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1. Vikings (2013–2020)
TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Vikings transports us to the brutal and mysterious world of Ragnar Lothbrok, a Viking warrior and farmer who yearns to explore--and raid--the distant shores across the ocean.
Stars: Katheryn Winnick, Gustaf Skarsgård, Alexander Ludwig, Georgia Hirst
Votes: 582,632
2. Outlander (2008)
R | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
During the reign of the Vikings, Kainan, a man from a far-off world, crash lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator known as the Moorwen. Though both man and monster are seeking revenge for violence committed against them, Kainan leads the alliance to kill the Moorwen by fusing his advanced technology with the Viking's Iron Age weaponry.
Director: Howard McCain | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Ron Perlman, Jack Huston
Votes: 78,703 | Gross: $0.16M
3. Rashomon (1950)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura
Votes: 180,445 | Gross: $0.10M
4. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)
PG | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Family
A protege of the magician Merlin must train his teacher's successor - an introverted but resourceful physics prodigy - in the art of sorcery to prevent the return of Morgana le Fay.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel, Alfred Molina, Teresa Palmer
Votes: 169,989 | Gross: $63.15M
5. Arabian Nights (1974)
X | 130 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
In ancient Arabia, a beautiful slave girl chooses a youth to be her new master, then she is kidnapped and they must search for each other. Stories are told within stories: love, travel and the whims of destiny.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Franco Merli, Tessa Bouché
Votes: 9,045
6. Vikingane (2016–2020)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, History
Viking life at the close of the 8th century.
Stars: Kåre Conradi, Nils Jørgen Kaalstad, Jon Øigarden, Bjørn Myrene
Votes: 21,523
7. The Vikings (1958)
Not Rated | 116 min | Action, Adventure, History
A slave and a Viking prince fight for the love of a captive princess.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Janet Leigh
Votes: 15,688 | Gross: $7.00M
8. Erik the Viking (1989)
PG-13 | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Erik the Viking and his men travel across the sea to find Valhalla to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnarok.
Director: Terry Jones | Stars: Tim Robbins, John Cleese, Mickey Rooney, Eartha Kitt
Votes: 14,482 | Gross: $1.93M
9. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (2017 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
Set in the age of Vikings, a broken Celtic warrior named Senua embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover.
Director: Tameem Antoniades | Stars: Melina Juergens, Steven Hartley, Nicholas Boulton, Oliver Walker
Votes: 4,717
10. Redbad (2018)
160 min | Action, Drama, History
The power struggles and wars between the Frisian Redbad and his sworn enemy Pepin of Herstal, Lord of the Franks.
Director: Roel Reiné | Stars: Gijs Naber, Lisa Smit, Huub Stapel, Derek de Lint
Votes: 3,053
11. Arabian Nights (2000)
Not Rated | 88 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
To cure a Prince's murderous madness, Scheherezade tells him a series of wondrous stories.
Stars: Mili Avital, Alan Bates, James Frain, Tchéky Karyo
Votes: 5,579
12. Irati (2022)
114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Follows Irati, a young girl who will guide a group of Christian and Muslim warriors through a journey in an ancient mythological world where everything that has a name exists, in an attempt to recover a lost treasure.
Director: Paul Urkijo Alijo | Stars: Eneko Sagardoy, Edurne Azkarate, Itziar Ituño, Elena Uriz
Votes: 1,619
13. The Legend of Redbad (2019)
198 min | Action, Drama, History
In the year of 754 AD, the legend of the pagan warrior king, Redbad, is born, but so is a new weapon against his people: Christianity. Redbad must ultimately unite a Viking army powerful enough to defeat the seemingly invincible Franks.
Stars: Gijs Naber, Jonathan Banks, Søren Malling, Loes Haverkort
Votes: 128
14. A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day (2013)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Hereward, a novice monk, must deliver the Holy Gospel of Lindisfarne to the safety of the Iona monastery, while being pursued by a Viking death squad hell-bent on its capture.
