In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi clan. He sends his war commander in search of the clan's hidden gold only to find that two daggers are the key to the hiding place of the treasured gold. Spanning decades, the quest for the missing daggers takes Shiranui through war and ancient tradition.

Anna Boleyn

1920

German

6.5

♡ 7

26%

Ernst Lubitsch Director

Friedrich Kühne as Archbishop Cranmer

Erling Hanson as Count Percy

Aud Egede-Nissen as Jane Seymour

Sophie Pagay as Nurse

The story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England.

Dangerous Beauty

1998

English

7.1

♡ 24

69%

Marshall Herskovitz Director

Oliver Platt as Maffio Venier

Rufus Sewell as Marco Venier

Jacqueline Bisset as Paola Franco

Catherine McCormack as Veronica Franco

Veronica is brilliant, gifted and beautiful, but the handsome aristocrat she loves, Marco Venier, cannot marry her because she is penniless and of questionable family. So Veronica's mother, Paola, teaches her to become a courtesan, one of the exotic companions favored by the richest and most powerful Venetian men. Veronica courageously uses her charms to change destiny -- and to give herself a chance at true love.

Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas

2013

French

6.1

♡ 16

47%

Arnaud des Pallières Director

David Bennent as César

Mads Mikkelsen as Michael Kohlhaas

Guillaume Delaunay as The Giant

Bruno Ganz as The Governor

In the 16th century in the Cévennes, a horse dealer by the name of Michael Kohlhaas leads a happy and prosperous family life. When a lord treats him unjustly, this pious, upstanding man raises an army and puts the country to fire and sword in order to have his rights restored.

The King's Case Note

2017

Korean

6.4

♡ 3

44%

joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

Mystery

Hyun-Sung Moon Director

Hae-In Jung as Heuk-woon

Sun-kyun Lee as King Yejong

Soo-jin Kyung as Seon-hwa

Jae-hong Ahn as Yoon, Yi-seo

A clever king of Joseon and his brilliant chronicler hunt for the truth behind a crime that threatens the throne and the stability of the country.

Kingdom of War: Part 1

2007

Thai

6.8

♡ 9

59%

Chatrichalerm Yukol Director

Chatchai Plengpanich as King Mahathammaracha

Nopachai Jayanama as Lord Rachamanoo

Grace Mahadamrongkul as Princess Phra Supankalaya

Jirayu La-ongmanee as Young Boonthing

The film concerns the life of King Naresuan, who liberated the Siamese from the control of Burma. Born in 1555, he was taken to Burma as a child hostage; there he became acquainted with sword fighting and became a threat to the Burmese empire.

The Conspiracy of Torture

1969

Italian

6.5

♡ 7

Lucio Fulci Director

John Bartha as 2nd Excellency

Raymond Pellegrin as Cardinal Lanciani

Ignazio Spalla as Catalano

Amedeo Trilli as Extra

In 1599 Italy, Beatrice Cenci is the teenage daughter of the crazed landowner and nobleman Francesco Cenci who keeps her locked up in the dungeon of his castle where he sexually abuses her. Beatrice plots with her stepmother, her besotted servant Olimpio, as well as a local bandit, named Catalano to plan Francesco’s murder.

Taras Bulba

1962

English

6.3

♡ 17

68%

16th century

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

cossack

Drama

father son relationship

J. Lee Thompson Director

Abraham Sofaer as Abbot

Richard Rust as Capt. Alex

Chuck Hayward as Dolotov

Perry Lopez as Ostap Bulba

Ukraine, 16th century. While the Poles dominate the Cossack steppes, Andrei, son of Taras Bulba, a Cossack leader, must choose between his love for his family and his folk and his passion for a Polish woman.

The Profession of Arms

2001

Italian

6.9

♡ 2

Ermanno Olmi Director

Ralph Palka as Alto ufficiale dell'ambasceria alemanna

Christo Jivkov as Giovanni de Medici dalle Bande Nere

Sasa Vulicevic as Pietro Aretino

Alessandro Genovesi as Ufficiale posto di guardia

In autumn of 1526, the Emperor, Charles V, sends his German landsknechts led by Georg von Frundsberg to march towards Rome. The inferior papal armies, commanded by Giovanni de'Medici, try to chase them in the midst of a harsh winter. Nevertheless, the Imperial armies manage to cross the rivers along their march and get cannons thanks to the maneuvers of its Lords. In a skirmish, Giovanni de'Medici is wounded in the leg by a falconet shot. The attempts to cure him fail and he dies. The Imperial armies assault Rome. The film is beautifully but unassumingly set, and shows the hard conditions in which war is waged and its lack of glory. It ends straightforwardly with the declaration made after the death of Giovanni de'Medici by the commanders of the armies in Europe of not using again fire weapons because of their cruelty.

