British royal family movies and TV shows – page 3

List of british royal family movies

The Other Boleyn Girl (2003)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Based on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" is a fictionalised account of the life of Lady Mary Boleyn (Natascha McElhone) who becomes mistress to England's king, Henry VIII (Jared Harris), before ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, stylized, sexy ...
Plot: royal family, renaissance, mistress, royal court, tudors, sister, infidelity, monarch, love and romance, intrigue, uninhibited rivalry, rise to the top ...
Time: 16th century
Place: europe, england
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 7.7
 17K
Becket (1964)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story: King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pious cleric loyal to Rome and the Church, he will appoint his old drinking and wenching buddy, Thomas ...
Style: epic, period piece, costume drama, tense, talky ...
Plot: religion, friendship, british history, catholic, royalty, medieval, monarch, politics, biopic, nobility, martyr, monarchy ...
Time: middle ages, 12th century, medieval times, 20th century
Place: england, britain, europe, france, london ...
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A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A Man for All Seasons is the filmed version of the life of Thomas More. An English man comes to Sir Thomas More to ask if he can divorce his wife since King Henry VIII has made it illegal. Sir Thomas More stands up in opposition to the King even ...
Style: period piece, political, costume drama, inspirational, spiritual ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: catholic, renaissance, historical event, politics, royalty, lawyer, courtroom drama, courtroom, saint, monarch, british history, idealism ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, ancient times, medieval times, year 1966
Place: england, britain, persia, europe, london ...
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Alfred the Great (1969)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story: While Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the 9th century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood. But observing the rape of his land, he puts away his religious vows to take up arms against the invaders, leading the English ...
Style: epic, costume drama, exciting, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: viking, medieval, royalty, monarch, swashbuckler, leader, sword fight, religion, church, struggle, husband wife relationship, king ...
Time: medieval times, middle ages, 9th century, year 1969
Place: england, britain, europe
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 7.6
 161
Edward II (1970)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story: The reign of Edward II, King of England, is troubled from the start when he brings his male lover, hated by the nobles, out of exile.
Plot: medieval, royalty, shakespeare, lgbtq, gay, queen, homosexual, monarch, monarchy, british royal family, royal family, murder ...
Time: medieval times
Place: britain
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Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She is imprisoned at he age of 23 by her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, the English Queen and her arch adversary. Nineteen years ...
Style: historical drama, costume drama, spiritual, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: tudors, royalty, queen elizabeth i, nobility, queen, monarch, ancient, monarchy, queen of england, british history, royal court, royal family ...
Time: ancient times, 16th century, year 1971, medieval times, middle ages
Place: scotland, europe, britain, france, england
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 8.3
 1.2M
Braveheart (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story: Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against ...
Style: epic, factual, bloody, scenic, breathtaking ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, chick flick, adult
Plot: sword fight, war, courage, freedom, medieval, vengeance, tragic hero, battles, military, love story, warrior, beautiful scenery ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 14th century, ancient times, 20th century ...
Place: scotland, england, europe, scottish highlands, britain ...
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 6.9
 91K
The Duchess (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, France, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
Style: costume drama, romantic, sexy, emotional, period piece ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot: love story, royalty, love affair, aristocracy, love triangle, duke, duchess, infidelity, adultery, destiny, life philosophy, high society ...
Time: 18th century, middle ages, 19th century, georgian era, ancient times ...
Place: england, britain, europe, scotland, london
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 5.8
 1K
Henri 4 (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Germany, France, Austria, Spain
Duration: 155 min.
Story: A wide-ranging, energetic period piece tracing the rise of the Protestant Henry of Navarre as he goes from battlefield warrior to France's beloved King Henri IV. Director Jo Baier's epic is a classically entertaining adventure, albeit one ...
Style: tense, serious, captivating, psychological, twisted ...
Plot: french history, medieval, renaissance, political unrest, politics, head of state, military, betrayal, battles, monarch, royalty, rivalry ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, medieval times
Place: france, europe
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Victoria & Abdul (2017)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA, China
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
Style: costume drama, period piece, atmospheric, stylized, touching ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: queen of england, servant, british history, queen victoria, royalty, muslim, biopic, royal court, british empire, friendship, hindu, racism ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 1900s, 1890s ...
Place: britain, buckingham palace, america, florence, scotland ...
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 6.5
 22K
Scoop (2024)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization gives an insider account of how the women of Newsnight secured Prince Andrew's infamous interview.
Style: thought provoking, informative
Plot: journalist, male nudity, interview, journalism, prince, scandal, social issues, royalty, royal family, british royal family, career, female journalist ...
Time: year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, london, buckingham palace
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Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.
Style: period piece, costume drama, historical drama, talky, fairy tale ...
Plot: royalty, tudors, king, british history, monarch, medieval, british monarchy, royal family, british royal family, adultery, biopic, politics ...
Time: 16th century, medieval times, ancient times, year 1969, middle ages ...
Place: england, europe, britain, london, scotland
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 7.3
 175K
The King (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Hungary, USA, Australia
Duration: 140 min.
Story: In 15th-century England, Prince Hal transforms from wayward wastrel to powerful king after he reluctantly inherits the throne and its many conflicts.
Style: period piece, costume drama, disturbing, bleak, captivating ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: medieval, british history, king, king of england, father son relationship, kingdom, combat, boy, royal court, crown, battlefield, lie ...
Time: 15th century, middle ages, medieval times, 2010s, year 2019
Place: england, britain, france
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The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the ...
Style: romantic, costume drama, sexy, historical drama, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: queen, love triangle, royal family, british history, medieval, royal court, king, intrigue, tudors, betrayal, siblings relations, kingdom ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, ancient times, 19th century, 20th century ...
Place: england, britain, europe, rome italy, london ...
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Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The residents of Downton Abbey go on a new adventure that takes them to a Spanish villa.
Style: sincere, family saga, period piece, saga, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: aristocracy, abbey, country house, earl, royalty, king, high society, domestic servant, countess, aristocrat, mother daughter relationship, inheritance ...
Time: 1920s
Place: england, britain, french riviera, london, south of france ...
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A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A year after Amber helped Richard secure the crown. The two are set to tie the knot in a royal Christmas wedding — but their plans are jeopardized when Amber finds herself second-guessing whether or not she's cut out to be queen, and Richard ...
Style: sweet, romantic, touching, captivating, sincere ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, family outing
Plot: prince, christmas, royal family, relationships, wedding, political unrest, male female relationship, couple relations, wedding planning, british royal family, royal court, family relations ...
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Red, White & Royal Blue (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: After an altercation between Alex, the president's son, and Britain's Prince Henry at a royal event becomes tabloid fodder, their long-running feud now threatens to drive a wedge in U.S./British relations. When the rivals are forced into a ...
Style: entertaining, funny, captivating, humorous, sex comedy ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, lgbtq, lgbtqi, gay interest, politics, gay relationship, prince, gay erotica, life, president, secret relationship ...
Place: england, buckingham palace, texas, austin texas, paris france
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 7.5
 149K
Robin Hood (1973)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: With King Richard off to the Crusades, Prince John and his slithering minion, Sir Hiss, set about taxing Nottingham's citizens with support from the corrupt sheriff - and staunch opposition by the wily Robin Hood and his band of merry men.
Style: fairy tale, cute, humorous, sweet, romantic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, preschool
Plot: furry, robin hood, anthropomorphic animal, medieval, true love, raccoon, prince, happy ending, folk hero, thief, fox, anthropomorphic mouse ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 12th century, 70s, 20th century
Place: england, europe, britain
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A Royal Christmas (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young working girl with a blue-collar background is surprised when her new fiancé announces he is actually a prince of a small sovereign country in Europe. After the couple quickly takes off to spend the holidays at his family’s sprawling, ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, sweet, sentimental, colorful ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: christmas, royal family, marriage proposal, mother son conflict, wedding, prince, friends, couples, butler, uncover truth, fall in love, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, philadelphia
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Robin Hood: Mischief in Sherwood (2015)
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Join the legendary Robin Hood and his merry friends in the most imaginative retelling of a classic fairytale! In this extraordinary adventure filled with off-beat antics and non-stop fun, Robin Hood must use his charm and wit to win the ongoing ...
Style: 3d animation, captivating, unusual plot structure, tense, contemplative
Plot: robin hood, bow and arrow, archer, rescue, adventure hero, friendship, gang of outlaws, treasure chest, child hero, folk hero, village, princess ...
Time: medieval times, middle ages, 12th century
Place: england
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 6.6
 295K
Robin Hood (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff ...
Style: exciting, epic, period piece, entertaining, costume drama ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: medieval, robin hood, knight, archer, folk hero, love and romance, sword fight, fighting the system, bow and arrow, hopes, throne, sword and shield ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, year 2010, 12th century ...
Place: england, britain, france, europe, london
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 7.0
 13K
Being Julia (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA, Hungary, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband who has mastermined her brilliant career - but after years of shining in the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of ...
Style: period piece, entertaining, stylized, sincere, witty ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: midlife crisis, older woman younger man relationship, theater, adaptation, complex characters, women, loneliness, actor's life, love, adultery, art, backstage ...
Time: 1930s, year 2004, 20th century, year 1938, 50s ...
Place: england, london, europe, west end london, canada ...
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 6.3
 1K
AKA (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A story of a disaffected youth's search for love, status, and identity in late 1970s Britain. 18-year old Dean is handsome and bright, but feels hampered by his working-class background and by his family. In order to make something of himself, ...
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, captivating, sexual ...
Plot: gay lead character, father son incest, lgbt, gay sex, gay teenager, working class, hidden identity, gay, couple relations, love and romance, society, couples ...
Time: year 2002, 70s, year 1978
Place: oxford university, paris france, england, london, france ...
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 6.7
 171K
From Hell (2001)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.
Style: gothic, atmospheric, suspense, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, jack the ripper, freemason, conspiracy, graphic violence, a vision, police investigation, murder of a prostitute, violent, prostitution, who done it, life is a bitch ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1880s, year 2001, 1800s ...
Place: england, london, britain, ireland, europe ...
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 5.7
 653
The Ripper (1997)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story: This telling of the story of Jack the Ripper focuses not on the killings as much as on the aristocratic lives of the people connected to the heir-apparent to the throne of England... who of course is the Ripper. It tells also of the investigator who ...
Style: sexual, creepy, serious, slasher, realistic ...
Plot: jack the ripper, serial killer, dead prostitute, murder of a prostitute, british police, prostitute, murder, danger, law enforcement, investigation, love affair, conspiracy ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1880s, 1800s
Place: london, england, europe, scotland yard, east end london ...
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Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, History, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Maid Marian and her Merry Men is a British children's sitcom created and written by Tony Robinson and directed by David Bell. It began in 1989 on BBC One and ran for four series, with the last episode shown in 1994. The show was a partially ...
Style: sitcom, parody, surreal, slapstick comedy, black comedy ...
Audience: kids
Plot: robin hood, archer, medieval, legend, myth, taxes, forest, dwarf, king of england, outlaw gang, king, heroine ...
Time: 13th century, 12th century
Place: england
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The Woman He Loved (1988)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American. These events caused a scandal around the world and Wallis has since been demonised as the woman who stole the King of England.
Style: costume drama, period piece, period drama
Plot: royalty, royal family, interwar period, monarch, diamond, winston churchill, marital infidelity, scandal, pigeon, british royal family, abdication, yacht ...
Time: 70s, 1930s, 1920s
Place: england
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Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 350 min.
TV show
Story: While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship causes furor in the palace and in parliament, especially when King George V dies, Mrs. Simpson gets divorced, and King ...
Style: costume drama, historical drama, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot: royalty, royal family, monarch, true love, wedding, relationship vs career, social differences, love and romance, head of state, society, unfulfillment, moral dilemma ...
Time: 1930s
Place: england, britain
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Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After (1992)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Biography - First telecast in 1982, this drama picks up the story of Prince Charles (Roger Rees) and Lady Diana (Catherine Oxenberg) as their marriage begins to fall apart and follows it through to the royal couple's very public divorce. ...
Style: dramatic, emotional, historical drama, intense, poignant ...
Audience: adult
Plot: royal family, princess diana, princess, divorce, biopic, british monarchy, scandal, queen elizabeth ii, paparazzi, family conflict, tabloid journalism, royalty ...
Place: london, buckingham palace, britain
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Willi and the Windsors (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The British parliament has decided to get rid of the royal family. All of them have to leave the county and so they move to Germany, where they want to live by their distant relatives, the Bettenberg family. But these are not amused about their ...
Style: family comedy, satirical, light hearted, slapstick
Audience: adult
Plot: satire, royal family, culture clash, social satire, class conflict, irreverent, political satire, small town, social commentary, work ethic, british politics, relatives ...
Time: 90s
Place: britain, germany
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