Movies like Gawain and the Green Knight 1991
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Gawain and the Green Knight (1991)
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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 frightened, Sir Gawain takes up the challenge and hacks off the green knight's head. The green knight then gives Gawain a year to find his home and live a little before the cut is returned.
Plot:
king arthur, arthurian legend, medieval, ancient, sword and shield, christmas, knight, sword and sorcery
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, epic, captivating and stylized films with plots about medieval, arthurian legend, king arthur, sword and sorcery, knight, sword and magic mostly in Fantasy, Adventure and Drama genres. Some movies like Gawain and the Green Knight: Arthur of the Britons (1972), Lancelot: Guardian of Time (1997), King Arthur, the Young Warlord (1975), Camelot (2011), A Christmas Carol (1977). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Time:
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Place:
britain, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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Duration: 90 min.
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
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Duration: 90 min.
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This is the inspiring, epic journey of a noble warrior's quest to prove his worth, his might, and his destined fate to become the next ruler of Britain.
Style:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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.
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arthurian legend, knight, sword and sorcery, medieval, king arthur, sword, wizards and magicians, legends and myths, legend, sword and shield, ancient, squire ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
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Camelot is a historical-fantasy-drama television series based on the Arthurian legend, was produced by Graham King, Morgan O'Sullivan and Michael Hirst.
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captivating, exciting, stylized, serious, epic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
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Time:
middle ages, 5th century, future
Place:
europe, england
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53%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 88 min.
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young boy's dream of finding his dead father comes true when his father visits him as an angel. But things turn sour when he discovers that his father was not the hero he imagined him to be.
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A modern riff of the 1889 novel by Mark Twain.
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
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Duration: 45 min.
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The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown of Camelot.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: UK, Slovakia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A modern-day retelling of the Arthurian legend with the Lady of the Lake as a reporter and Pendragon as an evil businessman. Merlin's immortal apprentice is trying to protect a powerful sword forged by Merin from the clutches of Pendragon.
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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Story:
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A fantasy re-telling of the medieval tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
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Duration: 120 min.
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Country: UK, USA, Australia
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Story:
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Story:
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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 ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Country: USA, Yugoslavia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Story:
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