Good Medieval, Middle Ages, History 'based' Movies

[Guest Zabrak]

When I say that I mean Hollywood ones are fine. Something with knights, old rebellions and such. Not cowboy ones though(fall asleep in front of cowboy style movies)...just before that. Those are the ones I enjoy the most. Like Braveheart, Troy, Alexander, Highlander(ok Highlander doesn't really count, but sort of does), exc.

I've been looking for more to watch, I've seen more then I listed, but I don't remember them off the top of my head. I'm happy reading books but sometimes you just want to sit back and watch the good old Hollywood movies - watch the action, sights and stare at the actors.

[Guest Valentine]

Errol Flynn's Robinhood

Ladyhawke if you don't mind a bit of fantasy

The Lion in Winter (1968) Peter O'Toole and Katherine Hepburn

[Guest Zabrak]

Thanks, I'll look those up. Hopefully their all good and so I'll have a few movies to watch when I get bored.

[Sally]

Those were good ones!

You might want to add El Cid Starring Charlton Heston.

Saint Joan, the 1957 version with Jean Seberg

Excalibur it's based on Sir Thomas Malory's LE MORTE D'ARTHUR - stunning visuals and a soundtrack using a lot of Wagner - pretty good really from 1981.

There is an old movie from 1935 called The Crusades by DeMille (you know the Ten Commandments)

I might remember others but that should keep you busy for a bit - just finding some of these.

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest Zabrak]

Sounds good, thanks Sally.

[Guest Cait]

"clash of the titans" is awesome...I realize that is off topic

"Beowulf" ?

i'm trying..

[Guest Cait]

Spartacus--Stanley Kubrick

[Guest Zabrak]

Beowulf was good, that dude is so cool.

I AM BEOWULF! lol

Thanks for the movie ideas.

[Guest Elizabeth K]

Fantasy - Dragon Slayer

Made for televison - Elizabeth I - The Tutors -

Lizzy

UPDATE: from the internet [bold - ones I have seen I think]

Movies by Era: The Renaissance and Elizabethan Eras

From the beginning of film, movie makers have created fanciful stories set in faraway lands and in times long past. Watching a good period film, old or new, is perhaps one of the most enjoyable ways to spend an evening. We have provided an extensive list of films set in the the era about which you are interested in learning. In addition, our "Featured Films" provides summaries, interesting behind the scenes facts, and photo galleries.

1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) John Smith and Pocahontas - very good

A Man for All Seasons (1966) EXCELLANT - on Sir Thomas Moore

A Man for All Seasons (1988)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968) Shakespeare of course

A Queen is Crowned (1953)

A Season of Giants (1991)

Adventures of Don Juan (1949)

Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955)

Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972)

Anne of a Thousand Days (1969) EXCELLANT

As You Like It (1936)

As You Like It (1978) Shakespeare of course

Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)

Bye Bye Columbus (1991)

Captain from Castille (1947)

Christopher Columbus (1949)

Christopher Columbus (1985)

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992)

Crossed Swords (1954)

Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000)

Diane (1956)

Discovering Hamlet (1990)

El Greco (1966)

Elizabeth (1998) - TV I think

Elizabeth I (2005) - The recent HBO 0EXCELLANT

Elizabeth R (1971)

Fire Over England (1937)

Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998) - Comedy - Okay

Flesh and Blood (1985)

Galileo (1973)

Hamlet (1948)

Hamlet (1969)

Hamlet (1990) Shakespeare of course

Hearts and Armor (1982)

Henry V (1944)

Henry V (1989)

Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1973)

Henry VIII (2003)

If I Were King (1938)

King Lear (1953)

King Lear (1971)

King Lear (1982)

King Lear (1984)

King Lear (1987)

King Lear (1997)

King Lear (2000)

Lady Jane (1986)

Leonardo: A Dream of Flight (1998)

Looking for Richard (1996)

Luther (2003)

Macbeth (1971)

Macbeth (1978)

Macbeth (1988)

Macbeth (1997)

Mary of Scotland (1936)

Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)

Mary, Queen of Scots (2007)

Much Ado About Nothing (1993) Shakespeare of course

Nostradamus (1994) Dumb movie

Orlando (1992)

Othello (1922)

Othello (1952)

Othello (1965)

Othello (1980)

Othello (1995)

Pocahontas (1995) animated

Prince of Foxes (1949)

Richard III (1954)

Richard III (1996)

Romeo and Juliet (1936)

Romeo and Juliet (1954)

Romeo and Juliet (1968) My favorite one of many

Romeo and Juliet (1994)

Romeo and Juliet (1996)

Romeo and Juliet (2000)

Romeo and Juliet Revisited (2002)

Rosencranz and Guildernstern are Dead (1990) Okay

Seven Seas to Calais (1962)

Seventh Sword (1962)

Shakespeare in Love (1998) - Romantic comedy - Pathlow is in it - elegant

Six Wives of Henry VIII (1971)

The Affairs of Cellini (1934)

The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) GREAT - Michaelangelo

The Beloved Rogue (1927)

The Comedy of Errors (2000)

The Fountain (2006)

The Golden Age (2007)

The Honest Courtesan (1997)

The Hour of the Pig (1993)

The King Maker (2005)

The Merchant of Venice (1922)

The Merchant of Venice (1976)

The Merchant of Venice (1980)

The Merchant of Venice (1996)

The Merchant of Venice (2001)

The New World (2005)

The Other Boleyn Girl (2003)

The Other Boleyn Girl (2007) For TV - not that great

The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) - horror

The Pit and the Pendulum (1990)

The Prince and the Pauper (1937)

The Prince and the Pauper (1957)

The Prince and the Pauper (1962) I think this is the good one

The Prince and the Pauper (2000)

The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

The Road to El Dorado (2000) Spanish conquestadores - animated

The Sword and the Rose (1953)

The Swordsman of Siena (1961)

The Taming of the Shrew (1929)

The Taming of the Shrew (1967) The elizabeth Taylor - Richard Buton one - hot chemistry

The Tragedy of Richard the Third (1983)

The Virgin Queen (1955)

The Virgin Queen (2005)

The Winter's Tale (1968)

Tower of London (1939)

Tower of London (1962)

Tudor Rose (1936)

Twelfth Night (1980)

Twelfth Night (1987)

Twelfth Night (1988)

Twelfth Night (1998)

Young Bess (1953)

[Guest Zabrak]

Wow!

Thanks Aunt Lizzy...you're crazy!

[Guest Victoriaf]

no one has mentioned Sword Of Valour. One of my favs

Victoria

[Guest Valentine]

"clash of the titans" is awesome...I realize that is off topic

"Beowulf" ?

i'm trying..

Like every other movie, there is a remake of Clash of the Titans coming out next year.

[Guest Zabrak]

Thanks Victoria, that one sound neat...I haven't watched anything yet because of school and my new game. But I'm happy to have these to fall back on. Sword Of Valour sounds cool. It didn't bring any movies up right away when I 'googled' it but I'll do more research into that one...It might be the first I watch.

[Guest Pól]

what's the one based on the Umberto Eco book with Sean Connery in it? I'm too lazy to look it up, but that was really good. Connery plays a benedictine monk or something i think. there's a castrated dude. and black tongues. it was cool. that's not quite medieval though.

[Guest StrandedOutThere]

what's the one based on the Umberto Eco book with Sean Connery in it? I'm too lazy to look it up, but that was really good. Connery plays a benedictine monk or something i think. there's a castrated dude. and black tongues. it was cool. that's not quite medieval though.

That definitely sounds like it is worth checking out.

[Guest Pól]

what's the one based on the Umberto Eco book with Sean Connery in it? I'm too lazy to look it up, but that was really good. Connery plays a benedictine monk or something i think. there's a castrated dude. and black tongues. it was cool. that's not quite medieval though.

OK it's the morning and I looked it up. It's called "The Name of the Rose."

[Sally]

OK it's the morning and I looked it up. It's called "The Name of the Rose."

I was thinking about that one and you got here first - it was another of the Ron Pearlman amazing make up movies!

He started in Quest For Fire as a cave man then went to TV as the beast in series Beauty and the Beast, then the deformed monk in The Name of the Rose and on to Hell Boy.

I can't watch the series Sons of Anarchy because he isn't in make up, just a beard!

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest Zabrak]

no one has mentioned Sword Of Valour. One of my favs

Victoria

I couldn't find this one...I really wanted to watch it because it sounded cool.

[Guest Zabrak]

Alright I'm going to watch Spartacus(2004) then.

[Guest gwenthlian]

umm Last Samurai? great film, i cried

[Guest Zabrak]

umm Last Samurai? great film, i cried

I watched that and thought it was ok. I don't think there was enough hot looking guys for me to really enjoy it, though.

[Guest gwenthlian]

so sorry, asexual

[Guest Tammy Maher]

THIS IS SPAAAAAAAAAAAAARTAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!

300!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest Evan_J]

The Lion in Winter. Patrick Stewart. Henry II.

[Guest My_Genesis]

Man for All Seasons was pretty good, if you haven't gotten to it since it's been posted. If you only like stuff w/ hot guys in it..well most of the main characters are guys. lol.

Also all those Shakespeare theatre productions they did in like the 70's? British Theatre or something? I was never much of a Shakespeare fan though so I couldn't tell you for sure. lol. Something I had to watch in school

Oh, I also saw 300 (idk if that's even considered medieval...?) I actually didn't care for it cuz the effects seemed too fake to be believable, made it cheesy. but i didn't realize first time around that lena headey was in it so I wanna watch it again Most people I've spoken to liked it though. I'm just weird I guess haha.

also i did some googling for you

http://www.epinions.com/mvie-topic-Video-A...y-Best-Medieval

http://www.epinions.com/content_3738804356