Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "year-1649"

1. The Girl King (2015)

Not Rated | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History

THE GIRL KING paints a portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.

Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Malin Buska, Sarah Gadon, Michael Nyqvist, Lucas Bryant

Votes: 4,477

2. Blackadder: The Cavalier Years (1988 TV Short)

15 min | Short, Comedy, History

Sir Edmund Blackadder must protect, and later rescue, King Charles I from the Roundheads.

Director: Mandie Fletcher | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Warren Clarke

Votes: 6,032

3. By the Sword Divided (1983–1985)
Episode: Cromwell at Arnescote (1985)

Drama, History, War

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Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: Sharon Maughan, Rob Edwards, Tim Bentinck, Lucy Aston

Votes: 6

4. By the Sword Divided (1983–1985)
Episode: Cruel Necessity (1985)

Drama, History, War

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Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: Jeremy Clyde, Peter Jeffrey, Rob Edwards, Bert Parnaby

Votes: 8

5. Kings and Generals (2017– )
Episode: Enclosure: How the English Lost Their Lands (2021)

19 min | Documentary, Animation, History

Prior to the introduction Enclosure in England in 1235 land was held in common though strips of land were typically cultivated by the same family year after year. Farm productivity tended ... See full summary »

Director: Nolan Karimov | Star: Officially Devin

6. The Conquerors (2005)
Episode: Cromwell: Conqueror of Ireland (2005)

Documentary, Biography, History

How English revolutionary Oliver Cromwell, who overthrew the unpopular king to become the de facto ruler of England, used his British New Model Army to brutally and mercilessly squash the Irish resistance force in 1649.

Stars: Dale Dye, Charles Carlton, Alan Marshall, J. Sears McGee

7. The Art of Japanese Life (2017)
Episode: Home (2017)

59 min | Documentary, History

Dr James Fox explores the art of the Japanese home. The clean minimalism of Japan's homes has been exported around the world but has its origins in spiritual and philosophical values.

Director: Jude Ho | Stars: James Fox, Yoshiaki Nakamura, Manabu Noda, Tomoko Kawao

Votes: 22