Best Period Films by Rank
1
1
1941
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins
Drama / Mystery / Experimental / Period Film / Film-Noir
USA
English
8
2
1954
Akira Kurosawa
Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi
Action / Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
11
3
1950
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
22
4
1974
Roman Polanski
Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Post-Noir / Detective / Period Film
USA
English
29
5
1967
Arthur Penn
Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons
Crime / Drama / Romance / Gangster / Biography / Period Film / Caper
USA
English
43
6
1991
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Caifei He, Cuifen Cao, Jingwu Ma, Qi Zhao, Lin Kong, Jin Shuyuan
Drama / Period Film
China / Hong Kong / Taiwan
Mandarin
45
7
1962
François Truffaut
Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Vanna Urbino, Boris Bassiak
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
50
8
1985
Akira Kurosawa
Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada
Drama / War / Epic / History / Period Film
Japan / France
Japanese
52
9
2000
Kar Wai Wong
Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ping Lam Siu, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung
Romance / Drama / Period Film
Hong Kong / France / Thailand
Cantonese
64
10
1957
Ingmar Bergman
Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental / Period Film
Sweden
Swedish
65
11
1982
Ingmar Bergman
Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Gunn Wållgren, Börje Ahlstedt
Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Period Film
Sweden / France / West Germany
Swedish
67
12
1997
Curtis Hanson
Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Post-Noir / Period Film
USA
English
70
13
1945
Marcel Carné
Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Renoir, María Casares
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
80
14
1953
Kenji Mizoguchi
Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Eitarô Ozawa, Ikio Sawamura
Drama / Thriller / Fantasy / Romance / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
103
15
1954
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
113
16
1993
Jane Campion
Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Kerry Walker
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Australia / New Zealand / France
English
118
17
1966
Andrei Tarkovsky
Anatoli Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko, Nikolai Sergeyev
Drama / War / History / Biography / Epic / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
121
18
1975
Stanley Kubrick
Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Krüger, Steven Berkoff
Drama / Romance / War / Period Film / Epic
UK
English
124
19
2000
Ang Lee
Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Sihung Lung, Pei-pei Cheng
Adventure / Drama / Action / Fantasy / Romance / Period Film
Taiwan / Hong Kong / USA / China
Mandarin
137
20
2002
Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino
Drama / Crime / Thriller / Period Film
Brazil / France / USA
Portuguese
142
21
1993
Kaige Chen
Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Li Gong, Qi Lu, Da Ying, You Ge, Chun Li
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Epic
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
175
22
2006
Guillermo del Toro
Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ariadna Gil, Doug Jones
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / War / Period Film
Mexico / Spain / USA
Spanish
177
23
1973
George Lucas
Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams
Comedy / Drama / Period Film / Cult
USA
English
178
24
1997
James Cameron
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher
Drama / Romance / Epic / Period Film / Adventure / Family
USA
English
191
25
1957
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura
War / Drama / Action / Thriller / Period Film / Crime
Japan
Japanese
194
26
1978
Terrence Malick
Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz, Robert J. Wilke
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
203
27
1984
Milos Forman
F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce
Drama / Music / Biography / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
223
28
1953
Max Ophüls
Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica, Jean Debucourt
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / Italy
French
224
29
1946
David Lean
John Mills, Anthony Wager, Valerie Hobson, Jean Simmons, Bernard Miles
Drama / Period Film / Romance / Family
UK
English
226
30
1963
Luchino Visconti
Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale
Drama / War / Epic / History / Period Film
Italy / France
English
229
31
1981
Hugh Hudson
Ian Charleson, Ben Cross
Drama / Sports / Period Film / Family
UK
English
235
32
1965
David Lean
Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness
Drama / Romance / Epic / History / Period Film
USA
English
239
33
1942
Orson Welles
Joseph Cotten, Tim Holt
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
242
34
1963
Tony Richardson
Albert Finney, Susannah York
Adventure / Comedy / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
253
35
2002
Roman Polanski
Adrien Brody, Frank Finlay, Thomas Kretschmann, Maureen Lipman, Katarzyna Figura
Drama / War / Period Film
Poland / France / UK / Germany / Netherlands
English
281
36
1990
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
310
37
1996
Anthony Minghella
Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche
Romance / Drama / War / Epic / Period Film / Adventure
USA
English
311
38
2007
Paul Thomas Anderson
Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor, Ciarán Hinds
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
328
39
1943
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook, Roland Culver
Drama / Romance / War / Period Film
UK
English
328
39
2006
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme
Drama / Thriller / Period Film
Germany
German
337
40
1985
James Ivory
Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Denholm Elliott
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
340
41
1980
David Lynch
Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud
Drama / Biography / Period Film / Cult
UK / USA
English
341
42
1955
Max Ophüls
Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Henri Guisol
Drama / Period Film / Biography
France / West Germany
French
347
43
1988
Stephen Frears
Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA / UK
English
355
44
1939
William Wyler
Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
369
45
1986
Claude Berri
Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu
Drama / Period Film
France / Switzerland / Italy
French
372
46
1998
John Madden
Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes
Drama / Romance / Comedy / Period Film
USA / UK
English
374
47
1966
Fred Zinnemann
Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles
Drama / History / Period Film
UK
English
383
48
1948
Max Ophüls
Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet, Art Smith
Drama / Period Film / Romance
USA
English
386
49
1973
George Roy Hill
Paul Newman, Robert Redford
Drama / Crime / Comedy / Period Film / Gangster / Family / Cult
USA
English
389
50
1997
Paul Thomas Anderson
Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly
Drama / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
391
51
2000
Ridley Scott
Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris
Drama / Action / Epic / Period Film
UK / USA
English
456
54
1979
Volker Schlöndorff
Mario Adorf, David Bennent, Angela Winkler, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski
Drama / Period Film / War
West Germany / France / Poland / Yugoslavia
German
458
55
1936
George Cukor
Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Daniell, Elizabeth Allan
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
467
56
1987
John Huston
Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Dan O'Herlihy, Donal Donnelly
Drama / Period Film
UK
English
473
57
1947
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Jean Simmons
Drama / Period Film / Religion
UK
English
483
58
1935
George Cukor
Edna May Oliver, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie Ralph, Harry Beresford
Drama / Adventure / Period Film
USA
English
488
59
1995
Ang Lee
Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Period Film
USA / UK
English
500
60
1954
Luchino Visconti
Alida Valli, Farley Granger, Heinz Moog, Rina Morelli
Drama / War / Romance / Period Film
Italy
English
504
61
2010
Tom Hooper
Helena Bonham Carter, Colin Firth, Guy Pearce, Michael Gambon, Geoffrey Rush
Drama / History / Period Film
UK / Australia
English
506
62
2002
Todd Haynes
Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / USA
English
508
63
1971
François Truffaut
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Kika Markham, Stacey Tendeter
Romance / Drama / Period Film
France
French
513
64
1974
Werner Herzog
Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira, Willy Semmelrogge
Drama / Crime / Biography / Period Film
West Germany
German
514
65
2009
Michael Haneke
Ulrich Tukur, Susanne Lothar, Burghart Klaußner, Josef Bierbichler
Drama / Period Film
Austria / France / Germany
German
516
66
1971
Luchino Visconti
Dirk Bogarde, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns, Nora Ricci
Drama / Period Film
Italy / France
English
521
67
2003
Lars von Trier
Nicole Kidman, Harriet Andersson, Lauren Bacall, Jean-Marc Barr, Paul Bettany
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Experimental / Period Film / Gangster
Denmark / Sweden / France / Norway / Netherlands / Finland / Germany / USA / UK
English
522
68
1984
Sergio Leone
Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams
Crime / Drama / Gangster / Period Film
Italy / USA
English
547
69
2001
Ashutosh Gowariker
Aamir Khan, Raghuvir Yadav, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley
Musical / Drama / Romance / Comedy / Sports / Period Film
India
Hindi
553
70
2002
Martin Scorsese
Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz
Crime / Drama / Epic / Period Film / History / Gangster
USA / Germany / Italy / UK / Netherlands
English
559
71
1971
Joseph Losey
Julie Christie, Alan Bates
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
576
72
2004
Martin Scorsese
Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA / Japan / Germany
English
580
73
1975
Peter Weir
Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse
Drama / Mystery / Period Film
Australia
English
581
74
1933
Rouben Mamoulian
Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith
Drama / Romance / History / Period Film / Biography
USA
English
584
75
1976
Bernardo Bertolucci
Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini
Drama / War / Period Film
France / Italy / West Germany
Italian
591
76
2005
George Clooney
David Strathairn, George Clooney, Robert Downey, Jr.
