{Period Drama} Chick Flick List

A few of days ago, the latest offering from Masterpiece Classic was the topic of conversation in the "S" Family Chat. My soon to be sister-in-law mentioned that she needed something to watch while her husband was out of town and was asking if anyone knew much about Downton Abbey. It got me thinking. Dangerous, I know! What would I recommend if she were asking me for a good chick flick to watch? And I remembered that a few years ago I complied a list of movies for a friend. I'm going to post the updated list here for fun. Do you have a favorite? What did I miss?

Bronte sisters:

Jane Eyre 

• (2011) ~ Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender
• (2006) ~ Ruth Wilson,  Toby Stephens
• (1997) ~ Samantha Morton, Ciaran Hinds
• (1996) ~ Charlotte Gainsbourg, William Hurt 
• (1983) ~ Zelah Clark, Timothy Dalton

Wuthering Heights 

• (1998) ~ Orla Brady, Robert Cavanah {I don't think I've seen this one...}
• (1970) ~ Anna Calder-Marshall, Timothy Dalton 

Charles Dickens:

Little Dorritt (2008) ~ Claire Foy, Matthew MacFadyen

Bleak House (2005) ~ Anna Maxwell Martin, Charles Dance, Gillian Anderson

Nicholas Nickleby (2002) ~ Anne Hathaway, Romola Garai,  Charlie Hunnam

David Copperfield (2000) ~ Hugh Dancy, Anthony Andrews

Our Mutual Friend (1998) ~ Anna Friel, Keeley Hawes, Paul McGann, Steven Mackintosh 

Jane Austen:

Emma

• (2009) ~ Romola Garai, Jonny Lee Miller
• (1996) ~ Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam
• (1996) ~ Kate Beckinsdale, Mark Strong

Pride and Prejudice

• (2005) ~ Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen
• (1995) ~ Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth

Sense and Sensibility

• (2008) ~ Hattie Morahan, Charity Wakefield, Dan Stevens
• (1995) ~ Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet

Mansfield Park

• (2007) ~ Billie Piper, Blake Ritson {It does not follow the book, only ok.} 
• (1999) ~ Frances O'Connor, Jonny Lee Miller {I've seen this movie and really liked it, but [and that is a big but!] this movie, unlike the book, has bad stuff in it. When I watched it for the first time, I had someone with me who skipped past the bad stuff so I didn't have to see it. When I check this out from the library, I skip it still. Just a heads up!}

Persuasion 

• (2007) ~ Sally Hawkins, Rupert Penry-Jones
• (1995) ~ Amanda Root,  Ciaran Hinds 

Northanger Abbey

• (2007) ~ Felicity Jones, JJ Feild
• (1986) ~ Katharine Schlesinger, Peter Firth {Super cheesy 80's music is a bit distracting.}

Elizabeth Gaskell:

Cranford and Return to Cranford (2007) ~ Judy Dench, Claudie Blakley, Francesca Annis, Simon Woods

North and South (2004) ~ Daniela Denby-Ashe, Richard Armitage

Wives and Daughters (1999) ~ Justine Waddell, Bill Paterson, Francesca Annis

Louisa May Alcott:

Little Women (1994) ~ Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder

Oscar Wilde:

The Importance of Being Ernest (2002) ~ Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Frances O'Connor

An Ideal Husband (1999) ~ Jeremy Northam, Cate Blanchett, Julianne Moore, Rupert Everett

George Eliot:

Daniel Deronda (2002) ~ Hugh Dancy, Romola Garai, Hugh Bonneville

Middlemarch (1994) ~ Juilet Aubrey, Rufus Sewell

Mill on the Floss (1978) ~ Philip Locke, Judy Cornwell, Barbara Hicks

Thomas Hardy:

Under the Greenwood Tree (2005) ~ Keeley Hawes, James Murray

Mayor of Casterbridge (2003) ~ Ciaran Hinds, Juliet Aubrey, Jodhi May

Far From the Madding Crowd (1998) ~ Paloma Baeza, Nathaniel Parker

Tess of the D'urbervilles (1998) ~ Justine Waddell

Return of the Native (1994) ~ Catherine Zeta-Jones, Clive Owen

Others

Downton Abbey (2010, 2011) ~ Hugh Bonneville, Dan Stevens, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery

Larkrise to Candleford (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) ~ Brendan Coyle, Julia Sawalha, Claudie Blakley

The Young Victoria (2009) ~ Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend

Bright Star (2009) ~ Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw

Miss Austen Regrets (2008) ~ Olivia Williams, Greta Scacchi

Becoming Jane (2007) ~ Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy

Amazing Grace (2006) ~ Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Gambon, Romola Garai, Benedict Cumberbatch

Master and Commander (2003) ~ Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany

Victoria and Albert (2001) ~ Victoria Hamilton, Jonathan Firth 

Lorna Doone (2000) ~ Richard Coyle, Amelia Warner

The Winslow Boy (1998) ~ Rebecca Pidgeon, Jeremy Northam, Nigel Hawthorne

Horatio Hornblower (1998 - 2003) ~ Ioan Gruffudd

Mrs. Brown  (1997) ~ Judi Dench, Billy Connolly

Twelfth Night (1996) ~ Helena Bonham Carter, Imogen Stubbs, Toby Stephens

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) ~ Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymore, Ian McKellen