1964 – Glenville, Becket
King Henry II of England comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant Thomas à Becket, who finds his true honor by observing God’s divine will rather than the king’s.
Category: Middle Ages
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Annaud, Jean-Jacques. The Name of the Rose, 1986. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091605/.
Axel, Gabriel. Royal Deceit, 1994. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110891/.
Bergman, Ingmar. The Seventh Seal. Svensk Filmindustri, Janus Films, 1957. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050976.
Bergman, Ingmar. The Virgin Spring, 1960. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053976/.
Boorman, John. Excalibur, 1981. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082348/.
Branagh, Kenneth. Thor, 2011. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800369/.
Bresson, Robert. Lancelot of the Lake, 1974. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071737/.
Brooks, Mel. Robin Hood: Men in Tights, 1993. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107977/.
Butler, David. King Richard and the Crusaders, 1954. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047150/.
Curtiz, Michael, and William Keighley. The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1938. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029843/.
DeMille, Cecil B. The Crusades, 1935. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026249/.
Eisenstein, Sergei. Alexander Nevsky. Mosfilm, 1938. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029850.
Fleischer, Richard. The Vikings, 1958. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052365/.
Frank, Melvin, and Norman Panama. The Court Jester, 1956. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049096/.
Garnett, Tay. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, 1949. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041259/.
Gibson, Mel. Braveheart. Paramount Pictures, 1995. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112573.
Gilliam, Terry, and Terry Jones. Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 1975. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/.
Glenville, Peter. Becket. Paramount Pictures, 1964. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057877.
Gunnarsson, Sturla. Beowulf & Grendel, 2006. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402057/.
Harvey, Anthony. The Lion in Winter, 1968. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063227/.
Hathaway, Henry. Prince Valiant, 1954. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047365/.
Helgeland, Brian. A Knight’s Tale, 2001. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183790/.
Huston, John. A Walk with Love and Death, 1969. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065195/.
Lester, Richard. Robin and Marian, 1976. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075147/.
Logan, Joshua. Camelot. Warner Bros. Pictures, 1967. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061439.
Mann, Anthony. El Cid. Weinstein Company, 1961. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054847.
Pasolini, Pier Paolo. The Decameron, 1971. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065622/.
Powell, Dick. The Conqueror, 1956. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049092/.
Reynolds, Kevin. Tristan + Isolde, 2006. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375154/.
Reynolds, Kevin. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, 1991. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102798/.
Rohmer, Éric. Perceval, 1979. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078073/.
Schaffner, Franklin J. The War Lord, 1965. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059896/.
Scott, Ridley. Robin Hood, 2010. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0955308/.
Scott, Ridley. Kingdom of Heaven, 2005. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0320661/.
Sena, Dominic. Season of the Witch, 2011. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479997/.
Smith, Christopher. Black Death, 2010. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1181791/.
Tavernier, Bertrand. Beatrice, 1987. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093709/.
Thorpe, Richard. Ivanhoe, 1953. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044760/.
Zeffirelli, Franco. Hamlet, 1991. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099726/.
Zucker, Jerry. First Knight, 1995. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113071/.
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