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The Bruce (1996)
 7.0
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The Bruce
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: 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.
Plot: crusade, banner, bagpipes, fortress, pride, armor, traitor, knight, castle, catholic priest, siege, sword, betrayal, ambition, king of england, flashback
Time: 14th century
Place: holy land, scotland, england

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Michael the Brave (1970)
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, stylized and epic films with plots about sword, state affairs, betrayal, battle, murder, death and rivalry mostly in History, Drama and War genres. Some movies like The Bruce: Braveheart (1995), Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Macbeth (1971), The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Braveheart (1995)
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Braveheart
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story: Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against ...
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Time: middle ages, 14th century
Place: scotland, england, europe, scottish highlands, edinburgh scotland
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The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
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The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Czech Republic
Duration: 158 min.
Story: In 1429 a teenage girl from a remote French village stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. Following her ...
Style: epic, rough, factual, captivating, serious ...
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Time: 15th century, 1400s
Place: france, england, europe, new orleans
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Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
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Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story: This is a dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare.
Style: touching, emotional, serious, realistic, uplifting ...
Plot: male nudity, idealism, freedom, clergy, catholicism, mentor, human nature, god, destiny, jesus, life philosophy, life ...
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Place: europe, italy, jerusalem, rome italy
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Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
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Kingdom of Heaven
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK, Spain, Germany, Morocco
Duration: 144 min.
Story: After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
Style: epic, realistic, serious, rough, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, date night
Plot: war, christianity, islam, christian, religion, knight, sword fight, corruption, desert, violence, master warrior, medieval ...
Time: 12th century, middle ages
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Macbeth (1971)
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Macbeth
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord siezes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.
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Plot: murder, tragedy, shakespeare, violence, guilt, betrayal, greed, brutality, visceral, witch, tragic hero, throne ...
Time: middle ages
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The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
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 6K
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Charlton Heston stars as Renaissance artist Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), who begrudgingly paints the Sistine Chapel for imperious Pope Julius II in this epic adaptation of Irvine Stone's novel ...
Style: epic, serious, sincere, realistic, atmospheric ...
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Time: 16th century, renaissance, 1960s, 1500s
Place: italy, europe
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King Arthur (2004)
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 149K
King Arthur
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK, Ireland
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, ...
Style: epic, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
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Chasing the Deer (1994)
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Chasing the Deer
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Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The Jacobite Rebellion of Scotland, and thirty years after the first battle, Bonnie Prince Charlie and his army make a stand at Culloden.
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Michael the Brave (1970)
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Michael the Brave
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Country: Romania, France, Italy
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Lancelot of the Lake (1974)
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Story: Having failed in their quest for the Holy Grail, the knights of the Round Table return to Camelot, their number reduced to a mere handful. Seeing a rift developing between Lancelot and Mordred, Arthur urges his knights to bury their differences and ...
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Henry V (1989)
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Henry V
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Sword of War
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Battle of the Brave (2004)
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Wolf Hall (2015)
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Wolf Hall
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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Mary, Queen of Scots
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Macbeth (2015)
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Macbeth
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Style: bleak, stylized, serious, melancholic, intense ...
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Borgia (2011)
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Borgia
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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Story: Borgia is a French-German-Czech historical drama television series created by Tom Fontana. The show recounts the Borgia family's rise to power and subsequent domination of the Papal States during the Renaissance. Borgia debuted in Italy via ...
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Richard II
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Duration: 158 min.
Story: Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet he is a weak and ineffective king - wasteful in his spending habits, unwise in his choise of ...
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Cromwell (1970)
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Cromwell
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
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The Warlords
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The Last King
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
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Style: epic, serious, realistic, baroque
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Robin Hood (2010)
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Robin Hood
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
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The Fighting Prince of Donegal
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: serious, exciting
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Stephen the Great - Vaslui 1475 (1975)
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Stephen the Great - Vaslui 1475
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Story: In 1475 when Stephen the Great, ruler of Moldavia is facing an invading Ottoman army of 120 000 men, the fate of Christian Europe largely depends on the battle's outcome.
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The Lion in Winter (1968)
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The Lion in Winter
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: 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.
Style: witty, talky, serious, realistic, captivating ...
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My Boy Jack (2007)
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Andrei Rublev
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The Lion in Winter (2003)
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George Washington
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