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top ten: CLASSIC PERIOD FILMS

	Shadowlands [DVD] a supremely dignified tear-jerker from Richard Attenborough
	The Age Of Innocence [DVD] [1994] Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £1.64 considering who directed this, it's a masterpiece of restrained emotions and subtle mannerisms
	The House of Mirth [DVD] [2000] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] Buy used from: £5.18 Gillian Anderson is totally convincing in this wonderful adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel
	Howards End (the Merchant Ivory Collection) [DVD] Buy used from: £8.02 drama, atmosphere and production are all top-notch. Anything in this genre starring Anthony Hopkins is usually a good bet
	The Remains Of The Day [DVD] [1993] Buy new: £4.08 / Used from: £2.04 the pent-up emotions of a loyal manservant and his place within the society he inhabits are at the heart of this superb film
	Onegin [DVD] [1999] Buy new: £13.38 / Used from: £4.45 good film with plenty of sulking and scowling from Ralph The Reliable...he's certainly no slouch when it comes to conveying emotion through expression
	Persuasion : Complete BBC Adaptation [1995] [DVD] Buy new: £7.48 / Used from: £4.85 no persuasion needed to acknowledge the excellence of this BBC adaptation
	Bleak House - BBC (3 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [2005] Buy new: £8.48 / Used from: £8.99 modern visual techniques and soap-opera pacing mark this out as a tv classic
	Jane Eyre (BBC) [2007] [DVD] [2006] Buy new: £5.48 / Used from: £4.35 unmissable bittersweet drama with initial fears of unusual casting allayed less than five minutes in. Another great BBC production
	84 Charing Cross Road [DVD] [1986] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] Buy used from: £11.55 the post-war austerity of 50's and early 60's Britain is brilliantly conveyed in this moving drama