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River Queen (2005)
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River Queen (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: New Zealand, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story: An intimate story set during the 1860s in which a young Irish woman Sarah and her family find themselves on both sides of the turbulent wars between British and Maori during the British colonization of New Zealand.
Style: sincere, touching, epic, captivating, atmospheric, serious, realistic
Plot: family relations, rescue, political unrest, destiny, danger, culture clash, hopes, parents and children, intrigue, british empire, battles, river, colonization, society, love, sex, island, female nudity, kidnapping, male nudity, trap, baby, grandfather, tattoo, funeral ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: new zealand, ireland
Keyword: irish

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and epic films with plots about battles, society, family relations, military, war, danger and heroes mostly in Drama, History and War genres. Some movies like River Queen: Boudica (2003), Ephraim's Rescue (2013), The Viceroys (2007), Khartoum (1966), 55 Days at Peking (1963). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Boudica (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Romania
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The Celtic queen who shook the Roman Empire. Boudica is one of history’s first and fiercest women warriors. Sickened by ceaseless war, the king of the Iceni accepts a treaty with the Romans in exchange for his tribe’s continued independence. But ...
Style: exciting, captivating, realistic, epic, rough ...
Plot: roman empire, ancient history, female warrior, war, barbarian, female whipping, conquering, medieval, battles, leadership, rivalry, society ...
Time: 1st century
Place: england
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100%
Ephraim's Rescue (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: From T.C. Christensen, director of the sensational pioneer film, 17 Miracles, comes the heroic true story of a simple man who was called to do the work of angels. Ephraim’s Rescue relates the story of Ephraim Hanks: a rescuer of the Martin ...
Style: captivating, emotional, serious, realistic, independent film
Plot: religious conversion, rescue, human spirit, idealism, heroic mission, optimism, society, escapades, hopes, destiny, church, christian ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, 1850s
Place: utah, salt lake city utah, usa, ohio
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30%
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The Viceroys (2007)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, Spain, Germany, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: captivating, psychological, epic, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot: family relations, politics, political unrest, rivalry, intrigue, dishonesty, society, revolution, family life, palace intrigue, power struggle, revisionist history ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1860s
Place: sicily, italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Khartoum (1966)
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, factual, talky, suspenseful ...
Plot: islam, imperialism, military, culture clash, politics, colonialism, siege, british empire, wartime, battles, revolution, war ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, victorian era, year 1966
Place: africa, sudan, england, belgium, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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55 Days at Peking (1963)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, ...
Style: serious, epic, exciting, realistic, tense ...
Plot: battles, imperialism, politics, british empire, revolution, military, rivalry, state affairs, political unrest, against the odds, colonialism, tragic hero ...
Time: 1900s, 19th century, victorian era, year 1963, year 1900 ...
Place: china, england, france, beijing china, europe ...
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27%
The Battle of Canudos (1997)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Brazil
Duration: 170 min.
Story: The film adaptation of Nobel Prize winning author, Mario Vargas Llosa's epic, The War At The End Of the World (La guerra del fin del mundo).
Style: political, captivating, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Plot: military, prostitution, reflection, american civil war, battles, family relations, politics, religions or cults, state affairs, heroes, society, unfulfillment ...
Time: 19th century
Place: brazil, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Holy Land of Tyrol (2010)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Set in the 1800s when Napoleon’s French ruled Europe, the film follows young Austrian carpenter Franz and his Bavarian wife, Katharina as an unforeseen event forces them to flee from Augsburg, Bavaria for Franz’s family home in Tyrol, Austria. ...
Style: epic, realistic, captivating, serious, psychological ...
Plot: revolution, rebellion, tragic love, society, political unrest, injustice, soldier, couple relations, wartime life, rivalry, german history, napoleonic wars ...
Time: 19th century
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Four Feathers (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The story, set in 1875, follows a British officer (Heath Ledger) who resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers which ...
Style: costume drama, period piece, serious, captivating, touching ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: military, war, redemption, imperialism, british empire, colonialism, slavery, desert, soldier, escape, cavalry, friendship ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 2002, 1880s, 1890s
Place: sudan, england, britain, africa, america ...
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24%
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Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba (2009)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Set in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies.
Style: realistic, exciting, serious, epic, captivating ...
Plot: cossack, battles, rebelliousness, political unrest, society, parent child relationship, sword fight, state affairs, heroes, medieval, father son relationship, forbidden love ...
Time: 16th century, medieval times, 17th century, middle ages
Place: poland, ukraine, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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The 14 Amazons (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 125 min.
Story: The Yang family, men and women, have served their country loyally for generations. During the war General Yang is ambushed and killed. His widow and the entire family set out to avenge his death and defend the country.
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, captivating
Plot: revenge, kung fu, badass female lead, sword, female warrior, martial arts, battles, generation, folk hero, daring rescue, military, heroes ...
Time: middle ages
Place: hong kong, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Myn Bala: Warriors of the Steppe (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Kazakhstan
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A universal story about the freedom of the human spirit and the struggle against slavery and despotism, about love, loss and betrayal. It is seen through the eyes of simple Kazakh kids and teenagers.
Style: captivating, serious, factual, rough, realistic
Plot: friendship, patriotism, courage, soldier, military, propaganda, wartime, battles, overcoming, heroic mission, war, military life ...
Time: 18th century
Place: kazakhstan
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Cinco de Mayo: La Batalla (2013)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Mexico
Duration: 125 min.
Story: On May 5th, 1862, a few thousand Mexican soldiers put their lives on the line against the world's largest and most powerful army in one legendary battle for freedom and for Mexico.
Style: exciting, realistic, captivating, factual, serious ...
Plot: military, battles, against the odds, rivalry, soldier, ambition, war, liberation, army, danger, combat, american history ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s
Place: mexico, america, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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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 ⇓
22%
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The Star (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The film is based on the eponymous book by Emmanuil Kazakevich. In the summer of 1944 the Nazi Armies prepare a massive Tank Division named 'Viking" for the offensive on occupied Russian land. The Russian Army's special group of seven ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, bleak, captivating ...
Plot: world war two, war, d day, soldier, battles, fall in love, danger, military, world war, battlefield, holocaust, soviet army ...
Time: 1940s
Place: soviet union, russia
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22%
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Tracker (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: New Zealand, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An ex-Boer war guerrilla in New Zealand is sent out to bring back a Maori accused of killing a British soldier. Gradually they grow to know and respect one another but a posse, led by the British Commanding officer is close behind and his sole ...
Style: captivating, serious, atmospheric, stylized, road movie ...
Plot: manhunt, foe turned friend, escapades, false accusation, wanted, wilderness, on the run, loss of daughter, society, nature, survival, cave ...
Time: 1900s, 20th century
Place: new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Gallipoli: End of the Road (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
Story: April, 1915. First World War in Canakkale, Ottoman Empire. Two brothers leave their mountain village to fight on the front line. One is an experienced sniper fighting for Ottomans against the invasion, while his brother finds it much tougher to cope ...
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, realistic, epic ...
Plot: world war one, battles, military, great war, survival, violent content, siblings relations, battle zone, danger, family relations, soldier, heroic mission ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 1915, middle ages
Place: gallipoli, turkey, ottoman empire
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21%
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Exit Marrakech (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story: When 17-year-old Ben visits his father Heinrich in Marrakech, it is the start of an adventurous journey through a foreign country with a picturesque charm and a rough beauty where everything appears possible — including the chance that father and ...
Style: sincere, captivating, realistic, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: interracial relations, impossible love, defiant, teenage boy, father son relationship, parents and children, self discovery, conflict, prostitute, family problems, estrangement, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: morocco, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Revolution (1985)
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: realistic, serious, suspense, historical drama, dramatic ...
Plot: revolution, politics, battles, soldier, parents and children, political unrest, war, danger, fall in love, rivalry, human spirit, life is a bitch ...
Time: 18th century, 1770s
Place: usa, america, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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War Horse (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Follows a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War One. Despite being too young to enlist, Albert heads to France to save his friend.
Style: touching, emotional, epic, uplifting, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, date night, girls' night, teens, teen drama ...
Plot: world war one, horse, war, friendship, animal training, animal, battles, human spirit, wartime, battlefield, danger, military ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, 2010s, 1920s, year 2011 ...
Place: england, belgium, britain, america, europe ...
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20%
Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision (2013)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 231 min.
