| Allen57 | 18 Jul 2018 2:06 p.m. PST |
Reading the previous post TMP link I realized I have no idea of movies with ancient or medieval battles. I can think of only three movies since the 50s. Braveheart and Gladiator which I saw and 300 Spartans which I did not see. What medieval or ancients movies, good or bad, which have battles in them have been made since the 50s? |
 PaulCollins  | 18 Jul 2018 2:12 p.m. PST |
Henry V with Kenneth Branagh (1989) has a a pretty good battle scene, I believe. |
| Alcibiades | 18 Jul 2018 2:45 p.m. PST |
The one saving grace of Oliver Stone's Alexander, imho, were the battle scenes; Guagamela and Ipsus in particular. Russel Crowe's Robin Hood had a pretty good siege scene and a somewhat OTT amphibious invasion scene. Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven had a number of battle scenes, some good, some pretty naff. Kagemusha and Ran both have lots of samurai battle scenes. Those just off the top of my head. |
| Attalus I | 18 Jul 2018 3:03 p.m. PST |
Here's a few: El Cid (battle of Valencia), Fall of the Roman Empire, Alexander Nevski (made before the 50's), Alexander the Great (Burton, 50's), Spartacus, Cleopatra (brief battle scenes). I love the Henry V film. |
 Stosstruppen | 18 Jul 2018 3:20 p.m. PST |
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 miniMo | 18 Jul 2018 3:22 p.m. PST |
After the 1950s: The War Lord (1965), great siege and the first movie with mud in the Middle Ages. The Longships (1964) Taras Bulba (1962) The Legend of Suriyothai (2001), so many elephants. Excalibur (1981), fantasy armour, great battles and movie. |
| Desert Fox | 18 Jul 2018 3:27 p.m. PST |
Always liked the battle scenes in The Vikings (1958) and The Longships Ride the mare of steel! (1964) Nothing wrong with the sword play in the Errol Flynn Robin Hood movies (or swash buckling movies for that matter!) |
| DrSkull | 18 Jul 2018 3:54 p.m. PST |
The Kirk Douglas Spartacus had big battle scene, I think they rented the Spanish army to film it |
| dBerczerk | 18 Jul 2018 4:24 p.m. PST |
Prince of Foxes (1949) -- Tyrone Power and Orson Welles! Genghis Khan (1965) -- Omar Sharif |
| Ragbones | 18 Jul 2018 4:33 p.m. PST |
Red Cliffs. Love the old 1962 300 Spartans with Richard Egan and Ralph Richardson. |
| Winston Smith | 18 Jul 2018 7:52 p.m. PST |
Game of Thrones. Seriously.
Season 2 had the assault on Kings Landing by Stannis the Mannis. Mostly guys waving swords around.
Later, I forget which season, the Wildlings attacking Castle Black but it's a lot better. And Episode 10 has Stannis attacking the Wildling camp. It reminded me of Gaugemela in Alexander.
Hardhome is fun. A swarming zombie attack, and the Good Guys barely escape.
The Battle of the Bastards is basically Burgundians defeating Picts. Except the Picts get a last minute Tolkienesque deus ex machina rescue by HYW English. |
| goragrad | 18 Jul 2018 9:29 p.m. PST |
Heaven and Earth. Small scale, Musa The Warrior. |
| miniMo | 18 Jul 2018 10:21 p.m. PST |
Gladiator (2000)
Rome (HBO series, 2005-7) |
| Frothers Did It And Ran Away | 18 Jul 2018 11:06 p.m. PST |
Mongol has pretty good fights and a big battle at the end. It's a good film in general, too. |
| Katzbalger | 19 Jul 2018 2:57 a.m. PST |
There's a 2001 TV movie called Attila, with some battle scenes. Mostly, its about Aetius and Attila. Rob |
| Huscarle | 19 Jul 2018 10:55 a.m. PST |
Chimes at Midnight (1965) link
Ofelas / Pathfinder (1987)
link |
| BillyNM | 19 Jul 2018 10:55 a.m. PST |
The War Lord is great fun if a bit retro now – a few of the characters (not the stars obviously) even have authentic hair styles. I'm surprised more haven't mentioned Kingdom of Heaven or Alexander. Another favourite of mine is Arn, Knight Templar. |
| Uesugi Kenshin | 19 Jul 2018 3:22 p.m. PST |
Monty Python and the Holy Grail. |
| Thomas Thomas | 20 Jul 2018 11:23 a.m. PST |
The original Henry V (Olivia's version) has if anything a better battle scene than Branagh's. Ivanhoe has a fun castle attack scene. Kingdom of Heaven has a great siege. Sword of Lancelot has a good final battle. But for open field battles, Battle of the Bastards (GOT) is the best ever filmed (though of course the knick of time charge is hollywood). The shield wall crush scene where the Bolton's use DBX mechanics to near crush our hero is as close to a "real" medieval battle as film is like to get. Compare this to the two lines sprinting toward each other that we usually get. TomT |
| dBerczerk | 20 Jul 2018 12:47 p.m. PST |
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| Asteroid X | 20 Jul 2018 11:31 p.m. PST |
Prince Valiant, 1954 (with historically accurate vikings!)
The Fall of the Roman Empire 1964
The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 (2012)
Druids 2001
Jason and the Argonauts 1963 (if you like ancient Greeks fighting in mythological battles)
Ed Cid 1961
The Vikings 1958
Dacii 1967 (1966) [both dates are given]
Scipio Africanus 1937 (okay, it's before the 50's but the battle scenes are better than anything later on for the Punic wars)
and many, many more! |
| catavar | 21 Jul 2018 10:43 a.m. PST |
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