Movies Like The Crusades

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Cleopatra

1934·1h 40m·★ 6.8·Cecil B. DeMille

4 shared cast incl. Henry Wilcoxon & Joseph Schildkraut2 shared crewDir. Cecil B. DeMille

The Buccaneer

1938·2h 6m·★ 6.6·Cecil B. DeMille

2 shared crewDir. Cecil B. DeMilleDP: Victor Milner

The Plainsman

1936·1h 53m·★ 6.8·Cecil B. DeMille

2 shared crewDir. Cecil B. DeMilleDP: Victor Milner

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1938·1h 42m·★ 7.9·Michael Curtiz

Themes: richard the lionheart, 12th centuryTMDB recommendsStarring Alan Hale

Ivanhoe

1952·1h 46m·★ 6.7·Richard Thorpe

Themes: richard the lionheart, crusade, 12th centuryFans also liked

Kingdom of Heaven

2005·2h 24m·★ 7.3·Ridley Scott

Themes: crusade, 12th centuryFans also likedDrama & History & War

Four Men and a Prayer

1938·1h 25m·★ 6.1·John Ford

3 shared cast incl. Loretta Young & C. Aubrey Smith

The Lion in Winter

1968·2h 14m·★ 7.8·Anthony Harvey

Themes: richard the lionheart, 12th centuryDrama & History

The War Lord

1965·2h 3m·★ 6.6·Franklin J. Schaffner

Fans also likedHistory & Drama & WarStarring Henry Wilcoxon

Downfall

2004·2h 35m·★ 8.2·Oliver Hirschbiegel

TMDB recommendsDrama & History & War

Patton

1970·2h 52m·★ 7.9·Franklin J. Schaffner

TMDB recommendsWar & Drama & History

JFK

1991·3h 9m·★ 8.0·Oliver Stone

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

Malcolm X

1992·3h 22m·★ 7.7·Spike Lee

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

Elizabeth

1998·2h 3m·★ 7.4·Shekhar Kapur

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress

1957·1h 49m·★ 6.6·Ernst Marischka

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

Nixon

1995·3h 12m·★ 7.0·Oliver Stone

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

1991·2h 23m·★ 6.9·Kevin Reynolds

Themes: crusade, 12th century

The Return of Martin Guerre

1982·1h 47m·★ 7.4·Daniel Vigne

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

The Spirit of St. Louis

1957·2h 15m·★ 7.1·Billy Wilder

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

Me and Orson Welles

2008·1h 54m·★ 6.7·Richard Linklater

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

How Good Is The Crusades?

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