Don quixote movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant don quixote movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out period piece, captivating, semi serious, humorous, realistic and entertaining films and TV shows about / with don quixote, friendship, escapades, literary, satire, love and romance, heroes, windmill, adaptation and rivalry plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Adventure genres shot in USA, Spain, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as don quixote: Don Quixote (2000), Man of La Mancha (1972), Don Quixote (1992), The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018), The Adventures of Don Coyote (1990), Storm Crashers (2024), Un Quijote sin mancha (1969), Scandalous John (1971), Quixote's Island (2011), Don Quixote Rides Again (1973).

List of don quixote movies

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Don Quixote (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The classic tale of a man's dream, his epic journey, and one true love.
Style: tragicomedy, captivating, humorous, atmospheric, period piece ...
Plot: don quixote, heroes, adventurer, obsession, on the road, good versus evil, tragic hero, rivalry, wooing, master and servant, renaissance, satire ...
Time: 90s
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Man of La Mancha (1972)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: In the sixteenth century, Miguel de Cervantes, poet, playwright, and part-time actor, has been arrested, together with his manservant, by the Spanish Inquisition. They are accused of presenting an entertainment offensive to the Inquisition. Inside ...
Style: fairy tale, semi serious, touching, humorous, costume drama ...
Plot: chivalry, broadway, don quixote, idealism, delusion, sword fight, prison, nobility, damsel in distress, master servant relationship, magic realism, ancient ...
Time: 16th century, 17th century, middle ages, year 1972
Place: spain, europe
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 6.0
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Don Quixote (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: After reading too many novels about knights and heroic stories, Don Quijote and his servant Sancho Panza decide to wander the roads of Spain to protect the weak and to accomplish good deeds. But the real world is not as magical and fairy as Don ...
Style: independent film
Plot: don quixote, insanity, platonic, dreaming, squire, daydreamer, folklore, bullfighting, journey, madness, servant, dementia ...
Time: 1950s, 17th century, 50s
Place: america, spain
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The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Spain, France, Belgium, Portugal, UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story: An advertising executive jumps back and forth in time between 21st century London and 17th century La Mancha, where Don Quixote mistakes him for Sancho Panza.
Style: period piece, entertaining, captivating, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: filmmaking, dream, delusional man, insanity, business deal, film producer, time travel, surrealism, don quixote, actor, actor's life, escapades ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2008
Place: spain
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The Amorous Adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: period piece, sensual, costume drama, erotic, light hearted ...
Audience: adult
Plot: don quixote, nudity, eroticism, sexual humor, unhappiness, burlesque, chastity belt, satire, road trip, caper, literary, adaptation ...
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The Adventures of Don Coyote (1990)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and Italian public service broadcaster RAI, loosely based on the main characters in Miguel de Cervantes' 17th century novel, Don Quixote: ...
Style: retro, anthropomorphic, parody, lighthearted, colorful ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: coyote, don quixote, talking animal, companionship, adaptation, sidekick, children, literary, chivalry, good versus evil, quest, escapism ...
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Storm Crashers (2024)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Argentina, Germany, Spain, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: 11-year-old Alfonso, heir of Don Quixote, and his three imaginary and musical rabbits, are joined by Pancho and Victoria to save their beloved town of La Mancha from a huge storm, caused by an evil corporation who wants to own the land. Along the ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, semi serious, feel good, uplifting ...
Audience: family friendly, kids, family outing
Plot: friendship, don quixote, storm, heroes, adventure hero, adventurer, young heroes, bravery, coming of age, children, teamwork, heroism ...
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The Legend of the Knight: Don Quixote (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: With his noble squire by his side, a retired country gentleman sets out on an adventure to right the wrongs of the world.
Style: entertaining, semi serious, disturbing, captivating, tragicomedy ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: adventurer, chivalry, literary, unlikely hero, fight, teamwork, friendship, battles, social commentary, companionship, misadventure, satire ...
Time: 16th century
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Honour of the Knights (Quixotic) (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Trusting in fate, Don Quixote and Sancho pursue their travels in search of adventure day and night. They ride through fields, talking about subjects as varied as spirituality, chivalry and daily life. A growing bond of friendship unites them.
Style: experimental, semi serious, realistic, slow cinema, aesthetic ...
Plot: don quixote, destructive relationship, society, tragic love, prison life, life is a bitch, friendship, hopes, idealism, gang, escape, urban ghetto ...
Time: 21st century
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Un Quijote sin mancha (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A lawyer trying to fix everyone's problems, instead causes problems, which always end up in funny situations.
Style: lighthearted, slapstick, uplifting, parody, absurd
Plot: lawyer, satire, underdog, farce, pun, unhappiness, poverty, community, don quixote, judge, goat, jail ...
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Scandalous John (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the way other people--and the law--tell him he has to.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: ranch, don quixote, aging, cowboy, friendship, immigrant, farm, friends, righting the wronged, battles, buddies, hopes ...
Time: year 1971
Place: mexico
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Quixote's Island (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Belgium
Story: A workaholic businessman provides well for his son San, but the emotional neglect since his mother died a few years ago grimly affects the shy knave. In San's heroic daydreams, a cool father leads him into modern Quichote exploits, yet even ...
Style: captivating, tense, sentimental, psychological, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage love, coming of age, youth, drug trade, society, friendship, don quixote, love and romance, adolescence vs adulthood, teenage life, unfulfilled love, bittersweet ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, belgium
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VeggieTales: Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler (2006)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 52 min.
Story: Larry the Cucumber is detective dynamo Sheerluck Holmes and Bob the Tomato his venerable sidekick Dr. Watson. Together their superlative powers of observation and forensic fortitude can solve any crime. But because Sheerluck takes all the credit for ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, exciting, captivating, parody ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: heroic mission, teaching the ways of the world, young heroes, friendship, goofy hero, heroes, good versus evil, amateur detective, escapades, danger, rivalry, moral dilemma ...
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Don Quixote Rides Again (1973)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A new vision of the Knight of the sad figure, which lives obsessed by the chivalry and its codes of honor. Accompanied by his unusual squire Sancho Panza, Don Quixote recalls some of the adventures they've shared.
Style: period piece, allegory, comedy drama, surreal, melancholic ...
Plot: don quixote, obsession, chivalry, idealism, delusion, satire, imagination, madness, honor, literary, friendship, squire ...
Time: 17th century
Place: spain, europe
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The Captive (2025)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 134 min.
Story: In 1575, the young soldier Miguel de Cervantes is captured on the high seas by Barbary pirates and taken to Algiers as a hostage. Aware that a cruel death awaits him if his family does not pay his ransom soon, he finds refuge in his passion for ...
Style: period piece, historical drama, tense, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot: male nudity, storytelling, captivity, survival, biopic, resilience, escape plan, ransom, hostage, pow, renaissance, sea voyage ...
Time: 16th century, medieval times
Place: europe, algeria
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Red Riding Hood (2003)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A retelling of the classic tale, with Red as a psychotic vigilante.
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, slasher ...
Plot: little red riding hood, serial killer, murder, family problems, friendship, gory, vigilante, precocious child, grandmother granddaughter relationship, psychopath, injustice, don quixote ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, rome italy
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Don Quixote's Children (1966)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min.
Story: The head of maternity clinic is nicknamed Don Quixote by his neighbors. He spends days and nights with newborn children, forgetting about his own growing sons.
Style: sentimental, emotional, comedy drama, uplifting, period piece
Plot: children, fatherhood, parenting, sacrifice, heartwarming, loyalty, humanism, family drama, large family, siblings, slice of life, patriarch ...
Time: 60s
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Donkey X (2007)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The donkey, Rucio, tells the true story of Don Quixote and defends the idea that he wasn't insane, but a very intelligent, passionate and enthusiastic fellow.
Style: not serious, humorous, exciting, 3d animation, mockbuster ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: friendship, heroes, escapades, disorder, rivalry, friends, heroic mission, partner, danger, don quixote, love and romance, wooing ...
Time: 16th century
Place: spain, europe, barcelona
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Solaris (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 167 min.
Story: A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out ...
Style: art house, atmospheric, cerebral, enigmatic, philosophical ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: outer space, scientist, metaphysics, space travel, space and aliens, space station, dream, trapped in space, astronaut, loneliness, science, philosophy ...
Time: distant future, 70s, future, year 1972
Place: soviet union, ussr, russia, tokyo
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Vacation of Petrov and Vasechkin, Usual and Incredible (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 135 min.
Story: In the first part, the students complain that classic works of literature have no bearing on modern life - and find themselves in a situation strangely resembling something they've read... It's Gogol's "Inspector General" - ...
Style: lighthearted, buddy comedy, slapstick, educational, period piece ...
Audience: family friendly, kids
Plot: children, friendship, imagination, summer camp, families, summer vacation, unhappiness, high school life, literary, coming of age, satire, small town ...
Time: 80s
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Taxman (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: After a homocide that the police believe is over gasoline theft, a tax investigator discovers the Russian mafia is involved and that they are stealing millions in gasoline tax money. Only one rookie cop is willing to believe him and together they ...
Style: independent film
Plot: wedding party, nypd, wedding, execution, arrest, machine gun, father daughter relationship, cemetery, beach, courtroom, swimming pool, massacre ...
Time: year 1998
Place: russia
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The Next Three Days (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 133 min.
Story: A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder. Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss with whom she had an argument. It seems she was seen leaving the scene of the crime and her fingerprints were on ...
Style: suspense, romantic, tense, suspenseful, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens
Plot: innocent, twists and turns, danger, injustice, prison escape, false accusation, couples, life turned upside down, husband wife relationship, escapades, murder, lawyer ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: venezuela, pennsylvania, usa, haiti, canada ...
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