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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, parody, spoof, cult film
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Flatfoot in Hong Kong (1975)
Plot Summary:
Piedone (Bigfoot) Rizzo is accused of drug trafficking. In order to clear his name he has to find out who is the person, from a Mafia ring, who has infiltrated his police department.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: cult classic, dark comedy, poliziottesco, cult film
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Flatfoot in Egypt (1980)
Plot Summary:
Police Commissioner Rizzo, Bigfoot (Piedone by nickname) and Marshal Caputo go to Egypt and look for Professor Cerullo, who is missing. The professor has discovered an insect that can smell where oil is and lots of criminals are interested in it. Written by Salvatore Santangelo.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: cult classic, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, poliziottesco, cult film
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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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Captain Thunder (2011)
Plot Summary:
The story of "Captain Thunder and the Holy Grail" is set during the Third Crusade in Palestine, when Captain Thunder finds in the dungeons of a fortress a dying Christian named Juan de Ribera, who entrustes him the mission to restore to Spain a cup which is the Holy Grail, stolen from an ancient order. Thunder, with his inseparable friends Crispin and Goliath, and a Viking princess named Sigfrid, will face an evil feudal lord and his black "devils", who are terrorizing the population of low Aragón.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 631
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags:
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Journey of Honor (1991)
Plot Summary:
The son of a besieged Shogun in war-torn 17th century Japan travels to Spain to buy weaponry from the king.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 417
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Black Arrow (1985)
Plot Summary:
In 15th century England, a civil war called Wars of the Roses is being fought between two rival houses who want the throne. Fresh from battle, a knight finds his family dead. He joins the outlaws led by the Black Arrow (Stephan Chase) to seek justice. The noble Black Arrow foils Sir Brackley's (Oliver Reed) plan to kill one ward (Benedict Taylor) and marry the other. This is a classic story by Robert Louis Stevenson turned into film by Disney pictures.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 572
Genere: Adventure, History
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: period piece
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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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Turn the Other Cheek (1974)
Plot Summary:
Two missionaries (Bud Spencer and Terence Hill) come into conflict with the authorities when they turn their missionary into a parrot farm. The Bishop of Maracaibo calls them his 'black sheep' and the Monsignore has been called to check on their behavior. Like usual, our heroes help the poor to defend themselves and provoke some funny fist fights in the process. (from Wikipedia).
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick, buddy comedy
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King Arthur, the Young Warlord (1975)
Plot Summary:
This is the inspiring, epic journey of a noble warrior's quest to prove his worth, his might, and his destined fate to become the next ruler of Britain.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, vintage
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For Love and Gold (1966)
Plot Summary:
A group of rogues steal a scroll granting its bearer the property of the land of Aurocastro in Apulia (south of Italy). They elect a shaggy knight, Brancaleone from Norcia, as their leader, and decide to get possession of this supposedly wealthy land. Many adventures will occurr during the journey.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, History
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: humorous, cult classic, historically accurate, exciting, parody, offbeat, realistic, not serious, vintage, cult film
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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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Erik the Conqueror (1961)
Plot Summary:
In the 9th Century, two Viking children, separated since their early childhood with one raised by the British and the other by Vikings, meet after nearly 20 years as rivals as war breaks out between Britian and the Vikings for control of England.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 934
Genere: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, serious, realistic, stylized, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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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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Proud Heritage (1989)
Plot Summary:
Following the 1394 Battle of Rovine between the Wallachian and Ottoman armies Wallachian ruler Mircea the Elder consolidates his reign.In a small civil war he manages to oust his brother Dan from Wallachia.Dan's dream of usurping the Wallachian throne is destroyed and he is banished from the kingdom.After this confrontation Prince Mircea the Elder ruler of Wallachia receives envoys from the Polish king and from the Ottoman sultan.In their attempt to conquer Europe the Ottoman Turks are seeking European allies.Their envoys to Wallachia want to persuade Prince Mircea to join them but the Polish envoys also are hoping to sway Wallachia to their side.Prince Mircea of Wallachia hesitates.An alliance with fellow Christian Poles seems logical but their conditions are harsh.The conditions of a possible military alliance with the Ottoman Turks are more attractive.However,the Ottoman Turks are Muslim and they also are the traditional enemies of the small Christian kingdom of Wallachia.Caught.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 832
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Romania
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags:
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Sword of War (2009)
Plot Summary:
Year 1100. Italy.The Northern lands are ruled by a German emperor: Fredrick aka "Barbarossa. His dream is to conquer also the lands in the Center and in the South so as to revive the Empire that was once of the one Charles Magno.But in the North a young man from Milan has formed an army of 900 young men coming from different cities: the "company of death". This young man's name is Alberto Da Giussano. His dream is to defeat the Emperor and to give back freedom to the Northern lands.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, epic
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Ivanhoe (1982)
Plot Summary:
This is a remake of Walter Scott's Ivanhoe. Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars. He find England under the reign of Prince John and his henchmen and finds himself being involved in the power-struggle for the throne of England. Will justice prevail and will all fair ladies in distress be rescued?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, fairy tale, serious, period drama, eighties
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Quest of the Delta Knights (1993)
Plot Summary:
A secret society, the Delta Knights, attempts to save a medieval society from the evil over-lady.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, independent film, psychotronic
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Ladyhawke (1985)
Plot Summary:
Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Italy, UK
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, dark fantasy, touching, atmospheric, period piece, sentimental, epic fantasy, fantasy adventure, captivating, epic
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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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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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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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First Knight (1995)
Plot Summary:
The timeless tale of King Arthur and the legend of Camelot are retold in this passionate period drama. Arthur is reluctant to hand the crown to Lancelot, and Guinevere is torn between her loyalty to her husband and her growing love for his rival. But Lancelot must balance his loyalty to the throne with the rewards of true love.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: epic, romantic, fairy tale, sentimental, exciting, arthurian, atmospheric, entertaining, historical drama, period piece
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Michael the Brave (1971)
Plot Summary:
An epic fresco depicting the reign (1593-1601) of Mihai Pätrascu (better known as "Mihai Viteazul" / "Michael the Brave"), the famous prince who united the three provinces: Transalpine Vallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia, into the country of Romania, at the end of the 16th century (1599-1601) against the opposition of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires, this movie features large scale battle scenes mixed with political intrigues, murderous treachery, and family drama.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Romania, France, Italy
Duration: 203 min
Plot tags: breathtaking, exciting, epic, serious, captivating, realistic
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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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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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Robin Hood (2010)
Plot Summary:
When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 280000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, epic, entertaining, period piece, stylized, intense, costume drama, factual, serious
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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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Pathfinder (2007)
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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The Last Duel (2021)
Plot Summary:
King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 176000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags: historical drama, suspense, costume drama, cerebral, epic, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, philosophical