Movies like El Dorado 1988

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El Dorado (1988)
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El Dorado (1988)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 149 min.
Story: The story of an expedition down the Orinoco and Amazon rivers in 1560 by Spanish soldiers searching for the fabled city of gold, El Dorado.
Style: tense, rough, bleak, epic, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing
Plot: conquistador, spanish conquest, adventurer, amazon rainforest, conquering, treasure hunt, traveler, myth, explorer, colonial america, colonialism, biopic, gold, river, exploration, survival, obsession, soldier, legends and myths, on the road, rebellion, leadership, escapades, danger, rebelliousness ...
Time: 16th century
Place: peru, spain, latin america

Most similar movies to El Dorado

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and epic films with plots about society, danger, heroes, escapades, state affairs, conquistador and rebellion mostly in Drama, History and Adventure genres. Some movies like El Dorado: Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Hernán (2019), Kon-Tiki (2012), The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969), Gold (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: West Germany, Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A few decades after the destruction of the Inca empire, a Spanish expedition leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon river in search of gold and wealth. Soon, they come across great difficulties and Don Aguirre, a ruthless man who ...
Style: bleak, suspenseful, philosophical, art house, surreal ...
Plot: insanity, expedition, jungle, conquistador, amazon river, treasure hunt, obsession, river, legends and myths, amazon, megalomaniac, el dorado ...
Time: 16th century, year 1972, medieval times, ancient times
Place: south america, peru, germany, spain, andes mountains ...
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Hernán (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Mexico, Spain
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Story: The Spanish "Conquistador" Hernán Cortés arrives in the shores of what today is México and faces both local demons and those who've sailed with him.
Style: atmospheric, captivating, stylized, realistic, historical drama ...
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Time: 16th century
Place: spain, mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Kon-Tiki (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
Style: harsh, realistic, inspirational, epic, exciting ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: ocean, survival, sea voyage, shark, boat, expedition, raft, obsessive quest, adventurer, sailing, travel, lost at sea ...
Time: 1940s, year 1947, 20th century, year 2012, 2010s ...
Place: pacific ocean, polynesia, peru, usa, south america ...
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100%
The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The Spanish explorer Pizarro captures the Inca god-chief Atahualpa and promises to free him upon the delivery of a hoard of gold. But Pizarro finds himself torn between his desire for conquest and his sense of honor after friendship and respect ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, tense, historical drama ...
Plot: conquistador, colonial america, spanish conquest, jungle, explorer, myth, civilization, spanish colonization, ancient, tomb raider, colonialism, time machine ...
Time: 16th century, year 1969
Place: peru, south america, latin america, spain, europe ...
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Gold (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Spanish soldiers battle indigenous tribes and their own brutal natures as they search for a legendary city built of gold.
Style: disturbing, captivating, exciting, unusual plot structure, tense
Audience: boys' night, girls' night
Plot: amazon rainforest, conquistador, tribe, contests and competitions, danger, city, soldier, youth, society, friendship, money, explorer ...
Time: 16th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, Spain
Duration: 154 min.
Story: 1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.
Style: realistic, serious, factual, period piece, inspirational ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 15th century, medieval times, ancient times, year 1992, future ...
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Genre: Drama, History
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Duration: 105 min.
Story: The film is a drama about the aftermath of the 1520s Spanish Conquest of Mexico told from the perspective of the indigenous Aztec people. It explores the social, religious, and psychological changes brought about by a historical process of ...
Style: realistic, serious, baroque
Plot: spanish conquest, aztec, colonial america, time machine, aborigine, jungle, historical event, crusader, imperialism, tudors, indigenous people, political intrigue ...
Time: 16th century
Place: latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Tsar (2009)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 116 min.
Story: In 16th-century Russia in the grip of chaos, Ivan the Terrible strongly believes he is vested with a holy mission. Believing he can understand and interpret the signs, he sees the Last Judgment approaching. He establishes absolute power, cruelly ...
Style: atmospheric, epic, contemplative, realistic, serious ...
Plot: russian history, medieval, head of state, political unrest, rebelliousness, dishonesty, ambition, corrupted ruler, political corruption, royal court, clergy, christianity ...
Time: 16th century, year 2009
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⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Duration: 92 min.
Story: A daring, compelling and controversial take on the life of prince Abdulaziz Al Saud (Ibn Saud), founder of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, epic
Plot: conquering, ruler, rebellion, head of state, against the odds, rebelliousness, rise to the top, battles, state affairs, battle zone, religions or cults, military ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Conquest of Chile (1971)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Chile, Italy, Spain, Peru
Duration: 100 min.
Story: La Araucana is a Chilean film based on an epic poem in Spanish about the Spanish conquest of Chile, by Alonso de Ercilla; it is also known in English as The Araucaniad. It is considered the national epic of the Kingdom of Chile and one of the most ...
Style: epic
Plot: spanish conquest, conquistador, jungle, semi nudity, myth, explorer, battles, latin american history, conquering, conqueror, waterfall, history of chile ...
Time: 16th century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Conquistadores: Adventum (2017)
Genre: Drama, History
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Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Narrates faithfully the first 30 years of America's discovery and conquer, from Colon's departure from Spain in 1492 until Juan Sebastián Elcano completed the first travel around the world in 1522.
Style: factual, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, historical drama ...
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Time: 16th century, 15th century, year 1900
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⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Nova Zembla (2011)
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Duration: 108 min.
Story: Nova Zembla tells the gripping true story of the legendary failed mission of the late sixteenth century Dutch flotilla trying to find a trading route to Asia across the North Pole. The ship crew, who got stuck in the ice of Nova Zembla and had to ...
Style: captivating, serious, stylized, realistic, costume drama
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⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Drama, History
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Style: captivating, bleak, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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20%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Last Supper (1976)
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Time: 17th century, medieval times
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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