Ironclad:
I think the director and/or producer had to have played Warband lol. I mean come on, epic gatehouse defense, archers firing down on soldiers moving the siege tower, 1h hammer spam, polearm moves, 2h spam, shield walls, tin can cav, OP throwing
the whole nine. =P
Braveheart:
Even though a couple of the battles werent depicted accurately at all it was still an excellent movie.
Centurion:
Fucking epic Pict vs. Roman action. Showed the whole reason why Hadrians Wall was built in a historical fiction kinda way.
300:
Obviously.
Of course would love to see the Part II of this, or parallel sequel, about the equally epic naval battle that was fought right alongside to keep the Persian fleet from going around Leonidas. At the Straits of Artemisium, Themistocles and his measely group of 271 triremes defeated the massive fleet of 1200 Persian ships. Would make for an awesome movie.
El Cid:
Been a loooooong time since Ive seen this, but I remember it being pretty awesome even for back then. One scene I remember had a guy using his saddle as a weapon heh. Oughta be able to do that in Warband. =P
The 13th Warrior:
Hands down one of my all-time favs. Incredible movie with a true story background (if Ahmad ibn Fadlans documents are factual). But even if theyre fictional, whats not to love about a good Norse adventure story?
Sir Walter Scotts Ivanhoe:
Kinda like El Cid, been a long time since Ive watched it, but again remember it being epic. There was this one 2h-er duel with great swords where they would chop down small trees sometimes due to a swing and a miss.
Robin and Marian:
Probably the best or maybe most realistic Robin Hood movie Ive seen yet featuring Sean Connery as Robin Hood. If I remember right though, it was a story of Robin when he was a little older. Not the usual redone 1,000 times story.
Robin Hood:
1991 w/Patrick Bergin, NOT the Kevin Costner bullshit. This one follows close behind the above choice in realism, but of course is the story of an earlier Robin Hood.
Beowulf & Grendel:
2005, starring Gerard Butler. Not the CGI one with Angelina Jolie. This one takes all the fantasy out of the legend and makes it more realistic. Best version of the story Ive seen yet.
Troy:
For all the obvious reasons (Brad Pitt not being one of them, however). Epic duels, glorious massive army combat, amazing siege action, the list goes on.
Mongol:
Probably the best medieval cavalry movie ever made. I do kinda wish theyd shown more of the Mongol horde tactics Ive read about over the years, but some of those might not have come till later as the Horde swept across the known world.
Gladiator:
Think my favorite scene was the awesome battle with the barbarians at the beginning of the movie. The rest was still great though. And of course gladiator fight scenes never get old.
The Kingdom of Heaven:
Really great movie, I just wish they wouldve actually shown the battle of the Horns of Hattin where about 20,000 knights stood for 3 days against 60,000 Saracens. They made two balls-out charges that almost took out Saladin himself, but were barely repelled back to the hill each time. Finally the desert heat, exhaustion, thirst, smoke inhalation & just being purely outnumbered killed them all off almost to the last man. Would probably make for a badass movie by itself.
Excalibur:
Almost forgot about this one! But this was one of the first badass medieval movies I ever saw. Think I came a little when I first saw it. Need to watch this bad boy again.
Ben Hur:
Had to have been the most epic movie of its day. But even up to now I dont think any movie (that I know of anyway) has taken on chariot races & open sea trireme battles of that magnitude.
Arn, the Knight Templar:
A lot of awesome things about this movie, one being that it was not a corny Hollywood production. Really great battle scenes. One is the Battle of Montgisard, and the other they actually DO show, is
the Horns of Hattin. Pretty good nun spanking scene thrown in there to boot. =P
Flesh & Blood:
Rutger Hauer. Need I say more? Mr. Ladyhawke himself. Awesome siege, awesome nutidity, mixed together for a winner.
Spartacus:
The old version with Kirk Douglas. Havent seen the newer one yet.
And last but definitely not least
Monty Python & the Holy Grail! =)
Movies they need to make: The Great Siege of Malta, The Battle of Marathon, The Straits of Artemisium, more movies about Ghengis Khan, and lots lots more.
