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What Are Good Movies About the British History?
Question by ?Mookita quiere a su hermana? ?: What are good movies about the British History?
I’m looking 4 good movies about the History of Great Britain,The Celts,Henry the 8th,etc. & all that stuff.
Best answer:
Answer by Will
Some recommendations:
Alfred The Great.
Anne of the Thousand Days (about Anne Boleyn & Henry VIII)
Cromwell (About the English Civil War)
The Madness of King George.
Or, you could get everything from one great TV Series, “The History of Britain,” by Simon Schama
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Battle of Britain
The Madness of King George
Six Wives of Henry VIII
The Other Boleyn Girl
Mary Queen of Scots
Waterloo
Elizabeth R
Zulu
Zulu Dawn
Breaker Morant
The Libertine
Good movies to watch that are,however, grossly inaccurate historically:
King Arthur
Northwest Frontier
Robin of Sherwood
Cromwell
The Lion in Winter
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063227/
Becket
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057877/
A Man for All Seasons
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060665/
Khartoum
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060588/
Movies based on Shakespeare’s History Plays:
Henry IV Part I
Henry IV Part 2
Henry V
Henry VI Part I
Henry VI Part 2
Henry VI Part 3
Henry VIII (boring, not recommended even if someone did make a movie on him)
Richard II
Richard III
Other recommendations:
The Lion In Winter
Braveheart
Please keep in mind very few movies about history are anywhere near historically accurate.
Just in case anyone else suggest it – NOT Braveheart. Excellent film, but with virtually no relation to the actual facts.
Movies are not quite reliable when wanting to learn about British History. They can help you catch the gist of the time, but to be historically accurate, try consulting some books.
I happen to like historical movies/costume dramas as well, and here are some, though they are mostly from the Tudor era (note that they may not be historically accurate!)
*The Tudors – (TV Series) If you want to get an idea of the political and religious atmosphere of the Tudor era
*Elizabeth (and its sequel)
*Shakespeare in Love
*The Duchess – a few political thingies can be picked up here, but my memory’s cloudy
*The Young Victoria