| Jericho (1991) | 7.1 | |
| Black Robe (1991) | 7.1 | |
| Silence (2016) | 7.2 | |
| Saints & Strangers (2015) | 7.0 | |
| Amundsen (2019) | 6.2 |
Conquistador movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant conquistador movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, exciting, period drama, captivating and historical drama films and TV shows about / with conquistador, explorer, jungle, adventurer, exploration, escapades, violence, danger, journey and native american plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and History genres shot in USA, Spain, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as conquistador: Conquistadores: Adventum (2017), Hernán (2019), The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969), Saints & Strangers (2015), Gold (2017), Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), The Mission (1986), 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), El Dorado (1988), The New World (2005).
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Narrates faithfully the first 30 years of America's discovery and conquer, from Colon's departure from Spain in 1492 until Juan Sebastián Elcano completed the first travel around the world in 1522.
Style:
factual, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, historical drama ...
Plot:
conquistador, medieval, adventurer, political intrigue, obsessive quest, tragic hero, ambition, discovery, journey, inventions and discoveries, new world, ancient ...
Time:
16th century, 15th century, year 1900
Place:
spain
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Mexico, Spain
TV show
Story:
The Spanish "Conquistador" Hernán Cortés arrives in the shores of what today is México and faces both local demons and those who've sailed with him.
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, stylized, captivating, historical drama ...
Plot:
aztec, conquistador, latin american history, medieval, historical character, power struggle, society, family relations, conflict, ambition, battles, courage ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
mexico, spain, latin america
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The Spanish explorer Pizarro captures the Inca god-chief Atahualpa and promises to free him upon the delivery of a hoard of gold. But Pizarro finds himself torn between his desire for conquest and his sense of honor after friendship and respect ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, tense, costume drama ...
Plot:
conquistador, colonial america, spanish conquest, explorer, jungle, pyramid, colonization, civilization, colonialism, myth, ancient, tomb raider ...
Time:
16th century, year 1969
Place:
peru, andes mountains, spain, europe, latin america ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
TV show
Story:
Saints & Strangers is a story that goes beyond the familiar historical account of Thanksgiving and the founding of Plymouth Plantation, revealing the trials and tribulations of the settlers at Plymouth: 102 men, women and children who sailed on ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, disturbing, educational ...
Plot:
colonial america, conquistador, medieval, new world, thanksgiving, sea voyage, indians, american indian, ambition, power struggle, political intrigue, religious conversion ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
america
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Spanish soldiers battle indigenous tribes and their own brutal natures as they search for a legendary city built of gold.
Style:
exciting, unusual plot structure, disturbing, captivating, tense
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
amazon rainforest, conquistador, desire, tribe, contests and competitions, danger, soldier, city, friendship, youth, society, money ...
Time:
16th century
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: West Germany, Mexico, Peru
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A few decades after the destruction of the Inca empire, a Spanish expedition leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon river in search of gold and wealth. Soon, they come across great difficulties and Don Aguirre, a ruthless man who ...
Style:
philosophical, suspenseful, surreal, art house, visual ...
Plot:
insanity, gold, conquistador, amazon river, expedition, treasure hunt, river, amazon, legends and myths, jungle, megalomaniac, el dorado ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times, medieval times, year 1972
Place:
south america, peru, germany, spain, andes mountains ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to ...
Style:
epic, christian film, thought provoking, breathtaking, visually stunning ...
Plot:
jungle, slavery, clergy, redemption, colonialism, missionary, massacre, river, native american, jesuit, genocide, religion ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 1986
Place:
south america, portugal, argentina, brazil, latin america ...
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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 ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
The story of an expedition down the Orinoco and Amazon rivers in 1560 by Spanish soldiers searching for the fabled city of gold, El Dorado.
Style:
rough, captivating, bleak, realistic, epic ...
Plot:
conquistador, spanish conquest, adventurer, amazon rainforest, treasure hunt, conquering, amazon jungle, colonial america, traveler, biopic, myth, rain forest ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
peru, spain, latin america
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.
Style:
emotional, epic, period piece, visually stunning, cerebral ...
Plot:
power of love, historical character, culture clash, american history, new world, native american, american indian, tudors, adventurer, indians, communication problem, fort ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times, middle ages, year 2005, 16th century ...
