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10 Best Movies Like El Cid

If you loved El Cid, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Wilby Conspiracy

The Wilby Conspiracy

1975★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El Cid for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Having spent 10 years in prison for nationalist activities, Shack Twala is finally ordered released by the South African Supreme Court but he finds himself almost immediately on th...

#2
Vampire Circus

Vampire Circus

1972★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El Cid for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After a spate of murders, the villagers of Schtettel kill the depraved perpetrator, Count Mitterhouse. Fifteen years later the Circus of Nights appeared in the plague-ridden villag...

#3
Bill Burr: Walk Your Way Out

Bill Burr: Walk Your Way Out

2017★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El Cid for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

No-nonsense comic Bill Burr takes the stage in Nashville and riffs on fast food, overpopulation, dictators and gorilla sign language....

#4
Knights of the Round Table

Knights of the Round Table

1953★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El Cid for fans of Action & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In Camelot, kingdom of Arthur and Merlin, Lancelot is well known for his courage and honor. But one day he must quit Camelot and the Queen Guinevere's love, leaving the Round Table...

#5
Time Piece

Time Piece

1965★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El Cid for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Dislocation in time, time signatures, time as a philosophical concept, and slavery to time are some of the themes touched upon in this 9-minute experimental film, which was written...

#6
Sink the Bismarck!

Sink the Bismarck!

1960★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El Cid for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Ti...