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Plot Summary:
Italian explorer rescues the daughter of the Mongol leader Kublai Khan, meets a hermit who has invented gunpowder and builds a cannon.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 166
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 103 min
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Marco the Magnificent (1965)
Plot Summary:
Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own son, with a new invention: gunpowder.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 609
Genere: Adventure, Biography
Country: France, Italy, Afghanistan, Egypt, Yugoslavia
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags:
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Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World (1961)
Plot Summary:
Sam must rescue a beautiful Chinese princess from a marauding horde of warriors.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: biblical, psychotronic, campy
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Samson vs. the Giant King (1964)
Plot Summary:
The czar Nicolas sends a secret mission of experts to find a hidden treasure, while at the same time preparing a group of mercenaries to kill the experts after their return.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Adventure, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece (1961)
Plot Summary:
Tintin and Captain Haddock try to discover what is so desirable about their old and apparently worthless ship.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating
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The Executioner of Venice (1963)
Plot Summary:
Set in medieval Venice, this swashbuckler chronicles the courage of an executioner and his godson as they attempt to show that the Grand Inquisitor is in league with murderous pirates.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 218
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: hood
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Knives of the Avenger (1966)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious knife-throwing viking warrior protects a young peasant woman and her young son from the clutches of a evil regent bent on claiming the title of king and the woman for himself.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 924
Genere: Adventure
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, exciting, serious, psychotronic
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The Tartars (1961)
Plot Summary:
A barbarian army attacks Viking settlements along the Russian steppes.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 505
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags:
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Colussus and the Huns (1962)
Plot Summary:
King Bohlem, brother of the late Attila, reconquers former Hun territory. To secure this territory, he sends his son, Otto, and his nephew, Tharus, to forge an alliance with King Haadem, strongest of the neighboring rulers. Haadem, however, is just concluding an alliance with Kudrum, the ambitious son of a king hostile to Hun interests. To cement this alliance, Haadem has agreed to marry his daughter, Tamall, to Kudrun, but Tamall dislikes Kudrum. She quickly falls in love with the newly-arrived Tharus. Kudrum inflames Haadem's feelings against Tharus and arranges to have Tharus publicly flogged. Not satisfied, Kudrum then murders Haadem and has the crime blamed on Tharus. Tamall's love for Tharus is tested but then she comes to believe Tharus's claims of innocence and works on behalf of Tharus as Kudrum's forces arrive for a decisive battle.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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The Tyrant of Lydia Against the Son of Hercules (1963)
Plot Summary:
Italian sword & sandal thrills as the son of Hercules is pitted against an evil king and his wretched followers.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: campy
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Hercules Against Rome (1964)
Plot Summary:
Hercules comes from Greece to Ravenna, Italy, because a friend from childhood days has sent for him: Hercules should help the Roman Emperor who is in danger because of an intrigue lead by the leader of the pretorian guards.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Adventure, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, campy
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Sodom and Gomorrah (1962)
Plot Summary:
Sex, torture and betrayal in Biblical Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot, leader of the Hebrews, believes his people can co-exist with the Sodomites, a disastrous decision.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: epic, biblical, exciting, atmospheric, serious, realistic, stylized, historical drama, political drama
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Hercules Against the Mongols (1963)
Plot Summary:
Though Genghis Khan eventually sought peace with the West, his death in 1227 AD puts into power his three war-like sons: Sayan, Susdal, and Kin Khan. These sons quickly overrun the city of Tuleda and take prisoner Princess Bianca, though young Prince Alessio escapes. Hercules comes to the rescue of Bianca, winning her freedom in a tournament in exchange for becoming a slave himself. Forces from the West soon come to re-take Tuleda and Hercules -- freed from his bonds -- helps to dispatch Genghis Khan's three sons while again saving Bianca and reuniting her with her young brother.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 280
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: campy
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Trees Grow on the Stones Too (1985)
Plot Summary:
Vikings attack Kuksja's village, and end up bringing him along on their ship because they believe he is good luck. After proving himself in a battle against the dreaded Danes, chief Torir bestows upon him the name of Einar and takes him in as his son. Back home in Norway the men are received as heros, but new trouble arises when Kuksja falls in love with the beautiful Signy, who is already betroth to the vicious Sigurd.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 335
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Soviet Union, Norway
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: vintage
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A Queen for Caesar (1962)
Plot Summary:
Story of the power struggle between Egyptian queen Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy, and how a common soldier risks his life to serve her.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Adventure, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Genghis Khan (1965)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the fearless Mongol leader Genghis Khan that unites all Mongol tribes and conquers India,China,Persia,Korea and parts of Rusia,Europe and Middle-East.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, West Germany, Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: epic, factual, tense, captivating, technicolor
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The Knights of the Quest (2001)
Plot Summary:
In 1271, five young knights journey to Thebes in Greece to recover the Sacred Shroud and deliver it back to France and into the hands of the royal family.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 570
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags:
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The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo (1998)
Plot Summary:
