Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "empire"

51. Sunshine (1999)

R | 181 min | Drama, History, Romance

The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.

Director: István Szabó | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle

Votes: 15,825 | Gross: $5.10M

52. One Night with the King (2006)

PG | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History

In Biblical times, a girl disguises her Jewish origins when the Persian king comes looking for a new bride among his subjects.

Director: Michael O. Sajbel | Stars: Tiffany Dupont, Luke Goss, John Noble, Omar Sharif

Votes: 7,859 | Gross: $13.40M

53. 55 Days at Peking (1963)

Unrated | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

During the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, U.S. marine, Maj. Matt Lewis, along with British consul, Sir Arthur Robertson, develop a plan to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force can arrive.

Directors: Nicholas Ray, Guy Green, Andrew Marton | Stars: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson

Votes: 7,449

54. The Rising Hawk (2019)

Not Rated | 125 min | Action, Drama, History

The Mongol Empire had grown to the largest the world had ever known. Its armies now laid siege to much of Eastern Europe. A small village fights for freedom in the frontier landscape of the Carpathian Mountains.

Directors: John Wynn, Akhtem Seitablaev | Stars: Robert Patrick, Tommy Flanagan, Poppy Drayton, Alex MacNicoll

Votes: 4,537

55. Ferry (2021)

TV-MA | 106 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Ruthless Ferry Bouman is sent to his native region of Brabant by his boss Brink to avenge an attack on their gang. When he meets lovely Danielle and old family feuds resurface, Brabant starts to pierce his steel armour.

Director: Cecilia Verheyden | Stars: Frank Lammers, Elise Schaap, Huub Stapel, Raymond Thiry

Votes: 13,132

56. Edens Zero (2021–2023)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A young boy cut off from the world meets his friends and sets off on a hard, long journey to be reborn.

Stars: Rie Kugimiya, Takuma Terashima, Mikako Komatsu, Kira Buckland

Votes: 2,053

57. Mahabharat (2013–2014)

20 min | Drama, History, War

The mother of all wars, the epitome of all rivalries, the cauldron of emotions, insecurities, jealousies, and power play - Mahabharat.

Stars: Saurabh Raj Jain, Shaheer Sheikh, Pooja Sharma, Aham Sharma

Votes: 11,411

58. Power Rangers Zeo (1996–1997)

TV-Y7 | 21 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Tommy, Billy, Adam, Rocky, Kat and Tanya are turned back to their teenage forms thanks to the Zeo Crystal. The Command Center is gone but the crystal leads them to the new Power Chamber and all but Billy take on new Zeo powers.

Stars: Catherine Sutherland, Nakia Burrise, Steve Cardenas, Johnny Yong Bosch

Votes: 3,168

59. The Untold History of the United States (2012–2013)

TV-MA | 58 min | Documentary, History, War

Oliver Stone 's re-examination of under-reported events in American history.

Stars: Oliver Stone, Alan Shearman, Jim Ward, André Sogliuzzo

Votes: 9,737

60. The Good Mothers (2023– )

TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama

Three women who were born into the deadliest and wealthiest of the Italian mafia clans work with a courageous female prosecutor to bring it down from the inside.

Stars: Valentina Bellè, Gaia Girace, Micaela Ramazzotti, Andrea Dodero

Votes: 1,683

61. The Message (1976)

PG | 207 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

The story of prophet "Muhammad" and the delivery of the message of God "Allah."

Director: Moustapha Akkad | Stars: Abdallah Gheith, Mona Wassef, Hamdy Gheith, Ali Achmed Taram

Votes: 10,656

62. Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000–2001)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The further adventures of Buzz Lightyear as a Space Ranger of Star Command and his comrades.

Stars: Patrick Warburton, Stephen Furst, Nicole Sullivan, Larry Miller

Votes: 3,970

63. Noughts + Crosses (2020– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

Drama set in a dangerous, alternate world where racism divides society.

