Movies like A Knight's Tale
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A Knight's Tale (2001)
218K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, 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 the other apprentices, he trains and assumes the title of Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein.
Style:
feel good, period piece, inspirational, romantic, costume drama, humorous, light, entertaining, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens, family outing, date night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
medieval, knight, sword fight, jousting, love and romance, love story, sword duel, against the odds, love, swords and armor, writers, fall in love, hidden identity, underdog, hopes, desire, follow your dream, destiny, happy ending, fight, rags to riches, warrior, competition, joust, deception ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, year 2001, ancient times, 14th century, 50s, 2000s
Place:
england, europe, france, london, paris france
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Most similar movies to A Knight's Tale
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, epic, stylized and period drama films with plots about sword fight, medieval, betrayal, heroes, sword, rivalry and sword and sorcery mostly in Adventure, Action and Romance genres. Some movies like A Knight's Tale: The Princess Bride (1987), George and the Dragon (2004), Robin Hood (2006), King Arthur (2004), First Knight (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, touching, romantic, feel good, sweet ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, date night, kids, teens ...
Plot:
sword fight, revenge, swashbuckler, true love, love and romance, pirate, medieval, imaginary kingdom, love, love story, prince, lovers apart ...
Time:
middle ages, 15th century, 20th century, year 1987, victorian era ...
Place:
seattle, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A knight returning from the Crusades takes on a dragon and becomes a legend.
Style:
serious, exciting, light, captivating, melancholic ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
dragon, sword, mother superior, clergy, good versus evil, wooing, rivalry, danger, nun, catholic priest, heroes, sorcery ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 12th century
Place:
england, europe, holy land, middle east
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Robin Hood is a British television programme, produced by independent production company Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC One, with co-funding from the BBC America cable television channel in the United States. Based on the traditional stories of ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, realistic, semi serious, epic ...
Plot:
robin hood, archery, medieval, swords and armor, fighting the system, knight, king, criminal heroes, sword fight, righting the wronged, robbery, escapades ...
Time:
middle ages, 12th century, medieval times, future
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
182K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, 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:
exciting, period piece, costume drama, epic, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
king arthur, knight, medieval, king, arthurian legend, sword fight, military, combat, battles, sword and shield, roman empire, swords and armor ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 5th century, ancient times, year 2004 ...
Place:
britain, scotland, england, europe, rome italy ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The timeless tale of King Arthur and the legend of Camelot are retold in this passionate period drama. Arthur is reluctant to hand the crown to Lancelot, and Guinevere is torn between her loyalty to her husband and her growing love for his rival. ...
Style:
romantic, fairy tale, sentimental, period piece, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
knight, king arthur, medieval, love triangle, sword fight, ancient, arthurian legend, betrayal, love, camelot, beauty, love story ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, 90s, 1900s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
When the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham murders Robin's father, the legendary archer vows vengeance. To accomplish his mission, Robin joins forces with a band of exiled villagers (and comely Maid Marian), and together they battle to end the ...
Style:
period piece, epic, entertaining, exciting, scenic ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night, teens ...
Plot:
knight, robin hood, good versus evil, archer, sword fight, chase, swashbuckler, justice, medieval, folk hero, courage, sword and shield ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, 19th century, 12th century
Place:
england, britain, europe, israel, jerusalem ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Having spent the last 10 years fighting injustice and cruelty, Alejandro de la Vega is now facing his greatest challenge: his loving wife Elena has thrown him out of the house! Elena has filed for divorce and found comfort in the arms of Count ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, realistic, semi serious, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
zorro, swashbuckler, sword fight, woman with a gun, swordsman, tough guy, folk hero, heroic mission, old west, good versus evil, cowboy, spy ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1850s
Place:
california, mexico, usa, los angeles, latin america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, Mexico, Germany
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero, Zorro. Having escaped from prison he transforms troubled bandit Alejandro into his successor, in order to foil the plans ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night, adult
Plot:
zorro, revenge, superhero, swashbuckler, lone hero, love and romance, sword fight, heroic mission, secret identity, vigilante, one against many, vengeance ...
