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1. Excalibur (1981)
PG | 140 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Merlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the Round Table of Camelot, even as dark forces conspire to tear it apart.
Director: John Boorman | Stars: Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi
Votes: 67,218 | Gross: $34.97M
2. Ran (1985)
R | 160 min | Action, Drama, War
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû
Votes: 136,301 | Gross: $4.14M
3. Burn! (1969)
R | 112 min | Action, Drama, War
In 1844, a British mercenary helps the revolting slaves of an Antilles island colony gain independence from Portugal, but later returns to hunt down a local rebel leader and former protégé.
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Stars: Marlon Brando, Evaristo Márquez, Renato Salvatori, Dana Ghia
Votes: 5,827 | Gross: $0.43M
4. The Ugly American (1963)
Approved | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
An ambitious American scholar becomes the ambassador to Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war is brewing.
Director: George Englund | Stars: Marlon Brando, Eiji Okada, Sandra Church, Pat Hingle
Votes: 2,465
5. Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
R | 114 min | Action, Drama, Romance
During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Ye Liu
Votes: 45,976 | Gross: $6.57M
6. Kull the Conqueror (1997)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A barbarian warrior becomes a king when he defeats a king in armed combat and the king's heir conspire to overthrow him and reclaim the throne by resurrecting an evil sorceress.
Director: John Nicolella | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Tia Carrere, Thomas Ian Griffith, Litefoot
Votes: 8,769 | Gross: $6.09M
7. The Haunted Palace (1963)
Not Rated | 87 min | Horror
Charles Dexter Ward arrives at a small village to visit the house he inherited from his ancestor who died there 100 years ago.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Debra Paget, Lon Chaney Jr., Frank Maxwell
Votes: 8,471 | Gross: $2.62M
8. HyperNormalisation (2016)
166 min | Documentary
Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.
Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: Adam Curtis, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Victor Gotbaum
Votes: 7,381
9. King Lear (2008 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 156 min | Drama
Sir Ian McKellen gives a tour-de-force performance as Shakespeare's tragic monarch, in this special television adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company production of one of the playwright's most enduring and haunting works.
Director: Trevor Nunn | Stars: Ian McKellen, William Gaunt, Philip Winchester, Ben Meyjes
Votes: 662
10. Mad Love (2001)
R | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History
The love story that transformed Juana, Queen of Spain, into Juana "the Mad". A story of passions, lies and jealousy with a political motive behind.
Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Pilar López de Ayala, Daniele Liotti, Rosana Pastor, Giuliano Gemma
Votes: 4,056 | Gross: $0.28M
11. Finger of Guilt (1956)
Approved | 95 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A married movie studio executive's life starts to unravel when he is stalked by a seductively beautiful woman he claims he does not know.
Directors: Joseph Losey, Alec C. Snowden | Stars: Richard Basehart, Mary Murphy, Constance Cummings, Roger Livesey
Votes: 662
12. Ludwig II (2012)
130 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatic retelling of the life of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, one of the most fascinating monarchs of modern times. From his accession to the throne at age 18 to his passionate support of... See full summary »
Directors: Marie Noëlle, Peter Sehr | Stars: Sabin Tambrea, Sebastian Schipper, Hannah Herzsprung, Edgar Selge
Votes: 879
13. Apache Warrior (1957)
Passed | 74 min | Action, Adventure, Western
This is the story of the Apache Kid; how he aided in the capture of Geronimo and his band, and later became a hunted renegade himself.
Director: Elmo Williams | Stars: Keith Larsen, Jim Davis, Rodolfo Acosta, John Miljan
Votes: 126
14. The Whip (IV)
82 min | Drama, Thriller | Post-production
With the looming threat of devastating welfare reforms known as Independence Credit, a full-time carer plots an audacious heist in a bid to halt the scheme in its tracks.
Director: Christopher Presswell | Stars: Shian Denovan, Gala Wesson, Tom Knight, Daniel Davids
15. Los tres mosqueteros (1942)
136 min | Adventure, Comedy
A beautiful actress invites Cantinflas to work at a film studio, where he falls asleep and dreams he is D'Artagnan.
Director: Miguel M. Delgado | Stars: Cantinflas, Ángel Garasa, Janet Alcoriza, Consuelo Frank
Votes: 290
16. Om El Donya (2022–2023)
578 min | Documentary, Drama, History
A docudrama consisting of 15 films. Traveling through the history of Egypt chronologically, it aims to simplify the long history of Egypt from its beginning.
Star: Sawsan Badr
Votes: 27
17. K.O. One Re-act (2013)
TV-14 | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
As a guardian of space-time order, 28-year-old Wang Dadong returns to Bale High School to investigate an anomaly and clashes with King.
Stars: Jiro Wang, Sam Lin, Pets Tseng, Wayne Huang
Votes: 11
18. Struggle on the Wulinclen (2015)
90 min | Action, Drama, History
During the Luoyang Flower Festival, three famous martial artists died mysteriously. Li Shaobai went to investigate the case.
Director: Tao Hai | Stars: Zhenjiang Bao, Ming Deng, Chang Di Marco, Ziwu Dong
Votes: 8
19. L'empire du milieu du sud (2002)
86 min | Documentary, History, War
Directors: Eric Deroo, Jacques Perrin
Votes: 24
20. Maskarados (1964)
Action
The young Fernando Poe, Jr. joins forces with Bob Soler, Johnny Monteiro and Efren Reyes to help the beleaguered King (Oscar Keesee) from the evil plot of his brother (Lauro Delgado) out to overthrow him.
Director: Efren Reyes | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Bob Soler, Johnny Monteiro, Efren Reyes