Historical epic movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant historical epic movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out historical epic, epic, serious, visually appealing, dramatic and exciting films and TV shows about / with mentor, storytelling, beautiful scenery, dialogue, sacrifice, betrayal, destiny, violence, battles and death plots mostly in Drama, Biography and War genres shot in USA, UK, Italy and other countries.
historical epic
TOP 10 movies tagged as historical epic: Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Gladiator (2000), How the West Was Won (1962), Cleopatra (1963), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), Doctor Zhivago (1965), The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), Patton (1970), The Godfather Part II (1974).
Best films
List of historical epic movies
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 218 min.
Story:
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological ...
Style:
epic, captivating, breathtaking, visually appealing, factual ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
desert, world war one, war, military, british empire, imperialism, historical character, battles, politics, camel, train, islam ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1920s, 1930s
Place:
middle east, saudi arabia, ottoman empire, arabia, africa ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
As the English and French soldiers battle for control of the American colonies in the 18th century, the settlers and native Americans are forced to take sides. Cora and her sister Alice unwittingly walk into trouble but are reluctantly saved by ...
Style:
epic, exciting, sexy, dramatic, visually appealing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
native american, indians, native americans, army, war, wilderness, colonial america, freedom, american indian, fight scenes, american history, colonialism ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 19th century, middle ages, 1930s
Place:
england, usa
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1.5M
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, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens, date night
Plot:
revenge, ancient rome, vengeance, sword fight, roman empire, ancient history, gladiator, warrior, courage, slavery, freedom, pride and honor ...
Time:
ancient times, 50s, middle ages
Place:
rome italy, italy, ancient greece, germany, north africa ...
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
Style:
exciting, epic, intense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
civil war, wilderness, old west, american civil war, gold, native american, criminal, attempted murder, small town, survival, heroes, dishonesty ...
Time:
19th century, year 1865, victorian era, 1880s, 1870s ...
Place:
california, arizona, ohio, missouri, usa ...
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35K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
Historical epic. The triumphs and tragedy of the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra.The winner of four Oscars, this epic saga of love, greed and betrayal stars Elizabeth Taylor as the passionate and ambitious Egyptian queen who's determined to hold on ...
Style:
epic, breathtaking, visually appealing, stylized, sexy ...
Plot:
antiquity, ancient rome, ancient egypt, queen, julius caesar, ancient history, roman empire, cleopatra, love, ancient, femme fatale, desert ...
Time:
ancient times, 1930s, 1st century, 1st century b.c., 18th century
Place:
egypt, africa, alexandria egypt, rome italy, greece ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
Drawn from the same events that later inspired Gladiator, the film charts the power-hungry greed and father-son betrayal that led to Rome's collapse at the bloody hands of the Barbarians.
Style:
epic, captivating, exciting, stylized, serious ...
Plot:
roman empire, ancient history, ancient rome, battles, war, tragic hero, sword fight, betrayal, rivalry, politics, political unrest, european history ...
Time:
ancient times
Place:
rome italy, ancient greece, europe, italy
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 197 min.
Story:
Doctor Zhivago is the filmed adapation of the Russian novel by Boris Pasternak from director David Lean that was an international success and today deemed a classic. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie play two protagonists who in fact love each other ...
Style:
epic, atmospheric, emotional, romantic, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
world war one, communism, deportation, love triangle, revolution, war, train, rape, poet, wartime, imperial russia, betrayal ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 1940s, 1910s, 1930s ...
Place:
russia, ussr, moscow russia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 260 min.
Story:
All-star epic retelling of Christ's life.
Style:
biblical, epic, serious, atmospheric, captivating ...
Audience:
preschoolers
Plot:
jesus, christian, faith, betrayal, desert, redemption, miraculous event, temptation, christianity, torture, human spirit, society ...
Time:
ancient times, biblical epic, 1st century
Place:
holy land, rome italy, ancient greece, jerusalem, egypt
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104K
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side ...
Style:
breathtaking, realistic, epic, patriotic, historical epic ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
world war two, war, politics, business, sacrifice, german, general, destiny, nazi, military, military life, tank ...
Time:
year 1944, year 1943, year 1945, 1940s, 70s ...
Place:
africa, germany, normandy, europe, italy ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 202 min.
Story:
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Style:
epic, captivating, serious, visually appealing, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, organized crime, revenge, ambition, melancholy, cosa nostra, immigrants, corruption, corrupt politician, murder, crime boss ...
Time:
50s, 1940s, 20th century, 1920s, 60s ...
Place:
new york, cuba, italy, las vegas, sicily ...
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Genre: Adventure, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A robust adventure about two British adventurers who take over primitive Kafiristan as "godlike" rulers, meeting a tragic end through their desire for a native girl. Based on a short story by Rudyard Kipling.
Style:
epic, breathtaking, humorous, witty, cerebral ...
Plot:
british empire, adventurer, freemason, imperialism, mercenary, soldier, execution, war, friendship, greed, con artists, gold ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
india, england, ancient greece, afghanistan, himalaya ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter ...
Style:
psychological, bleak, atmospheric, disturbing, surreal ...
Plot:
vietnam war, insanity, jungle, anti war, mission, military, violence, army, soldier, violent, war, secret mission ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1969
Place:
vietnam, cambodia, asia, the philippines, southeast asia
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64K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his Knights of the Round Table for the Holy Grail, and ultimately his death.
