Movies by Lists - History of England (39 [49]) 
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| Amazing GraceThe idealist William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd) maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade. | 2006 | Michael Apted | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 7.4 (24.6K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Anne of the Thousand DaysKing Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Catharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn. | 1969 | Charles Jarrott | Biography, Drama, History | 7.5 (7.3K votes) | 145 | 20211228 |
| BecketKing Henry II of England comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant Thomas Becket, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the King's. | 1964 | Peter Glenville | Biography, Drama, History | 7.8 (14.5K votes) | 148 | 20211228 |
| BraveheartScottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England. | 1995 | Mel Gibson (*) | Biography, Drama, History, War | 8.3 (1M votes) | 178 | 20211228 |
| ChurchillNinety-six hours before the World War II invasion of Normandy, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill struggles with his severe reservations with Operation Overlord and his increasingly marginalized role in the war effort. | 2017 | Jonathan Teplitzky | Biography, Drama, History, War | 6.1 (16.8K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| CreationTorn between faith and science, and suffering hallucinations, English naturalist Charles Darwin struggles to complete 'On the Origin of Species' and maintain his relationship with his wife. | 2009 | Jon Amiel | Biography, Drama, Romance | 6.7 (14.3K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| CromwellOliver Cromwell can no longer tolerate King Charles' policies, and the self-interest of the ruling class, and leads a civil war to install Parliament as the ultimate ruler of England. | 1970 | Ken Hughes | Biography, Drama, History, War | 7.0 (5.8K votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| Darkest HourIn May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire. | 2017 | Joe Wright | Biography, Drama, War | 7.4 (191.6K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Devil's Whore, TheDrama charts the progress of the English Civil War through the story of a young woman, the fictional Angelica Fanshawe, and her three husbands. | 2008 | Marc Munden | Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War | 7.1 (2.5K votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| DunkirkAllied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II. | 2017 | Christopher Nolan (*) | Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War | 7.8 (614K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| ElizabethThe early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch. | 1998 | Shekhar Kapur | Biography, Drama, History | 7.4 (97.2K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Elizabeth - The Golden AgeA mature Queen Elizabeth endures multiple crises late in her reign including court intrigues, an assassination plot, the Spanish Armada, and romantic disappointments. | 2007 | Shekhar Kapur | Biography, Drama, History, War | 6.8 (70.5K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Elizabeth IMini-series about the the public and private lives of the later years of Queen Elizabeth I. | 2005 | Tom Hooper | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 7.9 (6.6K votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| Elizabeth R When Elizabeth Tudor comes to the throne, her (male) advisers know she has to marry. Doesn't she? Thus starts a decades-long political/ matrimonial game, during an age of high passions and high achievement. | 1971 | Roderick Graham, Richard Martin, Donald McWhinnie, Claude Whatham, Herbert Wise | Biography, Drama, History | 8.7 (1.7K votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| Gunpowder, Treason & PlotMini series depicting the turbulent and bloody reigns of Scottish monarchs Mary, Queen of Scots and her son King James VI of Scotland who became King James I of England and foiled the Gunpowder Plot. | 2004 | Gillies MacKinnon | Drama, History | 7.0 (1.9K votes) | 205 | 20231001 |
| Henry VIn the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415. | 1989 | Kenneth Branagh | Drama, History, War | 7.5 (29.5K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| House of Rothschild, TheThe wealthy Rothschild family undergoes prejudice from the anti-Semitic society they live within. | 1934 | Alfred L. Werker, Sidney Lanfield | Biography, Drama, History, War | 6.6 (1.1K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Iron Lady, TheAn elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene. | 2011 | Phyllida Lloyd | Biography, Drama | 6.4 (108.2K votes) | 105 | 20220414 |
| IroncladIn thirteenth-century England, a Knights Templar and a few of the Barons men fight to defend Rochester Castle against the tyrannical King John. | 2011 | Jonathan English | Action, Drama, History, Romance, War | 6.1 (43.5K votes) | 121 | 20240222 |
| Kings Speech, TheThe story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer. | 2010 | Tom Hooper | Biography, Drama, History | 8.0 (664.6K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Libertine, TheThe story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work. | 2004 | Laurence Dunmore | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 6.3 (35.9K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Lion in Winter, The1183 A.D.: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. When he allows his imprisoned wife Eleanor of Aquitaine out for a Christmas visit, they all variously plot to force him into a dec | 1968 | Anthony Harvey | Biography, Drama, History | 7.9 (30.9K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| Madness of King George, TheWhen King George III goes mad, his Lieutenants try to adjust the rules to run the country without his participation. | 1994 | Nicholas Hytner | Biography, Comedy, Drama, History | 7.2 (16.4K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Man For All Seasons, AThe story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry. | 1966 | Fred Zinnemann (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 7.7 (33.8K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Mary, Queen of ScotsDuring the sixteenth century, the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots engages in over two decades of religious and political conflict with her cousin, the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England, amidst political intrigue in her native lan | 1971 | Charles Jarrott | Biography, Drama, History | 7.2 (4.3K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Mrs. BrownWhen Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert dies, she finds solace in her trusted servant, Mr. John Brown, but their relationship also brings scandal and turmoil. | 1997 | John Madden | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 7.2 (14.2K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Oh! What A Lovely WarThe working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare. | 1969 | Richard Attenborough (*) | Comedy, Musical, War | 7.1 (3K votes) | 144 | 20211228 |
| Other Boleyn Girl, TheTwo sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII. | 2008 | Justin Chadwick | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 6.7 (110.2K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Queen, TheAfter the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted. | 2006 | Stephen Frears (*) | Biography, Drama | 7.3 (108.6K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| RestorationThe exiled royal doctor to King Charles II devotes himself to helping Londoners suffering from the plague, and in the process falls in love with an equally poor woman. | 1995 | Michael Hoffman | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 6.6 (9.8K votes) | 117 | 20231001 |
| Richard IIIThe classic Shakespearean play about the murderously scheming 15th-century king is reimagined in an alternative setting of 1930s England as clouds of fascism gather. | 1995 | Richard Loncraine | Drama, Sci-Fi, War | 7.4 (14.5K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Rob RoyIn 1713 Scotland, Rob Roy MacGregor is wronged by a nobleman and his nephew, becomes an outlaw in search of revenge while fleeing the Redcoats, and faces charges of being a Jacobite. | 1995 | Michael Caton-Jones | Adventure, Biography, Drama, History | 6.9 (42.3K votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| Shadow of the Tower, TheA series of dramas by various writers recording the key events in the reign of Henry Tudor and his founding of the Tudor Dynasty | 1972 | Prudence Fitzgerald, Moira Armstrong, Anthea Browne-Wilkinson, Darrol Blake, Joan Kemp-Welch | Biography, Drama, History | 7.8 (192 votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| That Hamilton WomanThe story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars. | 1941 | Alexander Korda | Drama, History, Romance, War | 7.2 (4.4K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| To Kill a KingA recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I. | 2003 | Mike Barker | Biography, Drama, History, War | 6.2 (3.2K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Victoria & AbdulQueen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim. | 2017 | Stephen Frears (*) | Biography, Comedy, Drama, History | 6.8 (37.6K votes) | 111 | 20231022 |
| The White PrincessBased on the Philippa Gregory book of the same name, the story of Elizabeth of York, the White Queen's daughter, and her marriage to the Lancaster victor, Henry VII. | 2017 | Jamie Payne, Alex Kalymnios | Drama, History, Romance, War | 7.5 (14.7K votes) | 440 | 20230921 |
| The White QueenThree different, yet equally relentless women vie for the throne in 15th-century England. | 2013 | Colin Teague, James Kent, Jamie Payne | Drama, History, Romance, War | 7.7 (30.3K votes) | 1380 | 20230921 |
| Young Victoria, TheA dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert. | 2009 | Jean-Marc Vallée | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 7.3 (60.7K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Wilhelm Cuceritorul | 1982 | Sergiu Nicolaescu, Gilles Grangier | Action, History | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| An Age of Kings: Part Nine: The Red Rose and the White | 1960 | Michael Hayes | Drama, History | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| An Age of Kings: Part Ten: The Fall of a Protector | 1960 | Michael Hayes | Drama, History | 8.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| An Age of Kings: Part Eleven: The Rabble from Kent | 1960 | Michael Hayes | Drama, History | 8.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| An Age of Kings: Part Twelve: The Morning's War | 1960 | Michael Hayes | Drama, History | 8.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| An Age of Kings: Part Thirteen: The Sun in Splendour | 1960 | Michael Hayes | Drama, History | 8.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Tudors | 2007 | nan | Drama, History, Romance, War | 8.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Reign | 2013 | nan | Drama | 7.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Victoria | 2016 | nan | Biography, Drama, History | 8.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Crown | 2016 | nan | Biography, Drama, History | 8.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |