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1. Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer (2006)
145 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Viggo Mortensen plays the Spanish soldier-turned-mercenary Captain Alatriste, a heroic figure from the country's 17th century imperial wars.
Director: Agustín Díaz Yanes | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Elena Anaya, Unax Ugalde, Eduard Fernández
Votes: 13,909
2. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, History
A video game where you play as sailor, privateer and assassin Edward Kenway exploring on and around the islands in the Caribbean Sea during the early 17th century.
Director: Ashraf Ismail | Stars: Stuart Martin, Ralph Ineson, Kate Fleetwood, Sarah Greene
Votes: 19,777
3. The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Approved | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Family
A young Spanish aristocrat must masquerade as a fop in order to maintain his secret identity of Zorro as he restores justice to early California.
Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard
Votes: 11,002 | Gross: $4.36M
4. Bolívar: Una lucha admirable (2019)
TV-MA | 52 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Depicts the life and loves of Venezuelan Gen. Simón Bolívar, who helped liberate several Latin American countries from Spain.
Stars: Luis Gerónimo Abreu, Mauricio Mejía, Juliette Pardau, Alina Lozano
Votes: 878
5. El Presidente (2012)
162 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The life story of the first Philippine President. The story of the man who led the Filipino people to victory against its Spanish conquerors.
Director: Mark Meily | Stars: Jorge Estregan, Nora Aunor, Christopher De Leon, Cristine Reyes
Votes: 140
6. The Brainiac (1962)
Approved | 77 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In 1661 Mexico, the Baron Vitelius of Astara is sentenced to be burned alive by the Holy Inquisition of Mexico for witchcraft, necromancy, and other crimes. As he dies, the Baron swears ... See full summary »
Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Abel Salazar, Ariadne Welter, David Silva, Germán Robles
Votes: 1,316
7. 1898: Our Last Men in the Philippines (2016)
R | 105 min | Drama, History, War
In 1898, Spain sends a military squad to the town of Baler, the Philippines, to protect one of the last colonies of the Spanish Empire, to prevent rebellious natives from recovering their ... See full summary »
Director: Salvador Calvo | Stars: Luis Tosar, Javier Gutiérrez, Álvaro Cervantes, Karra Elejalde
Votes: 3,602
8. The Cuba Libre Story (2015–2016)
TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, History
This documentary series recounts the tumultuous history of Cuba, a nation of foreign conquest, freedom fighters and Cold War political machinations.
Stars: Ken Eaken, Jaime Suchlicki, Jean-Pierre Clerc, Michael Zeuske
Votes: 2,035
9. Baler (2008)
PG | 116 min | Drama, Romance, War
Baler is a love story between Feliza, the daughter of a rebel commander and Celso, a half-Spanish soldier, set during the twilight years of the Spanish regime in the Philippines. The young ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Meily | Stars: Phillip Salvador, Jericho Rosales, Anne Curtis, Andrew Schimmer
Votes: 103
10. Kenau (2014)
Not Rated | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
While she fights a heroic battle against the Spanish besieger with her female army, Kenau, driven by hate and sorrow of the execution of her youngest daughter, is threatened to also lose her eldest daughter.
Director: Maarten Treurniet | Stars: Monic Hendrickx, Lisa Smit, Sallie Harmsen, Peter Van den Begin
Votes: 1,764
11. The Outlaw (2010)
106 min | Biography, Drama, History
A chronicle of the life of Lope de Vega, the Spanish playwright who dominated Spain's early Golden Age of theater.
Director: Andrucha Waddington | Stars: Alberto Ammann, Leonor Watling, Pilar López de Ayala, Ramon Pujol
Votes: 1,153
12. The Conspiracy (2008)
128 min | Adventure, Drama, History
16th century ruler King Philip II of Spain maneuvers within a court of deceit and betrayal.
Director: Antonio del Real | Stars: Jason Isaacs, Julia Ormond, Jürgen Prochnow, Jordi Mollà
Votes: 425
13. Morgan the Pirate (1960)
93 min | Adventure
A Welsh pirate raids up and down the Caribbean, battling the Spanish, the English and other pirates.
Directors: André De Toth, Primo Zeglio | Stars: Steve Reeves, Valérie Lagrange, Ivo Garrani, Lidia Alfonsi
Votes: 423
14. Age of Empires III (2005 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, War
Age of Empires III portrays the European colonization of the Americas, between approximately 1492 and 1876 AD. Command one of eight mighty European powers and colonize vast, uncharted territory.
Director: Kris Zimmerman | Stars: J. Grant Albrecht, June Angela, Philip Anthony-Rodriguez, Rosalind Ayres
Votes: 2,760
15. Los últimos de Filipinas (1945)
99 min | Drama, History, Romance
During the time of the Spanish-American War, the commandant of a Spanish detachment in Baler, in the Philippines, realizes that the native people of his district are planning an ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Román | Stars: Armando Calvo, José Nieto, Guillermo Marín, Fernando Rey
Votes: 200
16. Willem van Oranje (1984)
438 min | Biography, Drama, History
As the Dutch title indicates, this series chronicles magnificently the life of William I "the Silent" of Orange, who grew up with his Lutheran family in the princely castle of a minor ... See full summary »
Stars: Jeroen Krabbé, Willem Nijholt, Alex Wilequet, André van den Heuvel
Votes: 183
17. Napoleon: Total War (2010 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, War
A great travel through the massive empires of the Napoleonic Wars' age.
