Excalibur (1981)

Cast

Liam Neeson
as Gawain
Helen Mirren
as Morgana
Patrick Stewart
as Leondegrance
Ciarán Hinds
as Lot

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Genres & Description

Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Romance

7.4 / 10

The myth of King Arthur brought once again to the screen. Uthur Pendragon is given the mystical sword Excalibur by the wizard Merlin. At his death Uthur buries the sword into a stone, and the next man that can pull it out will be King of England. Years later Arthur, Uthur's bastard son draws Excalibur and becomes king. Guided by Merlin, Arthur marries Guenivere and gathers the Knights of the Round Table. Arthur's evil half-sister Morgana sires a son with him, who may prove his downfall.

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Comments on this trailer
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Björn G

I Watched this Movie as a Child and some scenes were too hard for me and my brothers. Our parents cut them out :D but this Movie is very good and has a deep atmosphere - @Wednesday, January 9, 2019 10:09 PM

Clara Francesca

0:29 What song is the choir chanting? - @Saturday, January 5, 2019 7:29 PM

Adam Zielinski

I ordered this movie from best buy on Blu Ray. In my mind it's the greatest King Aurthur movie of all time easily. It's also in my top 50 movies of all time - @Friday, December 7, 2018 3:51 PM

nynww

The best Arthur theme movie ever. - @Monday, December 3, 2018 4:15 PM

Jdacosmic Multiverso

The GENIUS of the Past..from ¡ Merlin ¡ salutations ¡ - @Friday, June 8, 2018 6:45 PM

Grigori Rasputin1990

classic - @Saturday, May 12, 2018 7:57 PM

Menstruation Frustration

So boring I wanted to like this movie so bad - @Sunday, April 22, 2018 6:27 PM

GoodVibez -

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - @Monday, January 22, 2018 3:55 AM

Stefanos Gouveris

By far the best movie that encapsulates the true feeling of this mythology. (All the other versions suck) - @Saturday, October 14, 2017 8:44 PM

abishai100

I can't decide if when I think of Lancelot and the Lady of the Lake, I think of Harold and Maude or Romeo and Juliet. Arthurian lore is so...unusual. - @Friday, September 22, 2017 4:19 PM

Parengthony Castillo

There will be no other movie can top on portraying king arthur's story but this movie only. One of the best movie of all time! - @Saturday, June 24, 2017 10:25 AM

stapogej

AWESOME MOVIE - @Tuesday, November 22, 2016 12:53 PM

Colin Webb

At 0:31 there is a Real Fey creature! A brown wood folk, one of the last of the Little People! Not seen in the film, this shy land owner was secretly filmed in a remote, feral corner of the Celtic Fringe, after graciously giving a film crew consent to take footage of an exceptionally lush hitherto hidden hollow!! - @Monday, October 31, 2016 12:31 AM

XironDarkar76

fernan el krak karaj0 maik - @Thursday, October 6, 2016 12:41 AM

HanoverFiste3

I'm watching this now. I love this movie. But some of that love is because of its silly flaws. I feel like if you don't know anything about the Arthurian legend, you would be soooo confused. - @Tuesday, September 20, 2016 1:37 AM

HanoverFiste3

This movie scared the piss out of me when I saw it as a kid. - @Monday, September 19, 2016 11:13 PM

IzumiStarr

SOUL EATER ANYONE? - @Thursday, September 1, 2016 7:55 PM

CukiFlan炭素系ユーフォリア

The Sentients Had Won... - @Monday, August 1, 2016 12:25 AM

Jobin

BAKA - @Wednesday, April 6, 2016 1:08 AM

ChristlicherKrieger3

So fucking sick of this music... - @Sunday, January 24, 2016 11:08 PM

Joao Lamberio

Blocking heck! - @Friday, January 22, 2016 9:05 PM

PzKpfw VI Tiger ausf. H1

0:34 the scene with hanging men in trees and fog. Is there a scene of crow eating an eye from one of the hanging body? Saw that scene *very* long time ago when I was but an infant, is this the same movie? - @Wednesday, January 20, 2016 9:28 PM

Terry Alexander

This movie is a lot better than the trailer leads you to believe. - @Saturday, August 22, 2015 4:05 AM

Richard Buxton

2005 film dog shit. Why pick Clive Owen? Does he even act?????? - @Monday, August 17, 2015 3:32 PM

sakis kel

The word EPIC was born here - @Monday, July 6, 2015 3:16 PM

Centrist Philosopher

I found this watchable and certainly has the 'magic' of a lot of 80s fantasy films. In fact I am watching it right now. But I found the acting very theatrical and a lot of the details were wrong. Arthur supposedly lived in the 5th Century and yet the steel knights garb is more akin to the 15th century along with the term 'squire' which Arthur is originally referred to. I am aware it is corresponding to Mallory's version which was a romanticised medieval interpretation Not trying to offend anyone who thinks this is the best Arthur film but I respectfully disagree. I just can't really adapt to the anachronistic nature of this film If you want a good 80s fantasy, go for this If you want a film that gets as close as is likely to what a real Arthur may have been (a Romano-British leader who knew a 'Merlin' figure only vaguely, if at all then the 2005 'King Arthur' is great. Both films offer something. - @Thursday, July 2, 2015 2:09 AM

