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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/TheVikings'' |
| 152 | * ''Film/WarAndPeace1956'' |
| 153 | * ''Film/WarAndPeace1966'' |
| 154 | * ''Film/{{The War Lord|1965}}'' |
| 155 | * ''Film/{{Waterloo}}'' |
| 156 | * ''Film/TheYinYangMasterDreamOfEternity'' |
| 157 | [[/folder]] |
| 158 | |
| 159 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 160 | * ''Series/TheAdvisorsAlliance'' |
| 161 | * ''Series/{{Amaya}}'' |
| 162 | * ''Series/AncientDetective'' |
| 163 | * ''Series/AncientRomeTheRiseAndFallOfAnEmpire'' |
| 164 | * ''Series/AndTheWinnerIsLove'' |
| 165 | * ''Series/ArangAndTheMagistrate'' |
| 166 | * ''Series/ArseneLupin1971'' |
| 167 | * ''Series/ArseneLupin1989'' |
| 168 | * ''Series/AshesOfLove'' |
| 169 | * ''Series/{{Atsuhime}}'' |
| 170 | * ''Series/BabylonBerlin'' |
| 171 | * ''Literature/BleakHouse'' (all adaptations) |
| 172 | * ''Series/{{Borgia}}'' |
| 173 | * ''Series/TheBorgias'' |
| 174 | * ''Series/BossamStealTheFate'' |
| 175 | * ''Series/TheBuccaneers1995'' |
| 176 | * ''Series/TheBuccaneers2023'' |
| 177 | * ''Series/ByTheSwordDivided'' |
| 178 | * ''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). |
| 179 | * ''Series/CatherineTheGreat'' |
| 180 | * ''Series/CinderellaChef'' |
| 181 | * ''Series/TheCountOfMonteCristo1964'' |
| 182 | * ''Series/TheCountOfMonteCristo1998'' |
| 183 | * ''Series/{{Cranford}}'' |
| 184 | * The early seasons of ''Series/TheCrown2016'' |
| 185 | * ''Series/TheCrownedClown'' |
| 186 | * ''Series/DaeJangGeum'' |
| 187 | * ''Literature/DavidCopperfield'' (all adaptations) |
| 188 | * ''Series/{{Deadwood}}'' |
| 189 | * ''Series/TheDeerAndTheCauldron2014'' |
| 190 | * ''Series/DepoisDoAdeus'' |
| 191 | * ''Series/{{Dickensian}}'' |
| 192 | * ''Series/{{Dickinson}}'' |
| 193 | * ''Series/TheDisguiser'' |
| 194 | * ''Series/DongYi'' |
| 195 | * ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' |
| 196 | * ''Series/{{Ekaterina}}'' |
| 197 | * ''Series/ElCid2020'' |
| 198 | * ''Series/TheEmpressOfChina'' |
| 199 | * ''Series/TheEternalLove'' |
| 200 | * ''Series/TheEternalLove2'' |
| 201 | * ''Series/TheEternalLove3'' |
| 202 | * ''Series/{{Faith|2012}}'' |
| 203 | * ''Series/FallOfEagles'' |
| 204 | * ''Series/ForcaDeUmDesejo'' |
| 205 | * ''Series/TheFour'' |
| 206 | * ''Series/TheFour2015'' |
| 207 | * ''Series/GarrowsLaw'' |
| 208 | * ''Series/GeneralAndI'' |
| 209 | * ''Series/GentlemanJack'' |
| 210 | * ''Series/TheGildedAge'' |
| 211 | * ''Series/TheGlamorousImperialConcubine'' |
| 212 | * ''Series/GoodbyeMyPrincess'' |
| 213 | * ''Series/GoPrincessGo'' |
| 214 | * ''Series/TheGreatEmperorInSongDynasty'' |
| 215 | * ''Series/TheGuFamilyBook'' |
| 216 | * ''Series/TheHalcyon'' |
| 217 | * ''Series/{{Harlots}}'' |
| 218 | * ''Series/HeavenlySwordAndDragonSlayingSabre'' |
| 219 | * ''Series/TheHeavenSwordAndDragonSabre2009'' |
| 220 | * ''{{Series/Highlander}}'' (the flashbacks at least) |
| 221 | * ''Series/HongGilDong'' |
| 222 | * ''Series/HoratioHornblower'' |
