Victorian Era movies

[Malamute]

There is William Shatner's Hound of the Baskervilles for a laugh...................... 

Or the greatest Sherlock Holmes movie ever made:

"Without a Clue" starring Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley

[Thunderchicken]

Or the greatest Sherlock Holmes movie ever made:

"Without a Clue" starring Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley

I'll second that! A wee taster:

Watson: Character? You?  Are we talking about the same man who once declared with total conviction that the late Colonel Howard had been bludgeoned to death with a blunt 'excrement'?
 
Holmes: Is it my fault you have such poor handwriting?

 

[SBRPearce]

A pal of mine likes to posit "film festivals" - three movies of a common theme, with bonus points for stretching the theme.

Examples:

"British Imerialism is really, really cool": Zulu, Young Winston & The Man Who Would Be King
"British Imerialism really, really sucks": Ghandi, Breaker Morant & Gallipoli

or,
"Alec Guiness plays a whacked-out British colonel": Tunes of Glory, Bridge Over thee River Kwai & Star Wars

[Laflin and Rand]

Nate & Hayes otherwise known as Savage Islands.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085994/

It has Tommy Lee Jones, Prussians, an ironclad monitor and is a swashbuckling hoot.

[DrVesuvius]

Nobody's mentioned "The Seven Per-Cent Solution."  Another Holmes pastiche but less campy or silly than "Without a clue" or "Private Life".  A first class scenery-chewing performance from Nicol Williamson (better known as Merlin from the film Excalibur)

Somebody has mentioned The Four Feathers, but not which version and they're all so different.  I still think the '39 version is best for straight-up Victorian adventure inspiration, although if you can get hold of the 1929 silent version, it's well worth a watch.  The 1978 version was a bit meh and the 2002 version gets a bit heavy handed with the "COLONIALISM BAD!" hammer.  There was also the 1955 "Storm over the Nile" which was a remake of the 1939 version and even extensively re-used footage from the earlier film.. avoid.

Finally how about Gunga Din for some rollicking adventure on the North West Frontier?

Dr V

[Franz_Josef]

And no one has mentioned "Breaker Morant" about the Boer War.

[DrVesuvius]

And no one has mentioned "Breaker Morant" about the Boer War.

SBRPierce did in his "British Imperialism Really Sucks" film festival lineup. 

On another line, nobody has mined the Dickensian vein yet.  Though he's more often adapted for television than cinema, there've been at least a couple of version of Oliver Twist made for your "Life on the Victorian Streets" vibe.

And in a similar tone, how about Sweeny Todd?

[joroas]

On another line, nobody has mined the Dickensian vein yet.  Though he's more often adapted for television than cinema, there've been at least a couple of version of Oliver Twist made for your "Life on the Victorian Streets" vibe.

On that note, Mark Lester lives not far from me, often bump into him in Sainsburys.. He is now a chiropractor and has stuck needles in me on a few occasions............

[stonedzep]

as usual I'm late of years, but if you're still looking for some victorian era theme movie (as I always am), then try those also:

-Sherlock Holmes, the Hallmark long episodes. Part of the Tv serie made by Granada production or something similar.
-The Prestige
-The Illusionist (Austrian location, not UK or colonies)
-Vidoq (France, not sure if it's victorian age maybe a little earlier but nice movie indeed)
-Jack the Ripper with Michael Caine (where From Hell was taken)
-Murder By Decree (Holmes&Watson against the ripper)
-Wolfman with Hopkins and DelToro

mmm...I'm sure I have something more in my HD but I'll double check

cheers

[The Somnambulist]

The Assassination Bureau

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec

[Elk101]

The Assassination Bureau

Love that film! It has a very Pulpy type feel to it. I must see if I can find it to watch again. The premise would make a good scenario.

[argsilverson]

May I add some, many of them have some VSF element:
.- The adventures of Sherlock Holmes' smarter brother
.- O xango de baker street (Sherlock Holmes meets Sarah Bernhardt in Rio de Janeiro]
.- Some movies with Sherlock Holmes: The leading Lady, S.H. and the Whitechapel Vampire, S.H. and the case of the silk Stocking
.- the phantom of the opera
.- the prisoner of Zenda (I prefer the classic Steward Granger film and the Peter Seller's one)
.- Shalako
.- virtually all the films based or inspired by Works of Jules Verne, as The master of the World, the Conqueror, five weeks in a balloon, etc

Really Edwardian and not Victorian:
.- The Race
.- Mary Poppins
.- Viva Maria

BBC has offered several series based on victorian life, like: Victorian pharmacists or victorian farm and the rivals of Sherlock Holmes, and many other I cannot recall now.

An TV series: Jules Verne's secret adventures. This is a must for VSF fans!
and for victorian crime lovers the canadian series titled; Murdoch Mysteries (7 seasons so far!)

A most comprehensive list can be found here:
http://www.erasofelegance.com/entertainment/victorianmovies.html


 

[stonedzep]

wow! Happy to see I revived this thread, I am always on the hunt for VSF movies or tv shows and those you all just added today will give me enough search to do for the moment.

Murdoch Mysteries is great. The case of the silk stocking is class. Murder Rooms was surely mentioned somewhere but can't stop appreciate it.
Many other mentioned are really great too, and hopefully someone will come up with something we keep missing!

Thank you all!!

Oh...not victorian but still worth seeing if you didn't: Brotherhood of the Wolf!

[marcusluis]

Pretty much all the hammer horror movies..!!!

[FramFramson]

Well, if TV series are fair game, the Grenada Sherlock Holmes series starring Jeremy Brett is pretty much the definitive version of the character for me on screen. Just great acting and great TV.

No VSF elements though - it's a straight adaptation.