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Plot Summary:
Biopic about Sir James Brooke, the British adventurer who became King of Sarawak in the 1840's and embarked on a lifelong crusade to end piracy and head-hunting - only to face charges of murder and piracy himself.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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Florence Nightingale (2008)
Plot Summary:
Reflective drama of pioneering nurse, writer and noted statistician Florence Nightingale.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, christian film, period drama
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Blackbeard (2006)
Plot Summary:
Go inside the cunning mind of Englishman Edward Teach. A charming criminal genius, the fearsome pirate who preyed on Caribbean trade routes: Blackbeard. An intelligent and charismatic leader who confounded the powers of England and Virginia as he overtook and pillaged 40 ships in two years, stealing hidden cargo and precious exports to and from the Caribbean.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 638
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany, France, UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
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Lady Ninja: A Blue Shadow (2018)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, the economy has collapsed and the country has turned into a ghetto. A secret agency, Gokuraku, has been created by the government. Secret agents Aya and Chinatsu's mission is to fight against one of the largest international companies, Kuroda Group. Secret agents are called 'Lady Ninja', and they use a traditional Japanese umbrella-like tool called 'sangoku' to defeat evil.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Action, Adventure, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating
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1812. Ballad of the Uhlans (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Year is 1812. On the eve of the decisive battle of Borodino, Napoleon's secret agent steals a Russian battle plan. This fact is known to General Kutuzov (Head of Russian forces), thanks to a young nobleman Alexey Tarusov. Tarusov joint to the the regiment of Russian lancers, and finds new friends like Lieutenant Gorzhevsky, Prince Kiknadze and Sergeant Ptukha. After the terrible battle of Borodino, they fall into many unexpected adventures.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 412
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser (2019)
Plot Summary:
1984: Searching for an experience that goes deeper than the superficiality of modern civilization, Bruno Manser travels into the jungles of Borneo and finds it with the nomadic Penan tribe. It is an encounter that changes his life forever. When the existence of the Penan is threatened by relentless deforestation, Manser takes up the fight against logging with a courage and determination that makes him one of the most renowned and credible environmentalists of his time. Eventually, it costs him everything. Based on a true story.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 520
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: Switzerland, Austria
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, sincere, captivating, realistic, political
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Evidam Swargamanu (2009)
Plot Summary:
'Ividam Swargamanu' concerns the story of a hard-working farmer known as Mathews and his fight against a land mafia which tries to take over his farmland.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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Shamshera (2022)
Plot Summary:
Set in the 1800s, the film is about a "dacoit" tribe who take charge in fight for their rights and independence against the British.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 178 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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The Rebels (2019)
Plot Summary:
Four rebellious teenagers in 1st century Roman-occupied Wales must flee their village and live in the wild after they accidentally kill a Roman soldier and cause an uprising. They must learn to live together or risk facing the wrath of Rome.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Adventure
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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A Pirate's Heart (2006)
Plot Summary:
The end of the 14th century. Parents send the eldest son Jan to study in Hamburg, and the youngest - Klaus - to the monastery. No sooner had the children moved away from their homes, as on Klaus'es eyes the robbers kill their parents and burn the house. Only thanks to the loyal monk Wigbold Klaus managed to survive the shock. A few years later Klaus Störtebeker finds his brother Jan and his long-time friend Elizabeth Pren in Hamburg. From her, he learns that she is expected to marry Simon von Wallenrod, whose father Klaus suspects of killing his parents. But the Pranks and the Wallenrods are rich and respected people, and Klaus is a poor man. And now he becomes a pirate.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 323
Genere: Adventure
Country: Spain, Germany
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Escape Through Africa (2022)
Plot Summary:
In 1914, a British nurse, Anne, escapes an attack on her outpost in Africa. Hunted by a German-led war party, and with help from her uncle, an Army Captain, and local warriors, she embarks on an epic journey across the African hill country. She must balance bravery with her pacifist ideals to deliver a native girl safely to her mother, reunite with her husband, and save a neighboring outpost from a massacre.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Master of Dragonard Hill (1987)
Plot Summary:
In the 18th-century British Caribbean colony of St. Joseph's, decadent and hedonistic aristocrats rule with an iron fist and terrorize slaves and suspected criminals with a painful whip called the "dragonard.".
