R37 Here is basically every period film I can think of. Some are more comic, others sad, all have good acting and writing:
The Go Between (1971)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Europeans (1979)
Heat and Dust (1981)
Brideshead Revisited (1981)
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
Gandhi (1982)
A Passage to India (1984)
Amadeus (1984)
Out of Africa (1985)
A Room with a View (1985)
84 Charring Cross Road (1987)
Dangerous Liaisons (1987)
Maurice (1987)
The Last Emperor (1987)
Valmont (1989)
Henry V (1989)
The Enchanted April (1992)
The Secret Garden (1992)
Orlando (1992)
Howards End (1992)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
The Age of Innocence (1993)
The Madness of King George (1993)
The Piano (1993)
Schindler's List (1994)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
Emma (1996)
The English Patient (1996)
Hamlet (1996)
The Wings of the Dove (1997)
Washington Square (1997)
Amistad (1997)
Elizabeth (1998)
The Golden Bowl (2000)
In the Mood for Love (2000)
Gosford Park (2001)
David Copperfield (2001)
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
Finding Neverland (2004)
The White Countess (2005)
The Painted Veil (2007)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
The Last Station (2009)
The King's Speech (2010)
12 Years a Salve (2013)
Victoria and Abdul (2017)
The Favourite (2018)
And I am sure there are a ton of others I am forgetting! Happy watching!