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51. Blades of the Guardians (2023– )
22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Dao Ma walks in the desert of the Western regions. On the way, he took a guarding task with a destination to Chang'an. The task seemed simple at first, but it is a road full of danger. A journey affecting the fate of the world begins..
Votes: 367
52. Query (2020)
Not Rated | 9 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A leisurely day belies its uninvited end as Jay and Alex, best friends and roommates, challenge one another on their opinions of sexuality.
Director: Sophie Kargman | Stars: Justice Smith, Graham Patrick Martin, Armie Hammer, Olivia Sui
Votes: 770
53. The Passion of the Christ: Deleted Scenes (2009 Video)
5 min | Short, Drama
Deleted scenes from 'The Passion of the Christ'.
Director: Mel Gibson | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern, Mattia Sbragia, Hristo Shopov
Votes: 135
54. The Ravages of Time (2023– )
24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Lv Bu kidnapped the emperor during political turmoil in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Allied forces strategized to defeat Lv Bu, rescue the emperor and restore order amid shifting loyalties.
Stars: Guangyi Du, Lei Shen, Qian Hu, Qiu Jia
Votes: 72
55. The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
Approved | 96 min | Adventure, Drama
In the doomed Roman city, a gentle blacksmith becomes a corrupt gladiator, while his son leans toward Christianity.
Directors: Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper | Stars: Preston Foster, Basil Rathbone, David Holt, Alan Hale
Votes: 1,228
56. The Peak of True Martial Arts (2021– )
11 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Nie Feng has a body of true yang, but he came from an ordinary background, had a rough fate, was repeatedly oppressed and calculated, and finally embarked on the road of confronting the ... See full summary »
Votes: 20
57. The Slave (1962)
100 min | Adventure, Drama, History
During the power struggle between Caesar and Crassus, a Roman centurion, who is the lost son of Spartacus, is dispatched to Crassus' camp to observe his movements and keep Caesar informed.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Steve Reeves, Jacques Sernas, Gianna Maria Canale, Claudio Gora
Votes: 593
58. Genghis Khan (2005 TV Movie)
58 min | Biography, Drama
Genghis Khan, ruthless leader of the Mongols and sovereign over the vastest empire ever ruled by a single man, was both god and devil - not just in the Middle Ages, but for centuries to come.
Director: Edward Bazalgette | Stars: Orgil Makhaan, Unubold Batbayar, Unurjargal Jigjidsuren, Erdenetsetseg Bazarragchaa
Votes: 658
59. Fag (2019)
Not Rated | 35 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Thomas, a 17-year-old high school student, finds himself attracted to Esteban, another boy from his school. The rumor of Thomas's homosexuality is spreading fast, and he begins to suffer the gaze of others.
Director: Olivier Lallart | Stars: Paul Gomerieux, Jacques Lepesqueur, Yannis Perrier-Gustin, Henri Flesselle
Votes: 653
60. Black Adam Precursor (2020)
2 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
5000 years ago, living as a slave under a culture rich with wealth and magic, Teth-Adam gains the powers of Shazam and uses them against his masters. Shazam interferes, locking Adam away ... See full summary »
Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Tonea Stewart
Votes: 960
61. Al Hajjaj (2003)
Action, Biography, Drama
This is the biography of Al Hajjaj Bin Youssef AL Thaqafi, the distinguished character whom a lot controversy was raised around him during one of history's most turbulent eras.
Stars: Fethi Haddaoui, Eyad Nassar, Abed Fahed, Nahed Halaby
Votes: 413
62. Supreme God Emperor (2020– )
7 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Ten thousand years ago, the immortal king Muyun was conspired by others for holding the Zhu Xiantu. After ten thousand years of sleep, his remnant soul awakened on the famous "Trash Muyun".
Star: Qiege Qin
Votes: 33
63. The Journey of Wugeng (2016– )
15 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The battle between Gods and Men and Dark Ones. Adaptation of the feng shen ji manhua.
