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Plot Summary:
The story of Louis XIV of France and his attempts to keep his identical twin brother Philippe imprisoned away from sight and knowledge of the public, and Philippe's rescue by the aging Musketeers, led by D'Artagnan.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, period drama
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Tai-Pan (1986)
Plot Summary:
The film begins following the British victory of the first Opium War and the seizure of Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and the terrain unfriendly, it has a large port that both the British government and various trading companies believe will be useful for the import of merchandise to be traded on mainland China, a highly lucrative market.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: independent film, epic, serious, realistic
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The Queen and the Cardinal (2009)
Plot Summary:
In the middle of the 17th century, forbidden lovers Queen Anne of Austria, the widow of King Louis XIII, and her Prime Minister, Cardinal Mazarin, face the opposition of a revengeful and power-seeking Court.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: History
Country: France
Duration: 197 min
Plot tags: historical drama, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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D'artagnan and Three Musketeers (1979)
Plot Summary:
This is a wonderful three-part music video, shot by one of the most famous adventure novels of Alexandre Dumas. Four friends - the musketeers save the honor of the Queen of France, the battle against the all-powerful Cardinal Richelieu and the treacherous Milady, and most importantly - enjoy life. The lyrics of Yuri Ryashentseva. The songs they sing the actors themselves, and help them ensembles "Peddlers" and "Festival".
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, History, Musical
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 220 min
Plot tags: captivating, romantic, lyrical, relaxing, stylized
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Sword of the Conqueror (1961)
Plot Summary:
Alboino, the Lombard ruler, wants to marry the daughter of a neighboring king, but she loves another. Her father arranges the marriage to Alboino, which he believes will be beneficial to him, only to have Alboino kill him and leave Amalchi, his daughter's real love, beaten and left for dead. Amalchi recovers to lead a revolt against the murderous Alboino and reclaim his woman.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 247
Genere: Adventure, History, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: historical drama, exciting, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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The Brigand of Kandahar (1965)
Plot Summary:
1880. British India. Robert Case, a half-caste lieutenant, is unjustly discharged from the British Army. He joins the rebel Bengali tribesmen offensive against the colonial enemy. They capture a foreign journalist and Case recounts his story of false accusation on trumped-up charges, instigated by the bigotry and racism of his commanding officers. Following a successful attack by the British against the rebels Case is brutally shot by Colonel Drewe, his accuser. The journalist returns home determined to report the true story of The Brigand of Kandahar.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 639
Genere: Adventure, History
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, futuristic
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The Conspiracy (2008)
Plot Summary:
16th century ruler King Philip II of Spain maneuvers within a court of deceit and betrayal.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 417
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, epic, historical drama, tense, talky, gloomy, costume drama
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The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966)
Plot Summary:
Ireland 1587. Hugh O'Donnell inherits the title of The O'Donnell, the prince of Donegal, and tries to unite Ireland to make war on England. But then Hugh is kidnapped and imprisoned by the Viceroy of Ireland and held ransom for the Clans' good behavior. Hugh must escape prison and the Viceroy's villainous henchman, Captain Leeds, before he can fight.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 424
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Family, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspense, sincere, touching
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The Lady and the Highwayman (1988)
Plot Summary:
Set in old England, Hugh Grant ("Four Weddings & a Funeral", "Notting Hill") plays a highwayman who steals from the rich and gives to the poor. But during one of his robberies, he falls in love with an aristocratic lady, Emma Samms ("Star Quest", "Delirious"). Now, he is forced to choose between his true love or his true cause. This swash-buckling romantic adventure will have you on the edge of your seat with every swing of Hugh's savage sword.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: stylized, exciting, tense, captivating, light, entertaining, gothic, sex comedy, serious, period drama
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Milady and the Three Musketeers (2004)
Plot Summary:
Milady De Winter, a beautiful femme fatale without scruples, plays with the feelings of her suitors. And sometimes very dangerously.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Adventure
Country: France
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, entertaining, fairy tale
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Royal Flash (1975)
Plot Summary:
Cowardly rogue Harry Flashman's (Malcolm McDowell) schemes to gain entry to the royal circles of 19th-century Europe go nowhere until he meets a pair of devious nobles with their own agenda. At their urging, Flashman agrees to re-create himself as a bogus Prussian nobleman to woo a beautiful duchess. But the half-baked plan quickly comes unraveled, and he's soon on the run from several new enemies who are all calling for the rapscallion's head.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: mind blowing, offbeat, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, period drama
