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Movies that feel like Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007)

If you loved Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan, the closest films we have are Eastern Condors (1987), Red Cliff II (2009) and Red Cliff (2008). All three share Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan's epic and bleak feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 5 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Criterion Channel and MUBI and others, checked against today's data.

The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.

πŸ… 86% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Sergei Bodrovepicbleakkinetic

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Eastern Condors
1987 Β· dir. Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
β˜… 7.1action Β· adventure Β· war

Both keep coming back to the same thing: battle

The difference: Leans further into adventure

A motley group of Chinese prisoners held in the US is sent on a covert mission with the promise of a pardon: to go deep into Vietnam and destroy a secret depot of missiles that the US left behind during the pull-out.

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Red Cliff II
2009 Β· dir. John Woo
β˜… 7.5action Β· adventure Β· drama

Epic and bleak in the same breath

The battle of Red Cliff continues and the alliance between Xu and East Wu is fracturing. With Cao Cao's massive forces on their doorstep, will the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu survive?

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Red Cliff
2008 Β· dir. John Woo
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.3adventure Β· drama Β· history

Kinetic history, and it commits to that

In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance.

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King Arthur
2004 Β· dir. Antoine Fuqua
πŸ… 30%β˜… 6.3adventure Β· war Β· history

Common ground: battle

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

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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Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
2004 Β· dir. Kang Je-kyu
πŸ… 79%β˜… 8action Β· adventure Β· drama

War built on scale, twice over

When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.

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Operation Red Sea
2018 Β· dir. Dante Lam Chiu-yin
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.6action Β· thriller Β· war

Both lean on bleakness more than on action

A squad of the Jiaolong Commando Unit - Sea Dragon, a spec ops team of the Chinese Navy, carries out a hostage rescue operation in the nation of Yewaire, on the Arabian Peninsula, and fiercely fights against local rebel groups and Zaka, a terrorist organization.

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Flame & Citron
2008 Β· dir. Ole Christian Madsen
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.2drama Β· history Β· war

Epic history in both cases

The difference: Not nearly as kinetic

Gunman Flame and his partner Citron assassinate Nazi collaborators for the Danish resistance. Assigned targets by their Allies-connected leader, Aksel Winther, they relish the opportunity to begin targeting the Nazis themselves. When they begin to doubt the validity of their assignments, their morally complicated task becomes even more labyrinthine.

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Shadow
2018 Β· dir. Zhang Yimou
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7action Β· war

War with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

In a kingdom ruled by a young and unpredictable king, the military commander has a secret weapon: a shadow, a look-alike who can fool both his enemies and the King himself. Now he must use this weapon in an intricate plan that will lead his people to victory in a war that the King does not want.

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Katyn
2007 Β· dir. Andrzej Wajda
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7drama Β· history Β· war

Bleak action in both cases

On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the Soviet Red Army crosses the border. The Polish army, unable to fight on two fronts, is defeated. Thousands of Polish men, both military and government officials, are captured by the invaders. Their fate will only be known several years later.

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12 Strong
2018 Β· dir. Nicolai Fuglsig
πŸ… 50%β˜… 6.5war Β· action Β· history

Kinetic history in both cases

A team of special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.

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9th Company
2005 Β· dir. Fyodor Bondarchuk
πŸ… 69%β˜… 7.1war Β· drama Β· history

The war is handled with the same confidence

Russian army recruits complete training and take their posting in late 1980s Afghanistan, where the insurgents are slowly gaining the upper hand.

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Enemy at the Gates
2001 Β· dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
πŸ… 53%β˜… 7.5war Β· history

History approached the same way

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.

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