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1. Seven Samurai (1954)
Not Rated | 207 min | Action, Drama
Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki
Votes: 367,035 | Gross: $0.27M
2. Dangerous Beauty (1998)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A Venetian courtesan becomes a hero to her city, but later becomes the target of an inquisition by the Church for witchcraft.
Director: Marshall Herskovitz | Stars: Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell, Oliver Platt, Fred Ward
Votes: 19,644 | Gross: $4.53M
3. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
PG-13 | 114 min | Biography, Drama, History
A mature Queen Elizabeth endures multiple crises late in her reign including court intrigues, an assassination plot, the Spanish Armada, and romantic disappointments.
Director: Shekhar Kapur | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen, Geoffrey Rush, Jordi Mollà
Votes: 75,089 | Gross: $16.29M
4. Kubi (2023)
131 min | Action, Drama, History
Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellion and promptly disappears.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeaki Abe, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Tadanobu Asano, Ken'ichi Endô
Votes: 368
5. The Nun and the Devil (1973)
R | 100 min | Drama, Horror
During the 1570s, in the convent of Sant'Arcangelo di Baiano, after the death of the mother superior, a power struggle rages on, as one nun, who comes from a powerful family, is willing to do anything to become the new abbess.
Director: Domenico Paolella | Stars: Anne Heywood, Luc Merenda, Ornella Muti, Martine Brochard
Votes: 557
6. The Sea Hawk (1940)
Approved | 127 min | Action, Adventure, History
Geoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for the attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills on the sword.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp
Votes: 10,747
7. Will (2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History
A drama about the lost years of young William Shakespeare after his arrival to London in 1589--when theatre was like rock'n'roll, and a young man with a dream changed the world with his words.
Stars: Laurie Davidson, Olivia DeJonge, Ewen Bremner, Mattias Inwood
Votes: 2,166
8. Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
PG-13 | 128 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the sixteenth century, the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots engages in over two decades of religious and political conflict with her cousin, the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England, amidst political intrigue in her native land.
Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson, Patrick McGoohan, Timothy Dalton
Votes: 4,883 | Gross: $2.33M
9. Mary Queen of Scots (2013)
119 min | Biography, Drama, History
A queen who lost three kingdoms. A wife who lost three husbands. A woman who lost her head.
Director: Thomas Imbach | Stars: Camille Rutherford, Mehdi Dehbi, Sean Biggerstaff, Aneurin Barnard
Votes: 995
10. Mary of Scotland (1936)
Approved | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.
Directors: John Ford, Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Douglas Walton
Votes: 2,796
11. Fire Over England (1937)
92 min | Adventure, History, Romance
During the reign of Elizabeth I, a young man's fervent devotion to the crown and to his sweetheart, a lady-in-waiting, lead him to battle for England's victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588.
Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Flora Robson, Vivien Leigh, Raymond Massey
Votes: 1,981
12. Rikyu (1989)
135 min | Biography, Drama, History
Legendary tea master Sen no Rikyu is faced with his warmongering lord's unrealistic pretensions.
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Yoshiko Mita, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kyôko Kishida
Votes: 833
13. Seven Seas to Calais (1962)
Approved | 102 min | Adventure
Sir Francis Drake goes on an expedition to the New World and steals gold from the Spaniards. After making a daring getaway, he returns to England where he protects Queen Elizabeth I from a ... See full summary »
Directors: Rudolph Maté, Primo Zeglio | Stars: Rod Taylor, Keith Michell, Edy Vessel, Terence Hill
Votes: 503
14. The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966)
Not Rated | 110 min | Adventure, Biography, Family
After inheriting his father's title, the young noble, Hugh O'Connell, is taken hostage by the English viceroy but escapes to lead an uprising.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Peter McEnery, Susan Hampshire, Tom Adams, Gordon Jackson
Votes: 429
15. Dokugan-ryu Masamune (1987– )
45 min | Biography, Drama, History
Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified Japan in 1590, but Date Masamune did not abandon his desire to control the nation.
Stars: Ken Watanabe, Minken Karasawa, Maiko Itô, Yasuhiro Tanogashira
Votes: 53
16. Darkside Witches (2015)
TV-MA | 89 min | Horror
In 1589, six innocent women were accused from the inquisition of witchery in the small ligurian mountain.
Director: Gerard Diefenthal | Stars: Gerard Diefenthal, Barbara Bouchet, Anna Orso, Eleonora Albrecht
Votes: 572
17. Magic Boy (1959)
G | 83 min | Animation, Family, Adventure
A young Japanese boy climbs a mountain in search of a magic wizard. The youth finds the wizard, and is tutored by him. Reinforced with magic powers, the boy eventually fights and defeats the evil witches of down under.
