Movies like The Last King

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The Last King (2016)
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The Last King (2016)
Original name: Birkebeinerne
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 be the future king and peacemaker, from those who want to kill him.
Style: epic, exciting, tense, captivating, breathtaking, heroic, saga, stylized, perverse, costume drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: medieval, snow, viking, norse mythology, winter, warrior, civil war, war, king, heroes, battles, graphic violence, leader, courage, power struggle, folk hero, kingdom, family relations, conflict, nordic, barbarian, ancient, danger, ambition, survival ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, 13th century
Place: denmark
Keyword: norway, norwegian

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Most similar movies to The Last King

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, serious, epic and realistic films with plots about medieval, battles, heroes, sword fight, ancient, warrior and sword mostly in Drama, Action and History genres. Some movies like The Last King: Vikings: Valhalla (2022), Vikings (2013), Medieval (2022), Barbarians (2020), Conquest 1453 (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die (2023)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In the wake of King Edward's death, Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his comrades adventure across a fractured kingdom in the hopes of uniting England at last.
Style: epic, captivating, tense, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: viking, kingdom, battles, king, warrior, exploration, medieval, war, sword fight, battlefield, epic battle, mortal combat ...
Time: 10th century, medieval times
Place: england, wales
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Vikings: Valhalla (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story: Dramatizes the legendary adventures of some of the most famous Vikings who ever lived – Leif Eriksson, Freydis Eriksdotter, Harald Hardrada and the Norman King William the Conqueror. These men and women will blaze a path as they fight for survival ...
Style: tense, heroic, historical drama, sad, costume drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: viking, medieval, battles, norse mythology, legends and myths, warrior, heroes, war, king, fight, ancient, blood ...
Time: medieval times, 11th century
Place: scandinavia, lithuania, latvia, ukraine, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.5
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Vikings (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Ireland, Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Vikings follows the adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless ...
Style: exciting, atmospheric, heroic, captivating, historical drama ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: viking, battles, king, warrior, medieval, sword fight, sword and shield, legends and myths, norse mythology, historical character, war, adventurer ...
Time: middle ages, ancient times, medieval times, 9th century, 7th century ...
Place: scandinavia, chicago, ireland, europe, iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 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 ⇓
100%
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Barbarians (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 280 min.
TV show
Story: Three people's fates are interwoven in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 A.D., during which Germanic warriors halt the spread of the Roman Empire.
Style: epic, captivating, realistic, rough, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: roman empire, barbarian, legends and myths, german history, ancient rome, mythology, native tribe, medieval, ancient, battles, female warrior, viking ...
Time: 1st century, middle ages
Place: scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 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 ⇓
100%
The Last Kingdom (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A show of heroic deeds and epic battles with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion, warfare, courage, love, loyalty and our universal search for identity. Combining real historical figures and events with fictional characters, it is the ...
Style: exciting, serious, epic, captivating, stylized ...
Plot: viking, king, medieval, battles, danger, escapades, kingdom, castle, kidnapping, rivalry, heroes, political unrest ...
Time: middle ages, 9th century, medieval times, future, 10th century
Place: england, chicago, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Great Battle (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Kingdom of Goguryeo, ancient Korea, 645. The ruthless Emperor Taizong of Tang invades the country and leads his armies towards the capital, achieving one victory after another, but on his way is the stronghold of Ansi, protected by General Yang ...
Style: exciting, tense, intense, epic, period drama
Plot: siege, korean history, conquering, fortress, medieval, ancient korea, historical character, tang dynasty, army general, courage, mortal combat, battles ...
Time: 7th century
Place: south korea, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Northmen: A Viking Saga (2014)
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, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: viking, battles, medieval, survival, escapades, rivalry, heroes, violence, ship, noble, barbarian, brutality ...
Time: middle ages, 9th century
Place: scandinavia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Rise of the Viking (2018)
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 ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, exciting
Plot: pagan, viking, medieval, rape, child murder, heroes, vengeance, barbarian, death, rivalry, danger, friendship ...
Time: middle ages, 8th century
Place: scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.5
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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 ⇓
100%
 7.2
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Pathfinder (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Around the year 1000 AD warlike people, the so-called "tjuder", roam in northern Scandinavia. As they brutally kill a family in a remote area, including the parents and their little daughter, the families teenage son, Aigin, observes the ...
Style: suspenseful, period piece, cult horror, cult classic, exciting ...
Plot: lapland, medieval, barbarian, survival, viking, winter, snow, coming of age, indigenous people, bear attack, nature, heroes ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 11th century, 10th century
Place: europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia, Germany, Kazakhstan
