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Unsheath the Epic: Discovering the Best Movies and TV Shows Related to Swords

Get ready to embark on a thrilling adventure through the realm of swords, where legendary heroes and iconic villains clash in a dance of steel and valor. From medieval epics to modern blockbusters, we've curated a list of the most epic movies and TV shows that will leave you on the edge of your seat.

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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019) TV Show

8.6 7.3K votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 5

Episodes: 63

Audience: TV-MA

Story: After a demon attack leaves his family slain and his sister cursed, Tanjiro embarks upon a perilous journey to find a cure and avenge those he's lost.

Plot: sibling relationship, swordplay, sword, magic, training, supernatural, undead, tragedy, ...

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Toshiru014d Mifune

Takashi Shimura

Yoshio Inaba

Seiji Miyaguchi

Seven Samurai (1954)

8.4 4.3K votes

Genre: Action, Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 207 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.

Style: violent

Plot: martial arts, samurai, sword, peasant, village, looting, rice, fencing, ...

Time: 16th century

Place: japan

Cast

Masakazu Morita

Fumiko Orikasa

Hiroki Yasumoto

Yuki Matsuoka

Bleach (2004) TV Show

8.4 2.2K votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 419

Audience: TV-14

Story: For as long as he can remember, Ichigo Kurosaki has been able to see ghosts. But when he meets Rukia, a Soul Reaper who battles evil spirits known as Hollows, he finds his life is changed forever. Now, with a newfound wealth of spiritual energy, Ichigo discovers his true calling: to protect the living and the dead from evil.

Plot: martial arts, swordplay, sword, training, friendship, supernatural, high school, based on manga, ...

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Larry Kenney

Peter Newman

Earle Hyman

Lynne Lipton

ThunderCats (1985) TV Show

8.2 1.1K votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Family

Country: United States of America, Japan

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 130

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: The inhabitants of the planet Thundera evacuate just before it is destroyed. They were pursued by a band of mutants. All but one of their escape ships was destroyed. Only a small group of Thunderians (Thundercats) remained. With only half engine power, the group, which was led by Jaga, had to set a course for the nearest planet. Jaga commanded their ship while the other seven were in their stasis tubes. Jaga died on their journey to Third Earth and their ship crashed there. Soon they made friends with various groups in the area and they designed a fortress. Mumm-Ra the centuries-old embodiment of evil, along with the mutants that destroyed the rest of the Thunderians are a constant threat. But Lion-O, the new leader of the Thundercats, with his weapon the "Sword of Omens" will help the Thundercats to have a standing chance.

Plot: cat, sword, pyramid, magic, mummy, high technology, post-apocalyptic future, clairvoyance, ...

Time: future

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Jason Momoa

Sylvia Hoeks

Hera Hilmar

Christian Camargo

See (2019) TV Show

8.1 2.9K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 24

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A virus has decimated humankind. Those who survived emerged blind. Centuries later when twins are born with the mythic ability to see, their father must protect his tribe against a threatened queen.

Plot: monarchy, post-apocalyptic future, politics, sword fight, blind, power struggle, epic fights, swords, ...

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Toshiru014d Mifune

Tatsuya Nakadai

Yu014dko Tsukasa

Isuzu Yamada

Yojimbo (1961)

8.1 1.7K votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: Japan

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.

Plot: samurai, swordplay, gambling, sword, bodyguard, black and white, fighting, period drama, ...

Time: 19th century

Place: japan

Cast

Uma Thurman

Lucy Liu

Vivica A. Fox

Daryl Hannah

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

8.0 19.1K votes

Genre: Action, Crime

Country: United States of America

Duration: 111 min.

Audience: R

Story: An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.

Plot: martial arts, kung fu, sword, yakuza, sword fight, revenge, vigilante, female yakuza, ...

Place: japan

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Hiroshi Kamiya

Blue Exorcist (2011) TV Show

7.9 536 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Mystery

Country: Japan

Seasons: 5

Episodes: 73

Audience: TV-14

Story: Humans live in the world of Assiah, demons in Gehenna. The two dimensions are not meant to interfere with each other, but demons still possess creatures in Assiah in spite of this. The humans who can fight these demons are known as exorcists. Rin Okumura is a boy who bears the curse of being Satan's illegitimate son. His foster father sacrificed himself to save him from demons. To avenge his foster father's death as well as to prove himself, Rin decides to follow the path of an exorcist and defeat his own father, Satan. To hone his raw skills, Rin enters True Cross Academy to train with other exorcist candidates.

Plot: vatican (holy see), shapeshifting, sword, magic, exorcism, supernatural, priest, tragedy, ...

