I need a movie recommendation! (Costume Drama preferred)

[bleedingheart]

Okay...its rainy... me and the hubby are bored....

After the kids finish with their disney flick I want to get a movie...

any recommendations???

I prefer movies with costumes...set a long time ago...

I am thinking of Anne of a Thousand Days..(never saw it)...

But....please make a recommendation if you know of one that might be at Blockbuster or Hollywood video...

[oneighty]

1. Amadeus

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Sure an old movie. If you never saw it go for it.

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[greatauntoftriplets]

2. Anne of a Thousand Days is wonderful

Just don't have the kids around to ask "what is a virgin?' since the term virgin comes up in the movie. It happened to my sister with her husband's niece. LOL.

[Cocoa]

3. Topsy-turvy

I think that would be called a costume drama, wouldn't it? I loved that movie!

[bleedingheart]

4. saw it already...but it is a good flick

[sistersofmercy]

5. Dangerous Liaisons, one of my all time favorites.

I was in a similar mood last week and I rented it and watch it again.
Also a great movie "Queen Margot" based a novel by Dumas which was based on historical events ( the Saint Bartholmew (spell?) Massacre) in France, truly amazing movie.

[bleedingheart]

6. those are great flicks...seen both in fact just got Margot this summer

I am desparate to get my hands on the Mad Juana film that supposedly just came out...

[sistersofmercy]

13. Not a costume flick but "Scent of the Green Papaya"

beautiful movie. or "The Eighth Day" another all time favorite.

[liberalmuse]

16. House of Mirth..

very depressing, but if you have a thing for the Victorian Era as I do, you will love the costumes and scenery. 'Babette's Feast'--not exactly a costume drama, but excellent.

[populistmom]

37. I prefer Valmont

the Milos Foreman version of the story.

[tjdee]

7. Sense and Sensibility...Count of Monte Cristo...

Ooh, I love costume dramas....umm...The Count of Monte Cristo was much better than I thought it would be (didn't think it would be bad...hard to explain)...Sense and Sensibility, if you've not seen it (I bet you have) is excellent. Alan Rickman breaks your heart.

I'm having a hard time thinking of some tonight, though!

Remains of the Day...not really costume though, it's set in WWII I believe (away from the war, though)...Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson...

[bleedingheart]

14. I am going to buy Sense and Sensibility because if I rent it

one more time I will have bought it anyways...

you are right about Rickman...my husband and I both were rooting for him...

[liberalmuse]

21. Speaking of Rickman...

I've heard 'Rasputin' is very good. Greta Scacci (sp?) is in it, too.

[liberalmuse]

8. Queen Margot...

the French know how to do a good costume drama. Also, I second 'Dangeraous Liasons'--great movie. For semi-fluff, 'Dangerous Beauty' is also an entertaining film.

On edit: Need to remember to read ALL replies so as not to dupe.
Sorry.

[sugarcookie]

15. Yes this is a really

good one too.

[sistersofmercy]

22. OMG, I loved Dangerous Beauty.

[Lorien]

33. That was my recommendation

everyone has seen films like "Amadeus" (one of my all time favorites) but "Dangerous Beauty", one of the most poorly titled movies ever, has sadly been mostly overlooked. It is based on the true story of Veronica Franco, (Cathrine McCormick of "Braveheart" fame) a poet and courtesan in 16th century Venice.Much of the dialog was actually taken from Franco's own letters, and those of the other characters in the story-all of whom were amazingly intelligent and witty. Franco enters into the life of a courtesan when the only other option for her is the nunnery-she is permitted to read and become well educated, unlike other women of her time, and eventually is an unofficial advisor to the city's leadership (women will really appreciate how far we've come after viewing this film)! War comes to Venice, followed by the plague and the spanish inquisition. Franco is accused of being a witch by the cousin (a jilted suiter) of her lover, and stands trial...but I won't tell you what happens from there! The film is produced by the same folks who brought us "Legends of the Fall"-it's beautiful, lush and sexy-almost too dreamy to be a true story, but it is!

