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Samson Against the Sheik (1962)
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Samson Against the Sheik (1962)
Original name: Maciste contro lo sceicco
Genre: Adventure
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An adventure movie directed by Domenico Paolella.
Plot: peplum, chess, bondage, bare chested male, nun, sword fight, lion, evil man, dungeon, camp, whip, coconut, chain, drugged drink, interrupted hanging
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychotronic, exciting, serious and black and white films with plots about peplum, bare chested male, sword fight, dungeon, sword and sandal, camp and battles mostly in Adventure, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like Samson Against the Sheik: The Seven Tasks of Ali Baba (1962), Goliath Against the Giants (1961), Seven Slaves Against the World (1964), The Invincible Masked Rider (1963), Hero of Babylon (1963). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Ursus in the Valley of the Lions (1961)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Bodybuilder Ed Fury stars as the legendary Ursus in this above-average sword-and-sandal adventure from veteran director Carlo Campogalliani. The plot concerns Ursus' attempts to rescue his kidnapped fiancee, aided by a pretty blind slave girl. ...
Style: black and white
Plot: peplum, warrior, sorcery, sword and sorcery, slave girl, lion cub, evil king, belly dancing, locket, heir to the throne, cave, dungeon ...
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The Seven Tasks of Ali Baba (1962)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A wizard summons Ali Baba to transport a sacred crown to a nearby country. An evil ruler has taken over the land, and the crown is needed to free the people from his influence.
Plot: peplum, evil, dwarf, bare chested male, secret passageway, horse riding, midget, public execution, dungeon, sword fight, torture, camp ...
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50%
Goliath Against the Giants (1961)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Muscleman fights sea monsters and Amazon warriors, then returns home to find a race of giants living in a valley, into which fellow countrymen are being thrown as punishment for opposing a usurper king and his consort.
Plot: peplum, gladiator, dinosaur, usurper, superhero, kaiju, amazon river, villainess, evil king, lion, bondage, mythology ...
Time: year 1961
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45%
Seven Slaves Against the World (1964)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Tribune Marcus Aulus, out of favor in Rome because of his alleged sympathy for Christians, arrives to take charge of an aqueduct project on the hot, arid fringes of the Empire. Centurion Gaius, cruel and corrupt, resents being replaced by Marcus. He ...
Plot: peplum, ancient, gladiator, ancient rome, dwarf, bare chested male, arena, slave labor, thirst, midget, fistfight, beefcake ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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The Invincible Masked Rider (1963)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In 17th century Spain, the evil, corrupt Don Luis intends to marry his ward, Carmencita, to his stepson, Don Diego. A peasant revolt, fueled by a plague, complicates matters, as does the arrival of a Masked Avenger.
Plot: peplum, bare chested male, banquet, torture, doctor, costume party, castle, sword fight, swashbuckler, masked hero, arranged marriage, dungeon ...
Time: 17th century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Hero of Babylon (1963)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The rightful heir to the throne of Babylon leads a slave revolt against an evil ruler.
Plot: peplum, antiquity, myth, ancient world, ancient, villainess, evil, bare chested male, dungeon, rebellion, human sacrifice, sword fight ...
Time: 6th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Challenge of the Gladiator (1965)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story: No overview found.
Plot: peplum, gladiator, ancient rome, ancient, roman empire, bare chested male, banquet, impostor, battles, bondage, prison escape, brawl ...
Time: 1st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Samson Against the Pirates (1963)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A terrible pirate terrorizes the Antilles plundering ships, slaughtering their crews and selling women as slaves. One of the women asks Sansone for help.
Plot: peplum, swashbuckler, semi nudity, ship, pirate, camp, showdown, combat, trapdoor, pirate captain, acrobat, beefcake martial arts ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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The Revolt of the Seven (1964)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Peplum movie from 1964.
Plot: peplum, gladiator, soldier, punched in the face, torture, beefcake, fistfight, bare chested male, friend, camp, sword and sandal, spit in the face ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Ursus in the Land of Fire (1963)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Hamilan, a cruel and ambitious general, murders his king and places himself on the throne with the former king's evil niece as his queen. He then wages war against his peaceful neighbors, killing their women and enslaving their men. A hero ...
