Costume Movies

The Prince of Egypt

Amazon Price: $10.49 (as of 12/04/2009)

Cleopatra

Amazon Price: $15.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

Troy (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)

Apparently "cousin" is what they're calling it these days. A laughable film from the mythological perspective, but it's fun in its very badness, and the costumes are cool.

Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

300 (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Racist, misogynistic, and unintentionally hilarious, but visually stunning

Amazon Price: $20.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

Gladiator (Widescreen Edition)

I blame Gladiator for all those random fields of wheat we get in historical epics now.

Amazon Price: $15.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

Rome: The Complete First Season

Amazon Price: $32.49 (as of 12/04/2009)

Rome: The Complete Second Season

Amazon Price: $32.49 (as of 12/04/2009)

I, Claudius

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Braveheart

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Tristan and Isolde (Widescreen Edition)

Amazon Price: $10.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

The Lion in Winter

Amazon Price: $10.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

Hamlet

Amazon Price: $5.79 (as of 12/04/2009)

Kingdom of Heaven (2-Disc Widescreen Edition)

Amazon Price: $15.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

Elizabeth

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Shakespeare in Love (Miramax Collector's Series)

Amazon Price: $10.49 (as of 12/04/2009)

Dangerous Beauty

Amazon Price: $5.79 (as of 12/04/2009)

Much Ado About Nothing

Amazon Price: $11.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

Ever After - A Cinderella Story

Amazon Price: $10.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

The Man in the Iron Mask

The costumes are definitely the best part of this movie, which is not nearly as good as its cast

Amazon Price: $12.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

Cyrano de Bergerac

Excellent adaptation of the classic play

Amazon Price: $14.98 (as of 12/04/2009)

Amadeus

As you would expect, the best score of any movie, ever. Great costumes and an intense, if probably not historically accurate, plot.

Amazon Price: $18.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

The Scarlet Pimpernel

The best of the many mediocre adaptations of the classic swashbuckler

Amazon Price: $16.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)

Purest fun

Amazon Price: $14.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

Dangerous Liaisons

Hateful people get the best clothes. ~pouts~

Amazon Price: $5.79 (as of 12/04/2009)

Brotherhood of the Wolf

Strange might be the best way to describe this conspiratorial French film about the infamous Beast of Gevaudan. Kind of fun, though

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What People Wore: 1,800 Illustrations from Ancient Times to the Early Twentieth Century

by: Douglas Gorsline

Amazon Price: $12.89 (as of 12/04/2009)

A History of Costume

by: Carl Kohler

Amazon Price: $11.96 (as of 12/04/2009)

A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion: Historic and Modern

by: Mary Brooks Picken

Amazon Price: $12.21 (as of 12/04/2009)

Pride and Prejudice - The Special Edition (A&E, 1996)

The best of many adaptations of Austen's greatest novel

Amazon Price: $19.49 (as of 12/04/2009)

Pride & Prejudice

Not as good as the Jennifer Ehle/Colin Firth version, but in some ways earthier

Amazon Price: $10.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

Sense & Sensibility (Special Edition)

Brilliant adaptation of one of Austen's lesser works

Amazon Price: $8.49 (as of 12/04/2009)

Persuasion

An underrated movie about an underrated novel

Amazon Price: $8.49 (as of 12/04/2009)

Emma

Nicely done adaptation

Amazon Price: $12.49 (as of 12/04/2009)

Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World (Widescreen Collector's Edition)

Amazon Price: $29.49 (as of 12/04/2009)

Horatio Hornblower Collector's Edition

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Vanity Fair (Widescreen)

Amazon Price: $10.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

The Piano

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Gone with the Wind (Two-Disc Edition)

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Little Women (Collector's Series)

Amazon Price: $8.49 (as of 12/04/2009)

The Forsyte Saga, Series 1

Amazon Price: $50.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

Anne of Green Gables Trilogy Box Set

Amazon Price: $59.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

Finding Neverland (Widescreen Edition)

Amazon Price: $11.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

The House of Mirth

Amazon Price: $11.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

The Winslow Boy

Amazon Price: $22.49 (as of 12/04/2009)

A Little Princess

Amazon Price: $5.79 (as of 12/04/2009)

The Wings of the Dove

Amazon Price: $13.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

Cold Comfort Farm

Amazon Price: $13.49 (as of 12/04/2009)

Burnt by the Sun

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Road to Perdition (Widescreen Edition)

Amazon Price: $9.49 (as of 12/04/2009)

Far From Heaven

Amazon Price: $11.49 (as of 12/04/2009)

L.A. Confidential

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Schindler's List (Widescreen Edition)

Amazon Price: $15.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

Saving Private Ryan (Special Limited Edition)

Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

The English Patient (Miramax Collector's Edition)

Amazon Price: $15.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

Enemy at the Gates

Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

Life Is Beautiful

Amazon Price: $15.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

Forrest Gump (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition)

Amazon Price: $8.49 (as of 12/04/2009)

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery/The Spy Who Shagged Me/Goldmember

Amazon Price: $12.16 (as of 12/04/2009)

Heathers

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Shaft

Amazon Price: $9.98 (as of 12/04/2009)

Clueless (Special Whatever! Edition)

Amazon Price: $10.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

Lawrence of Arabia (Limited Edition)

Amazon Price: $32.49 (as of 12/04/2009)

The Emperor and the Assassin

Amazon Price: $26.99 (as of 12/04/2009)

Memoirs of a Geisha (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)

Amazon Price: $15.49 (as of 12/04/2009)

Dances with Wolves - Extended Cut (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)

Amazon Price: $15.99 (as of 12/04/2009)