Stars: Masali Baduza, Jack Rowan, Helen Baxendale, Paterson Joseph

Votes: 2,780

64. Sisi & I (2023)

132 min | Biography, Drama, History

Countess Irma finds Empress Sisi in Greece, away from the etiquette of the Austro-Hungarian court. They live in freedom, but no matter how much they resist, in the end they are left with only one fatal path that will bind them forever.

Director: Frauke Finsterwalder | Stars: Sandra Hüller, Annette Badland, Tom Rhys Harries, Anthony Calf

Votes: 709

65. Hotel Cæsar (1998–2017)

30 min | Drama

Hotel Cæsar, Scandanavia's longest-running soap, premiered on October 24. 1998 on TV2, Norway's first and strongest commercial broadcaster. The show revolves around the life of the family ... See full summary »

Stars: Anette Hoff, Kim Kolstad, Sossen Krohg, Tom Eddie Brudvik

Votes: 1,485

66. Uyanis: Büyük Selcuklu (2020–2022)

120 min | Drama, History, War

The war of the Great Seljuk Emperor, Meliksah and her loyalist, Sencer against Hasan Sabbah, who is sworn to destroy the Seljuks.

Stars: Bugra Gülsoy, Ekin Koç, Hatice Sendil, Gürkan Uygun

Votes: 4,723

67. Ponniyin Selvan: Part Two (2023)

Not Rated | 164 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Arulmozhi Varman continues on his journey to become Rajaraja I, the greatest ruler of the historic Chola empire of south India.

Directors: Mani Ratnam, Sruti Harihara Subramanian | Stars: Vikram, Karthi, Jayam Ravi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Votes: 18,186

68. Star Wars: Droids (1985–1986)

TV-Y7-FV | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO years before serving the Rebel Alliance. The series features several story arcs and one hour-long special.

Stars: Anthony Daniels, Graeme Campbell, Dan Hennessey, Don Francks

Votes: 2,191

69. Can't Get You Out of My Head (2021)

80 min | Documentary, History

Love, power, money, ghosts of empire, conspiracies, artificial intelligence and You. An emotional history of the modern world by Adam Curtis.

Star: Adam Curtis

Votes: 2,368

70. The Kingdoms of Ruin (2023)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama

In a world of science vs. magic, Adonis has sworn revenge on the human race for taking away his beloved mentor. What lies at the end of his destructive path?

Stars: Christina Sherman, Azumi Waki, Kaito Ishikawa, Yôko Hikasa

Votes: 1,125

71. April and the Extraordinary World (2015)

PG | 105 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

It's 1941 but France is trapped in the nineteenth century, governed by steam and Napoleon V, where scientists vanish mysteriously. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.

Directors: Christian Desmares, Franck Ekinci | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Marc-André Grondin, Philippe Katerine, Jean Rochefort

Votes: 8,468 | Gross: $0.29M

72. Catherine the Great (1995 TV Movie)

100 min | Biography, Drama, History

Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become Catherine the Great.

Directors: Marvin J. Chomsky, John Goldsmith | Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Paul McGann, Ian Richardson, Brian Blessed

Votes: 1,349

73. A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1992 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 107 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Lawrence and Feisal go to argue for Arab independence at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.

Director: Christopher Menaul | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Alexander Siddig, Denis Quilley, Nicholas Jones

Votes: 734

74. Fatih (2018)

120 min | Action, History, War

Fatih series will be about the life of Ottoman sultan Fatih Sultan Mehmet.

Stars: Kenan Imirzalioglu, Çetin Tekindor, Gürkan Uygun, Ertan Saban

Votes: 1,806

75. C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)

PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, War

Through the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America where the South won the Civil War.

Director: Kevin Willmott | Stars: Greg Kirsch, Renee Patrick, Molly Graham, William Willmott

Votes: 5,164 | Gross: $0.67M

76. Atragon (1963)

TV-Y7 | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

When an ancient underground civilization and their snake-like guardian plots to reclaim the surface world, those of the surface fights back.

