Movies Like Black Swords & Spanish Knights
If you liked Black Swords & Spanish Knights (2001), a movie directed by Edward James, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Flesh + Blood (1985)
★ 6.6/10A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble Lord who cheated them by kidnapping his son's fiancée. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a…
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The Northman (2022)
★ 7/10Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his…
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Last Knights (2015)
★ 6.4/10When an evil emperor executes their leader, his band of knights – bound by duty and honour – embarks on a journey of vengeance that will not come to an end until they've destroyed their mortal foe.
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Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
★ 7.1/10After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
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The Last Duel (2021)
★ 7.4/10King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel.
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A Knight's Tale (2001)
★ 6.9/10William Thatcher, a knight's peasant apprentice, gets a chance at glory when the knight dies suddenly mid-tournament. Posing as a knight himself, William won't stop until he's crowned tournament champion—assuming…
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Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013)
★ 5.9/10A heart-warming tale about friendship, honor & courage, which sees a young boy become a man as he embarks on a quest to become a knight.
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Ladyhawke (1985)
★ 7/10Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together…
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Blade of the 47 Ronin (2022)
★ 6.3/10A new class of warriors emerges among the Samurai clans to keep a sought-after sword from falling into the wrong hands.
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The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
★ 6.7/10Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his…
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Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
★ 6.8/10Spanish Lothario Don Juan, the legendary lover and adventurer returns to Spain following a scandal and comes to the aid of his queen, who is under threat from sinister forces.
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The Princess (2022)
★ 6.8/10A beautiful, strong-willed young royal refuses to wed the cruel sociopath to whom she is betrothed and is kidnapped and locked in a remote tower of her father’s castle. With her scorned, vindictive suitor intent on…
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Highlander (1986)
★ 6.9/10He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.
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Ironclad (2011)
★ 6.2/10In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that upheld the rights of free men. Yet within months of pledging himself…
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He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword (1985)
★ 7/10After experiencing traumatic nightmares of a time now past, the Sorceress summons Prince Adam and Cringer to Castle Grayskull to give Adam a precious, jeweled sword and send the pair to the planet Etheria to…
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The Four Musketeers (1974)
★ 6.5/10The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.
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The Prince and the Pauper (1977)
★ 6.1/10Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and son of King Henry VIII. The two boys meet and decide to play a joke on the court by dressing in each other's clothes…
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Ring of the Nibelungs (2004)
★ 6.2/10In this swords-and-sorcery tale, good-hearted blacksmith Eyvind hides away infant Prince Siegfried after two malevolent kings murder his father. But a fiery meteor sent by the gods reveals Siegfried's destiny, sending…
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Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987)
★ 6/10Under the watch of his unkind realtives, lonely Bosse's luck is changed when he is sent to the land where his real father is the King. In that country, he sets out on a quest, together with his new friend, to destroy…
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The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
★ 7.7/10Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.