Top billed cast

1. 

   Nigel Terry

   King Arthur

2. 

   Nicol Williamson

   Merlin

3. 

   Helen Mirren

   Morgana

4. 

   Nicholas Clay

   Lancelot

5. 

   Paul Geoffrey

   Perceval

6. 

   Cherie Lunghi

   Guenevere

7. 

   Robert Addie

   Mordred

8. 

   Gabriel Byrne

   Uther

9. 

   Keith Buckley

   Uryens

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-06-18

I think that of all the King Arthur films, this must be the most "authentic". That's largely down to the stylish cinematography and to Nicol Williamson's portrayal of the legendary sorcerer "Merlin". There aren't any whizzy visual effects or bodies morphing into dragons here; this is a much more cerebral chronology of the rise of a young boy (Nigel Terry) from the result of an illicit tryst between the king and the wife of his greatest foe to establishing the famed round table and uniting England to bring peace and prosperity for his beleaguered peoples. If you've read the Malory book, then yo...read the rest

Recommendations

1. Conan the Barbarian68%
2. The Green Knight66%
3. Conan the Destroyer61%
4. Highlander69%
5. The Princess67%
6. Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge81%
7. Snow White: A Tale of Terror61%
8. Army of Darkness73%
9. Gretel & Hansel60%
10. The Northman70%
11. Dragonheart: Vengeance68%
12. Warlock62%
13. Fairy Tales60%
14. Flesh + Blood65%
15. The 13th Warrior66%
16. Last Knights63%
17. Cinderella's Curse58%
18. In the Lost Lands63%
19. Ivanhoe63%
20. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters61%

Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$11,000,000.00

Revenue
$35,000,000.00

Keywords

• witch
• adultery
• holy grail
• love triangle
• england
• magic
• prophecy
• fog
• mythology
• castle
• vision
• knight
• king arthur
• tournament
• duel
• battle
• mist
• excalibur
• wizard
• lancelot
• sword and sorcery
• epic