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Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)
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Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The medieval legend of a supernatural knight who challenges the king's men to kill him.
Style: exciting, atmospheric, bleak, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious
Plot: arthurian legend, knight, king arthur, sword and sorcery, medieval, king, ancient, pagan, sword and shield, horse, magic, forest, castle, sword, magical ring, heroes, miraculous event, legends and myths, graphic violence, destiny, escapades, rivalry, save the lady, holy grail, wooing ...
Time: middle ages

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, stylized, semi serious and captivating films with plots about heroes, escapades, imaginary, sword and sorcery, medieval, danger and rivalry mostly in Fantasy, Adventure and Action genres. Some movies like Gawain and the Green Knight: Prince Valiant (1997), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2001), SAGA: Curse of the Shadow (2013), Arthur the King (1983), The Hexer (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK
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: epic, serious, exciting, stylized, weird ...
Audience: teens
Plot: arthurian legend, knight, sword and sorcery, medieval, king arthur, sword, wizards and magicians, legends and myths, legend, sword and shield, ancient, squire ...
Time: middle ages
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Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Romania
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Princess Luisa and knight Gabriel must face a dragon to save their kingdom.
Style: exciting, atmospheric, stylized, semi serious, slasher
Plot: dragon, sword and sorcery, battles, heroes, king, escapades, terrorism, sword, magic, sword fight, medieval, giant monster ...
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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: knight, royal family, viking, arthurian legend, heroes, folk hero, medieval, battles, rivalry, escapades, dishonesty, legends and myths ...
Time: middle ages
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Every hundred years, the evil sorceress Morgana returns to claim Fingall's talisman from Merlin, with which she intends to destroy the world. For the last fourteen hundred years she has failed... now she intends to conquer all. Young Ben Clark ...
Style: semi serious, captivating, colourful, exciting, psychotronic
Audience: pre-teens
Plot: legend, time travel, superhuman powers, good versus evil, save the world, heroes, wizards and magicians, escapades, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, legends and myths, coming of age ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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SAGA: Curse of the Shadow (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A secret cabal, The Shadow, works to bring about the return of Goth Azul - the Undead God - in the rich world of SAGA, populated by elves, orcs, dwarves and dragons. A ruthless elven bounty huntress (Nemyt) shoots down the dragon ridden by the ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized
Audience: teens
Plot: good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, escapades, battles, rivalry, heroes, medieval, curses spells and rituals, magic, knight, sword, master warrior ...
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56%
Arthur the King (1983)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Yugoslavia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Classic tale of King Arthur and how his wife is kidnapped by his evil sister. Lancelot is sent out to try and retrieve the lost queen and unfortunately falls in love with her. Forbidden love, revenge, family rivalry, and magic are all prominent ...
Style: fairy tale, exciting, semi serious
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: arthurian legend, medieval, time travel, sword and sorcery, magic, camelot, sword, knight, ancient, infidelity, kidnapping, betrayal ...
Time: middle ages
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The Hexer (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Poland
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The TV series and the film were loosely based on Andrzej Sapkowski's book series The Witcher (Wiedźmin).
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, offbeat
Plot: legends and myths, supernatural ability, supernatural, heroes, good versus evil, sword and sorcery, sword, legend, rivalry, escapades, deadly creature, harem ...
Time: middle ages
Place: europe, poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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The Hobgoblin (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Once upon a time a god gave a mighty sword to the king of Aquiles to bring justice to his people. Now he wants it back - but the king rather gives his life than the sword. Goddess Dehamira, who spoke for him, is being taken all her privileges and ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, cult film
Plot: sword and sorcery, sword, monster, ancient, dinosaur, barbarian, exploitation, dragon, wizards and magicians, rivalry, good versus evil, escapades ...
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54%
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Merlin and the War of the Dragons (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In 5th Century Britian, a young Merlin struggles for his place in his known land under the tutelage of The Mage, a local wizard whom sees the young man's potential for magic, as well as face off against his evil former friend, Vendiger, whom ...
Style: exciting, captivating, entertaining, surreal, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: dragon, magic, medieval, battles, legends and myths, escapades, supernatural, rivalry, heroes, wizards and magicians, save the kingdom, good versus evil ...
Time: middle ages
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Arthur & Merlin (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In dark ages Britain, a time of magic and legend, a powerful druid is bent on destroying the Celtic people. Arthur, a banished warrior, and Merlin, a hermit wizard, embark on a heroic quest to stop the druid and save their people, before the Celts ...
