🏷 Discover The Best England Movies & TV Shows To Watch Today

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England’s cinematic and television legacy is rich and diverse, offering everything from timeless classics to modern blockbusters. Whether you're a fan of period dramas, gritty crime thrillers, or whimsical fantasy tales, English cinema and TV have something unforgettable to discover. Dive into this curated guide to explore the best movies and shows set in or produced by England, from historical epics to contemporary masterpieces.

Cast

Joe Locke

Kit Connor

William Gao

Yasmin Finney

Heartstopper (2022) TV Show

8.6 1.7K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United Kingdom

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 24

Audience: TV-14

Story: Teens Charlie and Nick discover their unlikely friendship might be something more as they navigate school and young love.

Plot: coming out, friendship, high school, love, growing up, romance, coming of age, based on graphic novel, ...

Place: england

Outlander: Blood of My Blood (2025) TV Show

8.5 96 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 11

Audience: TV-MA

Story: From the battlefields of World War I to the rugged Highlands of 18th century Scotland, two fated couples must defy the forces that seek to tear them apart, unfolding in surprising and unforeseen ways in this romantic saga that unfolds across time.

Plot: post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), prequel, romance, scottish highlands

Time: world war i, 18th century, 1910s

Place: england

Cast

Cillian Murphy

Paul Anderson

Sophie Rundle

Natasha O'Keeffe

Peaky Blinders (2013) TV Show

8.5 11.2K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United Kingdom

Seasons: 6

Episodes: 36

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: gypsy, corruption, gangster, outlaw, murder, drugs, criminal, period drama, ...

Time: 1920s, 1910s

Place: england

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch

Martin Freeman

Sherlock (2010) TV Show

8.5 6.5K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-14

Story: A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

Style: suspenseful, tense

Plot: detective, based on novel or book, workaholic, investigation, friendship, police, genius, murder, ...

Place: london, england

Cast

Jeremy Clarkson

Kaleb Cooper

Charlie Ireland

Lisa Hogan

Clarkson's Farm (2021) TV Show

8.5 432 votes

Genre: Comedy, Reality

Country: United Kingdom

Seasons: 5

Episodes: 40

Audience: TV-PG

Story: Follow Jeremy Clarkson as he embarks on his latest adventure, farming. The man who on several occasions claims to be allergic to manual labour takes on the most manually labour intensive job there is. What could possibly go wrong?

Plot: farm, nature, ironic, ambivalent

Place: england

Cast

Jouji Nakata

Fumiko Orikasa

Yoshiko Sakakibara

Nobuo Tobita

Hellsing Ultimate (2006) TV Show

8.4 729 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 10

Audience: TV-MA

Story: For over a century, the mysterious Hellsing Organization has been secretly protecting the British Empire from the undead. When Sir Integra Hellsing succeeded as the head of the organization, she also inherited the ultimate weapon against these supernatural enemies: Alucard, a rogue vampire possessing mysterious and frightening powers. Now, Hellsing must deal with a more dangerous threat than vampires.

Plot: christianity, london, england, anti hero, nazi, vampire, secret organization, police, ...

Cast

Paul Eddington

Nigel Hawthorne

Derek Fowlds

Yes, Prime Minister (1986) TV Show

8.3 139 votes

Genre: Comedy, War

Country: United Kingdom

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 16

Story: James Hacker MP the Government's bumbling minister for Administrative Affairs is propelled along the corridors of power to the very pinnacle of politics - No. 10. Could this have possibly have been managed by his trusted Permanent Private Secretary, the formidably political Sir Humphrey Appleby who must move to the “Top Job” in Downing Street to support him, together with his much put upon PPS Bernard Wolley.What could possibly go wrong?

Plot: prime minister, politics, government, satire, sequel, british prime minister, sitcom, political humor

Place: england

Cast

Tom Hardy

Pierce Brosnan

Paddy Considine

Joanne Froggatt

MobLand (2025) TV Show

8.3 726 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 10

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Two mob families clash in a war that threatens to topple empires and lives.

Plot: drug trafficking, gang war, gangster, family business, murder, betrayal, crime family, fixer, ...

Place: london, england

Cast

Paul Eddington

Nigel Hawthorne

Derek Fowlds

Yes Minister (1980) TV Show

8.3 169 votes

Genre: Comedy, War

Country: United Kingdom

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 21

Audience: TV-PG

Story: Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he tries to get on with government business.

Plot: minister, politics, politician, satire, british politics, sitcom, political humor, workplace comedy

Place: england

Cast

Jason Sudeikis

Hannah Waddingham

Jeremy Swift

Brett Goldstein

Ted Lasso (2020) TV Show

8.3 2.4K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 44

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he's hired to manage a soccer team—despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, will he get them to see the Ted Lasso Way?

Plot: male friendship, friendship, fish out of water, football (soccer), american abroad, teammate, professional sports, football (soccer) team, ...

Place: england

Cast

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Sian Clifford

Andrew Scott

Fleabag (2016) TV Show

8.3 1.9K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United Kingdom

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A portrait into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, porn-watching, grief-riddled woman, trying to make sense of the world. As she hurls herself headlong at modern living, Fleabag is thrown roughly up against the walls of contemporary London, with all its frenetic energy, late nights, and bright lights.

Plot: london, england, godmother, feminism, cynicism, stepmother, grief, loneliness, ...

