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Theme: The Holy Grail

The Da Vinci Code (2006)

21 June 200624 October 2021

Rating: ★★

Secret History of Christianity/Historical Conspiracy

Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, …
Category: Fantasy

Excalibur (1981)

28 June 20023 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Arthurian Legends

Director: John Boorman
Actors: Nigel Terry, Nicol Williamson, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, …
Category: Fantasy

The Fisher King (1991)

14 September 200215 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★½

Modern-Day Grail Quest

Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer
Category: Fantasy

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

15 February 200115 February 2020

Rating: ★★

High Adventure/Holy Grail Quest

Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody, Julian Glover, …
Category: Fantasy

Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2019)

18 May 20193 November 2022

Rating: ★★

Nazi Moonbase/Alien Lizard People from the Centre of the Earth

Director: Timo Vuorensola
Actors: Lara Rossi, Udo Kier, Julia Dietze, Tom Green, …
Category: Science Fiction

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (2017)

17 July 201724 November 2020

Rating: ½

Modernised Arthurian Legends/The Asylum Mockbuster

Director: Jared Cohn
Actors: Sara Malakul Lane, Eoin O'Brien, Alex Winters, Russell Geoffrey Banks, …
Category: Fantasy

King Arthur: Excalibur Rising (2017)

6 February 201821 April 2021

Rating: ★★

Arthurian Legends Adventure

Director: Antony Smith
Actors: Adam Byard, Annes Elwy, Gavin Swift, Nicola Stuart-Hill, …
Category: Fantasy

Labyrinth (2012)

20 January 201415 June 2021

Rating: ★★

Cross-Historical Search for the Holy Grail

Director: Christopher Smith
Actors: Vanessa Kirby, Jessica Brown-Findlay, Katie McGrath, John Hurt, …
Category: Fantasy

Lancelot du Lac (1974)

27 May 20125 February 2019

Rating: ★★

Arthurian Legends

Director: Robert Bresson
Actors: Luc Simon, Laura Duke Condominas, Humbert Balsan, Vladimir Antolek-Oresek, …
Category: Fantasy

Merlin’s Apprentice (2006)

26 March 20076 March 2019

Rating: ★★

Arthurian Legends Adventure

Director: David Wu
Actors: Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson, John Reardon, Meghan Ory, …
Category: Fantasy

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

16 September 200524 November 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Absurdist Parody of the Arthurian Legends

Director: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Actors: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, …
Category: Fantasy

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)

24 January 20152 October 2021

Rating: ★

Museum Exhibits Come to Life

Director: Shawn Levy
Actors: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, …
Category: Fantasy

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being Based on True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns

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