If You Liked El Cid, Watch These Next
Finished El Cid (1961) and want more of the same? These 15 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like El Cid, most of them are action, drama, history.
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15 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.Adventures of Don Juan(1948)
6.8AdventureRomanceActionAlso romance and action
Spanish Lothario Don Juan, the legendary lover and adventurer returns to Spain following a scandal and comes to the aid of his queen, who is under threat from sinister forces.
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2.Kingdom of Heaven(2005)
7.1DramaActionAdventureAlso drama and action
After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
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3.The Pride and the Passion(1957)
6.0WarHistoryRomanceAlso war and history
During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are going to move a big cannon across Spain in order to help the British defeat the French. A British officer is there to accompany the Spanish and along the way, he falls in love with the leader's girl.
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4.Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin(2024)
6.7HistoryDramaWarAlso history and drama
As the world teeters on the brink of annihilation, Dietrich Bonhoeffer joins a deadly plot to assassinate Hitler, risking his faith and fate to save millions of Jews from genocide.
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5.Robin Hood(2010)
6.4ActionAdventureHistoryAlso action and history
When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.
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6.Barabbas(1961)
6.9HistoryDramaAdventureAlso history and drama
Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pilate offered the Israelites a choice to pardon Barabbas or Jesus. Struggling with his spirituality, Barabbas goes through many ordeals leading him to the gladiatorial arena, where he tries to win his freedom and confront…
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7.A Hidden Life(2019)
7.2HistoryDramaWarAlso history and drama
Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.
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8.Dear John(2010)
6.8DramaRomanceWarAlso drama and romance
While Sergeant John Tyree is home on two weeks leave from Germany, he meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off a pier. John eventually falls in love with Savannah, who promises to write to him until he returns from overseas.
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9.The Count of Monte Cristo(2002)
7.7AdventureDramaHistoryAlso drama and history
Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
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10.Patton(1970)
7.4WarDramaHistoryAlso war and drama
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards…
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11.Wings(1927)
7.2DramaActionWarAlso drama and action
Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces during World War I. Devoted best friends, their mutual love of the girl eventually threatens their bond. Meanwhile, a hometown girl who's the lovestruck lifelong next…
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12.Elizabeth: The Golden Age(2007)
6.7DramaHistoryRomanceAlso drama and history
When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd adviser must act to safeguard the lives of her people.
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13.Che: Part One(2008)
6.8DramaHistoryWarAlso drama and history
Ernesto Guevara, known as 'Che', leads a group of Cuban exiles under Fidel Castro in a revolution to overthrow Fulgencio Batista, the dictator of Cuba.
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14.The Longest Day(1962)
7.6WarDramaHistoryAlso war and drama
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the…
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