Drama / History / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
593
77
1965
Sergei Parajanov
Ivan Mikolajchuk, Larisa Kadochnikova, Tatyana Bestayeva
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Soviet Union
Ukrainian
615
78
1969
Sergei Parajanov
Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Aleksanyan, Vilen Galstyan, Giorgi Gegechkori
Drama / Experimental / Period Film
Soviet Union
Armenian
623
79
1948
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons
Drama / Crime / Romance / Thriller / Period Film
UK
English
629
80
1943
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Sigrid Neiiendam
Drama / Period Film
Denmark
Danish
630
81
1984
Bertrand Tavernier
Sabine Azéma, Louis Ducreux, Michel Aumont, Geneviève Mnich
Drama / Period Film
France
French
637
82
1969
Sydney Pollack
Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young, Red Buttons
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
639
83
1948
David Lean
Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan
Adventure / Crime / Drama / Period Film
UK
English
641
84
2002
Stephen Daldry
Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
646
86
1992
James Ivory
Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave
Drama / Period Film
UK / Japan
English
663
87
2004
Yimou Zhang
Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Ziyi Zhang, Dandan Song
Action / Drama / Romance / Period Film
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
675
88
2011
Terrence Malick
Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken, Laramie Eppler
Drama / Sci-Fi / Period Film
USA
English
676
89
1985
Sydney Pollack
Meryl Streep, Robert Redford
Drama / Romance / Epic / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
689
90
1968
Franco Zeffirelli
Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / Italy
English
692
91
1987
Gabriel Axel
Stéphane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle, Jean-Philippe Lafont
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
Denmark
Danish
696
92
1984
David Lean
Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee
Drama / Period Film
UK / USA
English
698
93
1944
George Cukor
Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten
Mystery / Thriller / Drama / Period Film / Detective
USA
English
700
94
1987
Bille August
Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Björn Granath, Astrid Villaume
Drama / Period Film
Denmark / Sweden
Danish
702
95
2023
Jonathan Glazer
Sandra Hüller, Christian Friedel, Ralph Herforth, Max Beck, Marie Rosa Tietjen
Drama / History / War / Period Film
USA / UK / Poland
English
713
96
2007
Joe Wright
Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Brenda Blethyn
Drama / Romance / War / Period Film / Epic
UK
English
714
97
1985
Steven Spielberg
Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
730
98
1969
Federico Fellini
Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Salvo Randone
Drama / Period Film / Fantasy / History
Italy / France
Italian
738
99
1935
Richard Boleslawski
Fredric March, Charles Laughton
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
757
100
1987
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Wen Jiang, Rujun Ten, Liu Jia, Cunhua Ji
Drama / War / Period Film
China
Mandarin
764
101
1945
Elia Kazan
Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn, Lloyd Nolan
Drama / Period Film / Family
USA
English
766
102
1969
Ken Russell
Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson, Jennie Linden
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
768
103
1968
Anthony Harvey
Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle, Nigel Terry
Drama / History / Period Film
UK
English
772
104
1999
Mike Leigh
Allan Corduner, Jim Broadbent, Dexter Fletcher, Sukie Smith
Comedy / Drama / Music / Biography / Period Film
UK
English
775
105
1979
Gillian Armstrong
Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes, Robert Grubb
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Biography
Australia
English
782
106
1956
Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor
Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald
Drama / Period Film / Biography
USA
English
783
107
2004
Marc Forster
Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell
Drama / Period Film / Biography
UK / USA
English
813
108
1934
Josef von Sternberg
Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge
Drama / History / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
824
109
1993
James Ivory
Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Christopher Reeve, Hugh Grant
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / USA
English
827
110
2005
Bennett Miller
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr., Chris Cooper
Biography / Drama / Crime / Period Film
USA
English
831
111
1980
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Günter Lamprecht, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Karin Baal
Drama / Epic / Period Film / History
Italy / West Germany
German
842
112
1952
John Huston
José Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Suzanne Flon
Drama / Biography / Period Film
UK
English
849
113
1952
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirô Sugai
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
852
114
2001
Robert Altman
Maggie Smith, Ryan Phillippe, Michael Gambon
Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Drama / Period Film
UK / USA / Germany / Italy
English
859
115
2012
Steven Spielberg
Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader
Biography / Drama / History / War / Period Film
USA / India
English
863
116
1940
Robert Z. Leonard
Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Mary Boland, Edna May Oliver, Maureen O'Sullivan
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
871
117
1964
Masaki Kobayashi
Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Kenjirô Ishiyama
Horror / Fantasy / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
884
118
1936
James Whale
Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan
Drama / Musical / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
886
119
2011
Martin Scorsese
Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz
Adventure / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Mystery / Period Film
USA
English
895
120
1987
Brian De Palma
Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Gangster / Period Film
USA
English
904
121
2001
Zacharias Kunuk
Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq
Drama / Fantasy / Adventure / Romance / Period Film
Canada
Inuktitut
926
122
1990
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Gabriel Byrne, John Turturro, Marcia Gay Harden, Albert Finney
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster / Period Film / Cult
USA
English
938
123
1953
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Kazuo Hasegawa, Machiko Kyô, Isao Yamagata, Yataro Kurokawa
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
946
124
2004
Mike Leigh
Imelda Staunton, Heather Craney, Philip Davis, Peter Wight
Drama / Period Film
UK / France / New Zealand
English
955
125
2018
Pawel Pawlikowski
Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Cédric Kahn
Drama / Music / Romance / History / Period Film
Poland / UK / France
Polish
981
126
1989
Bruce Beresford
Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy
Drama / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
985
127
2021
Paul Thomas Anderson
Will Angarola, Griff Giacchino, James Kelley, Cooper Hoffman, Alana Haim
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1004
128
1993
Martin Scorsese
Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Alexis Smith
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1011
129
1999
Raoul Ruiz
Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Perez, John Malkovich
Drama / Period Film / Romance
France / Italy / Portugal
French
1015
130
2005
Steven Spielberg
Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler
Crime / Drama / History / Thriller / Period Film
USA
English
1024
131
1979
Roman Polanski
Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / UK
English
1037
132
2014
Wes Anderson
Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
USA / Germany
English
1052
133
1952
Jacques Becker
Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin
Crime / Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
1057
134
1936
George Cukor
Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1060
135
1934
Rowland V. Lee, Wilfred Lucas
Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer
Adventure / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1077
136
2003
Marco Tullio Giordana
Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Adriana Asti, Sonia Bergamasco
Drama / Period Film
Italy
Italian
1089
137
2019
Quentin Tarantino
Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley
Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Period Film
UK / USA / China
English
1100
138
1933
Frank Lloyd
Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Una O'Connor, Herbert Mundin, Beryl Mercer
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1111
139
2002
Phillip Noyce
Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan, David Gulpilil
Adventure / Drama / Period Film
Australia
English
1114
140
2009
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Aaron Wolff
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
USA / UK / France
English
1115
141
1970
François Truffaut
François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Cargol
Drama / Period Film / Biography