Doc Martin (2004) TV Show

8.3 142 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: France, United Kingdom

Seasons: 10

Episodes: 77

Audience: TV-14

Story: Doc Martin is a British television comedy drama series starring Martin Clunes in the title role. It was created by Dominic Minghella after the character of Dr. Martin Bamford in the 2000 comedy film Saving Grace. The show is set in the fictional seaside village of Portwenn and filmed on location in the village of Port Isaac, Cornwall, England, with most interior scenes shot in a converted local barn. Five series aired between 2004 and 2011, together with a feature-length special that aired on Christmas Day 2006. Series 6 began airing on ITV on 2 September 2013.

Plot: cornwall, england, doctor, small village, medical detective, former surgeon, familiar

Cast

Jennifer Ehle

Colin Firth

Susannah Harker

Crispin Bonham-Carter

Pride and Prejudice (1995) TV Show

8.2 560 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Canada, United Kingdom

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 6

Audience: TV-14

Story: Set in England in the early 19th century, Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters after the rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with the second-eldest Bennet daughter, Elizabeth.

Plot: countryside, based on novel or book, miniseries, class differences, period drama, costume drama, georgian or regency era, sisters

Time: 18th century

Place: england

Cast

Asa Butterfield

Gillian Anderson

Ncuti Gatwa

Emma Mackey

Sex Education (2019) TV Show

8.2 7.9K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United Kingdom

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 32

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Inexperienced Otis channels his sex therapist mom when he teams up with rebellious Maeve to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.

Style: bittersweet, absurd, witty

Plot: small town, sex therapy, high school, coming of age, school, teenage sexuality, lgbt, lgbt teen, ...

Place: england

Cast

Piper Perabo

8.2 17.7K votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 130 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

Style: shocking, bittersweet

Plot: dying and death, suicide, class society, magic, competition, obsession, hostility, class, ...

Time: 19th century

Place: london, england

Cast

Imelda Staunton

Jonathan Pryce

Lesley Manville

Dominic West

The Crown (2016) TV Show

8.2 2.4K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Seasons: 6

Episodes: 60

Audience: TV-MA

Story: The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny.The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.

Style: intimate

Plot: queen, prince, dynasty, royal family, princess, based on true story, royalty, based on play or musical, ...

Place: england

Cast

Malcolm McDowell

Patrick Magee

Carl Duering

Michael Bates

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

8.2 13.9K votes

Genre: Crime, Science Fiction

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 137 min.

Audience: NC-17

Story: In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure that'll rob him of all personal agency. In a time when conscience is a commodity, can Alex change his tune?

Plot: police brutality, robbery, street gang, based on novel or book, nihilism, parent child relationship, society, sexuality, ...

Place: london, england, great britain

Detectorists (2014) TV Show

8.1 184 votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United Kingdom

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 18

Audience: TV-14

Story: The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to disturb the tedium by unearthing the fortune of a lifetime.

Plot: metal detectorist, eccentric, sitcom, treasure hunter

Place: england

Skins (2007) TV Show

8.1 1.4K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United Kingdom

Seasons: 7

Episodes: 61

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol.

Plot: drugs, teenage sexuality, teenage romance, teen drama

Place: england

Cast

Maggie Smith

Michelle Dockery

Laura Carmichael

Joanne Froggatt

Downton Abbey (2010) TV Show

8.1 1.2K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Seasons: 6

Episodes: 47

Audience: TV-14

Story: A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.

Plot: servant, yorkshire, period drama, aristocrat, estate, costume drama, upstairs downstairs

Place: england

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Iconic English Movies You Can't Miss

England has produced some of the most celebrated films in cinematic history. These movies not only showcase the country's stunning landscapes but also highlight its cultural depth and storytelling brilliance.

Timeless Classics

The King's Speech (2010) – A powerful drama starring Colin Firth as King George VI, navigating his speech impediment with the help of a dedicated speech therapist. This Oscar-winning film is a must-watch for its emotional depth and historical significance.
Pride & Prejudice (2005) – Keira Knightley stars in this visually stunning adaptation of Jane Austen's beloved novel. The lush English countryside and sharp dialogue make it a timeless favorite.

Modern Masterpieces

1917 (2019) – Directed by Sam Mendes, this visually immersive war film follows two soldiers on a perilous mission during World War I. Shot to look like one continuous take, it’s a breathtaking cinematic experience.
Baby Driver (2017) – Edgar Wright’s stylish action film blends fast-paced car chases with a killer soundtrack. Set in Bristol and London, it’s a thrilling ride from start to finish.

Must-Watch English TV Shows

From gripping crime dramas to witty comedies, English television offers a wealth of high-quality programming. These shows capture the essence of England’s culture, history, and humor.

Acclaimed Dramas

Peaky Blinders (2013–2022) – Set in post-World War I Birmingham, this stylish crime drama follows the Shelby crime family. With Cillian Murphy delivering a standout performance, it’s a gripping blend of history and fiction.
The Crown (2016–2023) – Netflix’s lavish drama chronicles the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the British monarchy. With stellar performances and meticulous production design, it’s a binge-worthy epic.

Charming Comedies and Sci-Fi

Fleabag (2016–2019) – Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s sharp and hilarious comedy-drama follows a chaotic but endearing woman navigating life, love, and loss in London. It’s a modern classic with razor-sharp wit.
Doctor Who (1963–Present)
Doctor Who (1963–Present) – This iconic British sci-fi series follows the adventures of the Doctor, a time-traveling alien. With its imaginative storytelling and quirky characters, it’s a staple of English television.

Whether you're in the mood for a sweeping historical epic or a sharp contemporary drama, England’s film and TV offerings deliver unforgettable stories. Explore these gems to experience the best of English cinema and television.