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Ring of the Musketeers (1992)
Plot Summary:
Modern day "Musketeers" attempt to become protectors of the inocent. While the biking trio rescue kindnapped children, guard witnesses, and chase mafia types, they also seek the missing fourth musketeer, who wears the famous musketeers' ring.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, independent film, rough, realistic, spoof, parody
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The Three Musketeers (2013)
Plot Summary:
"The Three Musketeers " - a story about the young Gascon D'Artagnan , who , without knowing all the joys of love, is drawn into the vortex of political intrigues of the royal court of Louis XIII. In the company of the king's Musketeers De Treville he finds true friends Athos, Porthos and Aramis . Musketeers so impressed tireless energy Gascon and his ability to find trouble, that take an active part not only in numerous skirmishes with the Cardinal guards , but also in the personal fate of D'Artagnan . Thanks friend D'Artagnan finds his first love - Constance Bonacieux and engaged in a dangerous period of history with pendants Queen. Subtle and far-sighted politician Cardinal Richelieu and his henchmen Rochefort and Milady gain in the face of D'Artagnan dangerous enemy . In the name of love, he is ready for the most desperate deeds . D'Artagnan in the way a lot of temptations and dangerous temptations. But he will overcome them all without betraying their friendship and love !.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Adventure
Country: Russia
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: exciting, funny, realistic, semi serious, humorous, absurd, psychotronic, heroic
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The Fighting Musketeers (1961)
Plot Summary:
Based on Alexandre Dumas père novel. Part 1.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 609
Genere: Adventure, History, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, period piece
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Vengeance of the Three Musketeers (1961)
Plot Summary:
Based on Alexandre Dumas père novel. Part 2.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 452
Genere: Adventure, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Young Blades (2005)
Plot Summary:
Young Blades is an historical fantasy television series that aired on PAX from January to June 2005, lasting only thirteen episodes before cancellation. Set in 17th century France, it followed the adventures of four Musketeers: ⁕d'Artagnan, son of the legendary d'Artagnan in Alexandre Dumas, père's novel The Three Musketeers. ⁕Jacqueline, alias Jacques, a woman disguised as a man while on the run for murder. ⁕Siroc, an inventor. ⁕Ramon, a poet. Other main characters include the Musketeers' leader, Captain Duval; Queen Anne; Cardinal Mazarin; and a fifteen-year-old Louis XIV. The latter three characters are based on historical figures.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, tense, realistic, semi serious
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Shadowless Sword (2005)
Plot Summary:
A Wuxia adventure out of South Korea, The Legend of the Shadowless Sword is a handsome martial arts epic by Kim Yung-jun (Flying Warriors). The film's simple story allows for exceptionally creative action sequences about every three to four minutes, while simultaneously building a noble tale full of faith, love, and sacrifice.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, History
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, historical drama, fast, epic
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La Femme Musketeer (2004)
Plot Summary:
The legend of Jacques D'Artagnan (Michael York) gets a gender-bending update in this swashbuckling adventure. Though legendary swordsman Jacques D'Artagnan's best days may be well behind him, he has schooled his daughter Valentine (Susie Amy) well in the way of the sword. Now it's time for Valentine to strike out on her own. With her father's sword and a letter of introduction to Commander Finot (Roy Dotrice), the eager young novice sets out to seek her fortune in Paris. Though a woman has never before been appointed the rank of swordsman, Valentine is determined to prove her worth by taking on a deadly mission to rescue the bride-to-be of King Louis XIV from a band of fearsome kidnappers, teaming with the three sons of the legendary Three Musketeers who rode with her father.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Croatia, Germany, USA
Duration: 163 min
Plot tags: semi serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, tense, suspense
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Angelique (2013)
Plot Summary:
The incredible destiny of Angélique: a beautiful girl who found in her love for Joffrey Peyrac the strength to fight injustice and submission in a century plagued by power struggles, inequality and the oppression.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, History, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Czech Republic, Austria
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: romantic, stylized, touching, compassionate, serious, erotic, exciting, sexy, realistic, costume drama
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The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
Plot Summary:
King Louis XIV has without his knowledge a twin brother, Philippe, but when he is told, he immediately locks up his brother in the Bastille. The king wants to increase his popularity and stages an assassination against himself where Philippe is dressed as king Louis. But Philippe manages to escape the assassination and everybody believes him to be the real king.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 830
Genere: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: Austria, West Germany