Directors: Ishirô Honda, Shûe Matsubayashi | Stars: Tadao Takashima, Yôko Fujiyama, Yû Fujiki, Kenji Sahara

Votes: 1,540

77. Ye yan (2006)

Not Rated | 131 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

A loose adaptation of Hamlet, "The Night Banquet" is set in an empire in chaos. The Emperor, the Empress, the Crown Prince, the Minister and the General all have their own enemies they would like to finish off at a night banquet.

Director: Xiaogang Feng | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, You Ge, Daniel Wu, Xun Zhou

Votes: 7,176

78. The Broken Crown (2016)

113 min | Biography, Drama, History

In a Spain consumed by ambition and power, the future of an empire depends on one woman's state of mind.

Director: Jordi Frades | Stars: Rodolfo Sancho, Irene Escolar, Raúl Mérida, Eusebio Poncela

Votes: 869

79. Mughal-E-Azam (1960)

Not Rated | 197 min | Drama, Romance, War

A 16th century prince falls in love with a court dancer and battles with his emperor father.

Director: K. Asif | Stars: Prithviraj Kapoor, Madhubala, Dilip Kumar, Durga Khote

Votes: 8,854 | Gross: $0.16M

80. Super Electronic Bioman (1984–1985)

TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Many centuries ago, the android Peebo and the Bio Robo came to Earth from the fallen Bio Star. The Bio Robo showered five people with the Bio Particles, which would be passed on to later ... See full summary »

Stars: Ryosuke Sakamoto, Naoto Tada, Akito Osuga, Michiko Makino

Votes: 183

81. Barbarossa (2009)

R | 139 min | Drama, History, War

German Emperor Barbarossa will stop at nothing to conquer and build his empire. But a young man from Milan, along with his army of 900 men known as the Company of Death, is prepared to challenge the Emperor.

Director: Renzo Martinelli | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Raz Degan, F. Murray Abraham, Christo Jivkov

Votes: 1,438

82. Vlad the Impaler (2018)

121 min | Action, History, War

Fierce warriors battle the cruel and merciless Vlad the Impaler as he wreaks bloody havoc across Turkey in the 15th century.

Director: Osman Kaya | Stars: Cem Uçan, Erkan Petekkaya, Yetkin Dikinciler, Nur Fettahoglu

Votes: 3,540

83. Augustus: The First Emperor (2003 TV Movie)

R | 178 min | Drama, History, Romance

Caesar Augustus tells of how he became the emperor to his reluctant daughter, Julia following the death of her husband Agrippa.

Director: Roger Young | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Charlotte Rampling, Vittoria Belvedere, Benjamin Sadler

Votes: 1,460

84. Tearmoon Empire (2023)

TV-14 | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A selfish princess wakes up back in time after her own execution and gets a second chance to rebuild her empire and prevent her own death.

Stars: Sumire Uesaka, Tomori Kusunoki, Ken Narita, Rena Hasegawa

Votes: 276

85. The Battle of Kosovo (1989)

117 min | Drama, History, War

On June 28th 1389, at Kosovo Polje, an army of the Serbian Prince Lazar made a stand against the advancing Ottoman forces of Sultan Murad.

Director: Zdravko Sotra | Stars: Milos Zutic, Gorica Popovic, Vojislav 'Voja' Brajovic, Zarko Lausevic

Votes: 2,783

86. Mendirman Jaloliddin (2021– )

80 min | Action, Drama, History

The story of Sultan Jalaluddin Manguberdi, the last Khwarazmshah of the Turkic Anushteginid dynasty who defeated Mongols in many battles.

Stars: Emre Kivilcim, Javohir Zakirov, Takhir Saidov, Kaan Yalçin

Votes: 1,032

87. Silver River (1948)

Passed | 110 min | Romance, Western

After Mike McComb is booted out of the cavalry, he becomes riverboat gambler and silver mine owner in Nevada.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Thomas Mitchell, Bruce Bennett

Votes: 1,554

88. Druids (2001)

R | 120 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

An entire nation's destiny lies in the hands of one man.

