Laura Carmichael, left, Harry Hadden-Paton, Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville and Michelle Dockery in Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. And so we have a third movie, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, which sounds like a pretty definitive farewell, but who knows. ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ does not, in fact, represent a new era The new Downton film relies on forced plotlines that remind viewers why most stories come to an end eventually. After six seasons on television, and now a third big-screen outing, the Crawley family saga has another installment with Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. Things often do, as Downton Abbey always reminds us.