Saxons, Vikings, Romans and Celts, oh my! Bring out the long ships, because this Showdown is a reckoning of the best films made about the middle ages. Whether early, high or late, make an ironclad list of ten films that do the best job of bringing light to the dark ages: the bloody raids and village sackings, looting and pillaging, outlanders and aliens, dragon-trainers and dragon-slayers, flying daggers and ladyhawkes, barbarians and pathfinders, pagan poetics, Scandi scandals, armies of darkness, and the fury of the Northmen. What a time to be alive!
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The Long Ships
Best films set in the middle ages
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MJG-Chicity 8 films
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Guilherme Simões Reis 11 films
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jph139 20 films
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nathan 10 films
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NoSubculture 10 films
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ozmodiar 10 films
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Travis D. Johnson 10 films
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Eduardo Ramírez 22 films
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Robert Berlin 10 films
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phuz 30 films
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Ivan 10 films
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mooveefan 10 films
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Victor Buharov 10 films
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Niko 8 films
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Tomasz Jankiewicz 12 films
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Danny Fain 10 films
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Tyler March 10 films
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Stephen Hanson 11 films
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Sam Holdren 16 films
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Gumby Badger 10 films
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Gaulty 10 films
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Robert Speewack Bojorquez 10 films
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Chris Coke 10 films
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Jeff Estrada 10 films
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srdas 6 films
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Kenneth_C 10 films
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John Chadwick 10 films
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Ross 10 films
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Pierre 14 films
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Andrew Franklin 13 films
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Madfrieza 12 films
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joeywright_vo 9 films
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Kent Graham 11 films
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matt b 10 films
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Niall Hassett 10 films
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Pietro A 15 films
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Joseph 10 films
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Ethan 15 films
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michelle grondine 11 films
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Clifford Close 10 films
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saltomancer 10 films
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Jamie Ragins 10 films
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Calum 10 films
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Mark Loebus 10 films
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Thom Robinson 3 films
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TB14 10 films
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AndrewC 10 films
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Max Rockatansky 10 films
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Davormkd 10 films
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Kate Butch 10 films
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Godard_Knocks 10 films
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Adam T 12 films
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J_NC 10 films
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Michael Atlan 10 films
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Bolido 14 films
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Troy Cornett 10 films
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Tucker 10 films
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PF4Eva 10 films
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TheBlackLash 14 films
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Josh 10 films
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SacherTortoise 10 films
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Shane Barlow 10 films
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AronDanburg 10 films
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Tom Velasco 29 films
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David McGuff 10 films
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Franzi 9 films
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Alvaro D. Ruiz 20 films
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Bryant 10 films
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TheRabbidCow 12 films
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Ilov80s 10 films
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Flicks With Friends 10 films
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Ben Butler 10 films
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VV 10 films
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Quittiie 10 films
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Matthew 9 films
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Kevin Ryan 10 films
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Hunter Goebel 10 films