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.
Style: epic, realistic, captivating, visually stunning, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: conquering, monk, genghis khan, desert, battles, king, leadership, medieval, slave, betrayal, husband wife reunion, rise to the top ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, year 2007, ancient times, 12th century
Place: mongolia, china, soviet union, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.1
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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 ⇓
37%
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 ⇓
36%
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 ⇓
35%
 5.4
 46K
Pathfinder (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A Viking boy is left behind after his clan battles a Native American tribe. Raised within the tribe, he ultimately becomes their savior in a fight against the Norsemen.
Style: harsh, stylized, rough, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: viking, native american, sword fight, native, sword, medieval, gory, master warrior, danger, winter, sword and sorcery, battles ...
Time: middle ages, year 2007, medieval times, 20th century, 9th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Ironclad 2: Battle for Blood (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Serbia
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, serious, realistic, saga ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: medieval, castle, battles, sword fight, vengeance, danger, sword and shield, escapades, rivalry, warrior, nordic, melee combat ...
Time: middle ages, 13th century, medieval times
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 7.2
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The Warrior (2001)
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 ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, rough, stylized, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, medieval, war, desert, samurai, kung fu, battles, survival, master warrior, exile, fight, wuxia ...
Time: medieval times, year 2001, middle ages, 14th century
Place: china, hong kong, korea, mongolia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 ⇓
34%
 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 ⇓
33%
Three Kingdoms (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: China, South Korea, Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The aging Zhao embarks on his final and greatest campaign, a road to adventure that will crown his name in glory for all time.
Style: exciting, realistic, atmospheric, serious, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female warrior, war, battles, military, soldier, uninhibited rivalry, political unrest, medieval, rise to the top, hopes, state affairs, ambition ...
Time: medieval times, ancient times
Place: china, ancient china, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Sword of Vengeance (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Returning to his homeland after years of slavery, a Norman prince seeks revenge on his father's murderer – his ruthless uncle, Earl Durant. Gaining the trust of a band of exiled farmers, he leads them into battle against Durant, exploiting ...
Style: tense, serious, bleak, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: medieval, sword, master warrior, good versus evil, danger, vengeance, violence spree, gory, viking, obsession, rivalry, escapades ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 11th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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 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 ⇓
32%
 5.3
 1K
Boudica (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Romania
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The Celtic queen who shook the Roman Empire. Boudica is one of history’s first and fiercest women warriors. Sickened by ceaseless war, the king of the Iceni accepts a treaty with the Romans in exchange for his tribe’s continued independence. But ...
Style: exciting, captivating, realistic, epic, rough ...
Plot: roman empire, ancient history, female warrior, war, barbarian, female whipping, conquering, medieval, battles, leadership, rivalry, society ...
Time: 1st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 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 ⇓
32%
The Legend of El Cid (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: The story of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, a Castilian nobleman and war hero in medieval Spain.
Style: heroic, epic, serious, visually appealing, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ancient history, medieval, spanish history, monarchy, oppression, islam, gay, battles, historical character, warrior, revenge, murder ...
Time: middle ages, 11th century, medieval times
Place: spain, portugal, iberian peninsula
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 4.6
 5K
Viking (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 142 min.
Story: The early Middle Ages. A time of heavy swords and dark blood law. The ruling clan is in discord. The guilt for the accidental death of the brother has fallen on the Grand Duke. According to the law, revenge must be taken by the younger brother, a ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, atmospheric, serious, factual ...
Plot: cold weather, medieval, viking, russian history, murder, fratricide, betrayal, sex scene, barbarian, heroes, danger, death ...
Time: middle ages, ancient times, 10th century
Place: ukraine, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The 13th Warrior (1999)
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.
Style: epic, exciting, scenic, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot: viking, sword fight, barbarian, medieval, sword and sorcery, battles, mythology, sword, mission, heroic mission, arab, violence ...
Time: middle ages, 10th century, ancient times, year 1999, medieval times
Place: baghdad iraq, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Beowulf & Grendel (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, UK, Iceland, USA, Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior's battle against the great and murderous troll, Grendel. Heads will roll. Out of allegiance to the King Hrothgar, the much respected Lord of the Danes, Beowulf leads a troop of warriors across the sea to ...
Style: epic, stylized, serious, cult classic, suspense ...
Plot: medieval, sword fight, viking, good versus evil, norse mythology, mythology, legends and myths, sword and sorcery, heroes, troll, myth, supernatural ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, year 2005, 6th century
Place: denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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