Movies like The Last Samurai (2003)
Trailer
The Last Samurai (2003)
7.8
R
Buy/Rent
Duration: 154min
Country: US
Original Language: en
Director: Edward Zwick
Plot: The Emperor of Japan engaged a well-known American officer named Captain Nathan Algren to instruct Japan's first army in modern fighting techniques. Algren is thrust into a conflict between two worlds and two eras as the Omura Imperial Cabinet works to eradicate the last of the old Imperial samurai to implement a more trade-friendly and Westernized government policy. His only source of guidance is his sense of honor.
Cast: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Timothy Spall, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada
Keywords: japan, loss of loved one, samurai, sword, war veteran, war crimes, swordplay, self-discovery, general, sense of guilt
Most similar movies to The Last Samurai (2003)
If you like The Last Samurai (2003),you might also like:
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair(2011) , Mudbound(2017) , The Young Victoria(2009) , Nightmare Alley(1947) , The Yearling(1946) , The Duellists(1977) , As You Like It(2006) , Knights of the Round Table(1953) , The 300 Spartans(1962) , Brother's War(2009) , The Pianist(2002) , The Matrix Revolutions(2003) , Top Gun(2021) , Tears of the Sun(2003) , 47 Ronin(2013)
Trailer
Mudbound (2017)
7.4
R
Watch Now
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2017-11-17
Duration: 135min
Country: US
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, Mary J. Blige, Garrett Hedlund
Trailer
The 300 Spartans (1962)
6.5
PG
Buy/Rent
Duration: 114min
Country: US
Plot: In 480 BC, Persia's King Xerxes led a huge army to invade Greece. Sparta's King Leonidas takes 300 warriors and some allies to stop them at Thermopylae. A traitor makes them trapped. Leonidas tells the Allies to go and fight with 300 warriors alone. They kill many Persians, but they die too. They are brave and heroic.
Cast: Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Diane Baker, Barry Coe, David Farrar
Trailer
The Pianist (2002)
8.5
R
Watch Now
|
Buy/Rent
|
Free
Duration: 150min
Country: PL
Plot: During World War II, a gifted Polish Jewish pianist goes into hiding to avoid the Nazis. He lived in the Warsaw ghetto, starved and humiliated, under constant threat of death. He evaded a blanket search and hid in the ruins of the city. Fortunately, his musical talent moved a German officer, and under the protection of the officer, the pianist finally survived the end of the war and ushered in the dawn of freedom.
Cast: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox
Trailer
Watch Now
|
Buy/Rent
Duration: 129min
Country: US
Plot: Neo's body is comatose, but his mind is stuck in a Train Man-controlled limbo between the real world and the Matrix, having failed to destroy the inner Matrix. Trinity and Morpheus save Neo. After meeting the Robot Lord, the king of the machine world, and navigating a ship together, Neo and Trinity agree: Smith, who is not controlled by the Matrix, is eliminated by Neo in return for Zion's peace. The ultimate struggle for human life in "The Matrix" is fought between Neo and Smith.
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinkett Smith
Trailer
Top Gun (2021)
6.9
PG
Watch Now
|
Buy/Rent
|
Free
Duration: 110min
Country: US
Plot: Pete Mitchell, a US Navy Lieutenant, called Sign Maverick, a reckless, daring flying ace, gets admitted into Miramar's prestigious Fighter School, Top Gun. The reckless young pilot, however, will have to contend with the finest of the best there, including Iceman, a bright and fiercely competitive classmate. Mitchell knows he has to give it everything he has now, but he is still troubled by his father's sudden and strange death. Can Maverick win over Charlie, the tough astrophysics teacher at the flight school, to his way of thinking? Can he control his untamed side in order to take home the esteemed Top Gun Trophy?
Cast: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt