Movies like Padmaavat

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Padmaavat (2018)
 7.1
 37K
Padmaavat (2018)
Original name: पद्मावत
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story: Rani Padmavati - the wife of Maharawal Ratan Singh, is known for her beauty and valour in 13th century India. She captures the fancy of the reigning Sultan of Delhi, the tyrant Alauddin Khilji, who becomes obsessed with her and goes to great lengths to fulfill his greed.
Style: epic, captivating, costume drama, exciting, touching, suspenseful, visually appealing, visual, fast, banned ...
Audience: adult
Plot: medieval, sultan, obsession, fortress, love, love affair, queen, army, war, love triangle, fall in love, feminist, husband wife relationship, forbidden love, indian history, women, femininity, battles, ancient, mission, anthropology, lgbtq, chess, swinger, sword ...
Time: 13th century, middle ages, 14th century
Place: afghanistan, india, delhi, new delhi
Keyword: feminist film

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Most similar movies to Padmaavat

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, captivating, serious and epic films with plots about battles, medieval, ancient, sword, love and romance, sword fight and warrior mostly in Drama, Romance and War genres. Some movies like Padmaavat: Bajirao Mastani (2015), Jodhaa Akbar (2008), Ram & Leela (2013), Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior (2020), The King (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Bajirao Mastani (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: India
Duration: 158 min.
Story: Peshwa Bajirao married to Kashibai, falls in love with Mastani, a warrior princess in distress. They struggle to make their love triumph amid opposition from his conservative family.
Style: realistic, emotional, intense, touching, captivating ...
Plot: love, battles, hindu, newborn, muslim, baby, forbidden love, friendship, sword fight, fight scenes, parents and children, murder ...
Time: year 2015, 18th century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
96%
 7.5
 34K
Jodhaa Akbar (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: India
Duration: 213 min.
Story: Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal Emperor, Akbar and a Rajput princess, Jodhaa.
Style: epic, realistic, romantic, entertaining, romantic drama ...
Plot: emperor, true love, royal family, culture clash, dishonesty, love and romance, ruler, royal court, arranged marriage, politics, historical character, sword fight ...
Time: 16th century, year 2008, 50s, future
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 6.4
 22K
Ram & Leela (2013)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela is an adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, set in violent times.
Style: serious, touching, stylized, realistic, independent film ...
Audience: date night
Plot: forbidden love, wooing, love affair, true love, love, marriage, death of lover, shakespeare, accidental killing, mother daughter relationship, tragedy, vengeance ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior (2020)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story: When Aurangzeb recruits his trusted soldier Udaybhan to control the Kondhana fort, Shivaji's military leader Tanhaji Malusare and his army of Maratha warriors set out to recapture the fortress.
Style: epic, serious, exciting, captivating, fast ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: conqueror, military, fort, conquering, medieval, battles, hindu, army, death, warrior, emperor, fight ...
Time: 17th century, 2020s
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 7.3
 150K
The King (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, Hungary, USA, Australia
Duration: 140 min.
Story: In 15th-century England, Prince Hal transforms from wayward wastrel to powerful king after he reluctantly inherits the throne and its many conflicts.
Style: period piece, costume drama, bleak, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: medieval, british history, king, father son relationship, king of england, kingdom, boy, crown, knight, death of father, lie, royal court ...
Time: 15th century, middle ages, medieval times, 2010s, year 2019
Place: england, britain, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 4K
The War Lord (1965)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal villiage where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the duke's authority in the face of the barbarians at the border and is making progress until he ...
Style: technicolor, epic, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot: medieval, viking, barbarian, warlord, historical epic, sword fight, antiquity, chivalry, religious, warrior, ancient, historical event ...
Time: middle ages, 11th century, medieval times, 10th century
Place: belgium, normandy, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.1
 44K
Ironclad (2011)
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: exciting, realistic, serious, captivating, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: knight, medieval, siege, crusader, castle, sword fight, warrior, battles, evil king, king, rebel, rebellion ...
Time: middle ages, 13th century, medieval times, year 2011, ancient times
Place: england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 4.6
 9K
Veer (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: India
Duration: 169 min.
Story: Circa 1920 British India, Pindari leader, Prithvi Singh, narrates his story to a Report from London Times about betrayal and deceit at the hands of the British and Madhavgarh's Raja Gyanendra Singh which led to the massacre of 4500 Pindaris. ...
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, romantic drama, saga ...
Plot: battles, political unrest, fight for supremacy, rivalry, military, uninhibited rivalry, state affairs, war, heroes, conquering, love and romance, master warrior ...
Time: 19th century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Arn: The Kingdom at the End of the Road (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Finland, UK, Norway, Germany
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Arn has served his term in the Holy land and returns home to be reunited with his beloved Cecilia. When he returns home, he discovers that political forces tries to separate him and Cecilia - but thanks to queen Blanka they can finally get married. ...
Style: serious, exciting, atmospheric, rough, realistic ...
Plot: medieval, state affairs, knight, military, escapades, homecoming, danger, forbidden love, leadership, heroes, heroic mission, battle zone ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 12th century
Place: europe, holy land, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 4.4
 1K
Sword of War (2009)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Year 1100. Italy.The Northern lands are ruled by a German emperor: Fredrick aka "Barbarossa. His dream is to conquer also the lands in the Center and in the South so as to revive the Empire that was once of the one Charles Magno.But in the ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, epic
Plot: medieval, knight, battles, sword, state affairs, emperor, siege, heroes, winter, castle, battlefield, war violence ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 12th century
Place: germany, europe, milan italy, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Alfred the Great (1969)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story: While Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the 9th century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood. But observing the rape of his land, he puts away his religious vows to take up arms against the invaders, leading the English ...
Style: epic, exciting, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot: viking, medieval, royalty, monarch, renaissance, antiquity, historical event, british royal family, royal family, barbarian, monarchy, conservative ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 9th century, year 1969
Place: britain, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Last King (2016)
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: epic, captivating, exciting, tense, breathtaking ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: medieval, snow, viking, norse mythology, winter, warrior, civil war, war, battles, leader, courage, folk hero ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, 13th century
Place: denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Milenge Milenge (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Magic happens, if you let it; and sometimes even fate or destiny, or whatever you want to call it, steps in to lend a hand. But when it concerns love, and finding that special person you're going to spend the rest of your life with, should you ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, realistic, touching, humorous
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: lovers reunited, fall in love, love and romance, looking for love, hopes, fate, college student, diary, destiny, hindi, bollywood
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.5
 32K
Henry V (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France.
Style: epic, realistic, exciting, costume drama, atmospheric ...
Audience: date night
Plot: medieval, battles, shakespeare, king, politics, royal family, war, tragedy, king of england, royalty, love and romance, military ...
Time: 15th century, middle ages, medieval times, year 1989, ancient times
Place: england, france, europe, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 5.2
 8K
Oh, My Love (2007)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Orphaned and homeless Ranbir Raj re-locates to a small town and orders a glass of milk in the RK Bar. He befriends a prostitute by the name of Gulabji, who invites him to spend the night with her, and when he refuses, she re-directs him to Lillian ...
Style: serious, realistic, stylized, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: unrequited love, couples, friendship, love and romance, prostitute, couple relations, fall in love, love affair, tragic love, hopes, idealism, small town life ...
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Arn: The Knight Templar (2007)
Genre: Action, 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: stylized, exciting, captivating, epic, scenic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: medieval, knight, knights templar, crusader, monastery, war, crusade, sword fight, cavalry, religion, heroes, danger ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 12th century
Place: europe, morocco, eastern europe, middle east, jerusalem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.9
 80K
Outlaw King (2018)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne.
Style: historical drama, atmospheric, factual, suspense, exciting ...
Plot: medieval, knight, king, battlefield, siege, war, exile, throne, castle, rebellion, husband wife relationship, royalty ...
Time: 14th century, middle ages, medieval times, ancient times
Place: scotland, britain, scottish highlands, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 5.4
 2K
Umrao Jaan (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 188 min.
Story: Bollywood film about the famous courtesan of the title. Aishwarya Rai stars in the lead role. The film is directed by J.P. Dutta and also stars Shabana Azmi, Sunil Shetty, Abhishek Bachchan, Divya Dutta, Himani Shivpuri and Kulbhushan Kharbanda.
Style: captivating, touching, sentimental, emotional, serious ...
Plot: courtesan, forbidden love, life is a bitch, social differences, prostitute, society, destiny, impossible love, curses spells and rituals, medieval, abduction, brothel ...
Time: 19th century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Movie in collections
 7.4
 20K
The Request (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Ethan, a magician rendered paralyzed in an accident, sets off a furor when he makes a petition to the court to end his own life.
Style: touching, contemplative, uplifting, thought provoking, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: quadriplegic, disability, human spirit, legal action, life is a bitch, love affair, love, legal, media, protest, euthanasia, lawyer ...
