20 best movies like Alexander the Great (1956)

List of the best movies like Alexander the Great (1956): Lion of the Desert, Waterloo, Alexander, Red Tails, Cleopatra, Cromwell, The Liberator, MacArthur, The Legend of Suriyothai, Nomad: The Warrior.

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Markimdb: 8.2
Genredrama, military, biography, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:53

This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWII. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genreaction, drama, military, biography, history
CountryItaly, Soviet Union
Duration02:08

After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genreaction, melodrama, drama, adventure, military, biography, history
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, France, Italy, Morocco, Thailand
Duration02:55

    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.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genreaction, drama, military, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:00

    The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama, military, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genredrama, military, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

    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.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama, military, biography, history
    CountryVenezuela, Spain
    Duration01:58

    Bolívar was instrumental in Latin America’s struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire, and is today considered one of the most influential politicians and emancipators in American history. Libertador is told from the viewpoint of Bolívar, portrayed by Ramírez, about his quests and epic military campaigns, which covered twice the territory Alexander the Great conquered, and his vision to unify South America.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama, military, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:10

    The film portrays MacArthur's (Gregory Peck) life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Truman (Ed Flanders) for insubordination, and is recounted in flashback as he visits West Point.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction, drama, military, biography, history
    CountryThailand
    Duration02:04

    During the 16th century, as Thailand contends with both a civil war and Burmese invasion, a beautiful princess rises up to help protect the glory of the Kingdom of Ayothaya. Based on the life of Queen Suriyothai.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genredrama, military, history
    CountryKazakhstan, Russia, USA
    Duration01:52

    The Nomad is a historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan. The film is a fictionalised account of the youth and coming-of-age of Ablai Khan, as he grows and fights to defend the fortress at Hazrat-e Turkestan from Dzungar invaders.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama, adventure, military, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to have numbered 250,000.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography, history
    CountryItaly, USA
    Duration02:52

    Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama, military, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:08

    Drawn from the same events that later inspired Gladiator, the film charts the power-hungry greed and father-son betrayal that led to Rome's collapse at the bloody hands of the Barbarians.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction, drama, military, biography, history
    CountryIndia

    Story of Rani Lakshmibai, one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and her resistance to the British Rule.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, history
    CountryUSA, Spain
    Duration02:25

      After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, biography, history
      CountryRussia, Germany, Kazakhstan
      Duration02:06

      The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genredrama, military, biography, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:48

      Battle Hymn was inspired by the true story of American minister Dean Hess, played here with rare sensitivity by Rock Hudson. A bomber pilot during World War II, Hess inadvertently releases a bomb which destroys a German orphanage. Tortured by guilt, Hess relocates in Korea after the war to offer his services as a missionary. Combining the best elements of Christianity and Eastern spiritualism, Hess establishes a large home for orphans. The preacher's efforts are threatened when the Korean "police action" breaks out in 1950.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, biography, history
      CountryNetherlands
      Duration02:25

      When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France and Germany and faces its own civil war no less, only one man, Michael de Ruyter, can lead the county's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genredrama, military, history
      CountryItaly, Yugoslavia, West Germany
      Duration02:24

      In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia. The only way out for the Partisan forces and thousands of refugees was the bridge on the river Neretva.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:14

      Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genredrama, military, biography, history
      CountryFrance
      Duration05:13

      A massive 5 1/2 hour biopic of Napoleon, tracing his career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign), 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 film stops there because it was intended to be part one of six, but director Abel Gance never raised the money to make the other five). The film's legendary reputation is due to the astonishing range of techniques that Gance uses to tell his story, culminating in the final twenty-minute triptych sequence, which alternates widescreen panoramas with complex multiple- image montages projected simultaneously on three screens.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, biography, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove himself in the end.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genreaction, drama, military, history
      CountrySouth Korea, China
      Duration02:13

      In 1375, China was in chaos between Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Coryo (an ancient kingdom of Korea then) sent a delegation of many diplomats, soldiers and a silent slave to make peace with the new Chinese government. However, this delegation got charged as spies and sent in exile to a remote desert.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genredrama, military, biography, history
      CountryLebanon, Kuwait, Morocco, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Egypt
      Duration02:57

      Handsomely-mounted historical epic concerns the birth of the Islamic faith and the story of the prophet Mohammed.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:34

      Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and tacit support of the Boxers by the Empress of China and her generals.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration02:08

      English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genredrama, adventure, military, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Netherlands, USA
      Duration01:53

      In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genreaction, drama, military, biography, history
      CountryUSA

      Spend time on both sides of World War I, partly with German flying ace Baron Manfred Von Richthofen (John Phillip Law), aka "The Red Baron," and his colorful "flying circus" of Fokker fighter planes, during the time from his arrival at the war front to his death in combat. On the other side is Roy Brown of the Royal Air Force, sometimes credited with shooting Richthofen down.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genreaction, drama, military, biography, history
      CountrySoviet Union
      Duration01:51

      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.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genredrama, military, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:18

      In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, adventure, military, history
      CountrySpain
      Duration02:25

      In 17th century Spain Diego Alatriste, a brave and heroic soldier, is fighting in his King's army in the Flandes region. His best mate, Balboa, falls in a trap and, near to death, asks Diego to look after his son and teach him to be a soldier.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genredrama, adventure, military, biography, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:54

      This is a movie about the life of Israel's king David.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genreaction, drama, military, biography, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:28

      Richard Burton plays a Scottish Army officer put in charge of a disparate band of ANZAC troops on the perimeter of Tobruk with the German Army doing their best to dislodge them

      Markimdb: 7
      Genreaction, drama, military, history
      CountryUSA

      The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genredrama, adventure, biography, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Spain
      Duration02:34

      1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genredrama, military
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:43

      In 1915 France, Major Brand commands the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. The young airmen go up in bullet-riddled "crates" and the casualty rate is appalling, but Brand can't make the "brass hats" at headquarters see reason. Insubordinate air ace Captain Courtney is another thorn in Brand's side...but finds the smile wiped from his face when he rises to command the squadron himself. Everyone keeps a stiff upper lip.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genreaction, drama, military, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration03:28

      The theme is the founding of the state of Israel. The action begins on a ship filled with Jewish immigrants bound for Israel who are being off loaded on Cyprus. An Intelligence officer succeeds in getting them back on board their ship only to have the harbor blocked by the British with whom they must negotiate. The second part deals with declaring independence and the resulting warring.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genredrama, adventure, military, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Norway

      New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom attempts to find his son, and eventually becomes convinced that he must take a stand and fight for the freedom of the Colonies, alongside the aristocratic rebel Daisy McConnahay. As Tom undergoes his change of heart, the events of the war unfold in large-scale grandeur.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genredrama, adventure, military, biography, history
      CountryCanada
      Duration03:00

      Joan of Arc is born in 1412 in the village of Domrémy in the war zone of Northern France. During her youth she often witnesses the horrors of war, but her spirit is kept high by the legend of the Maiden of Lorraine. This says that a young maiden one day will unite the divided country and lead the people to freedom.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genreaction, drama, military, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:12

      This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genredrama, military, biography, history
      CountryIndia
      Duration02:30

      The film begins in 1857, when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a sepoy, a soldier of Indian origin, in the army of the East India Company. Pandey is fighting in the Anglo-Afghan Wars and saves the life of his British commanding officer, William Gordon. Gordon is indebted to Pandey and a strong friendship develops between them, transcending both rank and race.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genredrama, adventure, military, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:18

      An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his jewish roots. Each of Israel's Arab neighbors has vowed to invade the poorly prepared country as soon as partition is granted. He is made commander of the Israeli forces just before the war begins.

      Markimdb: 3.7
      Genremelodrama, adventure, military, biography, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:51

      Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genreaction, drama, military, history
      CountryChina, South Korea, Hong Kong
      Duration01:42

      The aging Zhao embarks on his final and greatest campaign, a road to adventure that will crown his name in glory for all time.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genredrama, military, history
      CountryItaly, Poland

      Storyline: In the summer of 1683, 300 000 Ottoman Empire's warriors begin the siege of Vienna. City's fall, will open way to conquer the Europe. The Sept 11 is the day of main battle between Polish cavalry under the King Jan III Sobieski and Turks.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genreaction, drama, military, biography, history
      CountryIndia

      10 years before the sepoy mutiny, Syeraa Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy, the unsung hero of Kurnool, Rayalaseema was the first Indian freedom fighter to start a rebellion against the British East India Company in the year 1846.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrecomedy, drama, military, history
      CountryLuxembourg, Spain
      Duration01:57

      The culmination of Orson Welles’s lifelong obsession with Shakespeare’s robustly funny and ultimately tragic screen antihero, Sir John Falstaff; the loyal, often soused friend of King Henry IV’s wayward son Prince Hal. Integrating elements from both Henry IV plays as well as Richard II, Henry V, and The Merry Wives of Windsor.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genreaction, drama, military, biography, history
      CountryGermany, France, Austria
      Duration02:00

      The story of the final seven months in the life of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genreaction, drama, military, history
      CountryIndia
      Duration03:05

      In 1897, an army of 21 Sikhs battles 10,000 Afghans to prevent the Saragarhi Fort from being taken down.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genreaction, drama, military, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration02:12

      In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.




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