Director: Jacques Dorfmann | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max von Sydow, Inés Sastre

Votes: 5,435

89. Thumb Wars: The Phantom Cuticle (1999 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 29 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

In a sendoff of the original Star Wars, several fingers and thumbs are used to act out the roles of would-be heroes and villians as the forces of finger and thumb clash of an evil super-weapon.

Director: Steve Oedekerk | Stars: Steve Oedekerk, Andrea Fears, Ross Shafer, Rob Paulsen

Votes: 2,925

90. Private Vices, Public Virtues (1976)

104 min | Drama, History

Prince Rudolf, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, deliberately provokes his father, Kaiser Franz Joseph, by his dissolute and feckless behaviour. His defiance of the ... See full summary »

Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: Lajos Balázsovits, Pamela Villoresi, Franco Branciaroli, Teresa Ann Savoy

Votes: 883

91. Final Fantasy XII (2006 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Street thief Vaan becomes embroiled in a quest to save the occupied kingdom in which he resides, Dalmasca, from a war that seems imminent.

Directors: Hiroshi Minagawa, Hiroyuki Itô | Stars: Bobby Edner, Catherine Taber, Gideon Emery, Nicole Fantl

Votes: 4,120

92. Fighting Caravans (1931)

Passed | 92 min | Western

A young frontier scout helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love.

Directors: Otto Brower, David Burton | Stars: Gary Cooper, Lili Damita, Ernest Torrence, Tully Marshall

Votes: 724

93. Final Fantasy VI (1994 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Drama

A mysterious woman joins a group of mercenaries in order to find out about her destiny and means of saving the world from an evil madman.

Directors: Hiroyuki Itô, Yoshinori Kitase

Votes: 3,546

94. Baahubali: Before the Beginning

TV-14 | Action, Adventure, Drama | Announced

A mutinous and bitter girl with a vengeance against the throne of Mahishmati gets involved in the politics and powerplay of the empire.

Stars: Snigdha Akolkar, Mrunal Thakur, Bijay Anand, Malyaban Lahiri

95. The Mouse and His Child (1977)

G | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Adaptation of Russell Hoban's novel about two mechanical toy mice, and their quest to become "self-winding".

Directors: Charles Swenson, Fred Wolf | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Cloris Leachman, Sally Kellerman, Andy Devine

Votes: 534

96. Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)

Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

A movie company is filming the "Arabian Nights" when a hobo enters their camp, falls asleep and dreams he's back in Baghdad as advisor to the Sultan. In a spoof of Roosevelt's New Deal, he ... See full summary »

Director: David Butler | Stars: Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, Roland Young, June Lang

Votes: 610

97. Dark Rising (2007 Video)

92 min | Comedy, Horror

A broken heart, a battle axe, a demon and a lesbian ex-fiancée... Jason Parks' life goes from bad to worse as a series of supernatural events turn his dream of reconciliation with ... See full summary »

Director: Andrew Cymek | Stars: Landy Cannon, Brigitte Kingsley, Julia Schneider, Jay Reso

Votes: 794

98. The Weather Underground (2002)

Unrated | 92 min | Documentary, History, War

The remarkable story of The Weather Underground, radical activists of the 1970s, and of radical politics at its best and most disastrous.

Directors: Sam Green, Bill Siegel | Stars: Lili Taylor, Pamela Z, Jim Lange, Evan White

Votes: 3,775 | Gross: $0.56M

99. Kamen Rider Kiva (2008–2009)

TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Living a Shut-in for most of his life, 22 year old Wataru Kurenai seeks to fulfill his dream of surpassing his late father in crafting a amazing violen while also protecting the world from ... See full summary »

Stars: Kôji Seto, Kôhei Takeda, Yû Takahashi, Keisuke Kato

Votes: 354

100. Island of Lost Men (1939)

Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A Chinese general, who disappeared in the Malaysian jungles with stolen government funds, is sought by his cabaret-singing daughter who wants to clear his name.

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Anna May Wong, J. Carrol Naish, Eric Blore, Ernest Truex

Votes: 182