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 356
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, exciting, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, period drama
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Hero's Island (1962)
Plot Summary:
A family shipwrecked on an island must deal with escaped convicts and pirates.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 315
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic
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Anji (2004)
Plot Summary:
Anji (Telugu: అంజి) is a 2004 Telugu film (dubbed in in Tamil as Kolli Malai, Hindi as Diler and in Malayalam as Chekavan) produced by M. S. Arts with Chiranjeevi in the lead role. It was made over seven years with a budget of 25 crores, which was the most spent on any Telugu language film until then. The film was produced by Shyam Prasad Reddy. It received a National Film Award for Best Special Effects.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 842
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating
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Fire on the Amazon (1993)
Plot Summary:
When a well-known environmental researcher is murdered in the Amazon jungle, an arrogant photojournalist joins forces with a beautiful young activist to find out who is responsible. Along they way, they fall in love as they discover the men responsible for the killing would be more than willing to murder again if it will keep them quiet.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, independent film, exciting, colorful, suspenseful, colourful
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The Celestine Prophecy (2006)
Plot Summary:
Based on James Redfield's worldwide best-selling novel, The Celestine Prophecy is a spiritual adventure film chronicling the discovery of ancient scrolls in the rainforests of Peru. The prophecy and its nine key insights predict a worldwide awakening, arising within all religious traditions, that moves humanity toward a deeper experience of spirituality.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, reflective, captivating, philosophical, thought provoking, smart, esoteric, mind bending
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Paskal: The Movie (2018)
Plot Summary:
The true events of Lieutenant Commander Arman Anwar of PASKAL, an elite unit in the Royal Malaysian Navy, and his team's mission to rescue the MV Bunga Laurel, a tanker which was hijacked by Somalian Pirates in 2011.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, inspirational, patriotic
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Warriors Of The Dawn (2017)
Plot Summary:
A crown prince emerges as a leader during the war between Korea and Japan in 1592.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 450
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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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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The Sea Wolf (1993)
Plot Summary:
Jack London's brutal Wolf Larson brings a shipwrecked aristocrat and a con woman aboard his doomed ship, the Ghost.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 935
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful
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Stranded (2002)
Plot Summary:
A retelling of the classic Swiss Family Robinson story.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 833
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, serious, captivating, period drama
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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
Plot Summary:
A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captain Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: touching, harsh, serious, stylized, costume drama, visual, fairy tale, gothic horror, period piece, anthropological
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Beyond the Next Mountain (1981)
Plot Summary:
The story of how the Gospel of John changed the course of history for a tribe of headhunters.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: christian film, rough, serious, captivating, realistic
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Zulu Dawn (1979)
Plot Summary:
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership. Cy Endfield co-wrote the epic prequel Zulu Dawn 15 years after his enormously popular Zulu. Set in 1879, this film depicts the catastrophic Battle of Isandhlwana, which remains the worst defeat of the British army by natives, with the British contingent outnumbered 16-to-1 by the Zulu tribesmen. The film's opinion of events is made immediately clear in its title sequence: ebullient African village life presided over by King Cetshwayo is contrasted with aristocratic artifice under the arrogant eye of General Lord Chelmsford (Peter O'Toole). Chelmsford is at the heart of all that goes wrong, initiating the catastrophic battle with an ultimatum made seemingly for the sake of giving his troops something to do. His detached manner leads to one mistake after another.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands, USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: cult classic, action adventure, historical drama, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
Plot Summary:
In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but their ship is taken over by pirates, who become fond of the kids.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, serious, captivating, stylized, vintage
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Crusoe (1988)
Plot Summary:
Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked and he finds himself all alone on a tropical island. With a few tools he manages to rescue from the wreck he has to learn to support himself until help arrives.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, sincere, atmospheric, serious, captivating, realistic
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Crusaders (2001)
Plot Summary:
Towards the end of the eleventh century, Pope Urban II announces a crusade against the Saracens, who have occupied the holy city of Jerusalem. Three young friends Richard, Peter and Andrew set off to join the crusading army.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 585
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 194 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, epic
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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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The Whale (2013)
Plot Summary:
Dramatic retelling of the fateful last voyage of the Nantucket whaleship Essex. When the Essex is attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in November 1820, her crew take to three fragile whalers. Alone in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the men must decide whether to head for the nearest islands - a thousand miles downwind to the west - or set out on an epic journey of almost three thousand miles to reach the South American mainland. Fear of cannibals forces them to choose South America. Almost three months later, the first whaler is rescued by another whaleship. Only three men are still alive. A week later the captain's whaler is also rescued, with just two men aboard. The third whaler is never found. This is a story of human endurance and what men in extremis will do to survive.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 531
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, scenic, intense, factual, realistic, stylized
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Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone (1997)
Plot Summary:
British explorer Henry Stanley travels to Africa in 1871 seeking missionary David Livingstone.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 262
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic
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The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
Plot Summary:
Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, tense, scenic, dramatic, natural horror, atmospheric, anamorphic, serious