Best Period Drama Movies & TV Series of the 2000s

3eyedraven's 50 top-rated period drama movies and TV series of the 2000s — ordered by how strongly audiences rate them and how many actually voted, so the ranking reflects real consensus. Full details on each.

Gladiator 2000 ★ 8.2
Mad Men 2007 ★ 8.1
Pride & Prejudice 2005 ★ 8.1
North & South 2004 ★ 8.1
Carnivàle 2003 ★ 7.9
The Count of Monte Cristo 2002 ★ 7.7
The Twilight Samurai 2002 ★ 7.8
Remember the Titans 2000 ★ 7.7
Memoirs of a Geisha 2005 ★ 7.6
The Last Samurai 2003 ★ 7.6
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008 ★ 7.6
Murdoch Mysteries 2008 ★ 7.7
Baccano! 2007 ★ 7.7
The Last King of Scotland 2006 ★ 7.4
Bleak House 2005 ★ 8.0
Jane Eyre 2006 ★ 7.7
Emma 2009 ★ 7.6
Cranford 2007 ★ 8.1
Inspector George Gently 2008 ★ 7.9
Little Dorrit 2008 ★ 7.8
Lark Rise to Candleford 2008 ★ 8.4
Seven Women 2003 ★ 8.6
Sense and Sensibility 2008 ★ 7.5
The Aviator 2004 ★ 7.2