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Troy(2004)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 43min | Adventure, History, War, Action
3.6/5 (with 4,528 votes)

In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans.

Directed by Wolfgang Petersen - With Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger, Peter O'Toole, Rose Byrne, ...
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Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom(2023)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 51min | Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure
2.4/5 (with 376 votes)

Gallic heroes and forever friends Asterix and Obelix journey to China to help Princess Sa See save the Empress and her land from a nefarious prince.

Directed by Guillaume Canet - With Guillaume Canet, Gilles Lellouche, Marion Cotillard, Vincent Cassel, Chicandier, Jonathan Cohen, ...

Barabbas(1961)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 17min | Adventure, Drama, History
3.5/5 (with 64 votes)

Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pilate offered the Israelites a choice to pardon Barabbas or Jesus. Struggling with his spirituality, Barabbas goes through many ordeals leading him to the gladiatorial arena, where he tries to win his freedom and confront his inner demons, ultimately becoming a follower of the man who was crucified in his place.

Directed by Richard Fleischer - With Anthony Quinn, Arthur Kennedy, Jack Palance, Silvana Mangano, Harry Andrews, Ernest Borgnine, ...
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History of the World: Part I(1981)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 32min | Comedy
3.4/5 (with 323 votes)

An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.

Directed by Mel Brooks - With Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman, Mel Brooks, Gregory Hines, ...

Ivanhoe(1952)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 46min | Adventure, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 68 votes)

Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of King Richard the Lionheart.

Directed by Richard Thorpe - With Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Emlyn Williams, Felix Aylmer, ...
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Hercules(1958)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 44min | Fantasy, Adventure
2.5/5 (with 26 votes)

In this melange of characters and events from separate mythological stories, Hercules, demigod and superman, arrives in the ancient Greek kingdom of Iolcus to tutor Iphitus, son of king Pelias; immediately on arrival, he falls in love with the king's delectable, briefly clad daughter Iole. Before he can win her, he must succeed in a series of quests, in the course of which he teams up with Jason, true heir of Iolcus, whom he accompanies on the famous voyage of the Argonauts.

Directed by Pietro Francisci - With Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Fabrizio Mioni, Ivo Garrani, Gianna Maria Canale, Mimmo Palmara, ...

Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time(1991)

1h 47min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
2.5/5 (with 25 votes)

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Directed by Sylvio Tabet - With Marc Singer, Kari Wuhrer, Sarah Douglas, James Avery, Wings Hauser, Lawrence Dobkin, ...

Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ(1982)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 50min | Comedy
3.1/5 (with 75 votes)

In antique Rome, a simple pepboy for chars becomes involved in a coup against Cesar. Rahatlocum is a North African Roman colony where Julius Caesar came to spend an expensive holiday. The revolt rumbles among the small people who find a leader in the person of Ben-Hur Marcel.

Directed by Jean Yanne - With Coluche, Michel Serrault, Jean Yanne, André Pousse, Daniel Emilfork, Daniel Laloux, ...

Warriors of Heaven and Earth(2003)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 54min | Drama, Action, Adventure
3.1/5 (with 41 votes)

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.

Directed by He Ping - With Jiang Wen, Kiichi Nakai, Wang Xueqi, Zhao Wei
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Hercules in the Haunted World(1961)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 31min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
3.3/5 (with 29 votes)

Upon his return from battle in the previous film, the great warrior Hercules learns that his lover, Daianara, has lost her senses. Acording of the oracle Medea, Dianara's only hope is the Stone of Forgetfulness which lies deep in the realm of Hades. Hercules, with two companions, Theseus and Telemachus, embarks on a dangerous quest for the stone, while he is unaware that Dianara's guardian, King Lico, is the one responsible for her condition and plots to have the girl for himself as his bride upon her revival.

Directed by Mario Bava, Franco Prosperi - With Reg Park, Christopher Lee, Leonora Ruffo, Marisa Belli, Ida Galli, Mino Doro, ...

Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile(1961)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 37min | Drama, History
2.5/5 (with 7 votes)

Chronicles the rise and fall of the woman who eventually became known as Queen Nefertiti.

Directed by Fernando Cerchio - With Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price, Edmund Purdom, Amedeo Nazzari, Liana Orfei, Alberto Farnese, ...

Hercules and the Captive Women(1961)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 41min | Adventure, Fantasy, Action
2.3/5 (with 10 votes)

King Androcles of Thebes commands a ship in search of a threat to Greece, predicted by an atmospheric oracle. Hercules is part of the crew, but the strongman falls overboard in a thick fog. Washed ashore, he saves a young Ismene from Proteus, an evil, shape-shifting creature. Ismene takes Hercules to Atlantis, where he discovers that her mother, Queen Antinea, has captured Androcles. Hercules schemes to rescue him and thwart Antinea's dream of world conquest.

