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Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of English Civil War. This list does not include documentaries, short films.^[1]

Films

Year	Country	Main title (Alternative title)	Director	Subject
1920	United Kingdom	The Tavern Knight	Maurice Elvey	Adventure, History. Based on a novel The Tavern Knight.
1923	United States	The Fighting Blade	John S. Robertson	Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War.
1923	United Kingdom	The Royal Oak	Maurice Elvey	Drama, History. Based on the play The Royal Oak.
1933	United Kingdom	A Royal Demand	Gustav A. Mindzenti	Drama.
1937	United Kingdom	The Vicar of Bray	Henry Edwards	Drama, History.
1947	United States	Forever Amber	Otto Preminger John M. Stahl	Adventure, Drama, Romance. Based on a novel Forever Amber.
1958	United Kingdom	The Moonraker	David MacDonald	Action, Adventure, Drama, War. Based on the play The Moonraker.
1963	United Kingdom	The Scarlet Blade	John Gilling	Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War.
1970	United Kingdom United States	Cromwell	Ken Hughes	Biography, Drama, History, War. Oliver Cromwell
1975	United Kingdom	Winstanley	Kevin Brownlow Andrew Mollo	Biography, Drama, War. Based on a novel Comrade Jacob. Gerrard Winstanley
1989	United Kingdom France Spain	The Return of the Musketeers	Richard Lester	Action, Adventure, Romance. Based on a novel Twenty Years After.
2003	United Kingdom Germany	To Kill a King	Mike Barker	Biography, Drama, History, War. Oliver Cromwell, Thomas Fairfax.

Science fiction, fantasy, and horror

Year	Country	Main title (Alternative title)	Director	Subject
1968	United Kingdom	Witchfinder General	Michael Reeves	Drama, Horror. Based on a novel Witchfinder General. Matthew Hopkins
2013	United Kingdom	A Field in England	Ben Wheatley	Drama, History, Horror, Mystery.
2017	Bulgaria United Kingdom	Hex	George Popov Jonathan Russell	History, Horror, Thriller, War.

Television films

Year	Country	Main title (Alternative title)	Original title (Original script)	Director	Subject
1962	United Kingdom	The Cruel Necessity		Peter Dews	Drama.

TV Series

Year	Country	Main title (Alternative title)	Director	Subject
1955	United Kingdom	The Children of the New Forest		Adventure. Based on a novel The Children of the New Forest.
1957	United Kingdom	The Gay Cavalier	Lance Comfort Terence Fisher	Adventure, Family. Claude Duval
1964	United Kingdom	The Children of the New Forest	Brandon Acton-Bond	Adventure. Based on a novel The Children of the New Forest.
1966	United Kingdom	Royalist and Roundhead
1977	United Kingdom	The Children of the New Forest	John Frankau	Adventure. Based on a novel The Children of the New Forest.
1983-5	United Kingdom	By the Sword Divided		Drama, History, War.
1998	United Kingdom	Children of the New Forest	Andrew Morgan	Drama, Family. Based on a novel The Children of the New Forest.
2008	United Kingdom South Africa	The Devil's Whore	Marc Munden	Adventure, Drama, Romance, War. Edward Sexby
2022	United Kingdom	The Witchfinder	Gibbons brothers	Comedy.

References

^ "english-civil-war". imdb.

[1] "english-civil-war". imdb.

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