The Best Movies About Royalty

Updated December 21, 2020 8.7k votes 1.3k voters 74.1k views51 items

List RulesFilms about kings, queens, and all things royal. Vote up the best, most royal movies.

Most of us are fascinated with the life of royalty. We love to know all the little details of what living in a palace would be like, what it would be like to go from being a common person to marrying a royal, and we absolutely love the true stories of how royalty has affected the world around us in history. There are a ton of great films about royalty (and greatly inaccurate films about royalty)! What are the best movies about royalty? Vote up the best below and see where your favorites rank!

The movies on this list all have a royalty theme in them, whether completely fictional in nature, a rags to riches story, a true historic and biographical approach, or a story of how actual kings or queens impacted their countries. No matter what aspect of royalty you're interested in, there is sure to be a movie to satisfy your curiosity below.

This list features the best royalty movies including, The Lion King, The King’s Speech, The Queen, Cinderella, Elizabeth, Ever After, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and The Princess Diaries. Vote up the best royalty movies below or add one you love that isn't already on the list.

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The King's Speech
Helena Bonham Carter, Colin Firth
Released: 2010
Directed by: Tom Hooper
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The Queen
Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen
Released: 2006
Directed by: Stephen Frears
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Elizabeth
Cate Blanchett, Daniel Craig
Released: 1998
Directed by: Shekhar Kapur
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The Young Victoria
Emily Blunt, Mark Strong
Released: 2009
Directed by: Jean-Marc Vallée
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen
Released: 2007
Directed by: Shekhar Kapur
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Victoria & Abdul
Judi Dench, Ali Fazal
Released: 2017
Directed by: Stephen Frears
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The Man in the Iron Mask
Leonardo DiCaprio, Hugh Laurie
Released: 1998
Directed by: Randall Wallace
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The Madness of King George
Helen Mirren, Ian Holm
Released: 1994
Directed by: Nicholas Hytner
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Mary Queen of Scots
Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie
Released: 2018
Directed by: Josie Rourke
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The Other Boleyn Girl
Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman
Released: 2008
Directed by: Justin Chadwick
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Ever After
Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston
Released: 1998
Directed by: Andy Tennant
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Anastasia
Kirsten Dunst, Meg Ryan
Released: 1997
Directed by: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Susan Beak, Geoff Beak
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Cleopatra
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton
Released: 1963
Directed by: Darryl F. Zanuck, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rouben Mamoulian
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The Favourite
Olivia Colman, Emma Stone
Released: 2018
Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos
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The Princess Diaries
Anne Hathaway, Mandy Moore
Released: 2001
Directed by: Garry Marshall
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Liam Neeson, Tilda Swinton
Released: 2005
Directed by: Andrew Adamson
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Henry V
Christian Bale, Emma Thompson
Released: 1989
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
John Cleese, Terry Gilliam
Released: 1975
Directed by: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
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Downton Abbey
Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael
Released: 2019
Directed by: Michael Engler
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Marie Antoinette
Kirsten Dunst, Tom Hardy
Released: 2006
Directed by: Sofia Coppola
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Enchanted
Amy Adams, Susan Sarandon
Released: 2007
Directed by: Kevin Lima
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Sleeping Beauty
Marvin Miller, Mary Costa
Released: 1959
Directed by: Clyde Geronimi
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A Royal Affair
Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander
Released: 2012
Directed by: Nikolaj Arcel
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First Knight
Sean Connery, Richard Gere
Released: 1995
Directed by: Jerry Zucker
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Beauty and the Beast
Emma Watson, Dan Stevens
Released: 2017
Directed by: Bill Condon
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