Stars: Dawei Liang, Wu Lei, Qiege Qin, Dian Tao
Votes: 139
64. Cinderella Chef (II) (2018– )
TV-14 | 20 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A Chinese renowned chef accidentally died from her own cooking and was reincarnated into a body of a recently dead woman in ancient China. Struggling to survive, she finds herself in an adventure that will forever change her life.
Stars: Dawei Shen, Shi Si, Yang Ou, Beichen Liu
Votes: 78
65. Jade Dynasty (2022– )
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Zhang Xiaofan was orphaned and joined Qingyunmen sect. After rigorous training, he mastered Seven Vessels. Lu Xueqi faced danger but met Baguio who fought demon sect. New perils awaited Zhang.
Stars: Jinwen Chen, Yue Jiang, Liu Qing, Na Cai
Votes: 49
66. The Emperor's Strategy (2018– )
TV-14 | 18 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Having ascended to the Imperial throne of Chu State at the age of just 18, Chu Yuan is hoping for a peaceful reign. But during his first year as Emperor, a bloody rebellion threatens to ... See full summary »
Star: Ying Huang
Votes: 16
67. Hannibal (1959)
Approved | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
During the Second Punic War in 218 BC, Carthaginian general Hannibal attacks the Roman Republic by crossing the Pyrenees and the Alps with his vast army.
Directors: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Victor Mature, Gabriele Ferzetti, Rita Gam, Milly Vitale
Votes: 1,129
68. Dreaming Back to the Qing Dynasty (2019–2020)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Romance
A girl accidentally travels back in time and could change the entire history of China.
Stars: Anyu Wang, Landi Li, Yunlai Xin, Qiao Ding
Votes: 74
69. Hannibal (2006 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 89 min | Action, Biography, Drama
It is 200 years before the birth of Christ and Rome is the new superpower of the ancient world. She believes she is invincible - but one man is destined to change that. He is a man bound by... See full summary »
Director: Edward Bazalgette | Stars: Alexander Siddig, Emilio Doorgasingh, Bashar Rahal, Mido Hamada
Votes: 1,793
70. Sam and Colby: The Attachment (2022)
Horror
As the paranormal grows more far fetched and wide, none of us can help but feel just a bit watched in the shadows of our eyes and homes, as shadows linger from our backs, our sides, our ... See full summary »
Stars: Sam Golbach, Colby Brock, Celina Myers, Nate Hardy
Votes: 59
71. Pompeii: Sin City (2021)
90 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Explores Pompeii, a city cloaked in mystery which, over the course of history, has influenced culture and art, from Neoclassicism to Contemporary Art, through images and words by the great artists and writers who visited and imagined it.
Director: Pappi Corsicato | Stars: Isabella Rossellini, Darius Arya, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, Ellen O'Gorman
Votes: 79
72. White Cat Legend (2020– )
17 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
We follow the daily life of Shen Shi, a young man looking for his brother. To find him, he goes to the Dali Temple. One thing led to another, he eventually became an officer for Li Bing, a ... See full summary »
Star: Tu-Te-Ha-Meng
Votes: 78
73. Fairy Legends (2018–2023)
7 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
Ye Xingyu's master Yu Huanxian went and left a giant Tianyuan Shenzong. Ye Xingyun became the new leader of the Tianyuan Shenzong. At the same time, the civet cat exchanged Prince Edward's ... See full summary »
Stars: Qiege Qin, Ling Mo, Boheng Zhang, Mace
Votes: 49
74. Age of Mythology (2002 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Arkantos, the heroic admiral of Atlantis, looks for a cause of a series of menacing omens, and accidentally intervenes in the titans' dark plan of preparing an uprising against the gods.
Stars: Warren Burton, Sean Donnellan, Jean Gilpin, J.D. Hall
Votes: 2,275
75. A Greek Odyssey with Bettany Hughes (2020)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History
The historian explores the history of Greece from the time of the Ancients to the present day.