Zaikura- Chan

About to watch the movie. By the way what is the name of the song in the trailer - @Thursday, June 4, 2015 9:28 PM

John Castillo

Percival the one who save the kingdom - @Monday, June 1, 2015 8:19 PM

First Name Last Name

An incredible film! I have lost count of the number of times I have watched this and it always makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand. Awesome! - @Wednesday, May 27, 2015 1:16 PM

Boo Ya

The best account about King Arthur.... which i heard is very much real and not fantasy as some have claimed... - @Friday, May 15, 2015 12:58 AM

Panagiotis Liakos

Poetry in motion. The ancient world dies and the new kingdom rises. Betrayal turns into faith and self sacrifice. Magic is sacred and the grail is the King himself - the country is the throne. All men are sorcerers and warriors and the boy can climb to the top only by the act of patricide. Orff, Wagner, and nature granting flowers on the knights that ride for the final battle... This is Art! - @Friday, May 8, 2015 10:06 PM

xtop23

One of my favorite movies of all time. Fantastic. - @Wednesday, March 18, 2015 4:09 AM

koechiaki777

so glad i came across this movie before i kick the bucket - @Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:15 PM

p0werc0rdz

Best arthurian movie ever made even if old but maybe fuckedup a little bit :/ - @Friday, January 23, 2015 5:42 AM

Odinspirit

Don't let this trailer fool you. This movie is amazing. Maybe modern attention spans can't give it the time needed, but it's one of the richest, deepest movies I've ever seen. If you like Joseph Campell's perspectives on the King Arthur legend and it's regards towards spirituality, this movie fully plays off those themes. No other King Arthur movie can hold a candle to this one. - @Friday, October 10, 2014 5:17 AM

raijinmeister

There once a time when you could enjoy an action film without being haunted by terrible 3 secs. shots and crap scene direction and also enjoy a tremendous music score. Hail to John Boorman! - @Tuesday, September 23, 2014 9:59 AM

abishai100

This Boorman treatment of Camelot has got all the right visceral elements of the appealing kingdom story: brutish assassins, imposing warlocks, looming wizards and kings, alluring conspirators, macho mercenaries, and blazing warlords. - @Saturday, September 20, 2014 10:12 AM

Robert Dunham

my ultimate feel good film - @Monday, August 18, 2014 3:56 PM

YOYOdaMOOSE

the costume design in this film is off the charts - @Thursday, May 8, 2014 2:34 PM

I hate google

The future has taken root in the past. that sentence gets me every time - @Thursday, May 1, 2014 11:02 AM

MrJustinTheory

I could not pass the first 10 minutes. Boring movie. Removed it after 10 boring minutes. - @Saturday, April 19, 2014 12:24 PM

Edward Blackbeard

DON'T JUDGE THIS MOVIE BY ITS TRAILER. The movie is a legendary one. A masterpiece. - @Monday, April 7, 2014 9:49 PM

killarmy100

this movie was dope as fuck see it - @Sunday, March 9, 2014 11:56 AM

Maria Trujillo

Carmina Burana de Carl Orff no es una ópera, es una Cantata profana. La obra se compone principalmente de versos en latín aunque cuenta con fragmentos en alemán y provenzal antiguo. Su fragmento más conocido es el O Fortuna, que constituye la primera parte del preludio y que se repite al final de la obra. O Fortuna es el Fragmento que aparece en Excalibur. Prelude to Parsifal por Richard Wagner si es una Ópera, igualmente Siegfried's Funeral March from The Ring del anillo del Nibelungo de Wagner. - @Tuesday, December 31, 2013 4:07 PM

CESSKAR

what is that scene at 1:30? - @Saturday, November 16, 2013 12:26 AM

Philippe Larkin

Hello - @Thursday, October 17, 2013 11:17 PM

Da Da

The '04 Arthur movie?? you either kidding or haven't seen any of them... C'mon that movie suuuuucks in any perspective not to mention historical with all due respect of course (bows) - @Thursday, October 17, 2013 10:00 PM

Ning Shan

With respect, the 2004 'King Arthur' was far better and more realistic to 5th Century Britain This was entertaining but far too theatrical like a lot of 80s fantasy films if you look into Arthurian legend you will see the 2004 version came closer to any portrayal of what a real Arthur may have been - @Friday, October 11, 2013 10:32 PM

Ces Manansala

One land! ONE KING! - @Monday, September 30, 2013 3:11 AM

WatchmenDrManhattan

I demand HD - @Monday, September 23, 2013 8:58 PM