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LGBTQ-related film, Swashbuckler, parody film, swashbuckler film
In 1840s Madrid, Spain, Don Diego de la Vega is in bed with a married woman. They are caught by her husband, Garcia, and Diego must sword fight with him and his five brothers. During the altercation, Diego's mute servant Paco reads (via ge…
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Adventure, Drama, adventure film, drama television series, medieval film, romance film, swashbuckler film
Upon returning from the Crusades, Ivanhoe, Robin Hood and the Saxons work to restore King Richard to the throne with opposition from Prince John, his Norman knights, and the Knights Templar.
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Family Drama, Justice Drama, Super Hero, Swashbuckler, action film, drama film, romance film, swashbuckler film
The young d'Artagnan witnesses the murder of his parents at the hands of Febre, a cruel swordsman in the employ of Cardinal Richelieu. D'Artagnan is nearly killed after using his dead father's sword to attack Febre, who is then left with a…
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Pirate Film, adventure film, pirate film, swashbuckler film
After England and Spain make peace, notorious pirate Henry Morgan decides to reform. As a reward, he is made Governor of Jamaica, with a mandate to rid the Caribbean of his former comrades, by persuasion or force if necessary. He replaces …
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drama film, fantasy film, silent film
thumb|right|150px|Soviet Russian film poster of The Thief of Bagdad, by Ahmed steals as he pleases in the city of Bagdad. Wandering into a mosque, he tells a holy man he disdains his philosophy: "What I want, I take." That night, he sneaks…
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Swashbuckler, adventure film, silent film, swashbuckler film
thumb|A colorized lobby card showing a scene from the film, 1920 The Mark of Zorro tells the story of Don Diego Vega, the outwardly foppish son of wealthy ranchero Don Alejandro Vega in the old Spanish California of the early 19th century.…
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Adventure, Historical drama, adventure film, biographical film, swashbuckler film
Mary Tudor falls in love with a new arrival to court, Charles Brandon. She persuades her brother King Henry VIII to make him his Captain of the Guard. Meanwhile, Henry is determined to marry her off to the aging King Louis XII of France as…
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Animation, family film, fantasy film, swashbuckler film
In 17th-century France, a seventeen-year-old girl named Corinne, who lives on a farm with her mother, dreams of becoming a Musketeer like her father D'Artagnan. Her kitten Miette dreams of becoming a "mus-cat-eer". Unfortunately, when they…
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Action, Adventure, Romance Film, action film, drama film, romance film, swashbuckler film
D'Artagnan, an inexperienced Gascon youth, travels to Paris to join the elite King's Musketeers. On his way, he encounters a mysterious lady at a roadside inn. When he picks a fight with one of her escorts, she becomes suspicious and has h…
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Adventure, drama film, period drama film, swashbuckler film
In 1638, King Louis XIII of France is delighted when his wife bears him a son, Louis, the heir to the throne. However, a few minutes later, a second son is born. Colbert (Walter Kingsford), the king's trusted adviser, persuades the king to…
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Pseudohistorical Fantasy, Swashbuckler, action film, fantasy film, medieval film
A year before his death, Sir Bowen visits the cave of his long-dead dragon friend Draco and finds an egg. He entrusts it to the monastery of his friend Brother Gilbert. Aware of a prophecy stating that "a dragon's heart could doom mankind …
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Adventure, Historie, adventure film, drama film, swashbuckler film
thumb|upright=1.2|Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon in The Scarlet Pimpernel In 1792, shortly before the Reign of Terror, select French aristocrats are being saved from death by a secret band of English noblemen. The Scarlet Pimpernel, their …
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Komödie, Swashbuckler, drama film, romance film, swashbuckler film
In France just prior to the French Revolution, Queen Marie Antoinette asks her cousin Noël, the Marquis de Maynes, to uncover the identity of "Marcus Brutus", a dangerous pamphleteer rousing hatred of the aristocracy. She also pressures de…
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Pirate Film, Romance Film, adventure film, pirate film, swashbuckler film
King Philip II of Spain declares his intention to destroy England as a first step to world conquest, eager to make his empire reach from Northern Europe to China and India. He sends Don Álvarez as his ambassador to allay the suspicions of …
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Drama, swashbuckler film
In rural England in the late 17th century, Caroline invites her beautiful friend Barbara to attend her marriage to wealthy landowner and local magistrate Sir Ralph Skelton. However, the scheming Barbara soon has Skelton entranced, and it i…
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Adventure, Musical, musical film, pirate film
In the 1830s, young Manuela Alva longs to escape her small Caribbean village of Calvados and fantasizes about being swept away by the legendary pirate Macoco, also known as "Mack the Black". However, her stern aunt Inez has arranged for he…
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Adventure, Fantasy, adventure film, fantasy film, medieval film, period drama film, romance film, swashbuckler film, sword-and-sandal film
The story is based on the myth of King Arthur. A young, inexperienced squire Valiant, masquerading as Sir Gawain, is sent to accompany the Welsh princess Lady Ilene, a guest at Camelot, on her way back home. Little does he know that meanwh…
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Adventure, Komödie, adventure film, comedy film, film based on a literary work
The film begins with Flashman making a patriotic speech to the boys of Rugby School framed by a giant Union Jack, in a scene which appears to be a parody of the opening sequence in the 1970 film Patton. There is a brief flashback to the ev…
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Adventure, drama film, romance film, swashbuckler film
thumb|300px|left|Ronald Colman and Madeleine Carroll in The Prisoner of Zenda In June 1897, English gentleman Rudolf Rassendyll (Colman) takes a fishing vacation in a small country somewhere between Vienna and Bucharest (unnamed in the fil…
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Romance Film, swashbuckler film
In seventeenth-century Paris, poet and master swordsman Cyrano de Bergerac stops a play from being performed because he had previously banned the principal actor, Montfleury, from the stage for a month. Annoyed aristocrat Vicomte de Valver…
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Adventure, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, medieval film, period drama film, romance film, swashbuckler film, sword-and-sandal film
Usurper Sligon, a worshipper of the old Norse god pantheon, and other rebel Vikings have forced into exile the Christian royal family of the Viking kingdom of Scandia: King Aguar, his wife, and their son, Prince Valiant. The family comes u…
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Adventure, Historie, LGBTQ-related film, Pseudohistorical Fantasy, Romance Film, Swashbuckler, drama film, romance film
General Jarjayes' wife dies while giving birth to a baby girl. Frustrated by this and refusing to believe his wife would die without giving him a male heir, the General names the girl Oscar François de Jarjayes and decides to raise her as …
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adventure film, swashbuckler film
On the eve of his return to Spain from Alta California, Diego de la Vega meets his old friend Miguel de la Serna, who is about to take up the governorship of Nueva Aragón. His uncle Don Fernando has died of “malaria” in a malaria-free regi…
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Adventure, Romance Film, adventure film, drama film, historical film, romance film, swashbuckler film
The film begins with a narrator telling the viewer that Cromwell's tyranny is coming to an end, as several men approach on horseback. King Charles II and several of his Cavaliers have been on an exploratory tour in England, checking to see…
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