Best Drama with a Period Setting

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Best Drama with a Period SettingDramas set in a non-contemporary period have the added challenge of making the setting believable as well as the story. [Contemporary] or [Classic] ?* Contemporary Selections for Best Drama with a Period Setting

1982	*Das Boot*
1984	*Amadeus*
1985	First Choice: *Out of Africa* Second Choice: *My Life as a Dog*
1986	*Stand by Me*
1987	First Choice: *Au Revoir les Enfants* Second Choice: *Empire of the Sun* Also worth watching: **The Last Emperor, The Dead**
1988	First Choice: *Cinema Paradiso* Second Choice: *Dangerous Liasons*
1989	First Choice: *Driving Miss Daisy* Second Choice: *Glory*
1990	First Choice: *Cyrano de Bergerac* Second Choice: *Mountains of the Moon* Also worth watching: *Mr. and Mrs. Bridge*
1991	First Choice: *Europa, Europa* Second Choice: *Bugsy* Also worth watching: *Madame Bovary*
1992	First Choice: *Howards End* Second Choice: *The Last of the Mohicans* Also worth watching: *Far and Away, Indochine*
1993	First Choice: *The Remains of the Day* Second Choice: *The Age of Innocence* Also worth watching: *Sommersby, Belle époque, Shadowlands*
1994	First Choice: *The Shawshank Redemption* Second Choice: *Little Women* Also worth watching: *Queen Margot*
1995	First Choice: *The Restoration* Second Choice: *Braveheart* Also worth watching: *Sense and Sensibility*
1996	First Choice: *The English Patient* Second Choice: *The Portrait of a Lady* Also worth watching: *Ridicule*
1997	First Choice: *The Wings of the Dove* Second Choice: *Titanic* Also worth watching: *L.A. Confidential*
1998	First Choice: *The Thin Red Line* Second Choice: *Comedian Harmonists* Also worth watching: *Beloved*

*(No Classic Selections Reviewed) [return to c o o l m o v i e s menu]

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