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The Best Sword-and-Sorcery Movies of All Time

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001, 178 min.

Peter Jackson • Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen

Adventure • Epic • Fantasy

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003, 201 min.

Peter Jackson • Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom

Adventure • Epic • Fantasy Adventure

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002, 179 min.

Peter Jackson • Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler

Adventure • Epic • Fantasy

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Highlander 1986, 116 min.

Russell Mulcahy • Starring: Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown

Action • Fantasy • Sword-and-Sorcery

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Excalibur 1981, 140 min.

John Boorman • Starring: Nigel Terry, Nicol Williamson, Helen Mirren

Adventure Drama • Adventure • Drama

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Conan the Barbarian 1982, 129 min.

John Milius • Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman

Action • Adventure • Fantasy

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Willow 1988, 126 min.

Ron Howard • Starring: Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis

Action • Adventure • Fantasy Adventure

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2012, 166 min.

Peter Jackson • Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett

Adventure • Epic • Fantasy

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The Sword in the Stone 1963, 79 min.

Wolfgang Reitherman • Starring: Rickie Sorensen, Karl Swenson, Junius Matthews

Animation • Family • Coming-of-Age

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Legend 1985, 94 min.

Ridley Scott • Starring: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry

Adventure • Family-Oriented Fantasy • Fantasy

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 2013, 161 min.

Peter Jackson • Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage

Adventure • Epic • Fantasy

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Siegfried 1924, 100 min.

Fritz Lang • Starring: Gertrud Arnold, Margarete Schön, Hanna Ralph

Adventure • Fantasy • Fantasy Adventure

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Dragonslayer 1981, 109 min.

Matthew Robbins • Starring: Ralph Richardson, Sydney Bromley, Chloe Salaman

Adventure • Fantasy • Fantasy Adventure

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Conan the Destroyer 1984, 103 min.

Richard Fleischer • Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wilt Chamberlain, Mako

Action • Adventure • Sword-and-Sorcery

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The Lord of the Rings 1978, 132 min.

Ralph Bakshi • Starring: Peter Woodthorpe, Dominic Guard, Norman Bird

Adventure • Animation • Fantasy

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The Beastmaster 1982, 118 min.

Don Coscarelli • Starring: Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn

Adventure • Fantasy • Fantasy Adventure

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 2014, 144 min.

Peter Jackson • Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage

Adventure • Epic • Fantasy

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Kriemhild's Revenge 1924, 144 min.

Fritz Lang • Starring: Margarete Schön, Gertrud Arnold, Theodor Loos

Adventure • Fantasy • Fantasy Adventure

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Krull 1983, 121 min.

Peter Yates • Starring: Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones

Action • Adventure • Fantasy

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The Black Cauldron 1985, 80 min.

Ted Berman • Starring: John Huston, Phil Fondacaro, Arthur Malet

Action • Adventure • Animation

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