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Attila (2001)
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Genre: Action, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A romanced story of Attila the Hun, from when he lost his parents in childhood 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 and passions, the gossips, intrigues and betrayals in Rome, all of these feelings evolved by magic and mysticism.
Style:
dramatic, tense, captivating, emotional, epic, period piece, historical romance, art house, political drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
roman empire, ancient history, conquering, ancient rome, opera, warrior, war, pretty girl, woman, bloodlust, political intrigue, revenge, betrayal, tragedy, leadership, ambition, strategy, rise and fall, palace intrigue, biopic, passion, love affair, siege, family tragedy, barbarian ...
Time:
5th century
Place:
rome italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, epic, captivating and tense films with plots about betrayal, revenge, ancient rome, roman empire, power struggle, battles and political intrigue mostly in Drama, Action and History genres. Some movies like Attila: Gold for the Caesars (1963), The Two Gladiators (1964), The Last Roman (1968), Princess Khutulun (2021), Norma (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 86 min.
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historical drama, epic, period piece, brutal, tense ...
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Time:
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Duration: 100 min.
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Style:
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Duration: 103 min.
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Audience:
adult
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Time:
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Place:
rome italy, istanbul turkey, constantinople
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
It is 200 years before the birth of Christ and Rome is the new superpower of the ancient world. She believes she is invincible - but one man is destined to change that. He is a man bound by oath to avenge the wrongs inflicted on his home and, in ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, exciting, inspirational ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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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:
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Time:
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Place:
mongolia
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70%
15
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Italy
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
Gaul has been conquered by the Romans. Oroveso, the Arch-Druid longs to lead a Gallic rebellion against the colonial forces. He and all the others wait for the signal to be given by his daughter, the Druid High Priestess Norma. But Norma has fallen ...
Style:
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Plot:
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68%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In ancient Rome, the people finally oust their despised king, Tarquinius, and declare the city a republic. Tarquinius makes an alliance with the Etruscan king, Porsenna, to take back power in Rome, but a Roman general, the heroic Mucius, sets out to ...
Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
62%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
60%
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Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Similarity:
60%
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Country: Czech Republic, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, entertaining, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Place:
rome italy
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60%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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captivating, exciting, intense, dramatic, tense ...
Plot:
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Place:
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60%
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Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Guiseppi Verdi's opera about Rigoletto, the unattractive, hunchbacked jester in the court of the Duke of Mantua. The Duke has noticed a young lady going to church each Sunday and he plans to seduce her. When Count Monterone confronts the Duke ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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907K
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Country: USA, Canada, Bulgaria
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
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Plot:
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Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Genre: Drama, Music
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Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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