This list of period dramas / historical dramas / costume dramas is in chronological order by release date. Click on the following links for the complete lists of Period Dramas – Movies and Period Dramas – TV series. See Current & Upcoming Period Dramas 2013/14 for more details.
- 5 Jan 2014 US/Canada – Downton Abbey S4 (TV)
- 6 Jan 2014 UK / April 2014 US/Canada – The Bletchley Circle (TV) – S2
- 6 Jan 2014 – Father Brown (TV) – S2
- 8 Jan 2014 France – Yves Saint Laurent (movie)
- 11 Jan 2014 US / 16 April 2014 CAN – Hallmark’s When Calls the Heart (TV)
- 27 Jan 2014 UK; continues on 6 Jan 2014 in Canada – Murdoch Mysteries S7 (TV)
- 10 Jan 2014 – The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (movie)
- 15 Jan 2014 – Generation War (Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter) (TV)
- 17 Jan 2014 – Velvet S1 (TV)
- 19 Jan 2014 UK / 31 March 2014 US – Call The Midwife S3 (TV)
- 19 Jan 2014 UK / 22 June 2014 US – The Musketeers S1 (TV)
- 20-22 Jan 2014 – Klondike (TV)
- 25 Jan 2014 – Black Sails (TV)
- 29 Jan 2014 – Fleming (TV)
- 6 Feb 2014 – Inspector George Gently S6 (TV)
- 7 Feb 2014 (UK) – The Invisible Woman (movie)
- 7 Feb 2014 – The Monuments Men (movie)
- 10 Feb 2014 – WPC 56 S2 (TV)
- 12 Feb 2014 – La Belle et la bête (movie) *set in 1810 but costumes reflect different periods
- 13 Feb 2014 Germany – The Dark Valley (movie)
- 14 Feb 2014 – Winter’s Tale (movie) *partly set in modern-day Manhattan
- 16 Feb 2014 – Blandings S2 (TV)
- 16 Feb 2014 – Quirke (TV mini series)
- 21 Feb 2014 – In Secret (movie)
- 27 Feb 2014 – VikingsS2 (TV)
- 5 March 2014 France / Oct 2014 US – Diplomatie (Diplomacy) (movie)
- 6-8 March 2014 – BBC2’s 37 Days (TV Miniseries)
- 7 March 2014 – The Grand Budapest Hotel (movie)
- 22 March 2014 – Da Vinci’s Demons S2 (TV)
- 27 March 2014 (CAN) / 26 May 2014 (US) – Bomb Girls – Facing the Enemy (TV film)
- 30 March 2014 UK – Endeavour S2 (TV)
- 19 Jan 2014 (UK) / 30 Mar 2014 (US/CAN) – Mr Selfridge S2 (TV)
- 1 April – New Worlds (TV) – sequel to ‘The Devil’s Whore‘
- 6 April 2014 UK / 21 June 2015 US/Canada – The Crimson Field (orig. called The Ark) (TV)
- 6 April 2014 – Turn (TV)
- 13 April 2014 – Mad Men (TV) – S7 Pt 1
- 16 April 2014 EU / 18 April 2014 USA ltd – A Promise (movie)
- 20 April 2014 US – Salem S1 (TV)
- 21-23 April 2014 – Jamaica Inn (TV)
- 2* May 2014 US/16 May 2014 CAN/13 June 2014 UK – Belle (movie)
- 11 May 2014 – Penny Dreadful (TV)
14 March14 May 2014 at the Cannes (Available for rent on iTunes) – Grace of Monaco / Princess Grace (movie)
- 30 May 2014 – A Million Ways To Die (movie)
- 30 May 2014 UK – Jimmy’s Hall (movie)
Set in Ireland in the 1930’s.
- 6 June 2014 – The Immigrant (movie)
- 20 June 2014 – Jersey Boys (movie)
- 24 July 2014 Venezuela – The Liberator (movie)
- 25 July 2014 – Magic in the Moonlight (movie)
Romantic comedy set in the 1920’s, featuring Colin Firth and Emma Stone. - 8 August 2014 US – The Knick S1 (TV Series) Just added!
Set in early 20th Century NY about the staff at the fictionalised Knickerbocker Hospital. Starring Clive Owen.
- 9 August 2014 & 4 April 2015 US / 24 August CAN 2014 – Outlander S1 (TV)
- 10 August 2014 – The Village (TV) – S2
- 14 August 2014 – Our World War (TV)
- 29 August 2014 (USA/CAN) – The Last of Robin Hood (movie)
- 30 Aug 2014 US (Telluride) / 10 Sept 2014 Canada (TIFF) / 10 Oct 2014 UK (London Film Fest) / 12 June 2015 – Madame Bovary (movie)
- 1-2 September 2014 (USA/CAN) – Houdini (TV)
- 3 September 2014 – Our Zoo (TV)
Based on the true story of the family who founded the Chester Zoo in the 1930’s.
- 7 Sept 2014 –The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: Beyond the Pale (TV)
- 10 September 2014 (France) – Miss Julie (movie)
- 14 Sept 2014 – The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: Ties That Bind (TV)
- 15 September 2014 – ITV’s Cilla (TV)
- 21 September 2014 UK / 4 January 2015 US/Canada – Downton Abbey S5 (TV)
- 25 Sept 2014 Germany – Phoenix (movie)
- 26 Sept 2014 Norway – Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama (movie)
- 27 Sept 2014 Denmark – 1864 (TV)
- 1 Oct 2014 China – The Golden Era (movie)
- 2 Oct UK / Nov US Netflix 2014 – Peaky Blinders S2 (TV)
- 2 Oct 2014 US – Reign S2 (TV)
- 6 Oct 2014 UK – Grantchester (TV)
- 6 Oct (Canada) / 1 Dec (Australia) 2014 – Murdoch Mysteries S8 (TV)
- 6 Oct 2014 Canada – CBC’s Strange Empire (TV)
- 10 Oct 2014 – Dracula Untold (movie)
- 10 Oct 2014 UK / 2015 US – Effie Gray (movie)
- 11 Oct 2014 – The Falling (movie)
- 16 Oct 2014 – ITV’s The Great Fire (TV)
- 21 Oct 2014 Spain – Velvet S2 (TV)
- 24 Oct 2014 UK – Serena (movie)
- 28 Oct 2014 France – Ceux de 14 (TV)
- 31 Oct 2014 UK / 3 Dec 2014 France / 19 Dec 2014 US – Mr. Turner (movie)
- 7 November 2014 US / 1 January 2015 UK – The Theory of Everything (movie)
- 14 November (UK) / 21 November (US) / 19 December (Canada) 2014 – The Imitation Game (movie)
- o21 November 2014 – The Homesman (movie)
- 5 Dec 2014 UK – Amour fou (movie)
- 12 Dec 2014 – Netflix’s Marco Polo (TV)
- 14 Dec 2014 US – History’s Sons of Liberty (TV)
- 20 December 2014 – The Vancouver Asahi (movie)
- 24 December 2014 Korea – The Royal Tailor /Sanguiwon (movie)
- 24 December 2014 – Die Geliebten Schwestern / Beloved Sisters (movie)
- 25 December US / 26 December UK 2014 – Big Eyes (movie)
- Christmas 2014 UK – Call The Midwife (TV) – S3 Christmas Special
- Christmas 2014 UK – Downton Abbey (TV) – S4 Christmas Special
- Christmas 2014 – Unbroken (movie)
- 29-31 December 2014 – Mapp and Lucia (TV miniseries)
For future period drama listings, please visit Upcoming Period Dramas 2015-Future.
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