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siege

swordplay

Andrey Kravchuk Director

Svetlana Khodchenkova as Irina

Joakim Nätterqvist as Khevding

Kirill Pletnyov as Oleg

Zhaidarbek Kunguzhinov as Sotnik pechenegov

The early Middle Ages. A time of heavy swords and dark blood law. The ruling clan is in discord. The guilt for the accidental death of the brother has fallen on the Grand Duke. According to the law, revenge must be taken by the younger brother, a bastard. For the refusal to kill, he has to pay with eve- rything he had, because “for peace you need more swords than for a war”...

Ivanhoe

1982

6.7

♡ 6

73%

miniseries

Douglas Camfield Director

Sam Neill as Brian de Bois-Guilbert

Kevin Stoney as Fitzurse

Tony Haygarth as Friar Tuck

Philip Locke as Grand Master

Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars, and finds England under the reign of Prince John and his henchmen and finds himself being involved in the power-struggle for the throne of England.

Knights of the Damned

2017

2.6

♡ 25

zombie

Simon Wells Director

Zara Phythian as Dimia

Andrea Vasiliou as Phrowenia

Rebecca Dyson-Smith as Princess Elizabeth

Silvio Simac as Thomas

The King has sent his best Knights to defeat the Dragon besieging his castle. Along their epic adventure they encounter malicious sirens, warrior women on a mission of revenge and an unstoppable army of the undead.

Same Time, Next Year

1978

7.2

♡ 10

40%

85%

based on play or musical

polyamory

Robert Mulligan Director

Ivan Bonar as Chalmers

Ellen Burstyn as Doris

Alan Alda as George Peters

Cosmo Sardo as Second Waiter

A man and woman meet by chance at a romantic inn over dinner and, although both are married to others, they find themselves in the same bed the next morning questioning how this could have happened. They agree to meet on the same weekend each year—in the same hotel room—and the years pass each has some personal crisis that the other helps them through, often without both of them understanding what is going on.

Blanche

1971

French

6.5

♡ 3

82%

Walerian Borowczyk Director

Jacques Perrin as Bartolomeo

Ligia Branice as Blanche - la châtelaine

Michel Simon as Le châtelain

Georges Wilson as Le roi

Blanche is the young, pure, beautiful wife of the Master of the castle, in a secluded land. Every man is in love with her, including the King and his servant Bartolomeo, visiting the Master.

Romeo & Juliet

2013

5.8

♡ 57

based on play or musical

Drama

family feud

middle ages

star crossed lovers

tragic love

Carlo Carlei Director

Paul Giamatti as Friar Laurence

Hailee Steinfeld as Juliet

Natascha McElhone as Lady Capulet

Lesley Manville as Nurse

In Verona, bad blood between the Montague and Capulet families leads to much bitterness. Despite the hostility, Romeo Montague manages an invitation to a masked ball at the estate of the Capulets and meets Juliet, their daughter. The two are instantly smitten but dismayed to learn that their families are enemies. Romeo and Juliet figure out a way to pursue their romance, but Romeo is banished for his part in the slaying of Juliet's cousin, Tybalt.

L'armata Brancaleone

1966

Italian

7.7

♡ 7

Mario Monicelli Director

Carlo Pisacane as Abacuc

Alfio Caltabiano as Arnolfo Mano-di-ferro

Barbara Steele as Teodora

Maria Grazia Buccella as Vedova

A group of rogues steal a scroll granting its bearer the property of the land of Aurocastro in Apulia, a province in the south of Italy. They elect a shaggy knight, Brancaleone from Norcia, as their leader, and decide to get possession of this supposedly wealthy land. Many adventures will occurr during the journey.

The Little Hours

2017

5.8

♡ 67

78%

50%

14th century

based on novel or book

Comedy

convent (nunnery)

middle ages

nunhood

Jeff Baena Director

Alison Brie as Alessandra

Aubrey Plaza as Fernanda

Paul Reiser as Ilario

Dave Franco as Massetto

Garfagnana, Italy, 1347. The handsome servant Masseto, fleeing from his vindictive master, takes shelter in a nunnery where three young nuns, Sister Alessandra, Sister Ginevra and Sister Fernanda, try unsuccessfully to find out what their purpose in life is, a conundrum that each of them faces in different ways.

Medieval

2022

5.9

♡ 78

39%

hussite wars (1419-1434)

medieval

Petr Jákl Director

Petr Jákl as Additional Cast

Matthew Goode as King Sigismund

Michael Caine as Lord Boresh

Aneta Kernová as Maria

The story of fifteenth century Czech icon and warlord, Jan Zizka, who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire.

Catherine Called Birdy

2022

6.6

♡ 18

89%

teenage girl

Lena Dunham Director

Bella Ramsey as Birdy

Ralph Ineson as Golden Tiger

David Bradley as Lord Gideon Sidebottom

Moya Brady as Nan the Midwife

A teenage girl in Medieval England navigates life and tries to avoid the arranged marriages her father maps out for her.

Two Tickets to Paradise

2006

5.3

♡ 4

17%

Comedy

middle age

road trip

D.B. Sweeney Director

M.C. Gainey as Barbosa

Rex Linn as Karl

Ed Harris as Melville

Ned Bellamy as Stan

Three guys on the verge of forty begin to realize all the best things in their lives happened before they were twenty. A spontaneous road trip adventure gives them a chance to balance the ledger

The Visitors

1993

French

7.0

♡ 30

31%

nobility

servant

time travel

Jean-Marie Poiré Director

Valérie Lemercier as Frénégonde de Pouille / Béatrice de Montmirail

Jean Reno as Godefroy de Papincourt, Comte de Montmirail

Arielle Sémenoff as Jacqueline

Christian Clavier as Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacquard

After a wizard's spell goes awry, 12th-century Gallic knight Godefroy de Papincourt, Count of Montmirail finds himself transported to 1993, along with his dimwitted servant, Jacquouille la Fripouille. Startled and perplexed by modern technology, the duo run amok, destroying cars and causing chaos until they meet Beatrice de Montmirail, an aristocratic descendant of the nobleman, who may be able to help them get back to 1123.

The Hexer

2001

Polish

3.8

♡ 5

Marek Brodzki Director

Marian Glinka as Boholt

Dariusz Jakubowski as Jez

Anna Dymna as Nenneke

Agata Buzek as Pavetta

A heroic fantasy based on the famous novels by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski, "The Sword of Destiny" and "The Last Wish". This film immerses us in a world inhabited by kings and knights, princesses and sorcerers, priests and magicians, where fire-breathing dragons guard untold treasures, and human greed leads to an endless struggle for power, cruelty, bloodshed, and violence. And this world has its own superheroes - fearless witchers, people with magical powers. Their mission is to protect the human race from any misfortune. The witcher Geralt of Rivia must find the young princess Ciri, kidnapped by enemies. Only her return to the small kingdom of Cintra, which was attacked by aggressors, can restore peace and order there. The brave witcher sets off on a journey, long, distant and deadly.

The Green Knight

2021

6.6

♡ 186

89%

winter

David Lowery Director

Alicia Vikander as Essel / The Lady

Chris McHallem as Lord in Waiting

Barry Keoghan as Scavenger

Brendan Conroy as Taverngoer

An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men.

Nothing Left to Do but Cry

1984

Italian

7.6

♡ 4

81%

travel

Roberto Benigni Director

Stefano Gragnani as

Paolo Bonacelli as Leonardo da Vinci

Roberto Benigni as Saverio

Carlo Monni as Vitellozzo

Two 20th-century friends accidentally stumble into the year 1492, where they meet a charming teen and try to alter history.

The Scythian

2018

Russian

6.1

♡ 39

70%

sword

swordplay

Rustam Mosafir Director

Fedor Starykh as Killer with a crossbow

Aleksandr Kuznetsov as Kunitsa

Vladimir Lukyanchikov as Scythian

Vitaly Kravchenko as Yar

A new era is about to begin in Eastern Europe. Scythians, the proud warriors, are all but gone and most of the few remaining descendants have become ruthless mercenary assassins. Lutobor, a warrior who becomes involved in intertribal conflicts, sets off on a perilous journey to save his family guided by a captive Scythian.

A Man of No Importance

1994

6.7

♡ 3

83%

Suri Krishnamma Director

Jonathan Rhys Meyers as First Young Man

Michael Gambon as Ivor J. Carney

Brendan Conroy as Rasher Flynn

Rufus Sewell as Robbie Fay

Alfie Byrne is a middle-aged bus conductor in Dublin in 1963. He would appear to live a life of quiet desperation: he's gay, but firmly closeted, and his sister is always trying to find him "the right girl". His passion is Oscar Wilde, his hobby is putting on amateur theatre productions in the local church hall. We follow him as he struggles with temptation, friendship, disapproval, and the conservative yet oddly lyrical world of Ireland in the early 1960s.

Arn: The Knight Templar

2007

Swedish

6.6

♡ 28

61%

Adventure

based on novel or book

swordplay

Peter Flinth Director

Joakim Nätterqvist as Arn Magnusson

Bill Skarsgård as Erik

Gustaf Skarsgård as Knut

Bibi Andersson as Moder Rikissa

Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.

Sword of War

2009

German

4.4

♡ 4

14%