Films with sword fighting?

Dano said:
The Princess Bride.

My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!!!
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+1 :D "In the pits of despaaaaaaaaaai- *cough*"

If you're looking for something more modern there's Solomon Kane (might not be the right era you're looking for though).
 
You need to go back a fair way to see it done well: most of the best are in the 1940s swashbucklers. General opinion is that Basil Rathbone was probably the best actor with a sword (although that didn't stop quite a lot of Errol Flynn sword jokes). The duel between the two of them at the end of The Adventures of Robin Hood is a bit silly, and not especially rigorous - but is fantastic to watch. Films nowadays tend to go for either the modernist approach (lots of close-ups and very quick cuts so you can't see what is going on - it means they can use stunt men for everything) or the accurate approach (the fight is over in a few seconds, as most real ones were). The only old-school ones I've seen for ages are the Pirates of the Caribbean ones.


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Well it's not like The Three Musketeers and it's in Japanese (If I recall correctly) but Azumi and Azumi 2 were decent.
 
Possibly not entirely what you are looking for but in terms of actual quality of fight scenes I'd suggest:

Zatoichi
Hero
Fearless
House Of Flying Daggers,
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

All are worth a watch.
 
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