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Plot Summary:
In ancient Rome, the people finally oust their despised king, Tarquinius, and declare the city a republic. Tarquinius makes an alliance with the Etruscan king, Porsenna, to take back power in Rome, but a Roman general, the heroic Mucius, sets out to stop him.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, bleak, epic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, stylized, campy
Best tv shows and movies like Hero of Rome (1964):
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Gladiator of Rome (1962)
Plot Summary:
A warrior protecting a slave girl, who is really a princess, winds up as a gladiator in the Roman arenas.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 166
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: campy
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Sansone contro il corsaro nero (1964)
Plot Summary:
aka Hercules and the Black Pirates. Brave and noble Samson fights pirates as a soldier in the royal army. He wants to marry lovely fair maiden Rosita, but her haughty governor father disapproves. Meanwhile, the cunning and duplicitous Rodrigo Sanchez joins forces with the wicked Black Pirate to thwart Samson.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: campy
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The Rebel Gladiators (1962)
Plot Summary:
In order to persuade the Emperor to spare his village, the mighty Ursus is forced to fight the greatest gladiator in Rome in the Roman Arena.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: campy
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Kerim, Son of the Sheik (1962)
Plot Summary:
In the Middle East, circa 1860s, the evil Omar seeks to become Khadive by killing off his adversaries and by marrying the reluctant Fawzia, favorite niece of the current Khadive. (After marrying Fawzia, he plans to eliminate her so he can then marry his own choice, the ruthless Zahira.) Omar's brutal policies result in the death of a young woman named Laila. Laila's brother, Kerim, then becomes Omar's sworn enemy. Now known as "the Black Shiek," Kerim becomes a Robin Hood of the desert, rallying various tribes in a revolt against Omar. In the process Kerim meets and falls in love with Fawzia who eventually comes to share his feelings. In disguise, Kerim infiltrates Omar's headquarters but is discovered, imprisoned -- along with Fawzia and her father, Mansur -- and flogged. A sympathetic slave girl named Selima rides and informs Prince Ahmed who comes to Kerim's rescue. In a hand-to-hand duel, Kerim kills Omar. Then Kerim and Fawzia ride off together into the desert.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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The Magnificent Gladiator (1964)
Plot Summary:
Roman soldiers capture Attalus (a.k.a. Hercules) in a battle at the fringes of the Roman Empire. They take him back to Rome where his prowess as a gladiator earns the respect of the Emperor Galienus. An ambitious nobleman named Zullo, however, wants to marry Velida, daughter of Galienus, and to then take over the throne. (By now Velida and Attalus have fallen in love.) Zullo arranges for Galienus to be kidnapped and replaced with a look-alike. He sets up a marriage to Velida and also engineers the arrest of Attalus, but Attalus escapes.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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The Two Gladiators (1964)
Plot Summary:
The twins of the recently departed Marcus Aurelius fight it out to see who will become emperor of Rome.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Duel of Champions (1961)
Plot Summary:
A Roman nobleman, Horatius leads an imperial legion during the long and bloody war between the Romans and the Albans. A desperate arrangement is agreed on how to settle the war. Three valiant brothers are chosen from each side to fight one last fierce and bloody duel.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Action, Drama, History
Country: Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious
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Saul and David (1964)
Plot Summary:
David of Bethlehem slays the giant and becomes a rival to King Saul.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: epic, serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, gloomy, christian film
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The Lion of Thebes (1964)
Plot Summary:
Fleeing Troy in the wake of its destruction, fair-faced Helen and her faithful protector Arion run into the pharaoh Ramses, who sets his sights on Helen -- and is subsequently murdered. Now it's up to Arion to save Helen from those who wish her dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, epic, serious, captivating, stylized
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The Invincible Gladiator (1961)
Plot Summary:
A Roman warrior leads a revolt against an evil ruler. A young, diminutive ruler makes a big decision to unseat a nobleman whose ego has outgrown him. But can the 10-year-old take on such an impressive nemesis?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, epic, serious, stylized, cult film
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Atlas (1961)
Plot Summary:
Evil king Praximedes convinces superhero Atlas to fight for him, but Atlas eventually sees the king's true nature and turns against him.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 277
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, exciting, epic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, art house, cult film
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Hercules and the Princess of Troy (1965)
Plot Summary:
Hercules (Gordon Scott) sets out to save the city of Troy from a horrible sea monster. Meanwhile, the city is threatened by a different kind of monster--a smarmy politician who will stop at nothing to seize the throne.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 297
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, serious, suspenseful, stylized, campy
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Gladiators 7 (1962)
Plot Summary:
Framed for the escape of five gladiators from the arena, the son of one of Sparta's leading citizens is sentenced to the arena as gladiator himself and forced to fight for his life in the Roman Colosseum. Years later he manages to escape and return to Sparta, only to find out that his father has been murdered--even though it was ruled a "suicide"--and the woman he loves is about to marry the evil king who has usurped the throne. He sets out to find six of his fellow gladiators and return to Sparta to save his woman and place the rightful king on the throne.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: epic, exciting, serious, captivating, stylized, cult film
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The Avenger (1962)
Plot Summary:
Aeneas leads escapees from the Trojan war to new land in Italy, and must deal with new threats to his people.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 458
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Yugoslavia
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, campy, cult film
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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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The Centurion (1961)
Plot Summary:
Protests break out in Corinth against Roman domination, injuring Caius Vinicius, a Roman centurion. He's rescued by Hebe -- daughter of the anti-Roman governor, Critolaus -- who's being unsuccessfully wooed by the governor's second-in-command, the villainous Diaeus. Smitten, Hebe sends the handsome Roman to recuperate at the home of Callicrates, a political moderate. Artemide, wife of Callicrates, also falls for Caius Vinicus but when he spurns her, she has him arrested and imprisoned. Hebe then agrees to marry Diaeus if he will spare the Roman's life but Caius Vinicius is soon freed by Callicrates and his allies, just as a Roman army arrives to battle Corinthian forces.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags:
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Duel of the Titans (1961)
Plot Summary:
Steve Reeves and George Scott are raised by wolves, but grow up to become the founders of Rome.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 928
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: perverse, exciting, serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, psychotronic, campy
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Constantine and the Cross (1961)
Plot Summary:
Constantin is fighting against Barbarians with his father when he is called to Rome. In his way to Rome, he falls in an ambush planned by Maxence, who wants to become emperor.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 550
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: epic, serious, realistic, saga, christian film, independent film
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Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare (2006)
Plot Summary:
It is 200 years before the birth of Christ and Rome is the new superpower of the ancient world. She believes she is invincible - but one man is destined to change that. He is a man bound by oath to avenge the wrongs inflicted on his home and, in pursuit of revenge, he will stop at nothing. Hannibal explores the man behind the myth, revealing what drove the 26-year-old to mastermind one of the most audacious military moves in history. With 40,000 soldiers and 37 elephants, he marched 1,500 miles to challenge his enemies on their own soil. It was an act so daring that few people believed it possible.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, realistic, inspirational, historical drama, epic
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Amazons and Gladiators (2001)
Plot Summary:
During the Roman Empire, General Crassius ruled a small province with an Iron fist. Serena, a young girl in a village, watches Crassius kill her parents. Crassius and Serena's destiny would lead them to the Gladiator ring; the Amazons Warrior vs the Roman General.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Action, Adventure
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, exciting, tense, realistic, independent film
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The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
Plot Summary:
Drawn from the same events that later inspired Gladiator, the film charts the power-hungry greed and father-son betrayal that led to Rome's collapse at the bloody hands of the Barbarians.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min
Plot tags: epic, captivating, exciting, serious, stylized, retro, breathtaking, spiritual, visually appealing, technicolor
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Druids (2001)
Plot Summary:
In the year 60 B.C. a group of Druids, including the arch-druid Guttuart (Max von Sydow), witness the passing of a comet and interpret it as the sign of the coming of a king for their country Gaul, which has not had a king for a long time. Guttuart goes to Gergovia, the capital of the Arvenes tribe, to attend a meeting of Gallic tribal chieftains. The young boy Vercingetorix, along with his friend the young girl Eponia, sneak into a large cavern where Celtill, Vercingetorix's father and chieftain of the Arvenes, hosts the meeting of chieftains with the intention of proclaiming himself king of all Gauls. When Celtill shows off the crown once worn by the old kings of Gaul, an arrow from two Roman spies (dressed as Gauls) hits Celtill in the back.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: rough, exciting, serious, epic, captivating, realistic
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Ben Hur (2010)
Plot Summary:
About the struggle between the Roman Empire and its rebellious conquest Judaea, and two best friends caught in a terrible moment in history.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, Canada, USA
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, epic, captivating, historical drama, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Clash of Empires: The Battle for Asia (2011)
Plot Summary:
Based loosely on the 16th century historical document entitled ‘The Malay Annals’, ’The Chronicles of Merong Mahawangsa’ is an action-packed epic feature film, with mythical characters, magical moments and dazzling visual-effects sequences. Merong Mahawangsa was a descendant of Alexander the Great, a renowned naval captain and traveler who came to Asia several hundred years ago.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, dark comedy
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The Last Legion (2007)
Plot Summary:
As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Action, Adventure, History, War
Country: UK, France, Bulgaria
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: epic, exciting, serious, stylized, arthurian, enigmatic, action adventure, psychotronic, costume drama, historical drama
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The 300 Spartans (1962)
Plot Summary:
Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to have numbered 250,000.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: period piece, epic, serious, biblical, fast paced, technicolor, historical drama, exciting, rough, light
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Red Cliff (2008)
Plot Summary:
In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, USA
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: epic, realistic, breathtaking, brutal, visual, intense, exciting, serious, action packed, saga
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Ben-Hur (2016)
Plot Summary:
A falsely accused nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betrayed him.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: biblical, suspense, intense, exciting, serious, captivating, realistic, christian film, epic, action adventure
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The Eagle (2011)
Plot Summary:
In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca (Bell), Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia - to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father's memory, and retrieve the lost legion's golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: exciting, absurd, intense, epic, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, period piece, suspense
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Gladiator (2000)
Plot Summary:
In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals and a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son Commodus ascends to the throne, Maximus is set to be executed. He escapes, but is captured by slave traders. Renamed Spaniard and forced to become a gladiator, Maximus must battle to the death with other men for the amusement of paying audiences.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 16000000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Malta, Morocco
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: epic, captivating, breathtaking, suspense, emotional, exciting, rough, realistic, atmospheric, period piece