“Prestige”, “outcasts” and other paintings for those who love historical scenery.
1. Gangs of New Yorka
Gangs of New York
- USA, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, Italy, 2002.
- Drama, crime.
- Duration: 167 minutes.
- IMDB: 7.5.
Frame from the film “Bang of New York”
1863. Amsterdam Wallon, released from a correctional institution, returns to his native Manhattan. He is going to take revenge on the killer of his father, but getting to him not so simple.
Gangster canvas Martin Scorsese was nominated 10 times on Oscar, but did not receive a single figurine. And yet it was after this film that the director began to be perceived as a living classic.
View “New Yorka gangs” is worth it to evaluate the realistic decorations of the New York slums of the 19th century, built in the studio from scratch, and enjoy the magnificent game Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day -Luis.
Watch on itunes →
2. Pride and Prejudice
Pride & Prejudice
- France, Great Britain, USA, 2005.
- Drama, melodrama.
- Duration: 129 minutes.
- IMDB: 7.8.
England, beginning of the XIX century. Progressive provincial Elizabeth Bennete meets Aristocrat Mr. Darcy. His arrogance and snobbery first repel the girl. Gradually, the mutual hatred of the heroes develops into love.
Critics quite highly appreciated the film by Joe Wright with the duo of Kira Knightley and Matthew McFadien. But still, the faithful fans of Jane Austin are better not to expect from the picture of accurate following classic images. The director deliberately shifted many accents: for example, instead of humor and satires on society, which are famous for Austin’s books, he focused on chemistry between Darcy and Elizabeth.
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3. Prestige
The Prestige
- UK, USA, 2006.
- Science fiction, thriller, drama, detective.
- Duration: 125 minutes.
- IMDB: 8.5.
End of the XIX century, London. The illusionists Robert and Alfred only think how to spoil life to each other. The most sophisticated methods are used. But once the heroes were partners and best friends.
Thanks to many thoughtful details, the film of Christopher Nolan completely immerses the viewer into the atmosphere of the Victorian era. At some moment, the real inventor of that time Nikola Tesla even appears there, in the role of which the famous David Bowie starred.
The picture has a complex plot, so even the erudites will have to break their heads.
Watch on itunes →
Watch Google Play →
4. Suini Todd, demon -hairdresser with Fleet Street
SweENEY TODD: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- USA, UK, 2007.
- Musical, horrors, thriller, drama.
- Duration: 116 minutes.
- IMDB: 7.3.
Frame from the film “Suini Todd, a demon -hairdresser with Flit Street”
Hairdresser Benjamin Barker had a beloved wife, but an influential and insidious judge was flattered by the girl. He got rid of Barker, sending him to hard labor.
After many years, the hero manages to escape. Returning to London under the name of Suini Todd, he opens the hairdresser above the shop of Pirogov Mrs. Lovett. Together they come up with a disgusting, but original way to raise its small business and at the same time avenge everyone who once turned Barker’s life into hell.
The events of the film unfold in the middle of the 19th century, just then in England the legend of Suini Todda appeared in England. Even taking into account Tim Burton’s love to everything gloomy, the story in his interpretation came out especially hopeless and pessimistic. London slums in the picture look so that it immediately becomes clear: all hope has long gone from this place.
Watch on itunes →
5. Without hysteria!
Hysteria
- Great Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, 2010.
- Drama, melodrama, comedy.
- Duration: 100 minutes.
- IMDB: 6.7.
England, 1880. Beginner Mortimer Grenville Mortimer is hired by Dr. Robert Dalimplu, who treats female hysteria with an intimate massage. The hero so hard helps the professor that he injures his hand. Then he decides to automate his work and turns for help to a friend -inventor, obsessed with electricity.
Comedy “without hysteria!”Originally and subtly beats the history of the appearance of vibrators. There is not a drop of vulgarity in the film, humor is unobtrusive, and the actors play perfectly.
6. Jane Air
Jane Eyre
- UK, USA, 2011.
- Drama, melodrama.
- Duration: 120 minutes.
- IMDB: 7.3.
The young educated orphan Jane Air is arranged by the governess in the house of the gloomy aristocrat Edward Rochester. Over time, the girl and her mysterious employer fall in love with each other. However, Mr. Rochester has a secret that is able to put an end to their happiness.
American director with the Swedish -Japanese roots of Carey Fukunaga (he also created the series “Maniac”) managed to reflect the Gothic atmosphere of Roman Charlotte Bronte. And Mia Vasikovsk and Michael Fassbender fit perfectly into the images of a sincere and naive Air and a mature Rochester.
Watch on itunes →
Watch Google Play →
7. Outcasts
Les Misérabs
- UK, USA, 2012.
- Musical, drama, melodrama, military, history.
- Duration: 158 minutes.
- IMDB: 7.6.
Frame from the film “Outcasted”
Jean Valzhan spends many years in prison for the theft. Years later, he becomes a respected mayor of the city, but he is not released by the past in the person of the inspector Zaver.
In the film based on the novel by Viktor Hugo, the director of that huper managed to combine theatrical convention with an incredible history. And the vocal gift of Hugh Jackman was fully revealed here.