Place:
virginia, north america, america, usa, england
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, Chile
TV show
Story:
Romantic historical drama based on the true story of the first woman "conquistador" who went to the South American land that would become Chile, and helped to form the city of Santiago.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological, disturbing, historical romance ...
Plot:
conquistador, romantic relationship, love, death of husband, female protagonist, governor, new love, journey, love and romance, widow, lost love, destiny ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
peru, santiago chile, chile, south america
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Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: Mexico
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Based on a true story in the American owned Cananea mine. It depicts how the owner profits while the Mexican workers struggle to survive and are exploited for their labour.
Plot:
mexican revolution, strike, union, labor, conflict, economist, conquistador, anarchism, town, city, master, squad ...
Place:
latin america, mexico, arizona, sonora
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Chile, Italy, Spain, Peru
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
La Araucana is a Chilean film based on an epic poem in Spanish about the Spanish conquest of Chile, by Alonso de Ercilla; it is also known in English as The Araucaniad. It is considered the national epic of the Kingdom of Chile and one of the most ...
Style:
epic, political, bleak, intense, costume drama ...
Plot:
spanish conquest, conquering, indigenous people, colonialism, imperialism, resistance, literary, conquistador, colonization, exploration, heroism, adaptation ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
south america, chile
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate ...
Style:
suspenseful, bloody, exciting, historical drama, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, jungle, ancient history, tribe, manhunt, slavery, chase, native, ancient, death, warrior, forest ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, year 2006, 2000s, medieval times
Place:
mexico, mexico city, persia, central america
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Genoan navigator Christopher Columbus has a dream to find an alternative route to sail to the Indies, by traveling west instead of east, across the unchartered Ocean sea. After failing to find backing from the Portugese, he goes to the Spanish court ...
Style:
exciting, serious, atmospheric, realistic, anamorphic ...
Plot:
adventurer, ocean, tudors, latin american history, treasure hunt, renaissance, heroic mission, against the odds, intrigue, rebelliousness, dishonesty, betrayal ...
Time:
15th century, year 1992, middle ages
Place:
portugal, spain, italy, europe, latin america ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In the time of the Aztec empire, tragedy strikes Yohualli Coatl when his father is murdered by Spanish conquistadors. To warn King Moctezuma and his high priest, Yoka, of imminent danger, Yohualli escapes to Tenochtitlán. There, he trains in the ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, dark, tense, dark fantasy ...
Plot:
superhero, vengeance, aztec, loss of father, revenge, vigilante justice, resistance, tragedy, mythology, masked vigilante, empowerment, spirituality ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
latin america
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two hapless explorers lead an ill-fated 1804 expedition through the Pacific Northwest in a hopeless, doomed effort to reach the Pacific Ocean before Lewis and Clark.
Style:
humorous, funny, not serious, exciting, hilarious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
fight, wilderness, culture clash, eagle, journey, river, boat, egg, bravery, cons and scams, fish out of water, escapades ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
st. louis missouri
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Japan, USA, Colombia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Paddington travels to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest ...
Style:
funny, entertaining, feel good, captivating, family comedy ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
animal, anthropomorphic animal, animal protagonist, bear, jungle adventure, jungle, adventure hero, adventurer, tarantula, retirement home, el dorado, holiday ...
Place:
peru, united kingdom, london, south america
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among the headhunters in this war story told in the style of Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling. The ...
Style:
epic, exciting, serious, rough, independent film ...
Plot:
world war two, jungle, jungle adventure, island, military, soldier, betrayal, survival, vengeance, u.s. navy, british, revenge ...
Time:
1940s, year 1989, 20th century
Place:
southeast asia, asia, japan, usa, manila philippines ...
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilazation in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.
Style:
inspirational, meditative, period piece, exciting, costume drama ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
explorer, jungle, survival, expedition, travel, archaeology, journey, tribe, amazon jungle, conquistador, world war one, destiny ...
Time:
1920s, year 2016, future, 1900s, year 2017 ...
Place:
south america, ireland, england, bolivia, america ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Canada, Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In the 17th century a Jesuit priest and a young companion are escorted through the wilderness of Quebec by Algonquin Indians to find a distant mission in the dead of winter. The Jesuit experiences a spiritual journey while his young companion falls ...