| 223 | * ''Series/HuaXuYinCityOfDesperateLove'' |
| 224 | * ''Series/{{Hwarang}}'' |
| 225 | * ''Series/IceFantasy'' |
| 226 | * ''Series/IClaudius'' |
| 227 | * ''Series/IlJiMae'' |
| 228 | * ''Series/{{Immortality}}'' |
| 229 | * ''Series/InsuTheQueenMother'' |
| 230 | * ''Series/{{Isabel}}'' |
| 231 | * ''Series/JeongDojeon'' |
| 232 | * ''Series/{{Jingbirok}}'' |
| 233 | * ''Series/JoanOfArc'' |
| 234 | * ''Series/TheJourneyOfFlower'' |
| 235 | * ''Series/JoyOfLife'' |
| 236 | * ''Series/KillerAndHealer'' |
| 237 | * ''Series/Kingdom2019'' |
| 238 | * ''Series/TheKingLoves'' |
| 239 | * ''Series/KingsWar'' |
| 240 | * ''Series/TheKingsWoman'' |
| 241 | * ''Series/LarkRiseToCandleford'' |
| 242 | * ''Series/TheLegendOfChusen'' |
| 243 | * ''Series/TheLegendOfTheCondorHeroes2003'' |
| 244 | * ''Series/TheLegendOfTheCondorHeroes2008'' |
| 245 | * ''Series/TheLegendOfTheCondorHeroes2017'' |
| 246 | * ''Series/TheLegendOfDugu'' |
| 247 | * ''Series/TheLegendOfHaoLan'' |
| 248 | * ''Series/TheLegendOfMiYue'' |
| 249 | * ''Series/TheLegendOfXiaoChuo'' |
| 250 | * ''Series/TheLegendOfZhenHuan'' |
| 251 | * ''Literature/LittleDorrit'' (all adaptations) |
| 252 | * ''Series/TheLongestDayInChangAn'' |
| 253 | * ''Series/LostLoveInTimes'' |
| 254 | * ''Series/LoveAndDestiny'' |
| 255 | * ''Series/LoveAndRedemption'' |
| 256 | * ''Series/LoveInTheMoonlight'' |
| 257 | * ''Series/MadMen'' |
| 258 | * ''Series/MariaClaraAtIbarra'' |
| 259 | * ''Series/{{Marie Antoinette|2022}}'' |
| 260 | * ''Series/MagicCity'' |
| 261 | * ''Series/MagnificentCentury'' |
| 262 | * ''Series/MagnificentCenturyKosem'' |
| 263 | * ''Series/{{Masada}}'' |
| 264 | * ''Series/{{Medici}}'' |
| 265 | * ''Series/MenWithSword'' |
| 266 | * ''Series/LesMiserables2000'' |
| 267 | * ''Series/LesMiserables2018'' |
| 268 | * ''Series/MissFishersMurderMysteries'' |
| 269 | * ''Series/MissS'' |
| 270 | * ''Series/MissScarletAndTheDuke'' |
| 271 | * ''Series/MissTheDragon'' |
| 272 | * ''Series/MoonLovers'' |
| 273 | * ''Series/MrQueen'' |
| 274 | * ''Series/MrSunshine2018'' |
| 275 | * ''Series/MyCountryTheNewAge'' |
| 276 | * ''Series/TheMyth'' |
| 277 | * ''Literature/TheMysteryOfEdwinDrood'' (all adaptations) |
| 278 | * ''Series/NaotoraTheLadyWarlord'' |
| 279 | * ''Series/{{Napoleon|2002}}'' |
| 280 | * ''Literature/NicholasNickleby'' (all adaptations) |
| 281 | * ''Series/NirvanaInFire'' |
| 282 | * ''Series/NirvanaInFire2'' |
| 283 | * ''Literature/NorthAndSouth'' (2004 miniseries) |
| 284 | * ''Series/NorthAndSouthUS'' |
| 285 | * ''Series/NovolandTheCastleInTheSky'' |
| 286 | * ''Series/NovolandEagleFlag'' |
| 287 | * ''Series/OhMyEmperor'' |
| 288 | * ''Series/Oktoberfest1900'' |
| 289 | * ''Literature/OurMutualFriend'' (all adaptations) |
| 290 | * ''Series/{{Palace}}'' |
| 291 | * ''Series/PeakyBlinders'' |
| 292 | * ''Series/{{Poirot}}'' |
| 293 | * ''Series/{{Poldark}}'' |
| 294 | * ''Series/PrinceOfLanLing'' |
| 295 | * ''Series/PrincessAgents'' |
| 296 | * ''Series/PrincessReturningPearl'' |
| 297 | * ''Series/PrincessSilver'' |
