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Plot Summary:
Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II wages an epic campaign to take the Byzantine capital of Constantinople and shapes the course of history for centuries.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Documentary, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: epic, costume drama, historical drama
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Either Freedom or Death (2020)
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On March 16, 1920, after the Allied Powers invaded Istanbul and disbanded Meclis-i Mebûsan, the Kuvayi Milliye movement, led by Mustafa Kemal Pasha, and the opening adventure of the fully independent assembly to be established in Ankara are described.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 333
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Battle of Kosovo (1989)
Plot Summary:
Battle of Kosovo (Serbian: Boj na Kosovu) is a 1989 Yugoslav historical drama/war film filmed in Serbia. The film was based on the drama written by poet Ljubomir Simovic. It depicts the historical Battle of Kosovo between Medieval Serbia and the Ottoman Empire which took place on June 15 (according to the Julian calendar, June 28 by the Gregorian calendar) in a field about 5 kilometers northwest of Pristina.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: light, epic, dark, crying
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Padmaavat (2018)
Plot Summary:
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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Harem Suare (1999)
Plot Summary:
A story of the impossible love between one of the Sultan's concubines and one of his eunuchs in a harem at the end of the Ottoman Empire.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, Turkey
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, sexual, sexy, queer cinema
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Vlad The Impaler (2018)
Plot Summary:
The true story of 7 oddly dressed fearless men of ottoman army fight against cruel Vlad.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Farouk Omar (2012)
Plot Summary:
The life of Umar Ibn Al-Khattab, the second Caliph of Islamic State, before and after he embraces in Islam.
IMDB Rating: 9.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Morocco
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: serious, islamic, christian film, rough, realistic
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Sultan of My Heart (2018)
Plot Summary:
Mahmud brings Anna to his palace to teach his children French. The Russian ambassador also sends him there with the pressure to 'spy on his country'.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 411
Genere: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Turkey, Russia
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, sincere, captivating, tense, suspense
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Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire (2008)
Plot Summary:
A thirteen hour series which focuses on the Germanic, Britannic and other barbarian tribal wars with Rome which ultimately led to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. This series is centered on the campaigns and battles with the barbarian tribes and extensive examinations of the reigns of little known Roman emperors and generals. The significance and structures of key barbarian tribes and the roles their leaders played are explored in detail. Territorial changes to the Roman Empire caused by unrelenting wars, plagues, mass starvation's and power struggles are presented in chronological historical context with extensive re-enactments. This series examines how the continuous wars with the barbarians and depletion of resources became a core cause of the Roman Empire's decline and eventual collapse.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 842
Genere: Documentary, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: epic, exciting, serious, captivating, realistic, educational, historical drama
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Malazgirt 1071 (2022)
Plot Summary:
Malazgirt 1071 tells the story of the Battle of Manzikert, which opened the doors of Anatolia to Turks.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 730
Genere: History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, islamic
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Victorious Mehmets (2018)
Plot Summary:
During World War I, a group of determined soldiers fights to defend Ottoman territory against English invasion.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, islamic
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Mehmed: The Conqueror (2018)
Plot Summary:
In the year 1451, Young Sultan Mehmed headed to Edirne with a dream after he got the news regarding his father, the Sultan who had passed away.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, bloody, suspenseful, factual, islamic
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The Great Seljuks (2020)
Plot Summary:
The growth of the great Seljuk Empire. An epic journey with love, secrets and struggle for the pursuit of order in the world and justice.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, serious, captivating, realistic, stylized
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Wounded Love (2016)
Plot Summary:
Azize finds herself with her 3 children and mother-in-law in a difficult fight. She raises her children while fighting the difficulties of the war period and her husband's absence whom she loves more than anything. It's about war, love, greed, treason and sacrifice.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, tense, suspense, surprise ending
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Alparslan: The Great Seljuks (2021)
Plot Summary:
This series about a Sultan of the Great Seltuks. His name is Alparslan. He is the second sultan of the Seltuk dynasty. The serious will mainly explain the key moments of the life of Alparslan.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017)
Plot Summary:
Lillie, a determined American woman, ventures overseas to join Dr. Jude at a remote medical mission in the Ottoman Empire (now Turkey). However, Lillie soon finds herself at odds with Jude and the mission’s founder, Woodruff, when she falls for the titular military man, Ismail, just as the war is about to erupt.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Turkey, USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: disturbing, tense, thought provoking, captivating, retro, period piece, tragic, period drama
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120 (2008)
Plot Summary:
During the Sarikamis Battle, the Ottoman army runs out of ammunition and appeals to the people of Van for help, who happen to have supplies. However, the First World War is on and all men are fighting at four corners of the empire and therefore can not respond to to the appeal. The young children of Van want to do something.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: captivating, realistic, educational, serious
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War & Peace (1972)
Plot Summary:
