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Plot Summary:
A Viking boy is left behind after his clan battles a Native American tribe. Raised within the tribe, he ultimately becomes their savior in a fight against the Norsemen.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: harsh, stylized, rough, suspenseful, epic, action packed, historical drama, retro, dark, saga
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Berserker: Hell's Warrior (2004)
Plot Summary:
Kari Wührer stars as a witch, who turns the king's son Barek into an immortal berserker. The enmity between Barek and the witch extends to the present day in his attempts to become mortal again and break Odin's curse.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 634
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, War
Country: South Africa
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, perverse, independent film, bleak
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Ironclad 2: Battle for Blood (2014)
Plot Summary:
A survivor of the Great Siege of Rochester Castle fights to save his clan from from Celtic raiders. A sequel to the 2011 film, "Ironclad.".
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Serbia
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: rough, exciting, serious, realistic, epic, saga
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Flesh+Blood (1985)
Plot Summary:
A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Spain, USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: intense, atmospheric, sexy, captivating, realistic, erotic, dark, offbeat, emotional, dark fantasy
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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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Sword of Vengeance (2015)
Plot Summary:
Returning to his homeland after years of slavery, a Norman prince seeks revenge on his father's murderer – his ruthless uncle, Earl Durant. Gaining the trust of a band of exiled farmers, he leads them into battle against Durant, exploiting them in his inexorable quest for vengeance. As one by one they are slaughtered in the brutal battle, will the prince sacrifice everything an everyone to fulfil his quest for blood?.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, bleak, realistic, rough, action adventure, twisted, suspenseful
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Outcast (2014)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious warrior teams up with the daughter and son of a deposed Chinese Emperor to defeat their cruel Uncle, who seeks their deaths.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: China, USA, France, Canada, Australia, Luxembourg
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, tense, captivating, scenic, cult classic, serious, realistic, interesting, period drama
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
Plot Summary:
In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must assassinate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: bloody, grindhouse, atmospheric, stylized, splatter, manga, perverse, exciting, rough, serious
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Northmen: A Viking Saga (2014)
Plot Summary:
A band of Vikings cross enemy lines and a panicked race begins. The losers will pay with their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Drama, History
Country: Switzerland, Germany, South Africa
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: stylized, captivating, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, epic, saga, atmospheric, suspense
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Pathfinder (1987)
Plot Summary:
Around the year 1000 AD warlike people, the so-called "tjuder", roam in northern Scandinavia. As they brutally kill a family in a remote area, including the parents and their little daughter, the families teenage son, Aigin, observes the slaughter. He manages to flee from these killers and reaches a camp with other Lapps whose inhabitants are worried if he has been able to hide his track. Afraid of the murderous people, they decide to flee to the coast. The boy stays alone to avenge his families murder. Unfortunately, they get him before he can do anything and force him to lead them to the other Lapps. He guides them but has a plan to destroy the barbarous people before reaching the camp.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, period piece, cult classic, cult horror, exciting, rough, serious, surprise ending, folk tale, crying
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The Wild Geese (1978)
Plot Summary:
A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and due for execution. Just when the team has performed a perfect rescue, the multinational does a deal with the vicious dictator leaving the mercenary band to escape under their own steam and exact revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Switzerland, UK
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, harsh, serious, realistic, sad, action adventure, political, rough, suspenseful
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The Emerald Forest (1985)
Plot Summary:
For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest. Miraculously, he finds the boy living among the reclusive Amazon tribe who adopted him. And that's when Bill's adventure truly begins. For his son is now a grown tribesman who moves skillfully through this beautiful-but-dangerous terrain, fearful only of those who would exploit it. And as Bill attempts to "rescue" him from the savagery of the untamed jungle, Tommy challenges Bill's idea of true civilization and his notions about who needs rescuing.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: retro, disturbing, anthropological, exciting, atmospheric, rough, thought provoking, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Dead Lands (2014)
Plot Summary:
Hongi, a Maori chieftain’s teenage son, must avenge his father’s murder in order to bring peace and honour to the souls of his loved ones after his tribe is slaughtered through an act of treachery. Vastly outnumbered by a band of villains led by Wirepa, Hongi’s only hope is to pass through the feared and forbidden “Dead Lands” and forge an uneasy alliance with a mysterious warrior, a ruthless fighter who has ruled the area for years.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: New Zealand, UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, realistic
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A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day (2013)
Plot Summary:
Cast into a violent and bloody world of murder, Hereward, a novice monk, must deliver the Holy Gospel of Lindisfarne - a book of great beauty and power - to the safety of the Iona monastery, while being pursued by a Viking death squad hell- bent on its capture. On his way to the monastery, he meets a fierce and skilled swordsman who answers his prayers and dedicates his life to protecting Hereward while he delivers the book. In the midst of their journey, they are confronted by Vikings ready to kill in order to get what they want, leaving Hereward and his protector at their mercy.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, historical drama, realistic
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Beowulf & Grendel (2005)
Plot Summary:
The blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior's battle against the great and murderous troll, Grendel. Heads will roll. Out of allegiance to the King Hrothgar, the much respected Lord of the Danes, Beowulf leads a troop of warriors across the sea to rid a village of the marauding monster.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, UK, Iceland, USA, Australia
