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Knight, Castle and Dragon Movies

Knight, Castles and Dragons Movies

There are a good many Knight type movies out there. Some are worth watching and some are even worth watching for children. The following is a basic list of what is available. In no ways does the entry here signify that a movie is worth watching or appropriate for your children.

	Movie	Age	Rating	Notes
	The Backyardigans: Tale of the Mighty Knights	3	NR	Fantastic intro to knights and dragons for 2-3 year olds. Non violent.
	Sleeping Beauty	4	G	Classic story of a night battling the dragon to save the princess
	The Sword in the Stone	5	G	Not much in the way of knights, but there are in the background. Young Arthur and Merlin morph into several creatures.
	Robin Hood	5	G	Classic story with Disney animals.
	Jason and the Argonauts	6	G	The monsters and killings seem more real with real people instead of cartoons.
	The Flight of Dragons	6	NR
	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1979)	6	NR
	Quest for Camelot	6	G
	The Tale of Despereaux	6	G	Good story about a brave mouse, a princes and hungry rats.
	Shrek	6	PG	Classic parody on fairy tales.
	Shrek 2	6	PG	Part 2
	Shrek the Third	6	PG	Part 3
	Shrek Forever After	6	PG	Part 4
	Puss in Boots	6	PG
	Jane And The Dragon: A Dragon's Tale	6	NR	TV series with Jane, a girl working to become a knight with a dragon as a friend. E1 "Tests and Jests" E2 "Tooth Fairy" E3 "Jester Justice" E4 "A Dragon's Tail" E5 "Shall We Dance" "The Art of Jane and the Dragon" featurette
	Jane and the Dragon: Dragon Rules	6	NR	E6 The Offer E7 Dragon Rules E8 All Fools Day E9 Dragon Diva E10 Adventures In Royal Babysitting
	Jane and the Dragon - Dragon Diva	6	NR	E9 "Dragon Diva" E10 "Adventures in Royal Babysitting" E11 "Three's a Crowd" E 12 "A Pig of a Problem"
	The Hobbit (1977)	7	NR
	The Black Cauldron	7	PG
	The Princess Bride	8	PG
	Willow	8	PG
	The Spiderwick Chronicles	8	PG	No Knights or Castles
	Donkey X	8	PG
	How to Train Your Dragon	8	PG
	The Return of the King (1980)	9	NR
	Eragon	9	PG
	The Secret of Kells	9	NR
	The Sorcerer's Apprentice	9	PG
	The Adventures of Robin Hood	9	PG
	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe	9	PG	#1
	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	10	PG	#2
	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader	10	PG	#3
	Alice in Wonderland (2010)	10	PG	Castles, Queens, a dragon, a female champion and plenty of talking creatures.
	Dragonheart	10	PG-13
	El Cid	11	NR
	Dragon Wars (D-War)	11	PG-13
	The Scorpion King	12	PG-13
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	12	PG-13
	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	12	PG-13
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	12	PG-13
	The Golden Compass	12	PG-13	Interesting movie without a sequel due to Catholic Church
	A Knight's Tale	12	PG-13	Knights with Rock and Roll
	Tales from Earthsea	12	PG-13
	First Knight	12	PG-13	Arthurian story with fashion
	In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale	12	PG-13	So bad it's good?
	Earthsea	13	NR
	Monty Python and the Holy Grail	13	PG	King Arthur Monty Python style
	King Arthur	13	PG-13
	Timeline	13	PG-13
	The Last Legion	13	PG-13
	The Eagle	13	PG-13
	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	13	PG-13
	Robin Hood (2010)	13	PG-13
	Clash of the Titans	13	PG-13	Greek mythology updated for 1980s audience
	Season of the Witch	14	PG-13
	Excalibur	14	R
	Troy	15	R
	Nomad	15	R
	Conan the Barbarian (1982)	16	R	Classic - reawakened the Sword and Sorcery genre.
	Kingdom of Heaven	16	R	Story of the Crusades
	Your Highness	16	R


No Age Recommendation
	Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer		PG
	Dragon Storm		PG-13	Dragons awaken and burn civilization in the future
	Dragonheart: A New Beginning			Dragonheart 2
	Dragons: Fire and Ice			based on the Mega Bloks toyline. (TV 2004)
	Dragons II: The Metal Ages			(TV 2005)b
	Dragonslayer		PG TV-14
	Dungeons & Dragons
	Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God			made-for-TV sequel of sorts to the 2000 film Dungeons & Dragons
	George and the Dragon (film)
	Gift of the Night Fury			Based on How to Train Your Dragon
	Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon			sequel to the feature film, How to Train Your Dragon.
	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey			2010
	Ilya Muromets			Russian film known in the US as The Sword and the Dragon and in the UK as The Epic Hero and the Beast
	Sword of the Valiant			based on the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
	An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God			Polish: Stara basn. Kiedy slonce bylo bogiem
	Beowulf & Grendel		R	AKA Bjólfskviða

Links:

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Wiki List_of_films_based_on_Arthurian_legend
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King Arthur Movies

Cinema Arthuriana, Essays on Arthurian Film (New York: Garland, 1991).

http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/acpbibs/harty.htm

Adventures of Sir Galahad, The (1950).

Arthur of the Britons (1975) see King Arthur, the Young Warlord (1975)

Arthur the King (1982).

Black Knight, The (1954).

Camelot (1967).

Camelot (1982).

Chevaliers de la table ronde, Les (1990).

Connecticut Yankee, A (1931).

Connecticut Yankee, A (1954).

Connecticut Yankee, A (1955).

Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court, A (1920).

Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A (1949).

Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A (1952).

Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A (1970).

Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A (1978).

Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A (1989).

Connemara (1989).

Eternal Return (1943). See L'Éternel retour (1943).

Éternel retour, L' (1943).

Excalibur (1981).

Excalibur, the Raising of the Sword (1982).

Femme d'à côté, La (1981) see The Woman Next Door (1981).

Feuer und Schwert (1981) see Fire and Sword (1981).

Fire and Sword (1981).

First Knight (1995).

Fisher King, The (1991).

Four Diamonds (1995).

Gawain and the Green Knight (1973).

Ginevra (1992).

Guinevere (1994).

I Skugga Hrafnsina (1988) see In the Shadow of the Raven (1988).

In the Shadow of the Raven (1988).

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).

Isolde (1989).

Kid in King Arthur's Court, A (1995).

Kids of the Round Table (1995).

King Arthur and the Siege of the Saxons (1963) see Siege of the Saxons, The (1963).

King Arthur; or, The Knights of the Round Table (1910) see Re Artù e i cavalieri della tavola rotonda, Il (1910).

King Arthur, the Young Warlord (1975).

King Arthur Was a Gentleman (1942).

Knightriders (1981).

Knights of the Round Table (1953).

Knights of the Round Table, The (1990) see Chevaliers de la table ronde, Les (1990).

Knights of the Square Table; or, The Grail (1917).

Lancelot and Elaine (1909) see Launcelot and Elaine (1909).

Lancelot and Guinevere (1963) see Sword of Lancelot, The (1963).

Lancelot du lac (1974).

Lancelot of the Lake (1974) see Lancelot du lac (1974).

Launcelot and Elaine (1909).

Legend of Gawain and the Green Knight, The (1983) see Sword of the Valiant (1983).

Legende von Tristan und Isolde, Die (1981) see Fire and Sword (1981).

Love Eternal (1943) see L'Éternel retour (1943).

Lovespell (1979) see Tristan and Isolt (1979).

Merlin (1992) see October 32nd (1992).

Merlin and the Sword (1982) see Arthur the King (1982).

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975).

Morte d'Arthur, The (1984).

Natural, The (1984).

New Adventures of a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, The (1987) see Novye prikluchenia janke pri dvore Korola Artura (1987).

Novye prikluchenia janke pri dvore Korola Artura (1987).

October 32nd (1992).

Parsifal (1904).

Parsifal (1912).

Parsifal (1953).

Parsifal (1982).

Parzival (1980).

Perceval (1978) see Perceval le gallois (1978).

Perceval le gallois (1978).

Prince Valiant (1954).

Prince Valiant (1997).

Quest of the Holy Grail, The (1915).

Re Artù e I cavalieri della tavola rotonda, Il (1910).

Seaview Knights (1994).

Shadow of the Raven, The (1988) see In the Shadow of the Raven (1988).

Siege of the Saxons (1963).

Spaceman and King Arthur, The (1979) see The Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979).

Sword in the Stone, The (1963).

Sword of Lancelot, The (1963).

Sword of the Valiant (1983).

Tennessee Ernie Ford Meets King Arthur (1960).

To Parsifal (1963).

Tristan and Isolda (1911) see Tristan et Yseult (1911).

Tristan and Isolt (1979).

Tristan et Iseult (1972).

Tristan et Yseult (1909).

Tristan et Yseult (1911).

Tristan et Yseut (1920).

Tristan und Isolde (1981) see Fire and Sword (1981).

Tristana (1970).

Tristram and Isolda (1920) see Tristan et Yseut (1920).

Unidentified Flying Oddball, The (1979).

Woman Next Door, The (1981).

Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A (1995).

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