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6 | [[quoteright:290:[[Film/MyFairLady https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/my_fair_lady_still_hepburn_harrison.jpeg]]]] |
7 | [[caption-width-right:290:The Earth rotates on the axis of this lady's hat.]] |
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9 | ->''"I've always said, 'Give me horses, capes and cleavage and I'm a happy man.'"'' |
10 | -->-- '''Creator/PatrickSwayze''', ''[[Series/NorthAndSouthUS North & South]]'' featurette |
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12 | A costume drama is a PeriodPiece in which elaborate costumes, sets and properties are featured in order to capture the ambiance of a particular era. Most costume dramas are adaptations of classic literature, often romances, but the term can also be used to describe things such as Myth/RobinHood. |
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14 | Even if the plot is unrealistic or falls victim to SadlyMythtaken, if the costumes are lavishly detailed and the designer has ShownTheirWork a film can still be a good example of costume drama. |
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16 | Because of its tendency towards spectacle, costume drama is the home of CostumePorn, especially the [[PimpedOutDress pimped out]] GorgeousPeriodDress. If a character is of sufficient social status to afford a vast wardrobe (and the movie's budget [[EpicMovie can accommodate it]]), the costume designer will usually go ahead and [[UnlimitedWardrobe run with it]]. |
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18 | If this is a one-off OutOfGenreExperience for the sake of CostumePorn, you are watching a {{Costumer}}. |
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20 | See also {{Swashbuckler}}, SwordAndSandal, {{Wuxia}} and JidaiGeki, many of which can be considered costume dramas. |
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22 | [[foldercontrol]] |
23 | |
24 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
25 | * ''Film/TheAdmiral2014'' |
26 | * ''Film/TheAdventuresOfQuentinDurward'' |
27 | * ''Film/AgainstAllFlags'' |
28 | * ''Film/TheAgonyAndTheEcstasy'' |
29 | * ''Film/{{Alexander}}'' |
30 | * ''Film/AlexanderNevsky'' |
31 | * ''Film/{{Amadeus}}'' |
32 | * ''Film/{{Amigo}}'' |
33 | * ''Film/{{Ammonite}}'' |
34 | * Most adaptations of ''Literature/AnnaKarenina'' |
35 | * ''Film/AnneOfTheIndies'' |
36 | * ''Theatre/AnneOfTheThousandDays'' |
37 | * ''Film/AnthonyAdverse'' |
38 | * ''Film/ArseneLupin2004'' |
39 | * ''Film/TheArtist'' |
40 | * ''Film/TheAssassin'' |
41 | * ''Film/{{Austerlitz}}'' |
42 | * ''Film/BarryLyndon'' |
43 | * ''Film/{{Becket}}'' |
44 | * ''Film/BenHur1925'' |
45 | * ''Film/BenHur1959'' |
46 | * ''Film/BertieAndElizabeth'' |
47 | * ''Film/LeBossu1959'' |
48 | * ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' |
49 | * ''Film/BrotherhoodOfTheWolf'' |
50 | * ''Film/CaesarAndCleopatra'' |
51 | * ''Film/CaptainFracassasJourney'' |
52 | * ''Film/ElCid'' |
53 | * ''Film/{{Cleopatra}}'' |
54 | * ''Film/TheCountOfMonteCristo2002'' |
55 | * ''Film/TheCountOfMonteCristo2024'' |
56 | * ''Film/{{Cromwell}}'' |
57 | * ''Film/CurseOfTheGoldenFlower'' |
