Top 100 Quintessential Gamers Movies (Fantasy)

[Priest_Sidran]

What are your recomendations for such a list...

Here are my mentions (without taking into account LoTR, and Harry Potter)

1. Willow
1a. A Knights Tale ( I thought it was there)
2. Legend
3. Princess Bride
4. Baron Mancheusen (Sp?)
5. Monty Python Search for the Holy Grail
6. Eric the Viking
7. 13th Warrior
8. The Musketeer
9. The Messanger (Joan d'Arc)
10. Fire and Ice (Animated)
11. Sinbad and the Seven Seas
12. Excalibur
13. Prince Valliant (1997 Release)
14. Underworld
15. Blade 1
16. Reign of Fire
17. Dragonslayer
18. Ladyhawk
19. King Arthur
20. Troy
21. Red Sonja
22. Roar (TV. Series with Heath Ledger)
23. Knights Tale
24. History of the World (Part 1)
25. Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
26. The Last Unicorn (Peter S. Beagle Animated)
27. Tristan & Isolde (2005)
28. The Mummy
29. The Mummy Returns
30. Scorpion King
31. Kingdom of Heaven
32. Constantine
33. Timeline
34. Dungeons and Dragons 1 (Or 2 for those that Like it better)
35. Pirates of the Caribbean
36. Cutthroat Island
37. Shipwrecked
38. Treasure Island
39. The Mysterious Island
40. Earthsea (Sci Fi Original)
41. Brotherhood of the Wolf (French film)
42. Night of the Living Dead
43. In the Mouth of Madness
44. The Cell
45. Monty Python Life of Brian
46. Kaena the Prophecy
47. V for Vendetta
48. The Count of Monte Cristo
49. The Man in the Iron Mask
50. The Three Musketeers
51. Quills
52. The Covenant (Still in theaters)
53. Van Helsing
54. Flight of the Dragons
55. The Gnomemobile
56. Mary Poppins
57. Bedknobs and broomsticks
58. What Dreams may come
59. Isle of Dr. Moreau
60. Shang-re-La
61. House of Flying Daggers
62. Hero
63. Labrynth
64. Dark Crystal
65. Robin Hood; Men in Tights
66. Bulletproof Monk ( Questionable for this list but hey its a good movie)
67. Merlin ( Sam Neil)
68. Snowwhite (Sam Neil, Sigorney Weaver)
69. Sleepy Hollow
70. Hercules
71. Clash of the Titans
72. Jason and the Argonauts
73. The Odyssy
74. Gladiator (Should be much higher up)
75. The Cinderella Story (Drew Barrymore)
76. Edward Scissorhands
77. The Craft
78. Interview with a Vampire
79. Bram Stokers Dracula (Keanu Reeves)
80. Dark Kingdom
81. Mists of Avalon
82. Joan of Arc (Lili Sobieski)
83. First Knight
84. Highlander
85. Dragonheart (1)
86. Mirrormask
87. Immortals
88. Anthony and Cleopatra
89. Chronicles of Narnia
90. American Werewolf in Paris
91. Shaun of the Dead
92. Beastmaster
93. The Golden Child
94. Big Trouble in Little China
95. Krull
96. Krull the Conqueror
97. Conan the Destroyer
98. Hawk the Slayer (Never seen it personally)
99. Time Bandits (Actually was on the list at like #3 but I moved it and forgot to replace it)
00. Dagon
And that is it for now for me

 

[paradox42]

I think you need to remove the "1" qualifier for Pirates of the Caribbean- the second movie is better than the first IMO, and as far as gaming goes- they freaking play Liar's Dice as a major plot point! How much more gamer-friendly can you get?

And since wuxia films are on the list (Hero, House of Flying Daggers), you simply must add the one that brought them to mainstream American audiences- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

If History of the World (Part 1) makes the list, then other Mel Brooks films should as well- notably Spaceballs and Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

 

[Priest_Sidran]

I think you need to remove the "1" qualifier for Pirates of the Caribbean- the second movie is better than the first IMO, and as far as gaming goes- they freaking play Liar's Dice as a major plot point! How much more gamer-friendly can you get?

And since wuxia films are on the list (Hero, House of Flying Daggers), you simply must add the one that brought them to mainstream American audiences- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

If History of the World (Part 1) makes the list, then other Mel Brooks films should as well- notably Spaceballs and Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

Darn I quoted the wrong Robin Hood...I meant for the Prince of Thieves to be Men in Tights


And Spaceballs doesn't quite fit the list of fantasy or contemporary fantasy that I am going for. ( Pirates 2 is alright but 1 was a much more grim and gritty film and meets my definitions better)

As for crouching tiger hidden dragon I have not seen it

 

[trancejeremy]

The two Sinbad movies from the 60s-70s should be on the list. They are basically D&D movies - a party of adventurers going on a quest, fighting monsters and evil wizards.

And of course, Hawk the Slayer, which inspired many a D&D game. At least the elf did.

 

[TogaMario]

Conan the Barbarian ... or was it the destroyer ... can't remember which. Oh, and "The Gamer's" ... ghetto, but with hilarious truth!

 

[WayneLigon]

Am I missing it, or is Lord of the Rings not on that list?

Dagon is a good film to include, as one of the few Lovecraft-inspired films ever made.
The various Harry Potter films
Beastmaster
Time Bandits
The various Harryhausen Sinbad movies must be included, of course.
The animated Sinbad from a couple years ago
Erik the Viking
Big Trouble in Little China
Dragon Inn
Musa the Warrior

 

[Sir Brennen]

You have "The Last Unicorn" listed twice.

Krull should be up there.

Kull the Conqueror is debatable as "quintessential", saved perhaps by this line:

Ascalante: Your bride is over 3,000 years old.
Kull: She told me she was 19!

 

[johnsemlak]

Could we discuss the criteria for this list?

So far we have geeky fantasy films. Why is Robin Hood Prince of Thieves there, or any Mel Brooks film, if we're talking about fantasy films?

 

[Templetroll]

The Long Ships with Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier, made in 63. It is about vikings looking for a great golden bell called the Mother of Voices. Poitier is a Moorish prince seeking the same. It is gamer related in the adventure set up and how Richard Widmark's viking goes about accomplishing things.

You have D&D 1 but not D&D 2 which is the better movie of the two.

Bulletproof Monk is far more fantasy than Gladiator.

Gnomemobile..... :\ Cute movie but you have a very flexible guideline for inclusion on this list.

 

[Klaus]

Yeah, Kull should be in there, along with A Knight's Tale ("Pain! Pain!", and the best on-screen bard I've seen) and The Three Musketeers (Kiefer Sutherland, Oliver Platt and Charlie Sheen).