37 Films & TV Shows Set In North America During The Middle Ages
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The Knight Before Christmas
Ohio The 2010s The 14th CenturyA modern day romance with a medieval twist — A medieval English knight is magically transported to present day where he ends up falling for a high school science teacher.
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Transformers: The Last Knight
Illinois South Dakota District of Columbia England 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇩🇪 Germany 🇳🇦 Namibia The Middle AgesFor one world to live, the other must die. — Autobots and Decepticons are at war, with humans on the sidelines. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth.
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Hochelaga, Land of Souls
Quebec The 1830s The 17th Century The 16th Century The 13th CenturyMohawk archaeologist Baptiste Asigny engages in a search for his ancestors following a tragic terrain slump in the Percival Molson Stadium.
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Assassin's Creed
🇲🇽 Mexico Texas England 🇪🇸 Spain The 1980s The 2010s The 14th CenturyYour destiny is in your blood. — Through unlocked genetic memories that allow him to relive the adventures of his ancestor in 15th century Spain, Callum Lynch discovers he's a descendant of the secret 'Assassins' society. After gaining incredible knowledge and skills, he is now poised to take on the oppressive Knights Templar in the present day.
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Mr. Peabody & Sherman
New York Texas 🇬🇷 Greece 🇮🇹 Italy 🇹🇷 Turkey Ancient History The 18th Century The 16th CenturyHe's Leaving His Mark On History — A young boy and his dog, who happens to have a genius-level IQ, spring into action when their time-machine is stolen and moments in history begin to be changed.
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Mayan Renaissance
🇬🇹 Guatemala The 14th Century The 15th Century The 16th Century Ancient HistoryMayan Renaissance is a feature length film which documents the glory of the ancient Maya civilization, the Spanish conquest in 1519, 500 years of oppression, and the courageous fight of the Maya to reclaim their voice and determine their own future, in Guatemala and throughout Central America. The film stars 1992 Nobel Peace Laureate and Maya Leader Rigoberta Mencu Tum. All of the images, voices, expert commentary and music in the film come directly from Central America, the heart of the Mayan World.
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Thor
New Mexico 🇳🇴 Norway The 2010s The 10th CenturyTwo worlds. One hero. — Against his father Odin's will, The Mighty Thor - a powerful but arrogant warrior god - recklessly reignites an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.
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The Smurfs
New York The 2010s The Middle AgesSmurf Happens. — When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours -- in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down.
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In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds
British Columbia The Middle AgesFight to the End — Granger, an ex-Special Forces soldier gets thrown back to medieval times to fulfill an ancient prophecy. Venturing through the now war torn Kingdom of Ehb, he teams up with an unlikely band of allies with the goal of slaying the leader of the "Dark Ones". Fighting against all odds, they must free the land from the grasp of the evil tyrant Raven and save the world.
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
New York England The 2010s The 2000s The 8th CenturyIt's The Coolest Job Ever. — Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness.
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Kanthaswamy
Ciudad de México 🇮🇳 India England The Middle AgesA CBI officer moonlights as a modern day Robin Hood in the guise of the masked Kanthaswamy, as he helps fight corruption and aid impoverished people.
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Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America
Newfoundland and Labrador The 11th CenturyAn unexpectedly modern take on a tale of two Viking warriors abandoned on the American coast. Warning – contains a graphic answer to the question: do Vikings sh*t in the woods?
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The Forbidden Kingdom
Massachusetts 🇨🇳 China The 7th CenturyThe battle for eternity is the fantasy of a lifetime. — An American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, the teenager unexpectedly finds himself travelling back to ancient China to join a crew of warriors from martial arts lore on a dangerous quest to free the imprisoned Monkey King.
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Dasavatharam
Nevada 🇮🇳 India Tokyo Prefecture The 12th CenturyBio-technologist Govind K Somaiyya sets about on a precarious journey to India to retrieve a vial containing a deadly virus and prevent it from reaching the wrong hands of an ex-CIA agent and deadly assassins.
