Regicide movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant regicide movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, epic, atmospheric, exciting, stylized and realistic films and TV shows about / with regicide, betrayal, murder, rivalry, king, heroes, revenge, royalty, battles and dishonesty plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as regicide: The Lion King (1994), The Hollow Crown (2012), MacBeth (1961), The Lion King (2019), Royal Deceit (1994), Year One (2009), Macbeth (1971), Electra (1962), Tales from Earthsea (2006), 10,000 BC (2008).

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 8.5
 1.1M
The Lion King (1994)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A young lion cub named Simba can't wait to be king. But his uncle craves the title for himself and will stop at nothing to get it.
Style: touching, sentimental, inspirational, humorous, emotional ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot: lion, jungle, friendship, betrayal, love, good versus evil, tragedy, pride and honor, exile, hyena, uncle, rivalry ...
Time: 90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place: africa, south africa
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The Hollow Crown (2012)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
TV show
Story: The Hollow Crown is a series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays. The first Season is an adaptation of Shakespeare's second historical tetralogy, the Henriad: Richard II, Henry IV, Part I and Henry ...
Style: serious, captivating, historical drama, epic, stylized ...
Audience: date night
Plot: king, royal family, queen, medieval, betrayal, royalty, shakespeare, heir to the throne, battles, power struggle, political intrigue, historical character ...
Time: 15th century, middle ages, medieval times, 14th century
Place: england, britain, europe
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 5.9
 205
MacBeth (1961)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: This is a very theatrical version, full of sound & fury, histrionics and big arm movements. Cynical audiences might not buy into it, but if you were to go back to the early 1600s this is probably the way you'd see it. The plot of ...
Plot: shakespeare, macbeth, 007, medieval, taunting, regicide, husband wife relationship, murder, manhood, male protagonist, costume, scottish accent
Time: 11th century
Place: scotland
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 6.8
 265K
The Lion King (2019)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA, UK, Kenya
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Simba idolises his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle ...
Style: motion capture, fairy tale, inspirational, psychotronic, colorful ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: jungle, wilderness, lion cub, lion, animal, talking animal, kingdom, murder of father, king, hyena, sunrise, loss of father ...
Time: year 2019, 2010s
Place: africa, south africa
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 5.4
 2K
Royal Deceit (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Netherlands, UK, Denmark, France, Germany
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, serious, realistic, tense, independent film
Plot: medieval, revenge, viking, hanging, betrayal, ghost, murder, sword fight, sword, legend, royalty, antiquity ...
Time: 6th century, middle ages
Place: denmark, england, europe, scotland, scandinavia
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 4.9
 103K
Year One (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world.
Style: parody, funny, biblical, humorous, satirical ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: caveman, satire, buddy, road trip, farce, slavery, buddies, religion, stupidity, stoner, friendship between men, circumcision ...
Time: prehistoric times, prehistory, stone age, year 2009
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 7.4
 15K
Macbeth (1971)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord siezes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.
Style: disturbing, visual, bleak, atmospheric, spiritual ...
Plot: shakespeare, medieval, murder, guilt, witch, prophecy, macbeth, royalty, betrayal, witchcraft, knight, ambition ...
Time: 11th century, middle ages, medieval times, year 1971, 20th century
Place: scotland, eastern europe, england, europe
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 7.6
 2K
Electra (1962)
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Living in exile after the death of their father, the grown children of a murdered and usurped king converge to exact eye-for-an-eye revenge.
Style: spiritual, retro, epic, serious, realistic ...
Plot: greek mythology, ancient history, mythology, ancient, myth, ancient world, antiquity, legends and myths, girl, revenge, greek, bible ...
Time: ancient times
Place: ancient greece, greece, europe
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Tales from Earthsea (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strange... What's even more strange is that people are beginning to see dragons, which shouldn't enter the world of humans. Due to all ...
Style: anime, adult animation, exciting, touching, manga ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dragon, wizards and magicians, good versus evil, heroes, young heroes, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, wizard, supernatural ability, master villain, sword and sorcery, imaginary ...
Place: fictional island, seattle, europe, macedonia
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 5.1
 135K
10,000 BC (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.
Style: epic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, action adventure ...
Audience: teens
Plot: survival, daring rescue, caveman, animal attack, cave, giant bird, mammoth, dinosaur, danger, monster, natural disaster, mythology ...
Time: stone age, prehistory, prehistoric times, year 2008
Place: north africa
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Ponniyin Selvan: Part Two (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 164 min.
Story: 968 AD. The Pandyan assassins gather once again to destroy the Chola dynasty. Now the mighty Chola princes must fight the Pandyas, the Rashtrakutas and other Chola enemies who have joined forces. Also, at play are the rumours of Ponniyin Selvan’s ...
