Cleopatra
β 6.1 Β· 1934 Β· 100m Β· History Β· Drama Β· Romance
The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.
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1929 Β· β 5.3
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Alexander
2004 Β· β 6
Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.
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Once a Lady
1931 Β· β 4.6
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Along Came Youth
1930 Β· β 7.3
Broke and stranded in England, American sportsman Larry Brooks and his pal Ambrose take on increasingly odd jobs to remain in proximity to the aristocratic lady that Larry would woo.
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The Patriot
2000 Β· β 7.2
After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, America, against the British, Benjamin reluctantly returns to his old life to protect his son.
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The English Patient
1996 Β· β 7.1
In the 1930s, Count AlmΓ‘sy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, AlmΓ‘sy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.
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Troy
2004 Β· β 7.2
In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy.
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Ben-Hur
1959 Β· β 7.9
In ancient Judea, a Jewish aristocrat opposing Roman occupation of his homeland reunites with his childhood friend, now a Roman commander β setting in motion a saga of betrayal, adventure, tragedy, revenge, and faith.
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Children of Pleasure
1930 Β· β 5.5
A successful songwriter, dazzled by high society, falls for a society girl who is just playing around.
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Dancers in the Dark
1932 Β· β 5.7
A bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town. However, things get complicated when he finds out that a gangster has designs on her too.
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Apocalypse Now
1979 Β· β 8.3
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
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Gladiator
2000 Β· β 8.2
After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.
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