# The best medieval movies

Knights, monasteries, crusades and the odd comedy: the best films set in the Middle Ages, according to DOD Magazine, El Cine en la Sombra and Agenda Medieval.

- 111 votes · 14 items
- Jul 9, 2025 · Gastón Ruiz Medina
- https://even.best/en/l/4171/the-best-medieval-movies

## Top 10

1. **The Seventh Seal (1957)** (15 · ▲15 ▼0) — A knight plays chess with Death, by Bergman.
2. **The Name of the Rose (1986)** (12 · ▲12 ▼0) — William of Baskerville and the murders in an abbey.
3. **Excalibur (1981)** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — The whole Arthurian legend, by John Boorman.
4. **Braveheart (1995)** (8 · ▲9 ▼1) — William Wallace against the English.
5. **Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — The quest for the Grail, Monty Python style.
6. **A Knight's Tale (2001)** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — A squire who poses as a nobleman at tournaments.
7. **The Last Duel (2021)** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — France's last judicial duel, by Ridley Scott.
8. **Lancelot du Lac (1974)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — The Grail knights according to Robert Bresson.
9. **El Cid (1961)** (3 · ▲6 ▼3) — Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, with Charlton Heston.
10. **Andrei Rublev (1966)** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — The icon painter in 15th-century Russia, by Tarkovsky.
11. **The Green Knight (2021)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Sir Gawain and his trial, by David Lowery.
12. **Henry V (1989)** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — Agincourt according to Shakespeare and Kenneth Branagh.
13. **The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — The Maid of Orléans, by Luc Besson.
14. **Kingdom of Heaven (2005)** (0 · ▲3 ▼3) — A blacksmith in crusader Jerusalem.

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