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The Return (2024)
14K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Italy, Greece, UK, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
After twenty years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The king has finally returned home, but much has changed in his kingdom since he left to fight in the Trojan war.
Plot:
male nudity, bare chested male, male pubic hair, island, queen, prince, antiquity, husband wife relationship, bow and arrow, suitor, greek mythology, odyssey, dog, sea, king, sex scene, death, beach, fire, sailboat, boat, chase, getting home, blood, palace ...
Place:
ancient greece, greece, europe
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Most similar movies to The Return
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, period drama, realistic and epic films with plots about bare chested male, male nudity, death, ancient, blood, sword fight and sword mostly in Drama, History and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Return: The Tale of King Crab (2021), The Trojan Horse (1961), Eden (2024), The Last Queen (2022), Ceasefire (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Small town in Italy, end of the 19th century. Luciano, a drunk, accidentally kills his lover during a revolt against the local Prince. To pay for his crime, he is forced into exile on the most remote island in the world, Argentina’s Tierra del ...
Plot:
skinny dipping, treasure hunt, drinking, priest, boat, male nudity, fire, golddigger, fisherman, voice over narration, treasure island, sea ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
95%
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, troy, mythology, ancient world, myth, ancient, greek, trojan war, antiquity, sword and sorcery, sorcery ...
Time:
year 1961
Place:
ancient greece, greece, rome italy
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A group of disillusioned outsiders abandon modern society in search of a new beginning. Settling on a remote, uninhabited island, their utopian dream quickly unravels as they discover that the greatest threat isn’t the brutal climate or deadly ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, dark, tense, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
male pubic hair, male nudity, island, sex scene, public nudity, female nudity, violence, isolation, power struggle, remote island, wilderness, betrayal ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s
Place:
ecuador, pacific ocean
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Adventure, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
At the end of the war, Odysseus, the wandering hero, with his companions begins his sail back home to the Mediterranean. The conclusion of his adventure is delayed by many natural obstacles and he takes an internal journey of fleeting memories of ...
Style:
epic, poetic, melancholic, surreal, art house ...
Plot:
mythology, odyssey, journey, nostalgia, getting home, sea voyage, shipwreck, loneliness, regret, sea, memory, flashback ...
Place:
ancient greece, greece, mediterranean sea
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Algeria, France, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
1516, Legend has it that the king of Algiers had a wife named Zaphira. When the pirate Aroudj Barbarossa arrives to liberate the city from the Spaniards, he is determined to conquer Zaphira as well as the kingdom itself. But is Zaphira willing to ...
Plot:
bad dream, nightmare, queen, rain, polygamy, royal family, death of son, mercenary, sea, spurned woman, community, bird ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
algeria, maghreb, ottoman empire
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576
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In the early 1920s, Georges Laffont, traumatized by the horrific trench warfare, decides to leave his life behind and travel to West Africa. In the vast territories of Upper Volta he - with the help of Diofo, artist and also survivor of the Great ...
Style:
sincere, disturbing, rough, melancholic
Plot:
traumatized man, male objectification, brother brother relationship, self discovery, life, wartime, getting home, african tribe, african, deafness, traumatic experience, topless woman ...
Time:
1920s, year 2016, post world war one, year 1916
Place:
africa, france, west africa
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The Greek army is about to set sail to a great battle, but the winds refuse to blow. Their leader, King Agamemnon, seeks to provide better food, but accidentally slays a sacred deer. His punishment from the gods, the sacrifice of his daughter ...
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, gloomy, stylized ...
Plot:
male nudity, greek mythology, ancient history, mythology, ancient, myth, antiquity, ancient world, knight, greek, legends and myths, nudity ...
Time:
ancient times
Place:
ancient greece, greece, europe, rome italy
Similarity:
52%
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:
homoerotic, technicolor, epic, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
peplum, greek mythology, ancient, inventor, sorcery, chivalry, antiquity, ancient world, ancient rome, heroes, gladiator, fortress ...
Time:
year 1961
Place:
ancient greece, greece, rome italy, hellas, europe
Similarity:
51%
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295K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff ...
