Best Movies About Crusaders and Crusades – Epic Historical Films & Adventures

Discover the most gripping films about crusaders and the Crusades that transport you to the world of medieval battles, intrigue, and heroism. From Hollywood epics to authentic historical dramas, our selection showcases cinematic masterpieces that bring the fascinating yet controversial era of the Crusades to life. Whether you’re drawn to grand battle scenes or deep personal stories of faith and conflict, these movies offer thrilling adventures and thought-provoking perspectives.

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27 Outcast, 2014

A fugitive Chinese prince and his sister enlist the aid of two war-weary Crusaders to help them defeat their older brother, who murdered their father and seized the throne.

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26 The Order, 2001

A playboy criminal contacts his dad after stealing a Faberge egg. Later it seems his dad has gone missing in Israel so he heads there. His disappearance is linked to the religious sect: The Order. Lots of fight and chase scenes.

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25 The Saracen Blade, 1954

Based on the book of the same name by Frank Yerby. Pietro is an orphan who is raised by a family friend in 15th century Italy. After the friend is killed by the same nasty baron who murdered Pietro’s father as he led the peasants in revolt against the baron’s tyranny, Pietro vows vengeance against the entire family. This will prove difficult, since he’s been in love with the daughter of the baron since he was a child and wants to marry her.

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24 The Crusaders (Crociati), 2001

Towards the end of the 11th century, three friends — bell founder Peter, baron’s son Richard and shepherd Andrew — set off to join The Crusades, after watching soldiers returning from Jerusalem.

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23 Lionheart, 1987

A young knight sets out to join King Richard’s crusaders. Along the way, he encounters The Black Prince who captures children and sells them as slaves to the Muslims. It is Robert Narra’s sworn duty to protect the children and lead them to safety.

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22 Rytsarskiy roman (Рыцарский роман), 2000

The action of the movie is set in the late 11th century Constantinople during the time of the 1st Crusade. The crusaders need the help of the emperor Alexius to get to Jerusalem while the latter tries to do his best to get rid of the unwelcome guests. At the same time Caesar Nicephorus plays his own game and betrays his royal fiancée Anna Comnena while trying to win the heart of the beautiful countess Brigitta.

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21 King Richard and the Crusaders, 1954

While leading the Third Crusade, King Richard the Lionheart battles treachery in his own camp as well as the Saracens and their charismatic leader Emir Hderim Sultan Saladin.

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20 Gates to Paradise, 1967

In 1212, children from all over Europe lead a crusade to free Jerusalem from Turkish authorities. Nicholas and Stephen use all their might to defeat the enemy.

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19 The Crusades, 1935

King Richard Coeur de Lion goes on the Third Crusade to avoid marrying Princess Alice of France; en route, he marries Berengaria to get food for his men. Berengaria is captured by Saladin, spurring Richard to attack and capture Acre. But Saladin, attracted to her, takes her on to Jerusalem, and Richard is in danger of assassination.

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18 Saladin (El Naser Salah el Dine), 1963

After Saladin’s victory over the King of Jerusalem, a peace treaty is signed between them, but the commander of the Crusader army, Renaud de Chatillon, slaughters a group of pilgrims going to Mecca. Saladin then decides to take revenge.

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17 Robin Hood, 2018

After returning home to England, aristocrat Robin of Loxley learns that the evil Sheriff of Nottingham has seized his family estate. He soon joins forces with Friar Tuck and Little John a fierce Arabian warrior who wants to put an end to the Crusades. Armed with arrows and dubbed Robin Hood, Loxley leads a band of oppressed rebels in a daring plan to rob the Sheriff of his money and take away his power.

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16 Pilgrimage, 2017

Ireland, 1209. An island on the edge of the world. A small group of monks begin a reluctant pilgrimage across an island torn between centuries of tribal warfare and the growing power of Norman invaders. Escorting their monastery’s holiest relic to Rome, the monks’ progress is seen through the eyes of a pious young novice and a mute lay-brother with a violent past. As the true material, political and religious significance of the bejeweled relic becomes dangerously apparent, their path to the east coast becomes increasingly fraught with danger. The monks belatedly realize that in this wild land of ancient superstitions, the faith that binds them together may ultimately lead to their destruction.

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15 Brancaleone alle crociate, 1970

After saving an infant of royal blood, knight Brancaleone forms a new army and sets out to return the baby to his father: a prince fighting in the Crusades.

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14 Season of the Witch, 2010

His faith broken by many years fighting in the Crusades, a knight named Behman returns to Europe and finds it ravaged by the Black Plague. A dying cardinal orders Behman and his friend, Felson, to take an accused witch to a remote abbey, where monks will destroy her powers and end the pestilence. As Behman and five comrades undertake the dangerous journey, they come to realize that the prisoner is no ordinary girl, and evil forces await at the destination.

