Movies and TV shows like Shōgun
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Shōgun (2024)
239K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in feudal Japan, the series charts the collision of two ambitious men from different worlds and a mysterious female samurai: John Blackthorne, a risk-taking English sailor who ends up shipwrecked in Japan, a land whose unfamiliar culture will ultimately redefine him; Lord Toranaga, a shrewd, powerful daimyo, at odds with his own dangerous, political rivals; and Lady Mariko, a woman with invaluable skills but dishonorable family ties, who must prove her value and allegiance.
Style:
period piece, psychological, captivating, historical drama, epic, epic war, suspenseful, period drama
Plot:
shogun, feudal japan, samurai, medieval, warrior, battles, army, fight, power struggle, fight for supremacy, katana, husband wife relationship, japanese history, nudity, civil war, translator, castaway, fish out of water, sex scene, betrayal, lesbian sex, sword, christianity, interracial relations, male protagonist ...
Time:
17th century, 1600s
Place:
japan, asia
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Most similar movies to Shōgun
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, serious, historical drama and realistic films and TV series with plots about battles, heroes, fight, medieval, war, power struggle and warrior mostly in Drama, History and Action genres. Some movies like Shōgun: Shogun (1980), North and South, Book II (1986), Sanadamaru (2016), Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011), Naotora: The Lady Warlord (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
18K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 109 min.
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Story:
An English navigator becomes both pawn and player in the deadly political games in feudal Japan.
Style:
atmospheric, mythical, costume drama, epic, serious ...
Plot:
samurai, shogun, jesuit, battles, chivalry, renaissance, historical event, tokugawa shogunate, martial arts, japanese history, samurai sword, interracial relations ...
Time:
17th century, medieval times, 20th century
Place:
japan, portugal, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
TV show
Story:
The continuing saga of the Hazards and the Mains. The Hazards are from the North and the Mains from the South. George Hazard and Orry Main met at West Point and fought in the Mexican American war together becoming fast friends. Now they find ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, family saga, patriotic ...
Plot:
american civil war, slavery, civil war, slave, u.s. civil war, confederate soldier, war hero, corporal punishment, cavalry, epic battle, military, black ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
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Story:
Spanning over 50 episodes, we follow the historical fiction of the Sanada clansmen as they plotted and fought their ways to survive the changing political alliances during the Warring States Period of Japan.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, historical drama, exciting
Plot:
samurai, wartime life, political conspiracy, military, conspiracy, heroes, fight, leader, historical figure, life, power struggle, fight for supremacy ...
Time:
medieval times, 16th century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
An tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.
Style:
tense, serious, bleak, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
samurai, feudal japan, medieval, revenge, hara kiri, vengeance, society, life is a bitch, loss of son, down on your luck, rivalry, samurai sword ...
Time:
middle ages, 17th century
Place:
japan, asia, seattle
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
The 39th NHK Taiga Drama is Aoi Tokugawa Sandai. It is James Miki's dynamic and colorful tale of three generations of the Tokugawa dynasty--from its founder Ieyasu to Iemitsu, the third Shogun who solidified the Tokugawa power base.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, disturbing, costume drama, family saga ...
Plot:
power struggle, dynasty, japanese history, tokugawa shogunate, power, shogun, feudal japan, fight, three generations, kingdom, generation, political intrigue ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Naotora Ii is a woman given a male name, who succeeded as the head of the Ii family during the Warring States period when her father passed away. With her wisdom, courage and affection for loved ones, Naotora lived through turbulent times and paved ...
Style:
historical drama, thought provoking, captivating, melancholic, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
samurai, woman, civil war, female protagonist, feudal japan, gender roles, resilience, japanese woman, fight for supremacy, power struggle, struggle for survival, dynasty ...
Time:
medieval times, 16th century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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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, captivating, epic, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
viking, king, medieval, danger, battles, kingdom, castle, escapades, kidnapping, heroes, rivalry, political unrest ...
Time:
middle ages, 9th century, medieval times, future, 10th century
Place:
england, britain, chicago, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Veracruz, year 1683. With the intention of restocking his ship, a mysterious and refined captain arrives to the Governor's house, introducing himself as Lorenzo. No one knows his ulterior motives, although they don't take long to surface.