[SoCalDem]

9. A Man for All Seasons

tops my list in that category.. very sad, but an excellent movie.

[sugarcookie]

10. Nicholas Nickleby

Jim Broadbent is really good as Squeers...Jamie Bell from Billy Elliot as Smike. Charlie Hunnam plays Nicolas. Cast includes Christpher Plummer and Anne Hathaway along with some other familiar faces. I really liked it. Don't think it is on cable yet, but if you get a chance rent it.

[bleedingheart]

11. Just got that one last weekend...Great movie!

[sugarcookie]

12. Juana la Loca

Is really good too...if you like foreign films.


Edit: I really screwed up the title had to fix it.Again :)

[bleedingheart]

19. I have been looking for that but have not seen it at the movie rental plac

yet!

[sugarcookie]

25. I watched on

one of my HBO channels. It will be coming on Cinemax next month the 28th and the 31st. I liked it a lot.

[sistersofmercy]

17. The Widow of St Pierre?

HAHAHAHA! Can you tell I have a thing for Daniel Autiel? Just love his slightly crooked nose.

[Girlfriday]

18. Lots of good choices

I would suggest Lion in Winter - I count it as one of the all time greatest movies ever, costume and otherwise!

PS - Let us know what you decide on, and how you guys like it.

[sistersofmercy]

24. "My life when it is written shall read better than it was lived."

True classic!

[sistersofmercy]

20. Like Water for Chocolate, not really costumey but great flick.

[MrsMatt]

23. Not sure about availability

But "The Scarlet Pimpernel" with Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon is one of my all time favorites, because Leslie Howard is amazing! The costumes are ok - typical 30's Hollywood over-the-top.

[peacefreak]

26. 2 for you...

The Madness of King George (No, not whistleass)
The Red Violin---time shifts, but could qualify as costume drama

[sistersofmercy]

27. Great movies, I forgot about the Red Violin.

[bleedingheart]

28. saw both...loved em both

[bleedingheart]

29. Okay... I got Anne of a Thousand Days because

movie rental places have crap.

I have to go back to netflix...

[AWD]

30. Dangerous Beauty

Trust me on it...you'll love it.

[NashVegas]

31. What Kinda Costume You Want?

Old brocade? Try:

The Lion in Winter


older than that?

Hero


Maybe some swashbuckling?

The Three/Four Musketeers (w/Michael York)

[kskiska]

32. La Nuit de Varennes

Louis XIV trying to escape his fate. It's a comedy, though. He and his family share a carriage with Marcello Mastroianni as an aging Casanova.

Or how about Gerard Depardieu in The Return of Martin Guerre?

[supernova]

34. Ridicule

French costume drama about the hilariously vicious french court and the price of gossip.

[sistersofmercy]

36. I forgot that one, loved it, "hilariously vicious" perfect description!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[laconicsax]

35. Mallrats or Jay and Silent Bob strike back.

There are costumes, and both make references to Star Wars, which did happen a long time ago.

[starroute]

38. Cyrano de Bergerac

The Gerard Depardieu version from a few years ago.

And they're not exactly typical "costume drama," but "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" and "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" are both extremely cool and extremely strange.

[Lorien]

41. Oooooh!

Good ones! :thumbsup:

[phaseolus]

39. Dr. Zhivago

Fits all your criteria, and it's a wonderful movie.

Probably will have to go to netflix for that one ... but if you live in a large city you might find lots of good things at your local libraries.

I'm fortunate in that Milwaukee County's libraries have pretty much everything, between 30 or so libraries. I can have anything in the entire collection delivered to my local library for pickup, for free... at least until our repug county exec feels like cutting their budget.

[Rowdyboy]

40. Congrats to the two people who said "The Lion in Winter"

I appreciate your acknowledging one of the finest movies ever made...

[PittPoliSci]

42. Count of Monte Cristo

either that or Four Feathers.

by the way, I don't work at the movie store any more. so, i can't help you out in person.