The Best Sword-and-Sorcery Movies of All Time

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1

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001  •  Peter Jackson  •  Rated PG13

Adventure  •  Epic  •  Fantasy

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003  •  Peter Jackson  •  Rated PG13

Adventure  •  Epic  •  Fantasy

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2002  •  Peter Jackson  •  Rated PG13

Adventure  •  Epic  •  Fantasy

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2012  •  Peter Jackson  •  Rated PG13

Adventure  •  Epic  •  Fantasy

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Highlander

1986  •  Russell Mulcahy  •  Rated R

Action  •  Fantasy  •  Sword-and-Sorcery

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Excalibur

1981  •  John Boorman  •  Rated R

Adventure  •  Adventure Drama  •  Drama

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2013  •  Peter Jackson  •  Rated PG13

Adventure  •  Epic  •  Fantasy

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Conan the Barbarian

1982  •  John Milius  •  Rated R

Action  •  Adventure  •  Fantasy

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Willow

1988  •  Ron Howard  •  Rated PG

Action  •  Adventure  •  Drama

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Legend

1985  •  Ridley Scott  •  Rated PG

Family-Oriented Fantasy  •  Fantasy  •  Fantasy Adventure

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The Sword in the Stone

1963  •  Wolfgang Reitherman  •  Rated G

Animation  •  Family  •  Coming-of-Age

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Dragonslayer

1981  •  Matthew Robbins  •  Rated PG

Fantasy  •  Adventure  •  Sword-and-Sorcery

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Conan the Destroyer

1984  •  Richard Fleischer  •  Rated PG

Action  •  Adventure  •  Sword-and-Sorcery

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The Lord of the Rings

1978  •  Ralph Bakshi  •  Not Rated

Adventure  •  Animation  •  Fantasy

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Siegfried

1924  •  Fritz Lang  •  Not Rated

Adventure  •  Fantasy  •  Fantasy Adventure

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The Beastmaster

1982  •  Don Coscarelli  •  Rated PG

Adventure  •  Fantasy  •  Fantasy Adventure

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Krull

1983  •  Peter Yates  •  Rated PG

Action  •  Adventure  •  Fantasy

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The Black Cauldron

1985  •  Ted Berman  •  Rated PG

Action  •  Adventure  •  Animation

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The Hobbit

1977  •  Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.  •  Not Rated

Adventure  •  Animation  •  Family

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Dragonheart

1996  •  Rob Cohen  •  Rated PG13

Adventure  •  Fantasy  •  Fantasy Adventure

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