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1. Highlander (1986)
R | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponents, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled "Prize".
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, Roxanne Hart
Votes: 147,423 | Gross: $5.90M
2. Shardlake (2024– )
Drama, History, Mystery | Post-production
During the dissolution of the monasteries in the Tudor era, Matthew Shardlake is sent by Thomas Cromwell to investigate the death of a commissioner in a remote town of Scarnsea.
Stars: Anthony Boyle, Paul Kaye, David Pearse, Babou Ceesay
3. Firebrand (2023)
120 min | Drama, History
Follows Queen Katherine Parr & Henry VIII's marriage.
Director: Karim Aïnouz | Stars: Alicia Vikander, Jude Law, Eddie Marsan, Sam Riley
Votes: 532
4. Twins of Evil (1971)
R | 87 min | Horror
A religious sect led by Gustav Weil hunts all women suspected of witchcraft, killing a number of innocent victims. Young Frieda, Gustav's niece, will involve herself in a devilish cult, and become an instrument of Justice in the region.
Director: John Hough | Stars: Peter Cushing, Dennis Price, Mary Collinson, Madeleine Collinson
Votes: 6,498
5. Young Bess (1953)
Approved | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The early life of Elizabeth I, from her childhood until her accession to the throne of England in 1558.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Charles Laughton
Votes: 1,815
6. Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Nikolay Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman, Mikhail Nazvanov
Votes: 10,864
7. The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
Passed | 97 min | Biography, Drama
King Henry VIII marries five more times after his divorce from his first wife Catherine of Aragon.
Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Franklin Dyall, Miles Mander
Votes: 4,864
8. The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)
Not Rated | 112 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In medieval France, some villagers challenge a man's claim of identity when he (as he says) returns home from some time in the army.
Director: Daniel Vigne | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Maurice Barrier, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Votes: 4,821 | Gross: $0.02M
9. The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
Approved | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A poor boy named Tom Canty and the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.
Directors: William Keighley, William Dieterle | Stars: Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, Henry Stephenson, Barton MacLane
Votes: 2,881
10. Day of Wrath (2006)
R | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Set in the 16th century, a sheriff working on a series of murders has to choose between his conscience and protecting his family when he's tied to the crimes.
Director: Adrian Rudomin | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Blanca Marsillach, Brian Blessed, Szonja Oroszlán
Votes: 2,032
11. Inés of My Soul (2020)
Drama
This is a romantic historical drama based on the true story of the first woman "conquistador" who went to the South American land that would become Chile, and helped to form the city of ... See full summary »
Stars: Elena Rivera, Eduardo Noriega, Ismael Martínez, Nicolás Zárate
Votes: 479
12. The Legend of Suriyothai (2001)
R | 142 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
During the 16th century, as Thailand contends with both a civil war and Burmese invasion, a beautiful princess rises up to help protect the glory of the Kingdom of Ayothaya. Based on the life of Queen Suriyothai.
Director: Chatrichalerm Yukol | Stars: M.L. Piyapas Bhirombhakdi, Sarunyu Wongkrachang, Chatchai Plengpanich, Johnny Anfone
Votes: 1,977 | Gross: $0.45M
13. Monarch (2000)
109 min | Biography, Drama, History
Shortly before his death in 1547, the injured King Henry VIII is forced to take refuge a manor house closed for the season. While there, he must confront both his mortality and the ghosts of his past.
Director: John Walsh | Stars: T.P. McKenna, Jean Marsh, James Coombes, Peter Sowerbutts
Votes: 165
14. The King Maker (2005)
R | 92 min | Adventure, Drama
Fernando De Gama, a Portuguese mercenary, sets sail for the Orient, where he reaches the Thai kingdom of Ayutthaya, in a bid to find the man that murdered his father.
Director: Lek Kitaparaporn | Stars: Gary Stretch, John Rhys-Davies, Cindy Sirinya Bishop, Yoe Hassadeevichit
Votes: 746
15. The Royal Diaries: Elizabeth I - Red Rose of the House of Tudor (2000 TV Movie)
Drama, Family, History
A fictionalized account of the childhood of Queen Elizabeth I of England.
Director: René Bonnière | Stars: Daniel Clark, Tamara Hope, Ron Kennell, Byron Long
Votes: 41
16. The Great Indian Wars 1540-1890 (1991– )
235 min | Documentary
The year 1540 was a crucial turning point in American history. The Great Indian Wars were incited by Francisco Vazquez de Coronado when his expedition to the Great Plains launched the ... See full summary »
Stars: Gary Stewart, Alphonse Keasley, Steve Alexander
Votes: 66
17. Conquista (1971)
39 min | Short, Adventure
After the Spanish conquest of South America, solders traveled far into North America in search of treasure. In Conquista, a lost horse from Coronado's 1540 expedition comes across a Native ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Syson | Star: José María Serrano
Votes: 9
18. Bürger Luther - Wittenberg 1508-1546 (1983 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
Director: Lew Hohmann | Stars: Kurt Böwe, Klaus Piontek
19.
