Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "queen-of-england"

1. The Crown (2016–2023)

TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History

Follows the political rivalries and romances of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped Britain for the second half of the 20th century.

Stars: Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton, Matt Smith

Votes: 257,211

2. The Favourite (2018)

R | 119 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

In early 18th-century England, the status quo at the court is upset when a new servant arrives and endears herself to a frail Queen Anne.

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult

Votes: 234,147 | Gross: $34.37M

3. 2012 (I) (2009)

PG-13 | 158 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: John Cusack, Thandiwe Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet

Votes: 398,267 | Gross: $166.11M

4. The White Queen (2013)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History, Romance

Three different, yet equally relentless women vie for the throne in 15th-century England.

Stars: Aneurin Barnard, Rebecca Ferguson, Amanda Hale, Faye Marsay

Votes: 31,457

5. Shakespeare in Love (1998)

R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, History

The world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.

Director: John Madden | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Tom Wilkinson

Votes: 234,510 | Gross: $100.32M

6. Mary Queen of Scots (2018)

R | 124 min | Biography, Drama, History

Mary Stuart's (Saoirse Ronan's) attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie), Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.

Director: Josie Rourke | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, Joe Alwyn

Votes: 55,410 | Gross: $16.47M

7. The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)

PG-13 | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History

Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII.

Director: Justin Chadwick | Stars: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess

Votes: 120,055 | Gross: $26.81M

8. Elizabeth (1998)

R | 124 min | Biography, Drama, History

The early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.

Director: Shekhar Kapur | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Liz Giles, Rod Culbertson, Paul Fox

Votes: 105,227 | Gross: $30.08M

9. The Young Victoria (2009)

PG | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History

A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert.

Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany, Miranda Richardson

Votes: 66,481 | Gross: $11.00M

10. Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

PG | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

To win a bet, an eccentric British inventor embarks, with his Chinese valet and an aspiring French artist, on a trip full of adventures and dangers around the world in exactly 80 days.

Director: Frank Coraci | Stars: Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Jim Broadbent, Kathy Bates

Votes: 94,828 | Gross: $24.01M

11. The Queen (2006)

PG-13 | 103 min | Biography, Drama

After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Alex Jennings

Votes: 116,046 | Gross: $56.44M

12. Henry VIII (2003 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 193 min | Biography, Drama, History

Two part mini-series documenting the stormy thirty-eight-year reign of King Henry VIII.

Director: Pete Travis | Stars: Ray Winstone, Joss Ackland, Sid Mitchell, Charles Dance

Votes: 2,491

13. The Sea Hawk (1940)

Approved | 127 min | Action, Adventure, History

Geoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for the attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills on the sword.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp

Votes: 10,754

14. Victoria & Abdul (2017)

PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Tim Pigott-Smith, Eddie Izzard

Votes: 38,282 | Gross: $22.25M

15. Lady Jane (1986)

PG-13 | 136 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Lady Jane Grey, who was Queen of England for only nine days.

Director: Trevor Nunn | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, John Wood, Michael Hordern

Votes: 7,091 | Gross: $0.28M

16. Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)

PG | 145 min | Biography, Drama, History

King 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.

Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas, Anthony Quayle

Votes: 8,129 | Gross: $2.07M

17. Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)

PG | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

With all-new gadgets, high-flying action, exciting chases and a wisecracking new handler, Derek (Anthony Anderson), Cody has to retrieve the device before the world's leaders fall under the evil control of a diabolical villain.

Director: Kevin Allen | Stars: Frankie Muniz, Anthony Anderson, Hannah Spearritt, Cynthia Stevenson

Votes: 15,933 | Gross: $23.63M

18. Elizabeth I (2005)

TV-MA | 112 min | Biography, Drama, History

Mini-series about the the public and private lives of the later years of Queen Elizabeth I.

Stars: Helen Mirren, Toby Jones, Hugh Dancy, Patrick Malahide

Votes: 7,038

19. Elizabeth R (1971)

520 min | Biography, Drama, History

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.

Stars: Glenda Jackson, Ronald Hines, Robert Hardy, Stephen Murray

Votes: 1,942

20. The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

Approved | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History

A depiction of the love/hate relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp

Votes: 6,167

21. 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

22. Looking for Richard (1996)

PG-13 | 111 min | Documentary, Drama

Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."

