20 movies like Emperor, ordered by similarity : Hostiles(2017), Only the Brave(2006), The Arroyo(2014), Capote(2005), The Last Emperor(1987), Godzilla(1954), The Odyssey(2016), 12 Years a Slave(2013), Full Metal Jacket(1987), Caterpillar(2010), Revolution(1985), Bitter Rice(1949) ...
Drama, History
2012
106 Minutes
Matthew Fox Tommy Lee Jones Eriko Hatsune Toshiyuki Nishida Masayoshi Haneda Takatarô Kataoka Colin Moy Kaori Momoi
emperor war criminal american dark tokyo japan peace search criminals transformation
Following the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II, Gen. Bonner Fellers (Matthew Fox) must determine whether Emperor Hirohito should be hanged as a war criminal.
7.2/10
Drama, History, Western
USA
2017
133 Minutes
Christian Bale Rosamund Pike Wes Studi Jesse Plemons Adam Beach Rory Cochrane Peter Mullan Scott Wilson Paul Anderson Timothée Chalamet Ben Foster
native american chief soldier commanding officer widow native american traveler brutal tense gritty raw emotional gory new mexico montana desert plains fort town american indian wars native americans
In 1892, a legendary Army Captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.
5.3/10
War, Drama, History
USA
2006
99 Minutes
Lane Nishikawa Jason Scott Lee Mark Dacascos Yuji Okumoto Tamlyn Tomita Jeff Fahey Noriyuki "Pat" Morita Guy Ecker Greg Watanabe Ken Narasaki Kipp Shiotani
japanese-american american soldier japanese soldier brutal creative emotional engaging fascinating fiery gutsy patriotic raw shocking pearl harbor united states italy north africa pearl harbor world war ii battalion
A searing portrait of war and prejudice, 'Only the Brave' takes you on a haunting journey into the hearts and minds of the forgotten heroes of WWII - the Japanese-American 100th/442nd. In ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Drama
USA
2014
90 Minutes
Kenny Maines David Armendariz Nicole Sadler Elijah Montez Junior Vazquez Christy Morris Hans Obma Tim Ybarra
texas ranger brutal chilling confident crafty dark disheartening fiery gripping intense patriotic wild american south mexican-american border mexico drug trafficking american south american latino culture america border control
A landowner in southern Arizona, tired of seeing drug smugglers cross the border through his property, decides to fight back.
7.3/10
Crime, Biography, Drama, History
USA|Canada
2005
115 Minutes
Philip Seymour Hoffman Catherine Keener Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez Chris Cooper Bruce Greenwood Bob Balaban Amy Ryan Mark Pellegrino Marshall Bell
truman capote harper lee criminal murderer editor police officer emotional dark holcomb, kan. new york city mexico police station family home writers murder small-town life quest transformation 1960s
In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.
7.7/10
Biography, Drama, History
UK|Italy|France
1987
162 Minutes
John Lone Joan Chen Peter O'Toole Ying Ruocheng Victor Wong Dennis Dun Ryuichi Sakamoto Maggie Han Ric Young
emperor servant gardener tutor peasant war criminal engaging hedonistic spectacular powerful china palace prison forbidden city japan political coup revolution royal life exile leadership
The story of the final Emperor of China.
Sci-Fi
1954
98 Minutes
Takashi Shimura Momoko Kochi Akira Takarada Akihiko Hirata Sachio Sakai Fuyuki Murakami Ren Yamamoto
godzilla japanese man japanese woman japanese soldier child scientist brooding emotional intense ocean japan tokyo laboratory street car atomic bomb monsters destruction survival danger
A fire-breathing behemoth terrorizes Japan after an atomic bomb awakens it from its centuries-old sleep.
Adventure, Drama
2016
123 Minutes
Lambert Wilson Pierre Niney Audrey Tautou Laurent Lucas Benjamin Lavernhe Vincent Heneine Thibault de Montalembert Roger Van Hool
pioneer innovator filmmaker researcher conservationist inspiring engaging sea research station pioneering innovation filmmaking research sea sea creatures sea rescue discovery rescue 1970s
Thirty years in the life of Capt. Jacques-Yves Cousteau, the researcher, scientist, inventor, and filmmaker whose contributions made the general public more curious about the sea.
8.1/10
Biography, Drama, History
USA|UK
2013
134 Minutes
Chiwetel Ejiofor Michael Fassbender Benedict Cumberbatch Paul Dano Garret Dillahunt Paul Giamatti Scoot McNairy Lupita Nyong'o Adepero Oduye Sarah Paulson Brad Pitt
slave slave trader abolitionist master african-american love interest dark powerful gripping touching gritty new york state american south plantation hideout secret hideout slave market slavery abolitionism underground railroad
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
8.3/10
War, Drama, History
UK|USA
1987
116 Minutes
Matthew Modine Adam Baldwin Vincent D'Onofrio R. Lee Ermey Dorian Harewood Arliss Howard Kevyn Major Howard Ed O'Ross
marine journalist drill instructor sergeant photographer prostitute dark disturbing raw gripping frightening sad barracks parris island, s.c. vietnam city boot camp war zone war violence
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
War, Drama, History
2010
85 Minutes
Shinobu Terajima Keigo Kasuya Emi Masuda Sabu Kawahara Shima Ônishi
soldier husband wife villager war hero disabled person disheartening melodramatic sad japan village household second sino-japanese war military disfigurement marriage heroism disability quest transformation
In 1940s Japan a villager must fulfill her duty to her husband, a decorated soldier who returned from war a quadruple amputee.
