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Thermae Romae Novae (2022)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A proud bath architect in ancient Rome starts randomly surfacing in present-day Japan, where he's inspired by the many bathing innovations he finds.
Style: anime, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, seinen ...
Plot: time travel, spa, roman empire, life, design, architect, time warp, time jump, time paradox, time traveler, time loop, technology ...
Place: japan
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The Maidens' Conspiracy (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Romance
Country: Italy, Spain, UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Tirante the knight is as committed to fighting the Turks in Constantinople as he is to relieving Carmesina, the heiress to the Byzantine Empire, of her virginity.
Style: epic, captivating, exciting, romantic, sexy
Plot: defloration, medieval, female nudity, lesbianism, virgin, nudity, religion, adultery, love, heroes, virginity, loss of virginity ...
Time: medieval times, 15th century, middle ages
Place: ottoman empire, spain, istanbul turkey, constantinople
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 5.3
 271
Cleopatra (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The great battles are the backdrop for the unfolding of the Egyptian Queen's personal life. The strategy of Cleopatra is to seduce the Roman General Julius Caesar and Mark Antony to protect their civilization.
Style: captivating, serious, emotional, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: ancient history, femme fatale, couples, rise and fall, love affair, royal court, state affairs, royal family, roman empire, cleopatra, julius caesar, seductress ...
Time: 1st century b.c.
Place: egypt, middle east
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The Antagonists (1981)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 394 min.
TV show
Story: After the destruction of the Second Temple, 900 Jewish zealots hold out against a 5000 man Roman legion on the mountaintop fortress of Masada.
Style: captivating, serious, tense, exciting, mythical ...
Plot: ancient history, desert, battles, roman empire, ancient rome, tragic hero, siege, ancient world, military, ancient, politics, war ...
Time: 1st century
Place: israel, holy land, rome italy, middle east, palestine
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Carry on Cleo (1964)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Two Britons are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. Hengist Pod creates useless inventions, while Horsa is a brave and cunning fighter. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and ...
Style: parody, spoof, not serious, humorous, witty ...
Plot: carry on, ancient rome, roman empire, ancient, slave auction, ancient world, peplum, narration, royalty, satire, cleopatra, disorder ...
Time: 1st century
Place: rome italy, egypt, britain, england, europe
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Brutus vs César (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Faced with the tyranny of Caesar who acts as absolute master over Rome, Senators Rufus and Cassius form a plot to assassinate him.
Style: light, not serious, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot: roman, roman empire, ancient history, julius caesar, ancient rome, goofy hero, assassination plot, conspiracy, intrigue, politics, escapades, fight scenes ...
Place: rome italy
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 4.9
 290
Giants of Rome (1964)
Genre: Adventure, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An elite group of soldiers led by the courageous Claudius Marcellus are handpicked by Julius Caesar to embark on a desperate and dangerous suicide mission to destroy the Druids' secret weapon.
Style: fast paced
Plot: peplum, ancient rome, roman soldier, roman empire, warrior, ancient, ancient world, sword and sorcery, sorcery, soldier, bare chested male, buddy ...
Time: 1st century, 1st century b.c.
Place: rome italy, ancient greece
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A Queen for Caesar (1962)
Genre: Adventure, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Story of the power struggle between Egyptian queen Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy, and how a common soldier risks his life to serve her.
Plot: peplum, ancient rome, roman empire, ancient, cleopatra, ancient egypt, ancient world, antiquity, sword fight, soldier, conspiracy, queen ...
Time: 1st century
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In the Name of Ben-Hur (2016)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The Asylum's mockbuster of Ben-Hur (2016)
Style: captivating, mockbuster, parody
Plot: roman soldier, gladiator, medieval, roman empire, mercenary, duel, training, antiquity, roman, showdown, roman emperor, lynching ...
Time: 1st century
Place: rome italy
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The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
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: preschool
Plot: jesus christ, jesus, faith, christianity, christian, ancient world, religion, bible, betrayal, desert, redemption, miraculous event ...
Time: ancient times, 1st century, biblical epic
Place: holy land, ancient greece, rome italy, jerusalem, egypt
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 4.8
 218
Hero of Rome (1964)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In ancient Rome, the people finally oust their despised king, Tarquinius, and declare the city a republic. Tarquinius makes an alliance with the Etruscan king, Porsenna, to take back power in Rome, but a Roman general, the heroic Mucius, sets out to ...
