Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "tudor-era"

1. The Tudors (2007–2010)

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

A dramatic series about the reign and marriages of King Henry VIII.

Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, Anthony Brophy, James Frain

Votes: 81,249

2. The Spanish Princess (2019–2020)

TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, History, Romance

Spanish princess Catherine of Aragon navigates the royal lineage of England with an eye on the throne.

Stars: Laura Carmichael, Aaron Cobham, Charlotte Hope, Stephanie Levi-John

Votes: 10,714

3. The White Princess (2017)

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

Based on the Philippa Gregory book of the same name, the story of Elizabeth of York, the White Queen's daughter, and her marriage to the Lancaster victor, Henry VII.

Stars: Jodie Comer, Rebecca Benson, Jacob Collins-Levy, Richard Dillane

Votes: 15,603

4. The Hollow Crown (2012–2016)

TV-14 | 150 min | Drama, History, War

A mini-series of adaptations of Shakespeare's history plays: Richard II, Henry IV: Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V.

Stars: Anton Lesser, Simon Russell Beale, Tom Georgeson, John Mackay

Votes: 7,318

5. Wolf Hall (2015)

TV-14 | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History

After the downfall of Cardinal Wolsey, his secretary, Thomas Cromwell, finds himself amongst the treachery and intrigue of King Henry VIII's court and soon becomes a close advisor to the King, a role fraught with danger.

Stars: Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Claire Foy, Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Votes: 13,101

6. Upstart Crow (2016–2020)

TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, History

Satirical Blackadderesque sitcom about how friends, family, historical circumstances, and his arch-rival Robert Greene, who first coined the derogatory term "upstart crow", influenced William Shakespeare to write his famous plays.

Stars: David Mitchell, Gemma Whelan, Rob Rouse, Liza Tarbuck

Votes: 3,922

7. Becoming Elizabeth (2022)

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

Elizabeth Tudor, an orphaned teenager who becomes embroiled in the political and sexual politics of the English court on her journey to secure the crown.

Stars: Alicia von Rittberg, John Heffernan, Oliver Zetterström, Jamie Parker

Votes: 3,641

8. Anne Boleyn (2021)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History

The final months of Boleyn's life, her struggle with Tudor England's patriarchal society, her desire to secure a future for her daughter, Elizabeth, and the brutal reality of her failure to provide Henry with a male heir.

Stars: Jodie Turner-Smith, Kris Hitchen, Thalissa Teixeira, Barry Ward

Votes: 28,022

9. The Virgin Queen (2005–2006)

59 min | Biography, Drama, History

From teenage princess to accomplished queen, torn between duty and personal longing, the reign of Elizabeth I is exposed in this lavish drama filmed against a backdrop of some of Great Britain's most beautiful houses and landscapes.

Stars: Anne-Marie Duff, Sienna Guillory, Ian Hart, Tom Hardy

Votes: 3,279

10. 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: 7,033

11. Will (2017)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History

A drama about the lost years of young William Shakespeare after his arrival to London in 1589--when theatre was like rock'n'roll, and a young man with a dream changed the world with his words.

Stars: Laurie Davidson, Olivia DeJonge, Ewen Bremner, Mattias Inwood

Votes: 2,165

12. Six Wives with Lucy Worsley (2016)

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

Historian Lucy Worsley visits the time of Henry VIII and tells the story of his six successive wives.

Stars: Lucy Worsley, Nicholas Agnew, Claire Cooper, Scott Arthur

Votes: 732

13. Elizabeth I (2017)

Not Rated | 180 min | Drama, History

Docu-drama starring Lily Cole as a young Elizabeth I, featuring dramatic reconstructions of key moments in her life. Presented by historians Suzannah Lipscomb and Dan Jones.

Stars: Lily Cole, Vincent Kerschbaum, Suzannah Lipscomb, Dan Jones

Votes: 264

14. Race Suicide (1916)

Drama

Following a prologue which shows that animals frequently desert their young, a jilted prehistoric suitor murders the child of the woman he loves. During the age of the Roman Empire, a ... See full summary »

Directors: George Terwilliger, Raymond L. Ditmars | Stars: Ormi Hawley, Earl Metcalfe, Kempton Greene, Octavia Handworth

15. Time Team (1994– )
Episode: Smallhythe, Kent (1999)

Not Rated | Documentary, History

Smallhythe is now a village amid fields. The nearest body of water being a Sewer and a drainage ditch. But in the 15th and 16th centuries, it was the site of a bustling shipbuilding industry right next to the mile-wide River Rother.

Director: Alex West | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Carenza Lewis

Votes: 22

16. Time Team (1994– )
Episode: Nether Poppleton, Yorkshire (2005)

Not Rated | Documentary, History

Although mentioned in the Domesday Book, was this an Anglo-Saxon village? Residents help the team uncover the origins by digging many test pits in their gardens.

Director: Brendan Hughes | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Carenza Lewis

Votes: 23

17. 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: 56

18. Charles, Emperor King (2015–2016)
Episode: Un reino en llamas (2015)

TV-MA | Biography, Drama, History

Charles is the new emperor, but his fight with Francis I is not over. Meanwhile Hernan Cortez and Moctezuma meet.

Director: Salvador García Ruiz | Stars: Álvaro Cervantes, José Luis García-Pérez, Alfonso Bassave, Helio Pedregal

Votes: 23