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Plot Summary:
Chanthu (Mammootty), a poor orphan and Aromal (Suresh Gopi) are cousins and belong to the Chekavar clan, a warrior clan who hire themselves out as duellers to settle disputes among the rich and powerful. Aromal, jealous of the much more talented Chanthu, makes life miserable for him and Chanthu decides to leave and live with Aringodar (Captain Raju), a rival chekavan, as his pupil. When the two sons of a local landlord have a property dispute and decide to hire Aromal and Aringodar to duel it out, Chanthu has to decide where his loyalty lies - with the family of the uncle who brought him up or with Aringodar who provided him with sanctuary.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 168 min
Plot tags: epic, period piece
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Love, passion, and murder haunt a passionate romance in this drama. When the young soldier meets Helene, a torrid affair begins. 15 years after the war has ended, Max finds out that the love of his life was murdered in a concentration camp, setting off on a relentless manhunt for vengeance.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min
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Sadayam (1992)
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The story is about convict Sathyanathan (Mohanlal) sentenced to death following multiple murders (of two adult men and two girl-children) he has committed and his subsequent prison life till death. The film focuses on his past and the chain of events leading to the crime and how a retelling of the tale, inadvertently, impacts the prison doctor Dr. Nambiar (Thilakan), who is the father of the male victim Vijayan (Mahesh).
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 982
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: sad
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Kaiyoppu (2007)
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A amateur writer who seems to have nothing to live for, finds himself as the only hope of three people.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 671
Genere: Drama
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Monichan shifts to the city from his village to provide better education to his children. But will things go as planned?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 341
Genere: Drama
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Duration:
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Mela (1980)
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Govindan Kutty (Raghu) is a clown who works in the circus. He comes to his village looking for a bride. Sharada (Anjali Naidu) is impressed by his charms and seemingly rich lifestyle and agrees to marry him. When they reach back the circus after getting married, things however change considerably. Govindan is an insignificant figure there and is frequently ignored by everyone else. The frustrated Sharada meets a stuntman Vijayan (Mammootty) and gets close to him much to the discomfort of Govindan.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 123 min
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Vidheyan (1994)
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Thommy, a Christian migrant labourer from Kerala is an obedient slave of his aggressive, tyrannical landlord Bhaskara Pattelar. Thommy obeys all the orders of his master, whether it is to make his own wife sexually available to his master or in killing Pattelar's kindly wife, Saroja. When Pattelar escapes to a jungle, due to his own deeds, Thommy escorts him like a pet. But when Pattelar is killed Thommy exults in freedom.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 112 min
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Hitler (1996)
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This movie is about the life of Madhavankutty (locally known as Hitler), a bachelor protective brother of five younger sisters.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
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Mazhayethum Munpe (1995)
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Nandakumar is a college professor who wants to get the best treatment for his paralyzed fiancee, Uma Maheshwari. Trouble starts brewing when Shruthi, Nandakumar's student falls in love with him. Will Shruti let Uma unite with Nandakumar weaves the rest of the story.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 691
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 138 min
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The Conspiracy of Torture (1969)
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In 1599 Italy, Beatrice Cenci is the teenage daughter of the crazed landowner and nobleman Francesco Cenci whom he keeps his daughter locked up in the dungeon of his castle and sexually abuses her as well. Beatrice then plots with her stepmother, her besotted servant Olimpio, as well as a local bandit, named Catalano, to plan Francesco’s murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Country: Italy
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, action adventure, period drama
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Khaidi (1983)
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Khaidi is action oreinted movie in which, Suryam (chiranjeevi) works along with his widow sister in his field and studies in a college in the nearby town. His classmate madhavi falls in love with him, but later suryam realizes that she is RaoGopalrao’s daughter who gave loan to his father and is now trying to grab his land for that.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 503
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags:
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Meera (1979)
Plot Summary:
Meera is a 1979 Hindi language film by Gulzar. The film is based on the life of Meera, a Hindu saint-poet who renounced princely comforts in pursuit of her love for Lord Krishna.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: period piece
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Hamlet (2000)
Plot Summary:
To be or not to be, etc.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, emotional, stylized, serious, captivating, realistic, contemplative, gloomy, reflective
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Mohenjo Daro (2016)
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Village lad Sarman is drawn to big, bad Mohenjo Daro - and its mascot Chaani. But Chaani must wed Munja, son of Mohenjo Daro's ruler, Maham. Will Sarman find love - and more - in Mohenjo Daro?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
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A Tale of Samurai Cooking (2013)
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Set within the Kaga Domain in the Edo Period. Oharu is an excellent cook and recognized for her skills. Due to her cooking talents, she marries Yasunobu, who is an heir in the Funaki family. The Funaki family serves as the cook for the Kaga Domain. Nevertheless, Yasunobu himself is a terrible cook. With the help of Oharu's mother-in-law Mitsuru, she begins to teach Yasunobu how to cook.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 568
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min
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Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior (2020)
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When Aurangzeb recruits his trusted soldier Udaybhan to control the Kondhana fort, Shivaji's military leader Tanhaji Malusare and his army of Maratha warriors set out to recapture the fortress.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: epic, exciting, serious, captivating, patriotic, cult classic, fast
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Waiting for Heaven (2006)
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Eflatun is a master miniature artist who's living in 17th century Istanbul. One day, he's taken to the vizier's mansion by force. There he learns that Danyal, one of the Ottoman princes who has ignited an insurrection, is arrested in a far off state and to be executed soon. Eflatun is ordered to make a portrait of the rebel prince who's been condemned to death in a Western manner to help the authorities be certain on the identity of him. Upon the order, Eflatun sets off for an arduous journey to Anatolia. He picks up a girl named Leyla en route. Together, they find themselves in a great venture fraught with sensations.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Hungary, Turkey
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, realistic, epic
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Sacrifice (2010)
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For generations the Zhao family has wielded power, until their mortal enemy TU’AN GU slaughters the entire clan, determined to wipe out their influence forever. But one Zhao baby survives hidden by CHENG YING the doctor who delivered him. When Tu’an Gu learns of the baby’s escape he seizes every infant in the city, vowing to kill them all unless the Zhao baby is surrendered. As the tyrant’s soldiers arrive at Cheng Ying’s home the frantic doctor hides his wife with their own baby whilst surrendering the Zhao child as his own. But his family is discovered; his baby is presumed to be the Zhao heir and murdered along with his wife for harboring the infant. Now set on revenge Cheng Ying enrolls the Zhao orphan into the service of the Tu’an Gu household, plotting to use him as an instrument of vengeance when he comes of age.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: China
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The Leopard (1963)
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IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 28000
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In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country, must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
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The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)
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In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: China, France, Japan
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Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
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Adaptation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic visual style to the Bard's original stage play. The story concerns Marc Antony's attempts to rule Rome while maintaining a relationship with the queen of Egypt (Hildegarde Neil), which began while Antony was still married. Now he is being forced to marry the sister of his Roman co-leader, and soon the conflict leads to war.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: UK, Spain, Switzerland
Duration: 138 min
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The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
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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
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Country: UK, Italy
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Julius Caesar (1970)
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All star cast heads up this 1970 remake of the William Shakespeare classic tale of the betrayal of the the Roman senate against their emperor, the plotting and scheming that led up to the assassination of the title charecter, and all of Romes' fickleness towards the events.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min
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The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
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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
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Saketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for all the problems happening in the country. He sets out to kill him.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 14000
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Macbeth (1971)
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A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord siezes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 15000
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Country: UK, USA
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1900 (1976)
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Set in Bertolucci's ancestral region of Emilia, the film chronicles the lives of two men during the political turmoils that took place in Italy in the first half on the 20th century.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 27000
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Country: Italy, France, West Germany
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Caligula (1979)
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IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 38000
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In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 561000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Malta, UK
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Plot tags: epic, exciting, heroic, realistic, period piece, rough, serious, stylized, factual, costume drama