On his deathbed, the reigning king bestows power to an unexpected heir who must find strength within himself to unite his people against the violent crusades which threaten their freedom.

Pilgrimage

2017

English

5.9

♡ 79

68%

Brendan Muldowney Director

Richard Armitage as Raymond De Merville

John Lynch as The Herbalist - Brother Ciaran

Jon Bernthal as The Mute

Tom Holland as The Novice - Brother Diarmuid

In 13th century Ireland a group of monks must escort a sacred relic across a landscape fraught with peril.

The Rising Hawk

2019

English

5.8

♡ 96

29%

Akhtem Seitablaev Director

Alex MacNicoll as Maksim

Alison Doody as Rada

Tommy Flanagan as Tugar

Robert Patrick as Zakhar

During the 13th century, a small village fights for freedom in the frontier landscape of the Carpathian Mountains against Mongolian invaders.

Le frère du guerrier

2002

French

6.0

♡ 1

13th century

Action

Adventure

brother brother relationship

Drama

History

sibling rivalry

Pierre Jolivet Director

Guillaume Canet as Arnaud

François Berléand as Le curé

Anne Le Ny as Mme de Moteron

Vincent Lindon as Thomas

13th century France. To live, to survive, requires weapons. Which do you choose? Weapons of war, which give the power to punish and kill? Or the sword of knowledge, which gives the power to read and heal? Two brothers, separated long ago, must do battle. Alongside, and coming between them, a woman... Thomas, the mercenary, his body marked by scars of varying degrees of valor, left the family farm many years ago. When he returns, his mother, the local healer, is dead. She passed on her skills to her younger son, Arnaud. But he has lost his memory after a beating from a gang of ruthless outlaws. And so, Arnaud's young and defiantly resourceful wife, Guillemette, must persuade Thomas to help her in the quest for lost knowledge.

Kingdom of Conquerors

2013

Chinese

5.6

♡ 4

40%

Ping Wang Director

Hideo Nakaizumi as Asukka

Elvis Tsui as Chief Advisor Yelü / Yelü Chucai Tumen

Tumen as Genghis Khan

Gexin Da as Grandson / Mutujian

In the 1200s, a man arose whose ruthlessness was so feared, he emerged as the greatest empire builder ever known to mankind. Inspired by true historical events.

Ironclad: Battle for Blood

2014

English

4.3

♡ 13

17%

Jonathan English Director

David Caves as Berenger

David Rintoul as Gilbert De Vesci

Predrag Bjelac as Maddog

Danny Webb as Mr. Smith

A survivor of the Great Siege of Rochester Castle fights to save his clan from from Celtic raiders. A sequel to the 2011 film, "Ironclad."

Lamya's Poem

2021

English

6.1

90%

Alexander Kronemer Director

Faran Tahir as Baha Walad

Millie Davis as Lamya

Raoul Bhaneja as Mr. Hamadani / Smuggler

Mena Massoud as Rumi

An inspiring and timely tale about a 12-year-old Syrian refugee girl named Lamya. When she flees the violence of her country, she is given a book of poetry of the famous 13th-century Poet, Rumi. As the perils of her journey mount, the book becomes a magical gateway where she meets Rumi when he was a boy and also a refugee fleeing the violence of his time. In a shared dreamworld, they battle the monsters that follow them from their real world situations, and Lamya must help young Rumi find his calling and write the poem that 800 years later will save her life.

Francesco

1989

English

6.2

♡ 9

44%

Liliana Cavani Director

Mario Adorf as Cardinal Ugolino

Helena Bonham Carter as Chiara

Mickey Rourke as Francesco

Mathieu Carrière as In the Lateran Palace

The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death to tell stories so that Leone can record them: a privileged and virile youth, a prisoner of war, an heir who turns away from his father and gives all to the poor, a beggar for others, and an inspiration to friends who accept the Gospels' life of poverty.

