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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: 81,102

2. 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: 13,068

3. The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)

PG-13 | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History

Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII.

Director: Justin Chadwick | Stars: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess

Votes: 119,898 | Gross: $26.81M

4. Henry VIII (2003 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 193 min | Biography, Drama, History

Two part mini-series documenting the stormy thirty-eight-year reign of King Henry VIII.

Director: Pete Travis | Stars: Ray Winstone, Joss Ackland, Sid Mitchell, Charles Dance

Votes: 2,485

5. The History Boys (2006)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An unruly class of gifted and charming teenage boys are taught by two eccentric and innovative teachers, as their headmaster pushes for them all to get accepted into Oxford or Cambridge.

Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour, Clive Merrison, Samuel Anderson

Votes: 21,403 | Gross: $2.71M

6. Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)

PG | 125 min | Biography, Drama

On his deathbed, King Henry VIII looks back over his eventful life and his six marriages.

Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Keith Michell, Donald Pleasence, Charlotte Rampling, Jane Asher

Votes: 971

7. The Prince and the Pauper (1937)

Approved | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A poor boy named Tom Canty and the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.

Directors: William Keighley, William Dieterle | Stars: Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, Henry Stephenson, Barton MacLane

Votes: 2,878

8. The Other Boleyn Girl (2003 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 90 min | Romance, Drama

Based on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" is a fictionalised account of the life of Lady Mary Boleyn who becomes mistress to England's King Henry VIII, ... See full summary »

Director: Philippa Lowthorpe | Stars: Natascha McElhone, Jodhi May, Jared Harris, Steven Mackintosh

Votes: 1,234

9. 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

10. Carry on Henry VIII (1971)

GP | 89 min | Comedy, Romance

After having just wed Marie of Normandy, Henry VIII's eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunately, she's always eating garlic, and refuses to stop. Deciding to get rid of her - in his... See full summary »

Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims

Votes: 3,056

11. The Prince and the Pauper (2000 TV Movie)

PG | 90 min | Adventure, Family

The King and a poor boy swap places.

Director: Giles Foster | Stars: Aidan Quinn, Alan Bates, Jonathan Hyde, Jonathan Timmins

Votes: 796

12. Nine Days a Queen (1936)

TV-PG | 80 min | Drama, History

A dramatization of Lady Jane Grey's short life, from her forced marriage (which she resisted), to her brief reign as monarch of England, and finally to her beheading. This movie portrays ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Nova Pilbeam, Cedric Hardwicke, John Mills, Felix Aylmer

Votes: 236

13. The Ghost of Anne Boleyn (2024)

46 min | Documentary

Every year on a night in May, the centuries-old tale goes, the spectre of Anne Boleyn rided up to Blickling Hall in a coach driven by a headless horseman, dressed in pure white, drenched in blood from her decapitated head in her lap.

Director: Oliver Elphick | Stars: Owen Emmerson, Ivan Eyre, Elizabeth Norton

14. The Truth About Mother Goose (1957)

Approved | 15 min | Documentary, Animation, Short

The true story behind various nursery rhymes is explored.

Directors: Bill Justice, Wolfgang Reitherman, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney | Stars: Page Cavanaugh Trio, Kevin Corcoran, John Dehner, Ginny Tyler

Votes: 440

15. Britain's Royals: The House of Windsor (2019 Video)

70 min | Documentary, Biography, History

From grand pageants to war for land, from a fascinated media and public to secret dealings and marriages with Hollywood celebrities, the Royal family of the United Kingdom has held us ... See full summary »

Director: Philip Gardiner | Stars: Paul Hughes, Razor Keeves

Votes: 29

16. The Undercover Scandals of Henry VIII (1970)

X | 84 min | Comedy, History

Queen Anne Boleyn entertains her husband King Henry VIII by providing young women to satisfy his sexual needs, in this Historical sexposé that reveals the web of conspiracy and debauchery in the Tudor court.

Director: Charlton De Serge | Stars: Steve Vincent, Elizabeth Knowles, Dee Lockwood, Keith McConnell

Votes: 21

17. Tudor Rose (2008)

7 min | Short, Romance

King Henry VIII doesn't wear his heart on his sleeve, he carries it with him in the emblem of the Tudor Dynasty a red rose. Love for him is a seasonal cycle. His first wife Katherine of ... See full summary »

Director: Sarah R. Lotfi | Stars: Tracey Allyn, Rebecca Bigler, Ethan Eagar, Mimi Forrester

Votes: 36

18. Rose Without a Thorn (1958 TV Movie)

60 min | Drama

The courtship and marriage of King Henry VIII and Catherine Howard.

