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"heir" Movies and TV Shows
#1
The Tudors
Synopsis:
The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
Starring:
Henry Cavill,
David O'Hara,
Tamzin Merchant
Plot:
england,
monarchy,
royal family,
tudor,
anne boleyn,
sex scene,
king,
royalty,
king henry viii,
english court
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#2
Throne of Blood
Synopsis:
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan…
Starring:
Takashi Shimura,
Toshirō Mifune,
Minoru Chiaki
Plot:
tragedy,
villain,
opening a door,
visit,
shot with an arrow,
shot with multiple arrows,
ride,
rider,
horseman,
spear
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#3
The Way of the Dragon
Synopsis:
Tang Lung arrives in Rome to help his cousins in the restaurant business. They are being pressured to sell their property to the syndicate, who will stop at nothing to get what they want. When Tang arrives he poses a new threat to the syndicate, and they are unable to defeat him. The syndicate boss hires the best Japanese and European martial artists to fight Tang, but he easily finishes them off.
Starring:
Chuck Norris,
Bruce Lee,
Robert Wall
Plot:
kung fu,
colosseum,
rome italy,
jeet kune do,
waitress,
italian man,
naive man,
confrontation,
sightseeing,
assassin
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#4
The Lion in Winter
Synopsis:
Henry II and his estranged queen battle over the choice of an heir.
Starring:
Anthony Hopkins,
Timothy Dalton,
Peter O'Toole
#5
The Lady Eve
Synopsis:
It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herse…
Starring:
Henry Fonda,
Barbara Stanwyck,
Charles Coburn
Plot:
con artist,
screwball comedy,
snake,
gold digger,
seduction,
revenge,
money,
heir,
ship,
ocean liner
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#6
The 13th Warrior
Synopsis:
A Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland, Ahmad ibn Fadlan finds himself in the company of Vikings. While the behavior of the Norsemen initially offends ibn Fadlan, the more cultured outsider grows to respect the tough, if uncouth, warriors. During their travels together, ibn Fadlan and the Vikings get word of an evil presence closing in, and they must fight the frightening and formidable for…
Starring:
Antonio Banderas,
Vladimir Kulich,
Diane Venora
#7
Ran
Synopsis:
With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.
Starring:
Yoshiko Miyazaki,
Tatsuya Nakadai,
Hisashi Igawa
Plot:
nihilism,
castle,
samurai,
struggle for power,
abdication,
intrigue,
brother,
rivalry,
advisor,
japanese castle
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#8
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Synopsis:
After romancing Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo and acquiring valuable information from her crime boss father Marc-Ange Draco, James Bond tracks his arch-nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld to his base in the Swiss Alps, uncovering a secret plot to hold the world to ransom.
Starring:
Bernard Lee,
Lois Maxwell,
Diana Rigg
#9
My Best Friend's Wedding
Synopsis:
When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.
Starring:
M. Emmet Walsh,
Dermot Mulroney,
Rachel Griffiths
Plot:
wedding,
singing,
best friend,
jealousy,
kiss,
unrequited love,
love triangle,
karaoke,
gay friend,
male female friendship
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#10
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Synopsis:
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
Starring:
Walter Catlett,
John Wray,
George Bancroft
#11
Metropolis
Synopsis:
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Starring:
Gustav Fröhlich,
Brigitte Helm,
Alfred Abel
#12
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Synopsis:
When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family member who stands between himself and the family fortune. But when he finds himself torn between his longtime love and the widow of one of his victim…
Starring:
Hugh Griffith,
Alec Guinness,
Valerie Hobson
Plot:
actor playing multiple roles,
great britain,
prison,
murder,
jealousy,
heir,
widow,
edwardian era,
social class,
black comedy
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#13
Cleopatra
Synopsis:
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.
Starring:
Martin Landau,
Elizabeth Taylor,
Cesare Danova
Plot:
egypt,
queen,
epic,
peplum,
sword and sandal,
ancient egypt,
ancient rome,
cleopatra,
roman empire,
female protagonist
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#14
Au Hasard Balthazar
Synopsis:
The story of a donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding. Balthazar, whose life parallels that of his first keeper, Marie, is truly a beast of burden, suffering the sins of humankind. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fate nobly.
Starring:
Anne Wiazemsky,
Walter Green,
François Lafarge
Plot:
donkey,
farm,
parable,
smuggling,
female rear nudity,
machine,
fireworks,
kick,
police officer,
postal worker
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#15
The Sensuous Nurse
Synopsis:
Greedy relatives hire a sensual caregiver to hasten the demise of a wealthy count suffering from a heart condition.
Starring:
Jack Palance,
Ursula Andress,
Duilio Del Prete
#16
Business Proposal
Synopsis:
In disguise as her friend, Ha-ri shows up to a blind date to scare him away. But plans go awry when he turns out to be her CEO — and makes a proposal.
Starring:
Ahn Hyo-seop,
Kim Se-jeong,
Kim Min-gue
#17
Smallville
Synopsis:
The origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s final steps toward embracing his destiny as the Man of Steel.
Starring:
Justin Hartley,
Cassidy Freeman,
Tom Welling
Plot:
adoption,
adopted son,
meteor shower,
best friend,
alien,
hair loss,
bald man,
meteorite,
superhuman speed,
school journalist
...
#18
Underworld: Blood Wars
Synopsis:
Vampire death dealer Selene fends off brutal attacks from both the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her. With her only allies, David and his father Thomas, she must stop the eternal war between Lycans and Vampires, even if it means she has to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Starring:
Theo James,
James Faulkner,
Kate Beckinsale
#19
The Mummy
Synopsis:
Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension.
Starring:
Jake Johnson,
Marwan Kenzari,
Annabelle Wallis
Plot:
archaeologist,
princess,
egyptian mythology,
tomb,
egypt,
mummy,
mummy character,
ancient egypt,
excavation,
heir to throne
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#20
The Legend of Tarzan
Synopsis:
Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
Starring:
Margot Robbie,
Christoph Waltz,
Djimon Hounsou
Plot:
africa,
jungle,
slavery,
rescue,
jungle warfare,
geopolitics,
capture,
king,
village,
ape
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