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36 Films to Buy match the keyword ‘Period - 1800s

 
Convert, TheConvert, The (2024)
A British lay preacher finds himself caught in the middle of a bloody war between Maori tribes in this vivid colonialist epic from dir. Lee Tamahori.
DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Count of Monte Cristo, TheCount of Monte Cristo, The (Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) (2024)Recommended
Pierre Niney leads a stellar cast in Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière’s thrilling new adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ epic…
DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
Ka Whawhai TonuKa Whawhai Tonu (Struggle Without End) (2024)Recommended
A deeply felt and impressively rendered action–drama centred on two rangitahi caught in a crucial conflict between Maori and colonial soldiers…
DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
EmilyEmily (2022)
Actress Frances O’Connor makes her directorial debut with her own screenplay about the imagined life of one of the world’s most famous authors,…
DVD $29.95
You Won't Be AloneYou Won't Be Alone (2022)
In an isolated mountain village in 19th–century Macedonia, a young witch is abducted by an ancient, shape–shifting woman and abandoned in…
DVD $29.95
Dead Still (TV Mini-series)Dead Still (TV Mini-series) (2020)
Dark comedy miniseries set in Dublin in 1880, exploring the emergence of photography as an affordable and accessible art, and the decline in…
DVD $34.95
First CowFirst Cow (2019)Aro Favourite
A western set in the Pacific Northwest from acclaimed director Kelly Reichardt (MEEK'S CUTOFF), patiently depicting the hardscrabble way of life of…
DVD $29.95
War and Peace (TV Series)War and Peace (TV Series) (2016)Recommended
Stellar BBC take on the Tolstoy's classic tale of aristocratic families caught in the tumult of Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
DVD $30 $22.50
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (TV Series)Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (TV Series) (2015)Recommended
Ripping historical fantasy based on the Susanna Clarke novel, concerns the adventures of two magicians during the Napoleonic wars.
DVD $39.95 | Blu-Ray $39.95
Outlander (TV Series)Outlander (TV Series) (2014)Recommended
From the pen of Ronald D. Moore comes this tale of a combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 18th century Scotland, a…
DVD $30 $22.50
Bright StarBright Star (2009)Aro Favourite
A resounding return–to–form for dir. Jane Campion, who is in full flourish with this delicate and deeply romantic tale of the doomed love…
DVD $20 $15
Garrow's Law (TV Series)Garrow's Law (TV Series) (2009-2011)
Legal drama based around the true tale of William Garrow, who acted as counsel for the accused, introducing the concept of 'innocent until proved…
DVD $29.95, $29.95
Murdoch Mysteries (TV Series) Murdoch Mysteries (TV Series) (2008)Recommended
An under–appreciated, unique historical crime series set in Victorian Toronto in which an unorthodox young detective, William Murdoch, uses…
DVD $39.95, $39.95, $39.95, $39.95
Oliver Twist (TV Mini-series) Oliver Twist (TV Mini-series) (2007)
BAFTA–winning Mini–series version of the world's most infamous orphan story brought to life by a selection of Britain's finest current…
DVD $39.95 $29.95
FingersmithFingersmith (2005)
BBC teledrama set around a girlish pickpocket (Hawkins) in Victorian London who becomes involved in a nasty plan to defraud a wealthy heiress…
DVD $19.95
River QueenRiver Queen (2005)Aro Favourite
Both underrated and overblown, dir. Vincent Ward's (VIGIL) ambitious historical drama depicts the journey across heart, soul and land–scapes of…
DVD $25
Charles Dickens Collection, The (The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Martin Chuzzlewit, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, Our Mutual Friend) (1999-2005)Aro Favourite
The BBC's twelve–DVD set offers eight acclaimed mini–series adaptations featuring the creme of Bitish stage and screen performers
