Movies: Middle Ages Military History 476AD – 1450AD

1300s

Hundred Years’ War 1337-1453

Henry V (1989 Branagh version) (Philip Middleton)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097499/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

During the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England () embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

Henry V (1944 Olivier version) (Philip Middleton)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036910/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_8

During the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England (Olivier) embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

Le Rois Maudits (1972-3) (Peter Merritt)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0173594/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Set during the reigns of the last five kings of the Capetian dynasty and the first two kings of the House of Valois, the series begins as the French King Philip the Fair, already surrounded by scandal and intrigue, brings a curse upon his family when he persecutes the Knights Templar. The succession of monarchs that follows leads France and England to the Hundred Years’ War.

1200s

Alexander Nevski (1938) (Jim Wallman)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029850/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

It is the 13th century, and Russia is overrun by foreign invaders. A Russian knyaz’, or prince, Alexander Nevsky, rallies the people to form a ragtag army to drive back an invasion by the Teutonic knights. This is a true story based on the actual battle at a lake near Novgorod.

1000s

El Cid (1961) (Jim Wallman)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054847/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3

The fabled Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (a.k.a. El Cid) overcomes a family vendetta and court intrigue to defend Christian Spain against the Moors.

El Cid (2020) (TV Series)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10689614/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

The story of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, a Castilian nobleman and war hero in medieval Spain.

800s

The Vikings (1958) (Jim Wallman)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052365/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Based on material from the sagas of Ragnar Lobrock and his sons.