France
French
1125
142
1990
Yimou Zhang, Fengliang Yang
Li Gong, Wei Li, Baotian Li, Zhang Yi, Ji-an Zheng
Drama / Period Film / Romance
Japan / China
Mandarin
1126
143
2019
Sam Mendes
Andrew Scott, Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Madden, Dean-Charles Chapman
Drama / War / Period Film / Epic
UK / USA
English
1130
144
1943
Henry King
Jennifer Jones, William Eythe
Drama / Religion / Period Film / Biography
USA
English
1153
145
1994
Michael Radford
Massimo Troisi, Philippe Noiret, Maria Grazia Cucinotta
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / Italy / Belgium
Italian
1155
146
1983
Andrzej Wajda
Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro
Drama / History / Period Film / Biography
France / Poland / West Germany
French
1161
147
1939
Kenji Mizoguchi
Shôtarô Hanayagi, Kôkichi Takada
Drama / Period Film / Romance
Japan
Japanese
1165
148
1939
William Dieterle
Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke
Drama / Horror / Romance / Period Film / Family
USA
English
1171
149
1952
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Micheál MacLiammóir
Drama / Period Film
USA / Italy / France / Morocco
English
1189
150
2013
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, Oscar Isaac
Drama / Music / Period Film
USA / France
English
1190
151
1936
William Dieterle
Paul Muni, Josephine Hutchinson
Drama / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
1193
152
1976
Hal Ashby
David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland
Drama / Music / Biography / Period Film / Family
USA
English
1194
153
1956
Anatole Litvak
Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes, Akim Tamiroff
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1211
154
1982
Daniel Vigne
Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Maurice Barrier
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
1221
155
2015
Todd Haynes
Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler, Jake Lacy, Sarah Paulson
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / USA / France
English
1235
156
2009
Lone Scherfig
Carey Mulligan, Olivia Williams, Alfred Molina, Cara Seymour, William Melling
Drama / Period Film
UK
English
1245
157
1993
Richard Attenborough
Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Edward Hardwicke, Michael Denison
Drama / Romance / Biography / Period Film
UK
English
1248
158
1975
Akira Kurosawa
Maksim Munzuk, Yuri Solomin, Svetlana Danilchenko
Adventure / Drama / Period Film
Soviet Union / Japan
Russian
1255
159
1994
Nicholas Hytner
Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, Rupert Graves
Comedy / Drama / History / Biography / Period Film
UK
English
1273
160
2008
Stephen Daldry
Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Matthias Habich, David Kross, Susanne Lothar
Drama / History / Romance / Thriller / War / Period Film
USA / Germany
English
1278
161
2012
Paul Thomas Anderson
Amy Adams, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Jesse Plemons, Laura Dern
Drama / Period Film / Religion
USA
English
1281
162
1983
Diane Kurys
Miou-Miou, Isabelle Huppert, Guy Marchand, Jean-Pierre Bacri
Drama / Period Film
France
French
1287
163
1921
D.W. Griffith
Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut, Frank Losee
Drama / Period Film
USA
English (Silent)
1288
164
1995
Claude Lelouch
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Boujenah, Alessandra Martines
Drama / Romance / Epic / Period Film / War
France
French
1296
165
2013
David O. Russell
Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Lawrence
Crime / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1299
166
1928
Josef von Sternberg
Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent, William Powell, Jack Raymond
Adventure / Drama / Period Film
USA
English (Silent)
1317
167
1967
Claude Berri
Michel Simon, Alain Cohen, Charles Denner, Luce Fabiole
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
France
French
1322
168
1950
Michael Gordon
José Ferrer, Mala Powers
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1326
169
1999
Lasse Hallström
Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine, Delroy Lindo
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1335
170
2012
Tom Hooper
Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Sacha Baron Cohen
Drama / Musical / Romance / Thriller / Period Film
UK
English
1342
171
2019
Greta Gerwig
Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Timothée Chalamet, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1345
172
2003
Gary Ross
Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, Gary Stevens
Drama / Period Film / Sports
USA
English
1349
173
1936
Alexander Korda
Charles Laughton, Gertrude Lawrence, Elsa Lanchester
Drama / Period Film / Biography
UK
English
1377
174
1934
Harold Young
Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey, Nigel Bruce, Bramwell Fletcher
Adventure / Comedy / Period Film / Family
UK
English
1380
175
2001
Caroline Link
Juliane Köhler, Merab Ninidze
Drama / Period Film
Germany
English
1385
176
2018
Yorgos Lanthimos
Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Delves, Faye Daveney, Emma Stone
Biography / Comedy / Drama / History / Period Film
Ireland / UK / USA
English
1398
177
1946
John Cromwell
Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Lee J. Cobb
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1403
178
1941
William Dieterle
Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, Jane Darwell, Simone Simon
Drama / Fantasy / Period Film
USA
English
1432
179
1982
Alan J. Pakula
Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Rita Karin
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1433
180
2002
Phillip Noyce
Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen, Rade Serbedzija
Drama / Thriller / Romance / War / Period Film
USA / Germany / Australia
English
1439
181
1953
Anthony Mann
James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan, Charles Drake, George Tobias
Biography / Drama / Music / Period Film
USA
English
1451
182
1975
François Truffaut
Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott, Joseph Blatchley
Drama / Period Film / Romance / Biography
France
French
1455
183
2003
Anthony Minghella
Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Eileen Atkins
Drama / War / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1460
184
1989
Hsiao-hsien Hou
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Jack Kao, Li Tian-lu, Sung Young Chen
Drama / War / Period Film
Taiwan
Taiwanese
1463
185
1983
Shohei Imamura
Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Aki Takejo, Tonpei Hidari, Seiji Kurasaki
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
1467
186
1971
Roman Polanski
Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, Terence Bayler
Drama / Period Film
UK / USA
English
1475
187
2002
Sam Mendes
Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Crime / Drama / Period Film / Gangster
USA
English
1497
188
2005
Peter Jackson, Bryan Singer
Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks
Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller / Sci-Fi / Period Film / Horror
New Zealand / USA
English
1505
189
2007
David Fincher
Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards, Robert Downey Jr., Brian Cox
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Period Film / Detective
USA
English
1511
190
1974
Alain Resnais
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, François Périer
Drama / Biography / Period Film
France / Italy
French
1514
191
2017
Steven Spielberg
Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford
Biography / Drama / History / Thriller / Period Film
USA
English
1516
192
1936
Anatole Litvak
Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux,
Romance / Drama / History / Period Film / Biography
France
French
1528
193
1971
Jan Troell
Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann
Drama / Epic / Period Film
Sweden
Swedish
1534
194
1999
Anthony Minghella
Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett
Drama / Thriller / Crime / Mystery / Period Film
USA
English
1535
195
2008
Clint Eastwood
Angelina Jolie, Gattlin Griffith, Michelle Martin, Jan Devereaux, Michael Kelly
Biography / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Period Film
USA
English
1537
196
1988
John Sayles
John Cusack, Jace Alexander, Gordon Clapp, Don Harvey
Drama / Sports / Period Film
USA
English
1539
197
2017
Paul Thomas Anderson
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, Vicky Krieps, Sue Clark, Joan Brown
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1539
197
1996
Patrice Leconte
Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Period Film
France
French
1544
198
2002
Peter Mullan
Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone, Geraldine McEwan, Dorothy Duffy
Drama / Religion / Period Film
UK / Ireland
English
1563
199
1965
Norman Jewison
Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Ann-Margret, Karl Malden, Tuesday Weld
Drama / Period Film / Romance
USA
English
1575
200
1971
Ken Russell
Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian
Drama / Horror / History / Period Film / Religion / Cult
UK
English
1584
201
1973
Sydney Pollack
Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman, Lois Chiles
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1586
202
2015
John Crowley
Saoirse Ronan, Matt Glynn, Brid Brennan, Jim Broadbent, Maeve McGrath
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Ireland / UK / Canada
English
1592
203
2003
Edward Zwick
Ken Watanabe, Tom Cruise, William Atherton, Chad Lindberg
Action / Adventure / Drama / War / Period Film / Epic
USA / New Zealand / Japan
English
1598
204
2022
Santiago Mitre
Ricardo Darín, Peter Lanzani, Alejandra Flechner, Santiago Armas, Laura Paredes
Drama / Crime / Period Film
Argentina / USA
Spanish
1635
205
1981
Karel Reisz
Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Hilton McRae, Emily Morgan
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
1636
206
1964
Grigori Kozintsev, Iosif Shapiro
Innokenti Smoktunovsky, Mikhail Nazvanov
Drama / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
1638
207
1972
Robert Benton
Jeff Bridges, Barry Brown, Jim Davis, David Huddleston, John Savage, Jerry Houser
Western / Drama / Period Film / Adventure
USA
English
1641
208
2000
Lukas Moodysson
Lisa Lindgren, Michael Nyqvist, Emma Samuelsson, Sam Kessel, Gustav Hammarsten
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
Sweden / Denmark / Italy
Swedish
1650
209
1968
Michael Reeves
Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies, Hilary Heath, Robert Russell
History / Horror / Drama / Period Film / Adventure
UK
English
1659
210
1976
Luchino Visconti
Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli, Jennifer O'Neill, Rina Morelli
Drama / Period Film / Romance
Italy / France
Italian
1661
211
1991
Hark Tsui
Jet Li, Biao Yuen, Rosamund Kwan, Jacky Cheung, Steve Tartalia, Kent Cheng
Action / Adventure / Drama / History / Period Film
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1665
212
1975
John Schlesinger
Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton
Drama / Horror / Period Film
USA
English
1668
213
1967
Peter Brook
Patrick Magee, Ian Richardson, Michael Williams, Clifford Rose, Glenda Jackson
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Period Film
UK
English
1677
214
2007
Ang Lee
Joan Chen, Chih-ying Chu, Anupam Kher, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Wei Tang
Drama / Romance / Thriller / War / Spy / Period Film
USA / China
Mandarin
1692
215
1995
Christopher Hampton
Emma Thompson, Jonathan Pryce, Steven Waddington
Drama / Romance / Biography / Period Film
UK / France
English
1709
216
1997
Ang Lee
Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Henry Czerny, Tobey Maguire
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1716
217
1986
Roland Joffé
Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons
Drama / History / Period Film / Religion
UK
English
1722
218
2004
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth
Drama / Mystery / Romance / War / Period Film
France / USA
French
1725
219
2006
Bill Condon
Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover, Jennifer Hudson
Drama / Musical / Period Film
USA
English
1734
220
1974
Robert Bresson
Luc Simon, Laura Duke Condominas, Humbert Balsan
Drama / War / Period Film
France / Italy
French
1745
221
1967
John Schlesinger
Julie Christie, Peter Finch, Terence Stamp, Alan Bates
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
1746
222
1963
Kon Ichikawa
Kazuo Hasegawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ayako Wakao, Eiji Funakoshi
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
1749
223
2016
Mel Gibson
Andrew Garfield, Richard Pyros, Jacob Warner, Milo Gibson, Darcy Bryce
Drama / History / War / Period Film / Religion / Biography
Australia / USA
English
1750
224
2011
Tate Taylor
Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain
Drama / Period Film
USA / India / United Arab Emirates
English
1756
225
1964
Satyajit Ray
Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Shailen Mukherjee, Shyamal Ghoshal
Drama / Romance / Period Film
India
Bengali
1763
226
1977
Ridley Scott
Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel, Albert Finney, Edward Fox, Cristina Raines
Action / War / Drama / Period Film
UK
English
1763
226
1938
Henry King
Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Alice Brady
Drama / Action / Musical / Period Film
USA
English
1770
227
1936
Mervyn LeRoy, Michael Curtiz
Fredric March, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Woods, Anita Louise
Adventure / Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1772
228
1974
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel, Lilo Pempeit
Drama / Period Film
West Germany
German
1780
229
1997
John Madden
Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer, Antony Sher, Gerard Butler
Drama / History / Romance / Period Film
UK / Ireland / USA
English
1783
230
1938
Jean Renoir
Pierre Renoir, Lise Delamare, Léon Larive, William Aguet, Elisa Ruis
History / Period Film / War
France
French
1787
231
1969
Charles Jarrott
Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas
Drama / History / Period Film / Biography
UK
English
1787
231
1951
Brian Desmond Hurst
Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Michael Hordern
Fantasy / Drama / Adventure / Period Film / Family
UK
English
1793
232
1984
Barry Levinson
Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley
Drama / Sports / Period Film / Family
USA
English
1801
233
1996
Alan Parker
Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce, Jimmy Nail
Drama / Musical / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
1807
234
1967
Bo Widerberg
Pia Degermark, Thommy Berggren
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Sweden
Swedish
1846
235
2004
Bill Condon
Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA / Germany
English
1847
236
1997
Steven Spielberg
Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Matthew McConaughey
Drama / History / Period Film
USA
English
1854
237
1997
Iain Softley
Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Charlotte Rampling
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA / UK
English
1855
238
1995
Richard Loncraine
Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey Jr., Nigel Hawthorne
Drama / War / Period Film
UK / USA
English
1864
239
1985
Alan Bridges
James Mason, Edward Fox, Dorothy Tutin, John Gielgud
Drama / Period Film
UK
English
1874
240
1967
Richard Fleischer
Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley
Family / Fantasy / Adventure / Musical / Period Film / Comedy
USA
English
1875
241
1935
Jacques Feyder
Françoise Rosay, Micheline Cheirel, Lyne Clevers
Romance / War / Comedy / Drama / Period Film
France / Germany
French
1880
242
2019
Kelly Reichardt
John Magaro, Orion Lee, Rene Auberjonois, Toby Jones, Ewen Bremner
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1893
243
1994
Gillian Armstrong
Winona Ryder, Kirsten Dunst, Gabriel Byrne, Trini Alvarado
Drama / Romance / Family / Period Film
USA
English
1900
244
2015
Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Dahong Ni, Yun Zhou
Drama / Action / Period Film
Taiwan / China / Hong Kong / France
Mandarin
1907
245
1977
Martin Scorsese
Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro, Lionel Stander, Barry Primus
Musical / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1926
246
2005
Terrence Malick
Colin Farrell, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Christian Bale, Christopher Plummer
Adventure / Drama / History / Romance / Period Film / Epic
USA
English
1927
247
1970
David Lean
Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, Christopher Jones, John Mills
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
1936
248
1978
Louis Malle
Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Frances Faye
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1939
249
1982
Ettore Scola
Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcello Mastroianni, Hanna Schygulla
Drama / History / Period Film
France / Italy
French
1949
250
1944
Robert Stevenson
Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien, Peggy Ann Garner
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
1951
251
1987
Bill Douglas
Robin Soans, William Gaminara, Stephen Bateman, Philip Davis, Jeremy Flynn
Drama / History / Period Film
UK
English
1952
252
1986
Derek Jarman
Nigel Terry, Sean Bean, Garry Cooper, Spencer Leigh, Tilda Swinton, Michael Gough
Biography / Drama / Period Film
UK
English
1958
253
1976
Elia Kazan
Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jeanne Moreau
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Biography
USA
English
1958
253
2002
Michael Winterbottom
Steve Coogan, John Thomson, Nigel Pivaro, Lennie James, Shirley Henderson
Biography / Comedy / Drama / Music / Period Film
UK / France / Netherlands
English
1960
254
1999
Tim Robbins
John Cusack, Hank Azaria, Rubén Blades, Joan Cusack
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
1971
255
1960
Ingmar Bergman
Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom, Birgitta Pettersson
Drama / Period Film / Crime
Sweden
Swedish
1973
256
1927
Paul Leni
Mary Philbin, Conrad Veidt, Julius Molnar Jr., Olga Baclanova
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Horror
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
1975
257
2004
Stephen Chow
Stephen Chow, Xiaogang Feng, Wah Yuen, Zhi Hua Dong, Kwok Kuen Chan
Action / Comedy / Crime / Fantasy / Period Film / Gangster
China / Hong Kong
Cantonese
1976
258
1985
István Szabó
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Hans Christian Blech
Drama / Period Film / War / Spy
Hungary / Austria / West Germany
Hungarian
1989
259
1923
Wallace Worsley
Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry, Kate Lester, Winifred Bryson
Drama / Horror / Period Film / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
1998
260
1990
Louis Malle
