Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Sword & Sorcery List Update

Thanks to Bruce Durham for the following suggestions: The Black Cauldron, Wizards of the Lost Kingdom, and Amazons.

1.                  Die Nibelungen (Fritz Lang, 1924)
2.                  Sinbad the Sailor (Richard Wallace, 1947)
3.                  The Magic Voyage of Sinbad (aka Sadko) (Aleksandr Ptushko, 1953)
4.                  Knights of the Round Table (Richard Thorpe, 1953)
5.                  The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (Nathan Juran, 1958)
6.                  Sleeping Beauty (Clyde Geronimi, 1959)
7.                  Jack the Giant Killer (aka Sinbad devlere karsi) (Nathan Juran, 1962)
8.                  The Magic Sword (Bert Gordon, 1962)
9.                  Jason and the Argonauts (Don Chaffey, 1963)
10.              Captain Sinbad (Byron Haskin, 1963)
11.              The Sword in the Stone (Wolfgang Reitherman, 1963)
12.              Sword of Lancelot (Cornel Wilde, 1963)
13.              The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (Gordon Hessler, 1974)
14.              Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (George Lucas, 1977)
15.              Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (Sam Wanamaker, 1977)
16.              Wizards (Ralph Bakshi, 1977)
17.              The Hobbit (Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr., 1977)
18.              Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner, 1980)
19.              Hawk the Slayer (Terry Marcel, 1980)
20.              Excalibur (John Boorman, 1981)
21.              Clash of the Titans (Desmond Davis, 1981)
22.              Dragonslayer (Matthew Robbins, 1981)
23.              Time Bandits (Terry Gilliam, 1981)
24.              Conan The Barbarian (John Milius, 1982)
25.              The Beastmaster (Don Coscarelli, 1982)
26.              The Sword and the Sorcerer (Albert Pyun, 1982)
27.              The Dark Crystal (Jim Henson, Frank Oz, 1982)
28.              The Flight of Dragons (Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr., 1982)
29.              The Last Unicorn (Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr., 1982)
30.              The Sorceress (Jack Hill, 1982)
31.              Hundra (Matt Cimber, 1982)
32.              Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand, 1983)
33.              Fire and Ice (Ralph Bakshi, 1983)
34.              Krull (Peter Yates, 1983)
35.              Ator: The Fighting Eagle (Joe D’Amato, 1983)
36.              Yor: The Hunter From the Future (Antonio Margheriti,1983)
37.              Deathstalker (James Sbardellati, 1983)
38.              Sword of the Valiant (Stephen Weeks, 1984)
39.              Conan The Destroyer (Richard Fleischer, 1984)
40.              The Warrior and the Sorceress (John Broderick, 1984)
41.              The Blade Master (Joe D’Amato, 1984)
42.              The Devil’s Sword (Ratner Timoer, 1984)
43.              The Dungeonmaster (Rosemarie Turko, John Buechler, David Allen, Stephen Ford, Peter Manoogian, Ted Nicolaou, Charles Band, 1985)
44.              Ladyhawke (Richard Donner, 1985)
45.              Red Sonja (Richard Fleischer, 1985)
46.              She (Avi Nesher, 1985)
47.              Conquest (Lucio Fulci, 1985)
48.              Barbarian Queen (Hector Olivera, 1985)
49.              The Black Cauldron (Ted Berman, Richard Rich, 1985)
50.              Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (Hector Olivera, 1985)
51.              Legend (Ridley Scott, 1986)
52.              Highlander (Russell Mulcahy, 1986)
53.              Amazons (Alejandro Sessa, 1986)
54.              Masters of the Universe (Gary Goddard, 1987)
55.              Iron Warrior (Alfonso Brescia, 1987)
56.              Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans (Jim Wynorski, 1987)
57.              Gor (Fritz, Kiersch, 1988)
58.              Willow (Ron Howard, 1988)
59.              Deathstalker III: The Warriors from Hell (Alfonso Corona, 1988)
60.              Sinbad of the Seven Seas (Enzo Castellari, 1989)
61.              Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back (Joe Finley, 1989)
62.              Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II (Charles Griffith, 1989)