Star: Bettany Hughes
Votes: 147
76. Days of Noah (2022)
Drama
A story about fathers, sons, and consequence in the days before the flood foretold by Noah.
Director: Dalton Thomas | Stars: Vitaly Rapoport, Abraham Shishkoff, Mayaan Nestel, Liran Yakuti
Votes: 10
77. Patterns of Evidence: Exodus (2014)
Unrated | 115 min | Documentary, History
An investigation into the validity of the Exodus.
Director: Timothy P. Mahoney | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Benjamin Netanyahu, David Rohl, Shimon Peres
Votes: 1,203
78. Duel of Champions (1961)
105 min | Action, Drama, History
In the 5th century BC, rival kingdoms Rome and Alba entrust their fate to a duel to death between their respective chosen champions, the 3 Orazi brothers for Rome and the 3 Curiazi brothers for Alba.
Directors: Ferdinando Baldi, Terence Young | Stars: Alan Ladd, Franca Bettoia, Franco Fabrizi, Robert Keith
Votes: 359
79. Yeshua (1984)
Not Rated | 250 min | Biography
A documentary series of five, fifty-minute episodes detailing the cultural- historical context of ancient Israel leading up to the life of Jesus Christ (or, in Hebrew, Yeshua Messiah). ... See full summary »
Directors: Ardon Albrecht, John Meredyth Lucas | Star: Oswald C.J. Hoffmann
Votes: 15
80. Memory of Chang'an (2020–2021)
Animation, History, Romance
Princess Ming Yue and Li Qiang, the emperor's ninth prince, are forced to marry in order to keep the peace in their kingdoms. As the princess finally seems to be getting used to her new ... See full summary »
Votes: 23
81. The History of Flat Earth (2017 Video)
97 min | Documentary, History
Stars: Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Mike Collins, Betty Grissom
Votes: 39
82. My Heroic Husband (2023– )
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
The business elite-Yi Ning traveled to the Wu Dynasty in an alternate history, and became a son-in-law with a low status Man surnamed Ning, with the given name named Yi, and a courtesy name... See full summary »
Stars: Zi Yang, Zhao Shuang, Sanmu Liu, Na Cai
Votes: 18
83. The Dark Myth (1990– )
100 min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Takahashi, is the living embodiment of Atman (the energy of the Human Spirit) and he has been called upon to fight the forces of darkness single handedly. He is haunted by the murder of his... See full summary »
Stars: Nozomu Sasaki, Alan Marriott, Mizuho Suzuki, Peter Marinker
Votes: 109
84. Wisdom Teachings (2013–2018)
Not Rated | 30 min | History, Mystery, News
This TV show is about so many topics as physics, spirituality, alternative science, alternative physic theories, esoteric philosophy, historical facts, news and alternative news, ancient ... See full summary »
Star: David Wilcock
Votes: 52
85. Evensong (2023)
15 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A lamplighter, given the lonely task of lighting hundreds of candles inside a huge cathedral, encounters a flame with a will of its own.
Directors: Malibu Taetz, David Mora Perea, Joshua Vanderlinden | Star: Malibu Taetz
86. Age of Empires (1997 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, History
Lead an ancient culture from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, forge a civilisation, and destroy your enemies.
Director: Bruce Shelley
Votes: 2,463
87. How Beer Saved the World (2011 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
This show traces the important role that beer has played in human history from the probable origins of the first beer at the dawn of history to the development of a special beer for use in zero gravity space missions.
Stars: Henry Strozier, George Armelagos, Charlie Bamforth, Kyria Boundy-Mills
Votes: 502
88. The Golden Mask (1953)
Approved | 88 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A British Museum archaeologist is searching for an ancient golden mask buried in a Roman tomb in Algeria but tomb robbers follow the academic in the hope of stealing the precious relic.
Director: Jack Lee | Stars: Van Heflin, Wanda Hendrix, Eric Portman, Charles Goldner
Votes: 290
89. Marketing the Messiah (2020)
Unrated | 103 min | Documentary
This documentary shows how Christianity grew from a small Jewish Sect into the Catholic Church, with an emphasis on how Jesus's apostles rejected Paul's version of Jesus, but Paul's version eventually became the orthodox Catholic view.