Style: serious, exciting, captivating, stylized, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ancient rome, peplum, ancient history, ancient, roman empire, myth, mythology, warrior, roman soldier, legion, ancient world, bible ...
Time: 6th century
Place: rome italy
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Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ (1982)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In antique Rome, a simple pepboy for chars becomes involved in a coup against Cesar.
Style: parody, offbeat, witty, humorous, biting ...
Plot: peplum, roman empire, satire, lgbtq, conspiracy, ancient rome, julius caesar, cleopatra, catacomb, antiquity, demonstration, gay club ...
Time: 1st century, 1st century b.c.
Place: north africa, europe, africa
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 4.0
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Pompeii (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Epic drama of Pompeii at the city’s height of glory, up to the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, this film is one of titanic proportions, recounting on the grandest scale, its untimely destruction which killed 20,000 people in a matter of ...
Style: serious, captivating, contemplative, tense, suspense ...
Plot: ancient rome, gladiator, roman empire, earthquake, volcano, love, tragic love, forbidden love, love affair, peplum, christian, slave ...
Place: pompeii, italy
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Clash of the Titans (1981)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head, and battling the Kraken monster.
Style: exciting, dark fantasy, stylized, fairy tale, visually stunning ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, boys' night, teens
Plot: mythology, legends and myths, monster, greek god, greek mythology, medieval, giant bird, giant monster, good versus evil, myth, sword and sorcery, ancient history ...
Time: ancient times, 1900s
Place: ancient greece, greece, europe
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 7.1
 486
Colosseum (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: This series brings the rise and fall of the Roman Empire to life through the lens of one of the most exhilarating and brutal arenas in the history of humanity: the Colosseum. From the savage truth of a gladiator's life as a slave-warrior to the ...
Style: dramatic, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense ...
Plot: rise and fall, colosseum, roman empire, emperor, gladiator, empire, roman emperor, arena, battles, ancient history, european history
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The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Asterix and Obelix depart on an adventure to complete twelve impossible tasks to prove to Caesar that they are as strong as the Gods. You'll roar with laughter as they outwit, outrun, and generally outrage the very people who are trying to ...
Style: cult classic, slapstick, humorous, not serious, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: ancient rome, beast, dog, bureaucracy, alternate history, mythology, roman empire, ancient, peplum, village, acid trip, time travel ...
Time: 1st century, 1st century b.c.
Place: rome italy, ancient greece, europe, france, italy
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Asterix in Britain (1986)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Denmark
Duration: 79 min.
Story: One little ancient British village still holds out against the Roman invaders. Asterix and Obelix are invited to help. They must face fog, rain, warm beer and boiled boar with mint sauce, but they soon have Governor Encyclopaedius Britannicus's ...
Style: stylized, humorous, feel good, exciting, not serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, warrior, roman empire, peplum, ancient, ancient rome, superhero, wild boar, tower, sea, druid, ship ...
Time: 1st century, year 1986, 1st century b.c.
Place: britain, rome italy, europe, england
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 4.6
 150
The Centurion (1961)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Protests break out in Corinth against Roman domination, injuring Caius Vinicius, a Roman centurion. He's rescued by Hebe -- daughter of the anti-Roman governor, Critolaus -- who's being unsuccessfully wooed by the governor's ...
Plot: peplum, ancient rome, ancient world, ancient, ancient history, antiquity, roman empire, roman soldier, bible, mythology, roman, myth ...
Place: ancient greece, rome italy
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Caesar the Conqueror (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In 54 B.C. Julius Caesar seeks to solidify his position in Rome by putting down a rebellion in Gaul led by a tribal chieftain named Vercingetorix. Vercingetorix has rallied many tribes to his cause, including one led by the beautiful Queen Asterix ...
Style: epic
Plot: peplum, ancient rome, warrior, barbarian, julius caesar, roman empire, roman, ancient world, ancient, legion, gladiator, conspiracy ...
Time: 1st century, ancient times, 1st century b.c.
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 8.0
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Cinderella Man (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: The true story of boxer, Jim Braddock who, in the 1920’s after his retirement, has a surprise comeback in order to get him and his family out of a socially poor state.
Style: touching, inspirational, motivational, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, manly
Plot: boxing, underdog, human spirit, great depression, biopic, boxer, athlete's life, poverty, depression, motivation, financial problem, family bonds ...
Time: 1930s, year 2005, year 2006, 2000s, 1920s ...
Place: new jersey, netherlands, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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 5.6
 72K
Be Cool (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a widow of a music exec on the way.
Style: humorous, clever, feel good, melancholic, stylized ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: music, music business, organized crime, widow, cons and scams, musician's life, mafia, gangster, rock, roman empire, nightclub, pawnshop ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles
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 7.6
 860K
300 (2006)
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, visually stunning ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, adult
Plot: sword fight, war, warrior, ancient, battles, courage, military, ancient world, gory, mythology, human spirit, legends and myths ...
Time: year 2006, ancient times, 2000s, middle ages, 5th century
Place: ancient greece, greece, rome italy, hellas, europe
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 6.0
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The Last Roman (1968)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, West Germany, Romania
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A Roman noble, Cethegus, tries to start a war, setting the Ostrogoths and their Queen, Amalasuntha, against the Byzantine Emperor Justinian; Cethegus wants to swoop in after they have destroyed each other and create a new Roman Empire from their ...
Style: sexy, epic
Plot: ancient rome, ancient, peplum, barbarian, ancient history, time machine, ancient world, female nudity, roman empire, sword and sandal
Time: middle ages, 6th century, ancient times
Place: rome italy, istanbul turkey, constantinople
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Pompeii: The Last Day (2003)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA, Germany, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In 79 AD, one of the infamous natural disasters in human history occurred when Mount Vesuvius erupted. With speculative dramatizations of various inhabitants' final hours along with detailed documentation of the known facts concerning the ...
Style: captivating, bleak, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot: ancient rome, roman empire, disaster, ancient history, heroes, on the run, life is a bitch, escapades, danger, legends and myths, society, forces of nature ...
Time: 1st century, 70s, 18th century
Place: mediterranean sea, pompeii
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 6.3
 185
Attila (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A romanced story of Attila the Hun, from when he lost his parents in childhood until his death. Attila is disclosed as a great leader, strategist and lover and the movie shows his respect to the great Roman strategist Flavius Aetius, his loves and ...
Style: dramatic, tense, emotional, captivating
Plot: ancient rome, opera, warrior, ancient history, strong female lead, conquering, war, bloodlust, roman empire, woman, pretty girl, conqueror ...
Time: 5th century
Place: rome italy
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The Apostle Peter: Redemption (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Tormented by his denial of Christ, Peter spent his life attempting to atone for his failures. Now as he faces certain death at the hand of Nero, will he falter again, his weakness betray him or will he rise up triumphant in his final moment?
Style: biblical, psychological, thought provoking, realistic
Plot: apostle, christian, christianity, redemption, cowardice, religion, society, religions or cults, roman empire, ancient history, against the odds, betrayal ...
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 5.4
 515
Barabbas (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story: Barabbas or Jesus Barabbas (literally "son of the father" or "Jesus, son of the father" respectively) is a figure in the account of the Passion of Christ, in which he is the insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the ...
Style: biblical, serious, captivating, stylized, epic ...
Plot: bible, jesus, redemption, religions or cults, hopes, society, christianity, ancient rome, death, roman empire, pilot, religious ...
Time: 1st century
Place: holy land
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A.D. The Bible Continues (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: A.D.: The Bible Continues is a television miniseries, based on the Bible, and a sequel to the 2013 miniseries. It is produced by Roma Downey, Mark Burnett, and Richard Bedser.
Style: biblical, serious, epic, exciting, contemplative ...
Plot: religions or cults, faith, religion, christian, religious, bible, jesus, heroes, human nature, society, hopes, escapades ...
Time: 1st century, biblical epic
Place: holy land
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 5.7
 130
Slave of Rome (1961)
Genre: Adventure, History, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: During Julius Caesar's invasion of Gallia: The Gauls have broken their treaty with the Romans. Marcus Valerius and his friend are sent to punish them. Antea's father wants to have peace with Rome, having once been there and acknowledging ...
Plot: peplum, ancient rome, roman empire, daughter, murder, betrayal, torture, julius caesar, archer, forest, ambush, sword ...
Time: 1st century b.c.
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Duel of Champions (1961)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A Roman nobleman, Horatius leads an imperial legion during the long and bloody war between the Romans and the Albans. A desperate arrangement is agreed on how to settle the war. Three valiant brothers are chosen from each side to fight one last ...
Style: serious
Plot: ancient rome, ancient history, peplum, ancient, myth, 7th century bc, warrior, mythology, ancient world, antiquity, folk hero, roman ...
Time: 5th century, year 1961
Place: rome italy, europe
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