Highest-Rated Movies about 'King Charles Ii', Sort by Popularity
Forever Amber (1947), The Exile (1948), The Libertine (2004), Courageous Mr. Penn (1941) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best King Charles Ii movies.
#1. Forever Amber (1947)
Storyline: Amber St Clair means to get on in life and despite a poor background knows she has the assets to do it. Husbands, lovers, prison and a liaison with King Charles II form a tapestry of apparently calculating ups and downs, although in fact the one love of her life, Bruce Carlton, is never far from Amber's thoughts.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: courtesan, soldier, king charles ii, earl, highwayman, emotional, passionate ...
Movie Details Click Here!#2. The Exile (1948)
Storyline: Maria Montez was accorded top billing in this film by contractual agreement, although she is in the picture only long enough to take a bath in a tricky 17th century bathtub while sipping coffee with Charles Stuart and delivering dialogue in a barely-understandable French-accent. This is the second major film released within a short period with King Charles II as a primary character, and Charles here and Charles (George Sanders) in "Forever Amber" are two very varied approaches to the same character. This one takes place prior to the beginning of "Forever Amber" when Charles II and his followers are hiding out in Holland from Oliver Cromwell's puritan Round Heads. Being temporarily at liberty (or unemployed), Charles takes a day job at the farm/estate of Katie, and falls in love with her. Meanwhile he eludes his enemies by agility, enterprise and sword play, some of the latter performed while riding the blades of a Dutch windmill. He is summoned back to the throne and has to leave Katie and the tulips behind, returns to England, is replaced by George Sanders who pursues Amber St. Clair and forgets all about Katie. "The Exile" and "Forever Amber" should be viewed back-to-back for maximum-contrast enjoyment.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: heir, farm girl, colonel, countess, soldier, thrilling, rousing ...
Movie Details Click Here!#3. The Libertine (2004)
Storyline: In 1660, with the return of Charles II to the English throne, theater, the visual arts, science and sexual promiscuity flourish. Thirteen years later, in the midst of political and economical problems, Charles II orders the return of his friend John Wilmot, aka the second Earl of Rochester, from exile back to London. John is a morally-corrupt drunkard and a debauched, cynical poet. When the King asks John to prepare a play for the French ambassador so as to please him, John meets the aspiring actress Elizabeth Barry in the playhouse and decides to make her into a great star. He falls in love with her and she becomes his mistress. During the presentation to the King and the French ambassador, John falls into disgrace with the court. When he is thirty-three years old and dying of syphilis and alcoholism, he converts to being a religious man.
Plot Keywords: poet, actor, actress, king charles ii, noblewoman, writer, hedonistic ...
Movie Details Click Here!#4. Courageous Mr. Penn (1941)
Storyline: William Penn's heroic deeds, on the European and American continents, are told in this portrait of the founding father of both the Quakers and the Pennsylvania colony. Based on C.E. Vulliamy's biography "William Penn."
Plot Keywords: king charles ii, admiral, quaker, wife, military officer, explorer, somber ...
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