The film has harvested the Oscars for the best feminine role, sound, makeup and hairstyles. It is all the more difficult to believe that the adaptation of the musical “cats”, which received a lot of negative reviews, put the same huper.
Watch on itunes →
Watch Google Play →
8. Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
- UK, 2012.
- Drama, melodrama.
- Duration: 129 minutes.
- IMDB: 6.6.
Russia, second half of the XIX century. Anna Karenina, a young married woman, falls in love with the officer of Vronsky. They enter into a secret connection, but soon the entire Higher Society of St. Petersburg becomes known about their relationship. Anna’s husband, an influential official, is difficult to experience betrayal.
The famous playwright Tom Stoppard and director of pride and prejudice, Joe Wright did not want to work in the genre of classic costume drama and came to a bold solution: to place the heroes of one of the most important works of Leo Tolstoy in theatrical interiors. Such a visually exquisite and unusual adaptation of Karenina in the world cinema certainly was not yet.
Watch ITUNES with Russian subtitles →
Watch Google Play →
9. Little women
Little Women
- USA, 2019.
- Drama, melodrama.
- Duration: 135 minutes.
- IMDB: 7.8.
The action takes place during the Civil War in the United States and covers several years of the march of the march. The heroines of the film are four sisters whose father went to the front. They discover the joy and difficulties of growing up for themselves, and also get acquainted with the young aristocrat Laurie living in the neighborhood.
Thanks to the directorial skill, Greta Gerwig Classical Roman Louise May Olcott “Little Women” was completely transformed. So, in the original book, the action developed sequentially. But Gervig (she was responsible for the script) used a new nonlinear chronology, and the whole story gained modern breathing.
Watch on itunes →
Watch Google Play →
10. Emma.
Emma.
- UK, 2020.
- Comedy, melodrama.
- Duration: 124 minutes.
- IMDB: 6.7.
Frame from the movie “Emma.”
England, XIX century. Small beauty Emma Woodhouse loves to reduce young people, but is not going to marry. She is trying to find a lover for her friend Harriet Smith. But at some point, this innocent intention turns into a series of curios.
Jane Austin’s last novel, like the rest of the writer’s works, filmed a lot. This time two talented debutants took up the case. The bright production was provided by the director of music clips by the de -Wilde, and the classic plot was adapted by Eleanor Katton, the holder of the Buker Prize.
The result turned out to be very fresh and relevant, and in the characters of Ani Taylor -Joy and Johnny Flynn, the audience will easily recognize our contemporaries.
Watch on itunes →
Watch Google Play →
1. Gangs of New Yorka
Gangs of New York
- USA, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, Italy, 2002.
- Drama, crime.
- Duration: 167 minutes.
- IMDB: 7.5.
Frame from the film “Bang of New York”
1863. Amsterdam Wallon, released from a correctional institution, returns to his native Manhattan. He is going to take revenge on the killer of his father, but getting to him not so simple.
Gangster canvas Martin Scorsese was nominated 10 times on Oscar, but did not receive a single figurine. And yet it was after this film that the director began to be perceived as a living classic.
View “New Yorka gangs” is worth it to evaluate the realistic decorations of the New York slums of the 19th century, built in the studio from scratch, and enjoy the magnificent game Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day -Luis.
Watch on itunes →
2. Pride and Prejudice
Pride & Prejudice
- France, Great Britain, USA, 2005.
- Drama, melodrama.
- Duration: 129 minutes.
- IMDB: 7.8.
England, beginning of the XIX century. Progressive provincial Elizabeth Bennete meets Aristocrat Mr. Darcy. His arrogance and snobbery first repel the girl. Gradually, the mutual hatred of the heroes develops into love.
Critics quite highly appreciated the film by Joe Wright with the duo of Kira Knightley and Matthew McFadien. But still, the faithful fans of Jane Austin are better not to expect from the picture of accurate following classic images. The director deliberately shifted many accents: for example, instead of humor and satires on society, which are famous for Austin’s books, he focused on chemistry between Darcy and Elizabeth.
Watch on itunes →
Watch Google Play →
3. Prestige
The Prestige
- UK, USA, 2006.
- Science fiction, thriller, drama, detective.
- Duration: 125 minutes.
- IMDB: 8.5.
End of the XIX century, London. The illusionists Robert and Alfred only think how to spoil life to each other. The most sophisticated methods are used. But once the heroes were partners and best friends.
Thanks to many thoughtful details, the film of Christopher Nolan completely immerses the viewer into the atmosphere of the Victorian era. At some moment, the real inventor of that time Nikola Tesla even appears there, in the role of which the famous David Bowie starred.
The picture has a complex plot, so even the erudites will have to break their heads.
Watch on itunes →
Watch Google Play →
4. Suini Todd, demon -hairdresser with Fleet Street
SweENEY TODD: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- USA, UK, 2007.
- Musical, horrors, thriller, drama.
- Duration: 116 minutes.
- IMDB: 7.3.
Frame from the film “Suini Todd, a demon -hairdresser with Flit Street”
Hairdresser Benjamin Barker had a beloved wife, but an influential and insidious judge was flattered by the girl. He got rid of Barker, sending him to hard labor.
