Barry Lyndon (1975), Romeo and Juliet (1968), Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), The Duellists (1977), The Three Musketeers (1973), Highlander (1986), The Black Pirate (1926), Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Rapier movies.
Storyline: James Bond is back for another mission and this time, he is blasting off into space. A spaceship travelling through space is mysteriously hijacked and Bond must work quickly to find out who was behind it all. He starts with the rockets creators, Drax Industries and the man behind the organization, Hugo Drax. On his journey he ends up meeting Dr. Holly Goodhead and encounters the metal-toothed Jaws once again.
Plot Keywords: space shuttle, astronaut, official james bond series, dog, cult figure, cult film, one word title ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Tom Canty (Mark Lester) is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales (Mark Lester) and son of King Henry VIII (Charlton Heston). The two boys meet and decide to play a joke on the court by dressing in each other's clothes, but the plan goes awry when they are separated and each must live the other's life.—Eric Sorensen <Eric_Sorensen@fc.mcps.k12.md.us>
Plot Keywords: slapstick comedy, historical event, look alike, beggar, impostor, swashbuckler, children ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Barely historical presentation of the life of Jim Bowie. Here he goes to New Orleans to sell lumber but falls in love with Judalon. To match his rivals he must become sophisticated and does so. By the time he sells the mill, starts a plantation and tries to wed Jedualon the woman has wed playboy Phillipe. Along the way to true wisdom he designs a special knife made from part of a meteorite.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: riverboat, sword duel, sword fight, gambling, gambler, knife fight, combat ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The British Empire flowers; exotic India colors English imaginations. Becky Sharp, the orphaned daughter of a painter and a singer, leaves a home for girls to be a governess, armed with a keen wit, good looks, fluent French, and an eye for social advancement. Society tries its best to keep her from climbing. An episodic narrative follows her for 20 years, through marriage, Napoleonic wars, a child, loyalty to a school friend, the vicissitudes of the family whose daughters she instructed, and attention from a bored marquess who collected her father's paintings. Honesty tempers her schemes.
Plot Keywords: female protagonist, puppet show, peacock, love, brother sister relationship, revenge, vengeance ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When a Chinese rebel murders Chon's estranged father and escapes to England, Chon and Roy make their way to London with revenge on their minds. Chon's sister, Lin, has the same idea, and uncovers a worldwide conspiracy to murder the royal family but almost no one will believe her.
Plot Keywords: scotland yard, secret passage, car accident, kung fu, fencing, brother sister relationship, small town ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Sherlock Holmes' younger brother is annoyed that he has had to live in Sherlock's shadow for so long. When Sherlock goes to the continent, he sends a case to his brother who constantly tries with varying success, to imitate Sherlock's deductive and observational tricks.—John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
Plot Keywords: slapstick comedy, sniper, revolver, pistol, violence, song, singing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: It's 1649: Cardinal Mazarin (Philippe Noiret) hires the impoverished D'Artagnan (Michael York) to find the other Musketeers: Oliver Cromwell (Alan Howard) has overthrown the English King, so Cardinal Mazarin fears revolt, particularly from the popular Duke of Beaufort (Eusebio Lázaro). Porthos (Frank Finlay), bored with riches and wanting a title, signs on, but Aramis (Richard Chamberlain), an abbé, and Athos (Oliver Reed), a brawler raising an intellectual son, assist the Duke of Beaufort in secret. When they fail to halt the Duke's escape from prison, the Musketeers are expendable, and Cardinal Mazarin sends them to London to rescue Charles I (Bill Paterson). They are also pursued by Justine de Winter (Kim Cattrall), the avenging daughter of Milady de Winter, their enemy twenty years ago. They must escape England, avoid Justine, serve Queen Anne (Geraldine Chaplin), and secure Beauford's political reforms.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: based on novel, historical event, hero, action hero, adventure hero, tough guy, father son relationship ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Purchased as a slave in the Panama market by the Dona Inez, daughter of the Spanish Governor, Welshman Sir Henry Morgan soon finds himself in love with the young woman. Soon after however he commandeers the ship transporting him and other slaves and soon they are the scourge of Caribbean looting and attacking the mighty Spanish Empire. The pirates soon find themselves acting under the authority of the English and Morgan has only one goal: to attack and take control of Panama.—garykmcd
Plot Keywords: knife fight, long haired male, man disguised as a woman, ransom, rebellious daughter, fencing, cross dressing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: France 1550, Philibert learns from his dying father that his real father is Fulgence Bérendourt de Saint-Avoise. Philibert embarks on a journey to discover his origins.
Plot Keywords: parody, swashbuckler, rapier, blond, bare chested male bondage, bare chested male, 16th century ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In 17th century Paris, a dashing swordsman named D'Artagnan finds himself at odds with the powerful forces taking over France. He sets out to avenge the murder of his parents and finds his country cleaved by chaos and civil unrest. His heart softens only for Francesca, a fiery peasant girl who claims D'Artagnan's heart on sight.
Plot Keywords: mexican standoff, tough guy, showdown, fight, gunpowder, death of family, orphan ...
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