Simon Woods

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.

Dir. Joe Wright · With Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Brenda Blethyn

A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.

Dir. Bruno Heller, John Milius, William J. MacDonald · With Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Ciarán Hinds

Forlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone of suitable stock. But how can she find her soulmate when she's sequestered inside her family's estate with only her parents to keep her company? This untraditional fairy tale is about a girl who bucks convention to create her own happy ending.

Dir. Mark Palansky · With Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Catherine O'Hara

Edwardian England. A precocious girl from a poor background with aspirations to being a novelist finds herself swept to fame and fortune when her tasteless romances hit the best seller lists. Her life changes in unexpected ways when she encounters an aristocratic brother and sister, both of whom have cultural ambitions, and both of whom fall in love with her.

Dir. François Ozon · With Romola Garai, Sam Neill, Michael Fassbender