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FilmPG-132001
A Knight's Tale
Directed by Brian Helgeland
William Thatcher, a knight's peasant apprentice, gets a chance at glory when the knight dies suddenly mid-tournament. Posing as a knight himself, William won't stop until he's crowned tournament champion—assuming matters of the heart don't get in the way. From TMDB
185 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
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| Bluesky * | 82 | 4 | 77 |
| Lemmy * | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| TMDB reviews * | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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A Knight's Tale is a 2001 adventure drama romance film, directed by Brian Helgeland, starring Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell and Shannyn Sossamon.
- 159 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon, TMDB reviews
- posts span Jul 27, 2020 to Nov 4, 2026
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60 of 185 · most liked firstIn my experience, scholars of a particular historical period are the LEAST uptight about "accuracy" in fictional representations of their period, which is why, as a medievalist, I can assure you that A Knight's Tale is the greatest movie set in medieval England that has ever been made.
positive · AI labelView post →A Knight's Tale is Heath Ledger's best role and I will not be debating it. A Knight's Tale is also basically a perfect movie. I will not be debating that either.
positive · AI labelView post →I can't say that A Knight's Tale is the favorite medieval movie of all medievalists, but that's because some medievalists are wrong.
positive · AI labelView post →I HAVE BEEN BULLIED. We are finally watching A Knight's Tale 🗣️
neutral · AI labelView post →"A Knight's Tale," released May 2001, is the last movie of the 1990s
neutral · AI labelView post →I think I zeroed in on why medieval historians love this movie so much. I think part of it is because A Knight's Tale doesn't romanticize peasantry and poverty. It acknowledges that being poor and powerless sucked all the ass and that it was good to try and rise above it. That's refreshing.
positive · AI labelView post →I knew that Allan Graf, who folks of my bend know best as the terrifying Captain "Fights Dan Dority in the Mud" Turner on Deadwood, had directed the jousting scenes in A KNIGHT'S TALE (easily the best jousting in any movie, ever), and I'd always been curious to learn more about that... 1/
neutral · AI labelView post →A Knight's Tale. Not only is it a good movie but it was my introduction to Paul Bettany and Alan Tudyk and they were brilliant in it.
positive · AI labelView post →Our (ir)regular weekly movie (first one in a while!) choice for this week has been A Knight's Tale. Which I haven't seen in aaaaages and has been so much fun.
positive · AI labelView post →The greatest historical film of all time is A Knight's Tale.
positive · AI labelView post →It doesn't get much better than A Knight's Tale. Paul Bethany, Mark Addy, Alan Tudyk, and of course Heath Ledger at his prettiest. The movie obviously has some anachronisms but the vibe is right!
positive · AI labelView post →This week's family movie was A Knight's Tale, and honestly, I'd forgotten just how fun and clever it is! Best Chaucer ever.
positive · AI labelView post →A Knight's Tale is the only historically accurate movie
positive · AI labelView post →A Knight's Tale is the only good sports movie
positive · AI labelView post →What's your favourite Sunday night movie, and why is it A Knight's Tale?
neutral · AI labelView post →Just stumbled into the last 15 minutes of "A Knight's Tale," just an endlessly delightful and rewatchable movie. I've heard Wat tell William, "Your father heard that," 9,000 times, and I've never not teared up, and I never will.
positive · AI labelView post →Watched A Knight's Tale for the first time and y'all were right, it's a great movie
positive · AI labelView post →Someone tell me not to start a three hour movie (A Knight's Tale) at 11PM
neutral · AI labelView post →imagine the fbi going through your chat logs looking for a manifesto and it's just you talking about how much 'A Knight's Tale' fuckin rips and how 'Pacific Rim' is actually a sports movie and shit
positive · AI labelView post →Well it's not a shit rating but I do think A Knight's Tale is way better than its mediocre scores. Perfect comfort movie.
positive · AI labelView post →there is only one flawless movie and that's A Knight's Tale. and by flawless I mean haha...let's just say...flawed
neutral · AI labelView post →Heath Ledger. Shannyn Sossamon. Jousting. Chaucer. Nude Paul Bettany. Queen. Bowie. Poetry. A lance, hello. You, me, @tlecaque.bsky.social @greenleejw.bsky.social @waymack.bsky.social & the greatest medieval film ever made. A KNIGHT'S TALE on #HATM Podcast. NOW. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
neutral · AI labelView post →Another Cox n Crendor movie night tonight! Watching the movie we didn't watch last week - A Knight's Tale at 8pm PST @jessecox.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →My last four watched for #LetterBoxdFriday before the day passes 1. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2. The Parenting 3. A Knight's Tale 4. The Holiday Exchange
neutral · AI labelView post →A Knight's Tale. Listen. If Chaucer is a time traveler, this movie only GAINS coherency and consistency
positive · AI labelView post →Watching the greatest movie of all time, A Knight's Tale,
positive · AI labelView post →A Knight's Tale is such a comfort movie for me.
positive · AI labelView post →I think you'll find the perfect movie was already made. A KNIGHT'S TALE.
positive · AI labelView post →Daaamn. Paul Bettany gave it his absolute all in "A Knight's Tale." I feel sorry for everyone who only knows him as Vision. It's a fine performance but his Geoffrey Chaucer is ART!!! with mandatory capital letters and the three exclamation marks. I should rewatch this film. youtu.be/XdqvJbh8eeM&...
positive · AI labelView post →Cox n Crendor movie night tonight at our normal 8pm PST. Likely watching one of Starship Troopers, Street Fighter or A Knight's Tale @jessecox.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →A Knight's Tale was released 25 years ago today. It's a movie that has no business being as much fun as it is.
