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Plot Summary:
Banovic Strahinja takes place during the middle ages in Serbia. While estate owner Strahinja is hunting, a Turkish bandit, Alija, attacks his castle. The Turks kill his servants and kidnap his beloved Andja. When he discovers what has happened, Strahinja gathers a together a group of scoundrels and chases the bandits.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia, West Germany
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: epic
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It Rains in My Village (1968)
Plot Summary:
A bizarre and tragic love story involving swineherd, village fool, teacher and an agricultural pilot. The story unfolds in a remote village in the communist ruled Yugoslavia at the down of Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 671
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia, France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: black and white, serious, realistic
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Time of Love (1995)
Plot Summary:
Three episodes, all with relatively similar plots about a love triangle between a woman and two men.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran, Turkey
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags:
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Kings of Sects (2005)
Plot Summary:
The series portrays the period of the Taifas (sects) that emerged after the fall of the Umayyad Caliphate. It also recounts the history of the Almoravid Dynasty of Morocco and how they managed to preserve the Taifas from falling into the clutches of the Kingdom of Castile.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Syria
Duration:
Plot tags: epic
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Magnificat (1993)
Plot Summary:
Magnificat is a 1993 Italian drama film directed by Pupi Avati. It was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: historical drama
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Outlaw: The Saga of Gisli (1981)
Plot Summary:
Based on the saga of Gísli Súrsson, one of the Icelandic Sagas.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Soldier of Fortune (1976)
Plot Summary:
No overview found.
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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King Conqueror (2009)
Plot Summary:
The life and battles of James I, King of Aragon (a.k.a. King Conqueror), the most renowned of the Spanish medieval kings of Aragon (1213-1276), who added the Kingdom of Valencia, the Kingdom of Majorca and the County of Barcelona to his realm and thus initiated the Aragonese expansion in the Mediterranean that was to reach its zenith in the last decades of the 14th century.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Action, Adventure, Biography, Fantasy, History, War
Country: Spain
Duration:
Plot tags:
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Valley of the Bees (1968)
Plot Summary:
Ondrej, a young boy who loves bees and bats, is introduced to his new mother, a woman much younger than his father. Her brings her a bowl of flower petals which she starts to throw in the air and then gives out a shriek, as she discovers several bats in the bottom of the bowl. In a rage, Ondrej's father picks the boy up and hurls him against a wall. Then as the boy lays in a stupor the father promises the Holy Virgin to dedicate the boy to her if she will spare his life. The boy lives and Ondrej is raised in a strict monastic order, where he is mentored by a very pious warrior monk, Armin. One day after being chastised for no good reason, he escapes and returns home. Armin heads out to bring him back. With his father dead, Ondrej becomes lord of the castle and becomes engaged to his father's widow. Near the end, Armin shows up and attempts to get Ondrej to come back to the order.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: philosophical, spiritual, black and white, cerebral, epic, serious, captivating, realistic, thought provoking
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The Horde (2012)
Plot Summary:
It is the word "horde" that had meant, for many countries and nations, bloody raids and being under humilating contribution for centuries - a strange and scary world with its own rules and customs. To be or not to be for Rus (Ruthenia), that is the price of the one-man mission as he is departing to this world to accomplish a feat. The film tells the story of how Saint Alexius, the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, healed the Tatar Queen Taidula, Jani-Beg's mother, from blindness, in 1357.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting, epic, captivating
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Memories Of The Sword (2015)
Plot Summary:
While in medieval Korea, a young girl sets out to revenge the betrayal and the death of her mother. But therefore she must face one of the most powerful men and warriors of the Goryo Dynasty.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, captivating, emotional, stylized, colorful, colourful
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Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior (2020)
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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The Rising Hawk (2019)
Plot Summary:
The Mongol Empire had grown to the largest the world had ever known. It's armies now laid siege to much of Eastern Europe. A small village fights for freedom in the frontier landscape of the Carpathian Mountains.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, History
Country: Ukraine, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: stylized, epic, serious, captivating, realistic, uplifting, brutal
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Francesco (1989)
Plot Summary:
The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death to tell stories so that Leone can record them: a privileged and virile youth, a prisoner of war, an heir who turns away from his father and gives all to the poor, a beggar for others, and an inspiration to friends who accept the Gospels' life of poverty. He seeks the Pope's blessing, and he endures persecution at the hands of the family of Chiara Offreduccio (1194-1253), who becomes St. Clare. Many join the order he has established and then rebel at his expectations. In near despair - and ill - he writes a Rule to take to the Pope; then, the Lord sends him a message. He dies smiling.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: emotional, bleak, serious, factual, cult classic, christian film, sincere, captivating, realistic, gloomy
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Francis of Assisi (1961)
Plot Summary:
The story of a lusty, fighting young adventurer who exchanged his sword for a cross.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: christian film, biblical, serious, captivating, realistic, crying, vintage
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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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The Bruce (1996)
Plot Summary:
Robert the Bruce unites the Scots in a rebellion against the hated English, led by Edward I. He is supported by various loyal followers, notably the bishop who agrees to recognize his claim and crown him as King of the Scots.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 619
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Lion in Winter (1968)
Plot Summary:
1183 AD: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. They and his wife variously plot to force him.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: suspense, political, factual, atmospheric, realistic, stylized, captivating, costume drama, epic, witty
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Conquest 1453 (2012)
Plot Summary:
After the death of his father Murat II, Mehmet II ascends to the Ottoman throne. After braving internal and external enemies, he decides to complete what he was destined to do: Conquer Constantinople.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, realistic, serious, captivating, epic, islamic, stylized, computer animated, weird
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Arn: The Knight Templar (2007)
Plot Summary:
Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Sweden, UK, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Germany, Morocco
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: stylized, exciting, captivating, epic, scenic, costume drama, historical drama, inspirational, period piece, mythical
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Mad Love (2001)
Plot Summary:
The love story who transformed Juana I de Castilla, Queen of Spain, into Juana "The mad". The tragic fate of a Queen madly in love to an unfaithful husband, Felipe el Hermoso, Archduke of Austria.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Spain, Italy, Portugal, France
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: melancholic, costume drama, stylized, captivating, serious, historical drama, romantic drama, sexy, realistic, crying
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Queen Margot (1994)
Plot Summary:
The night of August 24, 1572, is known as the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. In France a religious war is raging. In order to impose peace a forced wedding is arranged between Margot de Valois, sister of the immature Catholic King Charles IX, and the Hugenot King Henri of Navarre. Catherine of Medici maintains her behind-the-scenes power by ordering assaults, poisonings, and instigations to incest.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Italy
Duration: 161 min
Plot tags: period piece, sexy, epic, visually appealing, historical drama, atmospheric, captivating, bleak, costume drama, romantic
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Tristan & Isolde (2006)
Plot Summary:
An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne (Franco) and the princess of the feuding Irish (Myles) spells doom for the young lovers.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, exciting, fairy tale, period piece, costume drama, stylized, intense, epic, sad
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Medieval (2022)
Plot Summary:
The story of 14th century Czech icon and warlord Jan Zizka who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: disturbing, tense, suspenseful, suspense, costume drama, heroic, exciting, captivating, contemplative
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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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The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
Plot Summary:
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 119000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, costume drama, period piece, stylized, atmospheric, factual, historical drama, sexual, sad
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Becket (1964)
Plot Summary:
King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pious cleric loyal to Rome and the Church, he will appoint his old drinking and wenching buddy, Thomas Becket, technically a deacon of the church, to the post. Unfortunately, Becket takes the job seriously and provides abler opposition to Henry.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: epic, period piece, tense, clever, realistic, talky, retro, breathtaking, spiritual, political
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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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El Cid (1961)
Plot Summary:
Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 182 min
Plot tags: epic, breathtaking, stylized, romantic, retro, biblical, technicolor, historically accurate, phantasmagoric, exciting
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Outlaw King (2018)
Plot Summary:
Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: historical drama, atmospheric, exciting, suspense, factual, period piece, erotic, sexy, dark, costume drama
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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