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Plot Summary:
The story of Spartacus and 10 other gladiators who rebelled against the bloody coliseum sports. They escape and are faced at every turn by Roman soldiers bent on taking them back to the Coliseum - dead or alive!.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 261
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, History
Country: Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, stylized, campy
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Triumph of the Ten Gladiators (1964)
Plot Summary:
The ten gladiators are hired to travel to Arbela, a small country on the outskirts of the Roman Empire to learn if Parthia is planning to war with Rome. Upon arriving, the heroes decide to kidnap the beautiful Parthian queen and spirit her to Syria to serve as a hostage.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy, France
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: campy
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Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens (1964)
Plot Summary:
A rebel leader returns to his city for a final confrontation with the evil king he is fighting. However, he finds himself attracted to the king's beautiful niece.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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The Ten Gladiators (1963)
Plot Summary:
Roccia and a band of fellow gladiators join forces with a patrician named Glaucus Valerius to replace Nero, (and his evil henchman, Tigelinus), with a new emperor: Servius Galba. During the course of this bloody struggle, the gladiators lose their mentor and trainer - Resius - and then must rescue Lidia, Resius' beautiful niece, from death on the cross.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: campy
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Messalina vs. the Son of Hercules (1964)
Plot Summary:
While fighting in Britain, Roman forces commanded by Caligula capture the noble warrior, Glaucus. Seeing in him gladiator material, Caligula takes Glaucus back to Rome along with other hostages including Glaucus's girlfriend, Ena. A man seeking to restore the Roman Republic then assassinates Caligula after which Claudius is proclaimed emperor. Messalina -- Claudius's beautiful but evil wife -- then maneuvers to replace Claudius with her lover, Silio. She forces Glaucus to help her in this quest by threatening to harm the enslaved Ena. Written by dinky-4 of Minneapolis.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags:
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Goliath and the Sins of Babylon (1963)
Plot Summary:
Goliath battles for the freedom of the Babylonian people.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: biblical, psychotronic, homoerotic, campy
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The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules (1964)
Plot Summary:
In this sword and sandal fantasy, Poseidon must battle a gladiator quartet in ancient Rome. If he wins, the son of Hercules will have his life and anything else he wants. Sure enough, he wins and asks that the life of a Christian girl be spared. But the girl refuses her liberty until all of her fellow believers are also released.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 225
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, campy
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The Tyrant of Lydia Against the Son of Hercules (1963)
Plot Summary:
Italian sword & sandal thrills as the son of Hercules is pitted against an evil king and his wretched followers.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: campy
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Hercules Against Rome (1964)
Plot Summary:
Hercules comes from Greece to Ravenna, Italy, because a friend from childhood days has sent for him: Hercules should help the Roman Emperor who is in danger because of an intrigue lead by the leader of the pretorian guards.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Adventure, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, campy
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Seven Rebel Gladiators (1965)
Plot Summary:
The ruthless Roman tribune, Vadio, joins forces with the evil Morakeb to take over the throne of Aristea, usurping King Krontal and stealing away his lovely daughter in the process. Meanwhile, Marco Aulo, now a Roman centurion, comes to Aristea to learn where his legions war funds have gone. Vadio has him framed for treason and is thrown into the arena to fight a group of six formidable gladiators. During the fights, Marco refuses to kill those he defeats until finally, he himself loses after exhaustion takes its toll. Admiring this man, the six warriors join him and together they escape Vadio's clutches and plot to free the kingdom from the two conspiring killers.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Adventure, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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The Slave (1962)
Plot Summary:
The decurion Randus holds himself so well in the command of his troops, that Caesar promotes him to centurion. He is subsequently sent to Egypt, to keep Cesar informed on the actions and intentions of co-triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus - a man too rich, and ambitious, for Caesar's comfort. A fateful sea trip from Egypt to Rome forces Randus in captivity by mercenary troops, and leads a revolt by which he gets freedom for himself, and all the other slaves. Through an amulet he received from his late mother, a man who had fought by Spartacus' side, identifies the young man as Spartacus' and Varinia's son. At first reluctant to accept this story about his origins, Randus will be forced by the circumstances to repeat the feat of his father, twenty years later.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 565
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, historical drama, period drama, campy
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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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Revenge of the Gladiators (1964)
Plot Summary:
In 454 A.D. barbarians led by the Vandal king, Genseri, besiege Rome which is ruled by the ineffectual Valentinian III and his wife, Calpurnia. The Roman general Ezio manages to temporarily halt the Vandals' advance. Now arriving on the scene is Ezio's son, Fabius, who had been reported as killed in battle. Fabius falls in love with Valentinian's daughter, Priscilla, while coming to the realization that Rome is weak and corrupt. Genseri now hatches a plan to take over Rome by marrying his son to Priscilla, To prevent this, Fabius hides Priscilla but is then captured and tortured by Genseri who wants to know the young woman's whereabouts. Priscilla comes forward and agrees to marry Genseri's son if Genseri will free Fabius. Genseri agrees but, at the wedding, he breaks his word and shows Priscilla a cross where Fabius has been crucified with ropes. Priscilla is outraged but then relieved when Fabius' friends arrive to save Fabius and to defeat the Vandals in battle.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Adventure
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, 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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The Final Inquiry (2006)
Plot Summary:
It is the year 33 of the Vulgar Era. The Emperor Tiberius is troubled by strange phenomena, an earthquake and the sky turning black as an eclipse. His astrologers give him fair warning: their omens indicate that the world is in the throes of a great upheaval and that old gods have been annihilated. A new kingdom is about to rise in the East. The Emperor calls Tito Valerio Tauro, the most prominent.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: christian film, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, biblical, spiritual, esoteric
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Giants of Rome (1964)
Plot Summary:
An elite group of soldiers led by the courageous Claudius Marcellus are handpicked by Julius Caesar to embark on a desperate and dangerous suicide mission to destroy the Druids' secret weapon.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Adventure, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: fast paced, campy
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The Fury of Hercules (1962)
Plot Summary:
In a tyrannical kingdom there is an evil ruler and a queen who lusts after Hercules who is attracted to a handmaiden. A rebellion overthrows the ruler.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Adventure
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Samson (1961)
Plot Summary:
While traveling through the kingdom of Sulom, Samson is arrested and finds that the queen no longer reigns and that a power-mad warlord and his army of mercenaries now controls the kingdom. Samson teams up with some of his one-time adversaries to battle the usurper and restore the rightful queen to power.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Fantasy, Adventure
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, serious, captivating, psychotronic
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Hercules and the Captive Women (1961)
Plot Summary:
When strange atmospheric events occur in the disunited city states of Ancient Greece, a forum debates what action to take. As there is no agreement, Androcles King of Thebes seeks the assistance of his friend, the legendary Hercules. Hercules, now married to Deianira with a son named Hylas does not wish to leave the comfort of his family, though Hylas is keen for adventure.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, exciting, serious, psychotronic, campy
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Hercules vs. the Giant Warriors (1964)
Plot Summary:
Hercules, having agreed to restore justice to Mycenae, confronts evil Prince Myles. The villain is invested with power over giant bronze warriors by his mother Pasiphaë, a sorceress in Hades. Myles assassinates the king and abducts his cousin, Queen Ate, through whom he plans to inherit the throne. Although Zeus temporarily removes Hercules' strength for killing Eurystheus, an innocent man framed by Myles, the god restores his powers. Hercules then saves Ate and destroys Myles, Pasiphaë, and the giant warriors.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, campy
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Hercules Against the Moon Men (1964)
Plot Summary:
Hercules is summoned to oppose the evil Queen Samara, who has allied herself with aliens and is sacrificing her own people in a bid to awaken a moon goddess.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, grindhouse, exciting, serious, stylized, psychotronic, weird, campy
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The Conquest of Mycenae (1963)
Plot Summary:
Gordon Scott plays Glaucus, the prince of Tiryns, a powerful warrior who goes undercover in Mycenae to infiltrate the evil cult of Moloch, which is exacting tribute from neighboring kingdoms in the form of attractive young hostages, both male and female. Calling himself "Hercules," Glaucus defeats Mycenae's champions and gains the favor of the voluptuous Queen Demetra (Rosalba Neri) whose son, covered in a dog's head mask, has been raised as the living embodiment of the dark god Moloch and receives sacrifices in his sprawling underground grotto.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: gothic, epic, psychotronic, campy
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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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Caesar the Conqueror (1962)
Plot Summary:
In 54 B.C. Julius Caesar seeks to solidify his position in Rome by putting down a rebellion in Gaul led by a tribal chieftain named Vercingetorix. Vercingetorix has rallied many tribes to his cause, including one led by the beautiful Queen Asterix and others who'd once pledged allegiance to Rome. At first things go badly for the Romans, complicated by the fact that Vercingetorix has captured and tortured a centurion named Claudius Valerius who's in love with Caesar's ward, Publia, who has also fallen into the hands of Vercingetorix. Eventually a great battle pitting Caesar against the rebellious Gaul decides the fate of all concerned.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: epic
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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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Hero of Rome (1964)
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
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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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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