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

1939

English

7.0

♡ 2

Michael Curtiz Director

Forrester Harvey as Bit Part

Errol Flynn as Earl of Essex

Alan Hale as Earl of Tyrone

Vincent Price as Sir Walter Raleigh

This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.

Monstrum

2018

Korean

6.1

♡ 28

94%

65%

16th century

Action

based on a true story

Jong-ho Huh Director

Woo-sik Choi as Heo

Sung-woong Park as Jin Yong

Hee-soon Park as King Jungjong

Kyeong-yeong Lee as Sim Woon

Ancient Korea, 1506. The tyrannical King Yeonsan-gun of Joseon is overthrown by his half-brother Jung-jong, whose reign begins with a blood bath. Over the years, traitors plot against him, sinking the kingdom into chaos. In 1528, frightened rumors come to royal palace, regarding a mysterious creature, known as Monstrum by the peasants.

Elcano & Magellan: The First Voyage Around the World

2019

Basque

4.5

♡ 16

based on a true story

based on true story

History

journey around the world

portugal

Romance

spanish empire

Ángel Alonso Director

Kandido Uranga as Álvaro Dacosta

Ander Vildósola Gala as Antonio Pifagetta

Paul Louis as Espinosa

Asier Hernández as Gómez

The first journey around the world began under the command of Ferdinand Magellan and was concluded by Juan Sebastián Elcano. Five boats left Seville on September 20, 1519. Storms, famine, tribes… Three years later, only one made it back. An incredible adventure around the planet whose roundness was finally proven.

The Last Relic

1969

Estonian

7.8

♡ 3

16th century

Adventure

based on novel or book

Grigori Kromanov Director

Jüri Järvet as Brother Johannes's voice

Raivo Trass as Hans von Risbieter

Peeter Jakobi as Ivo Schenkenberg

Rolan Bykov as Vend Johannes

A medieval love story with lots of adventures. The times are troubled - there's a revolt of peasants going on. To secure its safety a monastery chases for a relics of a holy Brigitte. A nobleman promises to get it if he gets beautiful Agnes as a reward. But she fells in love with a handsome adventurer. The monastery has to act shrewd now and play double game. The movie is still the best achievement of the Estonian cinema. Based on a novel.

Lady Jane

1986

English

7.1

♡ 10

56%

Trevor Nunn Director

Tim Plester as Dirty Peasant

Cary Elwes as Guilford Dudley

Patrick Stewart as Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk

Helena Bonham Carter as Lady Jane Grey

The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son, Edward, is on his deathbed. Anxious to keep England true to the Reformation, a scheming minister John Dudley marries off his son, Guildford to Lady Jane Grey, whom he places on the throne after Edward dies. At first hostile to each other, Guildford and Jane fall in love, but they cannot withstand the course of power which will lead to their ultimate downfall.

Mad Love

2001

Spanish

6.5

♡ 3

50%

hispanic monarchy (spanish empire)

Vicente Aranda Director

Luis Fernández de Eribe as

Giuliano Gemma as De Veyre

Pilar López de Ayala as Juana

Jennifer Díaz as Maria

The tragic fate of Juana I of Castille, Queen of Spain, madly in love to an unfaithful husband, Felipe el Hermoso, Archduke of Austria.

Warriors of the Dawn

2017

Korean

6.4

♡ 7

japanese invasion of korea

joseon dynasty

joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

mercenary

military

War

Yoon-Chul Jung Director Esom

Esom as Duk-yi

Jin-gu Yeo as Prince Gwanghae

Park Ji-hoon as Royal forces 1

Jung-jae Lee as To-woo

A crown prince emerges as a leader during the war between Korea and Japan in 1592.

The Taming of The Shrew

1967

English

7.1

♡ 8

82%

73%

16th century

Action

based on play or musical

Comedy

Drama

father daughter relationship

Romance

shakespearean play

sister sister relationship

suitor

Franco Zeffirelli Director

Elizabeth Taylor as Katharina

Giuseppe Castellano as Man watching argument

Vernon Dobtcheff as Pedant

Carlo Pisacane as Petruchio's servant

Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his youngest daughter, to marry until the temperamental and unruly Katherina, his eldest daughter, does.

Anonymous

2011

English

6.8

♡ 38

47%

Roland Emmerich Director

Richard Durden as Archbishop

Tom Wlaschiha as Captain of the Guard

Robert Emms as Thomas Dekker

David Thewlis as William Cecil

Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays.