# List of films about British royalty

Listed films are biographical films and documentary films in which the main subject is one or more members of the British royal family. This includes the preceding English and Scottish royal families and fictional British royal families. It does not include films in which members of the royal family only play supporting roles. It is limited to films with articles on Wikipedia.

## Biographic films

| Title | Director | Release date | Subject | Top Billing | Notes |
| The Execution of Mary Stuart | Alfred Clark | 28 August 1895 | Mary, Queen of Scots | | Silent short film |
| The Coronation of Edward VII | Georges Méliès | 9 August 1902 | Edward VII | | Silent short film |
| Henry VIII | Will Barker | 1911 | Henry VIII | Arthur Bourchier as Henry VIII | Silent film |
| Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth | Louis MercantonHenri Desfontaines | 12 July 1912 | Elizabeth I | Sarah Bernhardt as Queen Elizabeth I | Silent film |
| Richard III | André CalmettesJames Keane | 15 October 1912 | Richard III | Frederick Warde as Richard, Duke of Gloucester | Silent film |
| Sixty Years a Queen | Bert Haldane | November 1913 | Victoria | Blanche Forsythe as Queen VictoriaLouie Henri as Queen Victoria | Silent film |
| Anna Boleyn | Ernst Lubitsch | 3 December 1920 | Henry VIII | Henny Porten as Anna BoleynEmil Jannings as Henry VIII | Silent film |
| When Knighthood Was in Flower | Robert G. Vignola | 21 September 1922 | Mary Tudor | Marion Davies as Mary Tudor | Silent film |
| The Virgin Queen | J. Stuart Blackton | 23 January 1923 | Elizabeth I | Diana Manners as Queen Elizabeth I | Silent film |
| The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots | Denison Clift | October 1923 | Mary, Queen of Scots | Fay Compton as Mary, Queen of Scots | Silent film |
| The Virgin Queen | R. William Neill | 12 May 1928 | Elizabeth I | Aileen Manning as Queen Elizabeth I | Silent film |
| Henry the Ache | Ray McCarey | 26 January 1924 | Henry VIII | Bert Lahr as King Henry VIIIJanet Reade as Catherine Howard | |
| A Princess of Destiny | Tom Terriss | 4 May 1929 | Henry VIII | Anders Randolf as Henry VIIIDoris Lloyd as Anne BoleynDorothy Gould as Jane Seymour | Lost silent short film |
| The Private Life of Henry VIII | Alexander Korda | 17 August 1933 | Henry VIII | Charles Laughton as Henry VIII | |
| Victoria in Dover | Erich Engel | 28 February 1936 | Victoria | Jenny Jugo as Princess Victoria | German language film |
| Mary of Scotland | John Ford | 28 August 1936 | Mary, Queen of Scots | Katharine Hepburn as Mary, Queen of Scots | |
| Tudor Rose | Robert Stevenson | 1 September 1936 | Lady Jane Grey | Cedric Hardwicke as The Earl of WarwickNova Pilbeam as Lady Jane Grey | |
| Fire Over England | William K. Howard | 5 March 1937 | Elizabeth I | Flora Robson as Queen Elizabeth I | |
| Victoria the Great | Herbert Wilcox | 16 September 1937 | Victoria | Anna Neagle as Queen Victoria | |
| Sixty Glorious Years | Herbert Wilcox | 14 October 1938 | Victoria | Anna Neagle as Queen Victoria | |
| The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | Michael Curtiz | 11 November 1939 | Elizabeth I | Bette Davis as Queen Elizabeth I | |
| Entente cordiale | Marcel L'Herbier | 3 April 1939 | Edward VII | Victor Francen as King Edward VIIGaby Morlay as Queen Victoria | French language film |
| Das Herz der Königin | Carl Froelich | 1940 | Mary, Queen of Scots | Zarah Leander as Mary, Queen of Scots | German language film |
| Henry V | Laurence Olivier | 22 November 1944 | Henry V | Laurence Olivier as King Henry V | |
| The Mudlark | Jean Negulesco | 30 October 1950 | Victoria | Irene Dunne as Queen Victoria | |
| Young Bess | George Sidney | 21 May 1953 | Elizabeth I | Jean Simmons as Young Bess | |
