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2000s Historical Romance Movies

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Pride & Prejudice(2005)

2h 7min | Drama, Romance / Love
4.0/5 (with 3,504 votes)

A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.

Directed by Joe Wright - With Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Tom Hollander, Rosamund Pike, ...
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button(2008)

13
| 2h 46min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 5,674 votes)

I was born under unusual circumstances. And so begins The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story, set in New Orleans, from the end of World War I in 1918 into the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man's life can be. Benjamin Button, is a grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.

Directed by David Fincher - With Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Tilda Swinton, Mahershala Ali, ...
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Brokeback Mountain(2005)

2h 14min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.9/5 (with 3,091 votes)

Rodeo cowboy Jack and ranch hand Ennis are hired as sheepherders in 1963 Wyoming. One night on Brokeback Mountain, they spark a physical relationship. Though Ennis marries his longtime sweetheart and Jack marries a fellow rodeo rider, they keep up their tortured, sporadic love affair for 20 years.

Directed by Ang Lee - With Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Michelle Williams, Randy Quaid, Linda Cardellini, ...

Moulin Rouge!(2001)

2h 7min | Drama, Romance / Love, Music
3.8/5 (with 2,021 votes)

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.

Directed by Baz Luhrmann - With Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh, John Leguizamo, Jacek Koman, ...
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Memoirs of a Geisha(2005)

13
| 2h 26min | Drama, Romance / Love, History
3.8/5 (with 1,326 votes)

A sweeping romantic epic set in Japan in the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

Directed by Rob Marshall - With Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Kōji Yakusho, Suzuka Ohgo, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh, ...

Australia(2008)

13
| 2h 45min | Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 1,021 votes)

Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces firsthand.

Directed by Baz Luhrmann - With Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Bruce Spence, Jack Thompson, ...
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A Frozen Flower(2008)

2h 13min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 55 votes)

A historical drama set in the Koryo dynasty and focused on the relationship between a king and his bodyguard. Under the dominance of Yuan Dynasty China, the king of Goryeo Dynasty Korea is pressured to produce a successor to the throne. Unable to make love to his queen because he is in love with his bodyguard, Hong Lim, the king asks the two of them to sleep together instead. This sexual contact formulates a forbidden love between Hong Lim and the Queen.

Directed by Yoo Ha - With Zo In-sung

Down with Love(2003)

1h 41min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 319 votes)

In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.

Directed by Peyton Reed - With Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Sarah Paulson, David Hyde Pierce, Rachel Dratch, Jack Plotnick, ...
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The Other Boleyn Girl(2008)

1h 55min | Drama, Romance / Love, History
3.3/5 (with 899 votes)

A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII.

Directed by Justin Chadwick - With Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess, Kristin Scott Thomas, Mark Rylance, ...
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Dreamgirls(2006)

2h 14min | Drama, Music
3.4/5 (with 440 votes)

A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.

Directed by Bill Condon - With Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover, Anika Noni Rose, Keith Robinson, ...
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The Young Victoria(2009)

1h 45min | Drama, History, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 454 votes)

As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family. Victoria's mother wants her to sign a regency order, while her Belgian uncle schemes to arrange a marriage between the future monarch and Prince Albert, the man who will become the love of her life.

Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée - With Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Miranda Richardson, Jim Broadbent, Paul Bettany, Mark Strong, ...

Casanova(2005)

1h 52min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 392 votes)

With a reputation for seducing members of the opposite sex, regardless of their marital status, a notorious womanizer discovers a beauty who seems impervious to his charms. However, as he continues to pursue the indifferent lady, he finds himself falling in love.

Directed by Lasse Hallström - With Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Oliver Platt, Lena Olin, Natalie Dormer, ...
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Girl with a Pearl Earring(2003)

1h 41min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 604 votes)

This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting "Girl With A Pearl Earring" by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.

Directed by Peter Webber - With Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Cillian Murphy, Judy Parfitt, Essie Davis, ...

Becoming Jane(2007)

2h | Romance / Love, Drama
3.7/5 (with 522 votes)

A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.

Directed by Julian Jarrold - With Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Julie Walters, James Cromwell, Maggie Smith, Joe Anderson, ...
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The Duchess(2008)

1h 50min | Drama, History, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 756 votes)

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.

Directed by Saul Dibb - With Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Hayley Atwell, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper, Georgia King, ...

Eiffel(2021)

1h 48min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.1/5 (with 247 votes)

The government is asking Eiffel to design something spectacular for the 1889 Paris World Fair, but Eiffel simply wants to design the subway. Suddenly, everything changes when Eiffel crosses paths with a mysterious woman from his past.

Directed by Martin Bourboulon - With Romain Duris, Emma Mackey, Pierre Deladonchamps, Armande Boulanger, Alexandre Steiger, Philippe Hérisson, ...

The Painted Veil(2006)

13
| 2h 5min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.6/5 (with 535 votes)

A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.

Directed by John Curran - With Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Toby Jones, Diana Rigg, Anthony Wong, ...

A Very Long Engagement(2004)

2h 13min | Drama, Romance / Love, War
3.7/5 (with 523 votes)

Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.

Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet - With Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon, Clovis Cornillac, Albert Dupontel, Denis Lavant, ...
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The Four Feathers(2002)

2h 12min | War, Drama, Romance / Love, Action, Adventure
3.3/5 (with 236 votes)

The story, set in 1885, follows a British officer (Heath Ledger) who resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers which symbolize cowardice. To redeem his honor he disguises himself as an Arab and secretly saves the lives of those who branded him a coward.

Directed by Shekhar Kapur Harami - With Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Djimon Hounsou, Kate Hudson, Alex Jennings, Kris Marshall, ...