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Lost Colony: The Legend of Roanoke
North Carolina The 16th CenturyThey came from England to tame the New World, only to become the prey of an ancient evil. — English colonists arriving on Roanoke Island in 1587 find the fort built years before deserted. Soon after, members of the colony begin to die in horrible ways. Before returning to England for provisions, leader John White puts his son-in-law Ananais Dare in charge, and Dare realizes the island is haunted by Norse spirits. Enlisting the aid of a friendly Native American, Dare attempts to free the spirits from their earthly captivity before the entire colony is lost.
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Aztec Rex
🇲🇽 Mexico The 16th CenturyIn 1518 A.D. only the noblest warriors survive — The Aztecs summoned a Tyrannosaurus Rex to keep Cortes and his army out of Mexico. Now they need the Conquistadors' help to stop the T-Rex from killing them all.
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The Fountain
🇪🇸 Spain 🇬🇹 Guatemala The 2000s The 16th CenturyDeath is the road to awe — Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.
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Apocalypto
🇬🇹 Guatemala The 16th CenturyNo one can outrun their destiny. — Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.
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Timeline
🇫🇷 France New Mexico The 14th CenturyThey had to travel into the past to save the future — A group of archaeological students become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve their professor. The group must survive in 14th century France long enough to be rescued.
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Just Visiting
Illinois England The 12th CenturyThey're not just from another time, they're from France. — A knight and his valet are plagued by a witch, and to repair the damage they make use of the services of a wizard. However, something goes wrong and they are transported from the 12th century to the year 2000. There the knight meets some of his family and slowly learns what this new century is like. However, he still needs to get back to the 12th century to deal with the witch, so he starts looking for a wizard. Remake of 1993 French film Les Visiteurs (The Visitors).
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The Road to El Dorado
🇲🇽 Mexico 🇪🇸 Spain The 16th CenturyThey came for the gold. They stayed for the adventure. — After a failed swindle, two con-men end up with a map to El Dorado, the fabled "city of gold," and an unintended trip to the New World. Much to their surprise, the map does lead the pair to the mythical city, where the startled inhabitants promptly begin to worship them as gods. The only question is, do they take the worshipful natives for all they're worth, or is there a bit more to El Dorado than riches?
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Highlander: Endgame
New York Scotland The 16th Century The 1990s The 2000sIt will take two immortals to defeat the ultimate evil. But in the end, there can be only one. — Immortals Connor and Duncan Macleod join forces against a man from Connor's distant past in the highlands of Scotland, Kell, an immensely powerful immortal who leads an army of equally powerful and deadly immortal swordsmen and assassins. No immortal alive has been able to defeat Kell yet, and neither Connor nor Duncan are skilled enough themselves to take him on and live. The two of them eventually come to one inevitable conclusion; one of them must die so that the combined power of both the Highlanders can bring down Kell for good. There can be only one... the question is, who will it be?
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The Other Conquest
🇲🇽 Mexico The 16th CenturyThe spirit of a people can never be conquered. — The film is a drama about the aftermath of the 1520s Spanish Conquest of Mexico told from the perspective of the indigenous Aztec people. It explores the social, religious, and psychological changes brought about by a historical process of colonization that both defined the American continent and is also highly reminiscent of today’s neocolonialism.
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Highlander III: The Sorcerer
New York Scotland 🇯🇵 Japan 🇲🇦 Morocco The 1990s The 18th Century The 16th CenturyThroughout time they have hunted each other fulfilling the prophecy, that there can be only one. — Starts off in the 15th century, with Connor McLeod training with another immortal swordsman, the Japanese sorcerer Nakano. When an evil immortal named Kane kills the old wizard, the resulting battle leaves him buried in an underground cave. When Kane resurfaces in the 20th century to create havoc, it's up to McLeod to stop him.
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Mannequin Two: On the Move
Pennsylvania The 14th CenturyA lively comedy about a living doll! — Although Jason works as a department store clerk, he is also a reincarnated prince. Long ago, his beloved Jessie was snatched away from him by an evil wizard who used his powers to transform her into wooden statue. Now Jessie is in Jason's department store as a mannequin. When he encounters her, she awakens from her thousand-year sleep. They quickly revive their romance, but the evil wizard has been reincarnated as well, and he's up to no good.
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