Director: Al Pacino | Stars: Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Frederic Kimball

Votes: 8,572 | Gross: $1.36M

23. Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988 TV Movie)

43 min | Comedy, History

After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.

Director: Richard Boden | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry

Votes: 13,970

24. The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005)

91 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

The notorious fictional town of Royston Vasey is under threat and its inhabitants are forced to leave.

Director: Steve Bendelack | Stars: Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Michael Sheen

Votes: 5,927

25. 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: 1,820

26. Fire Over England (1937)

92 min | Adventure, History, Romance

During the reign of Elizabeth I, a young man's fervent devotion to the crown and to his sweetheart, a lady-in-waiting, lead him to battle for England's victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588.

Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Flora Robson, Vivien Leigh, Raymond Massey

Votes: 1,985

27. Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004)

84 min | Comedy, War

In this irreverent parody, the British court and war government consist mainly of idiots and/or traitors. Hitler moves into Buckingham palace and plans to marry into the Windsors. A US Army... See full summary »

Director: Peter Richardson | Stars: Miranda Richardson, Antony Sher, Christian Slater, Harry Enfield

Votes: 2,607

28. Sixty Six (2006)

PG-13 | 93 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

A boy's barmitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final.

Director: Paul Weiland | Stars: Charlie Clark, Nick Shirm, Thomas Drewson, Gregg Sulkin

Votes: 3,198 | Gross: $0.22M

29. Caprice Italian Style (1968)

95 min | Comedy

The film consists of six short stories created by different directors, but all the stories share one thing: a warm irony to current events.

Directors: Mauro Bolognini, Mario Monicelli, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Steno, Pino Zac, Franco Rossi | Stars: Totò, Ugo D'Alessio, Regina Seiffert, Dante Maggio

Votes: 633

30. The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana (1982 TV Movie)

120 min | Drama, Romance

The story of the courtship of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, told at a time when their union still seemed to be a match made in heaven.

Director: Peter Levin | Stars: Catherine Oxenberg, Christopher Baines, Olivia de Havilland, Dana Wynter

Votes: 160

31. The Story of Vickie (1954)

108 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

England, the 19th century. Young Victoria is crowned to be the queen of England. She aims to do her best in order to help her country prosper. However, the family and her trustful advisor, ... See full summary »

Director: Ernst Marischka | Stars: Romy Schneider, Adrian Hoven, Magda Schneider, Karl Ludwig Diehl

Votes: 1,108

32. Victoria the Great (1937)

112 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of an 18-year-old princess who becomes Queen of England. It chronicles six decades of her reign during a period of immense change and her marriage to a prince who would become her treasured source of stability and affection.

Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook, Walter Rilla, H.B. Warner

Votes: 276

33. Queen Elizabeth and Paddington Bear Film (2022)

2 min | Short, Comedy

Paddington learns that The Queen also loves marmalade sandwiches. He shows Her Majesty where he hides his sandwiches, and The Queen also shows where she keeps hers.

Director: Gary Freedman | Stars: Ben Whishaw, Simon Farnaby, Queen Elizabeth II

Votes: 326

34. Of Time and the City (2008)

Not Rated | 74 min | Documentary, Biography

A filmmaker looks at the history and transformation of his birthplace, Liverpool, England.

Director: Terence Davies | Stars: Terence Davies, George Harrison, Jack Hawkins, John Lennon

Votes: 2,259 | Gross: $0.03M

35. A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012)

R | 85 min | Animation, Comedy

An animated, factually incorrect biography of Graham Arthur Chapman, one of the founding members of the comedy group Monty Python.

Directors: Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson, Ben Timlett | Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Michael Palin

Votes: 1,835 | Gross: $0.01M

36. The Children's Party at the Palace (2006 TV Special)

80 min | Drama, Family

To celebrate her 80th birthday, the Queen is holding a children's party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. She has invited many classic characters from British children's literature. But ... See full summary »

Directors: Claire Popplewell, Ben Warwick | Stars: Kacey Ainsworth, Sam Aston, Matt Baker, Sanjeev Bhaskar

Votes: 239

37. She-Wolves: England's Early Queens (2012)

60 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Historian of the medieval period, Helen Castor, presents an in depth and insightful series covering England's early Queens, from the High Middle Ages with Eleanor and get daughter-in-law ... See full summary »

Star: Helen Castor

Votes: 490

38. Prince William (2002 TV Movie)

88 min | Biography, Drama

Prince William is the elder son of Britain's Prince Charles and if the late Diana, Princess of Wales. After his father, he is next in line to the British throne. A biography of his journey so far....

Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: Jordan Frieda, Martin Turner, Thomas Lockyer, Eddie Cooper

Votes: 254

39. Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

Dramatization of the romance and July 1981 wedding of Great Britaon's Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer.

Director: James Goldstone | Stars: David Robb, Caroline Bliss, Margaret Tyzack, Christopher Lee

Votes: 103

40. Elizabeth the Queen (1968 TV Movie)

90 min | Biography, Drama

In the sixteenth century, Queen Elizabeth I (Dame Judith Anderson) is the ruler of England. Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (Charlton Heston) is her lover, best friend, and worst enemy.

Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Judith Anderson, Charlton Heston, Michael Allinson, Alan Caillou

Votes: 88

41. Princess in Love (1996 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 94 min | Drama

The relationship that blossomed between Diana, Princess of Wales, and Captain James Hewitt. Based on Hewitt's book.

Director: David Greene | Stars: Robert Beck, Christopher Bowen, Julie Cox, Lisa Daniely

Votes: 102

42. Seven Seas to Calais (1962)

Approved | 102 min | Adventure

Sir Francis Drake goes on an expedition to the New World and steals gold from the Spaniards. After making a daring getaway, he returns to England where he protects Queen Elizabeth I from a ... See full summary »

Directors: Rudolph Maté, Primo Zeglio | Stars: Rod Taylor, Keith Michell, Edy Vessel, Terence Hill

Votes: 503

43. Sing Sing (1983)

117 min | Comedy

Eduardo accidentally discovers that he is adopted. His real father is dying. On his death bed the father reveals that Eduardo's mother was the "Queen of England", failing to clarify that this is the nickname of Italian prostitute.

Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Adriano Celentano, Enrico Montesano, Marina Suma, Franco Giacobini

Votes: 595

44. Elizabeth (2000)

200 min | Documentary, Drama

The life of Queen Elizabeth I of England

Stars: David Starkey, Michelle Bunyan, Imogen Slaughter, Karen Archer

Votes: 188

45. Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After (1992 TV Movie)

M | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History

Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After is telling the real-life story of the failed marriage of Charles, Prince of Wales, and his first wife, Diana, Princess of Wales.

Director: John Power | Stars: Catherine Oxenberg, Roger Rees, Benedict Taylor, Tracy Brabin

Votes: 117

46. Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace (2002 TV Special)

180 min | Documentary, Music

Well-known performers accompanied by 12,000 selected members of the public on the lawn of Buckingham Palace to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee.

Director: Geoff Posner | Stars: Atomic Kitten, Tina Barrett, Shirley Bassey, Tony Bennett

Votes: 155

47. Elizabeth Is Queen (1953)

51 min | Documentary

This spectacular 1953 documentary, released in cinemas, records the events of Elizabeth II's coronation day in glorious colour. From British Pathé TV's Royalty Collection.

Director: Terry Ashwood | Stars: Leo Genn, Queen Elizabeth II, Marcus Algernon Adams

Votes: 13

48. A Glass of Water (1979 TV Movie)

136 min | Comedy, History, Romance

The beginning of the XVIII century. England (already Great Britain) is waging a long and ruinous war with France for the Spanish inheritance. The English court, formally in the hands of ... See full summary »

Directors: M. Filimonova, Yuli Karasik | Stars: Kirill Lavrov, Natalya Belokhvostikova, Alla Demidova, Svetlana Smirnova

Votes: 242

49. Victoria Regina (1964– )

50 min | Drama

Series of four plays dealing with episodes in the life of Queen Victoria.

Stars: Patricia Routledge, Max Adrian, Joachim Hansen, Geoffrey Dunn

50. Tusenårsfesten (1999 Video)

82 min | Comedy

Two of the greatest comedy successes in Norwegian TV's history are Mot i Brostet and Karl and Co. What you get here is protagonists from both TV shows gathered, celebrating the new millennium with a new year's party.

Director: Endre Bjørnsen | Stars: Nils Vogt, Arve Opsahl, Sven Nordin, Siw Anita Andersen

Votes: 229