List of media based on Arthurian legend

Films based on the Arthurian legend are many and varied. They can be divided into several broad categories:

Adaptations

Relatively straightforward adaptations of the legends, reconstructed history, or modern Arthurian material.

• Parsifal (1904)
• Launcelot and Elaine (1909)
• Il Re Artù e i cavalieri della tavola rotonda (1910)
• Parsifal (1912)
• The Quest of the Holy Grail (1915)
• The Adventures of Sir Galahad (serial, 1949)
• Knights of the Round Table (1953)
• Parsifal (1953)
• The Black Knight (1954)
• Prince Valiant (1954)
• The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (serial, 1956)
• Lancelot and Guinevere (1963)
• Siege of the Saxons (1963)
• Camelot (1967)
• Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)
• Lancelot du Lac (1974)
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
• Perceval le Gallois (1978)
• Parzival (1980)
• Excalibur (1981)
• Parsifal (1982) (film version of the performance of the Wagner opera by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg)
• Camelot (1982) (a videotaped stage performance of the musical, presented on HBO)
• Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)
• Merlin and the Sword (also known as Arthur the King, TV film, 1982, aired 1985)
• Les Chevaliers de la table ronde (1990)
• Ginevra (1992)
• Guinevere (1994)
• First Knight (1995)
• Prince Valiant (1997)
• The Mists of Avalon (TV miniseries, 2001)
• King Arthur (2004)
• The Last Legion (2007)
• Pendragon: Sword of His Father (2008)
• Merlin and the War of the Dragons (2008)
• Merlin and the Book of Beasts (2009)
• Choir of Camelot (2009)
• Dragons of Camelot (2014)
• Arthur & Merlin (2015)
• King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (upcoming 2017)

Modernization

Productions whose plot "updates" or otherwise moves the legend to modern times.

• Knights of the Square Table (1917)
• King Arthur Was a Gentleman (1942)
• Knightriders (1981)
• The Fisher King (1991)
• Seaview Knights (1994)
• The Four Diamonds (1995)
• Kids of the Round Table (1995)
• Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders (1996)
• Lancelot, Guardian of Time (1997)
• The Excalibur Kid (1999)
• Arthur's Quest (1999)
• Merlin the Return (2000)
• Avalon (2001)
• Stargate SG-1 Season 9 to 10 (2006–2007)
• The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)
• Avalon High (TV film, 2010)

Television series

• The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956–57)
• Arthur of the Britons (1972–1973)
• The Legend of King Arthur (BBC TV series, 1979)
• Mr. Merlin (1981–82)
• Doctor Who Battlefield (1988–1989)
• Merlin (1998)
• The Mists of Avalon (2001)
• Kaamelott (2005–2009)
• Merlin's Apprentice (2006)
• Merlin (BBC TV series, 2008–2012)
• Camelot (Starz TV series, 2010–2011)
• Het huis Anubis en de vijf van het magische zwaard (Dutch Nickelodeon series, 2010–2011)

Films based on the Tristan legend

• Tristan et Yseut (1909)
• Tristan et Yseut (1911)
• Tristan et Yseut (1920)
• The Eternal Return (1943)
• Tristana (1970)
• Tristan et Yseut (1972)
• Tristan and Isolt aka Lovespell (1979)
• Fire and Sword (1981)
• The Woman Next Door (1981)
• Isolde (1989)
• In the Shadow of the Raven (1988)
• Connemara (1989)
• Pardes (1997)
• Tristan et Yseut (2002)
• Tristan & Isolde (2006)

Connecticut Yankee

Films based on Mark Twain's novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, about a modern man/woman who travels in time to Arthur's period.

• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1921)[1]
• A Connecticut Yankee (1931)[2]
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949), a musical film starring Bing Crosby and Rhonda Fleming
• A Connecticut Yankee (1955 TV movie)[3]
• Willy McBean and his Magic Machine (1965).
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1970)[4]
• Unidentified Flying Oddball, also known as The Spaceman and King Arthur (1979)
• New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1988)[5]
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1989 TV movie)[6]
• Army of Darkness (1992)
• A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1995)[7]
• A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995)
• A Knight in Camelot (1998)
• Black Knight (2001)

Animation

• The Sword in the Stone (1963)
• Arthur! and the Square Knights of the Round Table (Australian animated cartoon series, late 1960s)
• A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court (1978)
• King Arthur (Japanese animated cartoon series, 1979–1980)
• Dragon and Slippers (Hungarian animated TV film, 1990)
• Merlin and the Dragons (1991)
• The Legend of Prince Valiant (1991–1994)
• King Arthur & the Knights of Justice (1992–1993)
• Blazing Dragons (animated TV series, 1996–1998)
• Quest for Camelot (1998)
• Tristan et Yseut (2002)
• Gargoyles (1994–1997)
• Fate/Stay Night (2006)
• Fate/Zero (2011–2012)
• Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2014-2015)

Humour

• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
• Blazing Dragons (1996–1998)
• Sir Gadabout: The Worst Knight in the Land (2002)
• Shrek the Third (2007)

Video games

• Fate/Stay Night
• The Order: 1886
• Tomb Raider: Legend
• Knights of the Round (video game)

See also

• Lists of movie source material

External links

• Arthurian Film by Kevin J. Harty