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- Nicole Briese
- ‘The King’s Speech’ Nominated for a whopping 12 Oscars at the 83rd Academy Awards and winning four, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Colin Firth’s poignant turn as King George IV, The King’s Speech was a major success upon its 2010 release.
- ‘Grace of Monaco' “I don’t know how I’m going to spend the rest of my life in this place where I can’t be me,” Grace Kelly (Nicole Kidman) whispers to her trusted confidant, Father Francis Tucker (Frank Langella), at the height of her despair.
- ‘Diana’ Naomi Watts took on the beloved persona of England’s Rose for 2013’s romantic drama, Diana. Set in the years following Diana's divorce from Prince Charles, the movie gives an intimate perspective of the intense public scrutiny the former royal faced as she attempted to move on from life inside the palace walls with heart surgeon Hasnat Khan.
- ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ Helmed by Josie Rourke, this female-directed film tells the steely tale of two queens of the era, Mary of Scots (Saoirse Ronan) and Queen Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie), who notoriously battled each other for the right to England’s crown.
- Georgia May
- The Favourite (2018) Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Starring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz. Biography, Comedy, Drama (1h 59m) 7.5 on IMDb — 93% on RT.
- Spencer (2021) Directed by Pablo Larraín. Starring Kristen Stewart, Timothy Spall, Sally Hawkins. Biography, Drama (1h 57m) 6.6 on IMDb — 83% on RT. Kristen Stewart absolutely smashed it in her recent embodiment of Princess Diana, fine-tuning her mannerisms and expressions to perfectly match the late princess' own.
- The King's Speech (2010) Directed by Tom Hooper. Starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter. Biography, Drama, History (1h 58m) 8.0 on IMDb — 94% on RT.
- Henry V (1989) Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Starring Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Simon Shepherd. Biography, Drama, History (2h 17m) 7.5 on IMDb — 98% on RT.
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) The 1939 classic romance film The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex imagines a fictional love affair between the famously chaste Queen Elizabeth I (Bette Davis) and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (Errol Flynn), who hopes to be king.
- The Lion in Winter (1968) The Lion in Winter features Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn as King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, a married couple who have understandably been at odds since Henry had Eleanor imprisoned for treason.
- Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) While Anne of the Thousand Days has somehow vanished from the top of most people's minds when it comes to royal retellings, the 1969 film starring French-Canadian actress Geneviève Bujold is a lush and critically well-received addition to any royal film canon.
- Henry V (1989) Before Timothée Chalamet took on the role of Prince Hal in 2019, Kenneth Branagh introduced us to the man Hal becomes: King Henry V. This 1989 film was celebrated for both its beauty and its telling of a history that predates the modern royal family by centuries.
- Elizabeth. The first of Australian actress Cate Blanchett’s two movies as the titular queen, this 1998 biographical film dramatises the early years of Queen Elizabeth I of England’s reign.
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age. Cate Blanchett reprised the role of Queen Elizabeth I in this 2007 sequel and was nominated for Best Actress at the Academy Awards.
- Henry V. Sir Kenneth Branagh was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Director for his 1989 adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play about King Henry V of England.
- The King’s Speech. Based on the stage play of the same name, The Danish Girl director Tom Hooper’s 2010 historical drama received 12 nominations at the Oscars, winning four awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor.)
Diana Spencer, struggling with mental-health problems during her Christmas holidays with the Royal Family at their Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, decides to end her decade-long marriage to Prince Charles.
Nov 5, 2021 · Diana Spencer, struggling with mental-health problems during her Christmas holidays with the Royal Family at their Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, decides to end her decade-long marriage to Prince Charles.
Sep 8, 2022 · The lives of the British royal family have long fascinated the public through various media, including many notable feature films. We've rounded up must-see motion pictures about the...
