Resources, Movies

Revised – July 2004

The following list is not exhaustive. There are certainly other good movies; however, there are also quite a few not-so-good movies (i.e. ones that do not portray FALO's fantasy ideal). Those on this list represent a solid grounding in what FALO appreciates in fantasy.

Please note that the dates given are for the original production copyright. Subsequent copyright renewals are not listed. In a further effort to pinpoint the selections, lead actors are listed, since some stories have been recounted in a number of films.

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Fantasy/Legend/Myth- Based

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13th Warrior, The (Antonio Banderas; 1999)

Adventures of Robin Hood, The (Errol Flynn, Olivia DeHavilland, Basil Rathbone; 1938)

Camelot (Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero; 1967)

Clash of the Titans (Harry Hamlin, Lawrence Olivier, Burgess Meredith; 1981)

Conan the Barbarian (Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones; 1981)

Conan the Destroyer (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain; 1984)

Court Jester, The (Danny Kaye; 1956)

Dragonheart (Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery; 1996)

Dragonslayer (Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, 1981)

Excalibur (Nigel Terry, Nicol Williamson, Helen Mirren; 1981)

First Knight (Sean Connery, Richard Gere; 1995)

Flesh & Blood (Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason-Leigh; 1985)

Golden Voyage of Sindbad, The (John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro; 1973)

Jason and the Argonauts (Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack; 1963)

King Arthur (Clive Owen, Keira Knightley; 2004)

Krull (Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony; 1983)

Labyrinth (David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly; 1986)

Ladyhawke (Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer; 1985)

Legend (Tom Cruise, Mia Sara; 1986)

Lord of the Rings, The: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Lord of the Rings, The: The Two Towers (2002)

Lord of the Rings, The: The Return of the King (2003)

Princess Bride, The (Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin; 1987)

Red Sonia (Brigitte Nielsen, Arnold Schwarzenegger; 1985)

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman; 1991)

Seventh Voyage of Sind bad, The (Kerwin Mathews, Katherine Grant; 1958)

Sindbad and the Eye of the Tiger (Patrick Wayne, Jane Seymour,' 1977)

Willow (Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley; 1988)

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History-Based

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Braveheart (Me! Gibson, Sophie Marceau; 1995)

EI Cid (Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren; 1961)

Gladiator (Russell Crowe; 2000)

Ivanhoe (Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine; 1952)

Troy (Brad Pitt, Erica Bana, Orlando Bloom; 2004)

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Animation

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Dark Crystal, The (Jim Henson Production,' 1982)

Hobbit, The (animated; 1977)

Last Unicorn, The (animated; 1982)

Record of Lodoss War, The (Japanese animation; 1990)

Walt Disney's Aladdin (animated; 1990)

Walt Disney's Mulan (animated; 1998)

Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty (animated; 1959)

Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (animated; 1937)

Walt Disney's Sword in the Stone (animated; 1958)

Wizards (animated; 1977)

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Made-for-Television Movies

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Arabian Nights (Mili Avital, Alan Bates, Jason Scott Lee; 2000)

Joan of Arc (LeeLee Sobieski; 1999)

Odyssey, The (Armand Assante, Isabella Rosellini; 1997)