| The Sword and the Rose | Ken Annakin | 23 July 1953 | Mary Tudor | Glynis Johns as Mary Tudor | |
| Victoria in Dover | Ernst Marischka | 16 December 1954 | Victoria | Romy Schneider as Princess Victoria | German language film |
| The Virgin Queen | Henry Koster | 22 July 1955 | Elizabeth I | Bette Davis as Queen Elizabeth I | |
| Richard III | Laurence Olivier | 13 December 1955 | Richard III | Laurence Olivier as Richard, Duke of GloucesterCedric Hardwicke as King Edward IV | |
| Victoria Regina | George Schaefer | 30 November 1961 | Victoria | Julie Harris as Queen Victoria | Part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame anthology |
| Tower of London | Roger Corman | 24 October 1962 | Richard III | Vincent Price as Richard, Duke of Gloucester | |
| Becket | Peter Glenville | 11 March 1964 | Henry II | Peter O'Toole as King Henry II | |
| Elizabeth the Queen | George Schaefer | 1968 | Elizabeth I | Judith Anderson as Queen Elizabeth I | Television film |
| The Lion in Winter | Anthony Harvey | 30 October 1968 | Henry II | Peter O'Toole as King Henry II | |
| Anne of the Thousand Days | Charles Jarrott | 18 December 1969 | Henry VIII | Richard Burton as King Henry VIIIGeneviève Bujold as Anne BoleynIrene Papas as Queen Catherine of Aragon | |
| Carry On Henry | Gerald Thomas | 17 February 1971 | Henry VIII | Sid James as King Henry VIII | Part of the Carry On series |
| Mary, Queen of Scots | Charles Jarrott | 22 December 1971 | Mary, Queen of Scots | Vanessa Redgrave as Mary, Queen of Scots | |
| Henry VIII and His Six Wives | Waris Hussein | 13 July 1972 | Henry VIII | Keith Michell as Henry VIII | |
| Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story | James Goldstone | 1982 | Charles III | David Robb as Charles, Prince of WalesCaroline Bliss as Diana, Princess of Wales | Television film |
| The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana | Peter Levin | 1982 | Charles III | Catherine Oxenberg as Diana, Princess of WalesChristopher Baines as Charles, Prince of Wales | Television film |
| Lady Jane | Trevor Nunn | 7 February 1986 | Lady Jane Grey | Helena Bonham Carter as Lady Jane Grey | |
| Henry V | Kenneth Branagh | 8 November 1989 | Henry V | Kenneth Branagh as King Henry V | |
| Diana: Her True Story (film) | Andrew Morton | 1993 | Diana, Princess of Wales | Serena Scott Thomas as Diana, Princess of Wales | Television film |
| The Madness of King George | Nicholas Hytner | 30 December 1994 | George III | Nigel Hawthorne as King George III | |
| Willi und die Windzors | | 1996 | Elizabeth II | Irm Hermann as Queen Elizabeth II | German language television film |
| Mrs Brown | John Madden | 18 July 1997 | Victoria | Judi Dench as Queen Victoria | |
| Elizabeth | Shekhar Kapur | 6 November 1998 | Elizabeth I | Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth I | |
| Diana: A Tribute to the People's Princess | Gabrielle Beaumont | 1998 | Diana, Princess of Wales | Amy Seccombe as Diana, Princess of Wales | Television film |
| Monarch | John Walsh | 2000 | Henry VIII | T. P. McKenna as King Henry VIII | |
| Bertie and Elizabeth | Giles Foster | 2002 | George VI | James Wilby as King George VIJuliet Aubrey as Queen Elizabeth | Television film |
| The Other Boleyn Girl | Philippa Lowthorpe | 28 March 2003 | Henry VIII | Natascha McElhone as Mary BoleynJodhi May as Anne BoleynJared Harris as King Henry VIII | Television film |
| The Lion in Winter | James Goldman | 26 December 2003 | Henry II | Patrick Stewart as King Henry II | Television film |
| Whatever Love Means | David Blair | 2005 | Charles III | Laurence Fox as Charles, Prince of WalesOlivia Poulet as Camilla Parker Bowles | Television film |
| Diana: The Rose Conspiracy | Martín Sastre | 2005 | Diana, Princess of Wales | Denise Watson as Diana, Princess of Wales | Short film |
