Drama, History
Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She is imprisoned at the age of 23 by her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, the English Queen and her arch adversary. Nineteen years later the life of Mary is to be ended on the scaffold and with her execution the last threat to Elizabeth's throne has been removed. The two Queens with their contrasting personalities make a dramatic counterpoint to history.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Executioner's Song
Salem Witch Trials
Good Favour
Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba
Cuban Breeze
Hamnet
Pistol Whipped
Morvern Callar
Tudor Rose
Mrs Brown
A Merry Tudor Christmas with Lucy Worsley
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
To End All Wars
Shakespeare in Love
Mary Queen of Scots
Young Adam
Veselé panie z Windsoru
Dark Nuns
Outlaw King
Braveheart
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Executioner's Song
IMDB 5.7 | Sep , 1982
In this fact-based made-for TV film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who just finished serving a lengthy stay in prison, tries to start anew by moving to Utah. Before long, Gary begins an ill-advised romance with the troubled Nicole Baker, a teenage single mother. As their relationship quickly deteriorates, Gary goes on a murderous rampage, leaving two dead. During his trial, he demands capital punishment; a media circus ensues and outsiders look to profit from his story.Salem Witch Trials
IMDB 6.1 | Dec , 2002
Salem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal that forever stands as one of the darkest chapters in American history. For those accused of witchcraft by their neighbors and friends, there was little chance of clearing their names; the mass paranoia that ravaged through the community took the lives of 19 innocent men and women.Good Favour
IMDB 4.8 | Nov , 2018
A teenage stranger is welcomed into a household in a devout Catholic village and gradually reveals his motives and what seem to be magical powers.Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba
IMDB 5.2 | Apr , 2009
Set in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies.Cuban Breeze
IMDB 0 | Oct , 1986
Irishman Vincent Coke is facing execution on the electric chair after a lifetime of adventures, including smuggling rich Cubans from Cuba to the USA. While rebelling against the system, he finds an unexpected lifeline offered to him by the very system he is rebelling against.Hamnet
IMDB 8.2 | Nov , 2025
The powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.Pistol Whipped
IMDB 5.5 | Mar , 2008
Steven Seagal stars in this gritty, no-holds barred action film as an elite ex-cop with a gambling problem and a mountain of debt. When a mysterious man offers to clear his debts in exchange for the assassination of the city's most notorious gangsters, he make s decision that will change his life - forever.Morvern Callar
IMDB 6.6 | Nov , 2002
After her boyfriend commits suicide, a young woman attempts to use the unpublished manuscript of a novel and a sum of money he left behind to reinvent her life.Tudor Rose
IMDB 8.1 | Sep , 1936
The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.Mrs Brown
IMDB 6.7 | Jul , 1997
When Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert dies, she finds solace in her trusted servant, Mr. John Brown. But their relationship also brings scandal and turmoil to the monarchy.A Merry Tudor Christmas with Lucy Worsley
IMDB 9 | Dec , 2019
Recreating festivities from Henry VIII's era, Lucy Worsley dresses, eats, drinks, sings and parties like it is 500 years ago - discovering long-lost traditions as well as familiar customs.Aguirre, the Wrath of God
IMDB 7.5 | Dec , 1972
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IMDB 6.4 | Sep , 2001
Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon, Lt. Jim Reardon and Maj. Ian Campbell are among the military officers kept imprisoned and routinely beaten and deprived of food. While Campbell wants to rebel and attempt an escape, Gordon tries to take a more stoic approach, an attitude that proves to be surprisingly resonant.Shakespeare in Love
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 1998
Young William Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, 'Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter', before it's even written. When lovely noblewoman Viola de Lesseps auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love — and Shakespeare's play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship intensifies, the comedy soon transforms into tragedy.Mary Queen of Scots
IMDB 6.5 | Dec , 2018
In 1561, Mary Stuart, widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful throne and menaces the future of Queen Elizabeth I as ruler of England, because she has a legitimate claim to the English throne. Betrayals, rebellions, conspiracies and their own life choices imperil both Queens. They experience the bitter cost of power, until their tragic fate is finally fulfilled.Young Adam
IMDB 5.8 | Sep , 2003
A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits.Veselé panie z Windsoru
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1980
Sir John Falstaff, a bon vivant and womanizer, courts Mrs. Ford one day and Mrs. Page the next. They are cheerful but respectable ladies, so they devise a plan to punish the old rogue and teach him a lesson about his immoral advances and womanizing.Dark Nuns
IMDB 6.3 | Jan , 2025
Desperation drives two nuns to perform an exorcism no nun should attempt. With a possessed child at the mercy of evil and the opposition of the Catholic Church, they take on the dangerous forbidden rituals themselves, putting their immortal souls in grave danger. They must confront the terrifying cost of their sacrilegious actions, but one goal remains: the boy must be saved at all costs.Outlaw King
IMDB 6.8 | Sep , 2018
Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne.Braveheart
IMDB 7.9 | May , 1995
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.