List of sword and sorcery films explained

The following is a list of sword and sorcery films. These tend to focus on single heroes, romance, and magic.^[1]

List

1920s

Die Nibelungen (1924)

1940s

The Iron Crown (1941)
Kashchey the Deathless (1944)

1950s

The Magic Sword (1950)
Prince Valiant (1954)
Ilya Muromets (1956)
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
Sleeping Beauty (1959, animated)
Hercules Unchained (1959)

1960s

Hercules in the Haunted World (1962)
Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
The Magic Sword (1962)
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Hercules the Avenger (1965)
Treasure of the Petrified Forest (1965)
The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun (1968, anime)

1970s

Ruslan and Ludmila (1972)
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
Wizards (1977, animated)
Jabberwocky (1977)
The Hobbit (1977, animated)
The Lord of the Rings (1978, animated)
Warlords of Atlantis (1978)

1980s

Black Angel (1980)
Hawk the Slayer (1980)
The Return of the King (1980, animated)
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Dragonslayer (1981)
Excalibur (1981)
Heavy Metal (1981)
The Archer (TV film) (1982)
Ator l'invincibile (1982) (Ator 1)
The Sword of the Barbarians (1982)
The Beastmaster (1982)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
The Flight of Dragons (1982, animated)
The Last Unicorn (1982, animated)
Gunan, King of the Barbarians (1982)
Hero (1982)
The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)
Sorceress (1982)
Conquest (1983)
Ironmaster (1983)
Thor the Conqueror (1983)
Deathstalker (1983)
Fire and Ice (1983, animated)
Hearts and Armour (1983)
Hercules (1983)
Hundra (1983)
Krull (1983)
The Throne of Fire (1983)
Ator 2 - L'invincibile Orion (1984) (Ator 2)
Conan the Destroyer (1984)
The Devil's Sword (1984)
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Sword of the Valiant (1984)
The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984)
Barbarian Queen (1985)
The Black Cauldron (1985, animated)
Ladyhawke (1985)
Legend (1985)
Red Sonja (1985)
(1985)
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985)
Amazons (1986)
Highlander (1986)
The Barbarians (1987)
Deathstalker II (1987)
(Mio in) The Land of Faraway (1987)
Stormquest (1987)
Iron Warrior (1987) (Ator 3)
Masters of the Universe (1987)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Deathstalker III (1988)
Willow (1988)
Erik the Viking (1989)
Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)

1990s

(1990)
Quest for the Mighty Sword (1990) (Ator 4)
Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back (1990)
(1991)
(1991)
Wizards of the Demon Sword (1991)^[2]
Army of Darkness (1992)
Quest of the Delta Knights (1993)
The NeverEnding Story III (1994)
Yamato Takeru (1994)
First Knight (1995)
(1996)
Dragonheart (1996)
Kull the Conqueror (1997)
The 13th Warrior (1999)

2000s

Dungeons and Dragons (2000)
(2000)
Demonicus (2001)
The Hexer (2001)
The Scorpion King (2002)
Ariana's Quest (2002)
Barbarian (2003)
The Red Knight (2003)
(2004)
Beowulf & Grendel (2005)
BloodRayne (2005)
Wolfhound (2006)
Beowulf (2007)
In the Name of the King (2007)
(2008)
The Pagan Queen (2009)

2010s

Tales of an Ancient Empire (2010)^[3]
Conan the Barbarian (2011)^[4]
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)
(2011)
Ronal the Barbarian (2011, animated)
Your Highness (2011)
(2012)
Mythica: A Quest for Heroes (2014)
(2015)
(2015)
Mythica: The Darkspore (2015)
Mythica: The Necromancer (2015)
Mythica: The Iron Crown (2016)
Mythica: The Godslayer (2016)
(2017)

2020s

(2020)
The Spine of Night (2021)
The Green Knight (2021)
The Northman (2022)
(2023)
Mythica: Stormbound (2024)

See also

List of high fantasy films and TV series
Peplum (film genre)

Notes and References

Web site: McCullough V . Joseph A. . The Demarcation of Sword and Sorcery . 20 March 2022 .
https://www.allmovie.com/movie/wizards-of-the-demon-sword-vm1081423 allmovie.com
Sequel to The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982).
New interpretation of the Conan mythology (not a remake of the 1982-movie of the same name).