Who Are You? (2023)

124 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

Captured by a ruthless criminal gang, Diabolik and Ginko get locked in the same cell, with no way out. Diabolik reveals his mysterious past to the inspector. Meanwhile, both Eva Kant and Altea are desperately looking for their men..

Directors: Antonio Manetti, Marco Manetti | Stars: Giacomo Gianniotti, Miriam Leone, Valerio Mastandrea, Monica Bellucci

Votes: 280

23. The Battleship Island (2017)

Not Rated | 132 min | Action, Drama, History

During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island ("Hashima Island") to mine for coal, attempt to a dramatic escape.

Director: Ryu Seung-wan | Stars: Hwang Jung-min, So Ji-seob, Song Joong-ki, Lee Jung-hyun

Votes: 8,485

24. The Girl King (2015)

Not Rated | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History

THE GIRL KING paints a portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.

Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Malin Buska, Sarah Gadon, Michael Nyqvist, Lucas Bryant

Votes: 4,467

25. Mary Reilly (1996)

R | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Henry Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Edward Hyde.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Julia Roberts, John Malkovich, George Cole, Michael Gambon

Votes: 15,812 | Gross: $5.71M

26. Onegin (1999)

R | 106 min | Drama, Romance

Russia, 1820s: Onegin inherits his uncle's country estate and moves there from St. Petersburg. He befriends his neighbor, Lensky, and meets Tatyana through him. She falls in love with Onegin but he just wants friendship.

Director: Martha Fiennes | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Liv Tyler, Toby Stephens, Lena Headey

Votes: 8,303 | Gross: $0.21M

27. The Valachi Papers (1972)

PG | 125 min | Crime, Drama

Gangster Joe Valachi is a marked man in the same joint where mob boss Don Vito Genovese is imprisoned and he's forced to co-operate with the DA in exchange for protection.

Director: Terence Young | Stars: Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura, Jill Ireland, Walter Chiari

Votes: 4,440 | Gross: $20.27M

28. The Long Ships (1964)

Not Rated | 126 min | Adventure, Drama

A vagabond Viking adventurer and a Moor both compete to find "The Mother of All Voices", a legendary golden bell near the Pillars of Hercules.

Director: Jack Cardiff | Stars: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn, Rosanna Schiaffino

Votes: 3,111

29. Batman: Soul of the Dragon (2021)

R | 83 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

In the 1970s, a missing teacher of martial arts is the subject of a quest by his devoted and brilliant but distant students, who include Batman.

Director: Sam Liu | Stars: David Giuntoli, Mark Dacascos, Kelly Hu, Michael Jai White

Votes: 7,354

30. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (2012 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A man is murdered in 19th century Melbourne. The investigation uncovers a trail of secrets and scandal.

Director: Shawn Seet | Stars: John Waters, Marco Chiappi, Shane Jacobson, Jessica De Gouw

Votes: 885

31. Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter (2013 Video)

Not Rated | 15 min | Short, Action, Adventure

Frustrated at being marginalized at work, Peggy Carter goes on an unauthorized solo field mission.

Director: Louis D'Esposito | Stars: Hayley Atwell, Bradley Whitford, Dominic Cooper, Shane Black

Votes: 13,150

32. Dragon (2011)

R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A papermaker gets involved with a murder case concerning two criminals leading to a determined detective suspecting him and the former's vicious father searching for him.

Director: Peter Ho-Sun Chan | Stars: Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tang Wei, Jia-Min Li

Votes: 15,794 | Gross: $0.01M

33. The Nephew (2018)

19 min | Short, Drama, Romance

At the end of 1945, a young boy is taken to a brothel by his uncle to become a man. Through the evening's bittersweet encounters, he discovers the adult world in all its cruelty.

Director: Wilhelm Kuhn | Stars: Simon Royer, Marie-Stéphane Cattaneo, Nicky Naudé, Laurent Le Doyen

Votes: 43

34. Macario (1960)

91 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Poor and hungry peasant Macario wishes to have a good meal for All Saint's Day. After his wife cooks him a turkey he has three apparitions: The Devil, God, and the Death.

Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Ignacio López Tarso, Pina Pellicer, Enrique Lucero, Mario Alberto Rodríguez

Votes: 4,335

35. Vindication Swim (2024)

98 min | Biography, Drama, History

The inspirational story of Mercedes Gleitze, the first British woman to swim the English Channel and her battle against both the cold waters of the Channel and the oppressive society of 1920s England.

