 | The Adventures of Robin Hood (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $21.99 / Used from: $12.25 Errol Flynn & Razzle Dazzle. Look at those shadows. With all due respect to Douglas Fairbanks, sword fights look better in colour. This was the first great one in colour.
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 | The Errol Flynn Signature Collection, Vol. 1 (Captain Blood / The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex / The Sea Hawk / They Died with Their Boots On / Dodge City / The Adventures of Errol Flynn)
Buy new: $53.99 / Used from: $33.35 Errol & Razzle Bathbone again, or should I say First. More for Flynn than for his sword fights.
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 | Cyrano de Bergerac / The Son of Monte Cristo
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $7.61 A duel of words & swords such as I never wrote, nor anybody.
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 | The Great Race
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $10.40 Tony Curtis & Ross Martin. Foils, then sabres. Thrill to the sound design of the sabre fight. Fantastic climax.
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 | The Duellists
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $7.98 One duel, fought over many years (so many that at least one of the duelists misremembers what started it) with swords and pistols. Most realistic duel on film.
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 | The Yakuza
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $6.78 Samurai swords (Katanas)
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 | The Complete Musketeers (The Three Musketeers / The Four Musketeers)
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $9.54 I know of six versions (including Douglas Fairbanks), and none of them do Dumas justice. But this one has four memorable sword fights in the first movie, including one in a laundry, and one by lantern light.
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 | The Douglas Fairbanks Collection (The Thief of Bagdad/The Mark of Zorro/The Three Musketeers/Robin Hood/The Black Pirate/Don Q, The Son of Zorro)
Buy new: $89.99 / Used from: $59.95 OK, this one's for those who dig Doug
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 | The Man in the Iron Mask
Buy new: $10.49 / Used from: $1.69 For those who love Leo, and more. Maybe the best cast ever assembled for these five characters.
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 | The Princess Bride (20th Anniversary Edition)
Buy new: $8.49 / Used from: $6.26 Cary Elwes & Mandi Patinkin. Left handed, then right. I've watched this movie many times, in slow motion, but can spot neither stunt doubles, nor frame flips.
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 | The Bodyguard (Special Edition)
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.43 No sword fighting, but a lovely scene with a Katana (reprising half of an eight century old legend).
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 | Rob Roy
Buy new: $10.49 / Used from: $2.94 Rob Roy v Roth; claymore (sort of) v rapier.
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 | Braveheart
Buy used from: $2.16 Real claymores (OK movie claymores, but realistic) & arrow battles. Bloody L
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 | Mel Gibson Ultimate Collection (Braveheart / Payback - The Director's Cut / We Were Soldiers)
Buy new: $35.99 / Used from: $9.99 For those who loved Mel before Passion. Lots of fighting, though only one movie with swords.
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 | Gladiator - Extended Edition (Three-Disc Extended Edition)
Buy new: $21.49 / Used from: $7.00 Anamorphic, w/commentary by Ridley & Russell. Includes theatrical release version, and 3+ hour documentary.
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 | Gladiator (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $3.00 Not quite as wide (1.85 v 2.35 according to product description) theatrical release version only.
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 | Best Picture Collection (American Beauty / Braveheart / Forrest Gump / Gladiator / The Godfather / Titanic / Terms of Endearment)
Buy new: $62.99 / Used from: $21.03 Two swell sword fighting flicks plus four other great movies. & Terms of Endearment.
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 | The Mask of Zorro (Deluxe Edition)
Buy new: $10.49 / Used from: $2.27 Zorro & Michael Douglas's wife, in the stables; several other sword fights
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 | Zorro, the Gay Blade
Buy used from: $22.99 Story is a lampoon, but the sword fights are good.
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 | The 13th Warrior
Buy used from: $1.84 Terrific sword battles & a sword duel or two.
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 | Shakespeare in Love (Miramax Collector's Series)
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.00 Shakespeare & the Admiral's men v Burbage & the Chamberlain's men; Shakespeare v Lord Wessex; Mercutio v Thibault. Best Shakespeare I've ever seen.
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 | The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.45 This (first) film has the best sword battles in the trilogy.
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 | Die Another Day
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $2.18 Pierce Brosnan v Toby Stephens at the Sword Club. The fight is so good, I don't even remember Madonna (she's in the credits).
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 | Equilibrium
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $2.58 Gun kata gets closer to sword fighting as the movie progresses, until in the climactic scene the combatants are parrying each other.
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 | Kill Bill - Volume One
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $1.99 Awesome Katana fight
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 | Kill Bill - Volume Two
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $2.00 Totally awesome Katanas, & Katana fights
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 | Hero Special Edition
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $4.60 Katana fight or two, Jet Li, with some wire.
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 | House of Flying Daggers
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $1.99 Swell Katana fighting, but the most memorable scene is the drum test. Some more wire.
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 | V for Vendetta (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $6.49 / Used from: $2.45 More flying daggers
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 | Firefly - The Complete Series
Buy new: $38.49 / Used from: $19.00 Shindig, ep 4, first one on disc 2. OK, the swa? fight sucks, but the series is sooo good.
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 | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Buy used from: $69.89 Used, full-screen, price is outa sight. Hope it's at least reissued, preferably in widescreen format.
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