Movies like Excalibur

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Excalibur (1981)
 7.3
 67K
Excalibur (1981)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his Knights of the Round Table for the Holy Grail, and ultimately his death.
Style: fairy tale, epic, exciting, serious, stylized, scenic, dark fantasy, intense, cult classic, arthurian ...
Audience: kids
Plot: knight, king arthur, sword fight, arthurian legend, medieval, mythology, good versus evil, excalibur, legends and myths, wizard, legend, sword and sorcery, witch, battles, magic, castle, holy grail, rise and fall, swordsman, heroic mission, danger, folk hero, betrayal, prophecy, adaptation ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 5th century, year 1981, 6th century, future
Place: england, europe, britain
Keyword: wizards, irish, dreams

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Most similar movies to Excalibur

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out epic, fairy tale, exciting and stylized films with plots about medieval, danger, sword, sword and sorcery, sorcery, knight and heroes mostly in Adventure, Fantasy and Drama genres. Some movies like Excalibur: Willow (1988), Merlin (1998), Ladyhawke (1985), Robin and Marian (1976), Legend (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Willow (1988)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Fearful of a prophecy stating that a girl child will be born to bring about her downfall, the evil Queen Bavmorda imprisons all pregnant women within the formidable stronghold of Nockmaar. A child, Elora Danan, is born in the Nockmaar dungeons and ...
Style: fairy tale, scenic, exciting, atmospheric, epic ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: wizard, sword and sorcery, good versus evil, prophecy, imaginary kingdom, magic, queen, baby, black magic, castle, mother daughter relationship, medieval ...
Time: middle ages, future, 90s, 1900s, 20th century ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 201 min.
Story: Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron's forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam bring the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark ...
Style: epic, atmospheric, breathtaking, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, manly ...
Plot: sword fight, wizard, magic, magical, battles, creature, courage, monster, friendship, sword and sorcery, good versus evil, medieval ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, prehistoric times, prehistory
Place: iran
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 7.1
 22K
Merlin (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 182 min.
TV show
Story: The legendary wizard tells his story of his war against Queen Mab of the Sidhe and his creation of Camelot.
Style: fairy tale, epic, exciting, atmospheric, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: king arthur, magic, wizards and magicians, witch, knight, good versus evil, sorcerer, wizard, dragon, medieval, mythology, supernatural ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 5th century, 6th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
 51K
Ladyhawke (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Italy, UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, ...
Style: fairy tale, dark fantasy, touching, atmospheric, period piece ...
Audience: kids, teens, chick flick, date night, family outing ...
Plot: knight, medieval, magic, chase, sword and sorcery, curse, good versus evil, love, true love, sword fight, transformation, wizard ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 90s, 20th century
Place: europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Robin and Marian (1976)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Robin Hood is an old man when he returns with his best friend Little John to England after the Crusades. Maid Marian has entered a nunnery, King Richard is a raving lunatic, his Brother John a moron, and the age of great adventure has seemed to have ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, stylized, period piece ...
Plot: robin hood, knight, medieval, folk hero, tragic love, aging, swashbuckler, nun, rivalry, danger, old love, unfulfillment ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, year 1976, 12th century
Place: england, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story: Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.
Style: epic, atmospheric, exciting, captivating, dark fantasy ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, chick flick, manly ...
Plot: sword fight, wizard, magic, fantasy world, friendship, magical, monster, mission, creature, sword and sorcery, mythology, good versus evil ...
Time: 2000s, year 2002, prehistoric times, prehistory
Place: iran
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 6.3
 72K
Legend (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Set in a timeless mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins, unicorns and mortals, this fantastic story follows a mystical forest dweller, chosen by fate, to undertake a heroic quest. He must save the beautiful Princess Lily and defeat the ...
Style: fairy tale, dark fantasy, stylized, epic, cult classic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot: good versus evil, devil, imaginary kingdom, magic, witch, rescue, princess, medieval, dungeon, sword and sorcery, love, fairy ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 6.5
 25K
Camelot (2011)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Camelot is a historical-fantasy-drama television series based on the Arthurian legend, was produced by Graham King, Morgan O'Sullivan and Michael Hirst.
Style: exciting, captivating, stylized, serious, arthurian ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: king arthur, knight, imaginary kingdom, royal family, wizards and magicians, camelot, medieval, love triangle, legends and myths, heroic mission, danger, state affairs ...