In this globe-trotting adventure, Marco Polo (Don Diamont) plays the famous 13th Century explorer who sets out from Italy to find his missing father, and along the way finds danger, excitement, and amazing discoveries at every turn. The supporting cast includes Oliver Reed, Jack Palance, and Herbert Lom.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 546
Genere: Adventure
Country: Ukraine, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, sentimental, epic, serious, captivating
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The Old Fairy Tale: When the Sun Was God (2003)
Plot Summary:
In IX century Europe, on the brink of Poland's birth, a cruel prince, Popiel, murders his cousins to ensure his son's succession. His crimes lead to an uprising of his subjects lead by the former commander of Popiel's army, Piastun, and a young hunter and warrior, Ziemowit. Meanwhile Ziemowit falls in love with Dziwa, lovely girl who is to become a priestess in the local temple.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, brutal
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Shadow of the Raven (1988)
Plot Summary:
Trausti returns to Iceland just in time to be entangled in a family feud over a stranded whale-cadaver. His mother (the family head) is mortally wounded and Grim kills Erikur; the other clan leader. Isold, daughter of Erikur now takes his place. Isold and Trausti are attracted to each other, but Isold was promised to Hjoerleifur - the son of the Bishop (of Iceland) and his powerful wife. However, Isold has a plan.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 871
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Sweden, Iceland, Norway
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: cult classic
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Son of El Cid (1964)
Plot Summary:
Don Fernando, the son of El Cid, rallies peasants and townspeople to overthrow Moorish occupiers in medieval Spain.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: tense, bleak, epic, serious, captivating, realistic
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The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
Plot Summary:
While on holiday in Rhodes, Athenian war hero Darios becomes involved in two different plots to overthrow the tyrannical king, one from Rhodian patriots and the other from sinister Phoenician agents.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: technicolor, epic, exciting, serious, captivating, stylized, homoerotic, weird, disaster movie
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Marco Polo (2007)
Plot Summary:
Assigned to accompany two priests on a mission to convert the court of Kublai Khan to Christianity, Marco Polo is abandoned in the mountains when the priests, doubting the very existence of China, turn back. Polo eventually pushes bravely forth alone toward the fabled country where he is accepted as an envoy into Khan's court. Marooned on the far side of the world, Polo, accompanied by his servant, Pedro, advances as a Mongol grandee for twenty extraordinary years. What he eventually brings back with him to the West is a chronicle that changed history forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, epic, captivating, serious, realistic, stylized
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Caesar the Conqueror (1962)
Plot Summary:
In 54 B.C. Julius Caesar seeks to solidify his position in Rome by putting down a rebellion in Gaul led by a tribal chieftain named Vercingetorix. Vercingetorix has rallied many tribes to his cause, including one led by the beautiful Queen Asterix and others who'd once pledged allegiance to Rome. At first things go badly for the Romans, complicated by the fact that Vercingetorix has captured and tortured a centurion named Claudius Valerius who's in love with Caesar's ward, Publia, who has also fallen into the hands of Vercingetorix. Eventually a great battle pitting Caesar against the rebellious Gaul decides the fate of all concerned.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: epic
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1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
Plot Summary:
1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, Spain
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, factual, inspirational, period piece, exciting, atmospheric, dramatic, brutal, anamorphic
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Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992)
Plot Summary:
Genoan navigator Christopher Columbus has a dream to find an alternative route to sail to the Indies, by traveling west instead of east, across the unchartered Ocean sea. After failing to find backing from the Portugese, he goes to the Spanish court to ask Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand for help. After surviving a grilling from the Head of the Spanish Inquisition Tomas de Torquemada, he eventually gets the blessing from Queen Isabella and sets sail in three ships to travel into the unknown. Along the way he must deal with sabotage from Portugese spies and mutiny from a rebellious crew.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA, Spain
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, serious, realistic, anamorphic, independent film, costume drama
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The Long Ships (1964)
Plot Summary:
In this elaborately mounted seafaring adventure, Rolfe (Richard Widmark) is a Viking leader with the cunning and devious mind of a pirate. Rolfe tells others sailors of "The Mother of Voices," a mammoth bell made of gold and as tall as three men, but he adds enough incorrect details to throw them off the proper trail. However, Aly Mansuh (Sidney Poitier), the leader of a group of ambitious Moors, sees through Rolfe's story, and soon the two are in a breakneck race to be the first to capture the precious bell. The Long Ships also features Russ Tamblyn and Oscar Homolka.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, Yugoslavia
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: retro, semi serious, epic, saga, independent film
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The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
Plot Summary:
A TV adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, period piece, action adventure, tense, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, contemplative
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A Viking Saga: Son of Thor (2008)
Plot Summary:
Drama set in the viking age, Helgi witnesses the destruction of his village and narrowly escapes to his uncle Rurik who raises him like his son. Many years later he meets the people responsible for his parents death and someone he never expected to see again.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 512
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: captivating, saga, exciting, serious, tense, suspense, epic, realistic
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Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America (2007)
Plot Summary:
An unexpectedly modern take on a tale of two Viking warriors abandoned on the American coast. Warning – contains a graphic answer to the question: do Vikings sh*t in the woods?.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 554
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, epic, serious, stylized, offbeat
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Marco Polo (2014)
Plot Summary:
An epic adventure that follows the early years of the famous explorer as he travels the exotic Silk Road to the great Kublai Khan’s court. But Marco soon finds that navigating the Khan’s world of greed, betrayal, sexual intrigue and rivalry will be his greatest challenge yet, even as he becomes a trusted companion to the Khan in his violent quest to become the Emperor of the World.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, epic, atmospheric, serious, historical drama, costume drama, tense, erotic, sexy