Movies like The Green Knight (2021)
The best movies like The Green Knight (2021) are The Northman (2022), Valhalla Rising (2010) and Excalibur (1981). If The Green Knight hooked you with its adventure and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)8.5/10 from 28,845 votes
- NewestThe Odyssey (2026)Released 2026
The Northman (2022)
Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisValhalla Rising (2010)
Scandinavia, 1,000 AD. For years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape, beginning a journey into the heart of darkness. On their flight, One Eye and Are board a Viking vessel, but the ship is soon engulfed by an endless fog that clears only as the crew sights an unknown land. As the new world reveals its secrets and the Vikings confront their terrible and bloody fate, One Eye discovers his true self.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisExcalibur (1981)
Arthur fulfills his fate by bringing together the Knights of the Round Table at Camelot and unifying the country. However, this flawed monarch faces greater tests ahead in pursuit of love, the Holy Grail, and his nation's survival.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)
Gawain was a squire in King Arthur's court when the Green Knight burst in and offered to play a game with a brave knight. Gawain journeys across the land, learning about life, saving damsels, and solving the Green Knight's riddle.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Death of Robin Hood (2026)
Grappling with his past after a life of crime and murder, Robin Hood finds himself gravely injured after a battle he thought would be his last. In the hands of a mysterious woman, he is offered a chance at salvation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWilliam Tell (2025)
The narrative unfolds in the 14th Century, when the European nations vie for supremacy within the Holy Roman Empire. The ambitious Austrian Empire, desiring more land, invades neighbouring Switzerland, a serene and pastoral nation. Protagonist William Tell, a formerly peaceful hunter, finds himself forced to take action as his family and homeland come under threat from the oppressive Austrian King and his ruthless warlords.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & fantasy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisSnow White and the Huntsman (2012)
After the Evil Queen marries the King, she performs a violent coup in which the King is murdered and his daughter, Snow White, is taken captive. Almost a decade later, a grown Snow White is still in the clutches of the Queen. In order to obtain immortality, The Evil Queen needs the heart of Snow White. After Snow escapes the castle, the Queen sends the Huntsman to find her in the Dark Forest.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKing Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword Excalibur from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy... whether he likes it or not.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Brothers Grimm (2005)
Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and new challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts into hilarity and even turning back time. But the term also brings danger: soul-sucking Dementors hover over the school, an ally of the accursed He-Who-Cannot-Be-Named lurks within the castle walls, and fearsome wizard Sirius Black escapes Azkaban. And Harry will confront them all.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & fantasy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Fall (2008)
In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Rats: A Witcher Tale (2025)
To pull off a daring heist, a gang of six misfit outlaws will have to do something they've never done before: trust each other — and a washed-up Witcher.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Odyssey (2026)
Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & fantasy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisSolomon Kane (2009)
A nomadic 16th century warrior, condemned to hell for his brutal past, seeks redemption by renouncing violence, but finds some things are worth burning for as he fights to free a young Puritan woman from the grip of evil.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHighlander (1986)
He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLegend (1985)
Set in a timeless mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins, unicorns and mortals, this fantastic story follows a mystical forest dweller, chosen by fate, to undertake a heroic quest. He must save the beautiful Princess Lili and defeat the demonic Lord of Darkness, or the world will be plunged into a never-ending ice age.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRobin Hood (2018)
A war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSeason of the Witch (2011)
A 14th century Crusader returns with his comrade to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The Church commands the two knights to transport a witch to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSeventh Son (2014)
John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisPan's Labyrinth (2006)
In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost princess from an underground kingdom. To return to her true father, she must complete a series of surreal and perilous tasks that blur the line between reality and fantasy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBlack Death (2010)
As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to raise the dead. A fearsome knight joined by a cohort of soldiers and a young monk are charged by the church to investigate. Their journey is filled with danger, but it's upon entering the village that their true horror begins.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
After a carnival troupe saves his life, a man agrees to help its immortal leader collect five souls and win a bet with the devil.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellowship of the Ring is revealed as the noble heir to the throne of the Kings of Men. Yet, the sole hope for triumph over evil lies with a brave hobbit, Frodo, who, accompanied by his loyal friend Sam and the hideous, wretched Gollum, ventures deep into the very dark heart of Mordor on his seemingly impossible quest to destroy the Ring of Power.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & fantasy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisFantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team of wizards and witches. They soon encounter an array of old and new beasts as they clash with Grindelwald's growing legion of followers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStrings (2004)
The story of Prince Hal who sets out to avenge his dead father against the city's rivals, the Zeriths, little knowing it was his wicked uncle Nezo who is the real killer, with his own designs on the throne.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKrabat (2008)
A 14-year-old orphan named Krabat flees the horrors of the 30 Years War by becoming an apprentice to an ominous master of a mysterious mill. Krabat is not only taught the craft of milling, but is also instructed in the sinister world of the darker arts. When the life of his friend and protector is threatened, Krabat must struggle to free himself from an evil sorcerer's control in a gripping fight for freedom, friendship and love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisBathory: Countess of Blood (2008)
Bathory is based on the legends surrounding the life and deeds of Countess Elizabeth Bathory known as the greatest murderess in the history of mankind. Contrary to popular belief, Elizabeth Bathory was a modern Renaissance woman who ultimately fell victim to men’s aspirations for power and wealth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisKaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part I) (2025)
After reclaiming Kaamelott from Lancelot's tyrannical rule, Arthur spares his life, defying Celtic gods. Knights must prove themselves for Table Round seats while Arthur faces new threats as king.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & fantasy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Green Knight?
The closest matches to The Green Knight are The Northman (2022), Valhalla Rising (2010) and Excalibur (1981). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Green Knight?
People who watched The Green Knight most often go on to The Northman (2022), Valhalla Rising (2010) and Excalibur (1981).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Green Knight?
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), rated 8.5/10 by 28,845 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Green Knight?
The Odyssey (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Green Knight?
Yes: The Northman (2022), Valhalla Rising (2010) and Excalibur (1981).
How are movies similar to The Green Knight chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Green Knight, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.