58 | * ''Film/{{Cyrano}}'' |
59 | * ''Film/CyranoDeBergerac'' |
60 | * ''Film/{{Danton}}'' |
61 | * ''Film/TheDraughtsmansContract'' |
62 | * ''Film/{{Eiffel}}'' |
63 | * ''[[Film/{{Elizabeth}} Elizabeth / Elizabeth: The Golden Age]]'' |
64 | * ''Film/TheEmperorOfParis'' |
65 | * ''Film/TheFallOfTheRomanEmpire'' |
66 | * ''Film/TheFavourite'' |
67 | * ''Film/AFrozenFlower'' |
68 | * ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' |
69 | * ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' |
70 | * ''Film/TheGrandManeuver'' |
71 | * ''Film/TheGreatGatsby1974'' |
72 | * ''Film/TheGreatGatsby2013'' |
73 | * ''Film/TheGreatKing'' |
74 | * ''Film/TheGreatRace'' |
75 | * ''Film/HongKilDong'' |
76 | * ''Film/HowCzarPeterTheGreatMarriedOffHisMoor'' |
77 | * ''Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1923'' |
78 | * ''Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1939'' |
79 | * ''Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1956'' |
80 | * ''Theatre/TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest'' |
81 | * ''Film/IvanTheTerrible'' |
82 | * ''Film/{{Ivanhoe}}'' |
83 | * ''Film/JadeDynasty'' |
84 | * ''Film/JeanneDuBarry'' |
85 | * ''Film/JewSuss1934'' |
86 | * ''Film/JewSuss1940'' |
87 | * ''Film/JuliusCaesar1953'' |
88 | * ''Film/JuliusCaesar1970'' |
89 | * ''Film/TheKing'' |
90 | * ''Film/TheKingAndTheClown'' |
91 | * ''Film/KingdomOfHeaven'' |
92 | * ''Film/KnightsOfTheRoundTable'' |
93 | * ''Film/TheLastDuel'' |
94 | * ''Film/TheLastQueen'' |
95 | * ''Film/TheLastSamurai'' |
96 | * ''Film/Liberte2019'' |
97 | * ''Film/TheLibertine2000'' |
98 | * ''Film/TheLibertine2004'' |
99 | * ''Theatre/TheLionInWinter'' |
100 | * ''Film/LouisTheChildKing'' |
101 | * ''Film/Luther2003'' |
102 | * ''Film/MademoiselleDesiree'' |
103 | * ''Film/TheMadnessOfKingGeorge'' |
104 | * ''Film/MarieAntoinette1989'' |
105 | * ''Film/MarieAntoinette2006'' |
106 | * ''Film/MaryQueenOfScots1971'' |
107 | * ''Film/MaryQueenOfScots2018'' |
108 | * ''Film/Masquerade2012'' |
109 | * ''DerivativeWorks/LesMiserables'' |
110 | ** ''Film/LesMiserables1935'' |
111 | ** ''Film/LesMiserables1998'' |
112 | ** ''Film/LesMiserables2012'' |
113 | * ''Film/MgaBilanggongBirhen'' |
114 | * ''Film/{{Milady}}'' |
115 | * ''Film/MoulinRouge'' |
116 | * ''Film/MrMalcolmsList'' |
117 | * ''Film/Mulan2020'' |
118 | * ''Film/MulanRiseOfAWarrior'' |
119 | * ''Film/MyFairLady'' |
120 | * ''Film/TheNameOfTheRose'' |
121 | * ''[[Film/Napoleon1927 Napoléon]]'' (1927) |
122 | * ''[[Film/Napoleon1955 Napoléon]]'' (1955) |
123 | * ''Film/{{Napoleon|2023}}'' (2023) |
124 | * Most adaptations of ''Literature/OliverTwist'' |
125 | * ''Film/OnGuard'' |
126 | * ''Film/OnceUponATime2017'' |
127 | * ''Film/TheOtherBoleynGirl'' |
128 | * ''Film/OutlawKing'' |
129 | * ''Film/{{Padmaavat}}'' |
130 | * ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'' |
131 | * The film adaptation of ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' musical |
132 | * ''Film/{{Pharaoh}}'' |
133 | * ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' |
134 | * Most adaptations of ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'', or any Jane Austen work, for that matter. |