Story: Follow-up to the TV trilogy "Heimat", this time for cinemas, set again in the fictional village Schabbach in the Hunsrück region of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Style: realistic, contemplative, serious, epic, stylized ...
Plot: coming of age, family relations, emigration, society, parents and children, village life, diary, migrant, social problems, magic realism, social relations, youth ...
Time: 19th century, 2010s, year 2013
Place: brazil, germany, south america
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20%
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1864 (2014)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 460 min.
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Story: When Austria and Prussia declare war on Denmark, two brothers are called to serve in the bloodiest battle in Denmark's history.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, stylized, noir ...
Plot: military, love triangle, brother brother relationship, soldier, battles, danger, military life, nordic, life is a bitch, political unrest, army, world war two ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, victorian era
Place: denmark, prussia, austria, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus (2010)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 181 min.
Story: Epic film about WWII, a sequel to Utomlyonnye solntsem (1994). Evil Stalin is terrorizing people of Russia while the Nazis are advancing. Russian officer Kotov, who miraculously survived the death sentence in Stalin's Purge, is now fighting in ...
Style: stylized, atmospheric, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot: soldier, military, wartime life, dishonesty, danger, state affairs, war, life is a bitch, family relations, battles, prisoner, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1943, year 1941
Place: ussr, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Black Gold (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Italy, Qatar, Tunisia
Duration: 130 min.
Story: On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay claim to the area of no man’s ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, action adventure ...
Plot: tribe, oil, desert, sheik, arab, state affairs, rivalry, muslim, bedouin, political intrigue, parents and children, manipulation ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: middle east, ottoman empire, arabia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Under the Starry Sky (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Senegal
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The debut feature from Franco-Senegalese filmmaker Dyana Gaye charts the interconnected destinies of three far-flung sojourners across three continents. A quiet drama, about the anxieties of negotiating journeying to foreign countries and making a ...
Style: realistic, sincere, serious, touching
Plot: on the road, fish out of water, parents and children, starting over, immigrant, family relations, hopes, culture clash, society, friendship, dishonesty, migration ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, italy, africa, france
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20%
Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel (2011)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 157 min.
Story: The final part of Mikhalkov's trilogy about Divisional Commander Kotov finds him returning home during World War II having been betrayed, narrowly escaped execution for treason and nearly reduced to dust in a prison camp. Only to discover that ...
Style: realistic, stylized, atmospheric, serious, emotional ...
Plot: soldier, life is a bitch, wartime life, danger, war, dishonesty, family relations, injustice, battles, family problems, battle zone, nurse ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1943
Place: soviet union, ussr, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia and which led to the siege of Sevastopol and the fierce Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854 which climaxed with the heroic, but near-disastrous calvary ...
Style: epic, factual, harsh, serious, exciting ...
Plot: british history, politics, british army, military, british soldier, visceral, battles, assassination, wartime, justice, anti war, tragic hero ...
Time: 19th century, 1850s, victorian era
Place: england, crimea, europe, turkey, istanbul turkey ...
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20%
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Juanita (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Fed up with her deadbeat grown kids and marginal urban existence, Juanita takes a Greyhound bus to Paper Moon, Montana - where she reinvents herself and finds her mojo.
Style: captivating, humorous, touching, feel good, light ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: female nudity, sex, culture clash, love and romance, family relations, life is a bitch, couples, friendship, parents and children, society, escapades, hopes ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.2
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Everyday (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: This film charts the relationship between a man imprisoned for drug smuggling and his wife and is being shot over the course of five years, a few weeks at a time.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: prison, parents and children, life is a bitch, hopes, family relations, couples, husband wife relationship, drug smuggling, society, youth, couple relations, prison life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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19%
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Burn! (1969)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to deal with the same rebels that he built up because they ...
Style: tense, disturbing, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: revolution, racism, slavery, politics, island, bank, betrayal, assassination, political unrest, injustice, political corruption, heist ...
Time: 19th century, year 1969, 1840s, victorian era, 1850s
Place: caribbean, england, europe, fictional island, london ...
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19%
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
Style: bleak, realistic, epic, contemplative, disturbing ...
Audience: family outing, adult
Plot: world war two, war, military, japanese history, battles, survival, anti war, japanese army, imperial japan, brutality, japanese military, violence ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 2006, 2000s, ancient times ...
Place: japan, asia, nebraska, tokyo
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19%
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