"When we think about the Middle Ages in cinema, we easily associate them with tales of adventure, magic, and conquest; and in other cases, stereotypical portrayals of brutality, war and obscurantism easily come to mind. But what if the matter could be treated differently? The following list tries to answer the question; some of the films play with deconstruction and anachronism, while others contaminate tropes from different genres; others refer only indirectly – though consistently – to medieval imagery, playing with stereotypes and the viewer's expectations.
Almost none of the following can be defined as medieval films in a narrow sense, ranging from comedy to horror and even experimental. Nevertheless, what they all share is an original work on the pictures of an age that never ceases to stimulate and defy the imagination of filmmakers."