Style: tense, exciting, captivating, thrilling
Plot: heir to the throne, fight, king, empire, power struggle, adventure hero, emperor, imperialism, warrior, battles, ruler, historical epic ...
Time: 10th century
Place: india
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Kull the Conqueror (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A barbarian named Kull becomes ruler after defeating the old king in battle, thus receiving his crown. But direct heirs of the king, trying to topple Kull and regain the throne, bring an old witch queen Akivasha back to life. Their plan backfires, ...
Style: exciting, dark fantasy, sexy, saga, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: barbarian, wizard, sword and sorcery, medieval, sword fight, demon, curses spells and rituals, destiny, imaginary kingdom, fight scenes, magic, evil queen ...
Time: middle ages, year 1997
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Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Italy, Canada, Japan, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Alice, an unpretentious and individual 19-year-old, is betrothed to a dunce of an English nobleman. At her engagement party, she escapes the crowd to consider whether to go through with the marriage and falls down a hole in the garden after spotting ...
Style: fairy tale, atmospheric, surreal, gothic, visually appealing ...
Audience: family outing, kids, girls' night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot: fantasy world, magic, escape from reality, magical, imaginary kingdom, transformation, teenage girl, dream, cat, imaginary, alice in wonderland, good versus evil ...
Time: 19th century, year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 1870s ...
Place: cornwall, england, london, china
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Six Flying Dragons (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: “Six Flying Dragons” is a Period drama depicts the ambitions and success stories of 6 people around Prince Lee Bang Won. This drama also depicts the ideological and political conflict between Prince Lee Bang Won and Jung Do Jeon who is the man ...
Style: enigmatic, exciting, tense, sageuk, disturbing ...
Plot: political conspiracy, joseon dynasty, tragedy, betrayal, political corruption, ambition, medieval, traitor, martial arts, treason, political unrest, royal family ...
Time: 14th century, medieval times
Place: korea
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Catherine the Great (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become Catherine the Great.
Style: period piece, political, serious, realistic, epic ...
Plot: royalty, husband rapes wife, rape, imperial russia, royal family, chess, historical event, colonialism, ancient, devastation, world history, peplum ...
Time: 18th century
Place: russia, ottoman empire, st. petersburg russia, prussia
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 4.6
 2K
Macbeth (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Macbeth, loyal to his crime boss, Duncan, is told by witches that he will one day take over. Driven by their prophecy, he and his wife plot to kill Duncan, and takes the leadership of the gang for himself. Maintaining his power will require more ...
Style: stylized, clever, serious, psychotronic, mind bending ...
Plot: shakespeare, murder, betrayal, haunted by the past, gang, vengeance, tragic hero, rivalry, dishonesty, life is a bitch, rise and fall, drug dealing ...
Time: year 2006
Place: australia, melbourne
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 7.0
 863
Hamlet (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse in London (a disused train shed), it is shot almost entirely in close up, focusing the attention on faces and language rather than action.
Style: fairy tale, tense, serious, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot: shakespeare, hamlet, tragedy, medieval, european, murder, tragic love, ghost, haunted by the past, royal family, parents and children, couples ...
Time: year 1969, middle ages
Place: denmark, europe
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 6.3
 242
Hamlet (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story: To be or not to be, etc.
Style: psychological, stylized, atmospheric, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot: haunted by the past, ghost, betrayal, tragic hero, tragic love, uncover truth, rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty, parents and children, shakespeare, interracial ...
Time: 90s
Place: southern usa
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 7.7
 512
Hamlet (1964)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 191 min.
Story: A stage production of Hamlet filmed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York.
Plot: shakespeare, murder, incest, fratricide, dysfunctional family, duel, skull, insanity, haunted by the past, castle, brother sister relationship, tragedy ...
Place: denmark
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 4.2
 136
Kung Fu Arts (1978)
Genre: Action
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The emperor's right hand man frames the princess's fiancé, King Chi, who goes into hiding for ten years, vowing revenge. Meanwhile, the princess is married to King Chi's monkey.
Style: exciting, serious
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, assassination attempt, island, right hand man, dishonesty, master warrior, assassination, daring rescue, intrigue, heroes, vengeance ...
Time: 70s
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The Legend of Suriyothai (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Thailand
Duration: 185 min.
Story: During the 16th century, as Thailand contends with both a civil war and Burmese invasion, a beautiful princess rises up to help protect the glory of the Kingdom of Ayothaya. Based on the life of Queen Suriyothai.
