Movies like Libertas
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Libertas (2006)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Croatia
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The film is set in mid-16th century, at a time when the entire eastern Mediterranean is dominated by two great empires, the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, with the small but wealthy maritime republic of Ragusa (modern-day Dubrovnik) managing to maintain its independence through diplomatic agreements.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, tense, bleak, art house
Plot:
diplomacy, political intrigue, palace intrigue, renaissance, loyalty, moral dilemma, national identity, betrayal, moral ambiguity, censorship, court intrigue
Time:
16th century
Place:
ottoman empire, italy, florence, florence italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out historical drama, period piece, bleak and art house films with plots about betrayal, political intrigue, biopic, moral ambiguity, palace intrigue, power struggle and ambition mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like Libertas: Lady Inger of Ostrat (1975), Una vita scellerata (1990), November (2025), Meera (1979), Black Horses (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Norway
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
This historical drama is based on a play by Henrik Ibsen and set in the year 1528. The central figure in the low-keyed story is a Norwegian noblewoman who is seeking to bring independence to that country despite the involved political intrigues of ...
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historical drama, period piece, bleak, melancholic, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
scandinavia, denmark
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
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The story of Benvenuto Cellinin (1500 - 1571), a soldier and one of the most important craftsmen and artists of Renaissance Italy whose life was marked by many achievements and adventures, but also crimes.
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historical drama, period piece, intense, educational, epic ...
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renaissance, biopic, pope, painter, sculpture, ambition, artist, politics, rivalry, betrayal, palace intrigue, passion ...
Time:
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Place:
rome italy, italy, florence
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A dramatized account of Colombia's 1985 Palace of Justice siege combines fictional elements with historical footage, exploring themes of belief, turmoil, and lasting national trauma.
Style:
historical drama, tense, political thriller, period piece, art house
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Time:
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153
Genre: Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Meera is a 1979 Hindi language film by Gulzar. The film is based on the life of Meera, a Hindu saint-poet who renounced princely comforts in pursuit of her love for Lord Krishna.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, art house
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Black Horses is a film about the destiny of Serbian people who are forced to endure the "rule from the North" against their will. The empress Maria Theresia has designated their region of Banat to be the dungeon for insubordinate citizens ...
Style:
historical drama, bleak, period piece, dramatic, melancholic ...
Plot:
national identity, social injustice, identity crisis, moral dilemma, oppression, occupation, nationalism, ethnic conflict, class conflict, resistance, betrayal, revenge
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Drama directed by Ryszard Ber.
Style:
dramatic, tense, art house, period drama
Plot:
polish history, political intrigue, power struggle, conspiracy, loyalty, ambition, betrayal, renaissance, moral dilemma, bravery, friendship, rescue ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
warsaw poland, transylvania
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: West Germany
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
Not Reconciled, the title of the Straubs’ first feature-length film, is engraved on their work like an inscription. It is a story about the continuity and collapse of history, the power of suppression, and the terror of reconciliation; loyalty, ...
Style:
historical drama, family saga, serious, period piece, bleak ...
Plot:
guilt, reconciliation, german history, betrayal, memory, suppression, family secret, post war germany, moral ambiguity, revenge, symbolism, loyalty ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
germany
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53%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
In modern times and 14th century India, rulers navigate between Madurai and Delhi Sultanates' power. Hoysala Emperor Vallalar III uses diplomacy to protect his realm, while betrayals and ambition reshape the kingdom.
Style:
historical drama, epic, political thriller
Plot:
power struggle, betrayal, ambition, palace intrigue, intrigue, conspiracy, diplomacy, cultural conflict, national identity, sword and sandal
Time:
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52%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
This historical film by Hynek Bočan touches upon the indecisiveness of the Czech nation, ready to bend the backbone in face of foreign rule. Situating the story at the close of the Thirty Year War enabled the depiction of the misery of the people ...
Style:
historical drama, bleak, grim, period piece, melancholic
Plot:
national identity, political intrigue, betrayal, survival, espionage, resistance, occupation, collaboration, misery, character study, desolation, poverty ...
Time:
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Place:
central europe
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52%
177
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
From double BAFTA nominated Writer and Director John Walsh. Monarch is part fact, part fiction and unfolds around one night when the injured ruler arrives at a manor house closed for the season.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, melancholic, reflective, bleak ...
Plot:
monarchy, royalty, monarch, mortality, isolation, regret, manor, character study, palace intrigue, legacy, ghost, betrayal ...
Time:
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Place:
england
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Duration: 211 min.
Story:
The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
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historical drama, period piece, tense, grim, bleak
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Time:
15th century
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, West Germany, Poland
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Praised for its fine photography and production design if not its narrative, Sergei Bondarchuk directed this adaptation of the tale by Alexander Pushkin. Boris Godunov came to the Czarist throne at the end of the 16th century, after the original ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, epic, dramatic, melancholic ...
Plot:
russian history, czar, political intrigue, power struggle, adaptation, palace intrigue, monarchy, biopic, kremlin, coronation, usurper, ancient ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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Duration: 119 min.
Story:
At the height of the Oyo Empire, the ferocious Bashorun Ga'a became more powerful than the kings he enthroned, only to be undone by his own blood.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, psychological, thrilling, suspenseful ...
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political intrigue, assassination, revenge, prime minister, betrayal, power, politics, politician, political unrest, intrigue, tyranny, royal court ...
Time:
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Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The film follows in the wake of young Rosa who flees bomb-stricken Berlin in the autumn of 1943 and heads to a small, isolated village near the eastern border. This is where her in-laws live and where her husband, who’s deployed on the front, has ...
Style:
bleak, intense, tense, grim, suspense ...
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nazi germany, world war two, moral dilemma, paranoia, survival, moral ambiguity, fear, betrayal, claustrophobia, sisterhood, occupation, poisoning ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Romania, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Set in the period prior to the revolt in Timisoara in December 1989 and mirroring the events that led to the downfall of the dictator Ceausescu. -- BFI
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thought provoking, historical drama, tense, art house, bleak ...
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Time:
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Place:
eastern europe, romania
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Genre: Drama, History
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Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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period piece, historical drama, serious, bleak, tense ...
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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Duration: 50 min.
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Historical story of the ruthless Rodrigo Borgia a man who intends to become Pope and who will not let anything stand in his way.
Style:
historical drama, family saga, costume drama, period drama
Plot:
renaissance, medieval, ambition, corruption, palace intrigue, vatican, political intrigue, catholic church, power struggle, betrayal, conspiracy, secrets ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
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Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
XVI century. In France, there is a fierce struggle between Catholics and Huguenots. The reign of the Valois dynasty is nearing its end. Conspiracies, the elimination of rivals, the creation of secret and explicit coalitions are part of the daily ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, historical romance, dramatic, emotional ...
Plot:
renaissance, conspiracy, french history, political intrigue, power struggle, palace intrigue, religious conflict, deception, betrayal, royal family, scheming, european history ...
Time:
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Place:
russia, france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 99 min.
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Movie about a sculptor Otakar Svec who is building a statue of Stalin in Prague.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, dark, art house, suspense ...
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
chile
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40%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Ireland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, tense, period piece, educational, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
ireland, northern ireland
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Genre: Drama, History
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historical drama, serious, touching, captivating, realistic ...
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inquisition, false confession, trial, religion, witch, confession, false accusation, superstition, religious persecution, tragedy, catholic church, female protagonist ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: China
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The Prince of Han Dynasty is a three-season Chinese television series featuring a fictionalised life story of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Season 1 was first broadcast on Beijing Television in 2001 in mainland China, followed by the ...
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period piece, historical drama, epic, dramatic, political thriller ...
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palace intrigue, emperor, power struggle, political intrigue, betrayal, ambition, biopic, royalty, rivalry, loyalty, family drama, mature ...
Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Serbia
Story:
A story inspired by the largest single rescue mission of downed Allied airmen behind enemy lines in aviation history of all time, codenamed “The Halyard Mission”. This action took place in the summer of 1944. It was led by the Yugoslav Army in ...
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tense, historical drama, period piece, bleak, family saga
Plot:
world war two, sacrifice, heroism, friendship, survival, evacuation, resistance movement, military operation, courage, dangerous mission, patriotism, nobility ...
Place:
serbia
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Mustafa Kemal had just begun his journey after proving himself in 1915 at the Gallipoli front. He would go on to face major battles on the eastern front against the Russians and later against the British in Syria, ultimately becoming the only ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, inspirational, heroic, bleak
Plot:
leadership, biopic, world war one, nationalism, patriotism, battlefield, political intrigue, eastern front, sacrifice, getting home, war, turkish history
Time:
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Place:
gallipoli, istanbul turkey, ottoman empire
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Hungary
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The movie portrays a peasant revolt in Hungary in the early twentieth century.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, serious, bleak, family saga ...
Plot:
class struggle, social realism, national identity, social injustice, cautionary tale, murder, politics, male nudity, russian roulette, folk music
Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, period piece
Plot:
execution, biopic, folklore, folk hero, class conflict, rebellion, national identity, feudalism, social injustice, outsider, sacrifice, hanging ...
Time:
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Place:
slovakia
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