Time:
19th century, middle ages, victorian era, ancient times, 1800s ...
Place:
california, mexico, los angeles, usa, egypt ...
Similarity:
80%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The story, set in 1875, follows a British officer (Heath Ledger) who resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers which ...
Style:
epic, costume drama, period piece, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 2002, turn of the century, 1880s ...
Place:
sudan, england, africa, britain, north africa ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff ...
Style:
exciting, epic, period piece, entertaining, costume drama ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
medieval, robin hood, knight, archer, folk hero, love and romance, sword fight, fighting the system, bow and arrow, hopes, throne, sword and shield ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, year 2010, 12th century ...
Place:
england, britain, france, europe, london
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Germany, USA, Switzerland, Ireland
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne (Franco) and the princess of the feuding Irish (Myles) spells doom for the young lovers.
Style:
touching, romantic, exciting, period piece, fairy tale ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
love story, medieval, love affair, knight, forbidden love, true love, sword and shield, love and romance, star crossed lovers, swords and armor, legends and myths, infidelity ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, 6th century, 50s ...
Place:
ireland, cornwall, england, britain, europe ...
Similarity:
57%
105K
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:
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Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
75%
297K
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Iceland, UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family outing, date night, chick flick, kids, teens ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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75%
72K
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:
cult classic, epic, fairy tale, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
knight, king arthur, sword fight, arthurian legend, mythology, sex scene, sword and shield, legend, medieval, black magic, sword and sorcery, sorcerer ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 5th century, year 1981, 6th century ...
Place:
europe, england, britain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, History
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In AD 922, Arab courtier, Ahmad Ibn Fadlan accompanies a party of Vikings to the barbaric North to combat a terror that slaughters Vikings and devours their flesh.
Style:
epic, exciting, scenic, gothic, intense ...
Plot:
sword fight, viking, barbarian, sword and sorcery, medieval, sword, mythology, combat, battles, warrior, mission, arab ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, 10th century, year 1999
Place:
baghdad iraq, scandinavia, iraq
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
King Arthur establishes the ideals and laws of Camelot but is tragically forced to enforce these laws against his own wife.
Style:
costume drama, emotional, intense, lyrical, colorful ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
medieval, arthurian legend, king arthur, sword and sorcery, betrayal, sword fight, heroes, broadway, jousting, monarch, rivalry, intrigue ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages, year 1967, 6th century, 5th century ...
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In and around the castle Camelot, brave Cornel Wilde (as Lancelot) and virtuous Brian Aherne (as King Arthur) vie for the affections of lovely Jean Wallace (as Guinevere).
Style:
arthurian, exciting, semi serious, stylized, saga ...
Plot:
king arthur, arthurian legend, medieval, camelot, sorcery, sword and sorcery, treachery, damsel in distress, knight, sword fight, rescue, battles ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, year 1963
Place:
britain
Similarity:
100%
45K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, Switzerland, USA, Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that upheld the rights of free men. Yet within months of pledging himself to the great charter, the King ...
Style:
captivating, serious, exciting, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
knight, medieval, crusader, siege, sword fight, castle, warrior, battles, evil king, king, nobility, evil man ...
Time:
middle ages, 13th century, ancient times, medieval times, year 2011
Place:
england, britain, europe
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: UK, France, Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
It's 1649: Mazarin hires the impoverished D'Artagnan to find the other musketeers: Cromwell has overthrown the English king, so Mazarin fears revolt, particularly from the popular Beaufort. Porthos, bored with riches and wanting a title, ...
Style:
stylized, cult classic, exciting, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
musketeer, three musketeers, chivalry, renaissance, betrayal, royalty, swashbuckler, sword fight, ancient, sorcery, heroes, partner ...
Time:
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Place:
england, france, europe, new jersey, new york
Similarity:
100%
1.8M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Malta, Morocco
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals and a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son Commodus ascends to ...
Style:
epic, captivating, breathtaking, period piece, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, teens, date night, manly ...
