Movies and TV shows set in england
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in england ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, period drama, period piece, historical drama and costume drama films and TV shows about / with society, costume, british, love and romance, family relations, storytelling, death, friendship, world war one and runaway plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Crime genres shot in UK, USA, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as england: Brideshead Revisited (2008), North & South (2004), The Last Kingdom (2015), Gosford Park (2001), The Paradise (2012), Wives and Daughters (1999), The Imitation Game (2014), Cranford (2007), Downton Abbey (2010), Peaky Blinders (2013).
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| Cleaner (2025) | 5.2 | |
| 28 Years Later (2025) | 6.6 | |
| Riot Women (2025) | 8.5 | |
| The Forsytes (2025) | 6.3 | |
| King & Conqueror (2025) | 5.9 |
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Morocco, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Based on Evelyn Waugh's 1945 classic British novel, Brideshead Revisited is a poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to the Second World War.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, sincere, period piece, serious ...
Plot:
friendship, world war two, male nudity, nobility, couples, gay, longing, catholic, religion, menage a trois, oxford, brutality ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 50s, 1930s, year 2008 ...
Place:
england, oxford university, britain, venice, morocco ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
North & South is a British television drama serial, produced by the BBC and originally broadcast in four episodes on BBC One in November and December 2004. It follows the story of Margaret Hale, a young woman from southern England who has to ...
Style:
touching, period piece, serious, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
prejudice, initially antagonists, social differences, love and romance, pride and honor, society, young woman, rich and poor, fall in love, couple relations, love affair, owner ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 50s, turn of the century, 1850s ...
Place:
england, britain, london
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A show of heroic deeds and epic battles with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion, warfare, courage, love, loyalty and our universal search for identity. Combining real historical figures and events with fictional characters, it is the ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, epic, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
viking, king, medieval, danger, battles, kingdom, castle, escapades, kidnapping, heroes, rivalry, political unrest ...
Time:
middle ages, 9th century, medieval times, future, 10th century
Place:
england, britain, chicago, europe
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101K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Multiple storylined drama set in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guest and downstairs servants at a party in a country house in England.
Style:
detective, period piece, costume drama, biting, satirical ...
Plot:
murder, whodunit, society, murder mystery, country estate, estate, high society, murder investigation, butler, police investigation, twists and turns, servant ...
Time:
1930s, year 1932, 20th century, pre world war two, year 2001 ...
Place:
england, detroit, london
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An intoxicating love story set in England's first department store in the 1870s. The Paradise revolves around the lives of the people who live and work in the store, each bound in their own way by the power of the world they live in, and the ...
Style:
captivating, costume drama, period piece, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
fashion, workplace situations, rise to the top, high society, success, workplace, love affair, nouveau riche, love and romance, department store, hot and sexy, workplace problem ...
Time:
19th century, 1900s, victorian era, 1870s, 20th century ...
Place:
england, britain
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 75 min.
TV show
Story:
Elizabeth Gaskell's enchanting tale of romance, scandal, and intrigue in a gossipy English town comes to Masterpiece Theatre in a lavish four-part production of Wives and Daughters, adapted by celebrated screenwriter Andrew Davies.Davies, who ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, uplifting, serious, historical drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
prejudice, aristocrat, family relations, estate, love and romance, aristocracy, parent child relationship, secret marriage, marriage, gossip, sibling relationship, parents and children ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1820s, 18th century, 1800s ...
Place:
england, europe, london, britain, africa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley ...
Style:
inspirational, clever, intellectual, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
world war two, mathematics, genius, inventor, inventions and discoveries, code, prodigy, code breaking, invention, mathematician, gay interest, computer ...
Time:
1940s, year 2014, 20th century, 1950s, year 1939 ...
Place:
england, london, britain, idaho, los angeles ...
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12K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 469 min.
TV show
Story:
In the 1840s, Cranford is ruled by the ladies. They adore good gossip; and romance and change is in the air, as the unwelcome grasp of the Industrial Revolution rapidly approaches their beloved rural market-town.
