Last Updated on December 12, 2024

Which Period Dramas are New on Prime Video?

Wondering what you should watch on Prime Video? We’ve gathered up the period dramas that are newly included with your US Prime Video membership in September, October, and November 2024.

We also include titles that can be watched for free with Freevee, no subscription needed, but going forward some of these titles will be unavailable if you don’t have Prime: Amazon announced in November that they are shutting down Freevee, which will be phased out over the course of the next several weeks. There will be no change to the content available for Prime members, and “a vast offering of free streaming content will still be accessible for non-Prime members,” made available to non-Prime users under the Prime Video umbrella, which will be labeled “Watch for Free.”

Then, we share the historical / costume / period dramas that are newly available on Prime Video Add-On Channels and titles that are now available to buy or rent, as well as movies and TV series in the genre that are being released to DVD this fall.

Check this list throughout the season; we’ll update all the sections (alphabetically) as more titles become available. If some of these titles look familiar, it’s because they were previously available with Prime Video, were pulled off, and now they are back. 

Colette (2008), courtesy of Bleecker Street Media


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To watch the trailers for the movies and TV series on this list, read further descriptions and add them to your watchlist, just click on “Watch the TRAILER” and “Add to your WATCHLIST.”

This is a US-based list, but if you live in Canada or the UK, you can also use our links to check availability in your country.

Finally, we list some newly added non-period movies and series like award-winning films and breezy romances that you may also like, that are included with your Amazon Prime Video membership.

From British costume dramas to sweeping romantic epics, there’s a lot here by the end of the season; we hope this list helps you discover more period dramas to love.

The summer Prime Video list is here. Also see the list of Period Dramas New on Netflix Summer 2024 and the fall 2024 new-on-Netflix list.

Those who are new here should know that Willow and Thatch also has a special section for period dramas that have been added recently or are coming to different streaming services. See the “New to Streaming” drop-down menu at the top of the page.

Period Dramas Added to Prime Video: September 2024

Newly available historical, costume and period dramas (movies and TV series) that are included with your Prime Video membership, or can be watched for free with ads on Freevee (formerly IMDb TV).

Jamestown, courtesy Carnival Films





 

A Family at War (Seasons 1 – 3)

“A Family at War,” a popular epic saga, explores in detail the daily life during World War II as experienced by the Ashtons, a working-class Liverpool family. Made in a nearly continuous two-year production period, each episode begins on a specific date from August 1938 to December 1945, with the drama unfolding over the course of the entire war.

Starring Colin Douglas, Barbara Flynn, Lesley Nunnerley, Coral Atkins.

Rated 13+

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Available September 9


Camille (1984)

Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand’s father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and terminal illness overwhelm her, Camille discovers that Armand has not lost his love for her.

Starring Greta Scacchi, Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, Patrick Ryecart, John Gielgud, Billie Whitelaw.

Rated 16+

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Available September 26


Colette (2018)

After moving to Paris, author Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette agrees to ghostwrite a semi-autobiographical novel for her husband. Its success soon inspires her to fight for creative ownership and overcome the societal constraints of the early 20th century.

Starring Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Denise Gough, Fiona Shaw, Robert Pugh, Eleanor Tomlinson.

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Rated R for some sexuality/nudity

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Available September 11


The Courtship (2022)

A turn-of-the-century romance story based on Géza Gárdonyi’s novel of the same name. Promising a generous dowry, Ida’s father finds a husband for the nineteen-year-old through a want ad, but can the arranged marriage turn into love? Also known as “Ida regénye” and “Romance of Ida.”

Starring Júlia Mentes, Barnabás Rohonyi, Gábor Hevér, Angéla Stefanovics.

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Rated 13+

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Available September 25


Doctor Finlay (Seasons 1 – 4)

Set in the 1940s, John Finlay returns from war service and finds a small-town medical practice which is run-down. His new life paves the way for a new National Health Service and the modernisation of the medical practice at Arden House, Scotland. The British television series is based on A. J. Cronin’s stories about the fictional medical hero, Dr. Finlay.

