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1. Alice in Wonderland (I) (2010)
PG | 108 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Nineteen-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway
Votes: 442,205 | Gross: $334.19M
2. Excalibur (1981)
PG | 140 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Merlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the Round Table of Camelot, even as dark forces conspire to tear it apart.
Director: John Boorman | Stars: Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi
Votes: 67,417 | Gross: $34.97M
3. Aquaman (2018)
PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Arthur Curry, the human-born heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, goes on a quest to prevent a war between the worlds of ocean and land.
Director: James Wan | Stars: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson
Votes: 522,429 | Gross: $335.06M
4. The White Queen (2013)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History, Romance
Three different, yet equally relentless women vie for the throne in 15th-century England.
Stars: Aneurin Barnard, Rebecca Ferguson, Amanda Hale, Faye Marsay
Votes: 31,536
5. The Hollow Crown (2012–2016)
TV-14 | 150 min | Drama, History, War
A mini-series of adaptations of Shakespeare's history plays: Richard II, Henry IV: Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V.
Stars: Anton Lesser, Simon Russell Beale, Tom Georgeson, John Mackay
Votes: 7,341
6. Kull the Conqueror (1997)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A barbarian warrior becomes a king when he defeats a king in armed combat and the king's heir conspire to overthrow him and reclaim the throne by resurrecting an evil sorceress.
Director: John Nicolella | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Tia Carrere, Thomas Ian Griffith, Litefoot
Votes: 8,795 | Gross: $6.09M
7. Nirvana in Fire (2015–2018)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Story about a son's search for his family's lost honor.
Stars: Kei Gambit, Ge Hu, Tu-Te-Ha-Meng, Kai Wang
Votes: 2,905
8. Who Rules the World (2022– )
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Love blooms between a beloved prince and a fearless princess as they venture through the war-ridden martial arts world in a fight for justice.
Stars: Yang Yang, Lusi Zhao, Leon Lai Yi, Lu Xuan
Votes: 2,058
9. Viking (2016)
Not Rated | 142 min | Action, Drama, History
Kievan Rus, late 10th century. After the death of his father, the young Viking prince Vladimir of Novgorod is forced into exile across the frozen sea.
Director: Andrey Kravchuk | Stars: Danila Kozlovskiy, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Maksim Sukhanov, Igor Petrenko
Votes: 5,079
10. Richard III (1955)
Not Rated | 161 min | Biography, Drama, History
Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Cedric Hardwicke, Nicholas Hannen, Ralph Richardson
Votes: 5,255
11. Six Flying Dragons (2015–2016)
Action, Drama, History
Story of the the foundation of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea and ambition, success and fall of several real and fictional characters.
Stars: Kim Hyun-bin, Yoo Ah-in, Byun Yo-han, Kim Myung-min
Votes: 1,217
12. The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, History, Romance
A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser
Votes: 7,257
13. Guardians of the Night (2016)
97 min | Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Contemporary Moscow. When eighteen-year-old Pasha rescues a beautiful young woman from a band of strangely powerful attackers, he discovers an underworld of supernatural beings living among us.
Director: Emilis Velyvis | Stars: Ivan Yankovskiy, Leonid Yarmolnik, Lyubov Aksyonova, Sabina Akhmedova
Votes: 1,162
14. Startling by Each Step (2011– )
TV-14 | 46 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
After a car accident plunges a woman into the dreamy Chinese past that gave the whole life in the Beijing imperial palace after that she returns to her life in the modern world.
Stars: Kei Gambit, ShiShi Liu, Nicky Wu, Kevin Cheng
Votes: 625
15. The Rise of Phoenixes (2018)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, History, Romance
The story of power, desire, lust and love among people of different kingdoms in ancient China. No matter who you are, you have to rise from the mud to become The Great Phoenix.
Stars: Kun Chen, Hong Yuan, Ni Ni, Ou Wang
Votes: 1,773
16. The Last Journey of the Vikings (2020)
50 min | Documentary, History
Nearly 1,000 years ago, the Vikings left Scandinavia and settled across Europe - giving their name to Normandy along the way - before their Norman descendants seized the English throne at ... See full summary »
Stars: Clodagh Moriarty, Dmitry Vinokurov, Brian Matthews Murphy, Pernilla August
Votes: 126
17. The Empress of China (2014–2015)
45 min | Biography, Drama, History
Harem inner life and female rivalry story based on events of life of Wu Zetian; the only female Emperor in the Chinese history.
Stars: Bingbing Fan, Baoping Shen, Huichun Wang, Yuan Gao
Votes: 442
18. 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: 75
19. Korunní princ (2015 TV Movie)
93 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Somewhere in the Forbidden Forest lives a wicked sorcerer Kruciatus (Josef Abrhám). One hundred years ago he tried to destroy a kingdom now ruled by King Alexander (Jaromír Hanzlík), who ... See full summary »
Director: Karel Janák | Stars: Patrik Dergel, Krystof Hádek, Eva Podzimková, Pavel Kríz
Votes: 252
20. Ariana's Quest (2002 TV Movie)
94 min | Action, Fantasy
Princess Ariana fights for the return of her lost Kingdom and the liberation of her people. With the help of her mentor Taraka she fights the hordes of Xanthos and the evil sisters of Zurii.
Director: Lloyd A. Simandl | Stars: Rena Lesnar, Anthony De Longis, Katerina Brozová, Daniela Krhutova
Votes: 66
21. The Prisoner of Zenda (1922)
Passed | 125 min | Adventure, Romance
When the king is drugged and abducted by his ambitious brother, a lookalike relative must take his place to keep the evil sibling off the throne.
Director: Rex Ingram | Stars: Lewis Stone, Alice Terry, Robert Edeson, Stuart Holmes
Votes: 553
22. The Great Revival (2007– )
Drama, History
Conflict between the states of Wu and Yeuh during the Warring States period in China.
Stars: Daoming Chen, Jun Hu, Xiaoqing Zuo, Yiping Jia
Votes: 16
23. Zhao shi gu er an (2013– )
Drama, History
Stars: Xiubo Wu, Chun Sun, Cherrie Ying, Changrong Hou
Votes: 16
25.
His Dark Materials (2019–2022)
Episode:
The Fight to the Death
(2019)
TV-14 | 55 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Separated from her friends, Lyra must use all of her methods of deception to thwart a formidable foe. Meanwhile, Mrs Coulter plots her next move.
Directors: Jamie Childs, William McGregor | Stars: Ruth Wilson, Morfydd Clark, Dafne Keen, Ariyon Bakare
Votes: 3,087
26.
New Looney Tunes (2015–2020)
Episode:
Hare to the Throne
(2018)
TV-Y7 | 11 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
King Bugs rules a vast and peaceful kingdom until an evil army led by Yosemite Sam overthrows him and casts him into a life of exile. Daffy and Porky set out across the treacherous landscape to brave the unknown.
Director: Sean Petrilak | Star: Kath Soucie
Votes: 9