Style:
fairy tale, epic, stylized, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
knight, arthurian legend, sword fight, king arthur, mythology, medieval, good versus evil, battles, legends and myths, magic, sword, legend ...
Time:
middle ages, future, 5th century
Place:
england, europe, britain
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24K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.
Style:
epic, political, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
journalism, politics, revolutionary, russian revolution, love triangle, communism, reporter, writers, adaptation, love story, idealism, world war one ...
Time:
1920s, 1910s, year 1917, 20th century, year 1915 ...
Place:
russia, california, new york, st. petersburg russia, usa ...
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235K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, India, USA, South Africa
Duration: 191 min.
Story:
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of ...
Style:
epic, inspirational, political, spiritual, uplifting ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
idealism, protest, lawyer, politics, british empire, life philosophy, human spirit, religious intolerance, leadership, assassination, freedom, indian history ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 19th century, 1940s, 20th century ...
Place:
india, south africa, africa, los angeles, vatican ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: China, Italy, UK, France
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation ...
Style:
epic, political, breathtaking, visually appealing, emotional ...
Plot:
childhood, world war two, chinese history, royalty, revolution, prison, drug addiction, emperor, interrogation, empress, politics, eunuch ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 1940s, 1910s, 50s ...
Place:
china, beijing china, asia, japan
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138K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.
Style:
epic, intense, inspirational, factual, emotional ...
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, battles, slavery, war, prejudice, racism, military, human spirit, freedom, black history, heroic mission ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s
Place:
massachusetts, south carolina, africa, usa, boston ...
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31K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France.
Style:
epic, realistic, exciting, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
medieval, battles, war, shakespeare, politics, royal family, tragedy, king, king of england, mistress, military, state affairs ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages
Place:
england, france, europe, london, scotland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Style:
touching, emotional, thought provoking, realistic, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, jewish, genocide, nazi, war, concentration camp, anti semitism, brutality, against humanity, wartime, racism ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, 90s
Place:
poland, germany, vatican, europe, israel ...
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1.0M
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against ...
Style:
epic, breathtaking, emotional, scenic, factual ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, chick flick
Plot:
medieval, courage, war, freedom, sword fight, battles, vengeance, idealism, tragic hero, warrior, love story, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
middle ages, 14th century, 13th century, 19th century
Place:
scotland, england, scottish highlands, europe, united kingdom ...
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1.2M
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 194 min.
Story:
84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called ...
Style:
romantic, emotional, sentimental, dramatic, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids, teens ...
Plot:
love, love story, titanic, disaster, ship, forbidden love, love and romance, fall in love, tragedy, survival, ocean, shipwreck ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, edwardian era, 19th century, victorian era ...
Place:
los angeles, new york, atlantic ocean, england
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.
Style:
stylized, exciting, epic, sexy, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
martial arts, sword fight, swords and armor, tragic love, warrior, love triangle, love, kung fu, emperor, heroine, tang dynasty, resistance ...
Time:
middle ages, 9th century
Place:
china, hong kong, asia, ancient china
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia, Germany, Kazakhstan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.
Style:
epic, realistic, captivating, stylized, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conquering, monk, leadership, genghis khan, battles, desert, king, slavery, medieval, slave, betrayal, husband wife reunion ...
Time:
middle ages, 12th century
Place:
mongolia, china, asia
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830K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Bulgaria
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band ...
Style:
epic, exciting, intense, scenic, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
warrior, sword fight, war, ancient, battles, courage, military, human spirit, legends and myths, head of state, mythology, sacrifice ...
Time:
ancient times
Place:
ancient greece, greece, rome italy, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus and ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, serious, stylized, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
mythology, monster, greek mythology, legends and myths, ancient history, supernatural ability, ancient, god, sword fight, good versus evil, myth, heroic mission ...
Time:
ancient times
Place:
ancient greece, greece, europe
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72K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander ...
Style:
exciting, intense, absurd, epic, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ancient rome, roman empire, slavery, medieval, ancient history, master and servant, ancient, legends and myths, legion, war, battles, sword fight ...
Time:
ancient times
Place:
england, scotland, rome italy, britain, europe ...
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159K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Fourteen hundred years ago, a tormented soul walked the earth that was neither man nor god. Hercules was the powerful son of the god king Zeus, for this he received nothing but suffering his entire life. After twelve arduous labors and the loss of ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, serious, epic, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
mythology, greek mythology, legends and myths, hercules, warrior, superhero, battles, beast, legend, strongman, mercenary, good versus evil ...
Time:
15th century
Place:
ancient greece, greece, athens greece
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus-the demigod son of Zeus-is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius. Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages ...
Style:
entertaining, stylized, serious, exciting, visually appealing ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
mythology, greek mythology, legends and myths, monster, fantasy world, myth, heroic mission, demi god, sword and sorcery, good versus evil, sword fight, magic ...
Time:
ancient times
Place:
ancient greece, greece, europe
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258K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A man who suffers visions of an apocalyptic deluge takes measures to protect his family from the coming flood.
Style:
captivating, epic, exciting, biblical, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick
Plot:
apocalypse, religion, survival, god, chaos, natural disaster, old testament, bible, belief, human nature, chosen one, ancient history ...
Time:
biblical epic, ancient times
Place:
holy land
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne.
Style:
atmospheric, exciting, factual, erotic, historical epic ...
Plot:
medieval, knight, guerilla warfare, siege, war, exile, king, battlefield, throne, rebellion, castle, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
14th century, middle ages
Place:
scotland, england, scottish highlands
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