Movies like The Woman King
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The Woman King (2022)
82K
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: USA, South Africa, Ireland
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.
Style:
period piece, exciting, tense, captivating, dramatic, harsh, powerful, factual, surprise ending, epic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female warrior, female soldier, military training, slave trade, fight, hypocrisy, warrior, military, battles, soldier, women, woman, martial arts, african, friend, slavery, violence, unrequited love, childbirth, epic battle, skinny dipping, knight, tough guy, friends, victorian england ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, victorian era, 2020s, 1800s, 1820s
Place:
africa, west africa, atlantic ocean
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Most similar movies to The Woman King
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, exciting, surprise ending and captivating films with plots about violence, fight, blood, knife, death, murder and combat mostly in Action, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Woman King: Pompeii (2014), Amina (2021), Harriet (2019), The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016), Gladiator II (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
122K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Canada, Germany, USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In 79 A.D., Milo, a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a ...
Style:
exciting, epic, period piece, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, roman empire, ancient history, arena, roman, gladiator, save the lady, slave, volcano, tsunami, volcanic eruption ...
Time:
1st century, ancient times, middle ages, year 2014, 2010s ...
Place:
pompeii, italy, europe, britain, london ...
Similarity:
100%
551
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In 16th-century Zazzau, now Zaria, Nigeria, Amina must utilize her military skills and tactics to defend her family's kingdom. Based on a true story.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, inspirational ...
Plot:
female protagonist, female warrior, battles, military training, tactics, biopic, warrior, bravery, courage, kingdom, protector, fight ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
africa, nigeria
Similarity:
75%
36K
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, China
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The story of Harriet Tubman, who helped free hundreds of slaves from the South after escaping from slavery herself in 1849.
Style:
thought provoking, costume drama, tense, historical drama, political ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
slavery, african american, black history, american civil war, underground railroad, female protagonist, female warrior, freedom, plantation, belief in god, black, black woman ...
Time:
19th century, 2010s, year 2019, victorian era, 1860s ...
Place:
southern usa, south carolina, philadelphia, baltimore, pennsylvania ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, War
Country: USA, China, Iceland
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
As two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land, two renegades—Eric the Huntsman, who aided Snow White in defeating Ravenna in Snowwhite and the Huntsman, and his forbidden lover, Sara—set out to stop them.
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, absurd, intense, saga ...
Audience:
pre-teens, teens, kids, family outing, chick flick ...
Plot:
magic, snow white, evil queen, love, female warrior, sorceress, strong female lead, medieval, good versus evil, sex, runaway, supernatural ...
Time:
year 2016, medieval times, 2010s, 16th century
Place:
egypt
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Story of Rani Lakshmibai, one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and her resistance to the British Rule.
Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, epic, patriotic
Plot:
female warrior, rebellion, invasion, conquering, female soldier, propaganda, female protagonist, leadership, battles, women, rise to the top, ambition ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s
Place:
india
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Morocco, Canada
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and ...
Style:
epic, period drama
Plot:
ancient rome, colosseum, sword fight, war, fratricide, hippopotamus, banquet, battles, bet, sword, roman soldier, showdown ...
Place:
italy, europe, africa, rome italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack. The Battle of ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, perverse, brutal, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
soldier, combat, u.s. army, war, death, taliban, military operation, politics, roadblock, danger, battles, military ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, year 2009, year 2006, year 1984 ...
Place:
afghanistan, middle east
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
The sequel to Black Panther (2018).
Style:
futuristic, captivating, tear jerker, anime, absurd ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
superhero, heroes, human nature, fight scenes, danger, technology, beautiful scenery, fight, african american, african, death of king, death of brother ...
Time:
16th century, 2020s, future, 21st century
Place:
africa, atlantic ocean, virginia, boston, indiana ...
Similarity:
100%
76K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After she's irreversibly poisoned, a ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims.
