Here we've displayed a list of the best 12th Century films : Rashomon(1950), Ran(1985), Becket(1964), Mongol(2007), The Flame and the Arrow(1950), Perceval(1978), Lancelot of the Lake(1974), Ivanhoe(1952), The Crusades(1935), Robin and Marian(1976), King Richard and the Crusaders(1954), Prince Valiant(1997) ... ...
Drama
Japan
1950
88 Minutes
Toshirô Mifune Machiko Ky? Masayuki Mori Takashi Shimura Minoru Chiaki Kichijiro Ueda Daisuke Kato Noriko Honma
husband assassin criminal samurai priest ghost crafty intricate witty suspenseful japan forest suicide rape assassination justice crime mystery pursuit 12th century
The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
Drama, History
Japan|France
1985
160 Minutes
Tatsuya Nakadai Mieko Harada Akira Terao Jinpachi Nezu Daisuke Ryu Yoshiko Miyazaki Kazuo Kato Masayuki Yui Hitoshi Ueki Hisashi Igawa Takeshi Nomura
lord son brother messenger fool dark bleak castle japan greed revenge betrayal death conspiracy injustice fall pursuit rivalry 12th century
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
Drama, History
UK|USA
1964
148 Minutes
Richard Burton Peter O'Toole John Gielgud Gino Cervi Paolo Stoppa Donald Wolfit David Weston Martita Hunt Pamela Brown Sian Phillips
king henry ii archbishop priest courtier brooding dark palace england royal court rome corruption alcoholism royalty salvation religion rivalry revenge 12th century
King Henry II of England comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant Thomas Becket, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the King's.
Adventure, Drama, History, Biography, War
Russia|Germany|Kazakhstan|China
2007
126 Minutes
Tadanobu Asano Honglei Sun Khulan Chuluun Amadu Mamadakov Bayertsetseg Erdenebat Amarbold Tuvshinbayar Tegen Ao Sai Xing Ga
warrior wife father soldier slave brooding gripping intense mongolia outdoors camp genghis khan childhood marriage betrayal slavery friendship growing up love rivalry
The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world in 1206.
Adventure
USA
1950
88 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Virginia Mayo Robert Douglas Aline MacMahon Frank Allenby Nick Cravat Lynne Baggett Gordon Gebert
archer wife leader rebel niece tyrant spirited thrilling melodramatic italy castle village kidnapping rebellion father/son relationship estrangement freedom marriage underdog revenge
Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.
Drama
France|Italy|West Germany
1978
140 Minutes
Fabrice Luchini André Dussollier Solange Boulanger Catherine Schroeder Francisco Orozco Deborah Nathan Jean-Paul Racodon Alain Serve Daniel Tarrare Pascale Ogier Nicolai Arutene
widow young boy knight damsel in distress mother creative offbeat uplifting wales forest battlefield tavern king arthur chivalry knights faith mother/son relationship jousting rise growing up
The exploits of Sir Perceval, a legendary exemplar of knightly chivalry and one of the champions of King Arthur's Round Table.
Drama
France|Italy
1974
85 Minutes
Luc Simon Laura Duke Condominas Humbert Balsan Patrick Bernard Arthur De Montalembert
lancelot guinevere king arthur mentor brooding emotional england camelot castle adultery romance disillusionment royalty knights forbidden love love fall 12th century
King Arthur learns about his wife's, Queen Guinevere, affair with Lancelot, who at the same time remains loyal to the king, particularly after Arthur's traitorous nephew Mordred commits an attempt on his life.
Adventure
UK|USA
1952
106 Minutes
Robert Taylor Elizabeth Taylor Joan Fontaine George Sanders Emlyn Williams Robert Douglas Finlay Currie Felix Aylmer Francis De Wolff Guy Rolfe Norman Wooland
knight king prince pretty woman robin hood engaging spirited england castle wilderness forest rescue romance competition kidnapping adventure rivalry rescue love 12th century
A knight seeks to free the captive King Richard (Norman Wooland) and put him back on the throne.
Drama, History
USA
1935
123 Minutes
Loretta Young Henry Wilcoxon Ian Keith Katherine DeMille C. Aubrey Smith Joseph Schildkraut Alan Hale C. Henry Gordon George Barbier Montagu Love Hobart Bosworth
king richard i sultan crusader knight muslim princess spectacular rousing thrilling jerusalem palestine castle palace church crusade captivity politics forced marriage religion war
King Richard and the Third Crusade (1190-1192) are given the DeMille treatment with more spectacle than history.
Adventure
USA
1976
112 Minutes
Sean Connery Audrey Hepburn Robert Shaw Richard Harris Nicol Williamson Denholm Elliott Kenneth Haigh Ian Holm Ronnie Barker
robin hood richard the lion heart little john mother superior sheriff highwayman confident rousing france battlefield sherwood forest england love faith friendship idealism aging quest adventure rescue
Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.
Drama, History
USA
1954
114 Minutes
Rex Harrison Virginia Mayo Laurence Harvey George Sanders Robert Douglas
king knight lighthearted jerusalem royalty loyalty medieval times swordplay assassination adventure 12th century
While leading the Third Crusade, King Richard the Lionheart (George Sanders) battles treachery in his own camp as well as the Saracens and their charismatic leader Emir Hderim Sultan Saladin (Sir Rex Harrison).
Adventure
Ireland|UK|Germany
1997
92 Minutes
Stephen Moyer Katherine Heigl Thomas Kretschmann Warwick Davis Edward Fox Anthony Hickox Joanna Lumley Udo Kier Zach Galligan Jody Kidd Ron Perlman
king arthur prince viking knight princess wild brutal confident camelot great britain sword power fighting duel adventure 12th century
In a time now lost in the mists of memory, the great King Arthur rules in the legendary citadel that is Camelot. His Knights of the Round Table commit acts of derring-do and spend their ... See full summary »
Action, Adventure
UK
2018
92 Minutes
Ben Freeman Marie Everett Brian Blessed James Oliver Wheatley James G Nunn James Groom Kristian Nairn Martyn Ford Gareth David-Lloyd Phill Martin Tom Ashley
robin hood maid marian sheriff of nottingham friar tuck outlaw confident engaging fiery gripping gutsy melodramatic rousing spirited nottingham, england england robin hood rescue love corruption rebellion
With his true love captured by the villainous Sheriff of Nottingham, the legendary Robin Hood and his crew of outlaws execute a daring rescue to save her.
Action, War, Drama, History
2009
139 Minutes
Rutger Hauer Raz Degan F. Murray Abraham Christo Jivkov Antonio Cupo Cécile Cassel Kasia Smutniak
emperor military officer brutal gripping medieval kingdom germany conquest rivalry 12th century
A young man and his army challenge German ruler Frederick Barbarossa (Rutger Hauer) in the 12th century.
Adventure
1954
77 Minutes
Don Taylor Reginald Beckwith Eileen Moore David King-Wood Douglas Wilmer Harold Lang Ballard Berkeley Patrick Holt
robin hood little john friar tuck nobleman prince king richard i rousing engaging england castle sherwood forest village tower river outlaws english history ambush murder knights secret mission
Robin Hood (Don Taylor), Friar Tuck (Reginald Beckwith) and the Merry Men try to rescue King Richard.