Director: Chris Crow | Stars: Gareth John Bale, Ian Dicks, Richard Elfyn, Lindsey Fickling
Votes: 1,419
15. Viking Quest (2015 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A young peasant boy is taken from his home by Viking raiders and raised as one of them. But when a legendary dragon attacks his clan, he discovers that he is the Viking hero destined to stop the dragons from destroying the world.
Director: Todor Chapkanov | Stars: Harry Lister Smith, Jenny Boyd, Oliver Walker, Anya Taylor-Joy
Votes: 669
16. Imam (2017)
Biography, Drama, History
The series tells the full biography of the four imams of the Muslims from the Sunnis and the community Ahmad ibn Hanbal and the events that took place from the beginning of his family and ... See full summary »
Stars: Mehyar Khaddour, Salloom Haddad, Md. Mohsin Hossain, Qasim Milho
Votes: 383
17. Fath Al-Andalus (2022– )
Drama, History, War
The story of the leader of the Umayyad Army, Tariq bin Ziyad, and his great conquests in the cities of Tangier, Ceuta and Toledo, all the way to the conquest of Andalusia, and his famous dispute with his commander Musa bin Nusair.
Stars: Suhail Jabaei, Taiseer Edris, Rafik Ali Ahmad, Akef Najem
Votes: 61
18. Son of the Dragon (2006)
Not Rated | 174 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The 'Arabian Nights' tale "The Thief of Bagdad" retold and relocated to ancient China.
Stars: David Carradine, Desiree Siahaan, Rupert Graves, Theresa Lee
Votes: 528
19. Al Hajjaj (2003)
Action, Biography, Drama
This is the biography of Al Hajjaj Bin Youssef AL Thaqafi, the distinguished character whom a lot controversy was raised around him during one of history's most turbulent eras.
Stars: Fethi Haddaoui, Eyad Nassar, Abed Fahed, Nahed Halaby
Votes: 408
20. Lady of the Dynasty (2015)
122 min | Drama, History, Romance
The tragic story of a Tang Dynasty imperial consort who was the favorite of the Emperor Xuanzong.
Directors: Shiqing Cheng, Yimou Zhang | Stars: Bingbing Fan, Leon Lai, Chun Wu, Gang Wu
Votes: 737
21. The Glory of Tang Dynasty (2017– )
Drama, History, Romance
The series is about the ups and downs in the life of Shen Zhen Zhu, a exceptional beauty living during the most turbulent periods of the Tang dynasty.
Stars: Kei Gambit, Tian Jing, Jialun Ren, Junjie Qin
Votes: 111
22. Yôkihi (1955)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, History, Romance
In 8th-century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the ... See full summary »
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Sô Yamamura, Eitarô Shindô
Votes: 2,062
23. Kochadaiiyaan (2014)
Not Rated | 118 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A noble warrior seeks revenge against the ruler of his kingdom, who killed his father, and also ends up upsetting the neighboring enemy kingdom's ruler.
Director: Soundarya Rajinikanth Vishagan | Stars: Rajinikanth, Deepika Padukone, R. Sarathkumar, Jackie Shroff
Votes: 5,352 | Gross: $0.66M
24. The Last Journey of the Vikings (2020)
50 min | Documentary, History
Nearly 1,000 years ago, the Vikings left Scandinavia and settled across Europe - giving their name to Normandy along the way - before their Norman descendants seized the English throne at ... See full summary »
Stars: Dmitry Vinokurov, Clodagh Moriarty, Brian Matthews Murphy, Pernilla August
Votes: 123
25. The Longest Day in Chang'an (2019)
45 min | Action, Crime, History
A former detective turned convicted criminal becomes China's last hope to thwart mysterious invaders who threaten the empire's capital city on the day before the Lantern Festival.
Stars: Ricardo Ortiz Del Rio Carrizosa, Jiayin Lei, Jackson Yee, Lu Cai
Votes: 749
26. Tian di ying xiong (2003)
R | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Chinese emissary is sent to the Gobi desert to execute a renegade soldier. When a caravan transporting a Buddhist monk and a valuable treasure is threatened by thieves, however, the two warriors might unite to protect the travelers.
