„Падмавати“ разказва епичната история за легендарната индийска красавица Падмавати, жена на краля на Мевар - Ратан Сингх. Годината е 1303-а. Могъщият султан Алауддин Хилджи обсажда с войската си крепостта Читторгарх, столица на Мевар, и обещава на княза Раван Сингх да не разруши града, само ако царят му даде собствената си жена, красавицата Падмавати.
XIII век. Древна Русия е разпокъсана. Монголското иго завладява територии. Само едно княжество се осмелява да не се подчини на волята на нашествениците. Само един воевода влиза в битка с нашествениците. Най-мистериозният герой на Древна Русия, Евпатий (Коловрат) влиза в най-невероятната битка в историята на света. Отряд от смелчаци срещу хилядна армия. Те се бият за любовта, за своя народ, за своята земя...
Монголската империя е нарастнала до огромни размери, които света не познава. Армиите й обсадили голяма част от Източна Европа. Малко село в границите на Карпатските планини се бори за свободата си.
Монголската войска превзема Багдад и убива халифа. Синът му избягва в пустинята, където се среща с легендарните четиридесет разбойници, които го осиновяват. Минават десет години и малкия Али вече е станал Али Баба, водачът на разбойниците, които от обикновени обирджии, са се превърнали в борци за освобождение от монголския тиранин. Естествено има намесена и жена, красивата лейди Амара.
A group of US Navy weathermen taking measurements in the Gobi desert in World War II are forced to seek the help of Mongol nomads to regain their ship while under attack from the Japanese.
Andrew Garret is a cop trying to reveal the background of secret killing fights named "Game". He takes part in the fights under the nickname Gladiator. One of the Game bosses, Parmenion, wants him to fight with the ancient sword that once belonged to Alexander the Great against his own fighter Mongol to recall the 2000 years old duel between Alexander and his enemy whose re-incarnations he believes to be Andrew Garrett and himself.
In 1918 a young and simple Mongol herdsman and trapper is cheated out of a valuable fox fur by a European capitalist fur trader. Ostracized from the trading post, he escapes to the hills after brawling with the trader who cheated him. In 1920 he becomes a Soviet partisan, and helps the partisans fight for the Soviets against the occupying British army. However he is captured by the British when they try to requisition cattle from the herdsmen at the same time as the commandant meets with a reincarnated Grand Lama. After the trapper is shot, the army discovers an amulet that suggests he is a direct descendant of Genghis Khan. They find him still alive, so the army restores his health and plans to use him as the head of a puppet regime. The trapper is thus thrust into prominence as he is placed in charge of the puppet government. By the end, however, the "puppet" turns against his masters in an outburst of fury.
The town's best horse race trainer Bold, has many people gathered at his house for a special announcement. Bold begins to brag about his horses and skills and how no one in town is better than him. Bold begins to talk about his most prized horse, the brown steed that still has yet to find its rider. After hearing this the townspeople recommend Dambii's eldest son Dorj to be the rider. Upon hearing this Boldoo decides to ask Dambii's son Dorj to be the rider for his horse. Dambii lives with his wife, Dolgor and three sons, Dorj (12 yrs old), Byambaa (8 yrs old) Nanzaa (4 yrs old) in the vast countryside in Mongolia. All of Dambii's sons have a knack for the horse. When Bold recruites Dambii's eldest son his middle son Byambaa gets angry that he wasn't chosen to ride. When Byambaa gets angry that he wasn't chosen he storms off.
A director of a television series on the history of cinema, who has been grappling with the screenplay of his first feature film, receives an assignment to oversee the installation of a television relay station in a remote region of Zahedan province. He has already hired Turkmen tribespeople for his film and selected his filming location. Meanwhile his wife, who is working on her Ph.D. dissertation about the Mongol invasion of Iran, attempts to dissuade him from accepting the assignment. One night, while working on his history of the cinema series, the director fantasizes a diegetic world that consists of clever juxtapositions of his different worlds: the history of cinema, the history of the mongol invasion, his own film idea and his imminent assignment to the desert.
A samurai warrior attempts to stop Kublai Khan's Mongol hordes from overrunning Japan in the 13th century.