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  1. Spartacus 2010

    Series

    Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world of the arena where blood and death are primetime entertainment.

    The sides of Spartacus

    • A Thracian warrior sold as a gladiator
    • The arena of Capua
    • A slave revolt against Rome

    Good for you if

    • you like gladiator fights in slow motion.
    • you like ancient Rome, its arenas and its slave markets.
    • you like slaves rising up against the masters who own them.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand blood and severed limbs in the arena.
    • you'd rather skip frequent, graphic sex scenes, or you watch with others.

    About: freedom · revenge · brotherhood

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  2. Braveheart 1995

    Film

    Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.

    The sides of Braveheart

    • A Scottish farmer leading a revolt
    • Battles in muddy fields
    • Freedom

    Good for you if

    • you like huge medieval battles.
    • you like a hero shouting about freedom.
    • you like brutal sword fights.

    Bad for you if

    • bloody battles and a torture scene ruin it for you.
    • three hours is too long for one evening.

    About: freedom · revenge · sacrifice

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  3. Vikings 2013

    Series

    The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's 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.

    The sides of Vikings

    • A farmer who dreams of the West
    • Raids on England and France
    • Gods, kings and sons

    Good for you if

    • you like shield walls and raids.
    • you like Travis Fimmel's Ragnar, a farmer with a strange smile who wants to sail west.
    • you like a farmer's rise to the throne, and the earls and Saxon kings he has to outwit.

    Bad for you if

    • brutal, bloody battles ruin a show for you.
    • six seasons is more than you want to start.

    About: ambition · faith · family

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  4. The Last Kingdom 2015

    Series

    A show of heroic deeds and epic battles with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion, warfare, courage, love, loyalty and our universal search for identity. Combining real historical figures and events with fictional characters, it is the story of how a people combined their strength under one of the most iconic kings of history in order to reclaim their land for themselves and build a place they call home.

    The sides of The Last Kingdom

    • A Saxon boy raised by Danes
    • King Alfred's fight for England
    • Shield walls and Viking raids

    Good for you if

    • you like ninth-century England, its kings and its churches.
    • you like sword fights and battles in the mud.
    • you like King Alfred scheming to unite England, with Uhtred a warrior he never fully trusts.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand blood and hacked limbs.
    • five seasons is too much for you.

    About: identity · loyalty · faith · home

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  5. Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.

    The sides of The Last Samurai

    • An American officer captured by samurai
    • A winter in a mountain village
    • A last charge

    Good for you if

    • you like sword battles and cherry blossoms.
    • you like a broken soldier finding honour.
    • you like a story about duty and dignity.

    Bad for you if

    • two and a half hours is too long for your evening.
    • battlefield deaths are too much for you.

    About: honour · change · redemption

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  6. Game of Thrones 2011

    Series

    Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.

    The sides of Game of Thrones

    • Power games and scheming
    • Nobody is safe
    • Dragons, battles and a huge world
    • Families at war
    • Characters you change your mind about

    Good for you if

    • you like following a dozen families and their schemes at once.
    • you like a show where loyalties shift and no one is ever safe.
    • you like schemers fighting over the Iron Throne, where a whisper can matter more than an army.

    Bad for you if

    • brutal deaths and battle wounds ruin a show for you.
    • you'd rather skip sex scenes, or you're watching with others.
    • eight seasons is more than you want to start.

    About: power · loyalty · family · war

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  7. As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellowship of the Ring is revealed as the noble heir to the throne of the Kings of Men. Yet, the sole hope for triumph over evil lies with a brave hobbit, Frodo, who, accompanied by his loyal friend Sam and the hideous, wretched Gollum, ventures deep into the very dark heart of Mordor on his seemingly impossible quest to destroy the Ring of Power.​

    The sides of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    • The biggest battles of the trilogy
    • Two hobbits climbing a mountain
    • Saying goodbye

    Good for you if

    • you want the siege of Minas Tirith and the charge of the Rohirrim on a big screen.
    • you like an ending that takes its time to say goodbye.
    • you've loved this world and want to see it through.

    Bad for you if

    • over three hours, with several endings, is too much for you.
    • you roll your eyes at big, sincere speeches. Aragorn rallies an army at the Black Gate.

    About: friendship · sacrifice · home

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  8. Dune 2021

    Film

    Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence - a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential - only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

    The sides of Dune

    • A noble son on a desert planet
    • Giant worms under the sand
    • Empires fighting over spice

    Good for you if

    • you want huge ships, huge worms and a huge sound.
    • you like a world with its own politics, religions and ecology.
    • you like a story that sets things up patiently.

    Bad for you if

    • two and a half hours for the first half of a story is too much.
    • you lose track of names. Great houses, guilds and the Bene Gesserit pile up in the first hour.

    About: power · destiny · colonisation

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  9. 300 2007

    Film

    A story very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians.

    The sides of 300

    • Three hundred Spartans against an empire
    • Slow-motion battles like paintings
    • This is Sparta

    Good for you if

    • you like a film that looks like a comic book in motion.
    • you like battles in slow motion with rivers of blood.
    • you like speeches about honour and glory.

    Bad for you if

    • stylised gore everywhere ruins it for you.
    • you'd rather not see sex scenes, or you're watching with others. There's a naked oracle and an orgy in Xerxes's tent.

    About: honour · sacrifice · freedom

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  10. Troy 2004

    Film

    In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy.

    The sides of Troy

    • A war started for love
    • Achilles, the greatest warrior
    • A wooden horse

    Good for you if

    • you like ancient armies on beaches.
    • you like one-on-one duels before the walls.

    Bad for you if

    • nearly three hours is too much for one evening.
    • battlefield deaths are too much for you.

    About: glory · love · war

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  11. Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, Paul endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.

