THEME EXPLORATION

Victorian England

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes
1948 · Michael Powell & Pressburger
Naked
Naked
1993 · Mike Leigh
The Elephant Man
The Elephant Man
1980 · David Lynch
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
2009 · Guy Ritchie
Personal Shopper
Personal Shopper
2016 · Olivier Assayas
A House Divided
A House Divided
1931 · William Wyler
Bizarre, Bizarre
Bizarre, Bizarre
1937 · Marcel Carné
Colonel Bogey
Colonel Bogey
1948 · Terence Fisher
“Dante’s Inferno”
“Dante’s Inferno”
1967 · Ken Russell
L’Histoire d’Adèle H.
L’Histoire d’Adèle H.
1975 · François Truffaut
Mesmerized / Shocked (Michael Laughlin, ) story
Mesmerized / Shocked (Michael Laughlin, ) story
1986 · Jerzy Skolimowski
The Challenge
The Challenge
1982 · John Frankenheimer
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

His meticulous character studies and social realism vividly capture Victorian and late Victorian working-class life, relationships, and societal constraints.

 Keenen Ivory Wayans United States

Through his Merchant-Ivory partnership, he created visually sumptuous adaptations of Victorian literature that explore class, repression, and social propriety in meticulous detail.