positive · AI labelView post →It's basically the entire plot of A Knight's Tale, a 2001 movie that I happened to rewatch like two days ago lmao
neutral · AI labelView post →The Green Knight. I can see why some people didn't get into [The Green Knight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Green_Knight_(film)) but I love it. I also love [The Canterbury Tales](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Canterbury_Tales) and of course [A Knight's Tale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Knight%27s_Tale). I donno if anyone else got this out of the film but I saw it as a portrayal of the other side of the [Golden Rule](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rule) that I feel that…
neutral · AI labelView post →A Knight's Tale just came on the telly and I'm trying not to cry because omg I fucking love this movie but I haven't seen it in so long and Heath Ledger 🥺😭💖
positive · AI labelView post →What on earth could you possibly do to us? I will eviscerate you in fiction. Every last pimple, every last character flaw. I was naked for a day. You will be naked for eternity. (Fictionalization of Chaucer in A Knight's Tale; definitely worth watching, such a great film)
neutral · AI labelView post →A Knight's Tale is my absolute favourite fake medieval movie because it gets the vibe so right :)
positive · AI labelView post →Started rewatching A Knight's Tale. A fun, dumb movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →They are referencing the movie, *A Knight's Tale.* The main character's father instills in him the idea one can "change their stars" and thereby control their fate as a way of saying he could do anything if he worked at it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Medievalists! Have I got a new movie clip to teach for you! Possibly the most medieval lit clip since A Knight's Tale. Strap in:
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched A Knight's Tale last night. Cried a lot, made a lot of posts. Ultimately, it's a movie about hope and hope is something we sorely need right now.
positive · AI labelView post →Watched "A Knight's Tale" this evening, what an excellent film! Don't know how I missed seeing it before. Heath Ledger as the lead character alongside a host of other fantastic actors. The whole movie is just brilliantly put together!
positive · AI labelView post →A Knight's Tale, and yes, it is absolutely a sports movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →I first learned of sin eaters from the 2003 film The Order. Pretty much the director and cast of A Knight's Tale decided to make a second film together. Fantastically good premise but almost an achievement in how boring it was.
neutral · AI labelView post →This movie holds up in every single way possible. I'm not listening to A Knight's Tale slander
positive · AI labelView post →"Mayze" is over. I survived my corn marathon. (But not unscathed.) I am a changed man. I forgot I watched a Knight's Tale this last month as well - what a fun film! #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #FilmSky 🎥Nostradouglas on Letterboxd
positive · AI labelView post →The problem with most movies is that they're focus group driven board member tested middle of the road storytelling instead of being A Knight's Tale (2001). And I don't mean LIKE A Knight's Tale (2001), I mean it is already a perfect movie, why would you make others
positive · AI labelView post →But that's why A Knight's Tale is every medievalist's favorite historical film. Every change it makes from history, it does so with the purpose of staying true to the feeling of the time so modern audiences would get the vibes without lengthy infodumps. But you can tell they did the work.
neutral · AI labelView post →Name a movie where every single person can get it: A Knight's Tale
neutral · AI labelView post →Just finished watching A Knight's Tale for the first time after a few years removed... I still have most of the dialogue memorized and this remains one of my fave dance scenes in a film. Also, I miss Heath Ledger 🥺 youtu.be/yygNdTxoHus?...
positive · AI labelView post →Today, Movie Slate calls out one of her friends - tmblr.co/ZB69gvf7PTCV... It's understandable, A Knight's Tale is a good movie. #WebComic #Pony #Unicorn #MLP
neutral · AI labelView post →For another, I take a more...vibes approach to "historical accuracy". One of my favorite historical films is A Knight's Tale because, while it's full of anachronisms, they're there to serve a purpose in bringing the FEELING of the era to the film. Esp. when they show their research in small details.
neutral · AI labelView post →Once again watching the most perfect sports film ever made - A Knight's Tale
positive · AI labelView post →Catching up with a Heath Ledger film that I haven't seen before... #NowWatching 📽️ - A Knight's Tale (2001) Dir. Brian Helgeland
neutral · AI labelView post →Seriously though, A Knight's Tale is incredibly silly but harmlessly fun movie if you don't know much about history, but the more you learn about history the better it gets because of the easter eggs.
positive · AI labelView post →What if the 'Legend of Zelda' movie has needle drops of modern music like the 'Super Mario Bros.' movie and they play it off the way 'A Knight's Tale' did
neutral · AI labelView post →Thank you for the perspective. I think Visma and Jonas are doing everything they can, just up against an opponent who is impossible to beat. I am proud of them for trying. Reminds me of a scene from the film A Knight's Tale about how to beat an unbeatable opponent. Sadly no clip. 🙁
neutral · AI labelView post →I love that movie, the same way I love A Knight's Tale and The Mummy and Galaxy Quest.
positive · AI labelView post →another wee baby schedule for this weekend plus: movie night in the discord starting in an hour (A Knight's Tale + The Princess Bride)
neutral · AI labelView post →Oooh, A Knight's Tale is free with ads on YouTube! Go watch every Medievalist's favorite historical film (and no, I'm not kidding)!
neutral · AI labelView post →We had an internet outage for 4 hours today & I'm unwell so instead of being productive, I put in a DVD of a favorite, A Knight's Tale. Such a great movie! Heath Ledger made it easier to stomach the cat anal-gland expression, lol. Now happily back to PBS Nova. Moai are a different handsome!
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