The 10 Best Swashbuckler Movies of All Time, Ranked

The Princess Bride, The Mark of Zorro, and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl are some of the best swashbuckler movies.

March 30, 2025 · 1 min · 53 words · Phillip Parker

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Errol Flynn as Robin Hood pulling his bow and arrow in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

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Errol Flynn as Don Juan in Adventures of Don Juan (1948)

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The cast of ‘The Three Musketeers’ adaptation from 1973 (1)

A wounded Wesley protects Buttercup with a sword in the forest in The Princess Bride

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Jack Sparrow smiles and turns around while Will Turner looks confused in Curse of the Black Pearl

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Jim Caviezel in The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

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Burt Lancaster and Nick Cravat standing next to each other on a ship in The Crimson Pirate (1952)

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Tyrone Power and Basil Rathbone engaged in a sword fight in The Mark of Zorro (1940)

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Errol Flynn and Flora Robson looking at each other in The Sea Hawk (1940)

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Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn in Captain Blood looking at each other while smiling.

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Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

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The Adventures of Robin Hood