Style:
suspense, cult classic, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
female assassin, murder, assassin, strong female lead, vengeance, revenge, woman, murderer, female protagonist, female killer, yakuza, fight ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan, osaka japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 117 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, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
viking, kingdom, warrior, medieval, battles, king, king of england, epic battle, sword fight, battlefield, exploration, mortal combat ...
Time:
10th century, 9th century, medieval times
Place:
england, wales
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A beautiful, strong-willed young royal refuses to wed the cruel sociopath to whom she is betrothed and is kidnapped and locked in a remote tower of her father’s castle. With her scorned, vindictive suitor intent on taking her father’s throne, ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, dark comedy ...
Plot:
female warrior, female protagonist, fight, princess, sword, kingdom, palace intrigue, medieval, castle, queen, kidnapping, tower ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 2020s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the ...
Style:
epic, breathtaking, exciting, captivating, period piece ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, adult
Plot:
samurai, sword fight, battles, war, courage, japanese history, warrior, pride and honor, self discovery, human spirit, honor, loyalty ...
Time:
19th century, middle ages, victorian era, year 2003, 1800s ...
Place:
japan, asia, africa, san francisco, pacific ocean ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young girl rises from the ashes of tragedy to become the most feared warrior woman of all time: the She-Devil with a Sword.
Style:
heroic, epic fantasy, psychotronic, independent film, surprise ending
Plot:
female fighter, female warrior, sword and sorcery, female protagonist, tough girl, orphan, sorcery, female fight, leader, tyrant, power, kidnapping ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
During the United States' 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, a group of female soldiers posing as medical relief are sent back in to rescue a group of kidnapped teenagers caught between ISIS and the Taliban.
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, independent film, ambiguous ending, f word
Plot:
nudity, isis, rescue mission, female fighter, ak 47, female protagonist, female warrior, kidnapping, taliban, military, forced marriage, teenager ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
california, afghanistan, pakistan
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Canada, India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword ...
Style:
epic, entertaining, visually stunning, costume drama, period piece ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
king arthur, legend, knight, warrior, king, sword fight, medieval, mythology, excalibur, mentor, one against many, throne ...
Time:
middle ages, year 2017, medieval times, 6th century, 18th century
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Based on Frank Miller's latest graphic novel Xerxes and told in the breathtaking visual style of the blockbuster "300," this new chapter of the epic saga takes the action to a fresh battlefield--on the sea--as Greek general ...
Style:
epic, entertaining, bloody, heroic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
sword fight, ancient history, greek, mythology, survival, king, ancient, medieval, sword and shield, warrior, antiquity, swords and armor ...
Time:
middle ages, ancient times, year 2014, 5th century, 2010s
Place:
ancient greece, greece, middle east, europe, persia ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A deep cover operative awakens to find himself imprisoned on a submarine. With the help of a fellow prisoner and an amateur agent, he must race against the clock to escape the vessel and expose who set him up.
Style:
suspense, exciting, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
martial arts, submarine, female warrior, murder, violence, martial artist, danger, betrayal, brutality, blood, dishonesty, espionage ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pentagon, canada
Similarity:
39%
100K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A team of CIA agents and special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.
Style:
touching, anamorphic, historical drama, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
soldier, taliban, war on terror, behind enemy lines, heroism, military, cia, us military, war in afghanistan, special forces, machismo, commando mission ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east, usa
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A U.S. Army Captain uses her years of tactical training to save humanity from sixteen nuclear missiles launched at the U.S. as a violent attack threatens her remote missile interceptor station.
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
female soldier, female warrior, terrorist plot, terrorism, female protagonist, mission, terrorist attack, military, terrorist, soldier, military base, fight ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
manhattan new york city, pacific ocean, alaska, russia, new york ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Transferred home after a traumatizing combat mission, a highly trained French soldier uses her lethal skills to hunt down the man who hurt her sister.
Style:
erotic, suspense, captivating, tense, action thriller ...