Catherine Called Birdy

2022

English

6.6

♡ 18

89%

middle ages (476-1453)

teenage girl

Lena Dunham Director

Bella Ramsey as Birdy

Ralph Ineson as Golden Tiger

David Bradley as Lord Gideon Sidebottom

Moya Brady as Nan the Midwife

A teenage girl in Medieval England navigates life and tries to avoid the arranged marriages her father maps out for her.

Alexander Nevsky

1938

Russian

7.5

♡ 5

91%

Sergei M. Eisenstein Director

Nikolay Cherkasov as Aleksandr Nevsky

Andrei Abrikosov as Gavrilo Oleksich

Nikolai Aparin as Mikhalka

Aleksandra Danilova as Vasilisa - a Maid of Pskov

When German knights invade Russia, Prince Alexander Nevsky must rally his people to resist the formidable force. After the Teutonic soldiers take over an eastern Russian city, Alexander stages his stand at Novgorod, where a major battle is fought on the ice of frozen Lake Chudskoe. While Alexander leads his outnumbered troops, two of their number, Vasili and Gavrilo, begin a contest of bravery to win the hand of a local maiden.

Zen

2009

Japanese

7.3

♡ 7

86%

Banmei Takahashi Director

Yuki Uchida as Orin

Takashi Sasano as Rôsô

Kengo Kôra as Shunryô

Tatsuya Fujiwara as Tokiyori Hôjô

In the early 1200s, Dogen brought Chinese Zen philosophy to Japan, and established the Japanese Zen school of Buddhism. He taught that a person was capable of realizing Buddhahood within himself, by way of Zazen. Zazen is extended hours of sitting and meditating to achieve a state of “Mu” (nothingness, or empty existence).

The Last King

2016

Norwegian

6.1

♡ 32

89%

Nils Gaup Director

Pål Sverre Hagen as Gisle

Thorbjørn Harr as Inge

Thea Sofie Loch Næss as Kristin

Kristofer Hivju as Torstein

Norway, 1204. A civil war between the birkebeiners —the king's men— and the baglers —supporters of the Norwegian aristocracy and the Church— ravages the country. Two men must protect a baby, the illegitimate son of King Håkon, who will be the future king and peacemaker, from those who want to kill him.

Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes

2015

English

7.7

♡ 5

92%

Alik Sakharov Director Tom Wu

Tom Wu as Hundred Eyes

Benedict Wong as Kublai Khan

Michelle Yeoh as Lotus

Olivia Cheng as Mei Lin

The episode shows the origin of Hundred Eyes and how his relationship with Kublai Khan and Prince Jingim came about. Before losing his sight and before pledging his service to Kublai Khan, who was Hundred Eyes who became a deadly assassin and trained Marco Polo.

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

1972

Italian

7.2

♡ 7

42%

Franco Zeffirelli Director

Peter Firth as

Leigh Lawson as Bernardo

Kenneth Cranham as Paolo

Carlo Pisacane as San Damiano Priest

In his delirium from his return from war, Francesco Bernardone goes back in his memories to the days when he lived for parties and carnal pleasures. He slowly recovers, but after the illness he is no longer the Francesco that everybody knew. Instead of spending hours in taverns, he meditates on the beauty of God's creatures, soon renouncing his riches and his family with plans to rebuild an abandoned church and his life.

The Valley of the Bees

1968

Czech

7.7

♡ 6

13th century

Drama

middle ages (476-1453)

Frantisek Vlácil Director

Vlastimil Hasek as

Petr Sedlák as A Collier

Vera Galatíková as Lenora

Frantisek Kovárík as Shepherd

Cast out by his father, young Ondrej joins the Order of the Teutonic Knights, where he is raised by strict monk Armin. After years of hardship, Ondrej escapes from the Order when he is wrongly punished, and sets out for his former home. Arriving to discover his father to be dead, Ondrej now not only assumes control of his father's properties, but seeks to marry his former stepmother.

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Alexander Nevsky

Zen

The Last King

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