Excalibur (The Knights) (1981)

7	Rating (402 ratings)
7.4	IMDB rating

Your Rating:

Currently Stars.
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Add to favorites

Edit page

Directed by

John Boorman

Starring (View all)

Nigel Terry
King Arthur

Helen Mirren
Morgana

Nicholas Clay
Lancelot

Cherie Lunghi
Guenevere

Paul Geoffrey
Perceval

Nicol Williamson
Merlin

Robert Addie
Mordred

Gabriel Byrne
Uther Pendragon

Written by (View all)

Thomas Malory

Rospo Pallenberg
(adaptation)

Lists

167 votes

500 Essential Cult Movies (502 items)
list by Mackenzi

Published 1 year, 10 months ago

6 comments

104 votes

6,006 Movies to Experience B4 Death... (6006 items)
list by ToonHead2102

Published 7 years, 6 months ago

13 comments

79 votes

Best Movies of 80s (150 items)
list by xolmis

Published 6 years ago

9 comments

76 votes

Watched in 2014 (165 items)
list by Kankku

Published 4 years, 11 months ago

2 comments

69 votes

Medieval Times (53 items)
list by Avalon

Published 7 years, 7 months ago

16 comments

View all Excalibur lists (119 more)

Excalibur Videos

Excalibur 1981 Trailer

164 Views, 1 votes

Added 7 years ago

View all Excalibur videos

Cover art, photos and screenshots

6 votes

3 votes

View all Excalibur pictures (95 more)

Reviews

A good movie

5 years, 9 months ago at Mar 8 10:35

johanlefourbe

Honestly, I find it rather difficult to judge this movie. Indeed, I have always had a weak spot for John Boorman's work and I wanted to watch this flick for many years. Furthermore, it had built up a decent cult following since its release so my expectations were pretty high up. However, I can't say that the whole thing was mind-blowing though. I mean, I did like this movie but there were many thi... read more

View all Excalibur reviews

Description: The greatest Arthurian movie ever made. This lush retelling of the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is a dark and engrossing tale. Director John Boorman (Deliverance) masterfully handles the tale of the mythical sword Excalibur, and its passing from the wizard Merlin to the future king of England. Arthur pulls the famed sword from a stone and is destined to be crowned king. As the king embarks on a passionate love affair with Guenevere, an illegitimate son, and Merlin's designs on power, threaten Arthur's reign. The film is visually stunning and unflinching in its scenes of combat and black magic. Feat ... (more)

Release date: 10 April 1981
UPC: 085392201822

Tags: Fantasy (19), Drama (12), Medieval (11), Adventure (10), 1981 (10), Action (10), Legend (8), King Arthur (7), 1980s (7), Wizard (6), Holy Grail (6), Camelot (6), Dragon (5), Witch (4), Sword And Sorcery (4), (3), Snake (2), Excalibur (2), Cave (2), 80's (2)

My tags:

Add tags

Add to list

Not interested

Add Review

Picture

Video

English only, other review rules - Big post screen

Update feed

Agent Kermit D. Fonz added this to a list 4 months, 1 week ago

Visually Breath Taking Films (402 movies items)

" "

Exclusive added this to a list 7 months, 2 weeks ago

My Favorite Actors: Helen Mirren (17 movies items)

crazyarms added this to a list 8 months ago

Alt-right movies (87 movies items)

Agent Kermit D. Fonz added this to a list 8 months, 4 weeks ago

Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Films: 1980-1981 (16 movies items)

" Directed by: John Boorman Produced by: John Boorman, Robert A. Eisenstein, and Edgar F. Gross Written by: John Boorman and Rospo Pallenberg Based on the novel by, "Le Morte D'Arthur" by: Thomas Malory Cinematography: Alex Thomson Edited by: John Merritt and Donn Cambern Music by: Trevor Jones Distributed by: Warner Bros."

hsallinen added this to a list 11 months, 1 week ago

Seen in 2018 (362 movies items)

"This movie got really good after the hunt for the Grail begins. Before that I had problem with the overacting and awful dubbing. "

cudion added this to a list 11 months, 3 weeks ago

My 170 favorite movies from 1700 viewed (164 movies items)

aLittleTyger voted for 3 images 1 year ago

Kandi added this to a list 1 year ago

Jousting in the Movies (9 movies items)

" Nicholas Clay Nigel Terry"

Larri added this to a list 1 year, 2 months ago

Doodling and monkeying around, pt III (32 movies items)

movieman added this to a list 1 year, 4 months ago

1981 Movies Ranked (19 movies items)

imanshole voted for an image 1 year, 4 months ago

kathy voted for 3 images 1 year, 4 months ago

chloe51 voted for an image 1 year, 5 months ago

becca85 added this to a list 1 year, 5 months ago

Collection: From Novel to Film (780 movies items)

" TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: Le Morte d'Arthur PUBLISHED FORMAT: folktale AUTHOR/CREATOR: William Caxton ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1485 HAVE I READ: No NOTES: N/A "

Agent Kermit D. Fonz added this to a list 1 year, 7 months ago

King Arthur: The Best and Worst of (6 movies items)