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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The Musketeers (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set in 17th century Paris, musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan are members of an elite band of soldiers who fight for what is just. They are heroes in the truest and most abiding sense – men that can be trusted and believed in to do the right thing, regardless of personal risk.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: exciting, historical drama, costume drama, realistic, serious, tension, suspense, period piece, epic, stylized
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The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
Plot Summary:
A TV adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, period piece, action adventure, tense, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, contemplative
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Lionheart (1987)
Plot Summary:
A young knight sets out to join King Richards crusaders. Along the way, he encounters The Black Prince who captures children and sells them as slaves to the Muslims. It is Robert Narra's sworn duty to protect the children and lead them to safety.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 969
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Hungary, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, serious, disturbing
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The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974)
Plot Summary:
The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: Spain, UK, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, cult classic, exciting, realistic, semi serious, fast, psychotronic, tense, light
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The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
Plot Summary:
It's 1649: Mazarin hires the impoverished D'Artagnan to find the other musketeers: Cromwell has overthrown the English king, so Mazarin fears revolt, particularly from the popular Beaufort. Porthos, bored with riches and wanting a title, signs on, but Aramis, an abbé, and Athos, a brawler raising an intellectual son, assist Beaufort in secret. When they fail to halt Beaufort's escape from prison, the musketeers are expendable, and Mazarin sends them to London to rescue Charles I. They are also pursued by Justine, the avenging daughter of Milady de Winter, their enemy 20 years ago. They must escape England, avoid Justine, serve the Queen, and secure Beauford's political reforms.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: UK, France, Spain
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: stylized, cult classic, exciting, humorous, semi serious, scary, parody, funny, romantic, sexy
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The Three Musketeers (1973)
Plot Summary:
The young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a king's musketeer. He meets and quarrels with three men, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, each of whom challenges him to a duel. D'Artagnan finds out they are musketeers and is invited to join them in their efforts to oppose Cardinal Richelieu, who wishes to increase his already considerable power over the king. D'Artagnan must also juggle affairs with the charming Constance Bonancieux and the passionate Lady De Winter, a secret agent for the cardinal.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: epic, funny, cult classic, humorous, witty, fairy tale, thrilling, exciting, realistic, stylized
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The Three Musketeers (1993)
Plot Summary:
D'Artagnan travels to Paris hoping to become a musketeer, one of the French king's elite bodyguards, only to discover that the corps has been disbanded by conniving Cardinal Richelieu, who secretly hopes to usurp the throne. Fortunately, Athos, Porthos and Aramis have refused to lay down their weapons and continue to protect their king. D'Artagnan joins with the rogues to expose Richelieu's plot against the crown.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: UK, Austria, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: period piece, costume drama, romantic, action packed, epic, exciting, humorous, anamorphic, historical drama, gothic
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The Musketeer (2001)
Plot Summary:
In Peter Hyams's adaptation of the famous Alexander Dumas story The Three Musketeers, the young D'Artagnan seeks to join the legendary musketeer brigade and avenge his father's death - but he finds that the musketeers have been disbanded.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: Germany, Luxembourg, UK, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: stylized, serious, exciting, captivating, cult classic, fairy tale, light, romantic, humorous, bad ending
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The Three Musketeers (2011)
Plot Summary:
The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France, UK
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, period piece, entertaining, semi serious, humorous, costume drama, visual, epic, stylized, psychotronic
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The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
Plot Summary:
Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, remains imprisoned, the Musketeers reunite to abduct Louis and replace him with Philippe.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 176000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: exciting, period piece, costume drama, suspense, atmospheric, serious, epic, gothic, political, historical drama
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The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Plot Summary:
Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, Fernand, deceives him. After spending 13 miserable years in prison, Dantés escapes with the help of a fellow inmate and plots his revenge, cleverly insinuating himself into the French nobility.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 146000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Switzerland, UK, USA
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, dramatic, costume drama, period piece, intense, realistic, epic, suspenseful, entertaining