Time: middle ages, 5th century, future, medieval times
Place: ireland, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story: The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.
Style: epic, breathtaking, heroic, entertaining, dark fantasy ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, chick flick, adult
Plot: dragon, fantasy world, magical, sword fight, sword and sorcery, magic, good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, creature, elf, warrior, wizard ...
Time: 2010s, year 2013
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 9.2
 2.3M
Game of Thrones (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the ...
Style: epic, captivating, atmospheric, dramatic, stylized ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot: dragon, medieval, intrigue, incest, fantasy world, kingdom, power struggle, conflict, political intrigue, peril, abuse of power, treason ...
Time: middle ages, 2010s, medieval times, 2000s, year 2011 ...
Place: idaho, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Prince Valiant (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An Arthurian legend of young Prince Valiant, son of the King of Scandia. After the King is exiled by an evil leader, the Prince travels to Camelot to secure the aid of King Arthur in helping restore his family to power and prevent a plot by the ...
Style: exciting, stylized, feel good, captivating, sincere ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: viking, royal family, medieval, arthurian legend, heroes, folk hero, knight, battles, rivalry, dishonesty, escapades, danger ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Green Knight (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, Ireland
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A fantasy re-telling of the medieval tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Style: cerebral, bleak, fairy tale, surreal, costume drama ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: myth, king arthur, medieval, ghost, creature, knight, arthurian legend, monster, legends and myths, fear, warrior, xmas ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story: Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.
Style: epic, breathtaking, captivating, epic fantasy, scenic ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: wizard, fantasy world, sword and sorcery, sword fight, dragon, magical, creature, wizards and magicians, imaginary kingdom, mythology, ancient, imaginary ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, future, prehistoric times, prehistory
Place: new zealand, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
 284K
Stardust (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his ...
Style: fairy tale, romantic, feel good, light, dark fantasy ...
Audience: family outing, date night, chick flick, kids, teens ...
Plot: witch, magic, true love, magical, fantasy world, love and romance, imaginary kingdom, fall in love, chase, sword fight, witchcraft, imaginary ...
Time: 19th century, 2000s, year 2007, future, 50s ...
Place: england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 200K
A Knight's Tale (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: William Thatcher, a peasant, is sent to apprentice with a Knight named Hector as a young boy. Urged by his father to "change his Stars", he assumes Sir Hector's place in a tournament when Hector dies in the middle of it. He wins. With ...
Style: feel good, period piece, romantic, inspirational, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, teens, family outing, date night ...
Plot: medieval, knight, sword fight, jousting, against the odds, sword duel, love and romance, love, love story, writers, underdog, fall in love ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, year 2001, ancient times, 2000s ...
Place: england, europe, france, london, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, the they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the ...
Style: fairy tale, atmospheric, exciting, epic, scenic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: fantasy world, witch, good versus evil, legends and myths, magic, magical, medieval, imaginary kingdom, parallel world, winter, sword fight, heroes ...
Time: 1940s, year 2005, future, year 1940, 20th century
Place: antarctic, england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
The Princess Bride (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, touching, entertaining, sweet ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, date night, chick flick ...
Plot: revenge, true love, love and romance, sword fight, imaginary kingdom, swashbuckler, friendship, princess, pirate, prince, save the princess, medieval ...
Time: middle ages, 20th century, victorian era, year 1987, 15th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: This time around Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantastic Narnian ship headed for the very edges of the world.
Style: visually appealing, captivating, fairy tale, epic, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: fantasy world, imaginary kingdom, dragon, obsessive quest, parallel universe, alternate world, witch, female warrior, christian, wizard, good versus evil, medieval ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 20th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Clash of the Titans (1981)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head, and battling the Kraken monster.
Style: exciting, dark fantasy, stylized, fairy tale, visually stunning ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, boys' night, teens
Plot: mythology, legends and myths, monster, greek god, greek mythology, medieval, giant bird, giant monster, good versus evil, myth, sword and sorcery, ancient history ...
Time: ancient times, 1900s
Place: ancient greece, greece, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
 1K
Ivanhoe (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story: This grand six-part adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's rousing adventure of the Middle Ages tells the epic tale of the idealistic young knight Ivanhoe (Steven Waddington) and his battle against the evil Templar Bois-Guilbert (Ciarán Hinds. ...