Director: Alan Burke | Stars: Margo Lee, Kevin Brennan, Philippa Baker, Alex Crethar

19. Sleeping Betty (2007)

9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

In a world of odd people and surreal habits, the Queen weeps and wails: her daughter Betty won't wake up. With the court looking on, the King swings into action, jiggling the bed with the ... See full summary »

Director: Claude Cloutier | Stars: Martin Barry, Johanne Garneau, Rick Jones

Votes: 567

20. Holbein: Eye of the Tudors (2015 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 59 min | Documentary

A survey of Hans Holbein's career from his beginnings as a religious painter to his work for Henry VIII and beyond. The program also includes a close analysis of "The Ambassadors"

Director: Waldemar Januszczak | Star: Waldemar Januszczak

Votes: 113

21. Henry VIII (1991 TV Movie)

200 min | Drama, History, Music

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Director: Pierre Jourdan | Stars: Philippe Rouillon, Michèle Command, Lucile Vignon, Alain Gabriel

Votes: 19

22. Tales from the Royal Wardrobe (2014 TV Movie)

PG | 59 min | Documentary, History

Today, few people's clothes attract as much attention as the royal family, but this is not a modern-day paparazzi-inspired obsession. Historian Dr. Lucy Worsley, Chief Curator at Historic ... See full summary »

Director: Nick Gillam-Smith | Stars: Lucy Worsley, Beatrice Behlen, Shaun Cole, Meredith Etherington-Smith

Votes: 234

23. Tower of London: The Innocent (1969 TV Movie)

50 min | Drama, History

Worried that the presence of the imprisoned Earl of Warwick will threaten his dynasty, Henry has him entrapped into an act of treason to justify his execution.

Director: Jonathan Alwyn | Stars: John Abineri, Bernard Archard, Paul Bacon, Peter Copley

Votes: 13

24. Exploring England with Will Rogers (1927)

12 min | Short

Will Rogers, America's unofficial ambassador abroad, invites us to rural England. He starts at Windsor Castle, and we see the boys at Eton in their top hats. He motors past the oak trees of... See full summary »

Director: Carl Stearns Clancy | Star: Will Rogers

Votes: 19

25. Král a zena (1967 TV Movie)

22 min | Comedy

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Director: Evald Schorm | Stars: Jan Werich, Jana Brejchová, Vladimír Klos

Votes: 49

26. Henry the Ache (1934)

Passed | 20 min | Short, Musical, Comedy

King Henry the Eighth's new wife, Queen Annie, discovers that Henry doesn't know the first thing about the "facts of life", so she turns to the king's adviser, Sir Thomas.

Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: Bert Lahr, Janet Reade, Leni Stengel, Monte Collins

Votes: 42

27. Anne Boleyn's England (1969)

10 min | Documentary, Short

A promotional short for the film Anne of the Thousand Days (1969).

Stars: Geneviève Bujold, Richard Burton, Charles Jarrott, Elizabeth Taylor

28. The Six Wives of Henry VIII (2001– )
Episode: Anne Boleyn (2001)

49 min | Documentary, Drama, History

Anne Boleyn The temptress Anne Boleyn, who charmed the King with her seductive French ways gave him his second daughter, Elizabeth. Henry soon tired of her though and had her beheaded.

Director: Mary Cranitch | Stars: David Starkey, Julia Marsen, Annabelle Dowler, Chris Larkin

Votes: 20

29. The Six Wives of Henry VIII (2001– )
Episode: Katherine Howard and Catherine Parr (2001)

49 min | Documentary, Drama, History

Katherine Howard is perhaps the most tragic of Henry's wives. When she was just 18 years of age, Henry became absolutely besotted with her stunning beauty and unbridled sexuality. ... See full summary »

Director: Nicholas White | Stars: David Starkey, Michelle Abrahams, Caroline Lintott, Andy Rashleigh

Votes: 21

30. The Six Wives of Henry VIII (2001– )
Episode: Catherine of Aragon (2001)

49 min | Documentary, Drama, History

Catherine of Aragon The beautiful Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon, was Henry's first wife and succeeded in giving him a child, Mary. Her fierce yet eventually futile resistance to his... See full summary »

Director: Steven Clarke | Stars: David Starkey, Annabelle Dowler, Chris Larkin, Michael Fitzgerald

Votes: 23

31. The Six Wives of Henry VIII (2001– )
Episode: Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves (2001)

49 min | Documentary, Drama, History

Jane Seymour The luckless Jane Seymour managed to escape Henry's wrath by giving him his only surviving son, Edward. Unfortunately she died during childbirth. Anne of Cleves The 'Flanders ... See full summary »

Director: Louise Wardle | Stars: David Starkey, Andy Rashleigh, Charlotte Roach, Catherine Siggins

Votes: 20

32. An American Aristocrat's Guide to Great Estates (2020– )
Episode: Sudeley Castle (2020)

TV-G | 51 min | Documentary, History

Julie visits Sudeley, an ancient castle notable for its garden, pheasant refuge, romantic weddings, and for being the place where Queen Elizabeth I's epic garden party was held, and King Henry VIII's wife Queen Catherine Parr was buried.

Star: Julie Montagu

Votes: 9

33. The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970)
Episode: Anne of Cleves (1970)

TV-14 | 91 min | Drama, History, Romance

Henry has been a widower for two years but political diplomacy and Thomas Cromwell urge the king to choose Anne of Cleves. Will the match prove a triumph or a disaster?