135 | * ''Film/ThePrisonerOfZenda'' |
136 | * ''Film/{{Rampant}}'' |
137 | * ''Film/ShadowsOfForgottenAncestors'' |
138 | * ''Film/ShakespeareInLove'' |
139 | * ''Film/Sin2019'' |
140 | * ''Film/Sissi1955'' |
141 | * ''Film/SleepyHollow1999'' |
142 | * ''Film/TheTakingOfPowerByLouisXIV'' |
143 | * Adaptations of ''Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities'' |
144 | * ''Film/TheTenCommandments1923'' |
145 | * ''Film/TheTenCommandments1956'' |
146 | * ''Film/ThoseMagnificentMenInTheirFlyingMachines'' |
147 | * ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers2023'' |
148 | * ''Film/Titanic1997'' |
149 | * ''Film/Titus1999'' |
150 | * ''Film/VaincreOuMourir'' |
151 | * ''Film/AVeryLongEngagement'' |
152 | * ''Film/TheVikings'' |
153 | * ''Film/WarAndPeace1956'' |
154 | * ''Film/WarAndPeace1966'' |
155 | * ''Film/{{The War Lord|1965}}'' |
156 | * ''Film/{{Waterloo}}'' |
157 | * ''Film/TheYinYangMasterDreamOfEternity'' |
158 | [[/folder]] |
159 | |
160 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
161 | * ''Series/TheAdvisorsAlliance'' |
162 | * ''Series/{{Amaya}}'' |
163 | * ''Series/AncientDetective'' |
164 | * ''Series/AncientRomeTheRiseAndFallOfAnEmpire'' |
165 | * ''Series/AndTheWinnerIsLove'' |
166 | * ''Series/ArangAndTheMagistrate'' |
167 | * ''Series/ArseneLupin1971'' |
168 | * ''Series/ArseneLupin1989'' |
169 | * ''Series/AshesOfLove'' |
170 | * ''Series/{{Atsuhime}}'' |
171 | * ''Series/BabylonBerlin'' |
172 | * ''Literature/BleakHouse'' (all adaptations) |
173 | * ''Series/{{Borgia}}'' |
174 | * ''Series/TheBorgias'' |
175 | * ''Series/BossamStealTheFate'' |
176 | * ''Series/TheBuccaneers1995'' |
177 | * ''Series/TheBuccaneers2023'' |
178 | * ''Series/ByTheSwordDivided'' |
179 | * ''Series/CallTheMidwife''--set about as late as possible to be considered a costume drama (Series 1 is 1957, and each series corresponds to one calendar year). |
180 | * ''Series/CatherineTheGreat'' |
181 | * ''Series/CinderellaChef'' |
182 | * ''Series/TheCountOfMonteCristo1964'' |
183 | * ''Series/TheCountOfMonteCristo1998'' |
184 | * ''Series/{{Cranford}}'' |
185 | * The early seasons of ''Series/TheCrown2016'' |
186 | * ''Series/TheCrownedClown'' |
187 | * ''Series/DaeJangGeum'' |
188 | * ''Literature/DavidCopperfield'' (all adaptations) |
189 | * ''Series/{{Deadwood}}'' |
190 | * ''Series/TheDeerAndTheCauldron2014'' |
191 | * ''Series/DepoisDoAdeus'' |
192 | * ''Series/{{Dickensian}}'' |
193 | * ''Series/{{Dickinson}}'' |
194 | * ''Series/TheDisguiser'' |
195 | * ''Series/DongYi'' |
196 | * ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' |
197 | * ''Series/{{Ekaterina}}'' |
198 | * ''Series/ElCid2020'' |
199 | * ''Series/TheEmpressOfChina'' |
200 | * ''Series/TheEternalLove'' |
201 | * ''Series/TheEternalLove2'' |
202 | * ''Series/TheEternalLove3'' |
203 | * ''Series/{{Faith|2012}}'' |
204 | * ''Series/FallOfEagles'' |
205 | * ''Series/ForcaDeUmDesejo'' |
206 | * ''Series/TheFour'' |
207 | * ''Series/TheFour2015'' |
208 | * ''Series/GarrowsLaw'' |
209 | * ''Series/GeneralAndI'' |
210 | * ''Series/GentlemanJack'' |
211 | * ''Series/TheGildedAge'' |
212 | * ''Series/TheGlamorousImperialConcubine'' |
213 | * ''Series/GoodbyeMyPrincess'' |
214 | * ''Series/GoPrincessGo'' |
