The last few days the sea based setting I came up with as an option for players to consider exploring has been rattling around in my head. Inspiration for this setting has always been a trading in the Mediterranean kind of thing based around Greek mythology. In particular the film I’ve watched many times over the decades Jason and the Argonauts. And my little knowledge of Odysseus and his tale of trying to get home after the Fall of Troy, The Odyssey.

So I thought I’d rewatch that classic. While looking to see if it was included on Netflix and Amazon Prime I stumbled across Hawk the Slayer and Krull. Both movies I had fond memories of from my youth.

In a previous post I did a brain dump of cyberpunk films and tv to get in the mood for the FFG Android Shadow of the Beanstalk source book.

So taking a prompt from that post, my Amazon browsing, Appendix D of the DM Guide and Appendix E of the Players Guide and the lists of literature to use as inspiration for playing D&D from both sides of the DM screen. I thought I’d do a brain dump of films and tv to inspire players and DM’s alike for D&D.

This is by no means an exhaustive list, and there are some very big obvious omissions. Those being The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit trilogy (which should only ever have been a single movie, two at most), the Harry Potter series and spin offs. I thought they were a given and didn’t need saying.

For Jim Henson’s The Storyteller I’m including the original series and the Greek Myths one. Likewise with the 80’s Clash of the Titans I’m going to lump in with it the remake and the the remakes sequel Wrath of the Titans.

Again The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (my favourite of the Sinbad movies) also covers the other Sinbad releases.

Yes I know The Neverending Story had sequels too. But they are best forgotten and avoided. Watch them if you must.

Finally I nearly forgot to recommend this next one. That would have been a true crime.

So that’s a long list, some easier to watch than others. Whether that’s because they are hard to find or just haven’t aged well. What would you add to the list?