The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, whence the title. In 1588, relations between Spain and England are at the breaking point. With the support of Queen Elizabeth I, British sea raiders such as Sir Francis Drake regularly capture Spanish merchantmen bringing gold from the New World.

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939
6.3/10

The Sea Hawk
1940
7.2/10

Mrs Brown
1997
6.8/10

Mary of Scotland
1936
6.2/10

El Cid
1961
6.8/10

The Young Victoria
2009
7.2/10

For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943
6.5/10

Queen of the Desert
2015
5.8/10

Radium Girls
2020
6.7/10

Northanger Abbey
2007
6.8/10

The Last Rifleman
2023
6.6/10

My Brilliant Career
1979
6.2/10

The Lost Husband
2020
6.8/10

Racing with the Moon
1984
6.3/10

Casablanca
1943
8.1/10

Titanic
1953
6.6/10

Miss Austen Regrets
2008
6.1/10

Henry V
1944
6.7/10

Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954
6.5/10

Jane Eyre
1997
7.1/10
The War Is Over
1966
6.5/10