The following dramas are set in the Regency Era
(referring to George IV's reign as Prince Regent from 1811-1820)
(referring to George IV's reign as Prince Regent from 1811-1820)
These films include adaptations by these authors: Jane Austen, Alexandre Dumas, Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell, Robert Louis Stevenson, Joseph Conrad, William Makepeace Thackeray, James A. Michener and Barbara Cartland
The dramas also include biopics of: John Keats, Frédéric Chopin, Ludwig van Beethoven. Napoleon Bonaparte, Princess Caraboo, Jane Austen and The Brothers Grimm
I also noticed that Gerard Depardieu, prolific actor that he is, can be found in 3 of these dramas: Napoleon, Count of Monte Cristo, and Les Miserables as well as portraying the writer Dumas and in Le colonel Chabert and Balzac, 2 French films set in this era.
Which of these films have you seen? VOTE IN POLL
(For those with multiple adaptations, I've only listed the title once.)
Top Ten (Most watched) Regency Films
(For those with multiple adaptations, I've only listed the title once.)
Top Ten (Most watched) Regency Films
A Hazard of Hearts (1987)
Becoming Jane (2007)
Bright Star
Copying Beethoven (2006)
Count of Monte Cristo
Damn the Defiant (1962)
Duel of Hearts
Emma
Hawaii
Immortal Beloved (1994)
Impromptu (1991)
Les Miserables (1998)
Lover's Prayer (2000)
Mansfield Park
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Miss Austen Regrets (2008)
Napoleon (2002)
Napoleon and Betsy (2007)
Northanger Abbey
Persuasion
Pride and Prejudice
Princess Caraboo (1994)
Regency House Party
Sense and Sensibility
Sharpe series
St. Ives
The Brothers Grimm (2005)
The Deceivers (1988)
The Duellists (1977)
The Emperor's New Clothes (2002)
Vanity Fair
War and Peace
Waterloo (1970)
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