Now that Season 7 of Game of Thrones is officially over, fans have an awfully long wait before the show’s eighth and final season premieres on HBO.
Rumored to be premiering in either 2018 or 2019, the six-episode season will find our favorite characters fighting against an undead army, but until the premiere, tide yourself over with a movie marathon of films featuring some of Game of Thrones‘ biggest names.
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From romance to war epics, the series’ stars have explored a wide variety of projects outside the HBO hit, so click through this slideshow for the next best thing to a full-on GOT binge-fest.
Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) – ‘Me Before You’
Emiliaย Clarke is the opposite ofย Daenerys Targaryen in this romantic weeper based on JoJoย Moyes’ย novel of the same name. Clarke stars asย Louisa, a young woman who becomes a caretaker for a paralyzed banker, whose pessimistic outlook on life gets a reset thanks to Louisa as the two form a connection and fall in love.
Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister) – ‘300’
Headey stars as Queen Gorgo in this ancient epic, which focuses onย theย Battle of Thermopylaeย within theย Persian Wars. As the battle rages, Gorgoย does her best to secure Spartan support for her husband,ย King Leonidasย (Gerard Butler).
Kit Harington (Jon Snow) – ‘Testament of Youth’
Based on the popular memoir by English writer, feminist, and pacifist, Veraย Brittain, this sweet, inspiring romance set in World War II is a powerful and moving impassioned story of love, war and remembrance. Plus, clean-shavenย Haringtonย steams up the screen with his significantย role as the dashing and robust love of Brittain’sย life.
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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) – ‘The Other Woman’
Coster-Waldauย took Jaime Lannister’sย duplicity to the big screen in this 2014 flick, starring as a cheating husband whose wife, played by Leslie Mann, teams up with his two mistresses to exact revenge.
Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) – ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’
Turner kept herย GOTย counterpart’s trademark red locks for her turn as telepathic mutant Jean Grey in this installment of theย X-Menย franchise, which takes place decades before the original three films. Turner will reprise the role in 2018’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix.
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Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy) – ‘John Wick’
Allen played villainย Iosef Tarasovย in this 2014 crime thriller, which starsย Keanu Reevesย as the titular ex-hitmanย who comes out of retirement to hunt down the mobsters who robbed him of his most prized possessions.
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Gwendoline Christie (Brienne of Tarth) – ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’
Christie took a villainous turn in the latest installment of the mega-successful Star Warsย franchise, playing human female stormtrooperย Captain Phasma.ย She will reprise the role in this year’sย Star Wars: The Last Jedi.ย
Richard Madden (Robb Stark) – ‘Cinderella’
Although Robb Stark has been off the show for a few seasons now, fans can get their Richard Madden fix with Disney’s live-action remake ofย Cinderella,ย in which the actor plays the prince to Lily James’ titular princess.
Natalie Dormer (Margaery Tyrell) – ‘The Hunger Games – Mockingjay – Part 1, Part 2’
Dormer went from queen to rebel with her role as Cressida in the final two films ofย The Hunger Gamesย franchise, playing a film director who escapes the Capitolย to join District 13’s rebellion and aid Katniss Everdeenย (Jennifer Lawrence) in her quest to overthrow Panem’s corrupt government.
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