Style:
tense, historical drama, thrilling, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
betrayal, ship captain, captain, adventurer, ship, pirate ship, fight, sea battle, battles, pirate, deception, political intrigue ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 22 min.
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Story:
Emperor of the Sea is a South Korean television drama series directed by Kang Il-soo and Kang Byung-taek and starring Choi Soo-jong, Chae Shi-ra, Song Il-gook and Soo Ae. It aired on KBS2 from November 24, 2004 to May 25, 2005 on Wednesdays and ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, touching, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
korean history, medieval, battles, enslavement, heroes, merchant, historical figure, slave, ship, pirate, rags to riches, sea battle ...
Time:
9th century
Place:
china
Similarity:
100%
2K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellion and promptly disappears.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, period drama
Plot:
samurai, gay, assassination, violence, based on real people, castle, japanese history, katana, sword, death, horse, blood ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto Shishio, a former assassin like Kenshin, was betrayed, set on fire and left for dead. He survived, and is ...
Style:
intense, suspense, anime, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
samurai, katana, sword fight, martial arts, medieval, fight, survival, one man army, redemption, assassin, good versus evil, samurai era ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
japan, asia, kyoto japan, hong kong, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
142K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A 10-part mini-series from the creators of "Band of Brothers" telling the intertwined stories of three Marines during America's battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II.
Style:
serious, disturbing, emotional, suspenseful, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, battlefield, war, squad, combat, battles, soldier, marines, american soldier, japanese soldier, imperial japan ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
pacific ocean, japan, alabama, okinawa japan, asia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
By the Sword Divided is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1983 and 1985.
The series was a historical drama set during the mid 17th century, dealing with the impact of the English Civil War on the fictional Lacey family, made ...
Style:
historical drama, family saga, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
civil war, political conflict, domestic drama, castle, class conflict, power struggle, aristocracy, english countryside, moral ambiguity, betrayal, sacrifice, palace intrigue ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
britain, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History, Sci-Fi
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
In the turbulent land of Zichuan, the clans of Zichuan and Sairong are engaged in intense warfare. Zichuan Xiu, stationed at the border, returns to the capital with remarkable military achievements, bringing a momentary peace to his homeland. ...
Style:
costume drama, thrilling, captivating, psychological, historical drama ...
Plot:
heir, wuxia, three brothers, problem, fight, family problems, friendship, teamwork, power struggle, army, battles, fictional war ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Japan
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Story:
Saka no Ue no Kumo is an NHK 21st Century special drama which was aired over three years starting from November 29, 2009. The series runs 13 episodes at 90 minutes each. The first series, with 5 episodes, was broadcast in 2009, while series two and ...
Style:
historical drama, suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
russo japanese war, japanese history, power struggle, war, military, military officer, wartime, wartime life, battles, brother brother relationship, fight, military history ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Ancient Korea, 17th century. The powerful Khan of the Jurchen tribe of Manchuria, who fights the Ming dinasty to gain China, becomes the first ruler of the Qing dinasty and demands from King In-jo of Joseon to bow before him; but he refuses, being ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, period drama, interesting
Plot:
qing dynasty, medieval, siege, fortress, fight, korean history, joseon dynasty, invasion, battles, castle, king, conspiracy ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
korea
Similarity:
100%
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:
stylized, visually appealing, intense, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ancient history, medieval, spanish history, monarchy, islam, gay, battles, warrior, historical character, survival, war, fight ...
Time:
middle ages, 11th century, medieval times
Place:
spain, portugal, iberian peninsula
Similarity:
100%
124K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The pirate adventures of Captain Flint and his men twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his ...
Style:
exciting, costume drama, sexy, historical drama, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
pirate, captain, pirate ship, swashbuckler, colonial america, sea, gold, treasure hunt, medieval, island, treasure, danger ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, 19th century, georgian era
Place:
caribbean, syria, america, west indies
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: China
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Story:
“God of War, Zhao Yun” is a 2015 Chinese drama series directed by Yong Guo Jian. It is based on the novel “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” by Shan Tian
Style:
historical drama, captivating, exciting, epic, romantic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
martial arts, warrior, love triangle, loyalty, honor, fight, save the world, love and romance, master warrior, showdown, rebellion, battles ...
