Best Swashbuckler Movies of the 1980s

Director: Paul Verhoeven
Writers: Gerard Soeteman,Paul Verhoeven
Stars: Rutger Hauer,Jennifer Jason Leigh,Tom Burlinson,Ronald Lacey,Susan Tyrrell,Jack Thompson,Jake Wood,Héctor Alterio,Brion James,Nancy Cartwright
IMDb ID: tt0089153
Genres: Erotica,Adventure Film,Swashbuckler film,Drama,Action Film
Release date: 1985-06-10
Country: United States of America,Netherlands,Spain
Language: English Language,Latin Language

Director: Mel Damski
Writers: David Sherlock,Graham Chapman,Peter Cook,Bernard McKenna
Stars: John Cleese,Michael Hordern,Graham Chapman,Madeline Kahn,James Mason,Cheech Marin,Kenneth Mars,Peter Boyle,Marty Feldman,Tommy Chong
IMDb ID: tt0086618
Rating: PG (USA)
Genres: Adventure Film,Action Film,Swashbuckler film,Action/Adventure,Farce,Parody,Adventure Comedy,Comedy
Subjects: Piracy
Release date: 1983-06-24
Country: United Kingdom,United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Peter Medak
Stars: George Hamilton,Lauren Hutton,Ron Leibman,Brenda Vaccaro,Donovan Scott,Helen Burns,George Hamilton,James Booth,Eduardo Noriega
IMDb ID: tt0083366
Rating: PG (USA)
Genres: Parody,LGBT,Adventure Film,Swashbuckler film,Slapstick,Action Film,Action/Adventure,Adventure Comedy,Comedy
Release date: 1981-07-17
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Roman Polanski
Writers: Roman Polanski,Gérard Brach,John Brownjohn
Stars: Walter Matthau,Cris Campion,Damien Thomas,Olu Jacobs,Roger Ashton-Griffiths,Ferdy Mayne,Charlotte Lewis,Władysław Komar,Emilio Fernández
IMDb ID: tt0091757
Genres: Adventure Film,Swashbuckler film,Family,Comedy
Subjects: Piracy
Release date: 1986-05-08
Country: France,Tunisia
Language: English Language,Spanish Language,French Language

Director: John Hough
Stars: Lysette Anthony,Emma Samms,Hugh Grant,Oliver Reed,Ian Bannen,John Mills,Gordon Jackson,Christopher Cazenove,Michael York,Bernard Miles
IMDb ID: tt0097707
Rating: PG-13 (USA)
Genres: Costume drama,Period piece,Film adaptation,Romance Film,Swashbuckler film,Action/Adventure,Adventure Film,Costume Adventure,Drama
Release date: 1989
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English Language

Director: Richard Lester
Writers: George MacDonald Fraser
Stars: Michael York,Oliver Reed,Kim Cattrall,Geraldine Chaplin,C. Thomas Howell,Frank Finlay,Richard Chamberlain,Roy Kinnear,Alan Howard,Christopher Lee
IMDb ID: tt0098194
Rating: PG (USA)
Genres: Swashbuckler film,Action Film,Adventure Film,Comedy,Romance Film
Release date: 1989-04-19
Country: France,Spain,United Kingdom
Language: English Language

Director: Ferdinand Fairfax
Writers: John Hughes
Stars: Jenny Seagrove,Michael O'Keefe,Tommy Lee Jones,Bruce Allpress,Max Phipps,Bill Johnson,Roy Billing,Peter Rowley,Grant Tilly
IMDb ID: tt0085994
Rating: PG (USA)
Genres: Adventure Film,Action/Adventure,Swashbuckler film,Drama
Subjects: Piracy
Release date: 1983
Country: New Zealand,United States of America,Fiji
Language: English Language

Director: Clive Donner
Stars: Ian McKellen,Jane Seymour,Anthony Andrews,James Villiers,Julian Fellowes,Richard Morant,Eleanor David,Denis Lill,John Quarmby,Timothy Carlton
IMDb ID: tt0084637
Genres: Costume drama,Adventure Film,Romance Film,Television film,Action/Adventure,Swashbuckler film,Drama
Release date: 1982-11-09
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English Language

Director: Douglas Camfield
Writers: John Gay
Stars: Lysette Anthony,Anthony Andrews,Julian Glover,Sam Neill,James Mason,Michael Hordern,Olivia Hussey,Ronald Pickup,John Rhys-Davies,David Robb
IMDb ID: tt0084157
Genres: Swashbuckler film,Costume drama,War film,Action/Adventure,Film adaptation,Adventure Film,Drama
Release date: 1982
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English Language

Director: Judith de Paul
Stars: Frank Gorshin,Christopher Cazenove,Bernard Miles
IMDb ID: tt0326647
Rating: G (USA)
Genres: Adventure Film,Swashbuckler film,Musical,Family,Action/Adventure,Drama,Musical Drama
Release date: 1982
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English Language