Sword & Sorcery, a list by Riz

8.0

/853281/

79

/34291/

77

/11310/

3.9

/2102561/

83

/514/

Audience

90

/7039/

74

/68/

3.5

age 13+

Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

61

6.1

/79048/

68

/5491/

71

/1656/

2.5

/223191/

56

/123/

Audience

61

/2816/

46

/28/

3.0

age 13+

A young woman's marriage to a charming prince turns into a fierce fight for survival when she's offered up as a sacrifice to a fire-breathing dragon.

53

6.3

/179275/

68

/5886/

62

/2680/

2.8

/140293/

44

/77/

Audience

65

/71418/

41

/20/

1.0

age 13+

In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.

68

7.3

/314692/

73

/6447/

69

/3998/

3.6

/108276/

40

/189/

Audience

72

/365875/

63

/40/

3.5

age 17+

After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.

87

8.9

/2006369/

87

/51492/

84

/24073/

4.4

/1303844/

91

/235/

Audience

95

/1355751/

92

/34/

3.0

age 12+

Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.

84

8.0

/450873/

82

/11807/

76

/4361/

4.0

/510250/

96

/84/

Audience

94

/37222/

78

/20/

3.5

age 8+

In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.

77

8.1

/1210009/

80

/33408/

77

/19835/

3.9

/842275/

80

/220/

Audience

86

/33125722/

63

/40/

3.0

age 12+

Jack Sparrow, a freewheeling 18th-century pirate, quarrels with a rival pirate bent on pillaging Port Royal. When the governor's daughter is kidnapped, Sparrow decides to help the girl's love save her.

89

9.0

/1978464/

88

/45028/

84

/23295/

4.5

/1076646/

94

/280/

Audience

86

/34679773/

94

/41/

3.5

age 12+

Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron's forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam take the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark lord's realm.

64

7.0

/147387/

73

/4840/

69

/2461/

3.3

/62625/

71

/38/

Audience

79

/135633/

24

/7/

age 18+

He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.

74

7.2

/224671/

74

/13443/

73

/3122/

3.5

/467728/

91

/313/

Audience

93

/4644/

72

/57/

2.0

age 12+

A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.

76

58

7.8

/5052/

78

/70/

61

/17/

75

/8/

Audience

91

/709/

An English navigator becomes both pawn and player in the deadly political games in feudal Japan.

54

6.5

/345715/

70

/25313/

66

/11549/

2.6

/318682/

30

/292/

Audience

60

/131687/

39

/45/

2.0

age 12+

Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the evil Capt. Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle. Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it, he must forge an uneasy alliance with a brilliant and beautiful astronomer and a headstrong young man in the British navy.

63

6.5

/856181/

69

/30987/

65

/13960/

2.9

/848501/

52

/237/

Audience

59

/1212599/

51

/36/

3.5

age 8+

Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi.

67

7.6

/863997/

77

/24662/

71

/13220/

3.3

/344122/

61

/236/

Audience

89

/1435986/

52

/42/

2.0

age 17+

Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.

64

7.3

/570243/

73

/12361/

72

/9701/

3.3

/230264/

53

/228/

Audience

73

/825643/

56

/43/

2.0

age 16+

In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy.

67

7.1

/460661/

73

/15772/

69

/8606/

3.5

/335177/

61

/102/

Audience

75

/947591/

48

/34/

3.0

age 12+

Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.

67

6.9

/162451/

71

/3929/

68

/2321/

3.5

/61609/

67

/42/

Audience

74

/131673/

43

/10/

3.0

age 17+

A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for years on The Wheel of Pain. As the sole survivor of the childhood massacre, Conan is released from slavery and taught the ancient arts of fighting. Transforming himself into a killing machine, Conan travels into the wilderness to seek vengeance on Thulsa Doom, the man responsible for killing his family. In the wilderness, Conan takes up with the thieves Valeria and Subotai. The group comes upon King Osric, who wants the trio of warriors to help rescue his daughter who has joined Doom in the hills.

61

6.4

/493196/

66

/22822/

63

/9474/

2.4

/860263/

51

/523/

Audience

86

/34981/

53

/61/

2.5

age 11+

The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.

72

7.8

/872788/

78

/35628/

73

/17840/

3.5

/563079/

64

/305/

Audience

83

/484853/

58

/40/

age 11+

Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.

71

6.9

/427926/

72

/14065/

71

/10220/

3.5

/463358/

75

/217/

Audience

61

/34105114/

75

/39/

3.0

age 9+

Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the wise and magnificent lion, Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular, climactic battle to be free of the Witch's glacial powers forever.

4

74

6.6

/117911/

63

/5762/

65

/1738/

3.7

/405414/

89

/331/

Audience

50

/813/

85

/56/

4.0

age 15+

An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men.

55

6.0

/78655/

65

/1516/

60

/1129/

2.8

/17531/

43

/47/

Audience

54

/166148/

57

/30/

2.0

age 12+

The timeless tale of King Arthur and the legend of Camelot are retold in this passionate period drama. Arthur is reluctant to hand the crown to Lancelot, and Guinevere is torn between her loyalty to her husband and her growing love for his rival. But Lancelot must balance his loyalty to the throne with the rewards of true love.

87

8.8

/1783154/

87

/44119/

84

/21071/

4.4

/1048366/

95

/258/

Audience

95

/72895/

87

/39/

3.0

age 12+

Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.

78

7.4

/692136/

78

/38914/

77

/21073/

3.6

/1018907/

82

/237/

Audience

80

/1152767/

63

/35/

4.0

age 8+

Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione’s magical abilities and courage.