Style:
period piece, realistic, bleak, historically accurate, sad ...
Plot:
native american, shaman, wilderness, indians, christian, religion, christianity, american indian, jesuit, nature, church, snow ...
Time:
17th century, year 1991
Place:
canada, quebec, america, india, france
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Italy, Mexico, USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.
Style:
philosophical, cerebral, visually stunning, suspense, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
missionary, religion, christianity, religious persecution, culture clash, crisis of faith, christian, torture, faith, doubt, martyr, clergy ...
Time:
17th century, year 2016, year 2015, 2010s
Place:
japan, portugal, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
At early 16th century a priest joins the spanish conquerros in order to bring christianity to the indios. The expedition is murdered by the indios, only the priest is sparred. Santiago, the priest, first tries to continue christianization, but ...
Style:
intense, art house, road movie, period drama, tragic
Plot:
spanish conquest, missionary, children, amazon rainforest, religion, indigenous people, colonialism, christianity, identity crisis, identity, assimilation, conquering ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
venezuela
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, West Germany, USA
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story:
The epic mini-series tells the story of the legendary Italian-born explorer Diego de Geona Taino, later known as Christopher Columbus, from his birth in c.1450 Genoa, Italy, to his young adult years as an expert sailor and navigator who, with money ...
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, captivating, factual ...
Plot:
expedition, conquistador, ocean, ambition, adventurer, inventions and discoveries, tragic hero, political intrigue, renaissance, medieval, new world, father son relationship ...
Time:
15th century
Place:
portugal, spain, europe, atlantic ocean, africa ...
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
Style:
harsh, visually stunning, epic, sexy, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
ocean, survival, sea voyage, boat, raft, expedition, shark, adventurer, sailing, lost at sea, fish, travel ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1947, year 2012, 2010s ...
Place:
pacific ocean, peru, polynesia, usa, south america ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
In 17th century Spain Diego Alatriste, a brave and heroic soldier, is fighting in his King's army in the Flandes region. His best mate, Balboa, falls in a trap and, near to death, asks Diego to look after his son and teach him to be a soldier.
Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, disturbing, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
spanish history, soldier, battles, european history, inquisition, tudors, dishonesty, palace intrigue, state affairs, tough heroes, sword fight, courage ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times, year 2006
Place:
spain, bolivia, naples italy, napoli italy, madrid ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The Aztecs summoned a Tyrannosaurus Rex to keep Cortes and his army out of Mexico. Now they need the Conquistadors' help to stop the T-Rex from killing them all.
Style:
natural horror, period piece, suspense, tense, perverse ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dinosaur, tyrannosaurus rex, lost world, monster, creature feature, killer animal, survival, prehistoric creature, spanish conquest, alternate history, supernatural, jungle ...
Time:
16th century, prehistoric times
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Ecuador
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Pipe is invited to join his mysterious father on a quest for the lost Inca gold. But as they journey deeper into the jungle, he understands that they cannot escape the family demons that are traveling with them.
Style:
emotional, independent film, tense, art house, dark ...
Plot:
quest, survival, treasure hunter, mountain, nature, treasure, magic, family values, legend, father son relationship, family secret, family drama ...
Place:
south america, peru
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Hungary, Canada
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Disney’s live-action adaptation of its iconic theme park ride.
Style:
scenic, captivating, funny, light, costume drama ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, family friendly
Plot:
jungle, amazon river, danger, snake, artifact, amazon jungle, jungle adventure, treasure, dangerous animal, amazon rainforest, myth, native tribe ...
Time:
1910s, 16th century, 2020s, future, year 1916 ...
Place:
brazil, spain, europe, south america, london
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Genre: Adventure
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An eclectic group of characters set sail on Captain Lansen’s leaky cargo ship in an attempt to escape their various troubles. When a violent storm strikes, the ship is swept into the Sargasso Sea and the passengers find themselves trapped on an ...
Style:
classic horror, mythical, natural horror, grindhouse, retro ...
Plot:
ocean, monster, dinosaur, lost world, giant monster, kaiju, conquistador, giant crab, creature feature, killer animal, sea, exploitation ...
Time:
prehistoric times
Place:
fictional island
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