After many years, the hero manages to escape. Returning to London under the name of Suini Todd, he opens the hairdresser above the shop of Pirogov Mrs. Lovett. Together they come up with a disgusting, but original way to raise its small business and at the same time avenge everyone who once turned Barker’s life into hell.
The events of the film unfold in the middle of the 19th century, just then in England the legend of Suini Todda appeared in England. Even taking into account Tim Burton’s love to everything gloomy, the story in his interpretation came out especially hopeless and pessimistic. London slums in the picture look so that it immediately becomes clear: all hope has long gone from this place.
Watch on itunes →
5. Without hysteria!
Hysteria
- Great Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, 2010.
- Drama, melodrama, comedy.
- Duration: 100 minutes.
- IMDB: 6.7.
England, 1880. Beginner Mortimer Grenville Mortimer is hired by Dr. Robert Dalimplu, who treats female hysteria with an intimate massage. The hero so hard helps the professor that he injures his hand. Then he decides to automate his work and turns for help to a friend -inventor, obsessed with electricity.
Comedy “without hysteria!”Originally and subtly beats the history of the appearance of vibrators. There is not a drop of vulgarity in the film, humor is unobtrusive, and the actors play perfectly.
6. Jane Air
Jane Eyre
- UK, USA, 2011.
- Drama, melodrama.
- Duration: 120 minutes.
- IMDB: 7.3.
The young educated orphan Jane Air is arranged by the governess in the house of the gloomy aristocrat Edward Rochester. Over time, the girl and her mysterious employer fall in love with each other. However, Mr. Rochester has a secret that is able to put an end to their happiness.
American director with the Swedish -Japanese roots of Carey Fukunaga (he also created the series “Maniac”) managed to reflect the Gothic atmosphere of Roman Charlotte Bronte. And Mia Vasikovsk and Michael Fassbender fit perfectly into the images of a sincere and naive Air and a mature Rochester.
Watch on itunes →
Watch Google Play →
7. Outcasts
Les Misérabs
- UK, USA, 2012.
- Musical, drama, melodrama, military, history.
- Duration: 158 minutes.
- IMDB: 7.6.
Frame from the film “Outcasted”
Jean Valzhan spends many years in prison for the theft. Years later, he becomes a respected mayor of the city, but he is not released by the past in the person of the inspector Zaver.
In the film based on the novel by Viktor Hugo, the director of that huper managed to combine theatrical convention with an incredible history. And the vocal gift of Hugh Jackman was fully revealed here.
The film has harvested the Oscars for the best feminine role, sound, makeup and hairstyles. It is all the more difficult to believe that the adaptation of the musical “cats”, which received a lot of negative reviews, put the same huper.
Watch on itunes →
Watch Google Play →
8. Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
- UK, 2012.
- Drama, melodrama.
- Duration: 129 minutes.
- IMDB: 6.6.
Russia, second half of the XIX century. Anna Karenina, a young married woman, falls in love with the officer of Vronsky. They enter into a secret connection, but soon the entire Higher Society of St. Petersburg becomes known about their relationship. Anna’s husband, an influential official, is difficult to experience betrayal.
The famous playwright Tom Stoppard and director of pride and prejudice, Joe Wright did not want to work in the genre of classic costume drama and came to a bold solution: to place the heroes of one of the most important works of Leo Tolstoy in theatrical interiors. Such a visually exquisite and unusual adaptation of Karenina in the world cinema certainly was not yet.
Watch ITUNES with Russian subtitles →
Watch Google Play →
9. Little women
Little Women
- USA, 2019.
- Drama, melodrama.
- Duration: 135 minutes.
- IMDB: 7.8.
The action takes place during the Civil War in the United States and covers several years of the march of the march. The heroines of the film are four sisters whose father went to the front. They discover the joy and difficulties of growing up for themselves, and also get acquainted with the young aristocrat Laurie living in the neighborhood.
Thanks to the directorial skill, Greta Gerwig Classical Roman Louise May Olcott “Little Women” was completely transformed. So, in the original book, the action developed sequentially. But Gervig (she was responsible for the script) used a new nonlinear chronology, and the whole story gained modern breathing.
Watch on itunes →
Watch Google Play →
10. Emma.
Emma.
- UK, 2020.
- Comedy, melodrama.
- Duration: 124 minutes.
- IMDB: 6.7.
Frame from the movie “Emma.”
England, XIX century. Small beauty Emma Woodhouse loves to reduce young people, but is not going to marry. She is trying to find a lover for her friend Harriet Smith. But at some point, this innocent intention turns into a series of curios.
Jane Austin’s last novel, like the rest of the writer’s works, filmed a lot. This time two talented debutants took up the case. The bright production was provided by the director of music clips by the de -Wilde, and the classic plot was adapted by Eleanor Katton, the holder of the Buker Prize.
The result turned out to be very fresh and relevant, and in the characters of Ani Taylor -Joy and Johnny Flynn, the audience will easily recognize our contemporaries.
Watch on itunes →
Watch Google Play →