89

8.7

/1379288/

86

/36076/

83

/16256/

4.4

/1112707/

95

/111/

Audience

97

/1060755/

82

/25/

4.0

age 8+

The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.

69

7.3

/67144/

73

/1366/

69

/927/

3.7

/30147/

72

/94/

Audience

80

/50237/

56

/10/

2.5

age 16+

A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his Knights of the Round Table for the Holy Grail, and ultimately his death.

79

7.8

/973519/

78

/50321/

72

/18849/

3.3

/1140902/

93

/453/

Audience

85

/239094/

80

/55/

3.5

age 10+

Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.

67

7.4

/767408/

76

/24380/

73

/15365/

3.6

/564821/

53

/229/

Audience

72

/1847651/

53

/37/

age 12+

Captain Jack Sparrow works his way out of a blood debt with the ghostly Davy Jones to avoid eternal damnation.

75

7.4

/181928/

72

/7665/

74

/3185/

3.7

/246361/

85

/292/

Audience

81

/1078/

67

/50/

3.0

age 17+

King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel.

68

6.5

/61509/

69

/1915/

61

/898/

3.2

/35692/

83

/53/

Audience

69

/46838/

58

/13/

3.0

age 12+

A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.

54

6.6

/563951/

70

/19632/

65

/13517/

2.8

/332772/

33

/278/

Audience

54

/200521/

45

/39/

2.0

age 12+

Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past, and he's not sure if it's love -- or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard, Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.

75

7.6

/845128/

76

/28818/

74

/13209/

3.8

/953942/

79

/305/

Audience

66

/33683838/

68

/40/

3.5

age 12+

The evil Darth Sidious enacts his final plan for unlimited power -- and the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.

75

7.7

/148408/

79

/3380/

76

/1673/

3.7

/43510/

73

/143/

Audience

88

/209599/

61

/33/

3.0

age 12+

Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, Fernand, deceives him. After spending 13 miserable years in prison, Dantés escapes with the help of a fellow inmate and plots his revenge, cleverly insinuating himself into the French nobility.

82

8.3

/1121096/

84

/32411/

79

/14993/

4.0

/913555/

83

/103/

Audience

94

/1016008/

58

/24/

4.0

age 8+

Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion once and for all with a second dreaded Death Star.

64

7.1

/693252/

74

/22161/

72

/13770/

3.4

/454031/

44

/228/

Audience

72

/2738491/

50

/36/

age 12+

Captain Barbossa, long believed to be dead, has come back to life and is headed to the edge of the Earth with Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann. But nothing is quite as it seems.

51

6.0

/176413/

63

/4603/

59

/2463/

2.6

/37248/

49

/138/

Audience

49

/68811/

46

/23/

1.5

age 18+

Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity.

69

7.3

/149533/

76

/5168/

72

/2270/

3.7

/193872/

77

/52/

Audience

86

/373799/

50

/10/

2.0

age 8+

When teen Sarah is forced to babysit her half-brother Toby, she summons Jareth the Goblin King to take him away. When he is actually kidnapped, Sarah is given just thirteen hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue him.

67

7.4

/571590/

75

/24939/

73

/13737/

3.1

/436760/

59

/266/

Audience

74

/216608/

59

/46/

2.5

age 12+

Immediately after the events of The Desolation of Smaug, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo's hands.

71

7.3

/156887/

76

/7014/

71

/3821/

3.5

/124465/

83

/46/

Audience

81

/374530/

46

/10/

3.0

age 8+

While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck dragon named Falkor, must save Fantasia from the destruction of The Nothing.

59

6.3

/72444/

66

/1773/

62

/1132/

3.1

/46436/

42

/45/

Audience

73

/101780/

2.0

age 10+

Set in a timeless mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins, unicorns and mortals, this fantastic story follows a mystical forest dweller, chosen by fate, to undertake a heroic quest. He must save the beautiful Princess Lili and defeat the demonic Lord of Darkness, or the world will be plunged into a never-ending ice age.

73

6.9

/671777/

72

/33720/

68

/14775/

3.0

/998486/

91

/485/

Audience

42

/224249/

84

/56/

4.0

age 10+

Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares to do battle with the First Order.

60

6.6

/758690/

70

/28011/

65

/12689/

2.8

/794649/

65

/257/

Audience

56

/857077/

54

/39/

2.0

age 9+

Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot that could change the galaxy forever.

54

6.7

/232470/

72

/19050/

65

/5511/

2.8

/114111/

31

/277/

Audience

69

/32485/

41

/45/

1.5

age 14+

When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword Excalibur from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy... whether he likes it or not.

76

7.8

/705054/

78

/29446/

75

/12684/

3.4

/476598/

75

/252/

Audience

85

/265828/

66

/44/

3.5

age 11+

The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.

58

6.2

/170238/

66

/10356/

66

/4194/

2.5

/268308/

46

/248/

Audience

83

/1874/

47

/49/

2.0

age 12+

Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team of wizards and witches. They soon encounter an array of old and new beasts as they clash with Grindelwald's growing legion of followers.

62

6.9

/208324/

72

/4865/

68

/3098/

3.2

/62769/

51

/57/

Audience

72

/10353/

51

/25/

2.0

age 14+

When the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham murders Robin's father, the legendary archer vows vengeance. To accomplish his mission, Robin joins forces with a band of exiled villagers (and comely Maid Marian), and together they battle to end the evil sheriff's reign of terror.

59

6.6

/286155/

68

/10578/

63

/5393/

2.7

/92759/

52

/239/

Audience

60

/115139/

51

/43/

2.5

age 12+

John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.

77

7.2

/146291/

74

/4754/

72

/3789/

4.0

/237283/

79

/92/

Audience

89

/190178/

64

/26/