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Plot Summary:
Roman soldiers capture Attalus (a.k.a. Hercules) in a battle at the fringes of the Roman Empire. They take him back to Rome where his prowess as a gladiator earns the respect of the Emperor Galienus. An ambitious nobleman named Zullo, however, wants to marry Velida, daughter of Galienus, and to then take over the throne. (By now Velida and Attalus have fallen in love.) Zullo arranges for Galienus to be kidnapped and replaced with a look-alike. He sets up a marriage to Velida and also engineers the arrest of Attalus, but Attalus escapes.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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The Conqueror of Atlantis (1965)
Plot Summary:
Curious noises in the Arabian desert signal an attack by bizarre phantom-like raiders of gold who are in search of their Queen. A relocated Hercules (KIRK MORRIS of The Witch's Curse) arrives on the scene and sets off to find a kidnapped Nomad princess. He follows her abductors past the Mountain of the Dead, through the City of the Phantoms, to a mysterious castle which turn out to be Atlantis. As if all this wasn't strange enough, Hercules will encounter gold-painted, blue body stocking-wearing, reanimated dead guys; female guards (who are killed if they taste the love of a man); a dying evil queen and her Ming the Merciless wanna-be sorcerer-scientist; and a torturous climax.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, Egypt
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: homoerotic
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Kindar the Invulnerable (1965)
Plot Summary:
An evil bandit kidnaps a sultan's son and raises him but finds the son has magic powers.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Romance
Country: Italy, Egypt
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, period drama
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Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules (1961)
Plot Summary:
Maciste arranges for himself and his new friend Bangor to be captured by a mysterious band of white-clad marauders and taken to an underground city. There the two are forced to turn an enormous wheel along with other captives as part of a gold-and-diamonds mining operation. The underground city's queen, Halis Mosab, takes note of the handsome, muscular Maciste and chooses him to be her consort if he can meet such challenges as saving the kidnapped Princess Saliura from a gigantic ape. Maciste kills the ape and carries Saliura back to the aboveground world. The white-clad marauders can't follow them if it means being caught in the sunlight which instantly dissolves them. Maciste then returns to the underground city to save the other captives. Meanwhile, high priest Kahab informs his son, Katar, that their queen is not one of them but, unbeknownst to her, was kidnapped as a small child from the "world above." If Katar can marry her.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: homoerotic, campy, cult film
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Colossus of the Arena (1962)
Plot Summary:
A powerful man posing as a gladiator in Rome's fourth century discovers a plan to put the beautiful Queen in prison, which he thwarts by exposing a sinister duke as a traitor.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: campy
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Challenge of the Gladiator (1965)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 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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Romulus and the Sabines (1961)
Plot Summary:
An Italian adventure film starring Roger Moore as Romulus in the early days of Rome. His city of thieves is populated entirely by men, and so Romulus is convinced to find some ladies. After finding some in Sabinia, he proceeds to take them to his city and engage them to his men. The Sabines declare war and battle ensues.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy, France, Yugoslavia
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags:
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Caesar Against the Pirates (1962)
Plot Summary:
Julius Caesar flees Rome because of a conspiration against him and takes refuge by the king of Bitinia. He finds a woman there and while he escorts her to Rhodes their ship is attacked. Caught by the pirates he asks for help to get back to Rome.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 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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Alone Against Rome (1962)
Plot Summary:
A Roman Consul, on his way to fight a border war, stations a garrison of soldiers in a provincial town. The townspeople aren't happy with this situation but decide it's in their best interests to cooperate. However, the Tribune left in charge of the garrison proves to be cruel and demanding. He takes over a house for his own use and forces his attentions on Fabiola, the owner's daughter. She reluctantly submits in order to protect the life of her lover, Brenno, who's already been publicly whipped and who's been hauled off to the local arena to provide sport for Roman gladiators. Soon, Brenno and Fabiola's brother are organizing a resistance which will put an end to the Tribune's reign of tyranny.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Revolt of the Praetorians (1964)
Plot Summary:
Rome chafes under the rule of the Emperor Domitian and his Egyptian mistress, Artamne. A mysterious champion arises to fight against the Emperor -- a masked man known as the Red Wolf. In fact, the Red Wolf is Valerius Rufus, one of the Emperor's trusted centurions who's aided by none other than the Emperor's court jester, the diminutive Elpidion. Rebels in league with Valerius kidnap Artamne, planning to exchange her for two of their imprisoned colleagues, but Artamne escapes and soon both Valerius, (now exposed as the Red Wolf), and his fiancee, Lucilla, are sentenced to be immersed in a cauldron of molten lead. Valerius's friends, however, rise up to rescue him and to liberate Rome.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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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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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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Sansone contro il corsaro nero (1964)
Plot Summary:
aka Hercules and the Black Pirates. Brave and noble Samson fights pirates as a soldier in the royal army. He wants to marry lovely fair maiden Rosita, but her haughty governor father disapproves. Meanwhile, the cunning and duplicitous Rodrigo Sanchez joins forces with the wicked Black Pirate to thwart Samson.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: 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 Two Gladiators (1964)
Plot Summary:
The twins of the recently departed Marcus Aurelius fight it out to see who will become emperor of Rome.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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The Vengeance of Ursus (1961)
Plot Summary:
The evil King Zagro has designs on the beautiful Princess Sira. He wants to marry her so he can take over her kingdom and add it to his own. When Sira is kidnapped, Ursus leaves his farm to rescue her and to eventually lead a revolt against King Zagro.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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Duel of Champions (1961)
Plot Summary:
A Roman nobleman, Horatius leads an imperial legion during the long and bloody war between the Romans and the Albans. A desperate arrangement is agreed on how to settle the war. Three valiant brothers are chosen from each side to fight one last fierce and bloody duel.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Action, Drama, History
Country: Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious
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Hercules Against the Barbarians (1964)
Plot Summary:
The eternal Hercules in this film has gone way beyond his usual time and place in ancient Greece and is now helping Poland free itself of Mongol invaders in the 12th century. Mark Forest is the star of this peplum epic, Hercules Against The Barbarians.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 211
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, campy, cult film
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The Lion of Thebes (1964)
Plot Summary:
Fleeing Troy in the wake of its destruction, fair-faced Helen and her faithful protector Arion run into the pharaoh Ramses, who sets his sights on Helen -- and is subsequently murdered. Now it's up to Arion to save Helen from those who wish her dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, epic, serious, captivating, stylized
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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 Centurion (1961)
Plot Summary:
Protests break out in Corinth against Roman domination, injuring Caius Vinicius, a Roman centurion. He's rescued by Hebe -- daughter of the anti-Roman governor, Critolaus -- who's being unsuccessfully wooed by the governor's second-in-command, the villainous Diaeus. Smitten, Hebe sends the handsome Roman to recuperate at the home of Callicrates, a political moderate. Artemide, wife of Callicrates, also falls for Caius Vinicus but when he spurns her, she has him arrested and imprisoned. Hebe then agrees to marry Diaeus if he will spare the Roman's life but Caius Vinicius is soon freed by Callicrates and his allies, just as a Roman army arrives to battle Corinthian forces.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags:
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Brennus, Enemy of Rome (1963)
Plot Summary:
AKA: Brennus, Enemy of Rome, AKA: Battle of the Valiant A 1963 film about the sack of Rome in 387 BC.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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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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Pompeii (2014)
Plot Summary:
In 79 A.D., Milo, a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 115000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Canada, Germany, USA, UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, serious, realistic, stylized, romantic, period piece, costume drama, romantic drama, disgusting
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Ben-Hur (2016)
Plot Summary:
A falsely accused nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betrayed him.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: biblical, suspense, intense, exciting, serious, captivating, realistic, christian film, epic, action adventure