period piece

noun

: a work (as of literature, art, furniture, cinema, or music) whose special value lies in its evocation of a historical period

Examples of period piece in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After delivering back-to-back Cannes darlings with the Camera d’Or winner Girl (2018) and Grand Prix-winning Close (2022), Dhont is returning to Cannes with his third feature and his first period piece. —Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026

Netflix is home to numerous spy movies of this sort, with notable originals like 2022's The Gray Man alongside rousing period pieces like Operation Mincemeat (2022) and Official Secrets (2019) telling real-life stories of international intrigue. —Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Mar. 2026

Also included in the agreement are psychological thriller American Hostage, dark comedy Up to No Good, British crime drama The Lady, period piece The Other Bennet Sister and relationship crisis series The Miniature Wife. —Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026

Setting period pieces to contemporary music. —Daniela Tijerina, Vanity Fair, 20 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for period piece

• altarpiece
• centerpiece
• frontispiece
• mantelpiece
• masterpiece
• pilates
• summarise
• syntheses
• apiece
• aris
• assise
• caprice