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The Sword and the Rose

The Sword and the Rose (1953) is a Walt Disney live-action adventure romance directed by Ken Annakin, based on Charles Major's 1898 novel When Knighthood Was in Flower, starring Glynis Johns and Richard Todd as Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, shot in Technicolor at Pinewood Studios.

The Three Musketeers (1973 live-action film)

The Three Musketeers (1973), also released in the US as The Queen's Diamonds, is Richard Lester's slapstick swashbuckler adapted by George MacDonald Fraser from Dumas, shot in Spain and split into two films with The Four Musketeers (1974), starring Michael York, Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, and Charlton Heston.

The Three Musketeers (2011 film)

The Three Musketeers is a 2011 action-adventure film directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, based on Dumas's 1844 novel, in which D'Artagnan joins three musketeers to foil Cardinal Richelieu's plot.

The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan

Les Trois Mousquetaires: D'Artagnan (The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan) is Martin Bourboulon's 2023 French film, first half of a Dumas diptych with Milady; released 5 April 2023, €72M two-film budget, third-highest-grossing French film of 2023, César winner for production design.

The Uprising (2026 film)

The Uprising (2026) is a Paul Greengrass historical drama starring Andrew Garfield as a peasant leader in the 1381 Peasants' Revolt, released by Focus Features and controversially marketed as a Robin Hood origin story.

The Wild Stallion (2020) is a drama that centers on the bond between a young man and an untamed horse, exploring themes of freedom and identity through rural imagery. The film offers a contemplative look at human-animal connection, grounded in specific cultural landscapes rather than universalized Hollywood tropes.

The Wild Stallion is a 2009 American family adventure film directed by Craig Clyde, in which two girls try to protect a wild black stallion in Utah.

The Wind and the Lion

The Wind and the Lion (1975) is John Milius's MGM adventure film starring Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, and Brian Keith, loosely fictionalizing the 1904 Perdicaris kidnapping crisis in Morocco under Theodore Roosevelt.

The Wizard (1989 film)

The Wizard (1989) is a Universal Pictures family film directed by Todd Holland, starring Fred Savage, about boys traveling to a video game championship; it revealed Super Mario Bros. 3 to US audiences and was criticized as a Nintendo advertisement.

Thelma & Louise

Thelma & Louise (1991) is Ridley Scott's feminist road film, written by Callie Khouri, starring Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon as fugitives in a 1966 Thunderbird; it earned six Oscar nominations and won Best Original Screenplay.

Tracks (2013 film)

Tracks (2013) is an Australian biographical drama directed by John Curran, adapted from Robyn Davidson's 1980 memoir, starring Mia Wasikowska and Adam Driver. It depicts Davidson's 1977 2,700 km desert trek, premiered at Venice 2013, and earned four AACTA nominations.

Two Brothers (2004 film)

Two Brothers (French: Deux frères) is a 2004 French-British family adventure drama directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, starring Guy Pearce, about twin tiger cubs separated in 1920s French Indochina.

Umizaru (海猿)

Umizaru (海猿) is a 2004 Japanese film, Eiichiro Hasumi's debut, adapted from Shuho Sato's manga about Coast Guard trainees seeking to become rescue divers; it launched a four-film series and drama, later unavailable on streaming after a rights dispute.

White Sun of the Desert (Белое солнце пустыни)

White Sun of the Desert (Белое солнце пустыни), 1969 Soviet "Eastern" by Vladimir Motyl: Red Army soldier Sukhov guards a bandit's harem in the Civil War desert; 34 million viewers, cosmonaut good-luck film.