Forever Knight (1992–1996)
Episode:
Crazy Love
(1995)
Not Rated | 45 min | Crime, Fantasy, Horror
Nick investigates two murders as he searches for an escaped mental patient, only to discover the psychopathic killer he apprehends did not commit the crimes.
Director: Don McCutcheon | Stars: Geraint Wyn Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, Deborah Duchene
Votes: 36
20.
New Books in Latino Studies (2015– )
Natale Zappia, "Traders and Raiders: The Indigenous World of the Colorado Basin, 1540-1859"
(2015 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
Stars: David-James Gonzales, Natale Zappia
21.
The Tudors (2007–2010)
Episode:
Problems in the Reformation
(2009)
TV-MA | 52 min | Drama, History, Romance
While a grieving Henry remains in seclusion with his fool coming to grips with Jane's death, court intrigue turns to political assassination in his absence.
Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, James Frain, Alan Van Sprang
Votes: 609
22.
The Tudors (2007–2010)
Episode:
Search for a New Queen
(2009)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, History, Romance
frustrated in his efforts to assassinate Cardinal Pole, Henry has his relatives executed while Cromwell supports a marriage to Anne of Cleves.
Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, James Frain, Joss Stone
Votes: 578
23.
The Tudors (2007–2010)
Episode:
Protestant Anne of Cleves
(2009)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, History, Romance
Henry settles on Anne Of Cleves as his fourth wife but is disappointed with her attractiveness and blames Cromwell for his unhappy situation.
Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, James Frain, Joss Stone
Votes: 574
24.
The Tudors (2007–2010)
Episode:
The Undoing of Cromwell
(2009)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, History, Romance
As Henry seeks to have his marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled and Cromwell removed, Bryan pimps teenage Catherine Howard as Henry's new mistress.
Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, James Frain, Joss Stone
Votes: 630
25.
The Tudors (2007–2010)
Episode:
Moment of Nostalgia
(2010)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, History, Romance
Henry is proud of Catherine, his beautiful, vivacious seventeen year old wife, who buys silence from an old friend by making her a member of the court.
Director: Dearbhla Walsh | Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, Tamzin Merchant, Lothaire Bluteau
Votes: 640
26.
The Tudors (2007–2010)
Episode:
Sister
(2010)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, History, Romance
Joan Bulmer confides the Queen's sexual history to Lady Rochford who tells it to Culpepper and arranges for him to have a liaison with the neglected Catherine.
Director: Dearbhla Walsh | Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, Tamzin Merchant, Sarah Bolger
Votes: 562
27.
The Tudors (2007–2010)
Episode:
Sixth and the Final Wife
(2010)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, History, Romance
After leaving wife Catherine as regent, a bellicose Henry invades France and lays siege to Boulogne in an attempt to regain his French provinces.
Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, Lothaire Bluteau, Sarah Bolger
Votes: 543
28.
The Tudors (2007–2010)
Episode:
You Have My Permission
(2010)
TV-MA | 49 min | Drama, History, Romance
Henry allows Bishop Gardner a free rein in rooting out heretics and sets his eyes on the soon-to-be-widowed Catherine Parr.
Director: Ciaran Donnelly | Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, Lothaire Bluteau, Sarah Bolger
Votes: 534
29.
Phineas and Ferb (2007–2024)
Episode:
Tri-Stone Area/Doof Dynasty
(2012)
TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Short, Action
It's the stone age and Phinabunk and Gerb decide to invent the wheel. It's 16th century China and Phineas and Ferb set out to rescue kidnapped Princess Isabella from Doofus Khan.
Directors: George Elliott, Robert Hughes, Jay Lender, Keith Oliver | Stars: Vincent Martella, Ashley Tisdale, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Caroline Rhea
Votes: 261
30.
Edward and Mary: The Unknown Tudors (2002– )
Episode:
Edward VI: The Boy King
(2002)
TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary, History
When Edward was just nine their father died and the young boy became King, surrounded by advisors and further distanced from his beloved elder sister. But by now they were divided not just ... See full summary »
Director: Rachel Bell | Stars: David Starkey, Tim Wright, Rachel Jenkins
Votes: 9