I'll try to bite my tongue and not get into too many personal favorites so that somebody else can share. Swashbucklers is a catch-all phrase which usually includes some period films where there are swordfights. They can be pirate movies, Zorro-type films, samurai epics, and several films based on classic novels.

For example, "The Three Musketeers" is a classic swashbuckler novel and has been turned into more than one good film. Many younger viewers have seen "The Mask of Zorro" with Antonio Banderas, and I believe that's probably the best swashbuckler of this generation. Then again, a case could be made that "Star Wars" is a swashbuckler, since it has a few light-sabre fights.

OK, are we on the same page? Basically, swashbucklers have plenty of action (using swords at least partially) and they have to include romance between a hero and a spunky member of the opposite sex, who almost always "hate each other at first sight."

Anybody have something to add? My tongue is starting to hurt from holding back.

Just so I can get this movie out of the way---"Pirates of the Carribbean". It wasnt a very good movie, but it was quite the piece of entertainment and Johnny Depp's performance was to die for.

I guess we should mention the Princess Bride too. It has all the necessary ingredients! A lot of the older pirate movies and such, I watched quite young so they are kind of blurred together for me. I somewhat recall a few Bounty movies that have run into one. I guess Peter Pan/Hook belongs in here. Time to stop before I start stretching for more.

I'm glad you guys added some thoughts. I'm not going to hijack this, but I thought I'd mention my fave pirate flicks since almost no one will have seen them (although Smenkharon mentioned one elsewhere.)

"Captain Blood" (1935) with Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland and Basil Rathbone, was done on a low budget, but it STILL has extremely-high entertainment value.

Tyrone Power in "The Black Swan" (1942) and Burt Lancaster in "The Crimson Pirate" (1952) are both immensely-exciting and funny pirate flicks which haven't really been topped since. I did like "POTC" a lot, but somehow something's missing from it that these other three have.

OK, well, there's still so many others...what about..GGRRRR!..shut up, bilge rat, or I'll slit you gullet!

errol flynn is no.one,but johnny depp is cool and funny and the late steve reeves did his thing as morgan the pirate.