Return of the King won 11 Oscars. Tied the all-time record. Every single nomination, it won. No fantasy film had ever done that. No fantasy film has done it since
A Knight’s Tale (2001) shouldn’t work on paper and absolutely does on screen. Rock music, jousting as a sports movie, Heath Ledger pure charisma. Crowd-pleasing in the best way, endlessly rewatchable, and way smarter than it pretends to be.