Director: Michael M. Simpson | Stars: Tom Adams, Paul Bandey, Charles Collingwood, Stephane Cornicard
Votes: 514
18. Söhne der Sonne (2020)
Documentary, History
The rise and fall of the Maya, the Incas and the Aztecs, three pre-Columbian civilizations whose greatness and mysteries fascinate.
Stars: James Newton, Antje Gunsenheimer, Raúl Barrera, David Carballo
Votes: 37
19. Empire: Total War (2009 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Set in the 18th century, Empire: Total War puts the player in control of eleven different nations conquering provinces all over Europe, North America and India both through diplomacy or force.
Director: Michael M. Simpson | Stars: Azhar Abbas, Aziz Abdul, Antonio Abenójar, Tom Adams
Votes: 807
20. Bonifacio: Ang unang pangulo (2014)
TV-PG | 100 min | Drama, History
The true story of Andres Bonifacio, a man who rose as a leader in the fight against the Spanish oppressors, and would gain the enmity of even those fighting for the same cause.
Director: Enzo Williams | Stars: Robin Padilla, Vina Morales, Eddie Garcia, Jericho Rosales
Votes: 138
21. La flota de Indias (2021)
67 min | Documentary
History says that America's discovery by Cristóbal Colón made it possible for two independent and separate continents to be closely connected. Nevertheless, referring to it as a "connection... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Pérez Molero | Stars: Ana Crespo, Jesús García Calero, Manuel Lucena, Esteban Mira Caballos
Votes: 13
22. El rayo del sur (1943)
Drama, History, War
Director: Miguel Contreras Torres | Stars: Domingo Soler, Carlos López Moctezuma, Dolores Camarillo, Consuelo Frank
Votes: 11
23.
Secret Files of the Inquisition (2006– )
Episode:
The Tears of Spain
(2006)
Documentary
Directors: Colin King, David Rabinovitch | Stars: Colm Feore, Raoul Bhaneja, Nicola Carpi-Neli, Alfonso Dominguez
Votes: 17
24.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
The Battle for the Mediterranean
(2002)
Documentary, History, War
We tell the story of the crucial battles for control of the Mediterranean, North Africa, and the irreplaceable oil fields in World War 2 and the story of the war in Greece.
Stars: Jonathan Booth, Harold Alexander, Claude Auchinleck, Winston Churchill
Votes: 6
25.
TopTenz (2010– )
Episode:
10 of History's Largest Empires
(2021)
10 min | Documentary
Star: Simon Whistler
26.
The Great Adventurers (1999)
Episode:
Sir Walter Raleigh
(1999)
57 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Navigator, poet, and a favorite of Queen Elizabeth, Sir Walter's meteoric rise was followed by a slow and tragic fall from grace that eventually ended with the farcical Orinoco disaster, and subsequent death on the executioner's block.
Director: Jeremy Freeston | Stars: Ian Brooker, Kate Dunn, John Fenner, Michael Leighton
27.
The Great Adventurers (1999)
Episode:
Sir Francis Drake
(1999)
58 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Sir Francis Drake and the British victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588 are inextricably linked, but there is more to this man's story. Drake was the first Englishman to see the Pacific Ocean and the first to circumnavigate the world.
Director: Jeremy Freeston | Stars: Ian Brooker, Kate Dunn, Jeremy Freeston, Michael Leighton
28.
Scotland History Tours (2018– )
Episode:
What They Don't Say About the Battle of Culloden
(2021)
14 min | Documentary, History
From a geopolitical perspective the Battle of Colloden was one of the many proxy wars in Europe's wars of succession of the Eighteenth Century. And like the other proxy wars it was devastating to the local people who fought it.
Star: Bruce Fummey
29.
The Cuba Libre Story (2015–2016)
Episode:
Breaking Chains
(2015)
TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, History
Columbus' landing on Cuba in 1492 ushers in 400 years of Spanish domination. Through all their hardships, the people of Cuba continue to strive for freedom.
Directors: Emmanuel Amara, Kai Christiansen, Florian Dedio | Stars: Ken Eaken, Miguel Barnet, Fernando Martínez Heredia, Michael Zeuske
Votes: 121
30.
The Cuba Libre Story (2015–2016)
Episode:
War and Sugar
(2015)
TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, History
Sugarcane makes many Cubans rich, while others suffer in poverty. To ward off Communism, the United States turns to a Cuban soldier called Fulgencio Batista.
Directors: Emmanuel Amara, Kai Christiansen, Florian Dedio | Stars: Ken Eaken, Miguel Barnet, Fulgencio Batista, Marcelo Bucheli
Votes: 104