| The Queen's Sister | Craig Warner | 2005 | Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon | Lucy Cohu as Princess Margaret | Television film |
| The Queen | Stephen Frears | 14 September 2006 | Elizabeth II | Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II | |
| Diana: Last Days of a Princess | Richard Dale | 12 August 2007 | Diana, Princess of Wales | Genevieve O'Reilly as Diana, Princess of Wales | Television film |
| Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Shekhar Kapur | 12 October 2007 | Elizabeth I | Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth I | |
| The Other Boleyn Girl | Justin Chadwick | 29 February 2008 | Henry VIII | Natalie Portman as Anne BoleynScarlett Johansson as Mary BoleynEric Bana as King Henry VIII | |
| The Young Victoria | Jean-Marc Vallée | 6 March 2009 | Victoria | Emily Blunt as Queen Victoria | |
| The Taking of Prince Harry | | 21 October 2010 | Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex | Sam Reid as Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex | Television film |
| The King's Speech | Tom Hooper | 26 November 2010 | George VI | Colin Firth as King George VI | |
| William & Kate: The Movie | Mark Rosman | 2011 | William, Prince of Wales | Nico Evers-Swindell as William, Duke of CambridgeCamilla Luddington as Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge | Television film |
| William & Catherine: A Royal Romance | Linda Yellen | 2011 | William, Prince of Wales | Dan Amboyer as William, Duke of CambridgeAlice St Clair as Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge | Television film |
| Mary Queen of Scots | Thomas Imbach | 12 November 2014 | Mary, Queen of Scots | Camille Rutherford as Mary, Queen of Scots | English and French language film |
| Diana | Oliver Hirschbiegel | 26 September 2013 | Diana, Princess of Wales | Naomi Watts as Diana, Princess of Wales | |
| Monarch | John Walsh | 14 September 2014 | Henry VIII | T. P. McKenna as Henry VIII | |
| A Royal Night Out | Julian Jarrold | 14 May 2015 | Elizabeth II | Sarah Gadon as Princess Elizabeth | |
| King Charles III | Rupert Goold | 10 May 2017 | Charles III | Tim Pigott-Smith as King Charles III | Television film |
| Victoria & Abdul | Stephen Frears | 3 September 2017 | Victoria | Judi Dench as Queen VictoriaAli Fazal as Abdul Karim | |
| Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance | Menhaj Huda | 13 May 2018 | Harry, Duke of Sussex | Murray Fraser as Prince Harry, Duke of SussexTiffany Smith as Meghan, Duchess of Sussex | Television film |
| Outlaw King | David Mackenzie | 9 November 2018 | Robert the Bruce | Chris Pine as Robert the Bruce | |
| Mary Queen of Scots | Josie Rourke | 7 December 2018 | Mary, Queen of Scots | Saoirse Ronan as Mary, Queen of Scots | |
| The Favourite | Yorgos Lanthimos | 21 December 2018 | Anne | Olivia Colman as Queen Anne | |
| The Queen and I | Dan Zeff | 24 December 2018 | Elizabeth II | Samantha Bond as Queen Elizabeth II | Television film |
| Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal | Menhaj Huda | 27 May 2019 | Harry, Duke of Sussex | Charlie Field as Prince Harry, Duke of SussexTiffany Smith as Meghan, Duchess of Sussex | Television film |
| The King | David Michôd | 17 October 2019 | Henry V | Timothée Chalamet as King Henry V | |
| Harry & Meghan: Escaping the Palace | Menhaj Huda | 6 September 2021 | Harry, Duke of Sussex | Jordan Dean as Prince Harry, Duke of SussexSydney Morton as Meghan, Duchess of Sussex | Television film |
| Spencer | Pablo Larraín | 5 November 2021 | Diana, Princess of Wales | Kristen Stewart as Diana, Princess of Wales | |
| Firebrand | Karim Aïnouz | 21 May 2023 | Henry VIII | Alicia Vikander as Katherine ParrJude Law as Henry VIII | |