5.3/10
War, Drama, History
UK|Norway
1985
123 Minutes
Al Pacino Donald Sutherland Nastassja Kinski Joan Plowright Dave King Annie Lennox Steven Berkoff John Wells
trapper son soldier british colonial official moving emotional tense shocking solemn patriotic america united states war revenge battle torture american history american revolutionary war revenge escape
A trapper and his young son get pulled into the American revolution early as unwilling participants and remain involved through to the end.
7.7/10
Drama
Italy
1949
107 Minutes
Silvana Mangano Vittorio Gassman Doris Dowling Raf Vallone Checco Rissone Nico Pepe Maria Grazia Francia Mariemma Bardi Adriana Sivieri Lia Corelli Dedi Ristori
criminal lover peasant soldier dark sultry emotional gripping italy train rice field the past crime romance on the run wealth labor transformation escape 1940s
Two criminals on the run end up working in a rice field and decide to recruit other workers for their next robbery.
6.8/10
Drama, History
USA
1925
110 Minutes
Richard Dix Lois Wilson Noah Beery Malcolm McGregor Nocki Shannon Day Charles Crockett Bert Woodruff Bernard Siegel Guy Oliver Joe Ryan
tribal leader government official schoolteacher agent soldier officer melodramatic disheartening rousing american west hillside camp indian reservation native americans tribal life racism interracial romance world war i corruption forbidden love
History, as portrayed in this film, has been a succession of conquests of stronger races over weaker ones. As played out on the stage of Monument Valley, long ago, tribes of Indians ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1949
122 Minutes
Toshirô Mifune Takashi Shimura Keiko Awaji Eiko Miyoshi Noriko Sengoku Noriko Honma Reikichi Kawamura Eijiro Tono
police officer criminal stripper mentor brooding dark tokyo slum nightclub police station crime corruption poverty murder pursuit mystery 1940s
Two detectives (Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura) track one's stolen revolver into the underworld of late-1940s Tokyo.
Drama
1962
110 Minutes
Anna Magnani Ettore Garofalo Franco Citti Silvana Corsini Luisa Loiano Paolo Volponi
mother son pimp criminal police officer moving dark italy village family home mother/son relationship crime social standing prostitution violence transformation quest 1960s
A prostitute (Anna Magnani) tries to go straight and help her son (Ettore Garofalo), but the past and corruption catch up with them.
5.4/10
Western
USA
1957
80 Minutes
George Montgomery Bill Williams Lola Albright Francis J. McDonald Robert Griffin Dabbs Greer Kathleen Freeman Charlotte Austin Ralph Moody Ann Barton Raymond Hatton
native american warrior native american chief native american woman settler uncle wagon master brash tense melodramatic american west camp wagon train prairie native americans identity crisis love triangle murder death cultural assimilation transformation
Pale Arrow is a white man raised since a boy by the Pawnee Chief. With wagon trains now encroaching on Pawnee land, the Chief sends Pale Arrow to be with the white people. Now known as Paul... See full summary »
7.4/10
Drama, History
UK|France
1986
128 Minutes
Robert De Niro Jeremy Irons Ray McAnally Liam Neeson Aidan Quinn Ronald Pickup Chuck Low Cherie Lunghi Bercelio Moya
priest native criminal cardinal moving passionate spirited inspiring south america jungle portugal religion redemption exploitation slavery battle sacrifice rescue transformation 1750s
Eighteenth-century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.
6.7/10
Romance, Adventure, Drama, History
USA|UK
2005
149 Minutes
Colin Farrell Christian Bale Q'orianka Kilcher Jason Aaron Baca Greg Cooper Michael Greyeyes Jamie Harris Eddie Marsan Ben Mendelsohn Christopher Plummer Kalani Queypo
captain native american settler chief profound dreamy virginia england forest river colonialism native americans love triangle pocahontas love sacrifice transformation 17th century
The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.
7.6/10
Drama
USA
1956
95 Minutes
James Mason Barbara Rush Walter Matthau Robert F. Simon Chris Olsen Roland Winters Rusty Lane Rachel Stephens Kipp Hamilton
schoolteacher wife friend son doctor dark gripping intense small town family home hospital school america drug addiction experiments small-town life unusual behavior american dream fall transformation
A seriously ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a "miracle" drug that begins to affect his sanity.
8.4/10
Action, Western, Drama
USA
2012
165 Minutes
Jamie Foxx Christoph Waltz Leonardo DiCaprio Samuel L. Jackson Kerry Washington Walton Goggins Dennis Christopher James Remar David Steen Dana Gourrier Nichole Galicia
slave bounty hunter criminal plantation owner wife servant gritty intense witty american south countryside household mississippi slavery crimefighting justice search on the run escape rescue
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
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