Medieval Movies
We can't help it. We love medieval movies. Even bad medieval movies. Even medieval-oid movies. Even bad medievaloid movies. Here is a list of our favourites.
13th Warrior, The (IMDB)
- Antonio Banderas as an Arab amongst the Norseman
- Lots of SCA people were involved and it was one heck of a garage sale afterwards!
Advocate, The (aka The Hour of the Pig) (IMDB)
- Colin Firth plays a 15th C. trial lawyer.
- 'Law and Order' for the Middle Ages...
- "A lovely tale of medieval justice where a pig is put on trial for murder."
Agony and The Ecstacy, The (IMDB)
- Starring Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison
- Michaelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel
Alexsadr Nevskiy (IMDB)
- They used real medieval armour from the Kremlin
Black Adder (Seasons 1-3)
- BBC TV
Braveheart (IMDB)
- What a Scotsman really wears under his kilt.
Court Jester, The (IMDB)
- Danny Kaye
- "The pistol with the poison is in the flagon with the dragon, the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true..."
Dangerous Beauty
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Rex
- TV
Eric the Viking
- Tim Robbins
Knight's Tale (IMDB)
- Heath Ledger
- Forget the music and the clothes. It's all about "a silly boy with a horse and a stick."
Lady Jane (IMDB)
- Cary Elwes and Helen Bonham Carter as Gilford Dudley and Lady Jane Grey.
- Tragic Queen of England for nine days.
Lion in Winter, The (IMDB)
- Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn
- "Of course he has a knife, he always has a knife, we all have knives! It's 1183 and we're barbarians!"
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (IMDB)
Name of the Rose
- Sean Connery
Orlando
- Kaye Ballard
Robin Hood
- The Errol Flynn version
- Also the Disney version ("The best movie ever made about the SCA.")
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Rome
- TV
Shakespeare in Love
Tristan and Isolde
And if that wasn't enough for you, here are some meta-pages
- Internet Movie Database (IMDB), keyword: Medieval
- Eras of Elegance movies by era