Director: Elliott Hasler | Stars: Kirsten Callaghan, John Locke, Victoria Summer, Douglas Hodge

Votes: 107

36. Action Replayy (2010)

TV-PG | 129 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

A young man tries to revive his parents' wilting marriage by traveling to the 1970s when their romance was budding and make it bloom: something more complex than he expects.

Director: Vipul Amrutlal Shah | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Om Puri

Votes: 6,943

37. Show Boat (1936)

Approved | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.

Director: James Whale | Stars: Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson

Votes: 3,690

38. The Boy in Blue (1986)

R | 97 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

A biography of the famous sculler Ned Hanlon who led a colorful life as a bootlegger at the turn of the 20th century.

Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Cynthia Dale, Christopher Plummer, David Naughton

Votes: 1,413 | Gross: $0.28M

39. The Life of Oharu (1952)

Not Rated | 133 min | Drama

Follows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society.

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirô Sugai, Toshirô Mifune

Votes: 7,643

40. Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018)

TV-MA | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Detective Dee is forced to defend himself against the accusations of Empress Wu while investigating a crime spree.

Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Ethan Juan, Carina Lau, Kenny Lin, Mark You-Ting Chao

Votes: 3,036 | Gross: $0.26M

41. Assassin's Creed 2

Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Announced

Plot unknown. Planned sequel for the 2016 film 'Assassin's Creed', based on the video game.

42. The Classified File (2015)

Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Drama

A detective and a fortune teller join forces to find a kidnapped child whom none expects to be alive.

Director: Kyung-taek Kwak | Stars: Kim Yoon-seok, Yoo Hae-jin, Hyun Bong-sik, Won Choi

Votes: 1,085

43. Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage (2008)

PG | 96 min | Biography, Drama

A look at the inspiration behind Thomas Kinkade's painting The Christmas Cottage, and how the artist was motivated to begin his career after discovering his mother was in danger of losing their family home.

Director: Michael Campus | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Jared Padalecki, Marcia Gay Harden, Aaron Ashmore

Votes: 2,817

44. This Is Not Berlin (2019)

Not Rated | 115 min | Drama

In the 1980s, an outsider gets invited to a mythical nightclub where he's unleashed to punk, sexual liberty and drugs.

Director: Hari Sama | Stars: Lumi Cavazos, Marina de Tavira, Ximena Romo, Dalia Xiuhcoatl

Votes: 1,430

45. The Moonstone (2016)

TV-G | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A diamond goes missing after a party at an English country house, and numerous suspects have a motive for its disappearance.

Stars: Josh Silver, Leo Wringer, Terenia Edwards, Nisa Cole

Votes: 657

46. May Fools (1990)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Romance

During the events of May 1968 in France, different worldviews of conflicting relatives collide in their family estate.

Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Miou-Miou, Michel Piccoli, Michel Duchaussoy, Marcel Bories

Votes: 3,412 | Gross: $1.58M

47. The First Traveling Saleslady (1956)

Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Western

In the late 1800s, 2 east coast sales ladies decide to stop selling corsets and head West to sell barbed wire to Texas cowboys but they face opposition from big ranchers who fear that steel wire would hurt cattle.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Barry Nelson, Carol Channing, David Brian

Votes: 809

48. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 2

Action, Fantasy | Announced

After killing the dark evil witch, the brother and sister Hansel and Gretel think that they are safe. But what they don't know is, there is another dark force striking them soon.

Director: Bruno Aveillan

49. The King of Masks (1995)

91 min | Drama

In a remote area of China, in the 1930s, a street performer named Wang practices the change-mask opera art of bian lian. Seeking to pass his art, Wang buys what he believes to be an orphan boy, but quickly learns his new disciple's secret.

Director: Tian-Ming Wu | Stars: Xu Zhu, Renying Zhou, Zhigang Zhao, Li Chen

Votes: 3,471 | Gross: $1.10M

50. Lluvia roja (1950)

TV-14 | 97 min | Adventure, Drama, History

El coronel Montero mata a un hombre, lo cual desencadena una serie de eventos, muertes y represalias en el México de 1923. El pueblo quiere venganza, y Montero hará lo posible por proteger ... See full summary »

Director: René Cardona | Stars: Jorge Negrete, Elsa Aguirre, Rodolfo Landa, Julio Villarreal

Votes: 39