Recommendations for Medieval films?

[Bradles]

Hey everyone, just going through my dvd list and wouldnt mind watching some good films based around Medieval times or similiar . Films I have are the following:

Braveheart
Black Death
Kingdom of Heaven
Excalibur (1981)
RobinHood (Russel Crow)
Joan Of Arc
A Knights Tale


Thats it lol. Hope theres more out there!

Brad.

[timetraveller]

A knights tale is shyte ... go on youtube you'll find ....

the black knight and some others from classic days of cinema even the vikings ...

[FlintHillBilly]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail?

[Zorro C9]

A knights tale is shyte ... go on youtube you'll find ....

the black knight and some others from classic days of cinema even the vikings ...

I'm afraid they didn't have cinema in the days of the Viking.

[muck]

Ironclad and The Mongol are also pretty good.
A less known - but still pretty good - movie is "Shadow of the Sword". It has a the guy who plays Jaimie Lannister in Game of Thrones as a Landsknecht-turned-executioner. Flesh and Blood with Rutger Hauer is also a "medieval movie" many people like. Be advised it has a less romantic middle age, though.

[TheKiwi]

Lansknechts were more renaissance than medieval though...

[muck]

Lansknechts were more renaissance than medieval though...

The movie is set in 1499 if I remember correctly.

[TheKiwi]

So definately not medieval then...

Was it "The Name of the Rose" with Sean Connery. That was OK.

[Zorro C9]

Highlander. Kind of.

Well, totally.

[Mordoror]

Landsknecht-turned-executioner. Flesh and Blood with Rutger Hauer is also a "medieval movie" many people rate pretty good.

This one is excellent

-The Name of the Rose ***

-Kingdom of Heaven **

-Excalibur ***

Robin Hood (2x) but both are meuuuh

Le Retour de Martin Guerre (french film). No fights no military but the story was interesting and medieval way of life was pretty well shown

The vikings **

Vahlalha Rising **

[muck]

So definately not medieval then...

"Definitely"? I beg your pardon Mr. Newworld but there isn't an exact "year of death" for the middle ages. Especially since it "lasted longer" in some nations than it did in others (i.e. the transition period marked by the extinction of old forms of government, adoption of new technologies etc).
1499 in Austria wasn't that country's early modern period.

[muck]

I forgot to mention The Pillars of the Earth. It's a mini series adaption from the Ken Follet's novels... too much cliché as far as I'm concerned but somewhat entertaining regardless.

[Portugal 1143]

There is also a Swedish film about templars.


Arn The Knight Templar

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0837106/

And some more about Vikings...

Vahlalha Rising **

Valhalla Rising is so strange and sick... About Vikings i prefer Pathfinder.

[TheKiwi]

"Definitely"? I beg your pardon Mr. Newworld but there isn't an exact "year of death" for the middle ages. Especially since it "lasted longer" in some nations than it did in others (i.e. the transition period marked by the extinction of old forms of government, adoption of new technologies etc).
1499 in Austria wasn't that country's early modern period.

Fair enough. I have just always associated the Lansknecht concept with the renaissance era. 1499 is a little early though I agree.

[muck]

Valhalla Rising is so strange and sick...

Agreed. It's some pretentious arthouse movie thing. Give this one a miss if you're not into "Jim Jarmusch in bloodlust" flicks.

Fair enough. I have just always associated the Lansknecht concept with the renaissance era. 1499 is a little early though I agree.

No worries mate. I was just making digs at you.

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Another recommendation: King Arthur with Clive Owen. It's about as historically accurate as U571, but a nice movie nonetheless. Technically speaking its not set in medieval times but it sure looks as if it were.