01of 09THE FAVOURITERachel Weisz and Emma Stone inThe Favourite.Atsushi Nishijima/Twentieth Century FoxThe newest addition to the mix, out in 2018, stars Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult and Joe Alwyn and follows the tangled web around 18th century monarch Queen Anne. Nominated for best motion picture - musical or comedy, it admittedly takes liberties with historical accuracy, though is based on letters between the monarch and two of her confidantes turned lovers, Sarah Churchill and Abigail Hill. The film earned two awards at the Venice Film Festival when it premiered.
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THE FAVOURITE
Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone inThe Favourite.Atsushi Nishijima/Twentieth Century Fox
The newest addition to the mix, out in 2018, stars Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult and Joe Alwyn and follows the tangled web around 18th century monarch Queen Anne. Nominated for best motion picture - musical or comedy, it admittedly takes liberties with historical accuracy, though is based on letters between the monarch and two of her confidantes turned lovers, Sarah Churchill and Abigail Hill. The film earned two awards at the Venice Film Festival when it premiered.
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VICTORIA & ABDUL
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MRS. BROWN
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04of 09THE YOUNG VICTORIAGk Films/Kobal/REX/ShutterstockQueen Victoria’s life is well-documented on the big screen. With Dench’s films chronicling her later years, 2009’sThe Young Victoria, which stars Emily Blunt, is about her younger ones. It starts before she becomes Queen, and shows her tense relationship with her mother, the Duchess of Kent, and a member of their household, Sir John Conroy, who both try to use Victoria to gain political influence. The film continues into Victoria’s reign and her relationship with her eventual husband, Prince Albert — and earned Blunt a Golden Globe nomination.
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THE YOUNG VICTORIA
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Queen Victoria’s life is well-documented on the big screen. With Dench’s films chronicling her later years, 2009’sThe Young Victoria, which stars Emily Blunt, is about her younger ones. It starts before she becomes Queen, and shows her tense relationship with her mother, the Duchess of Kent, and a member of their household, Sir John Conroy, who both try to use Victoria to gain political influence. The film continues into Victoria’s reign and her relationship with her eventual husband, Prince Albert — and earned Blunt a Golden Globe nomination.
05of 09THE QUEENPathe/Kobal/REX/ShutterstockHelen Mirren won a Golden Globeandan Oscar for her portrayal ofQueen ElizabethII at a very specific period of her life: the week following the death of Princess Diana. In the 2006 film, the queen faces backlash from the public as the royal family stays on holiday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland as the world mourns the loss of the “People’s Princess” — viewing Diana’s death as a private, family affair. Mirren won a Golden Globe and an Oscar for the movie, and went on to play the monarch again on Broadway and London’s West End in the playThe Audience.
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THE QUEEN
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Helen Mirren won a Golden Globeandan Oscar for her portrayal ofQueen ElizabethII at a very specific period of her life: the week following the death of Princess Diana. In the 2006 film, the queen faces backlash from the public as the royal family stays on holiday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland as the world mourns the loss of the “People’s Princess” — viewing Diana’s death as a private, family affair. Mirren won a Golden Globe and an Oscar for the movie, and went on to play the monarch again on Broadway and London’s West End in the playThe Audience.
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THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE
It seems Mirren has a knack for playing members of the royal family: In 1994’sThe Madness of King George, she is Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III, who ruled during the American Revolution. As you might expect, given the title, the movie largely focuses on the King’s (Nigel Hawthorne) rapidly declining mental health and a power struggle with various politicians and his son, the Prince of Wales, as he nearly loses his place on the throne during the Regency Crisis of 1788.
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THE KING’S SPEECH
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08of 09ELIZABETHPolygram/Kobal/REX/ShutterstockCate Blanchett scored her first Golden Globe nominationandwin in 1999 forElizabeth. In the film, she plays the firstQueen Elizabeth, who takes the throne after death of her half-sister, Queen Mary. In the mid-1500s, Elizabeth is queen in a male-dominated world and faces constant pressure from advisers to marry. The film also sees her fight to unite a religiously divided England — and that only covers the beginning of her reign.
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ELIZABETH
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Cate Blanchett scored her first Golden Globe nominationandwin in 1999 forElizabeth. In the film, she plays the firstQueen Elizabeth, who takes the throne after death of her half-sister, Queen Mary. In the mid-1500s, Elizabeth is queen in a male-dominated world and faces constant pressure from advisers to marry. The film also sees her fight to unite a religiously divided England — and that only covers the beginning of her reign.
09of 09ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGEGreg Williams/Universal/Studio Canal/Working Title/Kobal/REX/ShutterstockElizabethwas such a success that it got a 2007 sequel covering the subsequent years of her time on the throne, which included the Spanish Armada and further religious tensions in England. Oh, and even more pressure to marry and produce an heir, which as we now know, Elizabeth never wavered to. Blanchett was nominated for another Golden Globe for this role.
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ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
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Elizabethwas such a success that it got a 2007 sequel covering the subsequent years of her time on the throne, which included the Spanish Armada and further religious tensions in England. Oh, and even more pressure to marry and produce an heir, which as we now know, Elizabeth never wavered to. Blanchett was nominated for another Golden Globe for this role.
source: people.com