Style:
exciting, epic, period piece, entertaining, costume drama ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
medieval, robin hood, knight, archer, folk hero, love and romance, sword fight, fighting the system, bow and arrow, hopes, throne, sword and shield ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, year 2010, 12th century ...
Place:
england, britain, france, europe, london
Similarity:
49%
49K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to ...
Style:
costume drama, captivating, exciting, historical drama, erotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
life philosophy, violent man, rape, revenge, sword fight, pregnant from rape, medieval, sexual cruelty, nobility, swashbuckler, danger, biopic ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 1995, 20th century, medieval times ...
Place:
scotland, highlands, britain, europe, scottish highlands ...
Similarity:
49%
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, slave girl, war violence, greek mythology, trojan war, myth, hopes ...
Time:
ancient times
Place:
ancient greece, greece, rome italy
Similarity:
48%
161
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The reign of Edward II, King of England, is troubled from the start when he brings his male lover, hated by the nobles, out of exile.
Plot:
medieval, royalty, shakespeare, lgbtq, gay, queen, homosexual, monarch, monarchy, british royal family, royal family, murder ...
Time:
medieval times
Place:
britain
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Adventure
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Damon is a thief who begins to question his beliefs after he meets Pythias, a liberal Athenian who believes all men are brothers.
Plot:
peplum, warrior, sword, antiquity, ancient world, myth, ancient, gladiator, mythology, sorcery, greek mythology, tyrant ...
Place:
ancient greece, greece, athens greece, sicily
Similarity:
43%
329
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
They come from all over the world but they have one thing in common : The Foreign Legion, their new family. Our Men tells these stories : stories of women who struggle to keep their love fire burning; stories of men who leave for battle; stories of ...
Plot:
french foreign legion, french soldier, boy girl relationship, french military, french army, boys and girls, sex scene, little boy, desert, driving lesson, tattoo, babysitting ...
Place:
corsica
Similarity:
42%
610K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, Malta, Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was ...
Style:
epic, exciting, heroic, sexy, period piece ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, manly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
sword fight, mythology, ancient history, ancient, vengeance, battlefield, courage, greek mythology, warrior, war, ancient world, king ...
Time:
ancient times, year 2004, middle ages, 2000s
Place:
greece, ancient greece, britain, hellas, europe ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Netherlands, UK, Denmark, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A Danish prince seeks revenge upon the villain who killed the king and his son to usurp the throne.
Style:
costume drama, tense, serious, realistic, independent film
Plot:
medieval, ghost, fratricide, bare chested male, regicide, viking, forbidden love, female nudity, madness, norse mythology, scandinavian culture, antiquity ...
Time:
6th century, middle ages
Place:
denmark, europe, scotland, scandinavia, england
Similarity:
40%
296K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History, Thriller
Country: UK, China, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his ...
Style:
saga, cerebral, period piece, dark, tense ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
revenge, viking, medieval, fight, prince, vengeance, sex scene, murder of father, nobility, ship, norse mythology, sword ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 9th century, 2020s, 10th century
Place:
iceland, ukraine, northern ireland, europe, fictional island
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This colourful feature debut from experienced producer Luis Miñarro offers an almost hallucinatory look at the world of Amadeo of Savoy, who was king of an ungovernable Spain for two years around 1870. This intriguing episode is transformed into a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, stylized, captivating
Plot:
male nudity, erection, male pubic hair, royal family, naked man, royal court, gay interest, state affairs, society, political unrest, master and servant, gay ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Grazia is a free-spirited mother-of-three married to shy fisherman Pietro and living on the idyllic but isolated island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean Sea. She shows signs of manic depressive behavior — one moment she's laughing wildly and ...
Style:
sincere, talky, thought provoking, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
skinny dipping, coming of age, beach, island, teenage boy, teenage girl, villager, swimming, mentally unstable, human nature, family life, injustice ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
italy, sicily, europe, milan italy, mediterranean sea ...
Similarity:
38%
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:
heroic mission, mythology, battles, heroes, ancient, ancient history, sword fight, antiquity, greek mythology, chivalry, peplum, ancient world ...