215 | * ''Series/TheGreatEmperorInSongDynasty'' |
216 | * ''Series/TheGuFamilyBook'' |
217 | * ''Series/TheHalcyon'' |
218 | * ''Series/{{Harlots}}'' |
219 | * ''Series/HeavenlySwordAndDragonSlayingSabre'' |
220 | * ''Series/TheHeavenSwordAndDragonSabre2009'' |
221 | * ''{{Series/Highlander}}'' (the flashbacks at least) |
222 | * ''Series/HongGilDong'' |
223 | * ''Series/HoratioHornblower'' |
224 | * ''Series/HuaXuYinCityOfDesperateLove'' |
225 | * ''Series/{{Hwarang}}'' |
226 | * ''Series/IceFantasy'' |
227 | * ''Series/IClaudius'' |
228 | * ''Series/IlJiMae'' |
229 | * ''Series/{{Immortality}}'' |
230 | * ''Series/InsuTheQueenMother'' |
231 | * ''Series/{{Isabel}}'' |
232 | * ''Series/JeongDojeon'' |
233 | * ''Series/{{Jingbirok}}'' |
234 | * ''Series/JoanOfArc'' |
235 | * ''Series/TheJourneyOfFlower'' |
236 | * ''Series/JoyOfLife'' |
237 | * ''Series/KillerAndHealer'' |
238 | * ''Series/Kingdom2019'' |
239 | * ''Series/TheKingLoves'' |
240 | * ''Series/KingsWar'' |
241 | * ''Series/TheKingsWoman'' |
242 | * ''Series/LarkRiseToCandleford'' |
243 | * ''Series/TheLegendOfChusen'' |
244 | * ''Series/TheLegendOfTheCondorHeroes2003'' |
245 | * ''Series/TheLegendOfTheCondorHeroes2008'' |
246 | * ''Series/TheLegendOfTheCondorHeroes2017'' |
247 | * ''Series/TheLegendOfDugu'' |
248 | * ''Series/TheLegendOfHaoLan'' |
249 | * ''Series/TheLegendOfMiYue'' |
250 | * ''Series/TheLegendOfXiaoChuo'' |
251 | * ''Series/TheLegendOfZhenHuan'' |
252 | * ''Literature/LittleDorrit'' (all adaptations) |
253 | * ''Series/TheLongestDayInChangAn'' |
254 | * ''Series/LostLoveInTimes'' |
255 | * ''Series/LoveAndDestiny'' |
256 | * ''Series/LoveAndRedemption'' |
257 | * ''Series/LoveInTheMoonlight'' |
258 | * ''Series/MadMen'' |
259 | * ''Series/MariaClaraAtIbarra'' |
260 | * ''Series/{{Marie Antoinette|2022}}'' |
261 | * ''Series/MagicCity'' |
262 | * ''Series/MagnificentCentury'' |
263 | * ''Series/MagnificentCenturyKosem'' |
264 | * ''Series/{{Masada}}'' |
265 | * ''Series/{{Medici}}'' |
266 | * ''Series/MenWithSword'' |
267 | * ''Series/LesMiserables2000'' |
268 | * ''Series/LesMiserables2018'' |
269 | * ''Series/MissFishersMurderMysteries'' |
270 | * ''Series/MissS'' |
271 | * ''Series/MissScarletAndTheDuke'' |
272 | * ''Series/MissTheDragon'' |
273 | * ''Series/MoonLovers'' |
274 | * ''Series/MrQueen'' |
275 | * ''Series/MrSunshine2018'' |
276 | * ''Series/MyCountryTheNewAge'' |
277 | * ''Series/TheMyth'' |
278 | * ''Literature/TheMysteryOfEdwinDrood'' (all adaptations) |
279 | * ''Series/NaotoraTheLadyWarlord'' |
280 | * ''Series/{{Napoleon|2002}}'' |
281 | * ''Literature/NicholasNickleby'' (all adaptations) |
282 | * ''Series/NirvanaInFire'' |
283 | * ''Series/NirvanaInFire2'' |
284 | * ''Literature/NorthAndSouth'' (2004 miniseries) |
285 | * ''Series/NorthAndSouthUS'' |
286 | * ''Series/NovolandTheCastleInTheSky'' |
287 | * ''Series/NovolandEagleFlag'' |
288 | * ''Series/OhMyEmperor'' |
289 | * ''Series/Oktoberfest1900'' |
290 | * ''Literature/OurMutualFriend'' (all adaptations) |
291 | * ''Series/{{Palace}}'' |
292 | * ''Series/PeakyBlinders'' |
293 | * ''Series/{{Poirot}}'' |
294 | * ''Series/{{Poldark}}'' |
295 | * ''Series/PrinceOfLanLing'' |
296 | * ''Series/PrincessAgents'' |
