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[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

I thought it was pretty good :/

[Mech#4]

I did just finish watching "Ogniem i Mieczem" ("With Fire and Sword"). A Polish movie based on a book set in Ukranian lands of Poland during 1648-51 and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Khmelnytsky Uprising.

It was really enjoyable. The acting was good, the costumes, sets and areas were really well done. I shall have to put the book series down to read at a future date, along with the other two movies "Potop" ("The Deluge") and "Pan Wołodyjowski" (English Title "Fire in the Steppe" though the polish title translates as "Colonel Wolodyjowski"). I can recommend it to anyone who likes the period, battles or just Winged Hussars.

Thinking on the topic, does anyone else know of similar movies made in other countries? Ones set in or before 1800s, historical drama type movies? I know I've seen parts of a Chinese movie that might've been based on "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". It had two large armies of soldiers clashing in the grounds of a palace, purple and yellow they might've been coloured.

[Il Palazzo]

Thinking on the topic, does anyone else know of similar movies made in other countries? Ones set in or before 1800s, historical drama type movies?

Can you be more specific? The indicated time period spans some 17 centuries. The sword-and-sandals genre falls into that scope, and it alone has probably hundreds of titles.

[Mech#4]

Well, not really. It's more of a "what other well regarded movies might I not have heard of" because I'm not very knowledgeable about such things.

I guess I would like to see movies made by countries that focuses on their own history or well known novels based on said history. I do not mind watching movies with subtitles.
I suppose the only caveat I would have would be not movies that are heavily skewed in their perspective. Rather unavoidable sometimes I know when dealing with war but "Ogniem i Mieczem" was quite balanced in it's portrayal of both sides. At least not so far that one side is being depicted as literal evil demons who enjoy torture, killing and all that stuff.

[Helgoland]

If you don't mind rather old movies, Sergei Eisenstein's work may be of interest to you.

[Mech#4]

Not at all, I will have to look into those ones. I have heard of "Battleship Potemkin" but have never watched it. Movies with large casts for re-enacting battles are quite spectacular. I enjoy seeing all the effort that went into the sets and costumes, gives it a sense of "realness", if that makes sense.

[Helgoland]

He also did some stuff set in the middle ages, I believe. Something about a big battle of German knights versus Slavic defenders of the city... Made during WWII, unsurprisingly.

[Comrade P.]

Not at all, I will have to look into those ones. I have heard of "Battleship Potemkin" but have never watched it. Movies with large casts for re-enacting battles are quite spectacular. I enjoy seeing all the effort that went into the sets and costumes, gives it a sense of "realness", if that makes sense.

Speaking of old Soviet cinema with massive battle scenes, there is this 1966-67 War and Peace movie (in four parts) that has battle scenes so massive they formed an IRL cavalry regiment of Red Army for sole purpose of filming it, because it was easier to maintain a couple of thousands of soldiers rather than a couple of thousands of random extras.

He also did some stuff set in the middle ages, I believe. Something about a big battle of German knights versus Slavic defenders of the city... Made during WWII, unsurprisingly.

Alexander Nevsky. Fought against Livonian Order knights, which were Teutonic in Eisenstein film. Sunk 'em in a frozen lake, apparently.

[Il Palazzo]

Holy sweet Jesus, I've just seen a fantastic film. Coherence.

It's like if The Man from Earth had a baby with Triangle.

[Il Palazzo]

People, go and watch Turbo Kid. It's like a Canadian Mad Max.

[Levi]

Justice League: Gods and Monsters

Its a alternate reality version of the DC universe where Superman's father was Zod, Batman is actually Kirk Langstrom(Man-bat) and Wonderwoman is one of the "New Gods".  The three of them have no qualms against killing, but aren't really evil either. 

I thought it was a lot of fun to watch, and kind of want more from the same alternate universe.

[Jopax]

The Martian.

It's excellent, go see it!

[Tawa]

I've been on an MST3K binge lately and feel that I should share some of my favorites.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Space Mutiny is hilarious, and involves, among other things, zamboni chases and an escape sequence that veers into "why don't you just shoot him" territory for about five straight minutes.
Future War has enough cardboard box set pieces to give Solid Snake an orgasm, dinosaur special effects that are indistinguishable from Jurassic World, isn't in the future, and doesn't have a war.
Santa Claus Conquers The Martians is delightfully nonsensical, featuring things like  Santa's laughter sounding like a deranged madman having a psychotic breakdown.
The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy makes no sense whatsoever. Note that the robot has about ten minutes of screen time, almost all of which is taken up by a fight scene.
Operation Kid Brother, a James Bond cash-in featuring Sean Connery's brother, has an Enoby-level Mary Sue pursuing an "atomic nucleus".
Dünyayi Kurtaran Adam was never done by MST3K, presumably because it's already the funniest movie ever made for all the wrong reasons. Words cannot describe the madness it contains. The movie is in Turkish but there's YouTube videos with subtitles.

[Mech#4]

"We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese."

I've watched through a few episodes of MST3K. The ones I remember was one with a giant preying mantis attacking a city, "The Melting Man" or similar and "Attack of the the Eye Monsters" for how little the producers cared about that movie.

[Yoink]

You guys should watch Deathgasm so that I can live vicariously through you.
It has no set release date for Australia and I want to support the film, not steal it.