Style:
atmospheric, sincere, costume drama, period piece, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
small town life, social differences, aristocracy, high society, small town, family relations, love and romance, class differences, proposal, social relations, family life, maid ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1840s
Place:
england, britain, europe
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244K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
Style:
costume drama, captivating, historical drama, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
aristocracy, estate, traditional versus modern, relatives, manners, countryside, high society, servant, country estate, butler, family life, aristocrat ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, edwardian era, 1920s, 50s ...
Place:
england, britain, hawaii, europe, yorkshire ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, tense, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, gang, mafia, gang war, gangster, determination, cruelty, crime boss, power struggle, mob boss, rivalry, shooting ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, ancient times, 1910s, victorian era
Place:
england, britain, ireland, birmingham alabama, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town, Candleford, the series chronicles the daily lives of farm-workers, craftsmen and gentry at the end of the 19th Century. Lark Rise to Candleford is a love letter to a ...
Style:
costume drama, sentimental, sincere, period piece, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids
Plot:
village life, friendship, social relations, hopes, small town, abbey, true love, victorian england, father son relationship, employer employee relationship, neighbor neighbor relationship, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s
Place:
england, britain, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.
Style:
political, depressing, cult classic, stylized, harsh ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
skinhead, racism, childhood, friendship, coming of age, neo nazi, adolescence, nationalism, boy, children, youth, violent ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, year 2006, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, northern england, united kingdom, europe ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Rosemary & Thyme is a British television mystery series starring Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris as gardening detectives Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme. The show began on ITV in 2003. The third series ended in August 2007. The theme is murder ...
Style:
feel good, realistic, clever, captivating, detective ...
Plot:
who done it, countryside, friendship, female detective, riddles and clues, murder, private detective, investigation, gardener, partners against crime, murder investigation, amateur detective ...
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit ...
Style:
inspirational, period piece, sincere, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
british history, stuttering, world war two, british royal family, royal family, politics, queen, friendship, british monarchy, monarchy, historical character, king ...
Time:
1930s, year 2010, pre world war two, 50s, 2000s ...
Place:
england, britain, london, united kingdom, scotland ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham
Style:
sentimental, heartbreaking, sweet, touching, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
poet, writers, marriage, husband wife relationship, death, terminal illness, professor, biopic, cancer, bachelor, college, honesty ...
Time:
1950s, 60s, 20th century, 50s, year 1993
Place:
england, europe
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40K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Britain is in the grip of a chilling recession... falling wages, rising prices, civil unrest - only the bankers are smiling. It's 1783 and Ross Poldark returns from the American War of Independence to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ...
Style:
captivating, family saga, costume drama, period piece, realistic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
countryside, estate, love affair, rich and poor, couple relations, love and romance, society, master and servant, poverty, social differences, family relations, english countryside ...
Time:
18th century, victorian era, 1790s, 19th century, 1800s ...
Place:
england, cornwall, britain
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17K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.
Style:
realistic, clever, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
police detective, murder investigation, crime investigation, sergeant, police investigation, british police, multiple suspects, investigator, murder, detective inspector, law enforcement, suspicion ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The Bill is a police procedural television series that was broadcast on the ITV network from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, entitled Woodentop, which was broadcast in August 1983. In its final ...
Style:
captivating, serious, sincere, detective, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, inspector, fighting crime, partner, investigation, law enforcement, police station, society, workplace situations, police, british police ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place:
england, london, europe, east end london
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
An exploration of Charles Dickens's unfinished work in which the mystery of the murder of Edwin Drood is examined.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, stalking, obsession, orphan, human nature, small town, missing person, uncover truth, victorian england, perversion, danger, world war one ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
england, britain, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A haunting ghost story spanning two worlds, two centuries apart. When 13 year old Tolly finds he can mysteriously travel between the two, he begins an adventure that unlocks family secrets laid buried for generations.