Director: Ping He | Stars: Wen Jiang, Kiichi Nakai, Xueqi Wang, Wei Zhao
Votes: 4,442 | Gross: $0.08M
27. Charlemagne (1993– )
90 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
Young Charlemagns is placed on the Frankish throne in the middle of the 8th Century A.D. Despite having many powerful enemies he slowly unites the nations of Western Europe and rebuilds civilization on the ruins of the Roman Empire.
Stars: Christian Brendel, Anny Duperey, Lino Capolicchio, Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus
Votes: 237
28. The Pagan Queen (2009)
Not Rated | 99 min | Fantasy, History, Romance
Fantasy film based on the medieval legend of the visionary Queen Libuse (Winter Ave Zoli), founder of Prague. When Libuse marries farmer Premysl (Csaba Lucas), he threatens to destroy her new kingdom. New 2018 Director's Cut.
Director: Constantin Werner | Stars: Winter Ave Zoli, Csaba Lucas, Lea Mornar, Vera Graziadei
Votes: 2,208
29. Adi Shankaracharya (1983)
Not Rated | 130 min | Biography, Drama
The first Indian movie to be made in Sanskrit. The movie follows the life and times of Adi Shankaracharya - the founder of the non-duality (Advaita) school of Indian philosophy. The ... See full summary »
Director: G.V. Iyer | Stars: Sarvadaman Banerjee, M.V. Narayana Rao, Manjunath Bhatt, Leela Narayana Rao
Votes: 312
30. The Song of Roland (1978)
110 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
In the 11th-century epic Roland des Roncesvalles is a legendary knight from the age of chivalry in France. He is depicted as a key figure in halting the advance of the Arabs into France.
Director: Frank Cassenti | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Alain Cuny, Dominique Sanda, Pierre Clémenti
Votes: 169
31. Knives of the Avenger (1966)
Not Rated | 85 min | Adventure
A mysterious, knife-throwing Viking warrior protects a young peasant woman and her son from the clutches of a evil regent bent on claiming the title of King and the woman for himself.
Directors: Mario Bava, Leopoldo Savona | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Fausto Tozzi, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Luciano Pollentin
Votes: 937
32. Karl der Grosse (2013– )
Biography, Drama, History
'Charlemagne' recounts the dramatic, violent and bawdy lie of the Middle Ages' most important emperor: His life as a political strategist, a passionate lover, a man that conquered most of ... See full summary »
Stars: Alexander Wüst, Peter Matic, Regina Fritsch, Alma Hasun
Votes: 94
33. Saqr Qoraish (2002)
Drama, History, War
Following the fall of Damascus in 750, The last Umayyad prince arrived in Andalusia and established his rule there.
Stars: Jamal Soliman, Ghassan Massoud, Taim Hasan, Bassem Yakhour
Votes: 321
34. Horasan'in üç atlisi (1965)
72 min | Adventure
Ebu Muslim Horasani is the most outstanding hero in Horasan which is historical Turkish city. He fights against tyrant and he revenges from his mother and father's murderer.
Director: Natuk Baytan | Stars: Cüneyt Arkin, Figen Say, Peri Han, Tunç Oral
Votes: 52
35. Abu Ja'afar Al-Mansur (2008– )
Drama, History
It highlights the conflicts within the Caliphate house from the second half of the Omayyad period until the beginning of the Abbasid period and its founder Abu Jafar Al Mansor, the lead character of this story.
Stars: Eyad Nassar, Abbas al Nouri, Munther Reyahneh, Najla'a Fahmy
Votes: 16
36. Orlando e i Paladini di Francia (1956)
99 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Charlemagne and Saracen Agramante are at war. Although the Franks are outnumbered by their enemies they succeed in containing them in the Pyrennean foothills. A truce is signed between the ... See full summary »
Director: Pietro Francisci | Stars: Rik Battaglia, Rosanna Schiaffino, Lorella De Luca, Fabrizio Mioni
Votes: 47
37. Hi no tori: Hôô-hen (1986)
60 min | Animation, Fantasy
The story of two men - sculptor genius Akanemaru, and former bandit Gao. Discover how the lives of the two men cross repeatedly throughout their lives, how they struggle with their own fate... See full summary »
Director: Rintarô | Stars: Katsunosuke Hori, Masako Ikeda, Toshio Furukawa, Mami Koyama
Votes: 142
38. The Magnificent Concubine (1962)
103 min | Biography, Drama, History
Lady Yuhuan Yang is the beloved Imperial Concubine of the Chinese Emperor. Her brother Yang, the Prime Minister, is corrupt and the Fanyang Chief revolts and imperils the throne. This has grave consequences for the Yangs and the Emperor.