Director: John Glenister | Stars: Keith Michell, Bernard Hepton, Wolfe Morris, Patrick Troughton

Votes: 96

34. The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970)
Episode: Catherine Howard (1970)

TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, History, Romance

Henry's ulcerated leg is causing him agony. The Duke of Norfolk presents his young and pretty niece Catherine Howard to the King, who becomes captivated. Henry soon marries Catherine - but will she prove to be his rose without a thorn?

Director: Naomi Capon | Stars: Angela Pleasence, Julia Cornelius, Sheila Burrell, Patrick Troughton

Votes: 96

35. The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970)
Episode: Catherine Parr (1970)

TV-14 | 89 min | Drama, History, Romance

It is the year 1543 and the King is now grossly fat, semi-lame, and wrinkled. Beset by boredom he longs for a new wife to ease his lonely life, will the twice widowed and scholarly Katherine Parr, fulfill his needs?

Director: Naomi Capon | Stars: Keith Michell, Howard Goorney, Rosalie Crutchley, John Ronane

Votes: 92

36. The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970)
Episode: Catherine of Aragon (1970)

TV-14 | 91 min | Drama, History, Romance

Catherine is widowed at only 16, and after the death of the miserly Henry VII, she happily marries the young handsome Henry VIII, could any two people be so much in love? The years ahead will provide many answers to that question.

Director: John Glenister | Stars: John Woodnutt, Martin Ratcliffe, Ken Wynne, Sally Travers

Votes: 121

37. The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970)
Episode: Jane Seymour (1970)

TV-14 | 91 min | Drama, History, Romance

The King is embroiled with the Reformation, and after the execution of Anne Boleyn he marries the kind and loving gentlewoman Jane Seymour. Will she provide him with the peace and comfort he needs and, even more importantly, a male heir?

Director: John Glenister | Stars: Anne Stallybrass, Daniel Moynihan, Gillian Bailey, Dorothy Black

Votes: 97

38. The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970)
Episode: Anne Boleyn (1970)

TV-14 | 88 min | Drama, History, Romance

Queen Catherine is dead and now Anne Boleyn is Queen, but now two years after her marriage her promise to give Henry a son remains unfulfilled and the outcome will lead more than one person to the scaffold.

Director: Naomi Capon | Stars: Dorothy Tutin, Keith Michell, Michael Osborne, Sheila Burrell

Votes: 103

39. The Prince and the Pauper (1976)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (1976)

Adventure, Drama, History

King Henry VIII of England is dying. The heir to the throne, the boy Prince Edward, meets by chance a pauper's son, Tom Canty. The two boys look exactly alike, and Edward decides they will ... See full summary »

Director: Barry Letts | Stars: Nicholas Lyndhurst, Donald Eccles, Ronald Herdman, June Brown

40. The Prince and the Pauper (1996)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (1996)

Adventure, Drama, Family

A poor boy named Tom Canty and Edward, the Prince of Wales exchange identities.

Director: Andrew Morgan | Stars: John Bowe, Peter Jeffrey, Richenda Carey, Rupert Frazer

Votes: 5

41. Secrets of the Royal Palaces (2021– )
Episode: Highgrove House (2021)

TV-PG | Documentary, History

The smallest Royal residence currently in use, Highgrove House in Gloucester was renovated by Prince Charles and features a multiple 'room' outdoor garden which has been described as an 'organic oasis."

Stars: Samantha Bond, Jennie Bond, Susie Boniface, Paul Burrell

Votes: 7

42. The Shadow of the Tower (1972)
Episode: The Fledgling (1972)

49 min | Biography, Drama, History

In order to give his dynasty more credibility, Henry tries to arrange a marriage between his son and the Spanish princess, but their are preconditions.

Director: Joan Kemp-Welch | Stars: James Maxwell, Christopher Neame, Richard Warwick, Michael Graham Cox

Votes: 14

43. The Shadow of the Tower (1972)
Episode: The King Without a Face (1972)

50 min | Biography, Drama, History

The year is now 1501 and Henry is now finally secure on the throne with his promising son Arthur about to marry Catherine of Aragon, however in the shadows tragic events are lying in wait for the King.

Director: Peter Moffatt | Stars: James Maxwell, Norma West, John Bennett, Noel Johnson

Votes: 17

44. Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode: Henri VIII, un amour de tyran (2009)

Biography, History

About the life and loves of King Henry VIII.

Stars: Stéphane Bern, Isabelle Benhadj, Pascal Brioist, Michel Duchein

Votes: 6

45. Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History (2013– )
Episode: Gods to Men: Tudors to Stuarts (2013)

59 min | Documentary

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Director: Paul Berczeller | Stars: Lucy Worsley, Richard Cust, Alice Hunt, Elizabeth Hurren

Votes: 19

46. Cunk on Britain (2016–2018)
Episode: The Empire Strikes Back (2018)

29 min | Comedy, History

Philomena explores The Tudors, The Georgians and the English Civil War, King Henry VIII and his chronic addiction to wives, William Shakespeare, Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins, and Lord Horatio Nelson.

Director: Lorry Powles | Stars: Diane Morgan, Stephen Gunn, Vanessa Harding, Ronald Hutton

Votes: 157