According to Merriam-Webster, an Anglophile is someone who is especially fond of England or of all things English.
Here we’ve gathered up an assortment of British films — Jane Austen films, period dramas, and modern dramas — to satisfy the Anglophile in you. We hope you’re “chuffed to bits” with our picks!
- All of the titles featured below we have in our collection or within the SWAN consortium.
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Period Dramas
Jane Austen Films
While matchmaking for friends and neighbors, a young 19th Century Englishwoman nearly misses her own chance at love.
(Rated PG; 2020) Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy
Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice?
(Rated PG; 2005) Starring: Keira Knightley
Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The two eldest daughters are the title opposites.
(Rated PG; 1999) Starring: Starring: Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman