Movies like Pilgrimage
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Pilgrimage (2017)
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Ireland, Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 13th century Ireland a group of monks must escort a sacred relic across an Irish landscape fraught with peril.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, bloody
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
monk, pilgrimage, religion, relic, viking, warrior, penance, fight, heroic mission, journey, medieval, knight, suspense, apocalypse, martial arts, faith, religious, rock, torture, mute character, dog, horse, travel, king, forest ...
Time:
future, 13th century, middle ages
Place:
ireland, france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out epic, serious, exciting and realistic films with plots about medieval, sword, brutality, sword fight, violence, battles and betrayal mostly in Drama, History and Action genres. Some movies like Pilgrimage: The Last King (2016), The 13th Warrior (1999), Walking, Walking (1983), Centurion (2010), King Arthur (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Ireland, Hungary
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Norway, 1204. A civil war between the birkebeiners —the king's men— and the baglers —supporters of the Norwegian aristocracy and the Church— ravages the country. Two men must protect a baby, the illegitimate son of King Håkon, who will ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
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medieval, norse mythology, viking, myth, winter, snow, kingdom, graphic violence, folk hero, master warrior, heroes, battles ...
Time:
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Place:
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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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Plot:
viking, sword fight, barbarian, sword and sorcery, battles, mission, arab, medieval, fight, heroic mission, violence, sword ...
Time:
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Place:
scandinavia, iraq
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
Italian maestro Ermanno Olmi tells the tale of the journey of the Magi in this lyrical odyssey. The film focuses on a wise man who interprets his sighting of a comet streaking through the sky as a spiritual message. Joined by two associates, ...
Style:
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theft, bible, contempt, military convoy, loyalty, holy man, miraculous event, profit, male female relationship, judgment, astrologer, pilgrim ...
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71%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, ...
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brutal, intense, stylized, epic, scenic ...
Audience:
boys' night
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ancient rome, roman, ancient history, roman empire, roman soldier, survival, war, fight, legion, medieval, soldier, sword fight ...
Time:
middle ages, ancient times
Place:
rome italy, england, scotland, britain, europe
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69%
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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, ...
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epic, exciting, entertaining, intense, serious ...
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boys' night
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king arthur, medieval, knight, battles, sword fight, arthurian legend, king, military, swords and armor, folk hero, freedom, sword and shield ...
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middle ages, 5th century, ancient times, 18th century
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scotland, england, rome italy, london, britain ...
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68%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 125 min.
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The story of 14th century Czech icon and warlord Jan Zizka who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, tense, heroic, exciting ...
Plot:
battles, warrior, czech history, sword fight, european history, historical character, vengeance, medieval, swords and armor, commander, violence, religion ...
Time:
middle ages, 14th century, 15th century
Place:
prague, central europe
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68%
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Switzerland, Germany, South Africa
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A band of Vikings cross enemy lines and a panicked race begins. The losers will pay with their lives.
Style:
stylized, captivating, realistic, serious, exciting ...
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boys' night
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viking, battles, survival, medieval, rivalry, escapades, heroes, violence, ship, noble, brutality, sea ...
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middle ages, 9th century
Place:
scandinavia, europe
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67%
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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:
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boys' night
Plot:
medieval, robin hood, knight, fighting the system, sword fight, folk hero, archer, love and romance, betrayal, heroes, bow and arrow, escapades ...
Time:
middle ages, 19th century, 12th century
Place:
england, france, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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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.
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epic, serious, exciting, realistic, scenic ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night
Plot:
sword fight, war, medieval, crusade, battles, knight, warrior, siege, christianity, crusader, king, muslim ...
Time:
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jerusalem, middle east, palestine, holy land, england ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
French drama based on the 1996 kidnapping and killing of seven monks in Algeria. A group of Trappist monks reside in the monastery of Tibhirine in Algeria, where they live in harmony with the largely muslim population. When a bloody conflict between ...
Style:
sincere, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, meditative, visually appealing ...
Plot:
monk, monastery, faith, religion, clergy, muslim, christian, islam, courage, idealism, hostage, evacuation ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Genre: Action, 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 ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, exciting, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
medieval, knight, siege, crusader, warrior, battles, evil king, king, battlefield, sword fight, castle, rebellion ...
Time:
middle ages, 13th century
Place:
england, europe
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66%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
In the year of 754 AD, during a time of epic battles and bloodshed, the legend of the pagan warrior king, Rebad, is born, but so is a new weapon against his people: Christianity. Redbad must ultimately unite a Viking army powerful enough to defeat ...
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pagan, viking, child murder, medieval, heroes, vengeance, death, suspense, rivalry, culture clash, family relations, friendship ...
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Place:
scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: UK, USA
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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63%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Set in the 19th century, when lowly butcher Dol Moo-Chi refuses to carry out an assignment, his failure causes tragedy to unfold upon his family and himself. As Dol Moo-Chi is about to be executed, a group of righteous thieves known as Kundo arrive.
Style:
captivating, serious, stylized, realistic, epic
Plot:
folk hero, fight, rebellion, injustice, martial arts, vengeance, political unrest, rebelliousness, good versus evil, gang, society, social differences ...
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Genre: Action, Drama
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Story:
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the ...
Style:
epic, breathtaking, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
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japan, asia, africa, pacific ocean, san francisco ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Action, Drama, History
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Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Follow the infamous ninja bandit named Ishikawa Goemon (Yosuke Eguchi) in an epic story. One night while looting treasure from Nanban (Southern Barbarians), Goemon finds a mysterious box hidden inside a secret grave. A forgotten relic from the past ...
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Audience:
boys' night
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samurai, martial arts, heroes, rich and poor, social differences, betrayal, battles, rivalry, ninja, revenge, robin hood, murder ...
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15th century
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
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:
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Audience:
boys' night
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medieval, sword fight, knight, warrior, vengeance, king arthur, revenge, coup d'etat, emperor, corrupt, brutality, mythology ...
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63%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: South Korea, China
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
In 1375, China was in chaos between Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Coryo (an ancient kingdom of Korea then) sent a delegation of many diplomats, soldiers and a silent slave to make peace with the new Chinese government. However, this delegation got ...
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exciting, rough, suspenseful, stylized, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
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martial arts, war, fight, samurai, kung fu, desert, battles, survival, master warrior, exile, betrayal, heroic mission ...
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Place:
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Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 205 min.
Story:
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses ...
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Plot:
artist, painter, monk, art, human spirit, religion, hunger, christianity, saint, loneliness, god, obsession ...
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russia, ussr, vatican, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his ...
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Country: China
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Su Qi-Er, a wealthy man living during the Qing Dynasty who loses his fortune and reputation as a result of a conspiracy against him. After being forced out onto the streets, Su dedicates his life to martial arts and reemerges as a patriotic hero ...
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62%
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Two stories separated by 1400 years. After losing his mother in the midst of a war-torn country, an Iraqi child, learns the importance and power of patience by discovering the historical story of Lady Fatima and her suffering.
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Story:
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Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.
Style:
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Audience:
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Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Seven years after the apparent death of Chen Zhen, who was shot after discovering who was responsible for his teacher's death (Huo Yuanjia) in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. A mysterious stranger arrives from overseas and befriends a local mafia ...
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china, shanghai, asia
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62%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, ...
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
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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, realistic, serious, saga
Audience:
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Plot:
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61%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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