Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "earl"

1. Downton Abbey (2010–2015)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

A chronicle of the lives of the British aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the early twentieth century.

Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Brendan Coyle

Votes: 225,062

2. Belgravia (2020)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Follows events when the emerging nouveau riche, including the Trenchard family, rub shoulders with London's established upper classes and when secrets from the past threaten to emerge.

Stars: Philip Glenister, Tamsin Greig, Harriet Walter, Saskia Reeves

Votes: 8,875

3. Downton Abbey (2019)

PG | 122 min | Drama, Romance

1927. The Crawleys prepare to host King George V and Queen Mary at Downton Abbey.

Director: Michael Engler | Stars: Stephen Campbell Moore, Michael Fox, Lesley Nicol, Sophie McShera

Votes: 63,419 | Gross: $96.85M

4. Black Butler (2008–2011)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Ciel Phantomhive takes care of the many unsettling events in Victorian England. Aided by Sebastian Michaelis, his loyal butler with seemingly inhuman abilities. But is there more to this black-clad butler than meets the eye?

Stars: J. Michael Tatum, Brina Palencia, Michael C. Pizzuto, Monica Rial

Votes: 9,303

5. Crooked House (2017)

PG-13 | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In Agatha Christie's most twisted tale, a spy-turned-private-detective is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather's murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets.

Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner | Stars: Max Irons, Stefanie Martini, Glenn Close, Honor Kneafsey

Votes: 27,565

6. Bright Young Things (2003)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, War

An adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel "Vile Bodies", is a look into the lives of a young novelist, his would-be lover, and a host of young people who beautified London in the 1930s.

Director: Stephen Fry | Stars: Stephen Campbell Moore, Emily Mortimer, Dan Aykroyd, Simon McBurney

Votes: 6,323 | Gross: $0.93M

7. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)

PG | 143 min | Adventure, Drama

A missing heir of respected Scottish family, raised in African jungles by animals, finally returns to his estate only to realize that difference between the two worlds is really significant.

Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm

Votes: 21,264 | Gross: $45.90M

8. The Libertine (2004)

R | 114 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.

Director: Laurence Dunmore | Stars: Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton, John Malkovich, Paul Ritter

Votes: 37,800 | Gross: $4.84M

9. Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)

PG | 145 min | Biography, Drama, History

King Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Catharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.

Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas, Anthony Quayle

Votes: 8,123 | Gross: $2.07M

10. Stage Beauty (2004)

R | 106 min | Drama

A female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desdemona in Othello. But what will become of the male actor she once worked for and eventually replaced?

Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett, Derek Hutchinson

Votes: 10,743 | Gross: $0.78M

11. Night of the Blood Monster (1970)

PG | 84 min | Biography, Horror

Sir Christopher Lee plays the Lord Chief Justice of seventeenth century England who condemns women as witches to further his political and sexual needs.

Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Christopher Lee, Maria Schell, Leo Genn, Hans Hass Jr.

Votes: 1,530

12. The Black Knight (1954)

Approved | 85 min | Adventure, History

During King Arthur's time, a sword maker wishes to win Lady Linet's heart but first he must become a noble knight.

Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Alan Ladd, Patricia Medina, André Morell, Harry Andrews

Votes: 846

13. The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

Approved | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History

A depiction of the love/hate relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp

Votes: 6,166

14. Viceroy's House (2017)

Not Rated | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History

The final Viceroy of India, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (Hugh Bonneville), is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.

Director: Gurinder Chadha | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal, Huma Qureshi

Votes: 8,563 | Gross: $1.11M

15. Forever Amber (1947)

Approved | 138 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

In seventeenth-century England, Amber St. Clair aims to raise herself from country girl to nobility, and succeeds, but loses her true love in the process.

Directors: Otto Preminger, John M. Stahl | Stars: Linda Darnell, Cornel Wilde, Richard Greene, George Sanders

Votes: 1,692 | Gross: $16.00M

16. Christmas at Castle Hart (2021 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Romance

Brooke Bennett goes to Ireland for Christmas to search for her Irish roots. While there, she meets Aiden Hart. Mistaken for an elite event planner, she's hired to host his castle's epic Christmas party.

Director: Stefan Scaini | Stars: Lacey Chabert, Stuart Townsend, Ali Hardiman, Kate O'Toole

Votes: 2,045

17. Munster, Go Home! (1966)

Approved | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

The Munsters travel to England after Herman discovers he's the new Lord of the Munster Hall.

Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis, Butch Patrick

Votes: 3,052

18. The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)

Approved | 99 min | Adventure, History, Romance

Peasant Myles Falworth is trained for knighthood and is groomed by various nobles to defeat the evil Earl of Alban who's plotting to usurp King Henry IV's throne.

Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, David Farrar, Barbara Rush

Votes: 2,077

19. Robin Hood (1922)

Not Rated | 143 min | Adventure, Family, Romance

A nobleman becomes the vigilante Robin Hood who protects the oppressed English people from the tyrannical Prince John.

Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Wallace Beery, Sam De Grasse, Enid Bennett

Votes: 2,482 | Gross: $5.45M

20. Christmas in the Highlands (2019 TV Movie)

84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A New York sales manager is sent to the remote Scottish Highlands at Christmas to acquire a limited edition perfume from a dashing Earl preparing for his annual ball and falls in love instead.

Director: Ryan Dewar | Stars: Dan Jeannotte, Brooke Burfitt, Nicholas Farrell, Geraldine Somerville

Votes: 869

21. Castle of the Creeping Flesh (1968)

Not Rated | 77 min | Horror

In an ancient castle, a mad scientist is trying to revive his dead daughter by an operation, but there are certain body parts he needs that he can't get. His problem is solved when a group of drunken party-goers stumble into his castle.

Director: Adrian Hoven | Stars: Janine Reynaud, Howard Vernon, Elvira Berndorff, Claudia Butenuth

Votes: 406

22. Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)

Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Drama, History

While King Richard is away at the Crusades, some Nottingham nobles and their Sheriff plot to confiscate estates of fallen Crusaders but Robin Hood and Maid Marian foil their plan.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Richard Greene, Peter Cushing, Niall MacGinnis, Richard Pasco

Votes: 1,483

23. Longford (2006 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 93 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A portrait of Lord Longford, a tireless British campaigner whose controversial beliefs often resulted in furious political debate and personal conflict.

Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Lee Boardman, Jim Broadbent, Tam Dean Burn, Lindsay Duncan

Votes: 3,291

24. Fancy Pants (1950)

Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Western

An American actor impersonating an English butler is hired by a woman from New Mexico to refine her husband and headstrong daughter. The complications increase when the town believes Arthur... See full summary »

Director: George Marshall | Stars: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Bruce Cabot, Jack Kirkwood

Votes: 1,493 | Gross: $2.60M

25. The Young Visiters (2003 TV Movie)

90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Nine-year-old Daisy wrote a novel in 1890 about an awkward gentleman meeting a young lady on a train. He invites her to his London home. She wants to meet high society, so he takes her to a lord's country estate.

Director: David Yates | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Hugh Laurie, Lyndsey Marshal, Bill Nighy

Votes: 568

26. Black Arrow (1985 TV Movie)

90 min | Adventure, History

In 15th century England, a civil war called Wars of the Roses is being fought between two rival houses who want the throne. Fresh from battle, a knight finds his family dead. He joins the outlaws led by the Black Arrow to seek justice.

Director: John Hough | Stars: Benedict Taylor, Georgia Slowe, Oliver Reed, Fernando Rey

Votes: 582

27. Little Lord Fauntleroy (1995)

G | 360 min | Drama, Family

An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust.

Stars: Michael Benz, Betsy Brantley, George Baker, Bernadette Shortt

Votes: 205

28. The Headless Ghost (1959)

Not Rated | 62 min | Comedy, Horror

Three teenagers encounter a ghost who is in limbo until he retrieves his lost head. They do their bit to help him find it.

Director: Peter Graham Scott | Stars: Richard Lyon, Liliane Sottane, David Rose, Clive Revill

Votes: 457

29. The Squaw Man (1914)

Not Rated | 74 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A chivalrous British officer takes the blame for his cousin's embezzlement and journeys to the American West to start a new life on a cattle ranch.

Directors: Oscar Apfel, Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Dustin Farnum, Monroe Salisbury, Winifred Kingston, Mrs. A.W. Filson

Votes: 1,048 | Gross: $0.53M

30. The Princess Academy (1987)

R | 90 min | Comedy

Lowbrow humor is the feature in this 'Porky's for girls'. The students of an elite international private school that teaches rich young women how to behave like proper ladies rebel against their strict, snobbish and brutish head teacher.

Director: Bruce A. Block | Stars: Eva Gabor, Lu Leonard, Richard Paul, Carole Davis

Votes: 208 | Gross: $0.21M

31. The Bruce (1996)

107 min | Biography, Drama, History

In the early 14th century, Scottish warrior and Earl Robert the Bruce is crowned King of Scots, leading Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England.

Directors: Bob Carruthers, David McWhinnie | Stars: Gary Andrew, Brian Blessed, Richard Brimblecombe, Conor Chamberlain

Votes: 624

32. The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946)

Approved | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Family

The adventures of Robert of Nottingham, the son of Robin Hood.

Directors: Henry Levin, George Sherman | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Anita Louise, Jill Esmond, Edgar Buchanan

Votes: 550 | Gross: $3.00M

33. King John (1899)

5 min | Short, Drama

King John does whatever it takes to keep himself on the throne of England, making enemies of the pope, France, and his nephew along the way.

Directors: Walter Pfeffer Dando, William K.L. Dickson, Herbert Beerbohm Tree | Stars: Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Dora Tulloch, Charles Sefton, J. Fisher White

Votes: 522

34. Edward II (1970 TV Movie)

125 min | Drama, History

The reign of Edward II, King of England, is troubled from the start, when he brings his male lover, hated by the nobles, out of exile.

Directors: Richard Marquand, Toby Robertson | Stars: Ian McKellen, Timothy West, Diane Fletcher, James Laurenson

Votes: 149

35. Kenilworth (1967– )

45 min | Drama, History, Romance

In 1575, ambitious 1st Earl of Leicester, Robert Dudley, decides to keep his marriage to the love of his life, Amy Robsart, secret in order to gain favor with Queen Elizabeth I. This leads to tragedy. Based on fact-based novel.