Director: Han Hsiang Li | Stars: Li Hua Li, Chun Yen, Hsiang Chun Li, Lei Zhao
Votes: 87
39. Yôsô (1963)
98 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
A Buddhist priest becomes also a magician, dedicating himself to the protection of life wherever it's needed, whereupon he finds himself in direct service of the Queen. Political intrigue ... See full summary »
Director: Teinosuke Kinugasa | Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Yukiko Fuji, Miyako Endô, Tomisaburô Wakayama
Votes: 114
40. De Schaduw van Bonifatius (2010)
15 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
It is the year 754 A.D. The Christian tempest blows through Europe. In Frisia the last tribes resist the gale. The young monk Gregory is elected to join Bishop Boniface on a last attempt to... See full summary »
Director: Thijs Schreuder | Stars: Jan Arendsz, Philippine Corporaal, Jan Decleir, Jeroen Gunning
Votes: 14
41. Horasan'dan gelen bahadir (1965)
Adventure
The another fight story against tyrant like Horasan'in Uc Atlisi.
Director: Natuk Baytan | Stars: Cüneyt Arkin, Tunç Oral, Figen Say, Peri Han
Votes: 35
42. Harun Resid'in gözdesi (1967)
95 min | Adventure, Fantasy
The revenge story of a slave Turkic girl against the Abbasi Caliph.
Director: Atif Yilmaz | Stars: Ajda Pekkan, Lale Belkis, Turgut Özatay, Erol Tezeren
Votes: 24
43. Yang Gui Fei (1992)
Drama, History, Romance
Director: Jialin Chen | Stars: Jie Zhou, Ying Zhang, Wenzhi Liu, Ruping Li
Votes: 13
44. Yang Guifei mishi (2010– )
45 min | Drama, History
Stars: Shô Oyamada, Luoyong Wang, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Tao Yin
Votes: 5
45. Faris Bany Marawan (2004– )
History
The series deals with the biography of the knight and scholar Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik, nicknamed the Knight of Bani Marwan, who led fierce battles against the Romans and defeated them in several battles.
Stars: Assaad Feddah, Nedal Najm, Jamal Soliman
Votes: 15
46. Ven. Jian Zhen (2010)
102 min | Animation, Biography
Nara, Japan, A.D. 763. In Toshodai Temple, Chinese Buddhist Master the Venerable Jian Zhen dies, aged 76, after nine years in Japan. His Japanese disciple Si Tuo remembers how in 733 he and... See full summary »
Director: Roger Hsiao | Stars: Ta-Chuan Wang, Chih-Shih Hsia, Hsi-Hua Wang, Peter Wang
48. The Arabian Phoenix
Pre-production
Mohammed Bin Qasim, a 17-year-old orphan Arab general in 712 A.D., launches an extraordinary military campaign to rid the world of an endogamic tyrant.
Star: Abdullah Ali
49. Criminal Profiler (2021)
36 min | Crime, Mystery
When a cooked corpse turns up in a sleepy town on the border of the Tang empire, the local magistrate employ the help of art forger Cheng Ren to decode the only clue left at the crime scene - a hellish painting holding an enormous secret.
Stars: Fufu Yuan, Hefan Chang, Hou Yao Yang, Yuan Ning Sun
50. Da Tang Fu Rong Yuan (2007– )
Drama, History, Romance
Stars: Winston Chao, Bingbing Fan, Ning Ji, Xiumeng Li
Votes: 12