    The sides of Dune: Part Two

    • Paul among the desert people
    • Riding a giant worm
    • A messiah he fears becoming

    Good for you if

    • you want to see it big, with sandworms ridden across the desert.
    • you like a desert culture with its own faith.
    • you like a hero whose victory feels like a warning.

    Bad for you if

    • nearly three hours is too much for one evening.
    • you can't stand politics and prophecy. Paul's war is fought over faith and the throne.

    About: power · faith · destiny

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  12. In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

    The sides of The Godfather Part II

    • A son ruling the family business
    • A young father building it in old New York
    • A brother's betrayal

    Good for you if

    • you like a long, patient tragedy.
    • you like two great performances in two eras.
    • you like a dark family saga that offers no comfort.

    Bad for you if

    • over three hours is too long for one evening.

    About: family · power · loneliness

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  13. Disregard for alchemy’s laws ripped half of Edward Elric’s limbs from his body and left his brother Alphonse’s soul clinging to a suit of armor. To restore what was lost, the brothers seek the Philosopher’s Stone. Enemies and allies – the corrupt military, the Homunculi, and foreign alchemists – will alter the Elric brothers course, but their purpose will remain unchanged and their bond unbreakable.

    The sides of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

    • Two brothers who paid for alchemy with their bodies
    • A soul bound to a suit of armor
    • A conspiracy inside the army

    Good for you if

    • you like a world where alchemy has strict laws and a price.
    • you like two brothers who never give up on each other.
    • you want fights against Homunculi that keep raising the stakes.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you can't commit to sixty-four episodes.

    About: brotherhood · sacrifice · power

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  14. When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.

    The sides of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

    • A Jedi turning to the dark side
    • A republic becoming an empire
    • A duel on a volcano

    Good for you if

    • you like a tragedy you know the end of and watch anyway.
    • you like long lightsaber duels, against a general with four blades and in the Senate chamber.
    • you want a huge space battle in the first minutes.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand a love story at the centre. Anakin's nightmares about Padmé drive what he does.
    • you can't stand graphic injuries. Lightsabers cut off hands and limbs in more than one fight.

    About: fear · power · betrayal

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  15. The Targaryen dynasty is at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires crumble from such heights. In the case of the Targaryens, their slow fall begins when King Viserys breaks with a century of tradition by naming his daughter Rhaenyra heir to the Iron Throne. But when Viserys later fathers a son, the court is shocked when Rhaenyra retains her status as his heir, and seeds of division sow friction across the realm.

    The sides of House of the Dragon

    • A king who names his daughter heir
    • Two former friends on opposite sides of a civil war
    • Dragons ridden into battle

    Good for you if

    • you like court politics where every marriage and heir is a move.
    • you like a family tearing itself apart over one throne.
    • you want dragons fighting in the sky over Westeros.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand brutal births, beheadings and burned armies.
    • you need momentum, and the first season spends years on whispers at court.
    • you lose track of a family where half the names sound alike.

    About: succession · rivalry · family · power

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  16. Titanic 1997

    Film

    101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.

    The sides of Titanic

    • A love story across classes
    • A ship going down in real time
    • An old woman remembering

    Good for you if

    • you like a love story that ends with you in pieces.
    • you like 1912 rebuilt in detail, from first-class dining rooms to dances in steerage.
    • you like big, sincere romance with no irony.

    Bad for you if

    • over three hours is too much for one evening.
    • you need a happy ending.

    About: love · class · memory · loss

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  17. The Pacific 2010

    Series

    Track the intertwined real-life stories of three U.S. Marines – Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge – across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. A companion piece to the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers.

    The sides of The Pacific

    • Three real Marines in the Pacific war
    • Guadalcanal, Peleliu, Iwo Jima and Okinawa
    • Coming home after the fighting

    Good for you if

    • you want the true stories of Leckie, Basilone and Sledge.
    • you want to understand the war against Japan island by island.
    • you like battle scenes on the scale of a film.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch combat deaths filmed up close.
    • the toll of war on real men's minds is too much for you.

    About: war · brotherhood · trauma

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  18. Shōgun 2024

    Series

    In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village.

    The sides of Shōgun

    • An English sailor shipwrecked in Japan in 1600
    • A lord outplayed by his regents
    • A noblewoman translating between two worlds

    Good for you if

    • you like feudal Japan seen through a stranded English pilot.
    • you like Toranaga quietly playing a council that wants him dead.
    • you like a patient story where one look says more than a battle.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch beheadings and ritual suicide on screen.

    About: honor · duty · culture clash · ambition

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  19. Interstellar 2014

    Film

    On a dying Earth, a former NASA pilot leaves his two children behind to travel through a wormhole and look for a planet humans can live on.

    The sides of Interstellar

    • The father and the daughter
    • The science you can believe
    • The organ and the silence
    • The loneliness out there

    Good for you if

    • goodbyes hit you harder than explosions.
    • you like wormholes, black holes and a planet where one hour costs years.
    • you want to feel very small in your seat.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not think about relativity and time stretching to follow a plot.
    • big speeches about love make you roll your eyes.
    • nearly three hours is too much for one evening.

    About: time · sacrifice · home · the people left behind

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  20. Beginning in a time of relative peace, we follow an ensemble cast of characters as they confront the re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the furthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone.

    The sides of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

    • Galadriel hunting Sauron
    • The island kingdom of Númenor
    • A stranger fallen from the sky

    Good for you if

    • you want more Middle-earth, thousands of years before the Fellowship.
    • you like vast landscapes and battles on a big-screen scale.
    • you like Númenor, Lindon and Khazad-dûm built down to the last detail.

    Bad for you if

    • you need a story that moves fast from one scene to the next.
    • you lose track of elves, dwarves, men and Harfoots spread across separate stories.

    About: good and evil · power · legacy

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