20 movies like The Lost Legion, ordered by similarity : Paul, Apostle of Christ(2018), Woodpeckers(2017), Papillon(2017), Demetrius and the Gladiators(1954), Blood and Bone(2009), Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison(1951), Antony and Cleopatra(1972), The Million Eyes of Su-Muru(1967), The Fall of the Roman Empire(1964), The Vikings(1958), The Last Legion(2007), Gladiator(2000) ...
Action, Drama, Adventure, History
Czech Republic|Canada
2014
107 Minutes
Petr Kubik Tom McKay Michelle Lukes Brian Caspe Jim High Christian Dunkley Clark Eirini Karamanoli Jana Triskova Oldrich Anton Vojta
son woman emperor emotional thrilling brutal rome power roman empire plot rivalry roman empire
Following the fall of the Roman Empire, a Roman woman plots to make her son the new Emperor and to fulfill the former glory of the city.
Drama
USA
2018
108 Minutes
Jim Caviezel James Faulkner Olivier Martinez Joanne Whalley-Kilmer John Lynch Yorgos Karamihos Antonia Campbell Hughes Alessandro Sperduti Manuel Cauchi Noah Huntley Kenneth Spiteri
apostle captive prisoner writer roman roman soldier dark brutal inspiring emotional gritty tense rome prison cell city market religious beliefs storytelling prison
Luke travels Roma looking for apostle Paul, turned in Nero's prisoner, to tell his story before his execution.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
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Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
Drama, History
USA
1954
101 Minutes
Victor Mature Susan Hayward Michael Rennie Debra Paget Anne Bancroft Jay Robinson Barry Jones William Marshall Richard Egan Ernest Borgnine Charles Evans
emperor soldier gladiator roman apostle melodramatic emotional intense suspenseful powerful ancient rome arena palace street city home christianity religion faith showdown
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.
Action, Sports & Fitness
USA
2009
90 Minutes
Michael Jai White Julian Sands Eamonn Walker Dante Basco Nona Gaye Michelle Belegrin Bob Sapp Richard Williams Ron Yuan
prisoner fighter enemy manager man engaging thrilling suspenseful intense gripping brutal los angeles ghetto fighting underground scene prison released from prison danger anger rivalry
In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.
Drama
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Steve Cochran David Brian Philip Carey Ted de Corsia Scott Forbes Michael Tolan Dick Wesson Paul Picerni William Campbell
warden prison guard prisoner prison official sergeant inmate brooding intense engaging emotional brutal bleak folsom state prison reformation prison life prison riot prison break humanity human rights escape
At California's Folsom Prison, escape attempts and riots are on the rise due to the old-school sadistic style of management of a brutal warden.
Drama, History
UK|Spain|Switzerland
1972
160 Minutes
Charlton Heston Hildegard Neil Eric Porter John Castle Fernando Rey Juan Luis Galiardo
queen egyptian lover rival roman seducer brooding emotional gripping intense moving powerful egypt kingdom chamber desert love sacrifice rivalry power
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.
Action
UK
1967
95 Minutes
Frankie Avalon George Nader Shirley Eaton Wilfrid Hyde-White Klaus Kinski
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Sumuru is a beautiful but evil woman who plans world domination by having her sexy all-female army eliminate male leaders and replace them with her female agents.
Drama, History
USA
1964
153 Minutes
Sophia Loren Alec Guinness Stephen Boyd James Mason Christopher Plummer Anthony Quayle John Ireland Mel Ferrer Omar Sharif Eric Porter
soldier emperor heir daughter senator barbarian thrilling tense brooding rome battlefield frontier palace roman empire corruption decadence power play rebellion showdown fall
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.
Adventure, Action
USA
1958
114 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Tony Curtis Janet Leigh Ernest Borgnine James Donald Alexander Knox Frank Thring Maxine Audley Eileen Way Edric Connor Dandy Nichols
king prince princess slave half brother viking thrilling intense brutal castle boat rivalry power struggle feud love triangle kidnapping mistaken identity discovery love rivalry
A slave and a Viking prince fight for the love of a captive princess.
