Movies like Kings of the Sun

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Kings of the Sun (1963)
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Kings of the Sun (1963)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: In order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the United States. They build a home in the new land but come into conflict with a tribe of Native Americans led by their chief, Black Eagle, while both Balam and Black Eagle fall in love the beautiful Mayan princess Ixchel.
Style: retro, fast paced, technicolor, serious, realistic, saga, suspenseful, stylized, surprise ending, epic ...
Plot: medieval, ancient history, jungle, ancient, myth, civilization, historical event, royalty, heroes, battles, military, master warrior, leadership, rivalry, society, conquering, culture clash, against the odds, daring rescue, uninhibited rivalry, love, rape, king, invasion, religion ...
Time: medieval times, 13th century, year 1963
Place: latin america, mexico
Keyword: mexican, american

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Most similar movies to Kings of the Sun

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, epic, realistic and exciting films with plots about sword fight, battles, sword, heroes, ancient, rivalry and medieval mostly in Drama, Adventure and History genres. Some movies like Kings of the Sun: The 300 Spartans (1962), A Viking Saga: Son of Thor (2008), Zulu Dawn (1979), Taras Bulba (1962), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The 300 Spartans (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to have numbered 250,000.
Style: period piece, epic, serious, technicolor, fast paced ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mythology, battles, heroic mission, heroes, ancient, ancient history, sword fight, antiquity, greek mythology, peplum, myth, sorcery ...
Time: ancient times, 5th century
Place: ancient greece, hellas, rome italy, europe, greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
A Viking Saga: Son of Thor (2008)
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: captivating, saga, exciting, serious, tense ...
Plot: viking, medieval, battles, vengeance, paganism, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, escapades, love and romance, murder, danger, legend ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 9th century
Place: europe, denmark, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
 6.6
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Zulu Dawn (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership. Cy Endfield co-wrote the epic prequel Zulu Dawn 15 years after his enormously popular Zulu. Set in 1879, this film depicts the catastrophic Battle of ...
Style: action adventure, historical drama, cult classic, realistic, serious ...
Plot: imperialism, battles, british empire, war, colonialism, zulu, medieval, revolution, death, victory, army life, european history ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 1979, 1870s
Place: africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
 6.3
 4K
Taras Bulba (1962)
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, retro, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Plot: cossack, barbarian, cavalry charge, mythology, sorcery, peplum, knight, exodus, chivalry, ancient, world war two, horseman ...
Time: 16th century, medieval times
Place: ukraine, poland, europe, russia, kiev ukraine ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min.
Story: 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.
Style: epic, captivating, exciting, stylized, serious ...
Plot: roman empire, ancient history, ancient rome, barbarian, battles, tragic hero, sword fight, ancient world, peplum, ancient, betrayal, politics ...
Time: ancient times
Place: rome italy, ancient greece, greece, europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 5.6
 587
Crusaders (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 194 min.
Story: Towards the end of the eleventh century, Pope Urban II announces a crusade against the Saracens, who have occupied the holy city of Jerusalem. Three young friends Richard, Peter and Andrew set off to join the crusading army.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, epic
Plot: crusade, battles, medieval, friendship, war, heroic mission, military, pope, state affairs, society, rivalry, politics ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 11th century
Place: israel, europe, holy land
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 6.6
 282K
Robin Hood (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story: When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff ...
Style: captivating, epic, exciting, heroic, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: medieval, robin hood, knight, sword fight, fighting the system, archer, folk hero, love and romance, bow and arrow, escapades, sword and shield, heroes ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, year 2010, 2010s, ancient times ...
Place: england, britain, france, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
The Final Inquiry (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story: It is the year 33 of the Vulgar Era. The Emperor Tiberius is troubled by strange phenomena, an earthquake and the sky turning black as an eclipse. His astrologers give him fair warning: their omens indicate that the world is in the throes of a great ...
Style: christian film, captivating, serious, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: ancient history, roman empire, jesus, life is a bitch, betrayal, dishonesty, state affairs, supernatural, tragic hero, folk hero, unfulfillment, religions or cults ...
Time: 1st century, 1930s
Place: holy land, jerusalem
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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 2.7
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Druids (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In the year 60 B.C. a group of Druids, including the arch-druid Guttuart (Max von Sydow), witness the passing of a comet and interpret it as the sign of the coming of a king for their country Gaul, which has not had a king for a long time. Guttuart ...
Style: rough, exciting, serious, epic, captivating ...
Plot: roman empire, barbarian, battles, heroes, heroic mission, rise to the top, leadership, betrayal, state affairs, wartime life, danger, rivalry ...
Time: 1st century, 1st century b.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Spain, Switzerland
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Adaptation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic visual style to the Bard's original stage play. The story concerns Marc Antony's attempts to rule Rome while maintaining a ...
Style: epic, captivating, emotional, gloomy, serious ...
Plot: ancient rome, shakespeare, cleopatra, ancient history, ancient, peplum, couples, royal family, medieval, mythology, bible, ancient egypt ...
Time: 1st century, ancient times, year 1972
Place: italy, egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Julius Caesar (1970)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: All star cast heads up this 1970 remake of the William Shakespeare classic tale of the betrayal of the the Roman senate against their emperor, the plotting and scheming that led up to the assassination of the title charecter, and all of Romes' ...
Style: epic, cult classic, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot: ancient history, ancient rome, shakespeare, ancient, roman empire, antiquity, betrayal, assassination, medieval, ancient world, warrior, bible ...
Time: ancient times, 1st century, 1st century b.c.
Place: rome italy, italy, ancient greece, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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King Arthur (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
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, period piece, costume drama, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: king arthur, knight, sword fight, medieval, king, battles, military, arthurian legend, roman empire, sword and shield, swords and armor, ancient rome ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 5th century, year 2004, ancient times ...
Place: britain, scotland, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 5.3
 3K
King David (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: This is a movie about the life of Israel's king David.
Style: epic, biblical, sentimental, realistic, serious ...
Plot: ancient history, bible, royal family, old testament, state affairs, battlefield, rivalry, war, religions or cults, tragic hero, heroes, dishonesty ...
Time: biblical epic, year 1985, ancient times
Place: israel, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 7.4
 180K
The Last Duel (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 152 min.
Story: King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel.
Style: historical drama, suspense, costume drama, cerebral, epic ...
Audience: date night, toddlers, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: duel, medieval, rape, knight, husband wife relationship, showdown, revenge, sword duel, murder, battles, violence, jousting ...
Time: middle ages, 14th century, medieval times, 2020s
Place: france, normandy, scotland, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Robin and Marian (1976)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Robin Hood is an old man when he returns with his best friend Little John to England after the Crusades. Maid Marian has entered a nunnery, King Richard is a raving lunatic, his Brother John a moron, and the age of great adventure has seemed to have ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, stylized, period piece ...
Plot: robin hood, knight, medieval, folk hero, tragic love, aging, swashbuckler, nun, rivalry, danger, old love, unfulfillment ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, year 1976, 12th century
Place: england, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 7.8
 329K
Apocalypto (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate ...
Style: exciting, suspense, brutal, harsh, visually stunning ...
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, ancient history, slavery, manhunt, tribe, jungle, chase, native, solar eclipse, warrior, ancient civilization, violent ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, year 2006, 2000s, medieval times
Place: persia, mexico, central america
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Czech Republic, USA
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, captivating, realistic, factual, period piece ...
Plot: medieval, religion, joan of arc, war, battles, god, courage, politics, heroic mission, burned at the stake, heresy, female warrior ...
Time: middle ages, 15th century, medieval times, ancient times, 90s ...
Place: france, england, persia, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Constantine and the Cross (1961)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Constantin is fighting against Barbarians with his father when he is called to Rome. In his way to Rome, he falls in an ambush planned by Maxence, who wants to become emperor.
Style: epic, serious, realistic, saga, christian film ...
Plot: ancient history, peplum, ancient, roman, emperor, faith, medieval, bible, ancient world, religious, conservative, mythology ...
Time: year 1961
Place: europe, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Ironclad 2: Battle for Blood (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Serbia
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A survivor of the Great Siege of Rochester Castle fights to save his clan from from Celtic raiders. A sequel to the 2011 film, "Ironclad."
Style: rough, exciting, serious, realistic, saga ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: medieval, castle, battles, sword fight, vengeance, danger, sword and shield, escapades, rivalry, warrior, nordic, melee combat ...
Time: middle ages, 13th century, medieval times
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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First Knight (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story: The timeless tale of King Arthur and the legend of Camelot are retold in this passionate period drama. Arthur is reluctant to hand the crown to Lancelot, and Guinevere is torn between her loyalty to her husband and her growing love for his rival. ...
Style: romantic, epic, fairy tale, sentimental, exciting ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: knight, king arthur, medieval, love triangle, sword fight, betrayal, arthurian legend, ancient, camelot, beauty, love story, swashbuckler ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, 1900s, 90s
Place: england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Alfred the Great (1969)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story: While Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the 9th century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood. But observing the rape of his land, he puts away his religious vows to take up arms against the invaders, leading the English ...
Style: epic, exciting, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot: viking, medieval, royalty, monarch, renaissance, antiquity, historical event, british royal family, royal family, barbarian, monarchy, conservative ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 9th century, year 1969
Place: britain, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, Morocco, USA, Italy, France
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, serious, exciting, realistic, period piece ...
Audience: date night, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: knight, sword fight, war, medieval, battles, siege, crusade, warrior, christianity, muslim, crusader, sword and shield ...
Time: middle ages, 12th century, medieval times, ancient times, year 2005 ...
Place: jerusalem, middle east, palestine, holy land, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Long Ships (1964)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
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: retro, semi serious, saga, epic, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: viking, medieval, barbarian, ancient, knight, african american, sea, historical event, chivalry, ancient history, semi nudity, sorcery ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 10th century
Place: scandinavia, north africa, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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The War Lord (1965)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal villiage where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the duke's authority in the face of the barbarians at the border and is making progress until he ...
Style: technicolor, epic, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot: medieval, viking, barbarian, warlord, historical epic, sword fight, antiquity, chivalry, religious, warrior, ancient, historical event ...
Time: middle ages, 11th century, medieval times, 10th century
Place: belgium, normandy, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The Spanish explorer Pizarro captures the Inca god-chief Atahualpa and promises to free him upon the delivery of a hoard of gold. But Pizarro finds himself torn between his desire for conquest and his sense of honor after friendship and respect ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, tense, historical drama ...
Plot: conquistador, colonial america, spanish conquest, jungle, explorer, myth, civilization, spanish colonization, ancient, tomb raider, colonialism, time machine ...
Time: 16th century, year 1969
Place: peru, south america, latin america, spain, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.9
 2K
Marco Polo (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story: Assigned to accompany two priests on a mission to convert the court of Kublai Khan to Christianity, Marco Polo is abandoned in the mountains when the priests, doubting the very existence of China, turn back. Polo eventually pushes bravely forth ...
Style: captivating, exciting, atmospheric, epic, serious ...
Plot: adventurer, medieval, heroes, heroic mission, hopes, dishonesty, danger, rivalry, culture clash, political unrest, society, priest ...
Time: 13th century, middle ages
Place: asia, china, italy, venice
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 145 min.
Story: In 17th century Spain Diego Alatriste, a brave and heroic soldier, is fighting in his King's army in the Flandes region. His best mate, Balboa, falls in a trap and, near to death, asks Diego to look after his son and teach him to be a soldier.
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: spanish history, battles, soldier, european history, dishonesty, political intrigue, medieval, state affairs, tough heroes, sword fight, courage, tudors ...
Time: 17th century, year 2006, ancient times
Place: spain, bolivia, naples italy, flanders, madrid ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: An unexpectedly modern take on a tale of two Viking warriors abandoned on the American coast. Warning – contains a graphic answer to the question: do Vikings sh*t in the woods?
Style: stylized, atmospheric, epic, serious, offbeat
Plot: viking, rivalry, survival, human spirit, medieval, human nature, obsessive quest, escapades, hopes, danger, adventurer, good versus evil ...
Time: middle ages, 11th century
Place: newfoundland, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Blooming Flowers (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In modern day New York City a ninety eight year old women lies helpless on her death bed. As her granddaughter begins to take on the chores of cleaning the apartment, she comes upon a story that her grandmother had been writing. It is the story of ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious, emotional, period piece
Plot: martial arts, danger, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, society, state affairs, woman in danger, political unrest, love triangle, lost love, feud, male female relationship ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.7
 20K
Flesh+Blood (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Spain, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a ...
Style: intense, atmospheric, sexy, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: betrayal, medieval, rape, life is a bitch, vengeance, siege, sex, soldier, kidnapping, battles, strong sexual content, knight ...
Time: middle ages, 16th century, medieval times, year 1985
Place: europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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