Time:
ancient times, 5th century, 18th century, 60s, 19th century
Place:
ancient greece, rome italy, hellas, europe, greece ...
Similarity:
37%
41K
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
The perversion behind imperial Rome, the epic story of Rome's mad Emporer. All the details of his cruel, bizarre reign are revealed right here: His unholy sexual passion for his sister, his marriage to Rome's most infamous prostitute, his ...
Style:
erotic, disturbing, sexual, cult classic, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ancient rome, incest, sex, sexual perversion, sexploitation, explicit sex, brutality, ancient world, brother sister sex, sex scene, unsimulated sex, roman empire ...
Time:
ancient times, 1st century, year 1979, 1930s, 1940s
Place:
rome italy, italy, greece
Similarity:
36%
222
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A beautiful young woman Hana Angelousi is lured aboard the yacht of a man who is trying to break the spell that turns men into stone. An updated version of the legend of Perseus and Medusa.
Style:
avant garde, experimental
Plot:
love triangle, greek mythology, nudity, male pubic hair, female pubic hair, bare butt, bare chested male, male nudity, erotica, fire, female nudity, bare breasts ...
Place:
crete
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Japan, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Cambodia
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide, stay alive whatever happens, the mission is more important than anything else. Sent to Lubang, a small island in ...
Style:
stylized, crying, weird, beautiful
Plot:
world war two, japanese soldier, river, moon landing, wilderness survival, hunting, world war, realism, biopic, jungle, rain, photography ...
Time:
year 1976, year 1969, year 1973, 1940s, 70s ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, Spain
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.
Style:
inspirational, epic, period piece, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
renaissance, conquistador, adventurer, medieval, native american, ship, new world, tudors, ocean, jungle, nobility, ancient ...
Time:
15th century, medieval times, ancient times, 16th century, year 1941 ...
Place:
spain, caribbean, italy, europe, west indies ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival.
Style:
captivating, historical drama, costume drama, period drama
Plot:
palace intrigue, marriage, queen, duke, based on real people, king, female protagonist, love, relationships, intrigue, royal family, male female relationship ...
Time:
16th century, medieval times
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
For children it was an exciting adventure. But for adults it became a shocking revelation...
Style:
erotic, queer cinema
Audience:
teens
Plot:
first love, coming of age, male nudity, homoeroticism, bare chested male, children, boyhood, blond boy, child murder, cooking, bare breasts, cruelty ...
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
34%
1K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, France, Turkey
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Conceived as a kaleidoscopic mosaic, the film follows the imprint Franz Kafka left on the world from his birth in 19th-century Prague to his death in post-WW1 Vienna.
Style:
non-linear, period drama
Plot:
male nudity, male pubic hair, nudity, writers, vegetarian, prostitute, immigrant, nudism, czech german relations, emotional abuse, father hits son, european history ...
Time:
20th century, 19th century, 1920s, 1910s
Place:
central europe, europe, prague
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Yugoslavia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Aeneas leads escapees from the Trojan war to new land in Italy, and must deal with new threats to his people.
Style:
psychotronic
Plot:
peplum, ancient world, mythology, myth, warrior, ancient, troy, gladiator, greek mythology, male male relationship, beefcake, antiquity ...
Place:
rome italy, ancient greece, hellas
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: France, Germany, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
D'Artagnan, on a quest to rescue the abducted Constance, runs into the mysterious Milady de Winter again. The tension between the Catholics and the Protestants finally escalates, as the king declares war — forcing the now four musketeers into ...
Style:
captivating, costume drama, period drama
Plot:
three musketeers, musketeer, loss of lover, secret, castle, relationships, male female relationship, king, adventure hero, love interest, teamwork, intrigue ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
spain, canada, alabama, austria, england ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Germany, USA, France, Greece
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Walt is a farmer living in a tiny rural village in Scotland. A former townsman, he is a rare outsider in an intensely xenophobic community, but has managed to slowly integrate, aided by a childhood friendship with bumbling Master Kent, who rules the ...
Style:
period drama
Plot:
scapegoat, xenophobia, woman, bare chested male, map, corpse, little girl, dog, angry mob, horse, bread, rain ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
england
Similarity:
32%
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