Excalibur

Ok, I like an Arthurian legend film as much as the next bloke...possibly even more, but off the back of Sword in the Stone (a Disney classic), with comic wolves, owls with large eyes and wizards in bermuda shorts, it's entirely possible that my pre-pubescent mind might have had a difficult time with this version.

Plot: So there's this the king and Merlin's his mate. King says to Merlin, I right fancy that lassie in the other castle. Merlin says to King, bit naughty that. King says, hook me up or we ain't friends no more Merl. So, Merlin makes the King look like the other King, so he can gets his 'rocks off' (not the Primal Scream version...or maybe it is?), then Arthur comes along and pulls the sword from the stone (as there ain't any in the line of succession anymore), then there's a round table, a load a knights and for some reason or other, Arthurs' mate Lancelot is a bit of a bounder and shags Arthurs' mrs (this scene's a tad graphic...as is most of the flick).

Still, I kinda like it. There's loads a shiny knights, sword play (no jokes please) and a bit of magic.

Budget: No clue?
Gross: $34,967,437

Fun Fact: It's got Gabriel Byrne, Liam Neeson, Patrick Stewart and a rather raunchy Helen Mirren (like she'd ever be anything else?!) as the evil half-sis Morgana.