British History Movies
- 2019
The King
The King7.1592019HD
England, 15th century. Hal, a capricious prince who lives among the populace far from court, is forced by circumstances to reluctantly accept the...
- 2017
Darkest Hour
Darkest Hour7.3512017HD
In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it...
- 1950
Land of Tradition
Land of Tradition71950HD
This Traveltalk series short visits an array of locations associated with England's heritage. Included are Runnymede, Windsor, Ascot, Lincoln, Wells,...
- 1978
The First Great Train Robbery
The First Great Train Robbery6.691978HD
In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.
- 2002
The Gathering Storm
The Gathering Storm6.6142002HD
A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill during a particularly troubled, though little-known,...
- 1929
Drifters
Drifters6.11929HD
A silent film by John Grierson. It tells the story of Britain's North Sea herring fishery.
- 1968
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Charge of the Light Brigade6.11968HD
During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an...
- 1948
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Bonnie Prince Charlie4.71948HD
Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose of revolting the Highland chieftains against the...
- 2006
Silent Britain
Silent Britain6.82006HD
Long treated with indifference by critics and historians, British silent cinema has only recently undergone the reevaluation it has long deserved,...
- 1969
Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain6.91969HD
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the...
- 1983
Henry VI Part 1
Henry VI Part 17.51983HD
The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
- 1969
Anne of the Thousand Days
Anne of the Thousand Days7.0791969HD
Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.
- 1942
The Young Mr. Pitt
The Young Mr. Pitt5.71942HD
This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24.
- 2019
A Year Of British Murder
A Year Of British Murder02019HD
Between January 1st and 31 December 2017, 768 people died as a result of murder or manslaughter in Britain - approximately 14 people a week. This...
- 2018
Peterloo
Peterloo6.7852018HD
An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in...
- 2014
William the Conqueror
William the Conqueror5.1672014HD
England, 11th century. William the Conqueror (ca. 1027-1087) wins the Battle of Hastings (1066), changing the shape of medieval Europe and the course...
- 2022
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Glorious Reign
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Glorious Reign02022HD
Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch in the history of Great Britain and the Commonwealth. While her service to her country is...
- 1944
Henry V
Henry V6.61944HD
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
- 2015
Inside the Court of Henry VIII
Inside the Court of Henry VIII6.22015HD
Henry VIII is the most iconic king of English history. Part medieval tyrant, part renaissance prince, he ruled over his people as no king of England...
- 2016
Prince Philip: The Plot to Make a King
Prince Philip: The Plot to Make a King92016HD
Documentary telling the inside story of the plans by Louis Mountbatten to maneuver his nephew and heir to the Greek throne, Philip, into marrying the...