British historical drama films

Mrs Brown

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1997 IMDB Rating: 7.2

When Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert dies, she finds solace in her trusted servant, Mr. John Brown. But their relationship also brings scandal and turmoil to the monarchy.

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The Windermere Children

Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2020 IMDB Rating: 7.2

The story of the pioneering project to rehabilitate child survivors of the Holocaust on the shores of Lake Windermere.

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The Courier

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2020 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Waterloo

Film Age rating: 5 Year: 1970 IMDB Rating: 7.2

After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. T...

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That Hamilton Woman

Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1941 IMDB Rating: 7.2

The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Nicholas and Alexandra

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1971 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.

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Testament of Youth

Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2014 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of vi...

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Taking Sides

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2002 IMDB Rating: 7.1

One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazificatio...

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Sons and Lovers

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1960 IMDB Rating: 7.1

The son of a working-class British mining family has dreams of pursuing an art career, but when he strikes up an affair with an older, married woman from the town it enrages his kind but possessive mo...

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