Miou-Miou, Michel Piccoli, Michel Duchaussoy, Bruno Carette, Paulette Dubost
Comedy / Period Film
France / Italy
French
1999
261
1989
Bertrand Tavernier
Philippe Noiret, Sabine Azéma, Pascale Vignal
Drama / Period Film / Romance
France
French
2004
262
1993
Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Richard Briers, Keanu Reeves
Comedy / Romance / Period Film
UK / USA
English
2007
263
1972
Peter H. Hunt
William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard
Drama / Musical / Family / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
2012
264
1974
Claude Lelouch
Marthe Keller, André Dussollier
Drama / Period Film / Romance / War
France / Italy
French
2022
265
1988
Bruno Nuytten
Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu
Drama / Biography / Period Film / Romance
France
French
2029
266
1995
Roger Michell
Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds, Susan Fleetwood, Corin Redgrave
Romance / Drama / Period Film
UK / France / USA
English
2032
267
1982
George Miller
Tom Burlinson, Kirk Douglas, Terence Donovan, Tommy Dysart
Drama / Romance / Western / Family / Period Film
Australia
English
2039
268
1992
Bille August
Samuel Fröler, Pernilla August, Max von Sydow
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Biography
Sweden / Germany / UK / Italy / France / Denmark / Finland / Norway / Iceland
Swedish
2052
269
2008
John Patrick Shanley
Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis, Alice Drummond
Drama / Mystery / Period Film / Religion
USA
English
2055
270
2004
Kerry Conran
Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Gambon
Action / Adventure / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Period Film / Tech-Noir
USA / UK / Italy
English
2060
271
1965
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Yuzo Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
2070
272
1978
Claude Chabrol
Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran, Jean Carmet
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Period Film
France / Canada
French
2077
273
2008
Jan Troell
Maria Heiskanen, Mikael Persbrandt, Jesper Christensen, Emil Jensen
Drama / Period Film
Denmark / Finland / Norway / Sweden / Germany
Swedish
2080
274
1984
Francis Ford Coppola
Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee
Crime / Musical / Drama / Gangster / Period Film
USA
English
2080
274
1971
Norman Jewison
Topol, Norma Crane
Musical / Drama / Family / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
2087
275
1933
Max Ophüls
Paul Hörbiger, Magda Schneider, Luise Ullrich, Gustaf Gründgens
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Germany
German
2090
276
1997
Mike van Diem
Jan Decleir, Jonathan Maxwell Reeves, Fedja van Huêt
Drama / Period Film
Netherlands / Belgium
Dutch
2093
277
1918
Victor Sjöström
Victor Sjöström, Edith Erastoff, John Ekman, Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson
Drama / Crime / Romance / Period Film
Sweden
Swedish (Silent)
2093
277
1949
Thorold Dickinson
Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans, Yvonne Mitchell, Ronald Howard, Mary Jerrold
Drama / Horror / Fantasy / Period Film
UK
English
2094
278
2001
Alejandro Amenábar
Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Period Film
Spain / France / USA
English
2100
279
1982
Phillip Borsos
Richard Farnsworth, Jackie Burroughs, Ken Pogue, Wayne Robson
Western / Drama / Crime / Biography / Period Film
Canada
English
2100
279
1991
Alain Corneau
Jean-Pierre Marielle, Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Guillaume Depardieu
Biography / Drama / Music / Romance / Period Film
France
French
2105
280
1989
Ildikó Enyedi
Dorota Segda, Oleg Yankovsky, Paulus Manker
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
Hungary / West Germany / Cuba
Hungarian
2122
281
1976
Bertrand Tavernier
Philippe Noiret, Michel Galabru, Isabelle Huppert
Drama / Crime / Period Film
France
French
2130
282
2006
John Curran
Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Hélène Cardona
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2141
283
1947
Maurice Cloche
Pierre Fresnay, Yvonne Gaudeau, Jean Carmet, Lise Delamare
Drama / Biography / Religion / Period Film
France
French
2141
283
1992
Sally Potter
Tilda Swinton, Quentin Crisp, Jimmy Somerville, John Bott
Drama / Romance / Fantasy / Period Film
UK / Russia / France / Italy / Netherlands
English
2146
284
1999
Joe Johnston
Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Chris Owen, William Lee Scott
Biography / Drama / Period Film / Family
USA
English
2154
285
2005
Joe Wright
Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Talulah Riley, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone
Drama / Romance / Comedy / Period Film
France / UK
English
2156
286
1951
Alf Sjöberg
Anita Björk, Ulf Palme, Märta Dorff, Lissi Alandh
Drama / Period Film
Sweden
Swedish
2160
287
1954
Renato Castellani
Laurence Harvey, Susan Shentall, Flora Robson, Norman Wooland
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Italy / UK
English
2166
288
2002
Julie Taymor
Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Mía Maestro, Amelia Zapata
Drama / Romance / Biography / Period Film
USA / Canada / Mexico
English
2171
289
1988
Alan Rudolph
Keith Carradine, Linda Fiorentino, John Lone, Wallace Shawn
Drama / History / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
2175
290
1979
James Ivory
Lee Remick, Robin Ellis, Wesley Addy, Tim Choate
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
2182
291
2006
Sofia Coppola
Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Judy Davis, Rip Torn, Rose Byrne, Asia Argento
Biography / Drama / History / Epic / Period Film
Japan / France / USA
English
2189
292
1935
Rouben Mamoulian, Lowell Sherman
Miriam Hopkins, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Billie Burke
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2199
293
1999
Régis Wargnier
Sandrine Bonnaire, Catherine Deneuve, Oleg Menshikov
Romance / Drama / Period Film
Bulgaria / France / Russia / Spain / Ukraine
French
2199
293
2008
Sam Mendes
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Michael Shannon, Kathryn Hahn
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA / UK
English
2200
294
2008
Uli Edel
Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Nadja Uhl, Jan Josef Liefers
Biography / Crime / Drama / History / Thriller / Period Film / War
Germany / France / Czech Republic
German
2210
295
2007
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker
Drama / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
2213
296
2005
Jean-Marc Vallée
Michel Côté, Marc-André Grondin, Danielle Proulx
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
Canada
French
2224
297
1993
Claude Berri
Miou-Miou, Renaud, Jean Carmet, Judith Henry, Jean-Roger Milo
Drama / Period Film
Belgium / France / Italy
French
2227
298
1961
Roger Corman
Vincent Price, John Kerr, Barbara Steele, Luana Anders, Antony Carbone
Horror / Period Film
USA
English
2227
298
2006
Shane Meadows
Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim, Vicky McClure
Drama / Period Film
UK
English
2236
299
2005
Deepa Mehta
Lisa Ray, Seema Biswas, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Waheeda Rehman, Raghuvir Yadav
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Canada / India
Hindi
2237
300
1959
Aleksei Batalov
Rolan Bykov, Yuri Tolubeyev, A. Yozhkina, Yelena Ponsova
Drama / Comedy / Period Film / Fantasy
Soviet Union
Russian
2246
301
1962
Masaki Kobayashi
Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentaro Mikuni, Shima Iwashita
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
2248
302
1988
Christine Edzard
Alec Guinness, Dereck Jacobi, Joan Greenwood
Drama / Period Film
UK
English
2251
303
1979
Nikita Mikhalkov
Oleg Tabakov, Yuri Bogatyryov, Andrei Popov, Yelena Solovey
Drama / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
2253
304
2000
Giuseppe Tornatore
Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Italy / USA
Italian
2255
305
2009
Michael Mann
Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Period Film / Gangster / Detective
USA
English
2263
306
2017
Armando Iannucci
Olga Kurylenko, Tom Brooke, Paddy Considine, Justin Edwards, Adrian McLoughlin
Biography | Comedy | Drama | History / Period Film
UK / Canada / France / Belgium
English
2266
307
2000
Philip Kaufman
Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Biography
USA / Germany / UK
English
2268
308
1957
Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
Elsa Daniel, Lautaro Murúa, Guillermo Battaglia, Berta Ortegosa
Drama / Period Film
Argentina
Spanish
2268
308
1981
Herbert Ross
Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Walken, Jessica Harper
Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2272
309
1997
Kasi Lemmons
Jurnee Smollett, Samuel L. Jackson, Meagan Good, Lynn Whitfield
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2274
310
1971
Robert Mulligan
Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Oliver Conant
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2275
311
2019
Pietro Marcello
Luca Marinelli, Jessica Cressy, Vincenzo Nemolato, Marco Leonardi, Denise Sardisco
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Italy / France / Germany
Italian
2278
312
1983
James Ivory
Greta Scacchi, Christopher Cazenove, Julian Glover, Susan Fleetwood
Drama / Period Film
UK
English
2279
313
1981
Milos Forman
James Cagney, Elizabeth McGovern, Brad Dourif, Moses Gunn
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2287
314
2019
Václav Marhoul
