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Plot Summary:
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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A look at India's second confidential nuclear test series at Pokhran lead by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, during the time of PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Action, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, patriotic, tense, captivating, feel good, mind blowing
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Padmaavat (2018)
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Rani Padmavati - the wife of Maharawal Ratan Singh, is known for her beauty and valour in 13th century India. She captures the fancy of the reigning Sultan of Delhi, the tyrant Alauddin Khilji, who becomes obsessed with her and goes to great lengths to fulfill his greed.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: India
Duration: 163 min
Plot tags: epic, captivating, costume drama, exciting, touching, suspenseful, visually appealing, visual, fast, banned
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Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017)
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When Mahendra, the son of Bahubali, learns about his heritage, he begins to look for answers. His story is juxtaposed with past events that unfolded in the Mahishmati Kingdom.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 167 min
Plot tags: epic, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, visual, cult classic, bilingual
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Bang Rajan (2000)
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Set right before the fall of Thailand's old capital, Ayuttaya, Bang Rajan draws on the legend of a village of fighters who bravely fended off the Burmese armies. With no support from the Royal army, the villagers drives the invading Burmese away many times until their names have become legendary during the time. As each subsequent battles becomes fiercer, the villagers tries to forge a canon to battle the enemy in a final battle where everyone, women and children included, die in combat.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Thailand
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, captivating, epic
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Line of Control: Kargil (2003)
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This film dramatizes events that occurred as the hostility between India and Pakistan over Kashmir came to a head in 1999, when more than 1,000 men crossed the "Line of Control" that separates the two locations. Taliban and Pakistani soldiers took over the area, blocking the main road that linked the regions. Standing their ground, Indian soldier drove them away, but not without losing more than 400 of their own men first.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: India
Duration: 255 min
Plot tags: patriotic, thought provoking, suspenseful, exciting, tense, suspense, disturbing, realistic, crying, cult classic
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Following the roguish terrorist attacks at Uri Army Base camp in Kashmir, India takes the fight to the enemy, in its most successful covert operation till date with one and only one objective of avenging their fallen heroes.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: India
Duration: 138 min
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Tango Charlie (2005)
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Indian Army Sepoy Tarun Chauhan is assigned to proceed to Northeastern part of India that has been rocked by riots and violence with orders to report to his superior, Havaldar Mohammed Ali. Once there, he comes to know that things can be quiet for weeks, following by sporadic violence, and casualties on both sides. His group also comes under attack by vicious terrorists, who like to cut an ear from a dead body, then leave the body as bait, in order to kill anyone who comes to the rescue. This is where Tarun makes his first kill.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: India
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, bleak, realistic, patriotic, banned
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Peshwa Bajirao married to Kashibai, falls in love with Mastani, a warrior princess in distress. They struggle to make their love triumph amid opposition from his conservative family.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: India
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags: realistic, emotional, intense, touching, captivating, costume drama, fast, epic, period drama
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Story of Rani Lakshmibai, one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and her resistance to the British Rule.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 148 min
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Goemon (2009)
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Follow the infamous ninja bandit named Ishikawa Goemon (Yosuke Eguchi) in an epic story. One night while looting treasure from Nanban (Southern Barbarians), Goemon finds a mysterious box hidden inside a secret grave. A forgotten relic from the past containing untold powers.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, captivating, anime, tense, suspense, action thriller, visually stunning, serious, stylized
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In the wake of King Edward's death, Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his comrades adventure across a fractured kingdom in the hopes of uniting England at last.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Action, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: epic
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White Vengeance (2011)