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13 Ivanhoe, 1952

Returning from the Crusades in the Holy Land, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe learns that King Richard the Lionheart is imprisoned in Austria. Once in England, his pleas to pay the ransom fall on deaf ears, as Prince John and cronies enjoy their current situation far too much. Joining forces with Robin of Locksley, Ivanhoe takes steps to raise the money, all the while trying to re-establish his relationship with his father, who disowned him years previously.

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12 Ironclad, 2010

It is the year 1215 and the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal to the Magna Carta, a noble, seminal document that upheld the rights of free men. Yet within months of pledging himself to the great charter, the King reneged on his word and assembled a mercenary army on the south coast of England with the intention of bringing the barons and the country back under his tyrannical rule. Barring his way stood the mighty Rochester castle, a place that would become the symbol of the rebels’ momentous struggle for justice and freedom.

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11 Robin and Marian, 1976

It is twenty years after Robin Hood’s heroics against Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham. Since then, Robin has spent all his time outside of England, fighting as Richard the Lionheart’s right-hand man in the Crusades and in France. His only connection to his past life in Sherwood Forest is his faithful companion, Little John. However, Richard the Lionheart is now dead and a war-weary, middle-aged Robin decides to return to England. His first priority: rekindle his relationship with Maid Marian. However, if he figured on a peaceful life, he didn’t bargain on the machinations of the Sheriff of Nottingham and King John.

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10 The Valley of the Bees (Údolí vcel), 1967

Set in 13th-century central Europe, a young boy joins the Teutonic Knights. Years later, he leaves the Crusaders, pursued by a fanatical comrade. He faces repercussions for rejecting the Holy Order.

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9 Arn: The Knight Templar (Arn: Tempelriddaren), 2007

Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman, is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.

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8 The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1938

In 1191, King Richard joined the Crusades and then he is captured by the Duke of Austria. His ambitious and evil brother Prince John takes over the throne and oppress the Saxons increasing the taxes and hanging those that cannot afford to pay. The Saxon nobleman Robin of Locksley hides in the Sherwood Forest and defends the people against the tyrannic John and his right hand Sir Guy of Gisbourne and is considered outlaw. When he meets Lady Marian, they immediately fall in love with each other. But Robin Hood and his men are hunted down by Sir Guy and the notorious Sheriff of Nottingham.

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7 Arn: The Kingdom at the End of the Road (Arn: Riket vid vägens slut), 2008

The Knight Arn is sent on a last mission against Saladin. He has to win this battle, before he can go home to Sweden, and finally marry his Cecilia and start a family. But the peace back home is threatened by the Danes.

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6 Ivanhoe, 1982

Wilfred of Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice, returns to England after the Holy Wars. He finds England under the reign of Prince John and his henchmen and finds himself being involved in the power struggle for the throne of England. Will justice prevail, and will all fair ladies in distress be rescued?

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5 Robin Hood, 2010

After the death of Richard the Lion-Hearted, a skilled archer named Robin Longstride travels to Nottingham, where villagers suffer under a despotic sheriff and crippling taxation. He meets and falls in love with a spirited widow, Marion, although she is skeptical of his motives. Hoping to win her heart and save the village, Robin gathers a band of warriors to fight corruption in Nottingham, little knowing they will soon be fighting to save England itself.

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4 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, 1991

Nobleman crusader Robin of Locksley breaks out of a Jerusalem prison with the help of fellow prisoner Azeem, a Moor, and travels back home to England. Upon arrival, Robin discovers his father dead in the ruins of his family estate, killed by the vicious sheriff of Nottingham. Robin and Azeem join forces with outlaws Little John and Will Scarlett to save the kingdom from the sheriff’s villainy.

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3 El Cid, 1961

Spain is overrun by the Moors and the country’s only hope rests in a heroic knight known as El Cid. He knows a divided Spain cannot stand and implores his countrymen to unify in order to repel the invaders. But a hitch develops in El Cid’s campaign: He gets exiled from his homeland of Castile by the region’s power-hungry ruler. In the meantime, he attempts to reunite with his estranged wife, Jimena, who’s still upset by the fact that he killed her father.

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2 The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet), 1957

When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.

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1 Kingdom of Heaven, 2005

Still in grief over his wife’s sudden death, village blacksmith Balian joins his long-estranged father, Baron Godfrey, as a crusader on the road to Jerusalem. After a perilous journey to the holy city, the valiant young man enters the retinue of the leprous King Baldwin IV, which is rife with dissent led by the treacherous Guy de Lusignan, who wishes to wage war against the Muslims for his own political and personal gain.

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