Pride & Prejudice backdrop

Films like Pride & Prejudice (2005)

Published: Mar 4, 2026

Pride & Prejudice plot: In the Bennet family, five daughters are growing up, and their parents are deeply concerned with marrying them off well. When a young and wealthy gentleman moves into a neighboring estate, the family’s life is turned upside down, as they see the new neighbors as potential suitors.

Keywords: Family, Period drama, Romance, Slow burn, Enemies to lovers

Style characteristics: Romance

Emma.

1. Emma.

Comedy Romance
6.7

2020 · 2h 5min

United Kingdom

Director: Autumn de Wilde

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Tone, Setting

Notable differences: Humor (+25%), Romance (-15%)

Shared keywords

Period drama, Romance

Style

Humor
70%
Romance
70%
Pacing
55%

Sense and Sensibility

2. Sense and Sensibility

Drama Romance
7.7

1995 · 2h 16min

United States, United Kingdom

Director: Ang Lee

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Romance, Tone, Setting

Shared keywords

Family, Period drama, Romance

Style

Romance
80%
Tension
55%
Complexity
55%

Mansfield Park

3. Mansfield Park

Romance Drama
7.0

1999 · 1h 52min

United Kingdom

Director: Patricia Rozema

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Tone, Themes

Notable differences: Romance (-15%)

Shared keywords

Family, Period drama, Romance

Style

Romance
70%
Pacing
55%
Tension
55%

Downton Abbey

4. Downton Abbey

Drama Romance History
7.4

2019 · 2h 2min

United States, United Kingdom

Director: Michael Engler

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Setting, Tone

Notable differences: Romance (-50%)

Shared keywords

Family, Period drama

Style

Pacing
55%
Humor
45%
Complexity
45%

Much Ado About Nothing

5. Much Ado About Nothing

Drama Comedy Romance
7.3

1993 · 1h 51min

United States, United Kingdom

Director: Kenneth Branagh

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Pacing, Romance, Tone, Conflict

Notable differences: Humor (+25%)

Shared keywords

Period drama, Romance

Style

Romance
75%
Humor
70%
Pacing
65%


Belle

7. Belle

Drama
7.3

2013 · 1h 45min

United Kingdom

Director: Amma Asante

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Tone, Setting

Notable differences: Romance (-20%)

Shared keywords

Period drama, Romance

Style

Romance
65%
Tension
55%
Complexity
55%

Becoming Jane

8. Becoming Jane

Romance Drama
7.0

2007 · 2h

United Kingdom, Ireland

Director: Julian Jarrold

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Romance, Setting, Tone

Shared keywords

Period drama, Romance

Style

Romance
80%
Tension
50%
Pacing
45%

Love & Friendship

9. Love & Friendship

Drama Romance Comedy
6.4

2016 · 1h 34min

Ireland, Netherlands

Director: Whit Stillman

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Setting, Tropes


Far from the Madding Crowd

10. Far from the Madding Crowd

Drama Romance
7.1

2015 · 1h 59min

United States, United Kingdom

Director: Thomas Vinterberg

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Romance, Tone, Setting

Shared keywords

Period drama, Romance

Style

Romance
80%
Pacing
45%
Tension
45%

Bright Star

11. Bright Star

Drama Romance
6.9

2009 · 1h 59min

Australia, United Kingdom

Director: Jane Campion

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Romance, Conflict, Tropes

Notable differences: Bleakness (+47%)

Shared keywords

Period drama, Romance, Slow burn

Style

Romance
82%
Bleakness
62%
Complexity
45%

Little Women

12. Little Women

Drama Romance History
7.8

2019 · 2h 15min

United States

Director: Greta Gerwig

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Complexity, Tone, Tropes

Notable differences: Romance (-30%)

Shared keywords

Family, Period drama

Style

Complexity
60%
Pacing
55%
Romance
55%