Style:
serious, period piece, exciting, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
time travel, estate, supernatural, ghost story, world war two, haunted house, brother sister relationship, youth, grandmother grandson relationship, ghost, missing person, superhuman powers ...
Time:
1940s, 19th century, 20th century
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse.
Style:
touching, romantic, emotional, light, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
love affair, love and romance, social differences, couples, fall in love, friendship, high society, farce, actress, fish out of water, destiny, happy ending ...
Time:
1930s, year 1939, 1900s, year 2008, 20th century ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist ...
Style:
romantic, costume drama, emotional, period piece, cerebral ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
estate, inheritance, sister sister relationship, wealthy family, country house, aristocrat, rich snob, family drama, passion, sword, arrest, terminal illness ...
Time:
1910s, turn of the century, edwardian era, year 1992, 19th century ...
Place:
england, oxford university, britain, london
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21K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Russia, Italy, France, Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In 1600, nobleman Orlando inherits his parents' house, thanks to Queen Elizabeth I, who commands the young man to never change. After a disastrous affair with Russian princess Sasha, Orlando looks for solace in the arts before being appointed ...
Style:
stylized, art house, surreal, period piece, visually stunning ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gender bending, gender, eternal youth, nobility, politics, tudors, painting, surrealism, transsexual, looking for love, switching roles, women ...
Time:
17th century, 16th century, year 1992, 18th century, victorian era ...
Place:
england, ottoman empire, europe, middle east, russia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.
Style:
sexy, witty, period piece, costume drama, stylized ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot:
family relations, culture clash, high society, dysfunctional family, fish out of water, dishonesty, female nudity, love and romance, manipulation, father in law daughter in law relationship, country house, meet the parents ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, year 2008, future, 1930s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, france, london
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
Style:
depressing, period piece, compassionate, contemplative, grim ...
Plot:
abortion, working class, unwanted pregnancy, injustice, miscarriage, neighbor, rape, double life, character study, mission, understanding, family problems ...
Time:
50s, year 2004, 90s, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place:
england, london, europe, melbourne, dunkirk ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 276 min.
TV show
Story:
In 2002, the first two books and the first interlude of John Galsworthy's trilogy The Forsyte Saga were adapted by Granada Television for the ITV network. Additional funding for this production was provided by American PBS station WGBH, the ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, realistic, family saga, serious ...
Plot:
love affair, high society, forbidden love, love and romance, victorian england, couple relations, parents and children, society, unfulfilled love, rich and poor, family relations, power relations ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 20th century, 1920s, 1800s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd is the story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene, who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching ...
Style:
romantic, costume drama, sexy, period piece, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
victorian england, couples, relationships, love story, looking for love, countryside, couple relations, love and romance, love affair, love, unrequited love, wooing ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, year 2015, 18th century
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
Style:
witty, touching, talky, semi serious, social ...
Plot:
homeless, elderly, intergenerational friendship, friendship, catholic, nun, cemetery, poverty, van, social differences, homelessness, old woman ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 983 min.
TV show
Story:
Cadfael is the name given to the TV series of The Cadfael Chronicles adaptations produced by British television company ITV Central between 1994 and 1998. The series was broadcast on the ITV network in the UK, and starred Sir Derek Jacobi as the ...
Style:
serious, detective, historical drama, atmospheric, costume drama ...
Plot:
medieval, investigation, monk, monastery, priest, clergy, murder, murder investigation, riddles and clues, abbey, amateur sleuth, sleuth ...
Time:
middle ages, 12th century, medieval times, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In the 1830's in northern England, Riah Millican, a widow with three children, takes a job as housekeeper to a reclusive former teacher, Percival Miller. Miller makes Riah the gift of a black velvet gown, and even educates her children. But ...
Style:
serious, costume drama, historical drama, realistic, period drama
Plot:
servant, victorian england, housekeeper, family life, eviction, working class, social differences, family relations, power relations, single parent, starting over, society ...
Time:
1830s, 19th century, victorian era, 1840s, georgian era
Place:
england, britain, europe, france
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