Stellan Skarsgård, Harvey Keitel, Barry Pepper, Julian Sands, Udo Kier
Drama / War / Period Film
Czech Republic / Slovakia / Ukraine
Czech
2288
315
2011
Simon Curtis
Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh, Julia Ormond, Pip Torrens
Drama / Period Film / Romance
UK / USA
English
2288
315
2002
Douglas McGrath
Charlie Hunnam, Christopher Plummer, Stella Gonet, Andrew Havill
Drama / Period Film
USA / UK / Germany / Netherlands
English
2293
316
1939
Mark Donskoy
Aleksei Lyarsky, Irina Zarubina, Varvara Massalitinova, Ye. Lilina
Biography / Drama / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
2295
317
2007
Adam Shankman
John Travolta, Nicole Blonsky, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, Zac Efron
Comedy / Drama / Musical / Period Film
USA
English
2297
318
2000
Im Kwon-taek
Hyo-jeong Lee, Seung-woo Cho, Sung-nyu Kim, Hak-young Kim
Drama / Musical / Romance / Period Film
South Korea
Korean
2299
319
1995
Hans Petter Moland
Stellan Skarsgård, Gard B. Eidsvold, Bjørn Sundquist
Drama / Adventure / Period Film
Norway / Sweden
Norwegian
2303
320
2003
Mario Van Peebles
Mario Van Peebles, Joy Bryant, Paul Rodriguez, Nia Long
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2303
320
2000
Terence Davies
Gillian Anderson, Dan Aykroyd, Eleanor Bron, Terry Kinney
Romance / Drama / Period Film
UK / France / Germany / USA
English
2305
321
1985
Satyajit Ray, Dulal Dutt
Soumitra Chatterjee, Victor Banerjee, Swatilekha Chatterjee
Drama / Romance / Period Film
India
Bengali
2312
322
1992
Mike Newell
Miranda Richardson, Alfred Molina, Josie Lawrence, Neville Phillips
Drama / Romance / Comedy / Period Film
UK
English
2323
323
2005
Ron Howard
Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko
Biography / Drama / Sports / Period Film
USA
English
2325
324
1992
Pedro Olea
Omero Antonutti, Assumpta Serna, Joaquim de Almeida
History / Thriller / Period Film
Spain
Spanish
2328
325
1954
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô, Eitarô Ozawa
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
2328
325
1965
Stuart Burge, John Dexter
Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Maggie Smith, Joyce Redman
Drama / Period Film
UK
English
2331
326
2008
Jee-woon Kim
Woo-sung Jung, Kang-ho Song, Byung-hun Lee, Je-mun Yun, Seung-su Ryu
Action / Adventure / Western / Period Film
South Korea
Korean
2333
327
1945
Robert Bresson
Paul Bernard, María Casares, Elina Labourdette
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
2335
328
1969
Masahiro Shinoda
Shima Iwashita, Kichiemon Nakamura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Jun Hamamura
Drama / Period Film / Romance
Japan
Japanese
2335
328
1946
Kenji Mizoguchi
Minosuke Bandô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kôtarô Bandô
Drama / Biography / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
2340
329
1999
Jean Becker
Jacques Villeret, Jacques Gamblin, André Dussollier, Michel Serrault
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
France
French
2357
330
1990
Barry Levinson
Elizabeth Perkins, Aidan Quinn, Kevin Pollak, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2359
331
1999
Nagisa Oshima
Takeshi Kitano, Ryuhei Matsuda, Shinji Takeda, Tadanobu Asano, Koji Matoba
Drama / History / Period Film
France / UK / Japan
Japanese
2363
332
2019
Robert Eggers
Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson, Valeriia Karaman
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Period Film
Canada / USA
English
2368
333
1965
Miklós Jancsó
János Görbe, Zoltán Latinovits
Drama / War / Period Film
Hungary
Hungarian
2387
334
1996
Nicholas Hytner
Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen, Bruce Davison
Drama / History / Period Film
USA
English
2390
335
2006
Allen Coulter
Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Ben Affleck, Bob Hoskins, Robin Tunney
Drama / History / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Period Film
USA
English
2393
336
1934
Jean Renoir
Max Dearly, Valentine Tessier, Pierre Renoir, Robert Le Vigan
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
2393
336
1976
Herbert Ross
Alan Arkin, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Duvall, Nicol Williamson
Mystery / Comedy / Crime / Detective / Period Film
UK / USA
English
2398
337
1941
Kenji Mizoguchi
Utaemon Ichikawa, Yoshizaburo Arashi, Chojuro Kawarazaki
Action / Drama / History / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
2401
338
2005
Rob Marshall
Suzuka Ohgo, Togo Igawa, Mako, Samantha Futerman, Elizabeth Sung, Thomas Ikeda
Drama / History / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2414
339
2006
Ken Loach
Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Gerard Kearney, William Ruane
Drama / War / Period Film
France / Ireland / UK
English
2423
340
1993
Richard Linklater
Jason London, Rory Cochrane, Wiley Wiggins, Sasha Jenson
Comedy / Drama / Period Film / Cult
USA
English
2449
341
2008
Richard Linklater
Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay, Ben Chaplin, Zoe Kazan, Eddie Marsan
Drama / Comedy / Period Film
UK / USA
English
2450
342
2017
Dee Rees
Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Jonathan Banks, Mary J. Blige
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2451
343
2002
Rolf de Heer
David Gulpilil, Gary Sweet, Damon Gameau, Grant Page
Drama / Experimental / Period Film
Australia
English
2454
344
2000
Patrice Leconte
Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Emir Kusturica, Michel Duchaussoy
Drama / Period Film / Romance
France / Canada
French
2460
345
2007
Julie Taymor
Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Cynthia Loebe
Drama / Musical / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2467
346
1994
Gérard Corbiau
Stefano Dionisi, Enrico Lo Verso
Drama / Music / Comedy / Period Film / Romance / Biography
Italy / Belgium / France
French
2469
347
2005
Neil Jordan
Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Ruth Negga, Laurence Kinlan, Stephen Rea
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
Ireland / UK
English
2480
348
1948
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Ewald Balser, Ernst Deutsch, Albert Truby, Heinz Moog
Drama / Period Film
Austria
German
2480
348
2008
Anthony Fabian
Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige, Tony Kgoroge, Hannes Brummer
Biography / Drama / Mystery / Period Film
UK / South Africa
English
2483
349
1996
Stephen Frears
Julia Roberts, John Malkovich, George Cole, Michael Gambon, Kathy Staff
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Period Film
USA
English
2485
350
1976
Eric Rohmer
Edith Clever, Bruno Ganz, Peter Lühr
Drama / Period Film / Romance
West Germany / France
German
2487
351
2009
Chuan Lu
Ye Liu, Yuanyuan Gao, Hideo Nakaizumi, Wei Fan, Yiyan Jiang, Ryu Kohata
Drama / History / War / Epic / Period Film
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2489
352
1984
Jonathan Demme
Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Christine Lahti, Fred Ward
Drama / Romance / Comedy / Period Film / War
USA
English
2490
353
1924
Sidney Olcott
Rudolph Valentino, Bebe Daniels, Lois Wilson, Doris Kenyon, Lowell Sherman
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English (Silent)
2492
354
1982
Wim Wenders
Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear
Mystery / Crime / Post-Noir / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
2494
355
2006
Tarsem Singh
Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell, Lee Pace, Kim Uylenbroek, Aiden Lithgow
Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Period Film
India / UK / USA
English
2496
356
1951
George Sidney
Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown, Marge Champion
Drama / Musical / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2499
357
2008
Jean-François Richet
Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier, Mathieu Amalric, Samuel Le Bihan
Action / Biography / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Period Film / Gangster
France / Canada
English
2501
358
2001
Sandra Goldbacher
Ella Jones, Anna Popplewell, Cameron Powrie, Trudie Styler, Allan Corduner
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
UK / Germany
English
2501
358
2003
David Mackenzie
Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan, Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone
Drama / Crime / Thriller / Post-Noir / Period Film
UK / France
English
2506
359
2008
Jean-François Richet
Vincent Cassel, Cécile De France, Gérard Depardieu, Gilles Lellouche
Action / Biography / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Period Film / Gangster
France / Canada / Italy
French
2507
360
1934
Sidney Franklin
Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan
Drama / Romance / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
2507
360
1928
Ernst Lubitsch
Emil Jannings, Florence Vidor, Lewis Stone, Vera Veronina
Drama / History / Period Film
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2509
361
1992
Claude Miller
Richard Bohringer, Yelena Safonova, Romane Bohringer
Drama / War / Period Film
France
French
2511
362
1983
John Sayles
Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Spano, Joanna Merlin, Jack Davidson, Nick Ferrari
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2511
362
1969
Igor Talankin
Innokenti Smoktunovsky, Antonina Shuranova, Kirill Lavrov
Drama / Biography / Music / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
2512
363
2004
Nick Cassavetes
Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner, Gena Rowlands, Joan Allen
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2543
364
2006
Robert De Niro
Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin, Tammy Blanchard, Billy Crudup
Drama / Romance / Thriller / Spy / Period Film
USA
English
2546
365
2000
Maggie Greenwald
Janet McTeer, Aidan Quinn, Michael Davis, Michael Goodwin, Greg Russell Cook
Drama / Music / Period Film
USA
English
2546
365
1970
Laurence Olivier, John Sichel
Jeanne Watts, Joan Plowright, Louise Purnell, Derek Jacobi, Sheila Reid
Drama / Period Film
UK
English
2551
366
1933
Boris Barnet
Aleksandr Chistyakov, Sergei Komarov, Yelena Kuzmina
Drama / War / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
2553
367
1971
Walerian Borowczyk
Michel Simon, Georges Wilson, Jacques Perrin, Ligia Branice, Denise Péronne
Drama / Period Film / Romance
France
French
2553
367
1999
Ang Lee
Tobey Maguire, Skeet Ulrich, Jewel Kilcher, Jeremy W. Auman, Scott C. Sener
Drama / Romance / Western / War / Period Film
USA
English
2554
368
1998
Pat O'Connor
Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Gerard McSorley, Catherine McCormack
Drama / Period Film
Ireland / UK / USA
English
2556
369
2002
Sijie Dai
Xun Zhou, Kun Chen, Ye Liu, Shuangbao Wang, Zhijun Cong
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Period Film
France / China
Mandarin
2557
370
1999
Neil Jordan
Ralph Fiennes, Stephen Rea, Julianne Moore, Heather-Jay Jones
Drama / Romance / War / Period Film / Religion
UK / USA
English
2570
371
2011
Clint Eastwood
Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Josh Lucas, Judi Dench, Ed Westwick
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2570
371
1996
Jane Campion
Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey, Mary-Louise Parker
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / USA
English
2572
372
2010
Raoul Ruiz
Adriano Luz, Maria João Bastos, Ricardo Pereira, Clotilde Hesme
Drama / Mystery / Epic / Period Film
Portugal / France
Portuguese
2575
373
1981
Luis Valdez
Daniel Valdez, Edward James Olmos, Charles Aidman, Tyne Daly
Drama / Musical / Period Film
USA
English
2578
374
2006
Nicholas Hytner
Samuel Anderson, James Corden, Stephen Campbell Moore, Richard Griffiths
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
UK
English
2578
374
1934
Raymond Bernard
Harry Baur, Charles Vanel, Paul Azaïs
Drama / Period Film
France
French
2584
375
2000
Stephen Frears
Ian Hart, Anthony Borrows, David Hart, Claire Hackett, Megan Burns
Drama / Period Film
UK / Germany / France
English
2590
376
2021
Ridley Scott
Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, Harriet Walter, Ben Affleck, Alex Lawther
Action / Drama / History / Period Film / Epic
USA / UK
English
2594
377
1991
Jon Avnet
Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Jessica Tandy
Drama / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
2594
377
2005
Stephen Frears
Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Will Young, Kelly Reilly, Thelma Barlow
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
UK
English
2599
378
1981
Shohei Imamura
Kaori Momoi, Shigeru Izumiya, Ken Ogata, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Drama / Comedy / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
2600
379
1960
Iosif Khejfits
Iya Savvina, Aleksei Batalov, Nina Alisova
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
2605
380
1958
Keisuke Kinoshita
Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yûko Mochizuki, Danko Ichikawa
Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
2605
380
2005
Lasse Hallström
Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Oliver Platt, Lena Olin, Omid Djalili
Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2605
380
1986
Eugene Corr
Annabeth Gish, Jon Voight, JoBeth Williams, Ellen Barkin, Jay Underwood
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2605
380
2001
Guillermo del Toro
Eduardo Noriega, Marisa Paredes, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve
Drama / Crime / Mystery / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / Period Film
Spain / Mexico
Spanish
2605
380
2004
Frédéric Fonteyne
Emmanuelle Devos, Clovis Cornillac, Laura Smet, Alice Verlinden
Drama / Period Film
Belgium / France / Luxembourg / Italy / Switzerland
French
2605
380
1988
Charles Sturridge
James Wilby, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rupert Graves, Anjelica Huston, Judi Dench
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
UK
English
2605
380
1976
Werner Herzog
Josef Bierbichler, Stefan Güttler, Clemens Scheitz
Drama / Experimental / Period Film
West Germany
German
2605
380
2004
Joe Johnston
Viggo Mortensen, Zuleikha Robinson, Omar Sharif, Louise Lombard, Adam Alexi-Malle
Action / Drama / Adventure / Western / Period Film
USA
English
2605
380
1955
Henry Cornelius
Julie Harris, Laurence Harvey, Shelley Winters, Ron Randell, Lea Seidl
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
2605
380
1996
Tian-Ming Wu
Zhigang Zhang, Zhigang Zhao, Renying Zhou, Xu Zhu
Drama / Period Film
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2605
380
1936
Abel Gance
Harry Baur, Annie Ducaux, Jany Holt, Andre Nox, Jane Marken, Lucas Gridoux
Biography / Drama / Music / Period Film / Romance
France
French
2605
380
1983
Alain Resnais
Vittorio Gassman, Ruggero Raimondi, Geraldine Chaplin, Fanny Ardant
Drama / Comedy / Musical / Period Film
France
French
2605
380
1949
Vincente Minnelli
Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan, Alf Kjellin
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2605
380
2004
Michael Radford
Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins, Zuleikha Robinson
Drama / Comedy / Period Film
USA / Italy / Luxembourg / UK
English
2605
380
2007
Laurent Tirard
Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Laura Morante, Edouard Baer, Ludivine Sagnier
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
France
French
2605
380
1947
Albert Lewin
George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Ann Dvorak, John Carradine
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2605
380
1939
Michael Curtiz
Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale
Biography / Drama / Romance / History / Period Film
USA
English
2605
380
2005
Yimou Zhang
Ken Takakura, Shinobu Terajima, Kiichi Nakai, Jiamin Li, Lin Qiu, Jiang Wen
Drama / Period Film
Hong Kong / China / Japan
Mandarin
2605
380
1967
Masaki Kobayashi
Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Etsuko Ichihara
Drama / History / Period Film / War / Romance
Japan
Japanese
2605
380
2005
Ali Selim
Elizabeth Reaser, Tim Guinee, Alan Cumming, John Heard, Alex Kingston, Ned Beatty
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2605
380
1951
Gordon Parry
John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, Diana Wynyard, Hermione Baddeley
Drama / Period Film
UK
English
2606
381
1995
Gregory Nava
Jimmy Smits, Edward James Olmos, Esai Morales, Jacob Vargas
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2612
382
2008
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah, Sophie Okonedo, Alicia Keys
Adventure / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2621
383
2002
Menno Meyjes
John Cusack, Noah Taylor, Leelee Sobieski, Molly Parker, Ulrich Thomsen
Drama / Biography / Period Film / War
Hungary / Canada / UK
English
2626
384
2004
Mira Nair
Gabriel Byrne, Reese Witherspoon, Romola Garai, James Purefoy
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / USA
English
2627
385
2017
Scott Cooper
Rosamund Pike, Christian Bale, Ben Foster, Paul Anderson, Jesse Plemons
Adventure | Drama | Western / Action / Period Film
USA
English
2634
386
2017
Patty Jenkins
Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / War / Comic / Period Film
USA / China / Hong Kong
English
2636
387
2003
Bernardo Bertolucci
Michael Pitt, Eva Green, Louis Garrel, Anna Chancellor, Robin Renucci
Drama / Period Film / Adult
Italy / France / UK
English
2645
388
2018
Jennifer Kent
Sam Claflin, Aisling Franciosi, Damon Herriman, Ewen Leslie, Charlie Shotwell
Adventure / Drama / Thriller / Period Film
Australia / Canada / USA
English
2650
389
2013
Carl Franklin
Luke Ganalon, Miriam Colon, Benito Martinez, Dolores Heredia, Castulo Guerra
Drama / War / Period Film
USA
English
2650
389
2019
Roman Polanski
Jean Dujardin, Louis Garrel, Emmanuelle Seigner, Grégory Gadebois
Drama / History / Thriller / Crime / Period Film
France / Italy
French
2650
389
2005
Michael Winterbottom
Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Keeley Hawes, Shirley Henderson, Dylan Moran
Comedy / Period Film
UK
English
2652
390
2019
Kantemir Balagov
Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina, Andrey Bykov, Igor Shirokov
Drama / War / Period Film / History
Russia
Russian
2652
390
1966
Roberto Rossellini
Jean-Marie Patte, Raymond Jourdan, Silvagni, Katharina Renn
Drama / History / Period Film / Biography
France
French
2653
391
1998
François Girard
Carlo Cecchi, Jean-Luc Bideau, Irene Grazioli, Anita Laurenzi
Drama / Romance / Mystery / Music / Period Film
Canada / Italy / UK
French
2655
392
1998
Randall Wallace
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gabriel Byrne
Action / Adventure / Drama / Period Film
UK
English
2659
393
2002
Paul Schrader
Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson, Maria Bello, Ron Leibman, Bruce Solomon
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2659
393
1997
James Cameron
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher
Drama / Romance / Epic / Period Film / Adventure / Family
USA
English
2664
394
2007
Jacques Rivette
