Shows Like The Legend of El Cid

If you liked The Legend of El Cid (2020), a action & adventure and drama series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

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The Last Kingdom (2015)
★ 8.3/10Also action & adventure and drama
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…
2
Boundless (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also action & adventure and drama
The First Circumvallation Around the World, tracking the 1519–22 voyage initiated by Ferdinand Magellan and culminated by Juan Sebastián Elcano.
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The Plague (2018)
★ 7/10Also action & adventure and drama
Plague decimates late 16th century Seville, a crowded city where many have arrived to embark for the New World to seek their fortune.
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Sandokan (2025)
★ 7.6/10Also action & adventure and drama
Sandokan is a Malaysian pirate who, along with his friend Yanez and their crew, attacks the British forces from his island of Mompracem. During his adventures, he falls in love with Lady Marianna Guillonk, an…
5
The Day of the Jackal (2024)
★ 8.2/10Also drama and action & adventure
An unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer who…
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Vikings: Valhalla (2022)
★ 7.6/10Also action & adventure and drama
In this sequel to "Vikings," a hundred years have passed and a new generation of legendary heroes arises to forge its own destiny — and make history.
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Hernán (2019)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and action & adventure
The Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés arrives in the shores of what today is Mexico and faces both local demons and those who have sailed with him.
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Vikings (2013)
★ 8.1/10Also action & adventure and drama
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…
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Black Sails (2014)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and action & adventure
The pirate adventures of Captain Flint and his men twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking…
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Knightfall (2017)
★ 7.1/10Also action & adventure and drama
Go deep into the clandestine world of the legendary brotherhood of warrior monks known as The Knights Templar.
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Rome (2005)
★ 8.2/10Also action & adventure and drama
A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
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See (2019)
★ 8.1/10Also drama and action & adventure
A virus has decimated humankind. Those who survived emerged blind. Centuries later when twins are born with the mythic ability to see, their father must protect his tribe against a threatened queen.
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Legend of the Seeker (2008)
★ 7.4/10Also action & adventure and drama
The adventures of woodsman Richard Cypher, who discovers that he was born to fulfill a prophecy of becoming a guardian hero to oppressed people. With the help of a mysterious woman named Kahlan and a wise old wizard…
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The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin (2026)
★ 7.8/10Also action & adventure and drama
Merlin, the immortal son of the bard Taliesin and Atlantean Princess Charis, is followed through his tragic upbringing, descent into madness, and shocking disappearance, leading to the legend that surrounds him. Set…
15
La unidad (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and action & adventure
A secret unit of cops is assembled to stop a terrorist band from attacking Spain after their leader is arrested there.
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Enemigo íntimo (2018)
★ 7.6/10Also action & adventure and drama
The story of two siblings who witness the murder of their parents in the hands of one of the drug cartels in Mexico, after which Alejandro Ferrer's younger sister is kidnapped. 25 years later, Alejandro is now the…
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El Conde: Amor y Honor (2024)
★ 8.1/10Also drama and action & adventure
A wrongful conviction changes the life of Alejandro Gaitán and separates him from the woman he loves, Mariana Zambrano. After 17 years in jail, he becomes a count with the help of another prisoner and seeks revenge on…
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Spartacus: House of Ashur (2025)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and action & adventure
In a world where he survived the events of Spartacus, Ashur clawed his way to power, owning the same ludus that once owned him. Allying with a fierce gladiatrix, Ashur ignites a new kind of spectacle that offends the…
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The White Princess (2017)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and war & politics
The story of Elizabeth of York, the White Queen's daughter, and her marriage to the Lancaster victor, Henry VII. Based on the Philippa Gregory book of the same name.
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The Unit (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also action & adventure and drama
A covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the globe, while their wives maintain the homefront, protecting their husbands' secrets.