Style: fairy tale, costume drama, captivating, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, family outing
Plot: medieval, knight, robin hood, royalty, legends and myths, ancient, archer, time machine, ancient rome, peplum, unrequited love, battles ...
Time: 12th century, medieval times, middle ages
Place: britain, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Cave of the Golden Rose 2 (1992)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Fantaghiro and Romualdo are preparing their marriage when the Black Queen disgusted by their deep love captures Fantaghiro's father. Romualdo and his soldiers go on their journey to free him. But the insidious Black Queen transforms herself ...
Style: fairy tale, sinister
Plot: obsessive love, sorcery, magic, kingdom, wizards and magicians, christmas spirit, sword and sorcery, evil witch, sexual manipulation, anthropomorphism, witch, evil plot ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Immediately after the events of The Desolation of Smaug, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog ...
Style: epic, exciting, suspenseful, entertaining, serious ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, adult
Plot: fantasy world, sword fight, battles, sword and sorcery, dragon, good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, knight, elf, wizards and magicians, middle earth, adventurer ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 101K
DragonHeart (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In an ancient time when majestic fire-breathers soared through the skies, a knight named Bowen comes face to face and heart to heart with the last dragon on Earth, Draco. Taking up arms to suppress a tyrant king, Bowen soon realizes his task will be ...
Style: fairy tale, humorous, cult classic, epic, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: dragon, knight, medieval, sword fight, sorcery, good versus evil, immortality, friendship, sword and sorcery, betrayal, magic, battles ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 10th century, 90s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.6
 20K
Dragonslayer (1981)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The sorcerer and his apprentice Galen are on a mission to kill an evil dragon in order to save the King’s daughter from being sacrificed in accordance to a pact that the King himself made with the dragon to protect his kingdom. A fantasy film from ...
Style: dark fantasy, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Audience: kids
Plot: dragon, sword and sorcery, magic, medieval, beast, knight, monster, wizard, rescue, good versus evil, apprentice, daring rescue ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 6th century, year 1981
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 6.7
 6K
Ivanhoe (1982)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: This is a remake of Walter Scott's Ivanhoe. Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars. He find England under the reign of Prince John and his henchmen and finds himself being involved in ...
Style: tense, exciting, suspenseful, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: knight, medieval, rescue, heroic mission, good versus evil, escapades, danger, rivalry, robin hood, barbarian, jousting, castle ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 12th century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 126 min.
Story: When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword ...
Style: epic, entertaining, suspense, arthurian, visually stunning ...
Audience: teens
Plot: king arthur, knight, legend, warrior, medieval, excalibur, mythology, throne, chosen one, king, mentor, training ...
Time: middle ages, year 2017, medieval times, 6th century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.7
 20K
Flesh+Blood (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Spain, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a ...
Style: intense, atmospheric, sexy, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: betrayal, medieval, rape, life is a bitch, vengeance, siege, sex, soldier, kidnapping, battles, strong sexual content, knight ...
Time: middle ages, 16th century, medieval times, year 1985
Place: europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Valhalla Rising (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Denmark, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: 1000 AD, for years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape, beginning a journey into the heart of ...
Style: surreal, bleak, art house, disturbing, brutal ...
Plot: viking, danger, warrior, norse mythology, medieval, lone wolves, death, mute, misfit, new world, violent, vengeance ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, year 2009, ancient times, 10th century
Place: jerusalem, europe, scotland, holy land
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
 398K
Maleficent (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, India, Canada, Italy, UK, Zambia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The untold story of Disney's most iconic villain from the 1959 classic 'Sleeping Beauty'. A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading ...
Style: fairy tale, dark fantasy, entertaining, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: kids, chick flick, family outing, teens, family friendly ...
Plot: witch, fantasy world, princess, magical, fairy, good versus evil, wizards and magicians, imaginary kingdom, kingdom, transformation, imaginary, true love ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 14th century, middle ages, medieval times
Place: france, scotland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.3
 175K
King Arthur (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, ...
Style: epic, exciting, period piece, costume drama, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: king arthur, knight, sword fight, medieval, king, battles, military, arthurian legend, roman empire, sword and shield, swords and armor, ancient rome ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 5th century, year 2004, ancient times ...
Place: britain, scotland, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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