Style: epic, exciting, realistic, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: female warrior, invasion, queen, betrayal, rivalry, battles, royal family, tragic hero, state affairs, escapades, dishonesty, intrigue ...
Time: 16th century, ancient times
Place: burma, thailand, asia
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 7.1
 458K
The Mummy (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell and his companion, Beni stumble upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle in 1923, 3,000 years after Imhotep has suffered a fate worse than death – his body will remain undead for ...
Style: scary, exciting, entertaining, funny, suspense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, kids, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: mummy, treasure hunt, archaeology, adventurer, desert, monster, supernatural, ancient egypt, tomb, treasure, archaeologist, deadly creature ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, future, jurassic, 1920s ...
Place: egypt, africa, south africa, middle east, north africa ...
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 7.1
 22K
Merlin (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 182 min.
TV show
Story: The legendary wizard tells his story of his war against Queen Mab of the Sidhe and his creation of Camelot.
Style: fairy tale, epic, exciting, atmospheric, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: king arthur, magic, wizards and magicians, witch, knight, good versus evil, sorcerer, wizard, dragon, medieval, mythology, supernatural ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 5th century, 6th century
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 7.1
 4K
Medea (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 77 min.
Story: It is an adaptation of the Greek tragedy Medea from Euripides, a version where the Gods willing and intervations are absent. Medea is the tragic character that after helping Jason in the Voyage of the Argonauts (myth says that she has even ...
Style: serious, art house, visual, spiritual, mythical ...
Plot: legends and myths, mythology, horse, vengeance, myth, boat, antiquity, intrigue, yacht, time machine, spirituality, greek ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: ancient greece, greece, nebraska, europe, denmark
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 5.1
 253
Macbeth (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story: In eleventh century Scotland, three witches foretell that Macbeth will become King, while Banquo will beget Kings. Macbeth accordingly has King Duncan slain, and is duly crowned in his place. But that's where his problems really begin...
Style: independent film
Plot: shakespeare, macbeth, murder, suicide, regicide, king, blood, prophecy, child murder, witch, wife, knife
Time: middle ages, 11th century
Place: scotland
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 7.7
 40K
Hamlet (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 242 min.
Story: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Style: stylized, costume drama, atmospheric, captivating, serious ...
Plot: shakespeare, revenge, medieval, betrayal, tragedy, vengeance, royal family, ghost, funeral, intrigue, tragic hero, rivalry ...
Time: 19th century, year 1996, 1800s, 16th century, 90s ...
Place: denmark, europe
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 8.5
 1.6M
Gladiator (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Malta, Morocco
Duration: 155 min.
Story: In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals and a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son Commodus ascends to ...
Style: epic, captivating, breathtaking, emotional, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, family friendly, teens, date night ...
Plot: ancient rome, roman empire, revenge, vengeance, sword fight, ancient history, gladiator, freedom, slavery, courage, warrior, ancient world ...
Time: year 2000, ancient times, 2000s, y2k, middle ages ...
Place: rome italy, italy, ancient greece, greece, north africa ...
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Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The world's most highly qualified crew of archaeologists and explorers is led by historian Milo Thatch as they board the incredible 1,000-foot submarine Ulysses and head deep into the mysteries of the sea.
Style: fairy tale, exciting, stylized, atmospheric, anime ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, toddlers, teen drama ...
Plot: steampunk, princess, treasure hunt, underwater, adventurer, expedition, ancient civilization, fantasy world, beast, lost world, atlantis, ancient mystery ...
Time: 1910s, year 2001, 20th century, year 1914
Place: atlantic ocean, washington d.c., iceland
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A Frozen Flower (2008)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 133 min.
Story: A historical drama set in the Koryo dynasty and focused on the relationship between a king and his bodyguard. Under the dominance of Yuan Dynasty China, the king of Goryeo Dynasty Korea is pressured to produce a successor to the throne. Unable to ...
Style: sexy, touching, captivating, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: gays and lesbians, gay, royal family, love triangle, love and romance, unrequited love, gay love, adultery, tragedy, medieval, sword fight, lgbt ...
Time: middle ages, 14th century, 13th century
Place: korea, asia
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 8.1
 4K
Hamlet (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: David Tennant stars in a film of the Royal Shakespeare Company's award-winning production of Shakespeare's great play. Director Gregory Doran's modern-dress production was hailed by the critics as thrilling, fast-moving and, in parts, ...
Style: serious, emotional, atmospheric, stylized, crying ...
Audience: date night
Plot: royal court, revenge, betrayal, murder, shakespeare, rivalry, tragic hero, shakespeare's hamlet, intrigue, heroes, state affairs, royal family ...
Time: middle ages
Place: europe, denmark
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