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1. The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
directed by Oliver Parker
featuring Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Frances O'Connor, Reese Witherspoon, Judi DenchA superb cast brings Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners to life in the third big-screen adaptation of this hilarious look at fun, games, and ... More
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2. An Ideal Husband (1999)
directed by Oliver Parker
featuring Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Northam, Cate Blanchett, Minnie DriverA romantic and sentimental comedy set at the turn of the 19th century, An Ideal Husband delves into themes of love, passion, and betrayal among the ... More
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3. Love Among the Ruins (1975)
directed by George Cukor
featuring Katharine HepburnMade for television, Love Among the Ruins was a precious one-time-only collaboration between stars Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Oliver, and ... More
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4. Emma (2009)
directed by Jim O'Hanlon
featuring Romola Garai, Jonny Lee Miller, Michael Gambon, Louise Dylan, Tamsin GreigJim O'Hanlon directs this adaptation of Jane Austen's literary classic chronicling the travails and travails and triumphs of the would-be matchmaker ... More
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5. Pride & Prejudice (2005)
directed by Joe Wright
featuring Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Tom Hollander, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone, Judi DenchJane Austen's perennially popular story of the game of love among the British upper classes returns to the screen in this polished film adaptation. ... More
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6. Emma (1972)
directed by John Glenister
featuring Fiona Walker, Mollie Sugden, Doran Godwin, John CarsonJane Austen's well-intending cupid comes to the screen once again in this adaptation of her popular novel starring Doran Godwin in the title role and ... More
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7. Ladies in Lavender (2004)
directed by Charles Dance
featuring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Daniel Brühl, Miriam Margolyes, Natascha McElhoneTwo sisters engage in a subtle war for the affections of a man half their age in this British comedy drama. It's 1936, and Janet Widdington (Maggie ... More
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8. Emma (1996)
directed by Douglas McGrath
featuring Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam, Toni Collette, Greta Scacchi, Alan CummingBased on the novel by Jane Austen (who in the '90s seemed to be in the running alongside William Shakespeare and Stephen King for the honors of most ... More
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9. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
directed by Ang Lee
featuring Elizabeth Spriggs, Gemma Jones, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, James Fleet, Greg WiseThe recipient of seven Oscar® nominations, this film version of Jane Austen's classic 1811 novel stars Emma Thompson as Elinor Dashwood. With her ... More
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10. A Room With a View (1986)
directed by James Ivory
featuring Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Denholm Elliott, Julian Sands, Daniel Day-LewisAdapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from the novel by E.M. Forster, A Room with a View is a shining example of Merchant-Ivory's ability to achieve ... More
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11. The Buccaneers (1995)
directed by Philip Saville
featuring Carla Gugino, Alison Elliott, Mira SorvinoList of all editionsBased on a novel by Edith Wharton, The Buccaneers follows four wealthy young women -- Nan (Carla Gugino), Virginia St. George (Alison Eliott), ... More
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12. A Room With a View (2007)
directed by Nicholas Renton
List of all editionsA precocious Edwardian girl suffocating from the social norms is forced to choose between following her heart and obliging her family's wishes after ... More
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13. Time Regained (2000)
directed by Raúl Ruiz
featuring Marcelo Mazzarella, Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Perez, John Malkovich, Pascal Greggory, Catherine DeneuveList of all editionsAn ambitious project of Chile-born, Paris-based Raul Ruiz, this psychological drama brings to the screen the famous classic of Marcel Proust with ... More
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14. As You Like It (1936)
directed by Paul Czinner
featuring Henry Ainley, Felix Aylmer, Stuart Robertson, Leon Quartermaine, Austin Trevor, Laurence Olivier, Mackenzie Ward, Elisabeth Bergner, Sophie StewartList of all editionsThis film version of the famed Shakespearean comedy features Laurence Olivier as Orlando and Elisabeth Bergner as Rosalind. As the story goes, ... More
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15. Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
directed by Kenneth Branagh
featuring Kenneth Branagh, Michael Keaton, Robert Sean Leonard, Keanu Reeves, Emma ThompsonList of all editionsActor Kenneth Branagh made his directorial debut with a rousing screen adaptation of William Shakespeare's Henry V. Four years later, he returns to ... More
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16. Easy Virtue (2009)
directed by Stephan Elliott
featuring Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Kimberley Nixon, Kris MarshallList of all editionsA glamorous American woman enters into a spirited battle of wits with her disapproving English mother-in-law in this period romantic comedy. John ... More
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17. Hysteria (2012)
directed by Tanya Wexler
featuring Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones, Rupert Everett, Ashley JensenList of all editionsSet in Victorian London, Tanya Wexler's period comedy Hysteria tells the tale of Mortimer Granville (Hugh Dancy), a young doctor disturbed by the way ... More
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18. A Month by the Lake (1995)
directed by John Irvin
featuring Vanessa Redgrave, Edward Fox, Uma Thurman, Alida Valli, Alessandro GassmanList of all editionsThis romantic comedy is set upon Italy's beautiful Lake Como just before WW II erupted in Europe. British, middle-aged, but still-attractive Miss ... More
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19. Casanova (2005)
directed by Lasse Hallström
featuring Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Oliver Platt, Lena OlinList of all editionsHistory's most renowned ladies' man finally meets his match in this historical romance laced with comedy and adventure. In Venice in 1753, Giacomo ... More
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20. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
directed by Bharat Nalluri
featuring Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Lee Pace, Ciarán Hinds, Shirley HendersonList of all editionsA late-'30s-era London governess hired to work in the home of a high-profile nightclub chanteuse gets a taste of the good life when she is assigned ... More
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21. Virgin Territory (2007)
directed by David Leland
featuring Hayden Christensen, Mischa Barton, Tim Roth, Chris Egan, Matthew RhysList of all editionsA lovely maiden with three potential suitors finds the competition to take her hand in marriage heating up to a fever pitch in an adventuresome ... More
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22. The Wedding Singer (1998)
directed by Frank Coraci
featuring Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Allen Covert, Christine Taylor, Matthew Glave, Ellen Albertini DowList of all editionsMousse up your hair and pull your Missing Persons records out of mothballs for this romantic comedy set in that era of questionable fashion decisions ... More
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23. Lilacs in the Spring (1954)
directed by Herbert Wilcox
featuring Anna Neagle, Errol Flynn, David Farrar, Kathleen HarrisonList of all editionsAnna Neagle is so overpoweringly good in Lilacs in the Spring (aka Let's Make Up!) that a times it's easy to forget that her co-star is Errol Flynn! ... More
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24. Elixir of Love (2004)
List of all editionsThis comedy set in 11th century China stars Richie Ren as an aromatherapist named Kai who has just received a mission from the king to cure his ... More
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25. Va Savoir (2001)
directed by Jacques Rivette
featuring Jeanne Balibar, Sergio Castellitto, Jacques Bonnaffé, Marianne Basler, Hélène de FougerollesList of all editionsA romantic comedy from acclaimed French director Jacques Rivette (La Belle Noiseuse), this film centers on three men and three women whose lives ... More







