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The Long Ships (1964)
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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 three men, but he adds enough incorrect details to throw them off the proper trail. However, Aly Mansuh (Sidney Poitier), the leader of a group of ambitious Moors, sees through Rolfe's story, and soon the two are in a breakneck race to be the first to capture the precious bell. The Long Ships also features Russ Tamblyn and Oscar Homolka.
Style:
retro, semi serious, epic, saga, independent film, 70mm film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
viking, medieval, barbarian, chivalry, knight, ancient, storm at sea, epic battle, swashbuckler, sword duel, sea, mythology, african american, ancient history, historical event, sorcery, semi nudity, battles, adventurer, pirate, heroes, obsession, betrayal, legends and myths, rescue ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 10th century
Place:
africa, scandinavia, north africa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, exciting, epic and period drama films with plots about sword fight, medieval, sword, heroes, rivalry, battles and ancient mostly in Adventure, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like The Long Ships: Flesh+Blood (1985), The King's Guard (2000), Cutthroat Island (1995), Ivanhoe (1982), A Viking Saga: Son of Thor (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Duration: 92 min.
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Country: France, Italy, Germany, USA, Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
breathtaking, exciting, light, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
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Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 146 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior's battle against the great and murderous troll, Grendel. Heads will roll. Out of allegiance to the King Hrothgar, the much respected Lord of the Danes, Beowulf leads a troop of warriors across the sea to ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, period piece, intense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
scotland, britain, england, greece, europe ...
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 270 min.
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Story:
This grand six-part adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's rousing adventure of the Middle Ages tells the epic tale of the idealistic young knight Ivanhoe (Steven Waddington) and his battle against the evil Templar Bois-Guilbert (Ciarán Hinds. ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, History
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In AD 922, Arab courtier, Ahmad Ibn Fadlan accompanies a party of Vikings to the barbaric North to combat a terror that slaughters Vikings and devours their flesh.
Style:
epic, exciting, scenic, gothic, intense ...
Plot:
sword fight, viking, barbarian, sword and sorcery, medieval, sword, mythology, combat, battles, warrior, mission, arab ...
Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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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:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
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Duration: 163 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, date night, manly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
greece, ancient greece, britain, hellas, europe ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Thailand
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, epic, serious, rough, surprise ending
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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