Style: epic, exciting, stylized, captivating, semi serious
Plot: king arthur, arthurian legend, medieval, wizards, recluse, wizards and magicians, friendship, sorcerer, supernatural ability, camelot, legends and myths, heroes ...
Time: middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
The Magic Sword (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: The son of a sorceress, armed with weapons, armour and six magically summoned knights, goes on a quest to save a princess from a vengeful wizard.
Style: exciting, semi serious, psychotronic, campy
Audience: family outing
Plot: sword and sorcery, sword, dragon, magic, wizards, pagan, christianity, dinosaur, ancient, sorcery, battles, heroes ...
Time: middle ages
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53%
Gawain and the Green Knight (1991)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story: One Christmas, a knight garbed all in green appears in King Arthur's Court and challenges any knight to hew off his head on the proviso that he be allowed to return the axe stroke afterwards. All of King Arthur's other knights being ...
Plot: king arthur, arthurian legend, medieval, ancient, sword and shield, christmas, knight, sword and sorcery
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52%
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Arthur's Quest (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: To escape the clutches of the evil warrior and sorceress Morgana, Merlin transports young King Arthur into modern day America. When Merlin comes back ten years later to retrieve him, he finds a hip 15 year-old Arthur who does not believe Merlin, nor ...
Style: stylized, humorous, semi serious, light, exciting ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: time travel, arthurian legend, legends and myths, folk hero, supernatural, wizards and magicians, sent to the future, teenage life, love and romance, dishonesty, hidden identity, good versus evil ...
Time: middle ages
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52%
The Knight of the Dragon (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A medieval alchemist (Klaus Kinski), knight (Harvey Keitel) and priest (Fernando Rey) mistake a flying-saucer alien for a dragon.
Style: exciting, semi serious, futuristic, weird
Audience: boys' night, family outing
Plot: alien, space and aliens, sword and sorcery, medieval, invasion, sword, ancient, spacecraft, wizards and magicians, save the lady, battles, rescue ...
Time: middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Merlin's Apprentice (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 176 min.
TV show
Story: The great sorcerer Merlin has returned to Camelot, a kingdom now vulnerable to ill fates and war since the theft of the Holy Grail, its greatest gift and protection. With the help of Jack, an irascible young beggar-thief imbued with his own unruly ...
Style: atmospheric, semi serious, humorous, exciting, fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: wizards and magicians, magic, holy grail, camelot, arthurian legend, curses spells and rituals, apprentice, heroic mission, imaginary kingdom, heroes, supernatural ability, adventurer ...
Time: middle ages
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The Crown and the Dragon (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In a war-torn country that is plagued by a vicious dragon, Elenn, an arrogant, young noblewoman, accompanies her aunt on a mission to bring an ancient relic to the secret coronation of the rightful king.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious, sincere, feel good
Audience: adult
Plot: dragon, medieval, dungeon, heroic mission, heroes, escapades, adventurer, on the road, curses spells and rituals, imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, wizards and magicians ...
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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
Plot: fantasy world, battles, dragon, sword fight, sword and sorcery, good versus evil, wizards, imaginary kingdom, elf, wizards and magicians, adventurer, knight ...
Time: future, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Quest of the Delta Knights (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A secret society, the Delta Knights, attempts to save a medieval society from the evil over-lady.
Style: semi serious, exciting, humorous, stylized, psychotronic
Audience: teens
Plot: good versus evil, heroes, youth, heroic mission, rescue, adventurer, escapades, rivalry, legends and myths, sword, medieval, sword and sorcery ...
Time: middle ages, 15th century
Place: europe
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52%
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Merlin (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown of Camelot.
Style: epic, exciting, humorous, fairy tale, captivating ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: king arthur, supernatural, magic, arthurian legend, witch, supernatural ability, legends and myths, camelot, dragon, knight, wizards and magicians, friendship ...
Time: middle ages
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Merlin: The Return (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: "Merlin: The Return" is the story of the battle between good and evil. The dark forces of Mordred are pitted against the mythical sorcery of Merlin. Mordred and his mother Morgana have been imprisoned in another world for the past 1500 ...