Plot:
female vigilante, sister, vengeance, female protagonist, revenge, rape, female soldier, female warrior, soldier, vigilantism, war veteran, army ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
syria, marseille, paris france, nice france, france
Similarity:
39%
183K
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK, Netherlands, France, Germany
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.
Style:
epic, period piece, breathtaking, serious, factual ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night
Plot:
ancient history, war, conquering, medieval, battles, warlord, destiny, greek, ambition, ruler, gay, knight ...
Time:
ancient times, year 2004, middle ages
Place:
ancient greece, greece, persia, macedonia, egypt ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A bounty hunter named Atticus Gage tracks down criminals in a post-apocalyptic Earth.
Style:
tense, apocalyptic, exciting, semi serious, brutal ...
Plot:
anti heroine, female warrior, survival, post apocalypse, fight, dystopia, criminal, female protagonist, dystopian future, strong female lead, sniper, distopia ...
Time:
near future
Place:
montana
Similarity:
39%
21K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In a world with no guns, a mysterious drifter, a bartender and a young samurai plot revenge against a ruthless leader and his army of thugs, headed by nine diverse and deadly assassins.
Style:
surreal, suspenseful, serious, stylized, exciting ...
Plot:
martial arts, medieval, profanity, vengeance, drifter, good versus evil, revenge, danger, partner, duel, uninhibited rivalry, obstacle ...
Similarity:
39%
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25K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After the G20 Summit is overtaken by terrorists, President Danielle Sutton must bring all her statecraft and military experience to defend her family and her fellow leaders.
Style:
intense, inspirational, suspenseful, powerful, political thriller ...
Plot:
usa president, terrorist attack, terrorist, bomb, mercilessness, 17 year old, female warrior, one against many, revenge, reporter, elevator, secretary ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
south africa, cape town south africa, budapest, washington d.c.
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A small group of town residents have to band together after a devastating ground invasion. As they struggle to survive, they realize they must stay one step ahead of their attackers, and work together for a chance to strike back.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
female warrior, alien abduction, alien invasion, rebellion, military, heroism, destruction, danger, rescue, alien race, chaos, alien technology ...
Time:
future
Place:
australia, sydney australia, new zealand
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, exciting, retro ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female warrior, death, kick-butt women, violence, assassin, female killer, murder, female protagonist, female assassin, african american, gangster, revenge ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
massachusetts, boston
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
Country: Mexico, Spain, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
One Man's Hero tells the little-known story of the "St. Patrick's Battalion" or "San Patricios," a group of mostly Irish and other immigrants of the Catholic faith who deserted to Mexico after encountering religious and ...
Style:
epic, tense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
military, soldier, immigrant, army, heroes, foe turned friend, culture clash, society, tragic hero, propaganda, medieval, anger ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, year 1999
Place:
mexico, latin america, ireland
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Mongolia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Princess Khotulun is the daughter of Haidu Khan of the Ugudei dynasty. The film tells the story of Princess Khotulun, the son of Kublai Khan, known in Western and Eastern history as a wrestling princess, and her struggle to reclaim her Golden Sutra.
Style:
dramatic, period piece, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
female warrior, mongol empire, royalty, princess, woman with a gun, legendary hero, female protagonist, legend, combat, local legend, warrior, woman ...
Time:
13th century
Place:
mongolia
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Depicts a continuation of the "Battle of Mayang", an all-out war against the neighboring country Zhao that Shin and Wang Ki fought in in the previous work "Flame of Fate".
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, seinen, period drama
Plot:
historical epic, politics, battles, military, fight, power struggle, fight for supremacy, epic battle, melee combat, combat, cavalry, camping ...
Place:
japan, china, ancient china, asia
Similarity:
39%
182K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Ex-UFC fighter Dalton takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems.
Style:
exciting, captivating, action adventure, tense, thrilling ...
Plot:
bouncer, revenge, sociopath, bar fight, female bartender, one against many, martial arts, male nudity, mixed martial arts, fighter, beefcake martial arts, avenge ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
italy, florida
Similarity:
39%
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