Plot:
revenge, ancient rome, roman empire, sword fight, vengeance, ancient history, gladiator, freedom, slavery, courage, warrior, ancient world ...
Time:
ancient times, 2000s, middle ages, y2k, year 2000 ...
Place:
rome italy, italy, ancient greece, greece, germany ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Jack Sparrow, a freewheeling 17th-century pirate, quarrels with a rival pirate bent on pillaging Port Royal. When the governor's daughter is kidnapped, Sparrow decides to help the girl's love save her.
Style:
exciting, entertaining, fairy tale, visually stunning, saga ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
pirate, treasure hunt, ship, pirate ship, fantasy world, treasure, sword fight, captain, curses spells and rituals, swashbuckler, tombs and skeletons, love ...
Time:
18th century, year 2003, 2000s, georgian era
Place:
caribbean, iran, fictional island, britain, jamaica ...
Similarity:
67%
907K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Bulgaria
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band ...
Style:
epic, exciting, visually stunning, visual, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
sword fight, warrior, ancient, war, courage, battles, mythology, military, human spirit, gory, legends and myths, ancient world ...
Time:
middle ages, ancient times, 2000s, year 2006, 5th century
Place:
ancient greece, greece, hellas, persia, rome italy ...
Similarity:
100%
610K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, Malta, Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was ...
Style:
epic, exciting, heroic, sexy, period piece ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, manly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
sword fight, mythology, ancient history, ancient, vengeance, battlefield, courage, greek mythology, warrior, war, ancient world, king ...
Time:
ancient times, year 2004, middle ages, 2000s
Place:
greece, ancient greece, britain, hellas, europe ...
Similarity:
56%
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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:
atmospheric, intense, captivating, sexy, realistic ...
Plot:
vengeance, rape, betrayal, medieval, sex, siege, soldier, life is a bitch, plague, mercenary, battles, escapades ...
Time:
middle ages, 16th century, medieval times, year 1985, 18th century ...
Place:
europe, italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, exciting, light, sexy ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, date night, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
75%
468K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: USA, New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 187 min.
Story:
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, scenic, action adventure, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot:
king kong, creature, jungle, dinosaur, giant animal, monster, gorilla, giant ape, beast, rescue, island, dangerous animal ...
Time:
1930s, year 2005, prehistoric times, jurassic, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, empire state building manhattan new york city, fictional island, usa, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
75%
204K
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel.
Style:
historical drama, cerebral, costume drama, suspense, epic ...
Audience:
date night, toddlers, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
duel, medieval, rape, husband wife relationship, violence, knight, revenge, sword duel, murder, jousting, group sex, nudity ...
Time:
middle ages, 14th century, medieval times, 2020s
Place:
france, normandy, scotland, paris france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Israel
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Gawain was a squire in King Arthur's court when the Green Knight burst in and offered to play a game with a brave knight. Gawain journeys across the land, learning about life, saving damsels, and solving the Green Knight's riddle.
Style:
arthurian, fantasy adventure, grindhouse, epic, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
arthurian legend, king arthur, sword and sorcery, medieval, knight, sorcery, castle, sword and shield, wizards and magicians, cannon, wizard, legends and myths ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Martin Lawrence plays Jamal, an employee in Medieval World amusement park. After sustaining a blow to the head, he awakens to find himself in 14th century England.
Style:
humorous, feel good, funny, parody, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
medieval, time travel, fish out of water, time warp, sent to the past, african american, knight, castle, destiny, time jump, back in time, time traveler ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 20th century, year 2001, 2000s ...
Place:
england, europe, usa, connecticut, los angeles ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In Peter Hyams's adaptation of the famous Alexander Dumas story The Three Musketeers, the young D'Artagnan seeks to join the legendary musketeer brigade and avenge his father's death - but he finds that the musketeers have been ...
Style:
stylized, serious, exciting, captivating, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
musketeer, swordsman, vengeance, swashbuckler, rescue, conspiracy, righting the wronged, heroic mission, sword fight, state affairs, escapades, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2001, 17th century, 18th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, hong kong
Similarity:
14%
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