Top 11 Movies Like Year One That You Will Enjoy Watching Update 04/2024

Movies Like Year One

1. Year One (2009)

Year One (2009)

Prehistoric would-be hunter Zed is expelled from his tribe after he consumes forbidden fruit from a tree. He is joined by the shy gatherer Oh. While traveling, they come face to face with Cain and Abel on a fateful day, stop Abraham from killing Isaac, and end up as slaves in the city of Sodom.

Maya and Eema, the women Zed and Oh adore, are in danger, and it is up to them to save them. There are two obstacles in their path: the high priest of Sodom and the omnipresent Cain. The alliance Zed tries to forge with the Princess Innana may turn sour. How can a hapless hunter and a shrewd, but emaciated, gatherer become heroes?

2. 10,000 Bc (2008)

In order to protect his tribe’s future, a young mammoth hunter named D’Leh sets out on a journey through unknown territory. To save his beloved Evolet from the mysterious horse-riding warlords who have raided the Yaghal camp, D’Leh must lead a small group of hunters south and pursue the warlords until the end of the world. Destined to face saber-toothed cats and terrifying birds in the Levant, the unlikely group of warriors must band together.

3. Gladiator (2000)

Gladiator (2000)

Emperor Marcus Aurelius and the people of Rome admire powerful Roman general Maximus. Before he dies, the Emperor chooses Maximus over his own son Commodus as his heir, and a power struggle results in the death sentence for Maximus and his family. He is unable to save his family and, because of this, he is captured and forced to compete in the Gladiator games until the end of his life in captivity. The only thing keeping him going right now is the prospect of becoming the most powerful person in the world and finally seeing the man who will be the target of his vengeance.

4. The Legend Of Hercules (2014)

The tyrannical rule of the king is overthrown and peace is restored to a troubled land in Ancient Greece 1200 B.C. when a queen yields to Zeus’ lust and bears a son. Nevertheless, this Hercules-like prince has no idea who he really is or what he’s been put on this earth to do.

He has only one desire: to win the heart of Princess Hebe of Crete, who has been promised to his own brother. When Hercules discovers his true purpose, he is faced with a difficult decision: abandon his true love and fulfill his destiny as the greatest hero of all time. This gripping epic tells the story behind one of history’s most enduring myths: a tale of love, sacrifice, and the power of the human spirit.

5. Alexander (2004)

Alexander (2004)

With his armies, Alexander the Great conquered 90 percent of the known world by the time he was 25 years old, marching 22,000 miles through sieges and conquests. Invading the Persian Empire from Macedonia (now part of Greece), Alexander the Great led his armies across the Mediterranean to Egypt, then east to India.

The focus of this film will be on Hephaestion’s eight-year campaign and his friendship with his childhood best friend and battle partner, Hephaestus. Alexander was only 33 when he died of an illness. He was a young man. Many of the barriers to Roman expansion were knocked down by Alexander’s conquests, which paved the way for Greek culture to spread across the Mediterranean (and, centuries later, Christianity). If not for Alexander’s brutal, but ultimately unifying conquest, our world today may not have existed.

6. Your Highness (2011)

History is littered with tales of brave, handsome knights saving fair damsels from dragons and defeating evil. A good-for-nothing younger brother often lurks in the shadows, doing his best to stay out of harm’s way. Before their kingdom is destroyed, two princes must rescue the heir apparent’s fiancee on a dangerous mission.

For all his life, Thadeous (McBride) has stood by and watched as his braver older brother Fabious (Franco) sets out on dangerous adventures and wins the hearts of his people. Frustrated at being passed over for the throne, he’s decided to live a life of magic, hard liquor, and easy maidens instead. When Leezar (Justin Theroux) kidnaps Belladonna (Zooey Deschanel), Fabious’s bride-to-be, the king gives his lazy son an ultimatum: help save her or lose his inheritance.

