Movies like Sword of the Conqueror

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Sword of the Conqueror (1961)
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Sword of the Conqueror (1961)
Original name: Rosmunda e Alboino
Genre: Adventure, History, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Alboino, the Lombard ruler, wants to marry the daughter of a neighboring king, but she loves another. Her father arranges the marriage to Alboino, which he believes will be beneficial to him, only to have Alboino kill him and leave Amalchi, his daughter's real love, beaten and left for dead. Amalchi recovers to lead a revolt against the murderous Alboino and reclaim his woman.
Style: historical drama, exciting, captivating, realistic, semi serious
Plot: peplum, barbarian, sword, viking, ancient world, ancient, historical event, sorcery, battles, betrayal, royal family, rivalry, dishonesty, state affairs, combat, king, army, violence, soldier, sword fight, lion, deception, conqueror, horse riding, daughter ...
Time: middle ages, year 1961, 6th century
Place: france, europe

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Most similar movies to Sword of the Conqueror

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, epic, exciting and realistic films with plots about sword and sandal, sword fight, peplum, battles, ancient, sword and combat mostly in Adventure, History and War genres. Some movies like Sword of the Conqueror: Constantine and the Cross (1961), Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969), Slave of Rome (1961), Druids (2001), Duel of the Titans (1961). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Constantine and the Cross (1961)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Constantin is fighting against Barbarians with his father when he is called to Rome. In his way to Rome, he falls in an ambush planned by Maxence, who wants to become emperor.
Style: epic, serious, realistic, saga, christian film ...
Plot: ancient history, peplum, ancient, roman, emperor, faith, medieval, bible, ancient world, religious, conservative, mythology ...
Time: year 1961
Place: europe, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)
Genre: Adventure, History, War
Country: Poland, Soviet Union
Duration: 160 min.
Story: In 1668 Polish colonel Michael Wolodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies.
Plot: cossack, barbarian, winter, knight, historical event, snow, colonialism, russian empire, time machine, ancient rome, fortress, medieval ...
Time: 17th century, middle ages, medieval times
Place: poland, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Slave of Rome (1961)
Genre: Adventure, History, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: During Julius Caesar's invasion of Gallia: The Gauls have broken their treaty with the Romans. Marcus Valerius and his friend are sent to punish them. Antea's father wants to have peace with Rome, having once been there and acknowledging ...
Plot: peplum, ancient rome, roman empire, daughter, murder, betrayal, torture, julius caesar, archer, forest, ambush, sword ...
Time: 1st century b.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 2.7
 5K
Druids (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In the year 60 B.C. a group of Druids, including the arch-druid Guttuart (Max von Sydow), witness the passing of a comet and interpret it as the sign of the coming of a king for their country Gaul, which has not had a king for a long time. Guttuart ...
Style: rough, exciting, serious, epic, captivating ...
Plot: roman empire, barbarian, battles, heroes, heroic mission, rise to the top, leadership, betrayal, state affairs, wartime life, danger, rivalry ...
Time: 1st century, 1st century b.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Duel of the Titans (1961)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Steve Reeves and George Scott are raised by wolves, but grow up to become the founders of Rome.
Style: perverse, serious, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: peplum, ancient rome, ancient history, ancient, myth, mythology, antiquity, ancient world, bible, time machine, sibling relationship, disaster ...
Time: year 1961
Place: rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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 ⇓
31%
The 300 Spartans (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to have numbered 250,000.
Style: period piece, epic, serious, technicolor, fast paced ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mythology, battles, heroic mission, heroes, ancient, ancient history, sword fight, antiquity, greek mythology, peplum, myth, sorcery ...
Time: ancient times, 5th century
Place: ancient greece, hellas, rome italy, europe, greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Trojan Horse (1961)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, France, Yugoslavia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Guerra di Troia (AKA: Trojan Horse) is a 1961 historical drama film set in the tenth and final year of the Trojan War. The film focuses primarily on the exploits of the Trojan hero Aeneas during this time. The film was directed by Giorgio Ferroni ...
Style: psychotronic
Plot: peplum, greek mythology, mythology, ancient world, myth, ancient, trojan horse, greek, antiquity, sword and sorcery, sorcery, troy ...