Plot: peplum, sword and sorcery, sorcery, warrior, barbarian, bare chested male, camp, fight, conspiracy, hercules, beefcake, damsel in distress ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Three Giants of the Roman Empire (1971)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Tullius Valerius -- a Proconsul of Rome, circa 310 A.D. -- fears that a provincial governor named Gaius Appius Quintillianus has been secretly working with those Germanic barbarians seeking to end Roman rule. Valerius elevates Marcus, a gladiator ...
Plot: ancient rome, roman, peplum, exploitation, bare chested male, wine, treason, sword fight, beefcake, brawl, arena, fistfight ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Ursus (1961)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Adventure
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Ursus returns from war to find his fiancée, Attea, has been kidnapped by a mysterious sect which sacrifices virgins to its patron goddess. Ursus faces much treachery and is forced to display much courage and strength as he and the blind girl ...
Style: serious, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: peplum, semi nudity, sword and sorcery, sorcery, virgin sacrifice, religions or cults, legends and myths, ancient history, woman in danger, heroic mission, danger, heroes ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Fury of Hercules (1962)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In a tyrannical kingdom there is an evil ruler and a queen who lusts after Hercules who is attracted to a handmaiden. A rebellion overthrows the ruler.
Plot: peplum, hercules, ancient, ancient world, warrior, sword and sorcery, evil, bare chested male, greek mythology, drug, heroes, battles ...
Place: ancient greece, greece, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Samson vs. the Giant King (1964)
Genre: Adventure, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The czar Nicolas sends a secret mission of experts to find a hidden treasure, while at the same time preparing a group of mercenaries to kill the experts after their return.
Style: psychotronic
Plot: peplum, russian empire, bare chested male, group, mission, secret, secret passageway, sister sister relationship, torture, sword fight, cave, archaeologist ...
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Revenge of the Gladiators (1964)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In 454 A.D. barbarians led by the Vandal king, Genseri, besiege Rome which is ruled by the ineffectual Valentinian III and his wife, Calpurnia. The Roman general Ezio manages to temporarily halt the Vandals' advance. Now arriving on the scene ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting
Plot: peplum, gladiator, ancient rome, ancient, battles, wedding, roman empire, ancient history, corrupted ruler, rivalry, heroes, rebelliousness ...
Time: 5th century
Place: rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Adventurer of Tortuga (1965)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In the New World, a rugged pirate leader and a corrupt governor vie for the affections of a beautiful Indian heiress.
Plot: pirate, peplum, courage, swashbuckler, captain, corrupt politician, spaniard, tournament, nobility, fake identity, native american tribe, forest ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun (1964)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Hercules, after sailing global waters is eventually shipwrecked in South America. After losing his Greek shipmates, Hercules is enlisted to overthrow a tyrannical king int he land of the Incas. Featuring scenic views of the mountains of the Andes.
Style: psychotronic
Plot: hercules, peplum, sword and sorcery, ancient world, ancient, sorcery, bare chested male, camp, greek mythology, shipwreck, greek, siege ...
Place: ancient greece, greece, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Revolt of the Praetorians (1964)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Rome chafes under the rule of the Emperor Domitian and his Egyptian mistress, Artamne. A mysterious champion arises to fight against the Emperor -- a masked man known as the Red Wolf. In fact, the Red Wolf is Valerius Rufus, one of the ...
Plot: ancient rome, peplum, ancient, ancient world, historical event, gladiator, antiquity, emperor, revolt, dwarf, bare chested male, villainess ...
Time: ancient times, 1st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Seven Rebel Gladiators (1965)
Genre: Adventure, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The ruthless Roman tribune, Vadio, joins forces with the evil Morakeb to take over the throne of Aristea, usurping King Krontal and stealing away his lovely daughter in the process. Meanwhile, Marco Aulo, now a Roman centurion, comes to Aristea to ...
