List of films based on Arthurian legend

Films based on the Arthurian legend are many and varied. They can be divided into several broad categories:

Adaptations

Relatively straightforward adaptations of the legends, reconstructed history, or modern Arthurian material.

* "Parsifal" (1904)
* "Launcelot and Elaine" (1909)
* "Il Re Artù e i cavalieri della tavola rotonda" (1910)
* "Parsifal" (1912)
* "The Quest of the Holy Grail" (1915)
* "The Adventures of Sir Galahad" (serial) (1950)
* "Knights of the Round Table" (1953)
* "Parsifal" (1953)
* "The Black Knight" (1954)
* "Prince Valiant" (1954)
* "The Adventures of Sir Lancelot" (serial) (1956)
* "Lancelot and Guinevere" (1963)
* "Camelot" (1967)
* "Arthur of the Britons" (1972)
* "Gawain and the Green Knight" (1973)
* "Lancelot du Lac" (1974)
* "Perceval le Gallois" (1979)
* "Parzival" (1980)
* "Excalibur" (1981)
* "Parsifal" (1982)
* "Camelot" (a videotaped stage performance of the musical, presented on HBO) (1982)
* "" (1984)
* "Les Chevaliers de la table ronde" (1990)
* "Ginevra" (1992)
* "Guinevere" (1994)
* "First Knight" (1995)
* "Prince Valiant" (1997)
* "Merlin" (1998)
* "The Mists of Avalon" (2001)
* "King Arthur" (2004)
* "Merlin's Apprentice" (2006)
* "The Last Legion" (2007)
* "Pendragon Sword of his Father" (in production 2008)

Modernization

Films whose plot "updates" or otherwise moves the legend to modern times.
* "Knights of the Square Table" (1917)
* "King Arthur Was a Gentleman" (1942)
* "Knightriders" (1981)
* "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989)
* "The Fisher King" (1991)
* "Seaview Knights" (1994)
* "Four Diamonds" (1995)
* "Kids of the Round Table" (1995)
* "Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders" (1996)
* "Lancelot, Guardian of Time" (1997)
* "Arthur's Quest" (1999)
* "Avalon" (2001)
* "Fate/stay night" (2004)
* "Stargate SG1" Season 9 to 10 (2006 - 2007)

= Films based on the Tristan legend =

* "Tristan et Yseut" (1909)
* "Tristan et Yseut" (1911)
* "Tristan et Yseut" (1920)
* "The Eternal Return" (1943)
* "Tristana" (1970)
* "Tristan et Yseut" (1972)
* "Tristan and Isolt aka Lovespell" (1979)
* "Fire and Sword" (1981)
* "The Woman Next Door" (1981)
* "Isolde" (1989)
* "In the Shadow of the Raven" (1988)
* "Connemara" (1989)
* "Pardes" (1997)
* "Tristan et Yseut" (2002)
* "Tristan and Isolde" (2006)

"Connecticut Yankee"

Films based on Mark Twain's novel "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court", about a modern man/woman who travels in time to Arthur's period.

* "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1921) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012067/]
* "A Connecticut Yankee" (1931) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021759/]
* "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1949), a musical film starring Bing Crosby and Rhonda Fleming
* "A Connecticut Yankee" (1955 TV movie) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0321754/]
* "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1970) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756637/]
* "Unidentified Flying Oddball", also known as "The Spaceman and King Arthur" (1979)
* "Novye prikluchenia janke pri dvore Korola Artura" (1987) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307245/]
* "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1989 TV movie) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097104/]
* "A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1995) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115030/]
* "A Kid in King Arthur's Court" (1995)
* "A Knight in Camelot" (1998)
* Black Knight (2001)

Animation

* "The Sword in the Stone" (1963)
* "A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court" (1978)
* "Quest for Camelot" (1998)
* "Tristan et Yseut" (2002)

Humour

* "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975)
* "Kaamelott (2005)

ee also

* Lists of movie source material

External links

* [http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/acpbibs/harty.htm Arthurian Film] by Kevin J. Harty