Jeanne Balibar, Guillaume Depardieu, Bulle Ogier, Michel Piccoli, Barbet Schroeder
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / Italy
French
2666
395
2001
Peter Bogdanovich
Kirsten Dunst, Cary Elwes, Eddie Izzard, Edward Herrmann
Drama / Comedy / Period Film
Canada / Germany / UK
English
2671
396
2022
Damien Chazelle
Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li
Comedy / Drama / History / Period Film / Epic
USA
English
2671
396
2004
Joel Schumacher
Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson
Drama / Fantasy / Musical / Romance / Thriller / Period Film
USA / UK
English
2676
397
2011
Cary Fukunaga
Mia Wasikowska, Jamie Bell, Su Elliot, Holliday Grainger, Tamzin Merchant
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
2676
397
2008
Patricia Rozema
Abigail Breslin, Stanley Tucci, Joan Cusack, Julia Ormond, Chris O'Donnell
Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Family / Period Film
USA
English
2676
397
2010
Bertrand Tavernier
Mélanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
Action / Drama / History / Romance / Period Film
France / Germany
French
2676
397
2005
Jane Anderson
Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Laura Dern, Trevor Morgan, Ellary Porterfield
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2681
398
1995
Alfonso Arau
Keanu Reeves, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Anthony Quinn
Drama / Romance / War / Period Film
USA / Mexico
English
2682
399
1947
Otto Preminger, John M. Stahl
Linda Darnell, Cornel Wilde, Richard Greene, George Sanders
Drama / Romance / History / Period Film
USA
English
2682
399
1957
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyôko Kagawa
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
Japan
Japanese
2686
400
2009
Tom Hooper
Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Jim Broadbent, Henry Goodman
Biography / Drama / Sports / Period Film
UK
English
2688
401
1971
Grigori Kozintsev, Iosif Shapiro
Yuri Yarvet, Elsa Radzin, Galina Volchek, Oleg Dal, Valentin Shendrikova, Oleg Dal
Drama / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
2688
401
1975
Walerian Borowczyk
Sirpa Lane, Lisbeth Hummel, Elisabeth Kaza, Pierre Benedetti, Guy Tréjan
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Romance / Period Film / Cult / Adult
France
French
2688
401
2008
Philipp Stölzl
Benno Fürmann, Johanna Wokalek, Ulrich Tukur, Florian Lukas, Georg Friedrich
Adventure / Drama / History / Sports / Period Film
Germany / Austria / Switzerland
German
2688
401
1998
Aleksey Balabanov
Sergei Makovetsky, Dinara Drukarova, Anzhelika Nevolina, Viktor Sukhorukov
Drama / History / Period Film
Russia
Russian
2688
401
1989
Bob Balaban
Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis, Bryan Madorsky, Juno Mills Cockell
Comedy / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Period Film / Cult
Canada / USA
English
2689
402
1920
Ernst Lubitsch
Henny Porten, Emil Jannings, Paul Hartmann, Ludwig Hartau, Aud Egede Nissen
Drama / Biography / History / Period Film
Germany
German (Silent)
2689
402
1982
John Huston
Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry
Family / Musical / Comedy / Period Film
USA
English
2689
402
1972
Franco Zeffirelli
Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Leigh Lawson, Kenneth Cranham, Lee Montague
Drama / Biography / Religion / Period Film
Italy / UK
English
2689
402
1927
Alexandre Volkoff
Ivan Mozzhukhin, Suzanne Bianchetti, Diana Karenne, Jenny Jugo, Rina De Liguoro
Biography / Drama / Period Film
France
French (Silent)
2689
402
1992
Richard Attenborough
Robert Downey Jr., Geraldine Chaplin, Paul Rhys, John Thaw, Moira Kelly
Biography / Drama / Period Film
UK / USA / France / Italy
English
2689
402
1954
Michael Curtiz
Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Gene Tierney, Michael Wilding, Bella Darvi
Drama / History / Period Film / Religion
USA
English
2689
402
1974
Jack Clayton
Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, Scott Wilson, Sam Waterston
Drama / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2689
402
1975
George Roy Hill
Robert Redford, Bo Svenson, Bo Brundin, Susan Sarandon, Geoffrey Lewis
Drama / Adventure / Period Film
USA
English
2689
402
1970
Martin Ritt
James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Lou Gilbert, Joel Fluellen, Chester Morris
Biography / Drama / Sports / Period Film
USA
English
2689
402
1984
Hugh Hudson
Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, James Fox
Adventure / Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
2689
402
1940
Veit Harlan
Ferdinand Marian, Werner Krauss, Heinrich George, Kristina Söderbaum
Drama / Period Film
Germany
German
2689
402
1967
Louis Malle
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Geneviève Bujold, Marie Dubois, Julien Guiomar
Comedy / Drama / Crime / Caper / Period Film
France / Italy
French
2689
402
1912
Albert Capellani
Henry Krauss, Henri Étiévant, Maria Ventura, Mistinguett
Drama / Period Film
France
French (Silent)
2689
402
1948
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall, Edgar Barrier
Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2689
402
1919
Ernst Lubitsch
Pola Negri,Emil Jannings, Harry Liedtke, Eduard von Winterstein
Drama / History / Biography / Period Film
Germany
German (Silent)
2689
402
1955
Mark Donskoy
Vera Maretskaya, Aleksey Batalov, Tatyana Piletskaya, Andrei Petrov, Sergei Kurilov
Drama / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
2689
402
1979
Bob Clark
Christopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings, Susan Clark, Anthony Quayle
Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Period Film / Detective
UK / Canada
English
2689
402
1952
Henry Koster
Olivia de Havilland, Richard Burton, Audrey Dalton, Ronald Squire, George Dolenz
Mystery / Romance / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2689
402
1926
Jean Renoir
Catherine Hessling, Jean Angelo, Werner Krauss, Raymond Guérin-Catelain
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French (Silent)
2689
402
1955
Christian-Jaque
Charles Boyer, Martine Carol, Walter Chiari, Paul Frankeur, Elisa Cegani
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / Italy
French
2689
402
1955
Sergei Yutkevich
Sergei Bondarchuk, Irina Skobtseva, Andrei Popov, Vladimir Soshalsky
Drama / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
2689
402
1943
Arthur Lubin
Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains, Edgar Barrier, Leo Carrillo, Jane Farrar
Drama / Horror / Music / Thriller / Period Film / Crime
USA
English
2689
402
1939
Irving Cummings
Don Ameche, Loretta Young, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Gene Lockhart
Biography / Drama / Period Film
USA
English
2689
402
1920
Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch, Pola Negri, Paul Wegener, Jenny Hasselqvist, Aud Egede Nissen
Adventure / Drama / Period Film
Germany
German (Silent)
2689
402
1947
Cecil B. DeMille
Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Howard Da Silva, Boris Karloff, Cecil Kellaway
Adventure / History / Western / Epic / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2689
402
1937
Harold D. Schuster
Annabella, Henry Fonda, Leslie Banks, Stewart Rome, Irene Vanbrugh, Harry Tate
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Sports
UK
English
2690
403
2000
Jay Russell
Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson, Kevin Bacon, Bradley Coryell
Drama / Family / Period Film
USA
English
2691
404
1931
F.W. Kraemer, Milton Rosmer
Cedric Hardwicke, Charles Carson, George Merritt, Sam Livesey, Beatrix Thompson
Drama / History / Period Film / Biography
UK
English
2691
404
1937
Jacques Feyder
Marlene Dietrich, Robert Donat, Irene Vanbrugh, Herbert Lomas, Austin Trevor
Adventure / Drama / History / Thriller / Period Film / Romance
UK
English
2691
404
1996
Kaige Chen
Leslie Cheung, Li Gong, Kevin Lin, Caifei He, Shih Chang, Liankun Lin
Drama / Romance / Epic / Period Film
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2691
404
1998
Todd Haynes
Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Christian Bale, Toni Collette, Eddie Izzard
Drama / Music / Period Film
UK / USA
English
2695
405
2014
Yann Demange
Jack O'Connell, Sam Reid, Paul Anderson, Richard Dormer, Sean Harris
Action / Drama / Thriller / War / Period Film / History
UK
English
2696
406
2009
Aaron Schneider
Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney, Bill Cobbs
Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Period Film
USA / Germany / Poland
English
2696
406
2006
Steven Soderbergh
Jack Thompson, John Roeder, George Clooney, Tobey Maguire, Cate Blanchett
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Period Film / Post-Noir
USA
English
2696
406
2004
Laurence Dunmore
Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton, John Malkovich, Paul Ritter, Stanley Townsend
Drama / Period Film / Biography
UK
English
2704
407
2023
Blitz Bazawule
Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins
Drama / Musical / Romance / Period Film
USA
English
2705
408
2017
Kathryn Bigelow
John Boyega, Will Poulter, Algee Smith, Jacob Latimore, Jason Mitchell
Crime / Drama / History / Thriller / Period Film
USA
English
2709
409
1969
Ivan Pyryev, Kirill Lavrov, Mikhail Ulyanov
Mikhail Ulyanov, Lionella Pyryeva, Kirill Lavrov, Andrei Myagkov
Drama / Period Film
Soviet Union
Russian
2709
409
1992
Stijn Coninx
Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck, Johan Leysen
Drama / Biography / Period Film / Religion
Belgium / France / Netherlands
Dutch