DVD $90 $67.50
Hornblower (TV Series)Hornblower (TV Series) (1998-2003)
Lavish, high–end production of C. S. Forester's legendary Horatio Hornblower, with Ioan Gruffudd staunchly portraying the British Naval…
DVD $49.95
JudeJude (1996)
Christopher Eccleston excels in the title role of a common man in relentless pursuit of a higher education and the forbidden love of his cousin (Kate…
DVD $19.95
Les MiserablesLes Miserables (1995)Recommended
Widely considered the definitive screen version of this granddaddy of French literary staples. Few concessions have been allowed in staging a…
Poster (U) $9.95
Sharpe (TV Series)Sharpe (TV Series) (1993-1998)
Various teledramas adapting Bernard Cornwall's famous novels about the adventures of an officer in the 19th century British Army. In perhaps his best…
DVD $39.95, $79.95
FiorileFiorile (1992)
The brothers' Taviani spin three torrid tales of hot–blooded Italians at love and war, recounted by a father to his children about family myths…
Poster (VG) $14.95
Vincent and TheoVincent and Theo (1990)
This biopic charts the relationship between the tortured artist and his patron brother, with sympathetic direction and Tim Roth's performance as…
Poster (VG) $12.95
Far Pavilions, The (TV Mini-series)Far Pavilions, The (TV Mini-series) (1984)
Lavish period drama based on the epic book by novelist M.M. Kaye, centered around the romance between a young English officer and a beautiful Indian…
DVD $59.95
All The Rivers Run (TV Mini-series)All The Rivers Run (TV Mini-series) (1983)
Soppy, though fondly remembered Australian turn of the century mini–series following 'Philadelphia' (Thornton), a young English refugee…
DVD $29.95, $44.95, $49.95, $54.95
Utu - ReduxUtu - Redux (1983-2013)Aro Favourite
With lavish technical enhancement and narrative streamlining, this 'Redux' version of the 1983 epic restores its rightful place in the canon of great…
DVD $24.95 $14.95, $39.95 $24.95 | Blu-Ray $39.95 $34.95
TessTess (1982)
Though beautifully shot, Thomas Hardy's classic novel gets a surprisingly mild treatment from dir. Roman Polanski. Wessex farmgirl Nastassja Kinski…
DVD $20 $15 | Blu-Ray $29.95 $20
French Lieutenant's Woman, TheFrench Lieutenant's Woman, The (1981)
Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons star in an elegant portrayal of secretive affairs and social strictures. Screenplay by Harold Pinter.
DVD $20 $15
Beulah Land (TV Mini-series)Beulah Land (TV Mini-series) (1980)
There are plenty of well–known faces in the support cast of this old–fashioned, three–part mini–series dramatizing the lives…
DVD $29.95
Duellists, TheDuellists, The (1977)Recommended
Napoleonic officers Harvey Keitel and Keith Carradine have a lengthy, stylish series of face–offs in this esteemed Ridley Scott–directed…
Blu-Ray $24.95
Man Who Would Be King, TheMan Who Would Be King, The (1975)
Conmen Sean Connery and Michael Caine have grand old–fashioned adventures in remote India.
Blu-Ray $39.95
Little House on the Prairie (TV Series)Little House on the Prairie (TV Series) (1974-1982)Recommended
Gently focused account of a settler family building their 'little house' on the plains of Minnesota in the 1870s. While not exactly gritty, this is…
DVD $39.95, $169.95
ZuluZulu (1969)
Vivid historical epic about a British army post besieged by the Zulu hordes in 19th century South Africa. Half of the film is a blow by blow recount…
DVD $19.95 $14.95
Damn the Defiant!Damn the Defiant! (H.M.S. Defiant) (1962)
Naval drama set aboard a British warship during the Napoleonic wars is a defiantly good–quality effort. Script, photography (by Christopher…
Blu-Ray $34.95
Importance of Being EarnestImportance of Being Earnest (1952)Recommended
Screen version of Oscar Wilde's brilliant comedy of manners starring a host of British stage thesps.
DVD $20 $15
Reap the Wild WindReap the Wild Wind (1942)
Rugged ships captain John Wayne conducts hair–raising salvages off the 19th century Florida coast, in this spectacular sea–adventure,…
DVD $15 $11.25

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