Movies Like The 300 Spartans

If you liked The 300 Spartans (1962), a adventure and history movie directed by Rudolph Maté, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
King Arthur (2004)
★ 6.3/10Also 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…
2
Spartacus (1960)
★ 7.5/10Also history and adventure
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in…
3
Alexander the Great (1956)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and history
An engrossing spectacle set in the 4th-century BC, in which Alexander of Greece leads his troops forth, conquering all of the known world, in the belief that the Greek way of thinking will bring enlightenment to…
4
Kings of the Sun (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also history and adventure
In order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the United States. They build a home in the new land but come into…
5
Zulu Dawn (1979)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and history
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
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To Hell and Back (1955)
★ 6.6/10Also history and war
The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the autobiography of Audie Murphy who stars as himself in the film.
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Henry V (1989)
★ 7.1/10Also war and history
In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France.
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Operation Mincemeat (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also war and history
In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning…
9
Distant Drums (1951)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and war
After destroying a Seminole fort, American soldiers and their rescued companions must face the dangerous Everglades and hostile Indians in order to reach safety
10
The Pride and the Passion (1957)
★ 6/10Also 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…
11
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also 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…
12
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999)
★ 7.2/10Also war and adventure
Lieutenant Hornblower and his shipmates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.
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Barabbas (1961)
★ 6.9/10Also history and adventure
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…
14
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
★ 7/10Also war and history
The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the 1943 attack. A dead soldier is dressed as a British officer and outfitted with faked papers showing that the Allies…
15
H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and history
Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the…
16
Gallipoli (1981)
★ 7.1/10Also war and history
Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
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Hornblower: Mutiny (2001)
★ 7.4/10Also war and adventure
Hornblower and his comrades come under the command of a revered but mentally unstable captain and are forced to mutiny in order to save their ship, the HMS Renown.
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Devotion (2022)
★ 7/10Also war and history
The harrowing true story of two elite US Navy fighter pilots during the Korean War. Their heroic sacrifices would ultimately make them the Navy's most celebrated wingmen.
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Agora (2009)
★ 7/10Also adventure and history
A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn between his love for her and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining…
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Flyboys (2006)
★ 6.5/10Also history and war
The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.