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Best Period Art Films

Films made with the primary intention of creating quality cinema (as opposed to selling tickets) are often considered "art" films -- especially if the subject matter and filmmaking sytle are particularly literary or artistic. Films set in a past time period which pay special attention to the detailed portrayal of that period, in setting, mood, and general impression, are excellent and rewarding examples of this "artistic" style, although many of them required large studio backing and anticipated box office success to produce.

[Contemporary] or [Classic] ?
Contemporary Selections for Best Period Art Films

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1984First Choice: Amadeus
Second Choice: Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan

 
1985Out of Africa
1986The Mission
 
1987

First Choice: The Last Emperor
Second Choice: Au revoir les enfants

Also worth watching: Hope and Glory, Empire of the Sun
 

1988First Choice: Dangerous Liasons
Second Choice: Cinema Paradiso

 
1989First Choice: Camille Claudel
Second Choice: Dead Poets' Society

Also worth watching: Glory
 
1990First Choice: Cyrano de Bergerac
Second Choice: Mountains of the Moon

 
1991First Choice: Madame Bovary
Second Choice: Europa, Europa
 
1992First Choice: Howards End
Second Choice: Indochine

Also worth watching: Enchanted April
  
1993First Choice: The Remains of the Day
Second Choice: The Age of Innocence

Also worth watching: Belle époque
 
1994First Choice: Queen Margot
Second Choice: Little Women
 
1995First Choice: Sense and Sensibility
Second Choice: The Restoration

Also worth watching: Il Postino
 
1996First Choice: The Portrait of a Lady
Second Choice: Emma
Also worth watching: The English Patient
 
1997

The Wings of the Dove
 

1998First Choice: The Thin Red Line
Second Choice: Elizabeth

Also worth watching: Comedian Harmonists


No classic selections currently reviewed.
 

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