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47 Ronin (2013)
179K
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Based on the original 1941 movie from Japan, and from ancient Japan’s most enduring tale, the epic 3D fantasy-adventure 47 Ronin is born. Keanu Reeves leads the cast as Kai, an outcast who joins Oishi (Hiroyuki Sanada), the leader of the 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honor to their homeland, the warriors embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors.
Style:
epic, exciting, stylized, fairy tale, rough, suspenseful, breathtaking, tense, mind bending, psychedelic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
samurai, martial arts, ronin, revenge, battles, medieval, shogun, beast, half breed, sword and sorcery, samurai sword, heroes, creature, seppuku, master warrior, brutality, danger, witch, love and romance, imaginary, escapades, chosen one, good versus evil, japanese culture, samurai era ...
Time:
middle ages, 18th century, year 2013, 2010s
Place:
japan, asia, ancient china, tokyo
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, serious, stylized and epic films with plots about martial arts, sword fight, medieval, sword, fight, heroes and danger mostly in Action, Fantasy and Drama genres. Some movies like 47 Ronin: The Scorpion King (2002), Last Knights (2015), The Great Wall (2016), The Last Samurai (2003), Into the Badlands (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Canada, India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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epic, entertaining, visually stunning, costume drama, period piece ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, london, europe
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82%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
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Style:
epic, breathtaking, heroic, fantasy adventure, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceress Cassandra, who are ready to overtake Balthazar's village. Amid betrayals, thieves, abductions and more, Mathayus strives to bring justice to ...
Style:
sexy, entertaining, epic fantasy, epic, saga ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
ancient history, sword fight, ancient egypt, medieval, sword and sorcery, desert, sorceress, barbarian, vigilante, warrior, mythology, revenge ...
Time:
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Place:
africa, middle east, egypt
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100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In this sequel to "47 Ronin," a new class of warriors emerges among the Samurai clans to keep a sought-after sword from falling into the wrong hands.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
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Place:
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100%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: UK, USA, South Korea, Czech Republic
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When an evil emperor executes their leader, his band of knights – bound by duty and honour – embarks on a journey of vengeance that will not come to an end until they've destroyed their mortal foe.
Style:
exciting, serious, epic, visually appealing, futuristic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: China, Japan, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, dark fantasy, entertaining, epic, stylized ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 154 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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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
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A genre-bending martial arts series very loosely based on the classic Chinese tale Journey to the West.
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
southern usa, north america, america, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that a competition--a fight to the death--will take place between the five best shinobi from each ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, ancient china, asia
Similarity:
83%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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100%
135K
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Country: USA, Australia, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, epic fantasy, entertaining, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, boys' night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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100%
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Country: Japan
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Story:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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75%
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
epic, exciting, stylized, rough, anime ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: UK, USA, Australia
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, scary, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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64%
15K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: Czech Republic, UK, France
Duration: 104 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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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
witch, supernatural, magic, fantasy world, immortality, lone hero, witchcraft, good versus evil, wizards and magicians, black magic, imaginary, dark hero ...
Time:
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Place:
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88%
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Duration: 153 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:
china, east asia, ancient china
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: China, South Korea, USA
Duration: 121 min.
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:
100%
4K
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Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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asia, japan, ancient china
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
71%
10K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Russia, China, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The Russian Czar Peter the Great commissions Jonathan Green, an English traveller, to map the Far East territories of the Russian Empire. Green sets off on yet another long journey, full of unbelievable adventures, which eventually leads him to ...
Style:
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Audience:
family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 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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