The problem is most great Hollywood sword scenes are just that. Hollywood scenes and not actual quality fighting. Basil was by all reports great but this mostly allowed him to make for dramatic screen fights that looked great, not real.
*Scaramouche *does use actual fencing at least. This should probably be #1 as the Op listed.
BMalion -
I know this is a roundabout answer to your inquiry - but I suggest you look over the film work associated with Dan Speaker. He’s one of the current “go-to” guys in Hollywood for sword work. Much of his stuff is not “A” list - but if you’re looking for fencing, you may turn up some gems in the straight-to-video catalog.
I won’t call you crazy; I love James Mason too, but Stewart Granger doesn’t really appeal to me. I just adore both Colman and Fairbanks, though the curly hair the latter wears looks stupid. And the 1937 version has David Niven and the awesome C. Aubrey Smith.
I’ll nominate Rabbit-Proof Fence.
But The Secret Garden was pretty good, too, even if it is more about a wall.
Off to read the thread and see what everybody else thinks.
ETA: Okay, oops, never mind.
Le Bossu ( On Guard (1997 film) - Wikipedia ) has some quite good, realistic swordfights. Definitely a watch for the fencing enthusiast.
I seem to recall that Ronny Yu’s Fearless had some good fencing scenes as well (not that realistic) though.
You’ve already listed the only actual sport fencing movie I know about, By The Sword. Everything else is duelling (not that *BTS *didn’t have that). Of dueling movies, the remake of *Cyrano *with Depardieu wasn’t bad. And An Honest Courtesan/Dangerous Beauty had one nice literary duel.
Can’t argue!
As a former collegiate fencer (Epee), I’ll have to agree with By The Sword as being one of the best for close-up study of the maneuvers.
However, nothing will ever replace going to see some fencing matches in your area.
Maitre’ Gene Gettler of the Atlanta Fencers’ Club is one of the best I have ever seen, in spite of a “fused neck” (may not be the correct term) handicap.
Wishing you many “touches”, BMalion!
Quasi
It didn’t take up a big amount of screen time but there was a pivotal fencing scene in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.
If you’re taking lessons, ask your instructors for recommendations.
My sabre coaches all had a long list of movies in their heads, most of which I’d never heard of. And all got extreeeeemely geeky about it. In a good way.
Which I loved!
last night I started watching “The Duellists”.
Good times.
I caughtReclaiming the Blade on Netflix Streaming. (Think it’s back to disc only now.)
A common theme was the difference between the modern sport of fencing & ancient traditions of swordsmanship. You might find it interesting as background.
Elendil’s Heir and I watched that recently. Lots of fun.
I really should lobby Pérez-Reverte for, dunnow, autographed copies of his books or something.
If you can find them, both *El maestro de esgrima *(1992) (The fencing teacher) and Alatriste (2006) have a bunch of swordfights which are reputed to be good - I’m no fencer myself, but I can tell you that Pérez-Reverte is very careful about background research (La piel del tambor is the only “hackers” novel I’ve read which, having been written by someone who wouldn’t be able to hack his way out of a paper bag, actually gets the IT details right). El maestro de esgrima is based in a single book, so it doesn’t have Alatriste’s problem of having to tell content from several novels in two hours.
SF/Fantasy author Roger Zelazny was a fencer. His knowledge of the sport informed his descriptions of sword fighting in his Amber series.
I joined a fencing club a long time ago, as my roommate fenced and it looked like fun. The teacher was awesome, very personable, and did things outside of classes quite often with the students.
One day he invited some students over to his house to watch a fencing movie. I’d never heard of it, and laughed my ass off all the way through. It was, of course, The Princess Bride. 
Of course there are many more informative movies, but that was just a great introduction to both fencing <sorta> and the awesomeness that is that movie.
Alastiste hasn’t been released in the US yet. The Amazon reviews mention the problem of compressing so many novels into one movie. But it does feature Viggo Mortensen, who also appeared in Reclaiming the Blade.
I have to mention By the Sword, which is* about* the swordfighting mystique.
darn, I shoulda mentioned that in my OP.
The occasional (sport) fencing scenes in Star Trek: TNG are quite good, other than some odd off-hand positioning. It probably helps that Patrick Stewart was a fencer at school.
-RNATB, Wessex (UK) Under-13 championships runner up, 1994 (foil) 