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White Vengeance tells the story of two brothers contending for supremacy during the fall of the Qin Dynasty, which ruled Imperial China from 221 to 206 BC. As rebels rose, the nation fell into chaos. Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, became leaders of the rebellious army, and also became sworn brothers in battle.Xiang Yu and Liu Bang are close friends who both serve King Huai of Chu. King Huai uses a plot, saying that whoever can subvert the Qin kingdom in Guanzhong would be the Lord Qin, in order to benefit from the competition between Xiang Yu and Liu Bang. Xiang Yu is over-confident. He fights against the main force of Qin army, and entrusts Liu Bang with Yu Ji, the woman he loves.Liu Bang expresses his love to Yu Ji and takes the chance to invade Guanzhong first when most of Qin army is outside fighting against Xiang Yu’s army.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, epic
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The Swordsman (2020)
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After being blinded in a coup against the king, Joseon’s greatest swordsman (Jang Hyuk) goes into hiding, far removed from his city’s anguish. But when traffickers kidnap his daughter, he has no choice but to unsheathe his sword once more.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min
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King of the Sands (2013)
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A daring, compelling and controversial take on the life of prince Abdulaziz Al Saud (Ibn Saud), founder of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 604
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Syria
Duration: 92 min
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Baahubali: The Beginning (2015)
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The young Shivudu is left as a foundling in a small village by his mother. By the time he’s grown up, it has become apparent that he possesses exceptional gifts. He meets the beautiful warrior/princess Avanthika and learns that her queen has been held captive for the last 25 years. Shividu sets off to rescue her, discovering his own origins in the process.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 134000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
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Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal Emperor, Akbar and a Rajput princess, Jodhaa.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: India
Duration: 213 min
Plot tags: epic, realistic, romantic, entertaining, mysterious, visually appealing, cult classic, romantic drama, historical drama, mesmerizing
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: China, Hong Kong
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Young Russian Prince Yaroslav fights the robbers, tribes and the invaders. He is the first to unite Russian lands and to create the original Russian state.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 609
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
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During the warring period of the three kingdoms, ancient China is in turmoil. To unify the country, general Cao Cao (Jiang Wen), the real power behind the Emperor, enlists the aid of the greatest warrior in the land, Guan Yu (Donnie Yen). However, Guan Yu is a loyal friend of Cao Cao's enemy Liu Bei (Alex Fong) so to persuade the peerless warrior to fight, Cao Cao takes his beloved Qi Lan (Sun Li) hostage. After leading Cao Cao's forces to victory Guan Yu sets out with Qi Lan to rejoin Liu Bei. But now Cao Cao has deemed him too great a threat to live, and on the journey he must face all the forces at the Emperor's command sent to destroy him.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: China, Hong Kong
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Ashoka the Great (2001)
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In India, about 260 BC in the Empire of Magadha, the Prince Asoka (Shah Rukh Khan) survives to many betrayals of his brothers, leaded by the evil Susima (Ajit Kumar), who wants to kill him to inherit the throne. His mothers orders Asoka to leave Magadha, and while traveling, he meets Princess Kaurwaki (Karriena Kapoor) and her brother, Prince Aryan (Sooraj Balaji) from Kalinga, who are undercover and protected by General Bheema (Rahul Dev). Asoka and Kaurwaki falls in love for each other, but the mother of Asoka calls him back to Magadha. When he returns, he does not find Kaurwaki, who was attacked by traitors of Kalinga. When Asoka's mother is killed by a man of Susima, Asoka becomes mad, kills all his evil brothers but Sugatra, who escapes to Kalinga. Asoka decides to conquer Kalinga, but in the end, he concludes that he has not built an empire, but conquered only corpses and destroyed everything, and he decides to spread love and the Buddhism.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: India
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Plot tags: epic, exciting, suspense, intense, period piece, romantic, realistic, lyrical, patriotic, historical drama
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In 1375, China was in chaos between Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Coryo (an ancient kingdom of Korea then) sent a delegation of many diplomats, soldiers and a silent slave to make peace with the new Chinese government. However, this delegation got charged as spies and sent in exile to a remote desert.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
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Country: South Korea, China
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
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In 1897, an army of 21 Sikhs battles 10,000 Afghans to prevent the Saragarhi Fort from being taken down.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 22000
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 10000
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The film mainly follows the famous 1597 Battle of Myeongryang during the Japanese invasion of Korea (1592-1598), where the iconic Joseon admiral Yi Sun-sin managed to destroy a total of 133 Japanese warships with only 13 ships remaining in his command. The battle, which took place in the Myeongryang Strait off the southwest coast of the Korean Peninsula, is considered one of the greatest victories of Yi.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
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IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 17000
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 49000
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 175000
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