Movies like Pharaoh
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Pharaoh (1966)
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Original name: Faraon
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Young Pharaoh Ramses XIII clashes with Egypt's clergy over influence on the affairs of the state and its coffers.
Style:
epic
Plot:
rebellion, religion, pyramid, battles, pharaoh, power, father son relationship, parable, chariot, eclipse, death of father, priest, temple, tragic event, spectacle, battle, canal, ancient egypt
Place:
egypt
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, epic, realistic and captivating films with plots about battles, rebellion, heroes, battle, state affairs, escapades and adventure mostly in Drama, History and Adventure genres. Some movies like Pharaoh: The Kautokeino Rebellion (2008), Dauria (1972), The Knights of the Quest (2001), Sodom and Gomorrah (1962), With Fire and Sword (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, epic, bleak
Plot:
rebellion, rebel, political unrest, rebelliousness, life is a bitch, society, religions or cults, state affairs, tragic event, christianity, war, norwegian ...
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Place:
europe, norway
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 182 min.
Story:
A chronicle of life in a small village in the Baikal Region on the eve of World War I and at the time of the October Revolution. The age-old foundations are crumbling, the process of social stratification is underway and, as a result, some people go ...
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epic, sentimental, atmospheric, captivating, serious ...
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russian civil war, village, revolution, wedding, rebelliousness, small town, political unrest, romance, war, state affairs, love and romance, small town life ...
Place:
siberia, russia
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91%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
In 1271, five young knights journey to Thebes in Greece to recover the Sacred Shroud and deliver it back to France and into the hands of the royal family.
Plot:
friend, violence, friendship, battle, quest, medieval, battles, sword and shield, swashbuckler, knight, religion
Time:
middle ages
Place:
europe
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90%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Sex, torture and betrayal in Biblical Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot, leader of the Hebrews, believes his people can co-exist with the Sodomites, a disastrous decision.
Style:
epic, atmospheric, stylized, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
slave, leadership, heroes, society, state affairs, graphic violence, adventure, rescue, social decay, chaos and mayhem, miraculous event, self discovery ...
Time:
ancient history
Place:
middle east, holy land
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
In the mid-17th century, Poland was the largest, most democratic, and most tolerant country in Europe. However, a tragic civil war brought about the gradual decline of the once glorious republic...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, epic
Plot:
cossack, military, polish, rebellion, battles, battle, culture clash, politics, heroes, love affair, political unrest, blind ambition ...
Time:
17th century, 1600s
Place:
poland, ukraine, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to ...
Style:
epic, thought provoking, realistic, harsh, based on true events ...
Plot:
slavery, mission, jungle, clergy, punishment, interracial relations, peaceful mission, hopes, wilderness, murder, religions or cults, native americans ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
south america, argentina, brazil, portugal, latin america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Sri Lanka
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Aloko Udapadi is a Sinhalese epic historical film based on the story of King Valagamba of Anuradhapura (89 – 77 BCE).
Plot:
buddhism, king, queen, attack, temple, chariot, power, fight, battle, arrow, security, battles ...
Place:
sri lanka
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Philippines
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The true story of Andres Bonifacio, a man who rose as a leader in the fight against the Spanish oppressors, and would gain the enmity of even those fighting for the same cause.
Plot:
revolution, patriotism, historical event, rebellion, battle, rebel, gun, battles, fight, student, traitor, museum ...
Place:
the philippines
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85%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Norway
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom attempts to find his son, and eventually becomes convinced that he must take ...
Style:
epic, serious, realistic, suspense, cult film
Plot:
battles, soldier, adventure, revolution, independence, fall in love, political unrest, parents and children, human spirit, politics, war, life is a bitch ...
Time:
18th century, 1770s
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Drama set in the viking age, Helgi witnesses the destruction of his village and narrowly escapes to his uncle Rurik who raises him like his son. Many years later he meets the people responsible for his parents death and someone he never expected to ...
Style:
saga, captivating, exciting, serious, tense ...
Plot:
viking, battles, vengeance, adventure, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, escapades, love and romance, murder, paganism, danger, graphic violence ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
europe, denmark, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, Yugoslavia
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In this elaborately mounted seafaring adventure, Rolfe (Richard Widmark) is a Viking leader with the cunning and devious mind of a pirate. Rolfe tells others sailors of "The Mother of Voices," a mammoth bell made of gold and as tall as ...
Style:
semi serious, saga, epic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
viking, ship, vikings, adventurer, battles, bell, clergy, good versus evil, daring rescue, rivalry, escapades, heroic mission ...
Time:
10th century
Place:
africa, scandinavia, north africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
While on holiday in Rhodes, Athenian war hero Darios becomes involved in two different plots to overthrow the tyrannical king, one from Rhodian patriots and the other from sinister Phoenician agents.
Style:
epic, stylized, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rebellion, catastrophe, greek mythology, soldier, escapades, heroic mission, forces of nature, rebelliousness, revolution, danger, military, rivalry ...
Place:
europe, greece, ancient greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Drama directed by Ryszard Ber.
Plot:
throne, secret agent, rape, best friend, intrigue, treason, decapitation, criminal, royal court, outlaw, spy, chancellor ...
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79%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Drama about historical figure Barbara Radziwiłł, her romance with King Sigismund II August, her death and her posthumous return to Vilnius.
Plot:
death, marriage, dysfunctional marriage, king, coronation, polish history, epileptic, male female relationship, funeral, mistress, brother sister relationship, tragic event ...
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1500s, 16th century
Place:
lithuania
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The Cossacks of Eastern Europe join the Poles to rid the Turks from the Steps of Europe. In return for their aid, the Poles agree to give control of the Steps to the Cossacks. After the battle, however, the Poles back out of their agreement and ...
Style:
epic, touching, atmospheric, gloomy, serious ...
Plot:
cossack, battles, heroes, forbidden love, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, political unrest, tragic love, parents and children, rebelliousness, adventure, social differences ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Hungary, Turkey
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Eflatun is a master miniature artist who's living in 17th century Istanbul. One day, he's taken to the vizier's mansion by force. There he learns that Danyal, one of the Ottoman princes who has ignited an insurrection, is arrested in ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, serious, realistic, epic
Plot:
love affair, rebelliousness, military, rebellion, fight for supremacy, battles, fall in love, political unrest, society, love and romance, rivalry, state affairs ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
ottoman empire, turkey, constantinople, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Poland, India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Peter Weir's follow-up to Master & Commander (2003) is the stark & brilliant The Way Back, which takes on the theme of man's struggle for freedom. At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag. The film ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, bleak, epic ...
Plot:
wilderness, freedom, survival, escape, prison escape, journey, gulag, pow, danger, war, camp, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 40s
Place:
russia, india, himalaya, asia, siberia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, Egypt
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In Roman-dominated Egypt, the corrupt administration of a governor named Petronius has sparked a revolt headed by El Kabir, a young man who learns that he's actually the son of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar. When Petronius' daughter, Livia, ...
Plot:
ancient rome, peplum, ancient egypt, oasis, evil man, beefcake, raid, corporal punishment, sword fight, chariot, chase, battle ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
In Warsaw in 1980, the Communist Party sends Winkel, a weak, alcoholic TV hack, to Gdansk to dig up dirt on the shipyard strikers, particularly on Maciek Tomczyk, an articulate worker whose father was killed in the December 1970 protests. Posing as ...
Style:
realistic, serious, contemplative, thought provoking
Plot:
strike, working class, media, life is a bitch, fighting the system, workplace situations, against the odds, political unrest, political corruption, rebelliousness, idealism, rebellion ...
Time:
80s, 60s, 70s, 1960s
Place:
poland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
The czar of Russia has died and a power vacuum has developed. This period in the late 16th and early 17th century has been called "The Time of Troubles." There are many impostors who claim to the right to rule, but there's only one ...
Style:
captivating, serious, epic, tense
Plot:
battles, conquering, war, wartime life, state affairs, politics, heroes, military, political unrest, sword fight, adventure, soldier ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
russia, poland, europe, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
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Duration: 128 min.
Story:
16th century ruler King Philip II of Spain maneuvers within a court of deceit and betrayal
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, epic, gloomy ...
Plot:
politics, love affair, royal family, crimes, political conspiracy, political intrigue, ambition, state affairs, love and romance, royal court, deadly, dishonesty ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
spain, europe, madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
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Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Plot:
heroes, soldier, battles, heroic mission, adventure, warrior, master warrior, chaos and mayhem, against the odds, chaos, danger, leadership ...
Time:
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Place:
greece, ancient greece, europe, rome italy, egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Don Fernando, the son of El Cid, rallies peasants and townspeople to overthrow Moorish occupiers in medieval Spain.
Style:
bleak, epic, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
state affairs, adventure, graphic violence, rivalry, heroes, society, rebelliousness, village, village life, revolution, battles, leadership ...
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Place:
spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
epic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
survival, adventure, daring rescue, pyramid, heroic mission, wilderness, cave, redemption, danger, legends and myths, mammoth, destiny ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Duration: 154 min.
Story:
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serious, realistic, exciting, atmospheric, epic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
native americans, adventurer, adventure, against the odds, state affairs, military, obsessive quest, danger, royal family, rebelliousness, father son relationship, tribe ...
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Place:
spain, europe, haiti, bahamas, west indies ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Cuba
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A pious plantation owner attempts to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper.
Style:
clever, witty, disturbing, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
racism, rebellion, landlord, slavery, plantation, christianity, state affairs, society, satire, hopes, dishonesty, master and servant ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
English General Charles George Gordon, a devout Christian, is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under ...
Style:
epic, realistic, serious, factual, talky ...
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Style:
epic, exciting, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
battles, rebelliousness, leadership, heroes, cossack, political unrest, society, sword fight, parent child relationship, state affairs, father son relationship, parents and children ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
ukraine, poland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, West Germany, Romania
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A Roman noble, Cethegus, tries to start a war, setting the Ostrogoths and their Queen, Amalasuntha, against the Byzantine Emperor Justinian; Cethegus wants to swoop in after they have destroyed each other and create a new Roman Empire from their ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
constantinople, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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