Cast

Kelly Marie Tran

Awkwafina

Gemma Chan

Alan Tudyk

Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)

7.8 7.3K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation

Country: United States of America

Duration: 107 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Long ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. But when an evil force threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500 years later, that same evil has returned and it’s up to a lone warrior, Raya, to track down the legendary last dragon to restore the fractured land and its divided people.

Plot: kung fu, sword, warrior woman, female protagonist, dragon, vietnamese, south asian, warrior, ...

Cast

Daniel Radcliffe

Rupert Grint

Emma Watson

Kenneth Branagh

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

7.7 23.7K votes

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 161 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione's magical abilities and courage.

Style: nostalgic

Plot: witch, flying car, based on novel or book, elves, magic, sword, diary, child hero, ...

DOTA: Dragon's Blood (2021) TV Show

7.7 473 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: South Korea, United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 24

Audience: TV-MA

Story: After encounters with a dragon and a princess on her own mission, a Dragon Knight becomes embroiled in events larger than he could have ever imagined.

Plot: elves, sword, princess, knight, dragon, based on video game, warrior, magician, ...

Cast

Takeru Satoh

Emi Takei

Mackenyu

Munetaka Aoki

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021)

7.7 551 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 138 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: In 1879, Kenshin and his allies face their strongest enemy yet: his former brother-in-law Enishi Yukishiro and his minions, who've vowed their revenge.

Plot: martial arts, samurai, sword, revenge, murder, chambara, based on manga, killer, ...

Place: japan

Cast

Sam Corlett

Frida Gustavsson

Leo Suter

Laura Berlin

Vikings: Valhalla (2022) TV Show

7.6 1.1K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, War

Country: Ireland, United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 24

Audience: TV-MA

Story: In this sequel to "Vikings," a hundred years have passed and a new generation of legendary heroes arises to forge its own destiny — and make history.

Style: dark, violent

Plot: fight, sword, brotherhood, vikings (norsemen), survival, historical, european history, war, ...

Time: medieval, 11th century, middle ages

Cast

Tom Cruise

Ken Watanabe

Timothy Spall

Tony Goldwyn

The Last Samurai (2003)

7.6 7.6K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, War

Country: United States of America

Duration: 154 min.

Audience: R

Story: Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.

Style: intense

Plot: samurai, swordplay, general, sense of guilt, war veteran, sword, war crimes, loss of loved one, ...

Time: 19th century

Place: japan

Cast

Errol Flynn

Olivia de Havilland

Basil Rathbone

Claude Rains

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

7.5 850 votes

Genre: Adventure, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.

Plot: sword, repayment, robin hood, archer, richard the lionheart, sherwood forest, sword fight, nottingham, ...

Time: medieval, 12th century

Cast

Chow Yun-Fat

Michelle Yeoh

Zhang Ziyi

Chang Chen

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

7.4 3.6K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan

Duration: 120 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.

Style: whimsical

Plot: martial arts, kung fu, based on novel or book, flying, taskmaster, sword, tiger, villainess, ...

Time: 18th century

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Cantinflas

u00c1ngel Garasa

Janet Alcoriza

Consuelo Frank

The Three Musketeers (1942)

7.4

Genre: Adventure, Comedy

Duration: 136 min.

Story: Cantinflas and three friends return a stolen necklace to an actress who invites them to be extras at Clasa studios. While on the set, he falls asleep and dreams that he is d'Artagnan, fighting on behalf of Queen Anne.

Cast

Martin Freeman

Ian McKellen

Richard Armitage

James Nesbitt

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

7.4 19.8K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Country: New Zealand, United States of America

Duration: 169 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.

Plot: based on novel or book, elves, dwarf, magic, horseback riding, sword, burglar, legend, ...

Cast

Danny Kaye

Glynis Johns

Basil Rathbone

Angela Lansbury

The Court Jester (1955)

7.3 217 votes

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music

Country: United States of America

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: U

Story: A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.

Plot: witch, sword, hypnosis, fool

Place: england

From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman

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Hiroaki Hirata

From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman (2025) TV Show

7.2 92 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: Japan

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 14

Audience: TV-14

Story: Beryl Gardenant, a middle-aged swordsman running a dojo in the backwaters, lives a quiet life, until Allucia, former student and Commander of the Royal Order of Knights, appears! Beryl’s life is about to change dramatically! City life. Old students. New friends and formidable foes. It’s all too much. But after years of training, he has mad skills, and he’s been dubbed “the backwater swordmaster.”

Plot: swordplay, sword, magic, harem, seinen, anime, sword and sorcery, based on light novel

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