Arn: The Knight Templar(2007)

2h 19min | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 121 votes)

Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.

Directed by Peter Flinth - With Joakim Nätterqvist, Stellan Skarsgård, Simon Callow, Vincent Perez, Bibi Andersson, Michael Nyqvist, ...

The Edge of Love(2008)

1h 50min | Drama, History, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 162 votes)

When the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his flirtatious wife Caitlin sweep into war-torn London, the last thing they expect is to bump into Dylan's childhood sweetheart Vera. Despite her joy at seeing Dylan after so many years, Vera is swept off her feet by a dashing officer, William Killick, and finds herself torn between the open adoration of her new found beau and the wily charms of the exotic Welshman.

Directed by John Maybury - With Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy, Matthew Rhys, Lisa Stansfield, Camilla Rutherford, ...

Vanity Fair(2004)

2h 21min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.9/5 (with 151 votes)

Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl. She yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises and resolves to conquer English society by any means possible. A mere ascension into the heights of society is simply not enough. So Becky finds a patron in the powerful Marquess of Steyne whose whims enable Becky to realise her dreams. But is the ultimate cost too high for her?

Directed by Mira Nair - With Jonathan Rhys Meyers, James Purefoy, Gabriel Byrne, Eileen Atkins, Bob Hoskins, Romola Garai, ...

Chéri(2009)

1h 26min | Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 95 votes)

The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.

Directed by Stephen Frears - With Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend, Felicity Jones, Kathy Bates, Anita Pallenberg, Toby Kebbell, ...

Portrait of a Beauty(2008)

1h 48min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 12 votes)

Born to a family of established court painters, seven-year-old Yoon-jeong is a young girl gifted at painting. However, the pressure is on her brother to carry on the proud family tradition, as women aren’t allowed to become professional painters. While her brother trains to take his place in the court, Yoon-jeong helps him out by secretly painting for him. The little girl’s life is turned upside down when her brother kills himself. In order to preserve the family honor, she is forced to take her brother’s name and lives as a man. Yun-bok’s genius and talent captures the heart of another great master of the time, Kim Hong-do. But her daring depictions of women are condemned by the royal institute as obscene. Yun-bok meets Kang-mu and falls deeply in love. For the first time, she feels the strong desire to abandon everything she has built and simply be a woman in front of the man she loves. Kang-moo sacrifices all for his love as well.

Directed by Jeon Yun-su - With Kim Gyu-ri

Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End(2008)

2h 8min | Action, Adventure, Drama, History
3.2/5 (with 46 votes)

Arn has served his term in the Holy land and returns home to be reunited with his beloved Cecilia. When he returns home, he discovers that political forces tries to separate him and Cecilia - but thanks to queen Blanka they can finally get married. Arn knows that war is looming and with his martial knowledge he starts to build an army at his new home at Forsvik.

Directed by Peter Flinth - With Joakim Nätterqvist, Sofia Helin, Stellan Skarsgård, Milind Soman, Bibi Andersson, Gustaf Skarsgård, ...

The Sword with No Name(2009)

2h 4min | Action, Drama, History, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 22 votes)

Mu Myeong is a Joseon dynasty headhunter who meets and falls in love with lady Ja Yeong who will become the future Empress Myseongseong. A few years later, Ja Yeong enters the royal palace to marry King Gojong. Mu Myeong still having feelings for Ja Yeong and in an attempt to get closer to her becomes her personal body guard.

Directed by Kim Yong-gyun - With Cho Seung-woo

Chunhyang(2000)

2h | Drama, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 16 votes)

A governor's son falls for Chunhyang, a commoner, and illegally marries below his station; when he has to leave her for several years, a local official attempts to corrupt her.

Directed by Im Kwon-taek - With Cho Seung-woo

Carmen(2003)

1h 59min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.6/5 (with 17 votes)

In director Vicente Aranda's adaptation of the classic opera, a French writer documents the seductive power of the beautiful Gypsy Carmen, who turns her charms on a young soldier, awakening his passions but ultimately leading to tragedy. Jose becomes obsessed with Carmen and finds himself unable to control his jealousy, which forces him to make a deadly decision in this fiery story of love and betrayal.

Directed by Vicente Aranda - With Paz Vega, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Antonio Dechent, Jay Benedict, Mariví Bilbao, María Botto, ...

The Lady and the Duke(2001)

2h 9min | Drama, History, Romance / Love, War
3.2/5 (with 15 votes)

Grace Dalrymple Elliot is a British aristocrat trapped in Paris during the French Revolution. Determined to maintain her stiff upper lip and pampered life despite the upheaval, Grace continues her friendship with the Duke of Orléans while risking her life and liberty to protect a fugitive.

Directed by Éric Rohmer - With Lucy Russell, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Alain Libolt, Rosette, Éric Viellard, François Marthouret, ...

The Romance of Astrea and Celadon(2007)

1h 49min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 15 votes)

In an enchanted forest, back in the time of the Druids, the shepherd Céladon and the shepherdess Astrée share a pure and chaste love. Fooled by a suitor, Astrée dismisses Céladon, who throws himself into a river out of despair. She thinks he's dead, but he's been secretly rescued by some nymphs. Faithful to the promise he made to Astrée to never appear before her again, Céladon must overcome many obstacles to break the curse. Mad with love and despair, coveted by the nymphs, surrounded by rivals, and obliged to disguise himself as a woman to be near the one he loves, will he manage to make himself known without breaking his oath? A romance filled with doubt, hazards, and delicious temptations.

Directed by Éric Rohmer - With Andy Gillet, Cécile Cassel, Alain Libolt, Arthur Dupont, Jocelyn Quivrin, Marie Rivière, ...
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