Starring David Rintoul, Annette Crosbie, Ian Bannen, Jessica Turner, Gordon Reid, Margo Gunn. 

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Rated 16+

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Available September 22


Ghost Stories: The Mezzotint (2021)

A creepy tale about an enigmatic old picture. Based on the short stories by MR James. Adapted by Mark Gatiss. 1822. Mr. Williams receives a mysterious mezzotint from a London art dealer. It seems to be an uninteresting picture of large country house at night. However, he soon realizes that a sinister figure in the picture moves each time he looks at it.

Starring Rory Kinnear, Robert Bathurst, Frances Barber, John Hopkins.

Rated 16+

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Also see Martin’s Close (2019), available September 10. 


Jamestown (Season 1)

1619. On what feels like the edge of the world sits Jamestown, Virginia. For 12 years, it has been populated only by men, but the settlement is shaken up when the first women land in this wilderness. The disruptive new arrivals are immediately thrust into a new world of desire, power, and survival. From the makers of “Downton Abbey.”

Starring Naomi Battrick, Max Beesley, Jason Flemyng, Burn Gorman, Dean Lennox Kelly.

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Rated TV-14

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Available September 22


Lillie (Season 1)

Shown on PBS Masterpiece, this 13 episode series starring Francesca Annis in an award-winning performance vividly captures the complex woman who became one of the most notorious and respected figures of the Victorian era. This classic, beloved costume drama series follows the life and loves of Lillie Langtry, the dazzling beauty who defied societal convention to woo a slew of wealthy admirers and become an internationally renowned actress. Featuring the legendary Peter Egan (Downton Abbey) as Oscar Wilde and Anton Rodgers (The Merchant of Venice) as Edward Langtry.

Starring Francesca Annis, Peter Egan, Denis Lill, Anton Rodgers, Catherine Feller, John Castle.

Rated 13+

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Available September 9


The Living and the Dead (2016)

“The Living and the Dead” is a supernatural BBC series set in rural England in the 1890s. When Nathan Appleby, a pioneering psychologist, inherits Shepzoy House in a beautiful but isolated Somerset valley, he decides to make a new life for himself and his adored wife, Charlotte.

Starring Colin Morgan, Charlotte Spencer, Nicholas Woodeson, Isaac Andrews.

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Rated TV-MA

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Available September 9


Love In Chains (Seasons 1 – 3)

Kateryna was raised as a lady of noble blood, but for the whole world, she is only someone else’s property, a bondmaid of the richest landowner in Nizhyn – Chervinskyi. Struggling for her freedom and the right to be happy, she will have to endure the deaths of her closest people, survive the popular uprising, and much more. What awaits Kateryna at the end of such a wretched path to freedom?

Starring Kateryna Kovalchuk, Oleksiy Yarovenko, Stanislav Boklan, Olha Sumska, Mark Drobot, Olesya Zhurakovska, Mykhailo Havrylov, Kseniya Mishyna.

Rated 13+

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Available September 24


Man in an Orange Shirt (Season 1)

From novelist Patrick Gale, this is a tender, powerful film sure to spark conversation about outdated attitudes and equal rights. Two love stories set 60 years apart are linked by a secret that echoes through generations, from a forbidden relationship impossible during WWII, contrasted with a present-day romance that is nearly derailed by the 1940s tale with which it is deeply intertwined.

Starring Julian Morris, Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Flaminia Cinque, Joanna Vanderham, David Gyasi.

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Rated TV-14

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Available September 22


Somewhere in Time (1980)

The powerfully romantic story of a young writer who is approached by an elderly woman who gives him an antique gold watch and pleads with him to return in time with her. Years later, he is overwhelmed by a photo of a beautiful young woman who he believes is the same woman who gave him the gold watch. Will he choose to return to 1912 and the love that awaits him?

Starring Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer, William H. Macy.

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Rated PG

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Available September 1


These Foolish Things (2006)

A struggling young actress, a fledgling director and an ambitious playwright become embroiled in an emotional love triangle as they strive for recognition, fame and fortune in a world on the brink of World War II.

Starring Charlotte Lucas, Julia McKenzie, Zoë Tapper, Terence Stamp, Anjelica Huston, Andrew Lincoln, David Leon, Lauren Bacall.

Rated 16+

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Available September 25


The following period-set movies and series (and period-inspired titles) are also newly available and included with your Prime Video membership or with Freevee in September 2024. Click on the titles for more information, to watch trailers where available, and to start streaming full movies or episodes:

September 1: Frida (2002), The Rifleman (Seasons 1 – 5), The Orphanage (2018), The Prague Mysteries (Season 1), Age of Reason (2018). September 5: The Legend of William Tell (Season 1), Great Expectations (1974). September 6: In the Fire (2023). September 9: Isadora (1968), Legions (2019), Cyrano, My Love (2019), Pride and Prejudice (2003), Civil Love (2012), Mesmerized (1986), A Hazard of Hearts (1987),  And the Children Shall Lead (1985). September 10: Into the White (2013). September 11: The Edge of Love (2009), Summer in February (2014), A Waltz Through the Hills (1988). September 12: Sara Dane (1982), Wildflower (1991). September 15: Mandie And The Forgotten Christmas (2011), The White Line (2021). September 16: Pascali’s Island (1988). September 19: A Merry War (1998), Magic Hour: Lost in the Barrens (1990), Magic Hour: Tom Alone (1992). September 21: The Good Traitor (2020). September 23: Arch of Triumph (1985), Nora (2001). September 24: The Keeping Room (2015), Regeneration (1998), A Scandal in Paris (1946), Anna Karenina (2013). September 25: Silent Night (2012), Edward II (1992). L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables (2016), L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables The Good Stars (2017), Anne of Green Gables: Fire and Dew (2017), Ancestral Land (2017), Forbidden Dream (2019), Adam Had Four Sons (1941). September 26: The Man Who Saved Christmas (2002), Dreamchild (1985), Blizzard of Souls (2021), The Game of Their Lives (2005), Helene (2020).





Period Dramas Added to Prime Video: October 2024

Newly available historical, costume and period dramas (movies and TV series) that are included with your Prime Video membership, or can be watched for free with ads on Freevee (formerly IMDb TV).

The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) courtesy Sony Pictures





The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)

King Henry VIII lacks an heir. Seeing this as an opportunity for personal gain, the Duke of Norfolk and Sir Thomas Boleyn persuade Thomas’ daughter Anne to seduce the king. But Henry falls in love with Anne’s sister, Mary, instead. When Mary becomes pregnant, she’s confined to bed, with charged with Anne keeping the king from straying — but the plan backfires when Anne seeks the king’s affections for herself.

Starring Eric Bana, David Morrissey, Mark Rylance, Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson.

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Rated PG-13

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Available October 1


The Patriot (2000)

In 1776 South Carolina, widower Benjamin Martin finds himself thrust into the midst of the American Revolutionary War as he helplessly watches his family being torn apart by the savage forces of the British Redcoats. When his oldest son’s wife is ruthlessly killed, and his young son is shot through the back before his eyes, Martin is unable to suppress the soldier within that he tried to bury with his own military past. Unable to remain silent, he recruits a band of unlikely volunteers to take up arms against the British. Fighting to protect his famliy’s freedom and his country’s independence, Martin discovers the pain of betrayal, the redemption of revenge, and the passion of love

Starring Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs, Lisa Brenner.

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Rated R for strong war violence

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Available October 1


The following period-set movies and series (and period-inspired titles) are also newly available and included with your Prime Video membership or with Freevee in October 2024. Click on the titles for more information, to watch trailers where available, and to start streaming full movies or episodes:

October 1: The Last Picture Show (1971), Henry V (1946), Elvis (2022), Of Mice and Men (1992), Don’t Worry Darling (2022), All The King’s Men (2006), The Way Back (2011), The Help (2011), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Legend (2015), Wonder Woman (2017), Valkyrie (2008), Judgment At Nuremberg (1961), and the period-inspired Clueless (1995), Nanny McPhee (2006), Nanny McPhee Returns (2010), and Elementary (Seasons 1-7).





Period Dramas Added to Prime Video: November 2024

Newly available historical, costume and period dramas (movies and TV series) that are included with your Prime Video membership, or can be watched for free with ads on Freevee (formerly IMDb TV).

Gosford Park (2002), courtesy USA Films





Cold Mountain (2003)

In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind to tend their farm. As Inman makes his perilous journey home, Ada struggles to keep their home intact with the assistance of Ruby, a mysterious drifter sent to help her by a kindly neighbor.

This tale of hope, longing, redemption, second chances, and faith is based on the 1997 historical novel by Charles Frazier which won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.

Starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Eileen Atkins, Natalie Portman, Philip Seymour Hoffman.

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Rated R for violence and sexuality

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Available November 1


The Good Shepherd (2006)

Discreet, idealistic and intensely loyal, Edward Wilson finds that service in the OSS and later as a founding member of the Central Intelligence Agency is the perfect career for a man of his talents. His methods become standard operating procedure for the CIA while he combats his counterparts in the KGB. But, as the country slips deeper into the Cold War, Edward finds that dedication to duty above family has a price.

Starring Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin, Tammy Blanchard.

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Rated R for some violence, sexuality, and language

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Available November 1


Gosford Park (2002)

Every “Downton Abbey” fan who likes murder mysteries needs to watch this period drama – it was written by Julian Fellowes and stars Maggie Smith. Set in 1932 in a country house, “Gosford Park” brings the elite together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, the lives of upstairs guests and downstairs servants intertwine as they investigate a murder involving one of them. Read more about it here.

Starring Maggie Smith, Ryan Phillippe, Michael Gambon, Charles Dance, Tom Hollander, Laurence Fox.

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Rated R for some language and brief sexuality

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Available November 1


The King’s Man (2021)

Discover the origins of the very first independent intelligence agency. A group of history’s worst tyrants and criminal masterminds, including Rasputin, has gathered to plot a mercenary war that will wipe out millions of innocent people across the world. Enter Kingsman, the world’s very first independent intelligence agency. Sworn to operate at the highest levels of ethics and discretion, the lethal, impeccably trained spies use an elite haberdashery business as a front for the organization. Dedicated to stopping the imminent carnage, Kingsman founding member, the Duke of Oxford, recruits a protege, Conrad, to join the organization and help set history on a more positive course.

Starring Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Matthew Goode, Tom Hollander, Harris Dickinson, Rhys Ifans, Charles Dance, Valerie Pachner.

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Rated R for sequences of strong/bloody violence, language, and some sexual material

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Available November 1


Les Miserables (1998)

Based on the 1862 novel by Victor Hugo, the feature-length “Les Miserables” is the story of Jean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread. After breaking his parole in order to start a new life for himself, Valjean must evade the persistent Inspector Javert. The pursuit consumes both men’s lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in 19th century France.

Starring Liam Neeson, Uma Thurman, Geoffrey Rush, Claire Danes, Hans Matheson, Gillian Hanna, Shane Hervey, Sylvie Koblizkova.

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Rated PG-13

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Available November 1


The Theory of Everything (2014)

In the 1960s, Cambridge University student and future physicist Stephen Hawking falls in love with fellow collegian Jane Wilde. At 21, Hawking learns that he has motor neuron disease. Despite this — and with Jane at his side — he begins an ambitious study of time, of which he has very little left, according to his doctor. He and Jane defy terrible odds and break new ground in the fields of medicine and science, achieving more than either could hope to imagine. An Oscar-winning film inspired by Jane Hawking’s book Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen.

Starring Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Prior, Harry Lloyd, Alice Orr-Ewing.

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Rated PG-13

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Available November 1


And though it’s on the edge of being period (begins in the 1970s), “The Lady In The Van” (2016) starring Maggie Smith is one you’ll want to see: A man forms an unexpected bond with a transient woman living in her van that’s parked in his driveway. Watch the TRAILER or Add to your WATCHLIST


The following period-set movies and series (and period-inspired titles) are also newly available and included with your Prime Video membership or with Freevee in November 2024. Click on the titles for more information, to watch trailers where available, and to start streaming full movies or episodes:

November 1: Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Radio Flyer (1992), Pan’s Labyrinth (2007), Blizzard (2003 film), Kill Your Darlings (2013), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Godfather (1972), Comes A Horseman (1978), Catch-22 (1970), Exodus (1960), A Knight’s Tale (2001), The Great Escape (1963), Santa Claus: The Movie (1985), Crazy In Alabama (1999), Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004), Flash of Genius (2008), Across The Universe (2007), and the period-inspired Scrooged (1988).





New to Prime Video Channels & Purchases

This section contains period dramas added in September, October, and November 2024 (movies and TV series) that are included with add-on Prime Video Channels, are newly available to buy or rent, or have had a significant price cut. Use the links below to sign up for a free trial of a channel, add a title to your watchlist or check prices.





All Heart (Season 3)

Step inside the halls of Turin’s Le Molinette hospital in the late 1960s. As the world changes, is brilliance any match for chauvinism? From Walter Presents, in Italian with English subtitles.

Starring Daniele Pecci, Matteo Martari, Pilar Fogliati, Andrea Gherpelli, Marco Bonini.

Rated TV-MA

Available with your PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Add-On Channel

Available November 8


Carmen Curlers (Season 2)

In 1963, a business adventure begins in a basement in a small Danish town. Within a few years, the company has 3500 employees, many of them women who are experiencing for the first time the joys and challenges of earning their own money. In the second season, copycat curlers, sabotage and rebellion at the factory leave everything hanging in the balance for Axel’s enterprise. From Walter Presents, in Danish with English subtitles.

Starring Morten Hee Andersen, Maria Rossing, Nocolai Jorgensen, Rosalinde Mynster.

Rated 16+

Available with your PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Add-On Channel

Available September 27


Lies We Tell (2023)

In 19th-century Ireland, an orphaned teenage heiress finds herself forced to embrace the dark legacy of her family when she becomes the ward of an uncle who’s determined to marry her off.

Starring Agnes O’Casey, David Wilmot, Chris Walley, Holly Sturton.

Available to RENT

Available September 12


Moonflower Murders (2024)

Susan Ryeland’s life is upended when a mystery lands on her doorstep in Crete. A woman’s disappearance is linked to a novel by her old opponent, Alan Conway. In the glamorous world of Atticus Pund, will she solve the puzzle in time? This follow-up to “Magpie Murders” is a second beguiling mystery-within-a-mystery based on Anthony Horowitz’s bestselling book and adapted by the author himself.

Starring Lesley Manville, Tim McMullan, Alexandros Logothetis, Daniel Mays, Claire Rushbrook, Conleth Hill.

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Rated TV-14

Available with your PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Add-On Channel or to BUY

Available September 15 – new episodes stream weekly through mid-October. 


A Nest of Gentry (1969)

A screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. The film portrays the life of Russian landed gentry in the 1840s. After a long travel in Europe, nobleman Lavretsky returns back home. Everything in his estate is so familiar and dear to his heart. On his first visit to his neighbors, the Kalitins, he meets Lisa. He forgets his wife, left in Paris, forgets all his past. He desires only one thing – to always be with Lisa who is so unlike the women he used to know.

Available to RENT 

Available September 15


Outlander (Season 7 – Part 2)

Jamie, Claire, and their family are caught in the violent birth pains of an emerging nation as armies march to war and British institutions crumble in the face of armed rebellion. The land the Frasers call home is changing – and they must change with it. Part two begins with Season 7, Episode 9.

Starring Richard Rankin, Sophie Skelton, John Bell, Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan.

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Rated TV-MA

Available with your STARZ Prime Video Add-On Channel

Available November 22 


Paradise (Season 5)

The fiery Teresa Iorio takes her chance for freedom and goes to Milan to help her aunt and uncle with their small textiles store. She finds herself working as a shopgirl at the rival department store, Il Paradiso Delle Signore, where owner Pietro Mori and his right-hand man Vittorio Conti both take an interest in her. From Walter Presents, in Italian with English subtitles. Also known as “Il Paradiso Delle Signore” and “The Ladies’ Paradise.”

Starring Giuseppe Zeno, Giusy Buscemi, Alessandro Tersigni, Lorena Cacciatore, Christiane Filangieri, Guilia Vecchio, Silvia Mazzieri.

Read our REVIEW

Rated TV-MA

Available with your PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Add-On Channel

Available October 11


Velvet (Season 1)

A feel-good, compelling Spanish story of a fashion house in Madrid in the late 50’s, which is scene to money, fashion, drama, entanglements, love, jealousies, plots, counter-plots involving its owners, customers and residential employees. Also known as “Galerías Velvet.” From Walter Presents, in Spanish with English subtitles.

Starring Paula Echevarria, Miguel Angel Silvestre, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, Manuela Velasco, Manuelle Velles.

Rated TV-MA

Available with your PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Add-On Channel

Available October 4



New Period Drama DVD Releases

This section contains a selection of historical, costume, and period dramas and other titles of interest that are being released this season to DVD and Blu-ray.





Belgravia: The Next Chapter (2024): Belgravia, 1871. Twenty-five years after the events of the previous show, scandals continue to plague the Trenchard family. Available HERE September 3, 2024.

The Critic (2023): Academy Award® Nominee Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings, The Good Liar) stars as a powerful London theater critic in 1934 who lures a struggling actress into a blackmail scheme with deadly consequences. A suspenseful thriller co-starring Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace), Mark Strong (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) and Lesley Manville (Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris). Available HERE November 26, 2024. 

The Crown: The Complete Series on Blu-ray: Winner of over 20 Emmys including Outstanding Drama Series, the groundbreaking fictional drama tells the story of Queen Elizabeth II and the political and personal events that shaped her reign. The complete series boxset contains all six seasons of the award-winning show on high-definition Blu-rayTM disc with over 100 minutes of special features and a collectable 24-page photobook with a special message from Peter Morgan. Available HERE October 15, 2024.

The Gilded Age (Season 2): The American Gilded Age was a period of significant economic change, conflict between old and new systems, and fortunes made and lost. Season two of “The Gilded Age” begins on Easter 1883, with Bertha Russell’s bid for a box at the Academy of Music rejected. Over eight episodes, Bertha challenges Mrs. Astor and the old system to gain a foothold in Society. George Russell battles a growing union at his Pittsburgh steel plant. Marian secretly teaches at a girls’ school, while Ada starts a new courtship, to Agnes’s disapproval. In Brooklyn, the Scott family heals from a shocking discovery, and Peggy becomes an activist through her work at the NY Globe. Available HERE October 1, 2024.

l’innocente on Blu-ray: Gabrielle d’Annunzio’s passionate novel is brought to life in the final masterpiece from acclaimed director Luchino Visconti. In late-nineteenth century Italy, Tullio (Giancarlo Giannini), an insatiable aristocrat, grows bored with his timid wife Giuliana (Laura Antonelli) and neglects her for his more exciting mistress, the wealthy widow Countess Teresa Raffo (Jennifer O’Neill). After learning that Giuliana is having a torrid affair of her own, he becomes tormented by her infidelity and descends into madness. Available HERE September 24, 2024.

Merchant Ivory: The Documentary: The definitive documentary of the legendary Merchant Ivory partnership, which produced such award-winning masterpieces as A Room with a View, Maurice, Howards End, and Remains of the Day. It is anchored by an interview with James Ivory and forty-one collaborators detailing and celebrating their experiences of being a part of the “wandering company” helmed by legendary producer Ismail Merchant. With six Academy Award®-winners among the notable artists participating, including Emma Thompson and Vanessa Redgrave, the documentary provides new and compelling perspectives on a unique partnership that produced seminal films over four decades. Available HERE November 12, 2024.

Murdoch Mysteries (Season 17): In the 1890s, William Murdoch uses radical forensic techniques for the time, including fingerprinting and trace evidence, to solve some of the city’s most gruesome murders. Available HERE November 5, 2024.

Paper Moon (The Criterion Collection): Maverick director Peter Bogdanovich’s beloved film stars real-life father and daughter Ryan and Tatum O’Neal (who became the youngest-ever Oscar winner for her performance) as natural-born hustlers who swindle their way across the 1930s Midwest. Available HERE November 26, 2024.



Other Shows You May Also Like 

This section contains a curated list of movies and TV series newly included on Prime, that are NOT period dramas. We think fans of period and costume dramas will enjoy them just the same. Follow the links to watch the trailers. You may also like:

Available in September: September 1: The Saint (Seasons 1 – 6), Holiday Engagement (2011), If I Were You (2013), Above the Clouds (2020). September 9: Dear Prudence (2008). September 12: The One I Love (2014). September 20: A Painted Lady (Season 1). September 23: Guest Artist (2020), Benson (Seasons 1 – 7). September 24: It’s A Wonderful Life (1947), A Long Way Down (2014), The Teacher (2017). September 25: My King (2016), Designing Women (Seasons 1 – 7), A Rumor Of Angels (2002), Food Club (2021). September 26: Family Affair (Seasons 1 – 5), My Favorite Martian (Seasons 1 & 2). The Bicycle Thief (1949).

Available in October: October 1: The Ugly Truth (2009), The Switch (2010), Lost in Translation (2003), Love Actually (2003), Ex Machina (2015), Holiday Inn (1942), The Vow (2012), On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969), Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (1970), Friends With Money (2006), From Russia with Love (1964), Pain and Glory (2019), Passengers (2016), For Your Eyes Only (1981), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), The Breakfast Club (1985), The Cable Guy (1996), Goldfinger (1965), Downsizing (2017), 1984 (1985), Uncle Buck (1989), 13 Going on 30 (2004), It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002), Knocked Up (2007), Mad Max (1980), Before Midnight (2013), Diamonds are Forever (1971), Die Another Day (2002), Dr. No (1963). October 8: Housekeeping for Beginners (2024), If (2024). October 10: Citadel: Diana (2024). 

Available in November: November 1: Dune (2021), Big Night (1996), The Holiday (2006), School of Rock (2003), Just Like Heaven (2005), The Spectacular Now (2013), Meet John Doe (1941), Flight (2012), The Pursuit Of Happyness (2006), 12 Days of Christmas Eve (2004), Run Lola Run (1999), To Sleep With Anger (1990), The Terminator (1984), The Italian Job (2003), Surviving Christmas (2004), Silver Linings Playbook (2012), Gorky Park (1983), In & Out (1997), The Family Stone (2005), Anger Management (2003), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Dear Christmas (2020), Good Will Hunting (1998), Harriet the Spy (1996), Children of Men (2007), Margot At The Wedding (2007), Mean Girls (2004). November 7: My Old Ass (2024). November 11: Me Before You (2016). November 28: The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020).


If you enjoyed this post, be sure to see The Period Films List, with the best British period dramas, historical and costume movies and TV series sorted by era.