Directed by Vittorio Cottafavi - With Reg Park, Ettore Manni, Fay Spain, Enrico Maria Salerno, Gian Maria Volonté, Ivo Garrani, ...
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Hercules Unchained(1959)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 38min | Fantasy, Action
2.5/5 (with 18 votes)

En route to Thebes for an important diplomatic mission, Hercules drinks from a magic spring and loses his memory. He spends most of the movie in the pleasure gardens of Queen Omphale of Lydia. While young Ulysses tries to help him regain his memory, political tensions escalate in Thebes, and Hercules' new wife Iole finds herself in mortal danger.

Directed by Pietro Francisci - With Steve Reeves, Sylvia Lopez, Sylva Koscina, Gabriele Antonini, Patrizia Della Rovere, Sergio Fantoni, ...

Ator, the Fighting Eagle(1982)

1h 38min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
2.1/5 (with 35 votes)

The son of Torren learns of his heritage, goes to avenge the deaths of his fellow villagers, and rescue his sister/love interest from the evil Dakkar and his spider cult.

Directed by Joe D'Amato - With Miles O'Keeffe, Sabrina Siani, Edmund Purdom, Dakar, Laura Gemser, Nello Pazzafini, ...

Joseph and His Brethren(1961)

1h 43min | Kids & Family, Drama
3.0/5 (with 4 votes)

A brother is cast out from his family, sold in to slavery and then returns years later as a man of power - but shows forgiveness and compassion to his family through the strength of character given to him by God.

Directed by Irving Rapper, Luciano Ricci - With Robert Riettii, Vira Silenti, Finlay Currie, Robert Morley, Terence Hill, Mimo Billi, ...

Atlas Against the Cyclops(1961)

1h 40min | Adventure, Fantasy
3.4/5 (with 3 votes)

Strongman Maciste must battle the one-eyed Cyclops monster that is ravaging the land of Sadok, while at the same time fending off the advances of the evil Queen Capys, who wants to do a little ravaging of her own.

Directed by Antonio Leonviola - With Gordon Mitchell, Chelo Alonso, Vira Silenti, Aldo Bufi Landi, Raffaella Carrà, Dante DiPaolo, ...

Nero and Poppea - An Orgy of Power(1982)

1h 45min | Drama, History
1.6/5 (with 2 votes)

As the Roman Empire slowly declines, Caesar Nero indulges himself in every known debauchery, including incest with his mother.

Directed by Bruno Mattei - With Mario Novelli, Françoise Blanchard, Gennarino Pappagalli

Goliath and the Sins of Babylon(1963)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 32min | Adventure, Fantasy
2.6/5 (with 4 votes)

Goliath battles for the freedom of the Babylonian people.

Directed by Michele Lupo - With Mark Forest, Giuliano Gemma, José Greci, Mimmo Palmara, Paul Müller, Erno Crisa, ...

Super Stooges vs the Wonder Women(1974)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 45min | Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
3.0/5 (with 17 votes)

Three men with supernatural powers interfere in a tribal warfare to prevent evil Amazons destroying the inhabitants of a village.

Directed by Alfonso Brescia - With Malisa Longo, Aldo Bufi Landi, Magda Konopka, Kirsten Gille, Giacomo Rizzo, Giovanni Cianfriglia, ...

Duel of the Titans(1961)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 48min | Fantasy, Action, Adventure
2.5/5 (with 9 votes)

Twin brothers were raised by wolves, revolt against tyranny in pre-Roman Italy and then come to a parting of the ways as they lead their people toward the founding of a new city, the founders of Rome.

Directed by Sergio Corbucci, Sergio Leone - With Steve Reeves, Gordon Scott, Virna Lisi, Franco Volpi, Laura Solari, José Greci, ...
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Lost World Of Sinbad(1963)

1h 36min | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
2.6/5 (with 3 votes)

An adventurous and daring sailor sets sail to the castle of an ailing king to stop an evil premier, hungry for power and wealth, from succeeding the throne and marrying the king's beautiful daughter. Along the way, with the help of some courageous rebels and a lustful wizard, he must overcome the powers of a bewitching witch, a band of ruthless pirates, and the castle's Imperial guards. He must also free those kidnapped into slavery and restore the king's reputation.

Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi - With Toshirō Mifune, Mie Hama

The Trojan Horse(1961)

1h 45min | History, Adventure
3.0/5 (with 8 votes)

Guerra di Troia (AKA: Trojan Horse) is a 1961 historical drama film set in the tenth and final year of the Trojan War. The film focuses primarily on the exploits of the Trojan hero Aeneas during this time. The film was directed by Giorgio Ferroni and starred Steve Reeves as Aeneas and John Drew Barrymore as Odysseus. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Directed by Giorgio Ferroni - With Steve Reeves, Juliette Mayniel, Edy Vessel, Lydia Alfonsi, Warner Bentivegna, Luciana Angiolillo, ...

The Last Days of Pompeii(1959)

1h 43min | Adventure, History, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 20 votes)

Based on the Edward Bulwer-Lytton novel. Set in the shadows of Mt. Vesuvius just before its famous eruption, the film begins with Glaucus, a Roman legionnaire, returning to his home from far-off wars. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that his father has been murdered by a gang of black-hooded looting bandits. Glaucus vows revenge against the killers, but just how high up are those involved?

Directed by Mario Bonnard, Sergio Leone - With Steve Reeves, Christine Kaufmann, Fernando Rey, Mimmo Palmara, Carlo Tamberlani, Mino Doro, ...

Herod the Great(1959)

1h 33min | Action
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

The King of Judea drives himself mad fighting off invaders and his wife's pursuers.

Directed by Arnaldo Genoino, Victor Tourjansky - With Edmund Purdom, Sylvia Lopez, Sandra Milo, Elena Zareschi, Alberto Lupo, Massimo Girotti, ...

Esther and the King(1960)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 49min | Drama
2.6/5 (with 5 votes)

Recently widowed Persian King Ahasuerus wants to marry the beautiful Esther. But Esther is a Jewess, and Haman, the king's evil minister, is spreading hatred against the Jews.

Directed by Raoul Walsh, Mario Bava - With Joan Collins, Richard Egan, Sergio Fantoni, Rosalba Neri, Gabriele Tinti, Renato Baldini, ...

Sign of the Gladiator(1959)

1h 38min | Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
2.3/5 (with 3 votes)

Zenobia, Queen of Palmira, revolts against Rome and defeats the Roman troops, but she makes a big mistake when she falls in love with enemy officer Marco Valerio.

Directed by Guido Brignone, Michelangelo Antonioni, Riccardo Freda - With Anita Ekberg, Folco Lulli, Chelo Alonso, Jacques Sernas, Lorella De Luca, Alberto Farnese, ...

Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon(1964)

1h 36min | Fantasy, Adventure
2.2/5 (with 5 votes)

Hercules goes to Babylon to rescue the Queen of the Hellenes and free the people of Babylon from slavery.

Directed by Domenico Paolella - With Livio Lorenzon, Franco Balducci, Peter Lupus, Helga Liné, Mario Petri, Anna-Maria Polani, ...

The Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete(1960)

1h 45min | Fantasy
2.4/5 (with 1 vote)

King Minos sacrifices the 'required' virgins to the Minotaur. As his wife lies dying, she confesses that her daughter has a twin she has secreted to avoid giving one of the girls to the Minotaur. The daughter raised by Minos tries to have her twin killed, but failing in her first attempt, continues to try to have her given to the Minotaur. Theseus, the Greek hero, tries to prevent it.

Directed by Silvio Amadio - With Rosanna Schiaffino, Alberto Lupo, Rik Battaglia, Carlo Tamberlani, Nico Pepe, Nerio Bernardi, ...

Son of Samson(1960)

1h 34min | Adventure, Action, Drama, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 8 votes)

Maciste travels to Egypt, where he leads a revolt against an evil queen. In Son of Samson, Maciste (Mark Forrest) -- scion of the famed muscleman -- travels to the Egyptian city of Tanis to checkmate villainous Queen Smedes (Chelo Alonso), who's persecuting the citizenry.

Directed by Carlo Campogalliani - With Mark Forest, Chelo Alonso, Federica Ranchi, Ignazio Dolce, Vira Silenti, Carlo Tamberlani, ...

The Fight for Rome(1968)

1h 43min | Adventure, Drama
2.2/5 (with 2 votes)

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 combined kingdoms; however, he does not factor into his plans the vagaries of love and the personal integrity of the people in both kingdoms.

Directed by Robert Siodmak, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Andrew Marton - With Laurence Harvey, Orson Welles, Sylva Koscina, Florin Piersic, Emanoil Petruț, Honor Blackman, ...
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