Best British Period Pieces on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best British Period Pieces on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 9 titles in category code 12433. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. poldark (2015)
Rated 8.3/10 on IMDb, from 2015. A British soldier returns to Cornwall from the American Revolutionary War and rebuilds his tattered estate, reopens his father's mine and finds love.
2. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Rated 7.6/10 on IMDb, from 1995, 2h 16m. Facing poverty after their father's death, three sisters are obliged to rely on the generosity of others in this adaptation of the Jane Austen novel.
3. Jane Eyre (2011)
Rated 7.3/10 on IMDb, from 2011, 1h 55m. Driven from her post at Thornfield House, young governess Jane Eyre reflects on her youth and the events that led her to misty moors.
4. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
Rated 6.8/10 on IMDb, from 2007, 1h 54m. Queen Elizabeth steels herself against invasion, treason and betrayal as she pines for the love of swashbuckling adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh.
5. Dracula (2020)
Rated 6.8/10 on IMDb, from 2020. The Count Dracula legend transforms with new tales that flesh out the vampire's gory crimes -- and bring his vulnerability into the light.
6. The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
Rated 6.7/10 on IMDb, from 2008, 1h 55m. Ambitious Boleyn sisters Anne and Mary compete for the heart of powerful but intemperate King Henry VIII in this opulent historical drama.
7. Anna Karenina (2012)
Rated 6.6/10 on IMDb, from 2012, 2h 09m. Keira Knightley stars as the titular 19th-century Russian aristocrat who enters into a forbidden love affair with the well-heeled Count Vronsky.
8. Ophelia (2018)
Rated 6.6/10 on IMDb, from 2018, 1h 46m. In this retelling of “Hamlet” from Ophelia’s point of view, the lady-in-waiting’s shared love with Denmark’s prince is ruined by treachery and madness.
9. Wuthering Heights (2011)
Rated 6/10 on IMDb, from 2011, 2h 03m. The youthful love between two English adolescents becomes an obsessive passion that wreaks havoc as the pair navigates adult life.