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Plot Summary:
A newly arrived governor finds his province under the control of the corrupt Colonel Huerta. To avoid assassination by Huerta, he pretends to be weak and indecisive so Huerta will believe he poses no threat. But secretly he masquerades as Zorro, and joins the monk Francisco and the beautiful aristocrat Hortensia in their fight for justice against Huerta and his soldiers.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Western
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, fairy tale, funny, novela, euro western, cult classic, humorous, semi serious, cult film
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Mask of the Musketeers (1963)
Plot Summary:
In the first half of the 1600's, France is at war with Spain. The cousin of the king of Spain, Isabella, is held captive in the French castle, and the Count of Seville is sent to France as a diplomat. While there, he is escorted by the Three Musketeers, who discover that he has secretly made a deal with Cardinal Richelieu to disclose Spanish military secrets in exchange for Isabella's release. However, he is merely bluffing and plans to take Isabella by force. When the musketeers discover this, they come to his aid, and together the four of them work at freeing the Countess. Meanwhile, the Count doubles as Zorro to free the Spanish court from a treacherous suitor.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: euro western, campy
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The Shadow Of Zorro (1962)
Plot Summary:
A battle between revolutionary Mexicans and the U.S. cavalry brings Zorro onto the scene to enact vengeance for violent acts incurred by the cavalry Sergeant. Once the Sergeant is killed, Don Jose de la Torre retires from being Zorro and settles down to live a quiet life. The brother of the Sergeant, in an act of his own justice, dons the costume of Zorro and terrorizes the countryside. In an act to draw out the true Zorro, the imposter kidnaps Don Jose's wife, making him once again don the mask to rescue her.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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The Sexcapades of Don Diego (1972)
Plot Summary:
An "adults only" retelling of the legend of Zorro.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western
Country: France, West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: independent film, erotic, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, parody, crying, sex comedy, spoof, grindhouse
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Shaolin Temple 2: Kids from Shaolin (1984)
Plot Summary:
Two rivaling families live on opposite sides of a river. One of them practices Shaolin kung fu and has only sons, while the other has only daughters and practices the Wu-Tang sword. The father of the Wu-Tang family is so paranoid about the Shaolin kids stealing his sword style (besides, he wants a son to teach it to, and the closest thing he has is a lesbian daughter) that he is taken off guard when some real bad guys come along to kill his family, but the Shaolin family helps them out. All the while, everyone is desperately trying to get the lesbian girl to marry Jet Li.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: cult classic, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, fast, cult film
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Zorro: Generation Z (2006)
Plot Summary:
Zorro: Generation Z is an animated series that began in 2007. Former Marvel Studios development executive, Rick Ungar, developed the original series in association with BKN, G7 Animation and Pangea Corporation. Concept created by Hans Christian Vang in scripts produced for the mini-series "The Mantle of Zorro" . Zorro Productions, Inc. had licensed the rights to Cool Comics, but cancelled it after a whole year of development by Cool Comics, wanting to do justice to the property rather than hurriedly produce a cheap product, with the reason being that they had 'forgotten' about their licensing arrangement with Cool Comics, and that Sony had approached them with a desire to do a series with a similar theme. The programming deal and concept for the new series was developed by Ungar, G7 and Pangea and underwritten partially by a master toy license with Brazilian toy company, Gulliver Toys. Writers at Cool Comics, Neil Southwell and Hans Christian Vang, despite having worked on their comic book and art for over a year, were told they would not able to release the material, due to the similar subject matter suddenly appearing from out of nowhere, after their scripts had been continuously approved by Zorro Productions. What made the Ungar-BKN show unique were the plethora of high tech gadgets, also present in Cool Comics' series, and the conceit of having the young Zorro ride his motorcycle named after his horse, Tornado, also originally present in the Cool Comics comic book scripts. The show has been aired in the UK on POP! on 7 April 2008 and was shown on Kix! on 19 May 2008. This version of the Zorro story features a descendent of the original Zorro, as in the Cool Comics series, named Diego De La Vega as the original Zorro, fighting crime and the corrupt government of Pueblo Grande in a near-future setting. Zorro: Generation Z has yet to air in the USA. The series has already been shown in the Philippines via Hero TV.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, tense, humorous
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The Black Tulip (1964)
Plot Summary:
In 1789, when the Revolution went on, a bandit named "Black Tulip" held the surroundings of village Roussillon in fear. The poor people respected him as Robin Hood, who declare himself a revolutioner but Count Guillaume de Saint Preux "plays" this benefactor.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: 70mm film, period drama
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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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Zorro: The Gay Blade (1981)
Plot Summary:
George Hamilton stars in a dueling dual role as twin sons of the legendary Zorro. Soon after the dashing Don Diego Vega inherits his father's famous sword and costume, a broken ankle prevents the masked avenger from fulfilling his heroic duties. When his flamboyantly fashion-conscious brother assumes the secret identity to continue an ongoing fight for justice, the results are nothing short of hilarious!.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, funny, cult classic, humorous, witty, novela, exciting, not serious, independent film
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Queen of Swords (2000)
Plot Summary:
Queen of Swords is an action–adventure television series set in California during the early 19th century that ran for one season, from 2000 to 2001. The series premiered October 7, 2000. After filming had been completed on 22 episodes and the first eight episodes were broadcast, the series was canceled.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 485
Genere: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: Spain, France, UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, fairy tale, realistic, euro western
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Erik the Conqueror (1961)
Plot Summary:
In the 9th Century, two Viking children, separated since their early childhood with one raised by the British and the other by Vikings, meet after nearly 20 years as rivals as war breaks out between Britian and the Vikings for control of England.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 934
Genere: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, serious, realistic, stylized, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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The New Legend of Shaolin (1994)
Plot Summary:
A young father and his infant son are beset by forces of evil and corruption. They wander China, upholding their sense of honor and protecting the weak. When they are forced into combat, spectacular and hilarious fast-motion kung fu sequences follow. In the end, they must call on all of their abilities in a battle royale, to attempt to vanquish a supernatural man-monster or die trying.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, stylized, tense, suspense, suspenseful, cult classic, fast, cult film
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The Legend II (1993)
Plot Summary:
The hero Fong Sai Yuk becomes involved in the secret brotherhood "The Red Flower", who are trying to overthrow the Manchurian emperor and re-establishing the Ming dynasty. The social upheaval is combined with Sai Yuk's personal moral conflict about how to conform to the rigid regime of the brotherhood and on top of that sort out his difficult love life, saddled with two presumptive wives.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, History
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: cult classic, humorous, stylized, semi serious, cult film
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George and the Dragon (2004)
Plot Summary:
A knight returning from the Crusades takes on a dragon and becomes a legend.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, tense, light, captivating, melancholic, costume drama, family comedy, awful
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Zorro (1990)
Plot Summary:
Zorro, also known as The New Zorro, New World Zorro, and Zorro 1990, is an American action-adventure drama series featuring Duncan Regehr as the character of Zorro. Regehr portrayed the fearless Latino hero and fencer on The Family Channel from 1990 to 1993. The series was shot entirely in Madrid, Spain and produced by New World Television, The Family Channel, Ellipse Programme of Canal Plus, Beta TV, and RAI. 88 episodes of the series were produced, 10 more than the first Zorro television series, which was produced by Disney in the late 1950s. Since 2011, the series is currently airing in the United States on the Retro Television Network as The New Zorro. Peter Rodgers Organization is the distributor for this version of Zorro.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Romance, Western
Country: USA, France, Germany, Italy, Spain
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, political, exciting, serious, realistic
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The Daughter of D'Artagnan (1994)
Plot Summary:
It is 1654, in the South of France. When horsemen follow a runaway slave into the convent where he's taken sanctuary and kill both the fugitive and the Mother Superior, they little realise that one of the novices is the spirited daughter of retired musketeer D'Artagnan.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, historical drama, exciting, humorous, semi serious
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The Legend of Zorro (2005)
Plot Summary:
Having spent the last 10 years fighting injustice and cruelty, Alejandro de la Vega is now facing his greatest challenge: his loving wife Elena has thrown him out of the house! Elena has filed for divorce and found comfort in the arms of Count Armand, a dashing French aristocrat. But Alejandro knows something she doesn't: Armand is the evil mastermind behind a terrorist plot to destroy the United States. And so, with his marriage and the county's future at stake, it's up to Zorro to save two unions before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, semi serious, romantic, entertaining, epic, action adventure, funny, light, breathtaking
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The Mark of Zorro (1974)
Plot Summary:
The swishing fop Don Diego de la Vega becomes the swashbuckling masked hero Zorro when tyranny threatens his people in nineteenth-century California.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 674
Genere: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, surprise ending
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Don't Turn the Other Cheek (1971)
Plot Summary:
A spaghetti western in which three adventurers team up during the Mexican Revolution. Mary O'Donnell, a radical Irish journalist, wants to foment a peasant revolt in Mexico. She enlists the help of a seedy bandit, Lozoya, by saving him from a death sentence in Utah. They meet a man calling himself Prince Dmitri Vassilovich Orlowsky, who claims to be a Russian prince, not to mention a man of the cloth. Wallach pretends to be a Mexican folk hero. The trio crosses the border, the two men seeking a cache of gold while O'Donnell pursues her revolution.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 625
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, War, Western
Country: Italy, West Germany, Spain
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, cult film
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Robin Hood (1991)
Plot Summary:
The Swashbuckling legend of Robin Hood unfolds in the 12th century when the mighty Normans ruled England with an iron fist.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, epic, atmospheric, semi serious, independent film, cult film
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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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Pirates (1986)
Plot Summary:
Captain Red runs a hardy pirate ship with the able assistance of Frog, a dashing young French sailor. One day Capt. Red is captured and taken aboard a Spanish galleon, but thanks to his inventiveness, he raises the crew to mutiny, takes over the ship, and kidnaps the niece of the governor of Maracaibo. The question is, can he keep this pace up?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Tunisia
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: dramatic, spoof, grindhouse, action comedy, exciting, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, campy
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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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Barbarian (2003)
Plot Summary:
An ancient land suffocates in the shadow of evil. A dark lord rules unopposed. One warrior will become legend. He is the Barbarian... the last great warrior king.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: semi serious, exciting, captivating, stylized, humorous
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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 Mask of Zorro (1998)
Plot Summary:
It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero, Zorro. Having escaped from prison he transforms troubled bandit Alejandro into his successor, in order to foil the plans of the tyrannical Don Rafael Montero who robbed him of his freedom, his wife and his precious daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 195000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, Mexico, Germany
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: romantic, period piece, entertaining, exciting, epic, sexy, light, breathtaking, humorous, tragicomedy
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Cutthroat Island (1995)
Plot Summary:
Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by her murderous uncle, Dawg. Her crew is skeptical of her leadership abilities, so she must complete her quest before they mutiny against her. This is made yet more difficult by the efforts of the British crown to end her pirate raids.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Italy, Germany, France
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: exciting, breathtaking, light, humorous, semi serious, retro, feel good, suspense, anamorphic, hilarious
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Plot Summary:
When the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham murders Robin's father, the legendary archer vows vengeance. To accomplish his mission, Robin joins forces with a band of exiled villagers (and comely Maid Marian), and together they battle to end the evil sheriff's reign of terror.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 205000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: period piece, exciting, entertaining, scenic, stylized, fairy tale, funny, costume drama, mythical, cult classic