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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 124 films · Page 2.
Adventure, Fantasy, action film, fantasy film, medieval film, science fiction film, sword-and-sandal film
In 709 AD, a spacecraft crashes in a lake in Vendel-era Scandinavia. The only surviving occupant – a humanoid alien – retrieves a distress beacon and a computer which explains that he is on Earth, a "seed" colony that his people have aband…
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Adventure, medieval film, thriller film
In AD 55 Cappadocia, Saint Matthias is stoned to death. Before the final stone is thrown, lightning begins to crackle overhead. In 1209 Medieval Ireland, French Cistercian monk Frère Geraldus arrives at a remote monastery with a charter fr…
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Action, Family Saga, action film, adventure film, drama film, medieval film, romance film, war film
Set in the Dark Ages after the fall of the Roman Empire, Lord Marke of Cornwall plans to unite the tribes of Britain – Celts, Picts, Angles, Saxons and Jutes – against Irish domination. Lord Aragon of Tantallon Castle leads the treaty nego…
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Knights Tale, Mysterie, Occult Horror, Sword And Sorcery, action film, drama film, fantasy film, medieval film, sword-and-sandal film, thriller film
In the 13th century Villach, three women are accused by a priest of witchcraft, and are first hanged before being drowned. The priest performs a ritual on the three women using a book inscribed from the Key of Solomon so they can never ret…
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Action, Adventure, Romance Film, action film, drama film, medieval film, swashbuckler film, vigilante film
Richard, the Norman King of England, is taken captive in 1191 by Duke Leopold while returning from the Third Crusade. Richard's treacherous brother Prince John, aided by fellow Norman Sir Guy of Gisbourne, names himself regent of England, …
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Adventure, Sword And Sorcery, adventure film, fantasy film, medieval film, sword and sorcery film
Urland, a sub-Roman British kingdom near the River Ur, is besieged by the dragon Vermithrax Pejorative. To appease the dragon, King Casiodorus offers it virgin girls selected every equinox by lottery. A delegation led by a young Urlander n…
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Drama, Historie, adventure film, biographical film, drama film, epic film, historical film, medieval film, war film
The film begins with Muhammad sending an invitation to accept Islam to the surrounding rulers: Heraclius, the Byzantine Emperor; Muqawqis, the Patriarch of Alexandria; Kisra, the Sasanian Emperor. Earlier, Muhammad is visited by the angel …
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Drama, biographical film, drama film, medieval film, war film
Act I The film starts with the Macbeths grieving at their child's funeral. Then, Macbeth leads King Duncan's troops into a civil war battle. He emerges victorious, despite losses, including boy soldiers.
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Drama, action film, biographical film, drama film, epic film, historical drama film, medieval film, period drama film, war film
The film begins with Chorus, in this case a person in modern dress, introducing the subject of the play. He is walking through an empty film studio and ends his monologue by opening the doors to begin the main action. Chorus reappears seve…
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Adventure, Drama, Komödie, comedy drama, fantasy film, medieval film, musical film, romantic comedy
As King Arthur prepares for battle against his former friend, Sir Lancelot, with his son, Mordred, raising an army against him back in England, he reflects on the sad circumstances which have led him to this situation. He recalls the night…
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Adventure, Fantasy, adventure film, children's film, fantasy film, medieval film, monster film
Sinbad, the heir of the Caliph of Baghdad, makes landfall with his crew on the island of Colossa, where they encounter Sokurah the magician fleeing a giant cyclops. Though he escapes, Sokurah loses a magic lamp to the creature. Sinbad refu…
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Action, Historie, action film, biographical film, drama film, historical film, medieval film
In the 14th century, Wenceslaus IV from the House of Luxembourg is the king of Bohemia, King of Germany and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire at the same time. Wenceslaus has received the throne after his father Charles IV, but his reign is…
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Action, Adventure, Pseudohistorical Fantasy, action film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, medieval film
In 12th century Scandinavian Scotland, a mysterious mute one-eyed thrall is held captive by a Norwegian chieftain from Sutherland and forced to fight to the death against others. He receives his meals from a young thrall boy, who seems to …
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Biographical picture, Drama, Historie, biographical film, drama film, medieval film
Thomas Becket is an advisor and companion of the carousing King Henry II. Henry appoints Becket as Lord Chancellor to have a close confidant in this position whom he can completely control. Henry is less interested in his royal duties than…
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Adventure, Fantasy, adventure film, children's film, fantasy film, medieval film, monster film, sword and sorcery film
A mysterious flying creature soars over a ship at sea, clutching a shiny object. A crewman shoots an arrow at it, which causes the creature to drop the golden amulet. The crew wants to throw the object overboard, but when Sinbad, the capta…
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Adventure, Komödie, comedy film, medieval film
Catherine, known as Birdy, is a fourteen-year-old English girl living in 13th-century Lincolnshire, England, with her father, Lord Rollo, mother, Lady Aislinn, and seventeen-year-old brother Robert. Her other brother, Edward, is a monk at …
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Drama, Komödie, War Film, comedy film, drama film, medieval film, war film
Sir John Falstaff and Justice Shallow walk through the snow, then to a warm fire inside Shallow's home in Gloucestershire, as the two reminisce. King Henry IV of England has succeeded Richard II, whom he has killed. Richard II's true heir,…
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Adventure, action film, drama film, epic film, medieval film, swashbuckler film
King Edwin of Northumbria is killed during a Viking raid led by King Ragnar Lodbrok. Because Edwin died childless, his cousin Aella takes the throne. The king's widow Enid, however, is pregnant with Ragnar's child.
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Action, Adventure, action film, adventure film, drama film, medieval film, war film
A prologue describes how the barons of England, aided by the Knights Templar, fought against the tyrannical King John in a war that lasted more than three years. The war ended with King John signing Magna Carta, a document granting rights …
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Action, Adventure, Fantasy, adventure film, children's film, fantasy film, medieval film, monster film, sword-and-sandal film
In the kingdom of Charak, a celebration is taking place for the coronation of Prince Kassim, but Kassim's evil stepmother, Zenobia, places a curse on him just as he is going to be crowned Caliph. Sinbad, a sailor and Prince of Baghdad, moo…
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Adventure, Drama, medieval film, swashbuckler film
Richard the Lionheart, the Norman king of England, vanishes while returning from the Crusades. One of his knights, the Saxon Wilfred of Ivanhoe, searches for him, finally finding him held captive by Leopold of Austria for an enormous ranso…
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Adventure, Fantasy, action film, fantasy film, sword and sorcery film
Kull battles for the right to join Valusia's elite Dragon Legion until being told by General Taligaro that as a barbarian from Atlantis, he will never be allowed to join a legion of 'noble blood'. Taligaro then learns that the Valusian Kin…
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Komödie, children's film, comedy film, fantasy film, medieval film, science fiction film, time-travel film
In the Los Angeles neighborhood of Reseda, 14-year-old Calvin Fuller is at a baseball game, standing at bat for his team, the Knights, ready for yet another strike out. Suddenly an earthquake hits; as the others run for safety, the ground …
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Action, action film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, medieval film, war film
A Viking Age expedition arrives in North America, intending to subjugate or slaughter the native "Skræling" population. The party is itself wiped out by another native tribe, the only survivor being the Viking leader's son, who is adopted …
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