If You Liked Lawrence of Arabia, Watch These Next
Finished Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and want more of the same? These 18 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Lawrence of Arabia, most of them are adventure, history, war.
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18 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.Khartoum(1966)
6.3HistoryWarAdventureAlso history and war
English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.
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2.War Horse(2011)
7.3WarHistoryDramaAlso war and history
On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile, Albert, unable to forget his equine friend, searches the…
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4.The Guns of Navarone(1961)
7.3AdventureDramaWarAlso adventure and war
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
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5.Lion of the Desert(1981)
7.3HistoryWarDramaAlso history and war
Resistance leader Omar Mukhtar opposes Italian colonization before World War II. The brutal guerrilla war against Italian General Rodolfo Graziani and the Fascist forces of Benito Mussolini highlights the struggle for Libyan independence and the harsh tactics utilised by the colonisers.
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6.The Four Feathers(1939)
7.1AdventureDramaWarAlso adventure and war
A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.
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7.King Arthur(2004)
6.3AdventureWarHistoryAlso adventure and war
The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.
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8.The Charge of the Light Brigade(1968)
6.2DramaHistoryWarAlso history and war
During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an infamously reckless strategic debacle against a Russian artillery battery.
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9.Ice Cold in Alex(1958)
7.3WarAdventureDramaAlso war and adventure
A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams of his ice cold beer when he reaches Alexandria.
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10.Queen of the Desert(2015)
5.8DramaAdventureHistoryAlso adventure and history
A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire in the Near and Middle East at the dawn of the twentieth century. Her knowledge of the tribal leaders is used by the British to establish the Kingdoms of Iraq, Jordan and Saudi…
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12.Sergeant York(1941)
7.2WarDramaHistoryAlso war and history
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.
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13.Passage to Marseille(1944)
6.7AdventureDramaWarAlso adventure and war
A freedom-loving French journalist sacrifices his happiness and security to battle Nazi tyranny.
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14.Bilal: A New Breed of Hero(2016)
6.8AnimationActionAdventureAlso adventure and history
A thousand years ago, one boy with a dream of becoming a great warrior is abducted with his sister and taken to a land far away from home. Thrown into a world where greed and injustice rule all, Bilal finds the courage to raise his voice and make a change. Inspired by true events, this is a story of a real hero who…
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15.Dark of the Sun(1968)
6.5WarAdventureDramaAlso war and adventure
A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize everything.
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18.Helen of Troy(1956)
6.3AdventureWarRomanceAlso adventure and war
Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions lead him to take Helen along. This gives the Greeks just the excuse they need for much-desired war.
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