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Sandokan (2025)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Sandokan is a Malaysian pirate who, along with his friend Yanez and their crew, attacks the British forces from his island of Mompracem. During his adventures, he falls in love with Lady Marianna Guillonk, an English-Italian aristocrat.
Style:
heroic, tropical, dramatic, suspense, period drama
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
pirate, seafaring, swashbuckler, male protagonist, revenge, friendship, forbidden love, betrayal, british empire, loyalty, colonialism, anti hero, aristocracy, political intrigue, class conflict, treachery, treasure hunt, smuggling, sword fight, horse riding
Time:
19th century
Place:
malaysia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, suspense, costume drama and tense films and TV series with plots about betrayal, revenge, loyalty, sword fight, moral ambiguity, political intrigue and friendship mostly in Adventure, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Sandokan: Sharpe's Revenge (1997), The Black Corsair (1976), Queen of the Seas (1961), El Turco (2025), The Count of Monte Cristo (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, France, West Germany, UK
Duration: 286 min.
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Story:
In this mini-series in six parts from 1976 the Indian actor Kabir Bedi plays the lead role. Carol Andre plays Lady Marianna Guillonk and as Sandokans best friend Yanez de Gomera we see Phillipe Leroy. The noble prince Sandokan is a fighter of the ...
Style:
retro, atmospheric, cult classic, vintage
Audience:
kids
Plot:
sword fight, pirate ship, fight for freedom, queen, jungle adventure, courage, peplum, captain, manhunt, heroes, swashbuckler, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
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Sharpe is framed as the thief who stole Napolean's gold, and he must clear his name to avoid execution. Meanwhile his wife Jane - urged on by a friend - makes some questionable choices.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Adventure, Action
Country: Italy
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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action adventure, period piece, heroic
Plot:
pirate, revenge, swashbuckler, pirate ship, vengeance, sword fight, betrayal, treachery, duel, seafaring, sea adventure, dark hero ...
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Duration: 87 min.
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Style:
period piece, dramatic, costume drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
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Duration: 45 min.
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Balaban, a soldier in the Janissary army, settles in Moena in northern Italy after the Battle of Vienna in 1683 and fights for the rights of the local people.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
ottoman empire
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: France, Italy
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Story:
Edmond Dantes, a sailor falsely accused of treason, is imprisoned in the Château d'If off Marseille. After escaping, and adopting the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo, he plans revenge against those who wrongly accused him.
Style:
suspenseful, intense, dark, costume drama, period drama
Plot:
revenge, mastermind, vengeance, betrayal, identity, escape, justice, literary, confined, corruption, sailor, disguise ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
france, marseille
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The pirate adventures of Captain Flint and his men twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his ...
Style:
exciting, costume drama, sexy, historical drama, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
dramatic, tense, suspenseful, heroic, serious ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In the Middle East, circa 1860s, the evil Omar seeks to become Khadive by killing off his adversaries and by marrying the reluctant Fawzia, favorite niece of the current Khadive. (After marrying Fawzia, he plans to eliminate her so he can then marry ...
Style:
epic, period drama
Plot:
peplum, desert, sword fight, tyranny, power struggle, rebellion, revenge, duel, rescue, palace, rescue mission, family tragedy ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
With just a few days to his coronation, Richard the Lionheart faces an unexpected ordeal. What should have been a secret encounter with the woman he loves becomes a battle of life and death as mercenaries interrupt their encounter.
Style:
captivating, exciting, intense, dramatic, tense ...
Plot:
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Place:
england
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne and the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory, great destinies, powerful foes and dangerous exploits all await these improbable and incomparable friends.
Style:
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23%
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Country: France, West Germany, Hungary, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
revenge, betrayal, vengeance, escape, politics, justice, assassination, political intrigue, revolution, conspiracy, rebel leader, espionage ...
Time:
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Place:
hungary, transylvania, vienna, morocco
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Family
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Story:
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Country: Soviet Union, France
Duration: 236 min.
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A Russian version 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 ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Country: Spain
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Style:
tension, costume drama, suspense, period drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
entertaining, tense, captivating, exciting, action packed ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: China
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Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, tense, crime drama ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Place:
ancient china
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21%
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Country: Hong Kong, Indonesia, Taiwan
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
action adventure, suspense, twisted, costume drama, period drama
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
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Genre: Adventure
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
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Story:
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Jim Hawkins ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
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Story:
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Style:
suspense, period drama
Plot:
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214
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
seoul
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
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Story:
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suspense, suspenseful
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery
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Duration: 45 min.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
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Duration: 60 min.
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Veracruz, year 1683. With the intention of restocking his ship, a mysterious and refined captain arrives to the Governor's house, introducing himself as Lorenzo. No one knows his ulterior motives, although they don't take long to surface.
Style:
tense, historical drama, thrilling, captivating, period piece ...
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Style:
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