A melancholy, intimate drama unfolds across decades, revealing the measured intrigues of British power.
A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy. Based on true events.
Streaming on Netflix.
Moderate sex and nudity, and no real violence, about what a TV-MA should carry.
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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.
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