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Those Seven Days (1983)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Maya, coming from poor family, is married to the affluent Dr. Anand; but she tries to commit suicide on the nuptial night. She tells Anand that she was in love with Prem whose ambition was to be a music director. He too was in love with her but ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: couple relations, hopes, love and romance, fall in love, true love, love affair, couples, flashback, forbidden love, love, musician, death of mother ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Battle of Kosovo (1989)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Battle of Kosovo (Serbian: Boj na Kosovu) is a 1989 Yugoslav historical drama/war film filmed in Serbia. The film was based on the drama written by poet Ljubomir Simovic. It depicts the historical Battle of Kosovo between Medieval Serbia and the ...
Style: crying, dark, epic, light
Plot: time machine, ancient, medieval, battles, battlefield, historical event, last supper, turk, death of father, husband wife relationship, sacrifice, blood ...
Time: middle ages, 14th century
Place: kosovo, ottoman empire, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 8.3
 15K
Wild (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 174 min.
Story: Although Parsha is the cricket team captain and the brightest student in his year, the beautiful and confident Aarchi is out of his reach. She belongs to a higher caste, her family is rich, and her father is a kingpin in local politics. But Aarchi ...
Style: romantic, captivating, serious, sincere, inspirational ...
Plot: love, teenage love, rebelliousness, forbidden love, young love, teenage boy, small town, coming of age, teen romance, fall in love, in love, discrimination ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Half Girlfriend (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Madhav Jha, a rustic boy from Bihar who is drawn to his college-mate, Riya Somani, an affluent English-speaking girl from Delhi. There’s just one hitch here. Riya is willing to go thus far and no further; Madhav continues being obsessed with her. ...
Style: romantic, touching, psychological, disturbing, sweet ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: love, male female relationship, couple relations, relationships, fall in love, love and romance, destiny, couples, youth, male female friendship, friendship, promise ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Wuthering Heights (1992)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until ...
Style: gothic, romantic, atmospheric, emotional, period piece ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: obsession, tragic love, forbidden love, social differences, passion, revenge, master and servant, betrayal, haunted by the past, love, love story, love and romance ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, regency period, 1800s, year 1992 ...
Place: britain, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 8.3
 1.1M
Braveheart (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story: Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against ...
Style: epic, factual, breathtaking, scenic, inspirational ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, chick flick, adult
Plot: freedom, courage, sword fight, war, vengeance, medieval, battles, tragic hero, military, love story, beautiful scenery, warrior ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 14th century, ancient times, 20th century ...
Place: scotland, england, britain, europe, scottish highlands ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 7.9
 38K
Kagemusha (1980)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: When a warlord dies, a peasant thief is called upon to impersonate him, in order to protect his clan from appearing weak and vulnerable. But he finds himself haunted by the warlord’s spirit as well as his own ambitions.
Style: captivating, enigmatic, bleak, costume drama, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: samurai, battles, martial arts, japanese history, war, warlord, medieval, doppelganger, emperor, death, feudal japan, culture clash ...
Time: 16th century, medieval times, year 1980
Place: japan, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Flowers of War (2011)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: China
Duration: 146 min.
Story: A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
Style: touching, emotional, realistic, harsh, visually stunning ...
Plot: world war two, atrocity, war, japanese occupation of china, prostitution, holocaust, sino japanese war, prostitute, wartime, genocide, oppression, rape ...
Time: 20th century, year 1937, ancient times, 1930s
Place: china, asia, east asia, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 3.2
 8K
Roy (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story: A love triangle revolving around the lives of a filmmaker, a thief and their mutual love interest.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: love and romance, filmmaking, love triangle, dual role, thief, muse, writer's block, mysterious character, bollywood, hindi, cigar smoking, scotch whiskey
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 5.9
 12K
Medieval (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 125 min.
Story: 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, tense, suspenseful, suspense, costume drama ...
Plot: battles, warrior, czech history, sword fight, european history, historical character, vengeance, commander, danger, religion, medieval, society ...
Time: middle ages, 14th century, 2020s, medieval times, 15th century
Place: prague, central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.5
 59K
Conquest 1453 (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 162 min.
Story: After the death of his father Murat II, Mehmet II ascends to the Ottoman throne. After braving internal and external enemies, he decides to complete what he was destined to do: Conquer Constantinople.
Style: tense, realistic, exciting, serious, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rise to the top, emperor, sultan, conquering, muslim, medieval, prophet, siege, turk, sword fight, politics, military ...
Time: 15th century, middle ages, medieval times
Place: ottoman empire, turkey, constantinople, middle east, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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