Movies like Black Death
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Black Death (2010)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Horror, Mystery
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to raise the dead. A fearsome knight joined by a cohort of soldiers and a young monk are charged by the church to investigate. Their journey is filled with danger, but it's upon entering the village that their true horror begins.
Style:
gothic, bleak, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, scary, enigmatic ...
Plot:
monk, plague, good versus evil, danger, obsessive quest, clergy, village, supernatural, dealing with death, knight, heroic mission, afterlife, medieval, witch, adventure, inquisition, heroes, supernatural ability, mercenary, deadly, evil force, mystery, love and romance, dangerous attraction, escapades ...
Time:
middle ages, 14th century
Place:
england, europe, london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, stylized, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about danger, rivalry, escapades, vengeance, heroes, catastrophe and storytelling mostly in Action, Adventure and Drama genres. Some movies like Black Death: Season of the Witch (2011), Dark Relic (2010), Solomon Kane (2009), Arn: The Knight Templar (2007), The 13th Warrior (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A 14th century Crusader returns with his comrade to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The Church commands the two knights to transport a witch to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.
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stylized, suspense, gothic, exciting, intense ...
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knight, supernatural ability, monk, good versus evil, witch, legends and myths, supernatural, monastery, adventure, fight, inquisition, gothic horror ...
Time:
middle ages, 14th century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
1099 A.D.: A battle-weary knight leads his men home from the Holy Land after years of fighting. But the supposedly holy relic he’s carrying bears a terrible curse…
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exciting, serious, stylized, captivating, suspenseful
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Place:
holy land, jerusalem
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic, UK, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A nomadic 16th century warrior, condemned to hell for his brutal past, seeks redemption by renouncing violence, but finds some things are worth burning for as he fights to free a young Puritan woman from the grip of evil.
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atmospheric, gothic, exciting, stylized, macabre ...
Audience:
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good versus evil, supernatural, danger, heroes, tough heroes, redemption, mercenary, adventure, sorcerer, murder, violence, lone wolves ...
Time:
17th century, 16th century, 1600s
Place:
england, europe, dungeon, north africa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Sweden, UK, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Germany, Morocco
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.
Style:
epic, captivating, exciting, rough, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
monastery, nun, adventure, war, heroes, obsessive quest, forbidden love, military, rivalry, danger, escapades, master warrior ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
sweden, holy land, europe, middle east
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100%
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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.
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exciting, epic, suspenseful, rough, scenic ...
Plot:
vikings, battles, mission, adventure, violence, heroic mission, danger, barbarian, fish out of water, against the odds, gory, heroes ...
Time:
middle ages
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iraq, scandinavia
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Satan-worshiper Prince Prospero invites the local nobility to his castle for protection against an oncoming plague, the Red Death. He orders his guests to attend a masked ball and, amidst an atmosphere of debauchery and depravity, notices the entry ...
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, stylized, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
murder, plague, village, satanism, revenge, dwarf, prince, massacre, devil worship, sacrifice, satanic ritual, castle ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
italy, europe, dungeon
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, Switzerland, USA, Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that upheld the rights of free men. Yet within months of pledging himself to the great charter, the King ...
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rough, exciting, captivating, serious, stylized ...
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boys' night
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knight, mercenary, king, castle, danger, adventure, rivalry, battlefield, battles, warrior, brutality, siege ...
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middle ages
Place:
england, europe
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30%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
This is a remake of Walter Scott's Ivanhoe. Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars. He find England under the reign of Prince John and his henchmen and finds himself being involved in ...
Style:
suspenseful, stylized, atmospheric, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
knight, rescue, heroes, heroic mission, good versus evil, adventure, escapades, romance, rivalry, danger, jousting, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
middle ages, 12th century
Place:
england, europe
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30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
In 18th century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent by the King to the Gevaudan province to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.
Style:
gothic, exciting, atmospheric, suspense, tense ...
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werewolf, beast, legends and myths, murder, adventure, aristocracy, martial arts, good versus evil, investigation, countryside, conspiracy, supernatural ...
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Place:
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29%
238K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
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 ...
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boys' night
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knight, folk hero, archer, love and romance, adventure, robin hood, hopes, rivalry, political intrigue, sword fight, betrayal, invasion ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Hunted by raiders, a band of crusading knights escort the holy grail through a valley of black death where they must hack and slash their way to freedom.
Style:
rough, exciting, scary, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot:
plague, zombie, danger, escapades, chases and races, supernatural, clergy, rivalry, heroes, gory, deadly, survival ...
Time:
middle ages
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29%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK, Ireland
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, ...
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Time:
middle ages, 18th century
Place:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, South Korea
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.
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serious, exciting, realistic, bleak, suspense ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In Moscow, the priest Owen hires a team to guide him in the underworld to find his friend Sergei that is missing while researching the legend about the existence of demons and an entrance to hell beneath the city.
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ghost, underground, priest, heroes, deadly, obsessive quest, supernatural ability, clergy, escapades, survival, race against time, danger ...
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27%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An Egyptian noble, sentenced to death for a forbidden affair, returns from the grave 3,000 years later and becomes obsessed with a woman whom he thinks is the reincarnation of his dead lover.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense, bleak
Plot:
mummy, afterlife, wizards and magicians, obsessive quest, egyptian, sacrifice, reincarnation, supernatural, good versus evil, heroic mission, deadly creature, danger ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary, Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue) reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox priest, Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), who introduces him to the darker side of his faith, ...
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scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, bleak, tense ...
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church, supernatural, clergy, good versus evil, curses spells and rituals, teachers and students, vatican, exorcism, seminary, power relations, supernatural ability, catholicism ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander ...
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epic, suspenseful, serious, bleak, exciting ...
Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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27%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, UK, Iceland, USA, Australia
Duration: 103 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 ...
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Plot:
good versus evil, battles, adventure, norse mythology, sword and sorcery, heroes, danger, legends and myths, dangerous animal, mythology, dark hero, sword fight ...
Time:
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Place:
denmark
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27%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Three directors each adapt a Poe short story to the screen: "Toby Dammit" features a disheveled drugged and drunk English movie star who nods acceptance in the Italian press and his producers fawn over him. "Metzengerstein" ...
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Place:
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27%
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil far greater than witches... their ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, fairy tale, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, witch, good versus evil, bounty hunter, adventure, siblings relations, danger, troll, black magic, curses spells and rituals, wizards and magicians, transformation ...
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27%
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Returning to his homeland after years of slavery, a Norman prince seeks revenge on his father's murderer – his ruthless uncle, Earl Durant. Gaining the trust of a band of exiled farmers, he leads them into battle against Durant, exploiting ...
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middle ages
Place:
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26%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina, the son of the most brutal torturer of the Spanish Inquisition, tells him she has died of a blood disease, but Francis finds this hard to ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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26%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The anti-Ching patriots, under the guidance of Ho Kuang-han, have secretly set up their base in Canton, disguised as school masters. During a brutal Manchu attack, Lui manages to escape, and devotes himself to learning the martial arts in order to ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
When the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham murders Robin's father, the legendary archer vows vengeance. To accomplish his mission, Robin joins forces with a band of exiled villagers (and comely Maid Marian), and together they battle to end the ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, intense, scenic, entertaining ...
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date night, family outing, boys' night, teens
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knight, folk hero, chase, good versus evil, robbery, thief, courage, adventure, justice, greed, robin hood, dishonesty ...
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26%
Genre: Action, Adventure, History
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Action epic sees a passionate young man transform into a brutal warrior as he travels the unforgiving landscape in search of his long lost brother Hakan The Ferrocious, whose people are relying on him to restore order to their kingdom.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the 14th century a village seeking escape from the Black Death are guided by a boy's vision to tunnel into an abandoned mine and emerge into 20th century New Zealand.
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Place:
england, new zealand, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil. A classic horror film with Gregory Peck from ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, psychological, scary, biblical ...
Plot:
priest, devil, monk, prophecy, good versus evil, murder, gory, mystery, apocalypse, christianity, archaeologist, death ...
Time:
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Place:
england, europe, rome italy, jerusalem
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Russia, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A girl travels to an island, after the death of her father, to find out why the father funded a monestary on the island.
Style:
gothic, scary, tense, mind bending, surreal ...
Plot:
island, murder, supernatural, mentally unstable, good versus evil, danger, isolation, woman in danger, crimes, mystery, curses spells and rituals, convent ...
Time:
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Place:
ukraine
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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