Time: year 1961
Place: ancient greece, greece, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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The Last Legion (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, History, War
Country: UK, France, Bulgaria
Duration: 101 min.
Story: As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.
Style: epic, serious, exciting, stylized, arthurian ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: roman empire, ancient rome, king arthur, emperor, medieval, barbarian, sword, ancient, mythology, ancient history, soldier, ancient world ...
Time: middle ages, 5th century, 1st century, ancient times, year 2007
Place: rome italy, greece, europe, england, italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 7.2
 16K
El Cid (1961)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 182 min.
Story: Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.
Style: epic, breathtaking, stylized, historically accurate, phantasmagoric ...
Plot: knight, medieval, barbarian, sword fight, spanish history, swashbuckler, islam, battles, duel, historical epic, catholic, betrayal ...
Time: middle ages, 11th century, medieval times, year 1961
Place: spain, europe, valencia spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 127 min.
Story: While on holiday in Rhodes, Athenian war hero Darios becomes involved in two different plots to overthrow the tyrannical king, one from Rhodian patriots and the other from sinister Phoenician agents.
Style: technicolor, epic, exciting, captivating, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: peplum, greek mythology, ancient, sorcery, ancient rome, ancient world, antiquity, gladiator, inventor, sword, chivalry, ancient history ...
Time: year 1961
Place: ancient greece, greece, hellas, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.0
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The Last Roman (1968)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, West Germany, Romania
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A Roman noble, Cethegus, tries to start a war, setting the Ostrogoths and their Queen, Amalasuntha, against the Byzantine Emperor Justinian; Cethegus wants to swoop in after they have destroyed each other and create a new Roman Empire from their ...
Style: sexy, epic
Plot: ancient rome, ancient, peplum, barbarian, ancient history, time machine, ancient world, female nudity, roman empire, sword and sandal
Time: middle ages, 6th century, ancient times
Place: rome italy, istanbul turkey, constantinople
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min.
Story: Drawn from the same events that later inspired Gladiator, the film charts the power-hungry greed and father-son betrayal that led to Rome's collapse at the bloody hands of the Barbarians.
Style: epic, captivating, exciting, stylized, serious ...
Plot: roman empire, ancient history, ancient rome, barbarian, battles, tragic hero, sword fight, ancient world, peplum, ancient, betrayal, politics ...
Time: ancient times
Place: rome italy, ancient greece, greece, europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators (1964)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, History
Country: Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The story of Spartacus and 10 other gladiators who rebelled against the bloody coliseum sports. They escape and are faced at every turn by Roman soldiers bent on taking them back to the Coliseum - dead or alive!
Style: exciting, stylized, realistic, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: peplum, ancient history, ancient, warrior, ancient world, ancient rome, gladiator, roman soldier, battles, rescue, rebellion, heroes ...
Time: 1st century, 1st century b.c.
Place: rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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%
Caesar the Conqueror (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In 54 B.C. Julius Caesar seeks to solidify his position in Rome by putting down a rebellion in Gaul led by a tribal chieftain named Vercingetorix. Vercingetorix has rallied many tribes to his cause, including one led by the beautiful Queen Asterix ...
Style: epic
Plot: peplum, ancient rome, warrior, barbarian, julius caesar, roman empire, roman, ancient world, ancient, legion, gladiator, conspiracy ...
Time: 1st century, ancient times, 1st century b.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Fury of Achilles (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In the tenth year of the Trojan War, tensions between Achilles and Agamemnon divide the Greek camp while giving hope to the Trojans.
Style: homoerotic
Plot: peplum, ancient, antiquity, warrior, ancient world, troy, greek mythology, myth, slave girl, hopes, god, battles ...
Time: ancient times
Place: ancient greece, greece, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 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 ⇓
26%
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Erik the Conqueror (1961)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In the 9th Century, two Viking children, separated since their early childhood with one raised by the British and the other by Vikings, meet after nearly 20 years as rivals as war breaks out between Britian and the Vikings for control of England.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, stylized, epic ...
Plot: viking, barbarian, medieval, peplum, historical event, revenge, ancient, knight, sorcery, sword and sorcery, sword fight, battles ...
Time: middle ages, year 1961, medieval times, 9th century
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Alone Against Rome (1962)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A Roman Consul, on his way to fight a border war, stations a garrison of soldiers in a provincial town. The townspeople aren't happy with this situation but decide it's in their best interests to cooperate. However, the Tribune left in ...
Plot: peplum, gladiator, ancient rome, ancient, roman empire, combat, showdown, army, roman, sword, dungeon, battlefield ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Hercules Against Rome (1964)
Genre: Adventure, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Hercules comes from Greece to Ravenna, Italy, because a friend from childhood days has sent for him: Hercules should help the Roman Emperor who is in danger because of an intrigue lead by the leader of the pretorian guards.
Style: psychotronic
Plot: peplum, hercules, ancient world, ancient, ancient rome, friend, superhuman powers, heroes, violence, soldier, dungeon, wrestling ...
Place: rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Giants of Rome (1964)
Genre: Adventure, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An elite group of soldiers led by the courageous Claudius Marcellus are handpicked by Julius Caesar to embark on a desperate and dangerous suicide mission to destroy the Druids' secret weapon.
Style: fast paced
Plot: peplum, ancient rome, roman soldier, roman empire, warrior, ancient, ancient world, sword and sorcery, sorcery, soldier, bare chested male, buddy ...
Time: 1st century, 1st century b.c.
Place: rome italy, ancient greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.6
 11K
Attila (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA, Lithuania
Duration: 177 min.
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Story: A romanced story of Attila the Hun, since his childhood, when he lost his parents until his death. Attila is disclosed as a great leader, strategist and lover and the movie shows his respect to the great Roman strategist Flavius Aetius, his loves ...
Style: captivating, exciting, touching, epic, historical drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: roman empire, ancient history, ancient rome, battlefield, antiquity, barbarian, battles, roman, medieval, peplum, ancient, village ...
Time: middle ages, 5th century
Place: rome italy, constantinople, greece, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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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 ⇓
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Saul and David (1964)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 119 min.
Story: David of Bethlehem slays the giant and becomes a rival to King Saul.
Style: stylized, epic, gloomy, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: old testament, ancient world, peplum, ancient, christian, bible, faith, battles, ancient history, friendship, royal family, political unrest ...
Place: israel, rome italy, holy land, middle east, jerusalem
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
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.
Style: epic, serious, exciting, realistic, period piece ...
Audience: date night, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: knight, sword fight, war, medieval, battles, siege, crusade, warrior, christianity, muslim, crusader, sword and shield ...
Time: middle ages, 12th century, medieval times, ancient times, year 2005 ...
Place: jerusalem, middle east, palestine, holy land, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.9
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The Slave (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The decurion Randus holds himself so well in the command of his troops, that Caesar promotes him to centurion. He is subsequently sent to Egypt, to keep Cesar informed on the actions and intentions of co-triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus - a man too ...
Style: psychotronic, historical drama, period drama
Plot: peplum, ancient rome, ancient, ancient world, sword, sword duel, cavalry, parrot, caravan, slavery, sword fight, slave ...
Time: ancient times, 1st century, 1st century b.c.
Place: alexandria egypt, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
A Viking Saga: Son of Thor (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Drama set in the viking age, Helgi witnesses the destruction of his village and narrowly escapes to his uncle Rurik who raises him like his son. Many years later he meets the people responsible for his parents death and someone he never expected to ...
Style: captivating, saga, exciting, serious, tense ...
Plot: viking, medieval, battles, vengeance, paganism, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, escapades, love and romance, murder, danger, legend ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 9th century
Place: europe, denmark, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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 ⇓
23%
 3.2
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The Legion (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, History
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Noreno, a half-Roman, is entrusted with the mission of crossing the snowy mountains of Armenia, swarming with Parthian patrols, to seek help for his slowly dying men.
Style: captivating, exciting, suspense, atmospheric, epic ...
Plot: roman empire, epic battle, ancient rome, mission, barbarian, murder, rivalry, combat, warrior, sword fight, heroes, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: 1st century
Place: armenia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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