Stars: Jeremy Brett, Gemma Jones, George Innes, John Fraser

Votes: 10

36. The Trial of Lord Lucan (1994 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

An imagined trial of a man who, in 1974 London, is thought to have killed a woman he mistook for his wife in order to regain custody of his children. He disappeared the day after the killing and was never found.

Director: Richard Signy | Stars: Geoffrey Annis, Sean Arnold, Lynsey Baxter, Alan Bird

Votes: 30

37. WCW World War 3 (1995 TV Special)

161 min | Action, Sport

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Stars: Arn Anderson, Scotty Antol, Mark Ashford-Smith, Marcus Bagwell

Votes: 75

38. Intrusion (2015 Video)

Not Rated | 74 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Holly Jensen leads an overly dramatic life. After friend Kali talks Holly into a harmless game, things become deadly.

Director: Dru Pfeiffer | Stars: Katie Stewart, Lee Haycraft, Teresa Lawrence, Kyle Cates

Votes: 76

39. Touch of the Master's Hand (1980)

Not Rated | 64 min | Drama

The sale of an old violin sets off a chain of events that tests and strengthens an English family's faith.

Director: Jimmy Murphy | Stars: James McIlroy, Joe McPartland, Julian Chambers, Maurice O'Callaghan

Votes: 24

40. Roaming the Emerald Isle with Will Rogers (1927)

10 min | Short

Will Rogers visits people and places in Ireland.

Director: Carl Stearns Clancy | Stars: Will Rogers, Cal Tinney, William Cosgrave

Votes: 50

41. Bohác a chudák (2005 TV Movie)

73 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

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Director: Zdenek Zelenka | Stars: Jakub Prachar, Michal Slaný, Jirina Bohdalová, Václav Postránecký

Votes: 23

42. Lord Babs (1932)

77 min | Musical

A steward inherits the estate of an earl.To repel the advances of an unwanted fiancee, he pretends that he has regressed to childhood behaviors.

Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Bobby Howes, Jean Colin, Pat Paterson, Alfred Drayton

Votes: 14

43. Earl & Puppy (2003)

19 min | Drama, Short

Twenty years ago, Earl Piatowski walked out on his wife, Puppy. They were in love, but he was restless; he left her for the independence, opportunity and romance of a life on the road among... See full summary »

Director: Jeff Gilbert | Stars: Nicolas Andreano, James Baker, Ian Blackman, Brian Geraghty

Votes: 13

44. Hearts and the Highway (1915)

Passed | 50 min | Drama, History

The Earl of Clanranald, obliged against his will to attend a meeting of conspirators against King James (II) of England, is arrested. His death warrant is signed by the King and dispatched ... See full summary »

Director: Wilfrid North | Stars: Lillian Walker, Darwin Karr, Donald Hall, L. Rogers Lytton

45. Clandestiny (1996 Video Game)

Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Cowardly American, Andrew McPhile, and his fiancee visit an old Scottish castle he had inherited. The place turns out to be haunted by his cursed ancestors. Solve puzzles to find the legendary Stone of Scone and lift the curse.

Director: David Wheeler | Stars: Sherman Archibald, Marco Barricelli, Patrick Claflin, Graeme Devine

Votes: 13

46. The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001–2007)
Episode: A Great Deliverance (2001)

TV-PG | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After a farmer is found decapitated, aristocratic Detective Inspector Lynley is assigned to the case with a resentful new partner, D.S. Barbara Havers.

Director: Richard Laxton | Stars: Nathaniel Parker, Sharon Small, Anthony Calf, Amanda Ryan

Votes: 593

47. The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001–2007)
Episode: Payment in Blood (2002)

TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After a playwright changes dialogue in her play just days before its opening, she is found brutally stabbed with other murders to follow.

Director: Kim Flitcroft | Stars: James McAvoy, Naomi Frederick, Ronald Pickup, Yvonne O'Grady

Votes: 486

48. The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001–2007)
Episode: Well Schooled in Murder (2002)

TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When an old school friend contacts Lynley about a missing schoolboy, the inspector soon has to launch a murder inquiry.

Director: Robert Young | Stars: John Sessions, Lisa Stevenson, Curtis Woodruff, Paul Herzberg

Votes: 575

49. The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001–2007)
Episode: For the Sake of Elena (2002)

TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When the deaf daughter of a Cambridge professor is found brutally murdered while jogging, Lynley finds she has led a promiscuous lifestyle.

Director: Richard Laxton | Stars: Samantha Baker, Cherie Lunghi, Nathaniel Parker, Sharon Small

Votes: 430

50. The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001–2007)
Episode: Missing Joseph (2002)

TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Rev. Robin Sage dies after eating a meal prepared by Juliet Spence, an expert herbalist who should know the difference between wild parsnips and deadly hemlock.

Director: Richard Laxton | Stars: Pippa Haywood, Charlotte Salt, Tony Boncza, Joanna Dunn

Votes: 388