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: epic, stylized, serious, cult classic, suspense, perverse, historical drama, exciting, rough, gloomy
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Outlander (2008)
Plot Summary:
During the reign of the Vikings, a man from another world crash-lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator. The man must fuse his advanced technology with the weaponry of the vikings to fight the monster.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 78000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, France, Czech Republic
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: epic, exciting, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, dark fantasy, cult classic, action adventure, stylized, suspense
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300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
Plot Summary:
Based on Frank Miller's latest graphic novel Xerxes and told in the breathtaking visual style of the blockbuster "300," this new chapter of the epic saga takes the action to a fresh battlefield--on the sea--as Greek general Themistokles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war. "300: Rise of an Empire" pits Themistokles against the massive invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes and Artemesia, the vengeful commander of the Persian navy.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 313000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: epic, heroic, exciting, entertaining, stylized, bloody, rough, serious, visually appealing, visual
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The Last Kingdom (2015)
Plot Summary:
A show of heroic deeds and epic battles with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion, warfare, courage, love, loyalty and our universal search for identity. Combining real historical figures and events with fictional characters, it is the story of how a people combined their strength under one of the most iconic kings of history in order to reclaim their land for themselves and build a place they call home.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 161000
Genere: Action, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, epic, stylized, realistic, costume drama, historical drama, tense, brutal
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King Arthur (2004)
Plot Summary:
The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 174000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: epic, exciting, period piece, costume drama, entertaining, intense, arthurian, rough, serious, stylized
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Alexander (2004)
Plot Summary:
Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 175000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Netherlands, France, Italy
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: epic, breathtaking, period piece, serious, factual, informative, historical drama, suspense, harsh, inspirational
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Last Knights (2015)
Plot Summary:
When an evil emperor executes their leader, his band of knights – bound by duty and honour – embarks on a journey of vengeance that will not come to an end until they've destroyed their mortal foe.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA, South Korea, Czech Republic
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, epic, suspense, entertaining, futuristic, intense, visually appealing, realistic, stylized
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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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Ironclad (2011)
Plot Summary:
In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that upheld the rights of free men. Yet within months of pledging himself to the great charter, the King reneged on his word and assembled a mercenary army on the south coast of England with the intention of bringing the barons and the country back under his tyrannical rule. Barring his way stood the mighty Rochester castle, a place that would become the symbol of the rebel's momentous struggle for justice and freedom.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, Switzerland, USA, Germany
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, realistic, serious, stylized, epic, grindhouse, costume drama, mythical, cult classic
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Centurion (2010)
Plot Summary:
Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: brutal, intense, epic, stylized, suspense, scenic, factual, grindhouse, harsh, exciting
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Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Plot Summary:
After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 307000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, Morocco, USA, Italy, France
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: epic, serious, exciting, realistic, period piece, scenic, harsh, visually stunning, historical drama, intense
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The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Plot Summary:
As the English and French soldiers battle for control of the American colonies in the 18th century, the settlers and native Americans are forced to take sides. Cora and her sister Alice unwittingly walk into trouble but are reluctantly saved by Hawkeye, an orphaned settler adopted by the last of the Mohicans.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 183000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: epic, exciting, period piece, costume drama, historical drama, dramatic, visually appealing, visually stunning, cult classic, realistic
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300 (2006)
Plot Summary:
Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 852000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Bulgaria
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: epic, intense, exciting, scenic, visually stunning, visual, stylized, heroic, entertaining, bloody
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Vikings (2013)
Plot Summary:
Vikings follows the adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods. Legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 568000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Ireland, Canada
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, exciting, heroic, captivating, historical drama, breathtaking, epic, costume drama, mythical, period piece
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Apocalypto (2006)
Plot Summary:
Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 326000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, brutal, visually stunning, suspenseful, disturbing, bloody, intense, motivational
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The 13th Warrior (1999)
Plot Summary:
In AD 922, Arab courtier, Ahmad Ibn Fadlan accompanies a party of Vikings to the barbaric North to combat a terror that slaughters Vikings and devours their flesh.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 131000
Genere: Action, Adventure, History
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, scenic, suspenseful, intense, historical drama, gothic, inspirational, atmospheric, feel good
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The Revenant (2015)
Plot Summary:
In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 854000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan, USA
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: breathtaking, atmospheric, scenic, exciting, visually stunning, suspenseful, harsh, rough, realistic, serious