Style: semi serious, captivating, exciting
Plot: wizards and magicians, good versus evil, arthurian legend, folk hero, heroic mission, rivalry, rescue, friendship, curses spells and rituals, sword, magic, medieval ...
Time: 20th century, middle ages
Place: europe, england
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Dungeons & Dragons: The Book of Vile Darkness (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK, Bulgaria
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A noble warrior must battle dragons and demons while upholding his moral code as he covertly joins a group of villains to rescue his kidnapped father from Shathrax, the Mind Flayer, who threatens to destroy the world.
Style: serious, exciting, psychotronic, anime, scenic ...
Plot: dragon, sword and sorcery, heroic mission, supernatural, good versus evil, heroes, escapades, save the world, imaginary kingdom, legends and myths, curses spells and rituals, wizards and magicians ...
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Merlin and the Book of Beasts (2009)
Genre: Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In the twenty years since the fall of Camelot, Merlin has become a recluse known as "the wild man of the woods." He is now summoned by a charge of young knights as they quest to destroy an evil wizard who rules the land from a throne of a ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing
Plot: magic, wizards and magicians, sword and sorcery, arthurian legend, heroic mission, rivalry, supernatural, escapades, legends and myths, battles, heroes, medieval ...
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Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Due to a curse from his former master Profion, Damodar survived his death by Ridley Freeborn as an undead entity in pursuit of an evil artifact for some hundred years, so that he might be capable of unleashing unstoppable destruction on Izmir and ...
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, captivating, anime ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: dragon, sword and sorcery, curse, knight, heroic mission, supernatural, good versus evil, save the world, heroes, imaginary kingdom, young heroes, rivalry ...
Time: middle ages
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Wolfhound (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 136 min.
Story: He was doomed to die, but managed to survive, and now his mission is to revenge for the annihilation of his tribe. He is the great warrior who calls himself Volkodav, and is the last man from the tribe of Serie Psi (Grey Hounds). After escaping ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, exciting, stylized, dark fantasy ...
Audience: boys' night, family outing
Plot: sword, wizards and magicians, heroes, magic, bravery, supernatural, heroic mission, sword and sorcery, escapades, rivalry, vengeance, imaginary kingdom ...
Place: russia
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The Magic Door (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A magic Troll aims to defeat the Black Witch and find the magic door that will lead him home with the help of the Elf Flip, and the Boy Liam.
Style: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Plot: youth, friendship, troll, getting home, magic, forest, escapades, mischievous children, rivalry, wizards and magicians, good versus evil, evil witch ...
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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, stylized, serious, exciting ...
Audience: kids
Plot: knight, arthurian legend, sword fight, king arthur, mythology, medieval, good versus evil, battles, legends and myths, magic, sword, legend ...
Time: middle ages, future, 5th century
Place: england, europe, britain
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50%
Sword of Lancelot (1963)
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: exciting, semi serious, stylized, saga, cult film
Plot: arthurian legend, king arthur, medieval, camelot, sword, knight, sword fight, rescue, battles, heroes, damsel in distress, tragic love ...
Time: middle ages
Place: britain
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Sinbad and the Minotaur (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Sinbad, armed with rumors of ancient gold, finds himself sneaking into the desert camp of the evil sorcerer Al-Jibar. Hidden among the many relics is an ivory scroll case containing the logs of the pirate Captain Minos, which will lead Sinbad to the ...
Style: stylized, semi serious, captivating, exciting, campy ...
Plot: folk hero, good versus evil, deadly creature, treasure hunt, escapades, wizards and magicians, sinbad, rivalry, curses spells and rituals, legends and myths, adventurer, journey ...
Place: europe, greece
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50%
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Hundra (1983)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Spain, USA, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Born in a tribe of fierce warrior women, Hundra has been raised to despise the influence of men. An archer, fighter and sword fighter, Hundra is superior to any male. Hundra finds her family slain and takes a vow of revenge until one day she meets ...
Style: sexy, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: prehistory, middle ages, prehistoric times
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Kingdom of Gladiators (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A king makes a pact with an ancient demon and after years of ruling his kingdom in peace, the demon has come to collect. Now a group of rival gladiators must fight for the survival of the kingdom.
Style: suspenseful, serious, exciting, stylized
Plot: heroes, rivalry, battles, wizards and magicians, contests and competitions, escapades, curses spells and rituals, medieval, female fight, intergender wrestling, graphic violence, save the kingdom ...
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