MOVIES ABOUT THE MIDDLE AGES

 

600s

Merlin

Sam Neill, Helena B. Carter

In the time of King Arthur

England

600s

The Sword in the Stone

Disney

In the time of King Arthur, animated

England

600s

First Knight

Sean Connery, Richard Gere

King Arthur and Sir Lancelot in Camelot

England

600s

King Arthur

Nobody Important

Modern effects bring story to life!

England

700s

Monty Python & the Holy Grail

Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones

Perhaps the funniest history movie ever

England

800s

The Thief of Baghdad

Alexander Korda

Fantasy of Abu, who covets a princess

Iraq

800s

Stara Basn

Jerzy Hoffman

Legend from old Poland, a love story

Poland

900s

The Vikings

Kirk Douglas

Great story of these legendary plunderers

Scandinavia

900s

The Long Ships

Richard Windmark, Sydney Poitier

Viking adventurers meet the Muslims!

Scandinavia

1000

Arabian Nights

Lief Erickson, Jon Hall

The true grand stories of Scherahazade

Arabia

1000

The 1001 Arabian Nights

Nobody Important

The famous stories of Scherahazade

Arabia

1000

Aladdin

Disney

One of Scherahazade's 1001 stories

Arabia

1000

Mulan

Disney

Story from China's Chin Dynasty

China

1050

El Cid

Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren

Spanish medieval epic

Spain

1095

The Crusades

Loretta Young, Henry Wilcoxson

Christian vs. Muslim: The Crusades

Israel

1180

The Lion in Winter

Peter o'Toole, K. Hepburn, Hopkins

Epic of Royal life in Medieval England

England

 

1180

Becket

Peter o'Toole, Richard Burton

Conflict between Henry II and Becket

England

1190

Cathedral

David MaCaulay

The construction of a gothic cathedral

France

1190

Ivanhoe

Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor

Medieval Romance 3rd Crusade

Israel

1200s

The 13th Warrior

Antonio Banderas

An Arab meets the Vikings

Scandinavia

1200

The Name of the Rose

Sean Connery, Christian Slater

Mystery in a Medieval Abby

Italy

1200

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland

Story of a band of merry men

England

1200

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Kevin Costner, Christian Slater

Story of a band of merry men

England

1250

Braveheart

Mel Gibson

Wallace and Scotland vs. England

Scotland

1250

Castle

David MaCaulay

Construction of a medieval castle

Wales

1250

Alexander Nevsky

Sergei Eisenstein

Russian repulsion of German invasion

Russia

1300

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Charles Laughton

Story of a deformed man in France

France

1300

Andrei Rublev

Andrei Tarkovsky

Story of the great Russian Icon painter

Russia

1400

Henry V

Laurence Olivier

Battle of Agincourt, Conquest of France

England

1410

Krzyzacy

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Battle of Grunwald, Teutonic Knights

Poland

1420

Richard III

Laurence Olivier, Claire Bloom

Story of the usurper of the English Throne

England

1450

The Messenger: Joan of Arc

Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich

Story of the French Heroine

France

1450

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Renee Maria Falconetti

Supreme 1920's film of Joan of Arc

France

1460

Dracula

Bram Stoker

Story of medieval Romania (Wallachia)

Romania

 

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