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Does anyone know of other movies similar to Valhalla Rising that follow a warrior protagonist, has atmospheric cinematography and has little dialogue?
- The Last Kingdom
- Vikings
- Vinland Saga
- Pathfinder
- Valhalla Rising
- The 13th Warrior
- Marvel’s Thor Trilogy
- Beowulf
- Hammer of The Gods
- The Vikings
Where to Watch:Netflix, Amazon Prime, YouTube, Vudu, Google Play, iTunes Based on Bernard Cornwell’s historical novels, this series – now in its fourth season – takes place in 9th century England as the Anglo-Saxons fight to protect their lands from the invading Danes. It is the time of Alfred the Great, the King of Wessex whose war against the Vik...
Where to Watch: Hulu, Amazon Prime, YouTube, Vudu, Google Play, iTunes The History Channel brought the early Norsemen to vivid life with this gritty, thrilling series inspired by the legendary sagas of Ragnar Lothbrok and his family. The series isn't afraid to kill off leading characters as it chronicles the scheming and warring amongst its many pl...
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime This anime, adapted from the manga series by Makoto Yukimura and produced by Wit Studio (Attack on Titan), is set in Viking-occupied England, which has led more than a few observers to deem it something of a “spiritual sequel” to History Channel’s Vikings. IGN praised the showfor its methodical pacing, masterfully-craft...
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime, YouTube, Google Play, iTunes This action oddity from 2007 follows Ghost (Karl Urban), a Viking who was shipwrecked as a boy on the coast of America centuries before the arrival of Christopher Columbus. Although raised by the indigenous people who found him, Ghost is not truly one of them and so remains torn between two...
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime, YouTube, Vudu, Google Play, iTunes Coming just a few years after the release of Pathfinder, this trippy, bloody film, directed by Drive's Nicolas Winding Refn, also depicts a violent encounter between Norsemen and Native Americans. Starting off in Scandivanian Scotland before heading overseas,a ship carrying Christian ...
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime, YouTube, Vudu, Google Play, iTunes This 1999 film based on Michael Crichton’s Eaters of the Dead, was a notoriously troubled productionand regrettably giant box office flop, though it has garnered a cult following in the decades since. The central character Ahmad ibn Fadlan (played by Antonio Banderas) is a real-life 1...
Where to watch:Disney+ While Assassin’s Creed Valhalla might be slightly more interested in history than fantasy (I mean, Odin and his raven do show up in the trailer), the MCU’s Thor films nevertheless warrant a mention here. As the original 2011 film depicts, these long-lived aliens from the shining realm of Asgard were the inspiration for the No...
Where to Watch: Hulu, Amazon Prime, YouTube, Vudu, Google Play, iTunes This atmospheric 2007 CG-animated fantasy film, directed by Robert Zemeckis in one of the first major motion-capture endeavors, retells the epic 9th century poem of the heroic Beowulf’s quest to defeat the monstrous Grendel. Zemeckis married then-cutting edge filmmaking tech wit...
Where to Watch: Tubi, Amazon Prime, YouTube, Vudu, Google Play, iTunes This 2013 film, set in 9th century Britain, sees Norse prince Steinar tasked by his dying father, the king (played by Game of Thrones actor and Richard Harris stand-in James Cosmo), with bringing home Steinar’s long-missing big brother Haken. With the Saxons rebelling and the ki...
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime, iTunes Kirk Douglas stars in this 1958 epic about the titular bad boys of Scandinavia. Set during the Dark Ages, the film depicts the Vikings' invasion of Britain. Einar (Douglas) is the vain, lascivious son of barbaric ruler Ragnar (Ernest Borgnine, who was actually a year younger than Douglas). Einar develops a ruthl...
- 300 (2007) One of the most popular historical movies is 300 because how this movie is the epitome of testosterone. 300 is action at its finest because of how brutal, gory, and intense its fight scenes are.
- Hammer Of The Gods (2013) Hammer of the Gods is an epic movie that follows a young man’s story as he transforms into a brutal warrior after traversing unforgiving lands to look for his brother.
- Braveheart (1995) Braveheart is one of the best films of the 90s because of all of the intense action and drama involved in this historical film. It follows a Scottish rebel who amassed an entire rebel force to challenge the king of England after his wife was killed.
- Sword of Vengeance (2014) Sword of Vengeance is a story that follows a Norman prince who returned to his homeland after experiencing years as a slave.
- Photo: A24. 7 VOTES. The Green Knight. The Green Knight is a cinematic retelling of the medieval Arthurian legend, focusing on Sir Gawain, King Arthur's headstrong nephew, as he embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight.
- Photo: Jeremiah Johnson. 14 VOTES. Jeremiah Johnson. Jeremiah Johnson is a classic tale of adventure and survival, set in the 1800s, that follows the titular character, a disillusioned war veteran who sets out to live as a mountain man in the untamed wilderness of the Rocky Mountains.
- Photo: The Grey. 13 VOTES. The Grey. The Grey plunges its audience into the chilling heart of Alaska's wilderness, where a group of oil workers must fight for survival after their plane crashes.
- Photo: Arctic. 14 VOTES. Arctic. Arctic, starring Mads Mikkelsen as Overgård, a man stranded in the Arctic after an airplane crash, is a masterclass in minimalistic storytelling.
- The 13th Warrior. A combination of fiction and historical accounts, The 13th Warrior is a 1999 epic that illuminates what follows when one world meets another.
- Valhalla Rising. Audiences venture into Scandinavian Scotland with the 2009 film Valhalla Rising. Dr. Hannibal Lector actor Mads Mikkelson stars as a captive Norse warrior who’s aptly known as One-Eye.
- The Last King. Sámi director Nils Gaup directs the 2016 Norwegian film The Last King. The movie’s events are based on the true story of the Birkebeiner rebels who managed to rescue the true heir to the Norwegian throne, Haakon Haakonsson, by delivering him safely from Lillehammer to Trondheim.
- The Revenant. Next up is the Golden Globe-winning 2015 historical survival drama, The Revenant. The film is largely based on a Michael Punke novel and 1915 poem “The Song of Hugh Glass,” both of which tell the story of frontiersman Hugh Glass, whose life is shrouded in legend and myth.
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Valhalla Rising. In 11th-century Scandinavia, an enslaved man dubbed One Eye (Mads Mikkelsen) because of an old facial wound stages a violent uprising against those who imprisoned him. One Eye...
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