The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. After Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son. These circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's wife and daughters without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.
Directed by Ang Lee
secret love
london, england
countryside
based on novel or book
widow
military officer
servant
country life
pneumonia
inheritance
period drama
rainstorm
decorum
horse carriage
young love
dowry
social class
19th century
penniless
social elite
bloodletting
free spirited
sussex
sisters love
marry for money
secret engagement
devonshire, england
Rank
#28 in 1995·#1504 overall
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Cast
Emma Thompson
Elinor Dashwood
Kate Winslet
Marianne Dashwood
Alan Rickman
Colonel Christopher Brandon
Hugh Grant
Edward Ferrars
Gemma Jones
Mrs. Dashwood
Greg Wise
John Willoughby
Elizabeth Spriggs
Mrs. Jennings
Imogen Stubbs
Lucy Steele
Harriet Walter
Fanny Ferrars Dashwood
James Fleet
John Dashwood
Imelda Staunton
Charlotte Jennings Palmer
Hugh Laurie
Mr. Palmer
Crew
Ang Lee
Director
Emma Thompson
Screenplay
Patrick Doyle
Original Music Composer
Tim Squyres
Editor
Lindsay Doran
Producer
Sydney Pollack
Executive Producer
James Schamus
Co-Producer
Maggie Rodford
Music Supervisor
Jane Austen
Novel
Mary Ellen Porto
Dialogue Editor
Stephen Fry
Thanks
Susan Littenberg
First Assistant Editor
Popular Reviews
1704 reviews
Annabelle
8.0★ · 10/17/25
Flicker
Watched it with my English class and somehow ended up caring way too much about 19th-century heartbreaks. Emma Thompson crying? I cried. Kate Winslet fainting in the rain? I gasped. Hugh Grant stuttering his way through love? I fell in love. It’s the kind of movie that makes you want to write letters with a quill pen and dramatically stare out the window during a storm.
Flicker
Watched it with my English class and somehow ended up caring way too much about 19th-century heartbreaks. Emma Thompson crying? I cried. Kate Winslet fainting in the rain? I gasped. Hugh Grant stuttering his way through love? I fell in love. It’s the kind of movie that makes you want to write letters with a quill pen and dramatically stare out the window during a storm.
2
James Brent
10.0★ · 04/07/26
but the bouquet already speaks for itself.
but the bouquet already speaks for itself.
1
meowpants
6.0★ · 07/29/25
Was thinking about how much happier I would be rewatching Pride and Prejudice 1995 for half the movie
Was thinking about how much happier I would be rewatching Pride and Prejudice 1995 for half the movie
1
Anna
8.0★ · 05/23/25
TWO OF MY FAVORITE HUGHS IN ONE MOVIE??!!!
TWO OF MY FAVORITE HUGHS IN ONE MOVIE??!!!
1
Tanaya
8.0★ · 04/13/25
Yesssss yearninggggg (The guys in this high key pissed me off except Alan Rickman and Hugh Grant at the end <3)
Yesssss yearninggggg (The guys in this high key pissed me off except Alan Rickman and Hugh Grant at the end <3)