Movies like Far from the Madding Crowd
If Far from the Madding Crowd's mix of farm, sheep and countryside stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Far from the Madding Crowd's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Pride & Prejudice
2005 · Directed by Joe Wright · 128 min8.1
Why you'll like itWith Carey Mulligan · Shares: period drama · Also drama and romance
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…
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FX's A Christmas Carol
2019 · Directed by Nick Murphy · 173 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: period drama, 19th century · From the same decade (2010s)
London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts to show him his past, present and future.
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The Great Gatsby
2013 · Directed by Baz Luhrmann · 143 min7.3
Why you'll like itWith Carey Mulligan · Also drama and romance · From the same decade (2010s)
Nick Carraway arrives in New York in 1922, an era of loose morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick encounters the mysterious millionaire Gatsby and his bewitching cousin Daisy.
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Out of Africa
1985 · Directed by Sydney Pollack · 161 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: farm · Also romance and drama
Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on her 1937 autobiographical novel.
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Tess
1979 · Directed by Roman Polanski · 172 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: 19th century · Also drama and romance
A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumour that their families are from the same line.
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Howards End
1992 · Directed by James Ivory · 142 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: countryside · Also drama and romance
A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples:…
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Jane Eyre
1996 · Directed by Franco Zeffirelli · 113 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: 19th century · Also drama and romance
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester.
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Our Souls at Night
2017 · Directed by Ritesh Batra · 101 min6.7
Why you'll like itWith Matthias Schoenaerts · Also romance and drama · From the same decade (2010s)
Addie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower, have lived next to each other for years. The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes when Addie tries to make a connection with her neighbour.
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Hot Fuzz
2007 · Directed by Edgar Wright · 121 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: countryside, rural area
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning…
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Great Expectations
2012 · Directed by Mike Newell · 128 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: 19th century · Also drama and romance · From the same decade (2010s)
Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but…
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Enola Holmes
2020 · Directed by Harry Bradbeer · 124 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: victorian england, period drama
While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.
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Victoria & Abdul
2017 · Directed by Stephen Frears · 112 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: 19th century · From the same decade (2010s)
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.