63.              Quest for the Mighty Sword (Joe D’Amato, 1990)
64.              Highlander 2 (Russell Mulcahy, 1990)
65.              Deathstalker IV: Match of Titans (Howard Cohen, 1990)
66.              Wizards of the Demon Sword (Fred Olen Ray, 1991)
67.              Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Kevin Reynolds, 1991)
68.              Eyes of the Serpent (Ricardo Jaques Gale, 1994)
69.              Highlander: The Final Dimension (Andrew Morahan, 1994)
70.              Dragonheart (Rob Cohen, 1996)
71.              The Lord Protector (Ryan Carroll, 1996)
72.              Kull The Conqueror (John Nicolella, 1997)
73.              Merlin (Steve Barron, 1998)
74.              Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (George Lucas, 1999)
75.              Arthur’s Quest (Neil Mandt, 1999)
76.              The 13th Warrior (John McTiernan, 1999)
77.              Beowulf (Graham Baker, 1999)
78.              Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists (Evan Ricks, 2000)
79.              Dungeons & Dragons (Courtney Solomon, 2000)
80.              Dragonheart: A New Beginning (Doug Lefler, 2000)
81.              Highlander 4: Endgame (Douglas Aarniokoski, 2000)
82.              Jason and the Argonauts (Nick Willing, 2000)
83.              The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson, 2001)
84.              Voyage of the Unicorn (Philip Spink, 2001)
85.              Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (George Lucas, 2002)
86.              The Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002)
87.              The Scorpion King (Chuck Russell, 2002)
88.              Crusade of Vengeance (Byron Thompson, 2002)
89.              The Return of the King (Peter Jackson, 2003)
90.              Blood of Beasts (David Lister, 2003)
91.              Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (Patrick Gilmore, Tim Johnson, 2003)
92.              Barbarian (John O’Halloran, 2003)
93.              Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (Uli Edel, 2004)
94.              Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (George Lucas, 2005)
95.              The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Andrew Adamson, 2005)
96.              Beowulf & Grendel (Sturla Gunnarsson, 2005)
97.              Wrath of the Dragon God (Gerry Lively, 2005)
98.              Highlander: The Source (Brett Leonard, 2006)
99.              Dragon (Leigh Scott, 2006)
100.          Beowulf (Robert Zemeckis, 2007)
101.          Dragonlance (Will Meugniot, 2007)
102.          In the Name of the King (Uwe Boll, 2007)
103.          Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (Russell Mulcahy, 2008)
104.          Dragon Hunter (Steve Shimek, 2008)
105.          Djinn: An Ancient Fairy Tale (Sean Solimon, 2008)
106.          Outlander (Howard McCain, 2008)
107.          The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Andrew Adamson, 2008)
108.          Knights of Bloodsteel (Philip Spink, 2009)
109.          Solomon Kane (Michael Basset, 2009)
110.          Sinbad and the Minotaur (Karl Zwicky, 2010)
111.          Journey to Promethea (Dan Garcia, 2010)
112.          The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Andrew Adamson, 2010)
113.          Clash of the Titans (Louis Leterrier, 2010)
114.          Season of the Witch (Dominic Sena, 2011)
115.          Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage (Shahin Sean Solimon, 2011)

Probation:

Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven and Hell (Yoshiyuki Kuroda, 1974)
Pirates of the Caribbean (Gore Verbinski, 2003)
Vampire Hunter D. (Toyoo Ashida, Carl Macek, 1985)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, 1975)
The Thief of Baghdad (Raoul Walsh, 1924)
300 (Zack Snyder, 2006)
The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987)
Van Helsing (Stephen Sommers, 2004)

Additions:


1 comment:

  1. Are you going to extend it to include Television series as well?

    I think its a pretty darn good list, I'd love to see some more of these.. but they are, generally unavailable on DVD or simply too expensive for what they are.

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