Plot: peplum, gladiator, ancient rome, ancient, combat, rebel army, battles, sword fight, violence, escape, warrior, dwarf ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Samson and the Slave Queen (1963)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The king of Nogara dies, leaving behind a will naming one of his nieces as his successor. Will it be blonde and virtuous Isabella or evil, dark-haired Malva? Each woman relies on a hero to locate the will. Malva hires the bare-chested strongman ...
Style: psychotronic
Plot: peplum, zorro, superhero, trapdoor, royalty, exploitation, cousin cousin relationship, sword fight, espionage, crocodile, uncle niece relationship, strongman ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Kerim, Son of the Sheik (1962)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In the Middle East, circa 1860s, the evil Omar seeks to become Khadive by killing off his adversaries and by marrying the reluctant Fawzia, favorite niece of the current Khadive. (After marrying Fawzia, he plans to eliminate her so he can then marry ...
Plot: peplum, bare chested male, villainess, battles, violence, dungeon, sword fight, horse, sword, greco roman wrestling, swashbuckler, wrestling ...
Place: middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Karamurat (1977)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Turkey, Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story: An adventure movie directed by Ernst Hofbauer and Natuk Baytan.
Plot: turk, bare chested male, torture, martial arts, dungeon, kung fu
Time: 15th century
Place: ottoman empire
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Taur the Mighty (1963)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The warlike men of Kixos murder the king of Surupak and abduct his two daughters, Jia and Tuja. Jia's bridegroom Syros asks the mighty warrior Taurus for assistance. Taurus faithful companion Ubaratuta will give Taurus a hand to defeat the ...
Plot: barbarian, semi nudity, peplum, king, combat, showdown, camp, battles, heroes, superhuman powers, adventure hero, martial arts ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Musketeers of the Sea (1962)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Italian adventure movie directed by Steno.
Plot: musketeer, peplum, swashbuckler, sea adventure, fencing, sailboat, conspiracy, dungeon, pirate, abduction, torture, identical twins ...
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Tiger of the Seven Seas (1962)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Tigre is the skipper of the Santa Maria, a pirate-ship, but he feels tired and decides to leave the command of the ship. Unfortunately he has only a daughter, Consuelo. So he will leave the command and the ship to the winner of a challenge among his ...
Plot: pirate, peplum, noblewoman, pirate captain, castle, ship, daughter, sword fight, spaniard, sailing, mute, revenge ...
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26%
The Rebel Gladiators (1962)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In order to persuade the Emperor to spare his village, the mighty Ursus is forced to fight the greatest gladiator in Rome in the Roman Arena.
Plot: peplum, gladiator, greek mythology, slave, ancient rome, arena, prison, jail cell, battles, security guard, heroes, sword fight ...
Time: ancient times
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Damon and Pythias (1962)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Damon is a thief who begins to question his beliefs after he meets Pythias, a liberal Athenian who believes all men are brothers.
Plot: peplum, warrior, sword, antiquity, myth, ancient world, ancient, mythology, sorcery, gladiator, greek mythology, tyrant ...
Place: ancient greece, greece, sicily, athens greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Hercules Against the Mongols (1963)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Though Genghis Khan eventually sought peace with the West, his death in 1227 AD puts into power his three war-like sons: Sayan, Susdal, and Kin Khan. These sons quickly overrun the city of Tuleda and take prisoner Princess Bianca, though young ...
Plot: peplum, hercules, medieval, warrior, gladiator, legion, myth, mythology, sorcery, sword and sorcery, barbarian, superpower ...
Time: middle ages, 13th century, medieval times
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Invincible Maciste Brothers (1964)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Peplum movie from 1964
Plot: peplum, bare chested male, evil, brother brother relationship, amnesia, waterfall, forced labor, muscleman, mute, fistfight, chariot, bare chested male fighting ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Colussus and the Huns (1962)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story: King Bohlem, brother of the late Attila, reconquers former Hun territory. To secure this territory, he sends his son, Otto, and his nephew, Tharus, to forge an alliance with King Haadem, strongest of the neighboring rulers. Haadem, however, is just ...
Plot: peplum, ancient world, ancient, viking, barbarian, bare chested male, horseman, sword fight, skinny dipping, spear, arrow in chest
Time: 5th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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