297 | * ''Series/PrincessReturningPearl'' |
298 | * ''Series/PrincessSilver'' |
299 | * ''Series/ThePrincessWeiYoung'' |
300 | * ''Series/TheQinEmpire'' |
301 | * ''Series/QueenForSevenDays'' |
302 | * ''Series/QueenSeondeok'' |
303 | * ''Series/TheReturnOfTheCondorHeroes2006'' |
304 | * ''Series/TheRiseOfPhoenixes'' |
305 | * ''Series/TheRomanceOfTheCondorHeroes'' |
306 | * ''Series/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms1994'' |
307 | * ''Series/TheRomanceOfTigerAndRose'' |
308 | * ''Series/{{Rome}}'' |
309 | * ''Series/RookieHistorianGooHaeRyung'' |
310 | * ''Series/RoyalTramp'' |
311 | * ''Series/{{Rush|1974}}'' |
312 | * ''Series/RuyisRoyalLoveInThePalace'' |
313 | * ''Series/ScarletHeart'' |
314 | * ''Series/ScholarWhoWalksTheNight'' |
315 | * ''Series/SechsAufEinenStreich'' |
316 | * ''Series/SecretInvestigationRecord'' |
317 | * ''Series/SecretOfTheThreeKingdoms'' |
318 | * ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'' |
319 | * ''Series/Shogun2024'' |
320 | * ''Series/SingingAllAlong'' |
321 | * ''Series/TheSleuthOfTheMingDynasty'' |
322 | * ''Series/TheSongOfGlory'' |
323 | * ''Series/{{Sparrow}}'' |
324 | * ''Series/TheStoryOfMinglan'' |
325 | * ''Series/StoryOfYanxiPalace'' |
326 | * ''Series/SungkyunkwanScandal'' |
327 | * ''Series/TenMilesOfPeachBlossoms'' |
328 | * ''Series/TheThreeHeroesAndFiveGallants'' |
329 | * ''Series/ThreeKingdoms'' |
330 | * ''Series/TillDeathTearUsApart'' |
331 | * ''Series/TowardsTheRepublic'' |
332 | * ''Series/TribesAndEmpiresStormOfProphecy'' |
333 | * ''{{Series/Turn}}'' |
334 | * ''Series/TheUntamed'' |
335 | * ''Series/UpTheWomen'' is a period comedy. |
336 | * ''Series/{{Versailles}}'' |
337 | * ''Series/{{Victoria}}'' |
338 | * ''Series/TheVigilantesInMasks'' |
339 | * ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' |
340 | ** ''Series/VikingsValhalla'' |
341 | * ''Series/VirtuesOfHarmony'' |
342 | * ''Series/WarAndPeace2016'' |
343 | * ''Series/WinterBegonia'' |
344 | * ''Series/WivesAndDaughters'' |
345 | * ''Series/TheWolf'' |
346 | * ''Series/WolfHall'' |
347 | * ''Series/WordOfHonor'' |
348 | * ''Series/{{Zorro|1957}}'' (1957) |
349 | * ''Series/{{Zorro|1990}}'' (1990) |
350 | [[/folder]] |
351 | |
352 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
353 | * ''Theatre/{{Anastasia}}'' |
354 | * ''Theatre/CesareIlCreatoreCheHaDistrutto'' |
355 | * ''Theatre/CrossRoad'' |
356 | * ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'' |
357 | * ''Theatre/MarieAntoinetteMusical'' |
358 | * ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' |
359 | * ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' |
360 | * Almost every musical ever performed by the Creator/TakarazukaRevue |
361 | [[/folder]] |
362 | |
363 | [[folder:Web Series]] |
364 | * Satirized by ''Creator/FoilArmsAndHog'' with ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50WOU0IHW84 An English Period Drama]]''. Featuring love, class division, a local vicar, a visiting doctor, colonialism, boring dancing... |
365 | -->'''Announcer:''' An English Period Drama: Keeping teenagers from the living room for generations. |
366 | [[/folder]] |
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