Action, Drama, History
UK|France|Slovakia|Tunisia|Italy|Bulgaria
2007
102 Minutes
Colin Firth Ben Kingsley Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Thomas Brodie-Sangster Peter Mullan Kevin McKidd John Hannah Iain Glen Rupert Friend Nonso Anozie Owen Teale
emperor prisoner legionnaire priest senator teacher thrilling gripping gutsy rome capri england paris boat italy roman empire imprisonment romulus augustus betrayal journey
As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.
Action, Adventure, Drama, History
USA|UK|Malta|Morocco
2000
154 Minutes
Russell Crowe Joaquin Phoenix Connie Nielsen Oliver Reed Derek Jacobi Djimon Hounsou Richard Harris David Schofield Tomas Arana Rolf Muller Spencer Treat Clark
gladiator prince emperor senator gritty thrilling rome colosseum battle slavery murder corruption freedom betrayal revenge transformation roman empire
A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.
Drama
USA|France
1993
93 Minutes
songwriter producer girlfriend man woman husband emotional uneasy french countryside france household studio grocery store bedroom divorce marriage songwriting breakup love triangle writer's block
Lisa and Charlie Hunter, a divorced couple and former song writing team, spend a weekend in the French countryside in order to write one last song together. But Charlie's fiancée isn't too ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1976
120 Minutes
Jean-Paul Belmondo Marie-France Pisier Bernard Blier Claude Brosset Daniel Ivernel
prisoner innocent man murderer criminal murder suspect emotional thrilling suspenseful engaging brutal melodramatic prison life after prison prison life innocence fight for justice framed for murder revenge mystery pursuit
A reporter for a gossip magazine stays at a beach house near that of a movie star to investigate reports that he had had a sex change operation.
Adventure
USA
1952
122 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Dewey Martin Elizabeth Threatt Arthur Hunnicutt Buddy Baer Steven Geray Hank Worden Jim Davis Henri Letondal Robert Hunter Booth Colman
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The success of the journey focuses on keeping the Indian girl alive as well as themselves to complete trade with the Blackfeet.
Horror
Iceland
2017
105 Minutes
Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson Thor Kristjansson Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir Anna Gunndís Guðmundsdóttir Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson Þór Tulinius Arnar Páll Harðarson
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A story about a young man and two women who move into a small abandoned town in Iceland to renovate an old house. Little do they know the town has a dark history.
Adventure, Drama, History, Action, Mystery & Thriller
UK|France|USA
2010
97 Minutes
Michael Fassbender Dominic West Olga Kurylenko JJ Feild Lee Ross David Morrissey Ulrich Thomsen Ryan Atkinson Paul Freeman Liam Cunningham Noel Clarke
roman survivor general leader governor british soldier fiery spirited suspenseful thrilling dark frightening scotland fort village forest army camp revenge roman empire war
A splinter group of Roman soldiers fight for their lives behind enemy lines after their legion is devastated in a guerrilla attack.
Adventure, Drama
UK|USA
2004
92 Minutes
Ben Tibber Joan Plowright Jim Caviezel Maria Bonnevie Silvia De Santis Francesco De Vito Paco Reconti Hristo Shopov Alessandro Sperduti Adrian McCourt Clem Tibber
young boy prisoner young girl old woman mother friend powerful emotional prison camp bulgaria greece denmark ship prisoners of war prison break coming of age friendship reunion trust escape
A twelve-year-old boy escapes from a Bulgarian Communist concentration camp and sets out on a journey to reach Denmark.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK
2018
107 Minutes
Gerard Butler Peter Mullan Connor Swindells Ólafur Darri Ólafsson Gary Lewis Søren Malling Emma King Ken Drury Gary Kane Roderick Gilkison
lighthouse keeper rival man seaman gory brutal incredible disturbing thrilling scotland lighthouse island destruction fight to the death hidden treasure jealousy isolation revenge rivalry rise
Three lighthouse keepers on the remote Flannan Isles find a hidden trunk of gold, leading to their mysterious disappearance.
Crime, Drama
1972
98 Minutes
gangster man woman police chief bank robber drug smuggler thrilling emotional dark bank france nightclub train small town helicopter robbery drug smuggling law and order love triangle unusual friendship
A bank theft and a train robbery bring together a Frenchwoman (Catherine Deneuve), her criminal boyfriend (Alain Delon) and a detective (Richard Crenna).