Directors: Akira Daikubara, Taiji Yabushita | Stars: Katsuo Nakamura, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Teruo Miyazaki, Tomoko Matsushima
Votes: 501
18. Ninja bugei-chô (1967)
123 min | Animation, Action, History
The vengeful son of a murdered feudal lord meets a renegade ninja helping peasants and farmers rebel against Oda Nobunaga's regime in this unusual animated film where still manga drawings are accompanied with sound.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Rokkô Toura, Kei Yamamoto, Hôsei Komatsu, Noriko Matsumoto
Votes: 241
19. The Assassination of the Duke de Guise (1908)
15 min | Short, History, Drama
France, at the end of the sixteenth century. Henry III decided to eliminate his rival, the Duke of Guise, and, therefore, calls him in the castle of Blois. The mistress of the duke, warned ... See full summary »
Directors: André Calmettes, Charles Le Bargy | Stars: Charles Le Bargy, Albert Lambert, Gabrielle Robinne, Berthe Bovy
Votes: 783
20. Armada 1588 Shipwreck and Survival
Short, Documentary | Post-production
Director: Al Butler | Star: Fernando Corral
21. Zelazna reka (1989)
99 min | Drama, History
The year is 1575 when Transylvanian prince Stefan Batory sends his loyal servant, Szymon Mroczek, to Warsaw. The mission is to gain support for him to become the next king of Poland.
Director: Ryszard Ber | Stars: Jerzy Kryszak, Krzysztof Jasinski, Krzysztof Kolberger, Wojciech Alaborski
Votes: 31
22. L'exécution du Duc de Guise (1971 TV Movie)
85 min | Drama, History
Director: Pierre Bureau | Stars: Roger Coggio, Stéphane Fey, Germaine Ledoyen, René Alone
23. Smert Ioanna Groznogo (1909)
Short, Drama, History
Directors: Vasili Goncharov, Yakov Protazanov | Stars: A. Slavin, Yelizaveta Uvarova, S. Tarasov, Nikolai Vekov
Votes: 23
24. ARMADA 1588 Shipwreck and Survival (2020)
Documentary, Short
Director: Al Butler | Stars: Robert Brown, Fernando Corral
25.
Map Man (2004– )
Episode:
Timothy Pont's Map of Scotland, 1580s-90s
(2005)
Documentary
Director: Michael Waterhouse | Star: Nicholas Crane
26.
In Search of... (2018– )
Episode:
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
(2019)
Documentary
In 1587 a small group of English settlers arrived in Roanoke, North Carolina, only to mysteriously disappear shortly thereafter. Historians are baffled, but many experts believe the colony was swallowed up by the ocean.
Stars: Connie Bormans, Scott Dawson, Roberta Estes, Andy Gabriel-Powell
Votes: 28
30.
Trois villes à la conquête du monde: Amsterdam, Londres, New York (2017)
Episode:
Un siècle d'or - 1585-1650
(2017)
53 min | Documentary
Director: Frédéric Wilner
Votes: 16
32.
New Books in History (2008– )
Toby Green, "The Rise of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in Western Africa, 1300-1589"
(2014 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
Stars: Marshall Poe, Toby Green
34.
Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode:
The Vampires of Venice
(2010)
TV-PG | 49 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
The Doctor and Amy cross swords in more ways than one with a horde of blood-sucking vampires in 16th century Venice.
Director: Jonny Campbell | Stars: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, Helen McCrory
Votes: 6,980
35.
Le roi qui vient du sud (1979– )
Episode:
Le panache blanc 1576-1584
(1979)
Biography
Stars: Roger Carel, Muriel Catalá, William Coryn, Daniel Derval
36.
Le roi qui vient du sud (1979– )
Episode:
Le prisonnier du Louvre 1572-1576
(1979)
Biography
Director: Marcel Camus | Stars: Henri Attal, Antonia Berkof, Gérard Berner, Françoise Cabrié
37.
Le roi qui vient du sud (1979– )
Episode:
Le chemin du trone 1584-1589
(1979)
53 min | Biography
Stars: Béatrice Agenin, Jean-Claude Braquet, Roger Carel, Daniel Derval
38.
Le roi qui vient du sud (1979– )
Episode:
Le saut perilleux 1589-1596
(1979)
Biography
Stars: Béatrice Agenin, Jean-Louis Airola, Alain Barbier, Jean-Claude Braquet
39.
Rêve de Champlain (2015– )
Episode:
Rêveur 1570-1601
(2015)
27 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The Early Years of Champlain are determining factors in the construction of the man and his biggest dream: a better world in the virgin territories of Northern America. But where do his ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Cadotte | Stars: Marie-Louise Arsenault, Maxime Le Flaguais, Marcelo Arroyo, Pier Paquette