- abyss
- alliance
- ancient race
- ancient sword
- animal attack
- animate tree
- archery
- army of the dead
- arrow
- attempted murder
- based on novel
- battering ram
- battle
- beowulf
- betrayal
- blockbuster
- blood spatter
- boat
- bow
- bravery
- broken back
- broken leg
- brotherhood
- castle
- catapult
- cavalry
- christ figure
- city
- cliff
- cocoon
- combat
- coronation
- corruption
- courage
- crushed to death
- crystal ball
- cult director
- cult favorite
- curse
- dark hero
- darkness
- death
- death of father
- decapitation
- deception
- decoy
- defense
- departure
- destiny
- disfigurement
- disguise
- dragon
- dream
- dwarf
- dying words
- eagle
- elephant
- elf
- ensemble cast
- epic
- exhaustion
- eye
- falling from height
- falling into lava
- famous score
- fate
- father daughter relationship
- father son relationship
- female fighter
- female soldier
- female warrior
- fictional war
- fight
- finger bitten off
- fire
- fishing
- flashback
- forced perspective
- forest
- fortress
- friendship
- frightening
- gardener
- gate
- ghost
- giant bird
- giant spider
- good versus evil
- gore
- greed
- halfling
- harbor
- heroism
- hobbit
- honor
- hope
- horn
- horse
- idealism
- impalement
- insanity
- invented language
- invisibility
- journey
- journey shown on map
- king
- last stand
- lava
- lava stream
- lifting adult in air
- lifting someone into the air
- light
- loss of brother
- loss of father
- loss of friend
- loss of son
- love triangle
- loyalty
- macguffin
- madness
- magic
- main character dies
- marriage
- melodrama
- middle earth
- mission
- monster
- motion capture
- murder
- nightmare
- no opening credits
- old age
- orc
- paralysis
- part computer animation
- part of trilogy
- peril
- person on fire
- pirate
- plain
- premonition
- presumed dead
- princess
- prologue
- pub
- pyre
- quest
- race against time
- rescue
- retreat
- returning character killed off
- ring
- river
- sailboat
- self immolation
- sequel
- sequel to cult favorite
- severed finger
- severed head
- severed nose
- ship
- shot back to back
- shot in the forehead
- shot in the head
- shot in the neck
- shot in the shoulder
- shot in the stomach
- siege
- signal fire
- singing
- skull
- slow motion scene
- soldier
- song
- sorcerer
- spirit
- split personality
- stabbed in the arm
- stabbed in the back
- stabbed in the leg
- stabbed in the mouth
- stabbed in the neck
- stabbed in the side
- staircase
- stairs
- strangulation
- suicide
- surprise ending
- survival
- suspicion
- sword
- sword and sorcery
- sword fight
- temptation
- third in trilogy
- third part
- throat slitting
- tied up
- tolkien
- tomb
- tower
- tragedy
- tragic hero
- tragic villain
- trampled to death
- troll
- tunnel
- uncle
- undead
- underwater scene
- unrequited love
- vision
- volcanic eruption
- volcano
- walled city
- warrior
- warrior race
- warrior woman
- wedding
- wedding ceremony
- wilhelm scream
- witch
- wizard
- wound
- wraith