Keyword: historical fiction

Vikings

8.9

2013

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The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok: the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the saga of Ragnars band of Viking brothers and his family as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods: legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors.

Boardwalk Empire

9.3

2010

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Set in the Prohibition era of the 1920s Boardwalk Empire is the story of Enoch Nucky Thompson, the treasurer of Atlantic County, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Due to his relationships with mobsters as well as political contacts, the Federal Government start to take an interest in him. His lavish lifestyle seems at odds with his position, and as well as his connections, there is prolific bootlegging in the area.

The Last Kingdom

8.8

2015

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The year is 872, and many of the separate kingdoms of what we now know as England have fallen to the invading Danes, leaving the great kingdom of Wessex standing alone and defiant under the command of King Alfred. Against this turbulent backdrop lives our hero, Uhtred. Born the son of a Saxon nobleman, he is captured by the Danes and raised as one of their own. Forced to choose between the country of his birth and the people of his upbringing, his loyalties are ever tested. What is he? Saxon or Dane? On a quest to reclaim his birthright, Uhtred must tread a dangerous path between both sides if he is to play his part in the birth of a new nation and, ultimately, recapture his ancestral lands.

Ghosts

8.5

2019

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A group of spirits restlessly squabble in an abandoned country house. To their despair, a young couple inherits the house with hopeful plans to renovate it into a luxury hotel.

Black Sails

7.8

2014

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The pirate adventures of Captain Flint and his men twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his crew who goes by the name John Silver. Threatened with extinction on all sides, they fight for the survival of New Providence Island, the most notorious criminal haven of its day – a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers, a place defined by both its enlightened ideals and its stunning brutality.

Reign

7.8

2013

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Mary, Queen of Scots, faces political and sexual intrigue in the treacherous world of the French court.

Alchemy of Souls

9.5

2022

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The fate of two people becomes twisted due to "hwanhonsool" (the soul of the dead return to the living).

The Knick

9

2014

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A look at the professional and personal lives of the staff at New York's Knickerbocker Hospital during the early part of the twentieth century.

Versailles

7.7

2015

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In 1667, 28-year-old all-powerful king of France, Louis XIV, decides to build the greatest palace in the world - Versailles. But drained budget, affairs and political intrigues complicate things.

Record of Ragnarok

7

2021

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Every 1000 years, the Gods' Council assemble to decide the fate of humanity. After 7 million years of human history, the gods come to the decision that humans are irredeemable and must be extinct.

Frontier

7.2

2016

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Follows Declan Harp, a part-Irish, part-Native American outlaw who is campaigning to breach the Hudsons Bay Companys monopoly on the fur trade in Canada.

The Alienist

6.7

2018

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New York, 1896. Police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore and secretary Sara Howard to investigate several murders of male prostitutes.

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

8.4

2019

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A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the final years of Hollywoods Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.

The Big Short

8.2

2015

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In 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the US mortgage market. In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.

X-Men: First Class

8.4

2011

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In the 1960s, superpowered humans Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr work together to find others like them, but Eriks vengeful pursuit of an ambitious mutant who ruined his life causes a schism to divide them.

The Social Network

8.5

2010

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As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea, and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.

Hidden Figures

7.1

2016

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The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.

The King

7.3

2019

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Hal, wayward prince and heir to the English throne, is crowned King Henry V after his tyrannical father dies. Now the young king must navigate palace politics, the war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past life.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

7.4

2003

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During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.

RRR

7.4

2022

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A fictitious story about two legendary revolutionaries and their journey away from home before they started fighting for their country in 1920s.

Lincoln

7.8

2012

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As the American Civil War continues to rage, Americas president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.

Robin Hood

7.1

2010

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In twelfth-century England, Robin Longstride and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power.

The Great Wall

7.1

2016

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In ancient China, a group of European mercenaries encounters a secret army that maintains and defends the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.

The Impossible

7.9

2012

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The story of a tourist family in Thailand caught in the destruction and chaotic aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.