Director: Cameron Reilly | Stars: Michael Bird, Richard Carrier, Geoffrey Dunn, David Fitzgerald
Votes: 560
90. Quest for the Lost Civilization (1998)
151 min | Documentary, History, Mystery
Graham Hancock is a bestselling author and journalist who specializes in ancient civilizations. He explores, amongst other things, the submerged Yonaguni monument off the coast of Japan, Easter Island, Angkor Wat in Cambodia, the pyramids of Egypt and looks at astronomical alignments.
Stars: Graham Hancock, Santha Faiia, John Anthony West, Robert Schoch
Votes: 267
91. Ancient Mysteries (2016– )
Documentary, History
British documentary series following the work of experts who are using cutting-edge technology to explore some of the world's greatest ancient mysteries and put forward new theories and interpretations.
Stars: Mark Bazeley, Chris Naunton, Yasmin El Shazly, Aidan Dodson
Votes: 35
92. inVERSE (2021– )
30 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
inVERSE takes old poems and uses them as a prism through which to explore the world today. Our dreams are nothing new. Our ancestors had the same hopes and fears that we do. People are people. And hope unites us all.
Stars: Jasmine Aurora, Adam Roche, Emma Kniebe, Tom Baker
93. In Search of the Trojan War (1985)
360 min | Documentary, History
Over six hour-long programs, Michael Wood marshals the disparate strands of evidence to present as fully rounded a portrait as possible of both the historical and the legendary city of Troy... See full summary »
Stars: Michael Wood, John Chadwick, Colin Renfrew, Jerome Sperling
Votes: 301
94. David Icke: Beyond the Cutting Edge (2008)
380 min | Documentary
In this seven-hour presentation to 2,500 people at the Brixton Academy in London, David addresses all these questions and connects the dots between them to reveal a picture of life on earth that is truly beyond the cutting edge.
Director: Miki Zoric | Star: David Icke
Votes: 65
95. Chasing Mummies (2010– )
60 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
A documentary filmmaker, his film crew, and a group of archaeological fellows follow renowned Egyptologist Dr. Zahi Hawass on his daily adventures and discoveries.
Stars: Allan Morton, David Cheetham, Derek Lincoln, Zahi Hawass
Votes: 162
96. Odyssey - Ancient History Documentaries (2021– )
Documentary, History
Trying to get home after war.
Stars: Bettany Hughes, Marianne Chandler, Simcha Jacobovici, Mary Beard
97. The Legend of Qin (2007– )
22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The series centers around a juvenile named Tianming Jing, who becomes a hero and changes the course of history with his exploits.
Stars: Churong Fan, Junhua Feng, Haitian Hong, Yiqing Huang
Votes: 52
98. Chronicles of Everlasting Wind and Sword Rain (2020–2021)
7 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In ancient Shenzhou, humans and demons had been in constant dispute for thousands of years. The demon princess from Tushan, Bai Binglan, and the human Zhang Kuangyun met each other due to a misunderstanding.
99. Magical Legend: Rise to Immortality (2016–2021)
Animation, Action, Adventure
In the early Ming Dynasty, Leng Shuangning, a disciple of the "Qingcheng School", went down the mountain to enter the world. In the process of seeking to solve the mystery of his own fate, ... See full summary »
Stars: Junhua Feng, Gui Niang, Dawei Shen, Lei Xia
100. Rameses: Wrath of God or Man? (2004 TV Movie)
100 min | Documentary, History
This documentary examines what historians know about the Bible's Old Testament account of the Plague of the Firstborn and about Egypt's Pharaoh, Rameses. Egyptologists discuss whether the ... See full summary »
Directors: Mark Aldridge, Tom Pollock | Stars: Daz Crawford, Morgan Freeman, Claudia Lynx
Votes: 80