List of sword and sorcery films

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

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 Fantasy Movies

• 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)
• Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (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

• The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990)
• Quest for the Mighty Sword (1990) (Ator 4)
• Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back (1990)
• Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991)
• Deathstalker IV: Match of Titans (1991)
• Wizards of the Demon Sword (1991)
• Army of Darkness (1992)
• Quest of the Delta Knights (1993)
• Yamato Takeru (1994)
• First Knight (1995)
• Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus (1996)
• Dragonheart (1996)
• Kull the Conqueror (1997)
• The 13th Warrior (1999)

2000s

• Dungeons and Dragons (2000)
• Dragonheart: A New Beginning (2000)
• Demonicus (2001)
• The Hexer (2001)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
• The Scorpion King (2002)
• Ariana's Quest (2002)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
• Barbarian (2003)
• The Red Knight (2003)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
• Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (2004)
• BloodRayne (2005)
• Wolfhound (2006)
• In the Name of the King (2007)
• The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (2008)
• The Pagan Queen (2009)

2010s

• Tales of an Ancient Empire (2010)
• Conan the Barbarian (2011)
• In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds (2011)
• Ronal the Barbarian (2011, animated)
• Your Highness (2011)
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
• The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption (2012)
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
• The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power (2015)
• Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse (2015)
• Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire (2017)

2020s

• Dragonheart: Vengeance (2020)
• The Spine of Night (2021)
• The Northman (2022)
• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)

See also

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