Burebista

War and Peace

1968 · ★ 7.6

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.

Chhaava

2025 · ★ 7.1

Shivaji's death sparks the Maratha-Mughal conflict. His son Sambhaji leads resistance against Aurangzeb's forces. Amid battles and intrigue, both sides face challenges in a struggle for power.

Julius Caesar

1953 · ★ 7.1

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but both have sorely underestimated Mark Antony.

The Column

1968 · ★ 7.6

The end of Trajan's Dacian Wars (106 AD), when south western Dacia was transformed into a Roman province: Roman Dacia.

Cleopatra

1963 · ★ 7.1

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.

Caesar and Cleopatra

1945 · ★ 6.2

The aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra.

Cromwell

1970 · ★ 6.6

Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War.

Boris I: Part 1 – The Baptizing

1985 · ★ 7

Part one of this two-part epic follows the life and deeds of Boris I – a strong historic personality, which completes his mission to the full and at the end of his life receives holy orders.

Lion of the Desert

1981 · ★ 7.3

Resistance leader Omar Mukhtar opposes Italian colonization before World War II. The brutal guerrilla war against Italian General Rodolfo Graziani and the Fascist forces of Benito Mussolini highlights the struggle for Libyan independence and the harsh tactics utilised by the colonisers.

Napoleon

1927 · ★ 7.8

A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797.

The Sign of the Cross

1932 · ★ 6.4

A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.

Unbroken Sword

In the 7th century, Khalid bin Al-Walid is a warrior who leads an army across desert terrain to confront the Roman and Persian empires.