| 298 | * ''Series/ThePrincessWeiYoung'' |
| 299 | * ''Series/TheQinEmpire'' |
| 300 | * ''Series/QueenForSevenDays'' |
| 301 | * ''Series/QueenSeondeok'' |
| 302 | * ''Series/TheReturnOfTheCondorHeroes2006'' |
| 303 | * ''Series/TheRiseOfPhoenixes'' |
| 304 | * ''Series/TheRomanceOfTheCondorHeroes'' |
| 305 | * ''Series/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms1994'' |
| 306 | * ''Series/TheRomanceOfTigerAndRose'' |
| 307 | * ''Series/{{Rome}}'' |
| 308 | * ''Series/RookieHistorianGooHaeRyung'' |
| 309 | * ''Series/RoyalTramp'' |
| 310 | * ''Series/{{Rush|1974}}'' |
| 311 | * ''Series/RuyisRoyalLoveInThePalace'' |
| 312 | * ''Series/ScarletHeart'' |
| 313 | * ''Series/ScholarWhoWalksTheNight'' |
| 314 | * ''Series/SechsAufEinenStreich'' |
| 315 | * ''Series/SecretInvestigationRecord'' |
| 316 | * ''Series/SecretOfTheThreeKingdoms'' |
| 317 | * ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'' |
| 318 | * ''Series/Shogun2024'' |
| 319 | * ''Series/SingingAllAlong'' |
| 320 | * ''Series/TheSleuthOfTheMingDynasty'' |
| 321 | * ''Series/TheSongOfGlory'' |
| 322 | * ''Series/{{Sparrow}}'' |
| 323 | * ''Series/TheStoryOfMinglan'' |
| 324 | * ''Series/StoryOfYanxiPalace'' |
| 325 | * ''Series/SungkyunkwanScandal'' |
| 326 | * ''Series/TenMilesOfPeachBlossoms'' |
| 327 | * ''Series/TheThreeHeroesAndFiveGallants'' |
| 328 | * ''Series/ThreeKingdoms'' |
| 329 | * ''Series/TillDeathTearUsApart'' |
| 330 | * ''Series/TowardsTheRepublic'' |
| 331 | * ''Series/TribesAndEmpiresStormOfProphecy'' |
| 332 | * ''{{Series/Turn}}'' |
| 333 | * ''Series/TheUntamed'' |
| 334 | * ''Series/UpTheWomen'' is a period comedy. |
| 335 | * ''Series/{{Versailles}}'' |
| 336 | * ''Series/{{Victoria}}'' |
| 337 | * ''Series/TheVigilantesInMasks'' |
| 338 | * ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' |
| 339 | ** ''Series/VikingsValhalla'' |
| 340 | * ''Series/VirtuesOfHarmony'' |
| 341 | * ''Series/WarAndPeace2016'' |
| 342 | * ''Series/WinterBegonia'' |
| 343 | * ''Series/WivesAndDaughters'' |
| 344 | * ''Series/TheWolf'' |
| 345 | * ''Series/WolfHall'' |
| 346 | * ''Series/WordOfHonor'' |
| 347 | * ''Series/{{Zorro|1957}}'' (1957) |
| 348 | * ''Series/{{Zorro|1990}}'' (1990) |
| 349 | [[/folder]] |
| 350 | |
| 351 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 352 | * ''Theatre/{{Anastasia}}'' |
| 353 | * ''Theatre/CesareIlCreatoreCheHaDistrutto'' |
| 354 | * ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'' |
| 355 | * ''Theatre/MarieAntoinetteMusical'' |
| 356 | * ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' |
| 357 | * ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' |
| 358 | * Almost every musical ever performed by the Creator/TakarazukaRevue |
| 359 | [[/folder]] |
| 360 | |
| 361 | [[folder:Web Series]] |
| 362 | * 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... |
| 363 | -->'''Announcer:''' An English Period Drama: Keeping teenagers from the living room for generations. |
| 364 | [[/folder]] |
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