## Fictional characters

| Title | Director | Release date | Top Billing | Notes |
| King Ralph | David S. Ward | 15 February 1991 | John Goodman as Ralph Jones | |
| The Queen's Corgi | Ben StassenVincent Kesteloot | 14 February 2019 | Jack Whitehall as Rex the royal corgi | Animated film |
| Red, White & Royal Blue | Matthew López | 11 August 2023 | Nicholas Galitzine as Prince Henry | |

## Documentary

| Title | Director | Release date | Subject | Notes |
| With Our King and Queen Through India | | 2 February 1912 | King George V's coronation as Emperor of India | Silent film, partially lost |
| Royal Journey | David BairstowGudrun ParkerRoger Blais | 21 December 1951 | Queen Elizabeth IIPrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | |
| A Queen Is Crowned | Michael Waldman | 2 June 1953 | Queen Elizabeth II | |
| The Queen in Australia | Stanley Hawes | 1954 | Queen Elizabeth II | |
| The England of Elizabeth | John Taylor | 1957 | Queen Elizabeth I | |
| A King's Story | Harry Booth | 1965 | King Edward VIII | |
| The Royal Tour of the Caribbean | | 1966 | Queen Elizabeth II | |
| Royal Family | Richard Cawston | 21 June 1969 | Queen Elizabeth II | Television film |
| Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of the Queen | Edward Mirzoeff | 6 February 1992 | Queen Elizabeth II | Television film |
| Charles: The Private Man, the Public Role | | 29 June 1994 | King Charles III | Television film |
| Looking for Victoria | Louise Osmond | 2003 | Queen Victoria | Television film |
| Britain's Real Monarch | | 3 January 2004 | George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence | Television film |
| Unlawful Killing | Keith Allen | 13 May 2011 | Diana, Princess of Wales | |
| Elizabeth at 90: A Family Tribute | John Bridcut | 21 April 2016 | Queen Elizabeth II | Television film |
| Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy | Ashley Gething | 24 July 2017 | Diana, Princess of Wales | Television film |
| Diana: In Her Own Words | | 6 August 2017 | Diana, Princess of Wales | Television film |
| The Story of Diana | Rebecca Gitlitz-Rapoport | August 2017 | Diana, Princess of Wales | Television film |
| Diana, 7 Days | Henry Singer | 27 August 2017 | Diana, Princess of Wales | Television film |
| The Coronation | | 14 January 2018 | Queen Elizabeth II | Television film |
| The Princess | | 19 January 2022 | Diana, Princess of Wales | |
| Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts | Roger Michell | 27 May 2022 | Queen Elizabeth II | |
| Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen | Simon Finch | 29 May 2022 | Queen Elizabeth II | Television film |
| Charles R: The Making of a Monarch | | 30 April 2023 | King Charles III | Television film |
| Frankie Boyle's Farewell to the Monarchy | | 30 April 2023 | Various | Television film |
| Charles III: The Coronation Year | Ashley Gething | 26 December 2023 | King Charles III | Television film |