Below is an intial list of all the Sword & Sorcery films I could think of. Special thanks to Bruce Durham for calling to my attention to what is most likely the earliest one on record... Die Nibelungen (Fritz Lang, 1924). Also thanks to Bruce for noting Solomon Kane, which was a great film and a huge oversight on my part.
Here's the list. Would you add or remove anything?
1. Die Nibelungen (Fritz Lang, 1924)
2. The Magic Sword (Bert Gordon, 1962)
3. Jason and the Argonauts (Don Chaffey, 1963)
4. The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (Gordon Hessler, 1974)
5. Hawk the Slayer (Terry Marcel, 1980)
6. Excalibur (John Boorman, 1981)
7. Dragonslayer (Matthew Robbins, 1981)
8. Conan The Barbarian (John Milius, 1982)
9. The Beastmaster (Don Coscarelli, 1982)
10. The Sword and the Sorcerer (Albert Pyun, 1982)
11. Fire and Ice (Ralph Bakshi, 1983)
12. Krull (Peter Yates, 1983)
13. Ator: The Fighting Eagle (Joe D’Amato, 1983)
14. Yor: The Hunter From the Future (Antonio Margheriti,1983)
15. Deathstalker (James Sbardellati, 1983)
16. Sword of the Valiant (Stephen Weeks, 1984)
17. Conan The Destroyer (Richard Fleischer, 1984)
18. The Warrior and the Sorceress (John Broderick, 1984)
19. The Blade Master (Joe D’Amato, 1984)
20. The Devil’s Sword (Ratner Timoer, 1984)
21. The Dungeonmaster (Rosemarie Turko, John Buechler, David Allen, Stephen Ford, Peter Manoogian, Ted Nicolaou, Charles Band, 1985)
22. Ladyhawke (Richard Donner, 1985)
23. Red Sonja (Richard Fleischer, 1985)
24. She (Avi Nesher, 1985)
25. Conquest (Lucio Fulci, 1985)
26. Barbarian Queen (Hector Olivera, 1985)
27. Legend (Ridley Scott, 1986)
28. Highlander (Russell Mulcahy, 1986)
29. Masters of the Universe (Gary Goddard, 1987)
30. Gor (Fritz, Kiersch, 1988)
31. Willow (Ron Howard, 1988)
32. Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back (Joe Finley, 1989)
33. Quest for the Mighty Sword (Joe D’Amato, 1990)
34. Highlander 2 (Russell Mulcahy, 1990)
35. Wizards of the Demon Sword (Fred Olen Ray, 1991)
36. Eyes of the Serpent (Ricardo Jaques Gale, 1994)
37. Dragonheart (Rob Cohen, 1996)
38. The Lord Protector (Ryan Carroll, 1996)
39. Kull The Conqueror (John Nicolella, 1997)
40. Merlin (Steve Barron, 1998)
41. Arthur’s Quest (Neil Mandt, 1999)
42. The 13th Warrior (John McTiernan, 1999)
43. Beowulf (Graham Baker, 1999)
44. Dungeons & Dragons (Courtney Solomon, 2000)
45. Dragonheart: A New Beginning (Doug Lefler, 2000)
46. Highlander 4: Endgame (Douglas Aarniokoski, 2000)
47. Jason and the Argonauts (Nick Willing, 2000)
48. The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson, 2001)
49. Voyage of the Unicorn (Philip Spink, 2001)
50. The Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002)
51. The Scorpion King (Chuck Russell, 2002)
52. Crusade of Vengeance (Byron Thompson, 2002)
53. The Return of the King (Peter Jackson, 2003)
54. Blood of Beasts (David Lister, 2003)
55. Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (Uli Edel, 2004)
56. The Chronicles of Narnia (Andrew Adamson, 2005)
57. Beowulf & Grendel (Sturla Gunnarsson, 2005)
58. Wrath of the Dragon God (Gerry Lively, 2005)
59. Highlander: The Source (Brett Leonard, 2006)
60. Dragon (Leigh Scott, 2006)
61. Beowulf (Robert Zemeckis, 2007)
62. Dragonlance (Will Meugniot, 2007)
63. Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (Russell Mulcahy, 2008)
64. Dragon Hunter (Steve Shimek, 2008)
65. Djinn: An Ancient Fairy Tale (Sean Solimon, 2008)
66. Knights of Bloodsteel (Philip Spink, 2009)
67. Solomon Kane (Michael Basset, 2009)
68. Journey to Promethea (Dan Garcia, 2010)
69. Season of the Witch (Dominic Sena, 2011)
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