Place:
ancient china
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
TV show
Story:
When Paris of Troy abducts the beautiful Helen, wife of Spartan King Menelaus, the trojan war begins.
Style:
exciting, semi serious, captivating, tense, historical drama ...
Plot:
ancient history, greek mythology, fall in love, forbidden love, battles, love, heroes, ancient, betrayal, dishonesty, master warrior, state affairs ...
Place:
ancient greece, greece
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the novel by Bernard Cornwell, "Sharpe's Waterloo" brings maverick British officer Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe to his last fight against the French, in June of 1815.
Style:
captivating, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
napoleonic wars, medieval, napoleonic era, lone wolves, british army, french army, war hero, historical event, french revolution, revolutionary war, revolutionary, struggle ...
Time:
19th century, 1810s
Place:
europe, belgium
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
In the 16th Century, a Dutch ship sails the Pacific from the Americas in order to escape the Spanish. Blackthorn is the pilot of the ship and the first to realize the possibilities of Japan. Japan is a feudal society which has a strong presence of ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, exciting, saga
Plot:
samurai, feudal japan, seafaring, shogun, jesuit, politics, war, heroes, escapades, betrayal, sword duel, samurai sword ...
Time:
17th century, 16th century, middle ages
Place:
japan, portugal
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
About the struggle between the Roman Empire and its rebellious conquest Judaea, and two best friends caught in a terrible moment in history.
Style:
epic, exciting, captivating, historical drama, bleak ...
Plot:
ancient history, betrayal, rebellion, vengeance, ancient, military, political unrest, society, rivalry, redemption, danger, state affairs ...
Time:
1st century
Place:
holy land, jerusalem
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Former legendary assassin Kenshin Himura has now become a wandering samurai. Offering aid & protecting those in need as atonement for his past deeds. During this time Kenshin Himura comes across and aides Kaoru Kamiya (Emi Takei). Her father ...
Style:
exciting, serious, manga, realistic, anime ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
samurai, martial arts, master warrior, japanese culture, medieval, drifter, katana, shogun, swordsman, heroes, one man army, massacre ...
Time:
1800s, 2010s, 1870s, 1860s, 19th century
Place:
japan, asia, ancient china, tokyo, kyoto japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Shishio has set sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the Meiji government and return Japan to chaos, carrying Kaoru with him. In order to stop him in time, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique.
Style:
exciting, stylized, dorama, perverse, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
samurai, medieval, samurai era, martial arts, fight, good versus evil, heroes, master warrior, samurai sword, hitman, showdown, battles ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
japan, asia, kyoto japan, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
294K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Spartacus is an American television series inspired by the historical figure of Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BCE led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic departing from Capua.
Style:
epic, sexy, historical drama, sexual, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
ancient rome, ancient history, roman empire, gladiator, sword fight, rebellion, battles, swords and armor, friendship between men, sex, slavery, medieval ...
Time:
ancient times, 1st century b.c., 1st century, 2000s
Place:
ancient greece
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company ...
Style:
heroic, captivating, epic, historical drama, period piece ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
world war two, combat, military, war, battles, soldier, american soldier, paratrooper, courage, behind enemy lines, infantry, nazi germany ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, y2k, 2000s, post world war two
Place:
germany, europe, belgium, netherlands, austria ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the ...
Style:
epic, captivating, atmospheric, dramatic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
dragon, medieval, intrigue, fantasy world, incest, kingdom, power struggle, peril, abuse of power, political intrigue, conflict, rivalry ...
Time:
ancient times, middle ages, medieval times, year 2011, 2000s ...
Place:
idaho, former yugoslavia, hawaii
Similarity:
100%
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, rough, suspenseful, stylized, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, medieval, master warrior, war, survival, kung fu, wuxia, samurai, battles, exile, fight, betrayal ...
Time:
medieval times, year 2001, middle ages, 14th century
Place:
china, hong kong, korea, mongolia, asia ...
Similarity:
100%
269
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Princess Atsu, who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, then called Satsuma, and became the wife of Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. She accedes to the highest rank in Ooku, the ...
Style:
thought provoking, tense, captivating, disturbing, costume drama
Plot:
edo period, shogun, revolution, palace intrigue, royal palace, intrigue, princess, politics, government, historical character, feudal japan, political unrest ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
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