# Looking For Medieval/Renaissance TV/Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-renaissance-tv-movies/549572 "2010-08-08T03:07:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-renaissance-tv-movies/549572/21 "2010-08-08T17:21:24Z")
**When Things were Rotten** šŸ˜‰ [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5FkcMy3o6k) ---
**Author:** ![Gil-Martin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Gil-Martin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gil-Martin)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-renaissance-tv-movies/549572/22 "2010-08-08T17:41:32Z")
> [@Kinthalis](#): > > - Highlander (the only one ever made - because no others were ever made) Yes, I agree. ā€œThere can be only one.ā€ You mentioned that you liked _Hamlet_. I recently watched, and somewhat enjoyed, a recently made version starring David Tennant and Patrick Stewart. Itā€™s not quite Renaissance, though, in that it includes, among other things, a certain camera motif. Still, worth a watch in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-renaissance-tv-movies/549572/23 "2010-08-08T17:48:24Z")
Ken Russellā€™s [The Devilā€™s](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066993/) is an over-the-top but entertaining look at witch trials in 17th Century France. [Perfume: The Story of a Murderer](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0396171/) is set in 18th Century France, and follows the career of a particularly unusual serial killer. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-renaissance-tv-movies/549572/24 "2010-08-09T00:12:45Z")
I guess this doesnā€™t really count, but itā€™s cool anyway. [Jack of All Trades](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VNsjjYRgjc) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-renaissance-tv-movies/549572/25 "2010-08-09T00:25:37Z")
[Name of the Rose](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Name_of_the_Rose_%28film%29) was a pretty good watch. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-renaissance-tv-movies/549572/26 "2010-08-09T00:30:01Z")
[Return of Martin Guerre](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084589/). ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-renaissance-tv-movies/549572/27 "2010-08-09T02:58:22Z")
The Taylor/Burton _Taming of the Shrew_ and _Tragical History of Doctor Faustus_. Seconding _Becket_ and _A Man For All Seasons_. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-renaissance-tv-movies/549572/28 "2010-08-09T03:22:58Z")
_Stage Beauty_, my favorite movies set in Restoration England. Second a lot of the movies mentioned already, and will add the Patrick Bergin/Uma Thurman _Robin Hood_ as an enjoyable romp with a great cast, including Edward Fox as Prince John. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-renaissance-tv-movies/549572/29 "2010-08-09T03:55:02Z")
[Tristan + Isolde](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375154/) with Sophia Myles, James Franco, and Rufus Sewell [Dangerous Beauty](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118892/) - set in 16th century Venice. Stars Catherine McCormack and Rufus Sewell My favorite version of [Robin Hood](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102797/) is the one starring Patrick Bergin and uma Thurman. Of course, thereā€™s [Shakespeare in Love](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138097/). And [King Arthur](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349683/) with Clive Owen and Keira Knightley. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-renaissance-tv-movies/549572/30 "2010-08-09T04:58:39Z")
**Terry Jonesā€™s The Crusades** , neither drama nor strictly a documentary, belongs on this list somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-renaissance-tv-movies/549572/31 "2010-08-09T06:35:01Z")
I have a friend with similar tastes, but she runs more toward fantasy. She liked the 3 seasons of **Robin Hood** and the 2 seasons of **Legend of the Seeker** available on Netflix streaming. The first 4 episodes of **The Pillars of the Earth** can be streamed from Netflix also. She also likes **Merlin** on SyFy. Also in Medieval Fantasy, HBO is going to start a new series **The Game of Thrones** next year. They are already filming and the series should start in the spring. For 18th century stuff, I liked the 3 part A&E mini-series **The Scarlet Pimpernel**. For 17th century, I liked **The Three Musketeers** (1973) and **The Four Musketeers** (1975) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-renaissance-tv-movies/549572/32 "2010-08-09T14:20:51Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > The Princess Bride\*\* is a fairy-tale pastiche that doesnā€™t pretend to accurately represent any historical period, but it has many of the trappings of the renaissance and some highly quotable dialogue. The hilarious thing is that it DOES, sort of, represent a historical period ā€“ better, at least, than many historical movies do when it comes to costuming. For the most part, with a few departures here and there, The Princess Brideā€™s costumes are shockingly accurate for a twenty year (or so) period in Italy in the 15th century. I only realized this after watching the movie when Iā€™d done some research into costumes of the period. šŸ˜ƒ I can definitely second and third a vote for The Advocate. Fanfreakingtastic. Watch out for boobies if you are disturbed (or happy!) about their inclusion. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-renaissance-tv-movies/549572/33 "2010-08-09T14:31:05Z")
If you can stand subtitles, may I recomend **Alatriste**? Set in early 17th century Spain and its posessions in Europe and the Mediterranean. Iā€™ve mentioned it before: Iā€™m a PĆ©rez-Reverte fan and want him to keep on being paid so he can go on writing, ok? If you like the movie, itā€™s a smooshing-up of a series of books, several if not all of which have been translated to English. I bought my first book in the series after reading a review by a critic with bad taste who claimed ā€œthis shit is drivel, itā€™s as bad as The Three Musketeersā€ ā€œšŸ˜•ā€¦ šŸ˜ƒ Dumas the Elder, I so must buy this! :Dā€ ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-renaissance-tv-movies/549572/34 "2010-08-10T01:04:51Z")
Ooh, forgot to mention one of my favourite movies: _[Ever After](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ever_After)_ ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-renaissance-tv-movies/549572/35 "2010-08-10T01:10:51Z")
_The Vikings_, with Ernest Borgnine, Kirk Douglas, Janet Leigh, and Stony Curtis. Although it was largely about, obviously, Vikings, some of it does take place in England and is full of Medieval nastiness. One of my all-time faves. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-renaissance-tv-movies/549572/36 "2010-08-10T01:59:01Z")
Camelot? (Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, from the 60ā€™s.) Excalibur? Mists of Avalon? My favorite, Merlin (mini-series) (Helena Bonham Carter, Martin Short, Miranda Richardson, and Sam Neill as a majesticallyi sexxxy young Merlin). ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-renaissance-tv-movies/549572/37 "2010-08-10T02:18:03Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Mists of Avalon? In my experience, even people who really like the book usually donā€™t like the adaptation. ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-renaissance-tv-movies/549572/38 "2010-08-10T08:20:45Z")
[The War Lord](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_Lord) with Charlton Heston. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-renaissance-tv-movies/549572/39 "2010-08-10T09:43:42Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > My favorite, Merlin (mini-series) (Helena Bonham Carter, Martin Short, Miranda Richardson, and Sam Neill as a majesticallyi sexxxy young Merlin). Iā€™d totally watch a show called _My Favourite Merlin_. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-renaissance-tv-movies/549572/40 "2010-08-10T09:58:51Z")
I forgot to mention ā€œThe Last Valleyā€ with Michael Caine. It is set during the 30 years war. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065969/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065969/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-renaissance-tv-movies/549572.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-renaissance-tv-movies/549572.md?page=3)