The classic BBC dramatisation of Tolstoy's epic story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. Anthony Hopkins heads the cast as Pierre Bezuhov (a role for which he won the 1972 Best Actor BAFTA); Morag Hood is the impulsive and beautiful Natasha Rostova; Alan Dobie is the dour but heroic Andrei Bolkonsky; and David Swift is Napoleon, whose decision to invade Russia in 1812 has far-reaching consequences for Pierre and the Rostov and Bolkonsky families. The twenty-part serial was the vision of producer David Conroy whose principle aim was to transfer the rich characterisation and incident from Tolstoy's greatest novel to a television drama. Scripted by Jack Pulman and directed by John Davies, Conroy's War And Peace boasts superb acting, award-winning design (1972 Best Design BAFTA) and breathtaking battle sequences which were filmed in former Yugoslavia.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 716
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 890 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, costume drama, historical drama, exciting, intellectual, epic, serious, realistic, contemplative, period drama
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War & Peace (2016)
Plot Summary:
Sumptuous BBC mini-series following the fortunes and the rise and fall of five aristocratic families in the waning days of imperial Russia.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 380 min
Plot tags: epic, captivating, stylized, serious, emotional, costume drama, realistic, historical drama, period piece, political
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The Magnificent Century (2011)
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Muhteşem Yüzyıl is a prime time historical Turkish television series. It was originally broadcast on Show TV and then transferred to Star TV. It is based on the life of Suleiman the Magnificent, the longest reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and his wife Hürrem Sultan, a slave girl who became a Sultan.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: stylized, captivating, emotional, realistic, serious, historical drama, soap opera, islamic, costume drama, dramatic
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Establishment: Osman (2019)
Plot Summary:
The life of Osman Bey, the son of Ertugrul Gazi and the founder of the Ottoman Empire.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: stylized, serious, captivating, realistic, emotional, suspense, islamic
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The Celtic queen who shook the Roman Empire. Boudica is one of history’s first and fiercest women warriors. Sickened by ceaseless war, the king of the Iceni accepts a treaty with the Romans in exchange for his tribe’s continued independence. But oppressively high taxes impoverish the tribe and soon the Romans want something more — slaves. Refusing to submit, the Romans, led by the greedy and psychotic Emperor Nero, move to crush the Iceni and control their lands. Drawing on the strength of her warriors, mystical druidic powers, and her own pain, Boudica unites the historically fractious tribes of Briton to unleash a stunning onslaught on the Roman colonial camps. The ferocity of Boudica’s attacks will shake the foundations of the Roman empire and make her a legend.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Romania
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, epic, realistic, rough, costume drama, serious, period drama
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The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
Plot Summary:
Drawn from the same events that later inspired Gladiator, the film charts the power-hungry greed and father-son betrayal that led to Rome's collapse at the bloody hands of the Barbarians.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min
Plot tags: epic, captivating, exciting, serious, stylized, retro, breathtaking, spiritual, visually appealing, technicolor
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Barbarians Rising (2016)
Plot Summary:
Told from the perspective of the rebel leaders, the series chronicles a wave of rebellions against absolute power by those the Roman Empire called “barbarians” – tribes they viewed as beyond the fringe of civilization that lived a brutish and violent existence. But these also were men and women who launched epic struggles that shaped the world to come with a centuries-long fight to defeat the sprawling empire.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Documentary, Action, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, semi documentary
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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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The Magnificent Century: Kosem (2015)
Plot Summary:
Anastasia a young Greek woman in Ahmed I's harem takes on the name 'Kosem' (leader, pioneer). In a world of men, she rules of the Ottoman Empire through her sons and grandson.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: emotional, captivating, stylized, historical drama, realistic, period drama
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The Hollow Crown (2012)
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The Hollow Crown is a series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays. The first Season is an adaptation of Shakespeare's second historical tetralogy, the Henriad: Richard II, Henry IV, Part I and Henry IV, Part II (treated as one film in two parts in the series) and Henry V. The Second Season is subtitled "The Wars of the Roses" as a reference to its scope. It is based on Shakespeare's first tetralogy: Henry VI: Part I, Henry VI: Part II, Henry VI: Part III (treated as two films in the series) and Richard III.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, historical drama, epic, stylized, harsh, costume drama, funny, political, anthology
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Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire is a 2006 BBC One docudrama series, with each episode looking at a different key turning point in the history of the Roman Empire.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Documentary, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: captivating, epic, realistic, serious, historical drama, educational, mythical, period drama
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The story of Elizabeth of York, the White Queen's daughter, and her marriage to the Lancaster victor, Henry VII. Based on the Philippa Gregory book of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: costume drama, historical drama, stylized, atmospheric, captivating, disturbing, exciting, anime, period piece, period drama
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Vikings: Valhalla (2022)
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Dramatizes the legendary adventures of some of the most famous Vikings who ever lived – Leif Eriksson, Freydis Eriksdotter, Harald Hardrada and the Norman King William the Conqueror. These men and women will blaze a path as they fight for survival in the ever changing and evolving world.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags: tense, heroic, historical drama, sad, costume drama, exciting, breathtaking, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing
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Dirilis: Ertugrul (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ertuğrul Bey and the Knights Templar in the 13th century Alba and step and step with the struggle against brutal Mongols depicts the process of establishing the Ottoman principality.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, brutal, stylized, atmospheric, factual, islamic, historical drama, period drama