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Pride and Prejudice is a subtle, ironic and insanely beautiful novel about the Bennet sisters from a poor family, the most famous creation that came out from the pen of Jane Austen.
Fans single out 2 film adaptations of this book, equal in popularity. The first is a 1995 miniseries with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. The second, released exactly 10 years later, is a 2005 film starring Matthew Macfadyen and Keira Knightley.
Admirers of the novel tirelessly argue about which film version is better, but they still cannot come to a consensus. Both adaptations are unsurpassedly good, which means they leave a pleasant aftertaste and make people around the world look for films similar in plot to Pride and Prejudice to experience such emotions.
Below, readers and viewers are presented with a list of 10 films that can compete in their success with the famous mini-series about the love of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy.
10 Duchess | 2008
A film starring Keira Knightley. She also played Elizabeth Bennet in the 2005 film adaptation.
In the picture “Duchess” It’s about an eccentric girl named Georgina. She doesn’t look like her peers at all. While other girls are decorously reading books by the fireplace and knitting napkins, Georgina is looking for adventure, does not listen to her parents and tries in every possible way to break the rules of high society.
When her mother marries her to an eminent duke, Georgina becomes a duchess. Now she is gaining great weight in society and wealth. But the girl does not need all this tinsel of luxury, she craves only love.
And the rebellious spirit inside the newly-made duchess will not allow her to come to terms with the new strict rules of a rich life.
9. Another of the Boleyn family | 2008
Anne and Mary Boleyn were brought up in a wealthy family and both dreamed of marrying royalty. The girls look like friendly enough sisters, but in fact, there is always a spirit of rivalry between them.
A serious struggle between the sisters flares up at the moment when they meet the young King Henry VIII. Each of the sisters dreams of drawing the ruler’s attention to themselves. But only one is destined to become a queen …
Anna and Maria, the heroines of the film “Another Boleyn Girl”, are ready to go to the most extreme and cruel measures in order to get Henry into their arms …
8. Mansfield Park | 1999
“Mansfield Park” – another adaptation of another famous novel by Jane Austen, tells the viewer about the young Fanny. Until the age of 12, the girl grew up in a poor estate, and then, by chance, ended up in a mansion with her wealthy relatives. Here she will need to spend an indefinite amount of time.
Fanny knows only Cousin Edward of her new family. Warm and friendly relations have long been established between them. But the rest of the inhabitants of the luxurious mansion treat her arrogantly and carelessly.
Fanny grows up and becomes a real beauty, her affection for Edward grows stronger. The young man’s father categorically disapproves of this friendship. Fanny will have a very difficult time, and her future looks too vague and uncertain.
7. Far from the maddened crowd | 2015
Bathsheba is a young, energetic, proud girl who knows exactly what she wants from life. She is hardworking and responsible and always achieves what she wants.
One day, she inherits from her uncle a vast farm with rich land. Now Bathsheba will have to take over the household so that it does not fall into decay after the death of a relative.
The girl immediately gets down to business and hires workers. Among them is the bankrupt farmer Gabriel Oak. Once he was rich and influential and even proposed to Bathsheba. Then she rejected him, but now she took him to work.
Bathsheba is being courted by her neighbor, wealthy farmer William Boldwood. But she doesn’t want to marry him. Bathsheba turns his attention to the handsome Sergeant Frank Troy…
What’s next for the heroine of the film “Away from the madding crowd”?
6. Reasoning | 2007
The eccentric aging father of young Ann Elliott is not used to saving. He used to be rich and spend money right and left. However, times are hard now. The man still cannot get used to the poor financial situation, but later he reluctantly agrees with his daughters that it is better to leave his mansion and rent it out, and live in a simpler house on the money from the rent.
Admiral Croft and his wife decide to rent his house. When Ann finds out about them, she hurries to leave the estate as soon as possible, because many years ago she met with the brother of the admiral’s wife, Frederick Wentworth. Then their relationship ended in failure, and Ann wants to avoid a second meeting with her former lover.
“reasons of reason” is a film that will appeal to both young viewers and lovers of romantic films of age.
5. Anna Karenina 2012
There are no troubles and problems in Vronsky’s life. He is a handsome and brilliant officer who is loved by everyone without exception in the city. At the station, having come to meet his mother, he meets the charming wife of a prominent St. Petersburg official, Karenin, Anna. A love spark immediately flares up between them.
Anna does not love her husband and, it seems, found in Vronsky the very love that she had been waiting for all her life. But their relationship is a forbidden fruit, high society will condemn such a vicious relationship. Anna has a husband and son, and Vronsky has his service and honor.
But the all-consuming passion between young lovers turns out to be much stronger than St. Petersburg prejudices, and Anna Karenina given to her in full.
4. Redemption | 2007
Briony is only 13 years old, but she has an incredible imagination. She composes plays and constantly fantasizes. Brioni loves to observe nature and her surroundings. She knows that the servant’s son Robbie has long been in love with the girl’s older sister. Cecilia also loves Robbie and it seems that this couple is secretly happy.
One day, the girls’ cousin Lola becomes a victim of rape. When it comes time to find out the circumstances of what happened, Briony says that Robbie committed the abuse. She knows that the guy didn’t actually do it, but the girl’s wild imagination paints a terrible picture in her head.
Robbie goes to jail, and Cecilia refuses to believe that her lover could do such a thing. A real enmity flares up between Cecilia and Briony.
The whole film is awareness and redemption Brioni of her mistake.
3. Jane Eyre | 2011
Jane Eyre is brought up in the house of his uncle, who died and bequeathed to his wife to take care of the girl as if she were her own. But the aunt never loved Jane, and at a young age she sent her to a boarding house, where they continued to mock Jane, but already the teachers.
After graduating from a boarding house, Jane gets a job as a governess in an old rich estate called Thornfield. They are ruled by the formidable Mr. Rochester, who is almost never at home.
And then one day the owner of the estate returns and finds a new face at home. So an extraordinary feeling begins to emerge between them, which is destined to survive many incidents both inside the old mansion and outside its walls.
2. Mind and Feelings | 1995
“Sense and Sensibility” is a story of fate, love and friendship of two sisters – Eleanor and Marianne, who, by the will of fate, along with their family – mother and younger sister Margaret – are forced to leave their estate due to the death of their father. Now they have to move to a marvelous mountainous region in England, where they will find many friends and no less ill-wishers.
Eleanor is a girl who in her decisions is always guided by a common cold mind. Marianna is a sensual emotional young lady who always thinks with her heart.
Everything changes in Marianne’s life with the appearance of a handsome young man, Willoughby, who begins to court her beautifully and hint that he is not averse to marrying a girl. Over time, Eleanor begins to notice that something is clearly wrong with her boyfriend.
1. Jane Austen | 2006
The love story itself Jane Austen and young Tom Lefroy. Young Jane has always believed in great and pure love. But her parents wanted their daughter to marry a rich heir by cold calculation.
When Jane passed 20 years old, she met a young promising lawyer named Tom Lefroy. Young people instantly fell in love with each other and were ready to challenge the whole world for the sake of their love. Jane was ready to go against the will of her parents, and Tom was ready to go far, far away from his family, just to be near Miss Austin.
This film is based on real events, and Tom Lefroy himself once became Jane Austen’s prototype for her most famous character, Mr. Darcy.