Thadeous joins Fabious on a perilous journey through the dangerous wastelands to free the princess, only half-heartedly embarking on his first quest. They’ll need Isabel’s help (Natalie Portman) to fight monsters and treacherous knights before they can get to Belladonna, and Isabel has her own agenda as well. Thadeous can help his brother save his homeland if he can discover his inner hero. Remaining inactive results in not only death by cowardice, but also front-row seats to the dawn of a brand-new Dark Ages in his lifetime..

7. Hercules (2014)

Hercules (2014)

In the year 1400 B.C., a tortured soul who was neither man nor god walked the Earth. Hercules was Zeus’s son and a formidable warrior. As a result, he was doomed to suffer the rest of his days. This dark, weary soul had turned his back on the gods after twelve long, arduous labors and the death of his family.

He found his only solace in bloody conflict. Over time, he grew fond of a group of six people who had nothing in common other than a passion for combat and a fear of death. These warriors don’t think twice about where they fight, why they fight, or even who they’re fighting for, much less how much they’re going to be paid. These mercenaries have now been hired by the King of Thrace to help train his army to become the most powerful force in history’s history. As their reputation grows, it’s time for this band of misfits to see how far they’ve fallen. They must now train an army to match their ruthlessness and bloodlust.

8. Conan The Barbarian (1982)

When the evil Snake Cult leader Thulsa Doom (‘James Earl Jones’ (qv)) and his evil warriors attack a village, a young boy named Conan (‘Jorge Sanz (I)’ (qv)) is captured and forced to serve Thulsa Doom as a slave. After a while, Conan matures into a fearsome warrior who has undergone extensive training to become even more fearsome. Conan has been a slave and a gladiator for many years before he is freed. After vowing to avenge his parents and find the answer to the steel riddle, Conan sets out on a journey to find them.

When Conan and his companions are joined by an archer named Subotai, a beautiful thief who falls in love with Conan, Valeria (sandahl Bergman), and a Chinese wizard named Mako (qv), they embark on a quest to rescue Princess Yasmina, the daughter of King Oric (‘Max von Sydow (I)’) and Princess Yasmina from the Snake Cult, and to exact revenge on Thulsa Doom and

9. Black Knight (2001)

Black Knight (2001)

An amusement park employee named Jamal Walker is transported to 14th-century England after a freak accident. After meeting Sir Knolte, Jamal stumbles into the court of King Leo’s usurper. The realism of the theme park impresses Jamal at first, but when he sees a gory beheading, he realizes he’s in the wrong place. james meets queen victoria who is planning to restore the monarchy, and james meets the villainous sir percival in the process. Prior to donning the awesome “Black Knight” armor, Jamal joins Sir Knolte and Victoria’s forces to teach the rebels some useful sports like football, golf, and boxing.

10. The Scorpion King (2002)

The evil king Memnon uses the psychic abilities of his sorceress Cassandra to foretell his great victories in an age before the pyramids were built. The leaders of the last free tribes hire the assassin Mathayus to kill the sorceress as a last ditch effort to stop Memnon from taking over the world. Mathayus, on the other hand, ends up with a lot more than he expected. It’s up to Mathayus now to fulfill his destiny and become the great Scorpion King with the help of the trickster Arpid, tribal leader Balthazar and an unexpected ally.

11. Avatar (2009)

Avatar (2009)

Jake Sully, a paraplegic Marine, decides to join the military after his brother is killed in a robbery. There, he learns of greedy corporate figurehead Parker Selfridge’s plans to expel the indigenous humanoid “Na’vi” population in order to mine for the precious metals found in the forest’s rich soil.

To get his legs fixed, Jake must gather information for Colonel Quaritch’s cooperating military unit in exchange for his spinal surgery. At the same time, he attempts to infiltrate the Na’vi population under the guise of a “avatar” identity. A soldier must stand up and fight back in an epic battle for the fate of Pandora as Jake bonds with a native tribe and falls in love with the stunning alien Neytiri. The restless Colonel is relentless in his extermination efforts.