Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "king's-mistress"

1. Lillie (1978)

672 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Seen on Masterpiece Theatre, starring Francesca Annis in an award-winning performance, Lillie vividly captures the complex woman who became one of the most notorious and respected figures of the Victorian era.

Stars: Francesca Annis, Catherine Feller, Peggy Ann Wood, Anton Rodgers

Votes: 684

2. Stage Beauty (2004)

R | 106 min | Drama

A female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desdemona in Othello. But what will become of the male actor she once worked for and eventually replaced?

Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett, Derek Hutchinson

Votes: 10,745 | Gross: $0.78M

3. Forever Amber (1947)

Approved | 138 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

In seventeenth-century England, Amber St. Clair aims to raise herself from country girl to nobility, and succeeds, but loses her true love in the process.

Directors: Otto Preminger, John M. Stahl | Stars: Linda Darnell, Cornel Wilde, Richard Greene, George Sanders

Votes: 1,696 | Gross: $16.00M

4. Mad Love (2001)

R | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History

The love story that transformed Juana, Queen of Spain, into Juana "the Mad". A story of passions, lies and jealousy with a political motive behind.

Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Pilar López de Ayala, Daniele Liotti, Rosana Pastor, Giuliano Gemma

Votes: 4,059 | Gross: $0.28M

5. Let's Go Up the Champs-Élysées (1938)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

Let Guitry take you down cause he's going to...Elysées Fields .

Directors: Sacha Guitry, Robert Bibal | Stars: Sacha Guitry, Lucien Baroux, Jean Périer, Roger Bourdin

Votes: 245

6. Satisfaction 1720 (2016)

98 min | Comedy, Drama

In " Tordenskiold " we follow the only 29 -year-old vice admiral Tordenskiold and his valet Cold . The year is 1720, the peace is signed, the war is over and the naval hero has no idea what... See full summary »

Director: Henrik Ruben Genz | Stars: David Dencik, Natalie Madueño, Jakob Oftebro, Julie Agnete Vang

Votes: 508

7. Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)

152 min | Comedy, Drama, History

The history of the palace of Versailles from its founding to the present.

Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Michel Auclair, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-Louis Barrault, Jeanne Boitel

Votes: 636

8. The Ghost of Anne Boleyn (2024)

46 min | Documentary

Every year on a night in May, the centuries-old tale goes, the spectre of Anne Boleyn rided up to Blickling Hall in a coach driven by a headless horseman, dressed in pure white, drenched in blood from her decapitated head in her lap.

Director: Oliver Elphick | Stars: Owen Emmerson, Ivan Eyre, Elizabeth Norton

9. The Pearls of the Crown (1937)

105 min | Comedy, History

Three narrators (French writer Jean Martin, an English royal equerry, and a papal chamberlain) tell the story of seven matched pearls, four of them now in the British Crown. Episodes whirl ... See full summary »

Directors: Christian-Jaque, Sacha Guitry | Stars: Jacqueline Delubac, Sacha Guitry, Lyn Harding, Renée Saint-Cyr

Votes: 635

10. Un souper chez Lauzun (1975 TV Movie)

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Director: Georges Lacombe | Stars: Jacques Charon, Jacques Toja, Françoise Christophe, Jacques Ardouin

11. The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family (2021)
Episode: Desire (2021)

52 min | Documentary, History

The docu-drama series which shines a new spotlight on the iconic Boleyn family, a clan who changed the fate of a nation for the promise of a crown. Anne has grown into a real beauty, and ... See full summary »

Director: Katie Greening | Stars: Shelley Conn, Lauren Mackay, Susan Doran, Greg Walker

Votes: 49

12. The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family (2021)
Episode: Ambition (2021)

53 min | Documentary, History

An epic three-part series that charts the rise and fall of the Boleyns. A story of love, sex and betrayal, told from the family's unique perspective. Thomas Boleyn, the patriarch of the ... See full summary »

Directors: Emma Frank, Katie Greening | Stars: Shelley Conn, Lauren Mackay, Susan Doran, Nandini Das

Votes: 57

13. Marie Antoinette (2022– )
Episode: The Slap (2022)

TV-14 | 52 min | Biography, Drama, History

Marie Antoinette is just a teenager when forced to leave Austria to marry the Dauphin of France. She must deliver an heir in order to secure an alliance between the two nations, but she is unprepared for the royal family that awaits her.

Director: Pete Travis | Stars: Emilia Schüle, Louis Cunningham, Jack Archer, Jasmine Blackborow

Votes: 264

14. Sanditon (2019–2023)
Episode: Episode #3.2 (2023)

TV-14 | 53 min | Drama, Romance

Georgiana faces a nearly impossible task in trying to find a lawyer, but help arrives from a surprising place. Lady Denham accepts a new vision for the town and spars with an old flame. Arthur makes a new friend.

Director: Jennie Paddon | Stars: Rose Williams, Cai Brigden, Turlough Convery, Sophie Winkleman

Votes: 337

15. Sanditon (2019–2023)
Episode: Episode #3.6 (2023)

TV-14 | 53 min | Drama, Romance

Charlotte desperately wants to tell Colbourne the truth about her feelings, but a shocking revelation stops her in her tracks. Having opened her heart, Georgiana's worst fears are realized when she discovers she has been abandoned.

Director: Steve Brett | Stars: Rose Williams, Kate Ashfield, Kris Marshall, Crystal Clarke

Votes: 306

16. A Tale of Two Sisters (2015– )
Episode: Anne Boleyn and Mary Boleyn (2018)

Documentary, Biography, History

Anne has been celebrated and damned, seen as either schemer or a victim. Her sister Mary is less remembered and often dismissed as a fool. But what was the truth?

Director: Edward Cotterill | Stars: Tracy Borman, Kyra Cornelius Kramer, Sarah Morris, Rachael Stirling

Votes: 18