King Arthur Movies

All of Malory crammed into a movie that has emotional drama, fantastic presentation and profound symbolism. An ageless masterpiece.

This superbly crafted story about honor is one of the very few Arthurian movies that is also a great movie in general.

Strong feminine and paganic themes make this a memorable and refreshing watch among Arthurian movies.

Is it as brilliant as the original Broadway musical? Probably not. Does it nevertheless retain enough charm to be a thoroughly enjoyable movie experience? Yes Sir!

Bresson's directorial antics are certainly not everyone's cup of tea, but here they fuel a strong, nihilistic love drama.

Merlin is high on magic and thanks to the generous running time also high on mythos. Many absolutely delicious performances keep the story well afloat amidst outdated visuals.

If you like Chrétien, this is certainly for you. Even if you don't, your struggle against unfinished storylines and stagelike production will be worth it when you get to the masterful conclusion of the quest.

Bravely incorporates alliterations from the original text. Only the early analepsis hampers this concise and faithful adaptation.

Ample running time allows many smaller famous acts we have rarely seen, yet sometimes the movie feels a bit perfunctory. Claustrophobic cinematography fails to obfuscate low-key production values, but the acting is top-notch.

Never has Arthur been closer to Hollywood - here we have the biggest names, the widest screen and the most vibrant colors.

Thoroughly proficient filmmaking. But you really can't be proficient in love without spoiling it, and that's where this movie fails.

You must be able to endure opera, Wagner and glacial pacing to uncover the interesting symbolism Syberberg has added on the top of the original story.

Lots of knightly action and a well matured love triangle. The most magical thing here is a bar of soap.

A low budget spiritual predecessor to the Mists of Avalon. Based on Woolley's novels, it gets quite talky at times.

Harmless adventuring with sparse Arthurian references and a dense array of massive Viking horns. Visually very loyal to the comics - they only forgot men's lipstick.

A very loose adaption with an A-list love triangle and heaps of general silliness. I questioned the pistol crossbows at first, but then realised that they actually might be effective against those Star Trek uniforms.

Suberb production values, cartoon characters, dismal plot. Owen is especially bad, but then again the script gives him nothing more than pep talk to work with.

Interestingly set in the times before Arthur, this is a bit more serious than the most recent young Merlin series. Historic name-dropping, beautiful Welsh scenery and clunky acting.

After a very strong intro scene, the plot becomes a hodgepodge of childish gags. I would have preferred this to be "The Legend of the Green Knight and the Green Knight Only". Connery's chest hair alone has more charisma than the bodybuilder protagonist.

Arthur and the lads messing about. It's so full of over-the-top action that the story comes up completely empty.

There is a promise of a good bromance, but an inept script fails to milk enough out from the titular characters.

Low budget and high fantasy is rarely a good combination, but this has plenty of unintentional laughs to offer. Never has Merlin sounded more Jamaican.

Massive blunders in the every domain of film making, starting from pound for pound worst special effects on this list. So woeful that it's actually funny.

There's no one to root for in this badly edited and decisively unknightly story about Mordred taking over Camelot.

At some point, a crocodile in a plate mail jumps out of an indoor pool, and that's enough said about this movie. Still, a chance to see Ron Perlman.

Saxons you say? A historically accurate Knights of the Round Table reboot perhaps? Nope, more like a tacky Knight Rider 2000 prequel.

Sam Neill sleepwalks through this ultimate collection of uninteresting clichés.

The battle between Arthur's sons is ruined by rampant overacting, cheap effects and unnecessary gore.

It Burns? Certainly - it's wooden. Arthurian literature is full of Christian themes and references, which this religious movie tries to exploit too heavy-handedly.

Only a year removed from Shane, Alan Ladd is an alarmingly disinterested disaster here.

It's rather shocking how pedestrian everything here is, considering they had an established Hollywood blockbuster director.