Movies like The Fall of the Roman Empire

20 movies like The Fall of the Roman Empire, ordered by similarity : Antony and Cleopatra(1972), The Princess of Montpensier(2010), Demetrius and the Gladiators(1954), Woodpeckers(2017), Carol(2015), Gladiator(2000), They Shall Not Grow Old(2018), Lizzie(2018), Letters From Iwo Jima(2006), The Current War: Director's Cut(2019), Pompeii(2014), Padmaavat(2018) ...

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The Fall of the Roman Empire

The death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis, in which the deceased emperor's son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything undermine his claim to the Roman Empire.

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Antony and Cleopatra

After the murder of her lover Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops into real love and slowly leads to a war with the other possible successor: Octavius.

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The Princess of Montpensier

In 16th-century France, Marie de Mezières marries for her father's political gain, and when war breaks out, she becomes exposed to sexual and political intrigues of court.

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Demetrius and the Gladiators

In first-century Rome, Christian slave Demetrius is sent to fight in the gladiatorial arena and Emperor Caligula seeks Jesus' robe for its alleged magical powers.

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Woodpeckers

Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.

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Carol

An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.

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Gladiator

A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.

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They Shall Not Grow Old

A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.

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Lizzie

A psychological thriller based on the infamous 1892 murders of Lizzie Andrew Borden's family.

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Letters From Iwo Jima

The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

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The Current War: Director's Cut

The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas A. Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world.

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Pompeii

A slave-turned-gladiator finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts, he must fight to save his beloved as Pompeii crumbles around him.

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Padmaavat

Set in medieval Rajasthan, Queen Padmavati is married to a noble king and they live in a prosperous fortress with their subjects until an ambitious Sultan hears of Padmavati's beauty and forms an obsessive love for the Queen of Mewar.

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The Sign of the Cross

A Roman official (Fredric March) tries to save Christians from the lions and the madness of Emperor Nero (Charles Laughton).

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Richard III

Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.

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Hannibal

During the Second Punic War in 218 BC, Carthaginian general Hannibal attacks the Roman Republic by crossing the Pyrenees and the Alps with his vast army.

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Viceroy's House

The final Viceroy of India, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (Hugh Bonneville), is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.

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War and Peace

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Asoka

After raging a brutal war, Asoka (Shahrukh Khan) renounces violence, embraces Buddhism and unites India.

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Dangerous Beauty

A Venetian courtesan becomes a hero to her city, but later becomes the target of an inquisition by the Church for witchcraft.

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Husband Material

A love triangle between a spirited young woman, her outgoing boyfriend and a fiance who's husband material.

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