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Movies that feel like Beowulf (2007)

If you loved Beowulf, the closest films we have are Hercules (2014), Chinese Zodiac (2012) and The Assassin (2015). All three share Beowulf's epic and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium and MUBI and others, checked against today's data.

A 6th-century Scandinavian warrior named Beowulf embarks on a mission to slay the man-like ogre, Grendel.

🍅 71% Rotten Tomatoes6.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Robert Zemeckisepickinetic

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Hercules
2014 · dir. Brett Ratner
🍅 58%6action · adventure

Both are built on the same subject: battle

When a new enemy threatens the innocent, Hercules must lead his fearless team of warriors in a battle against overwhelming odds.

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Chinese Zodiac
2012 · dir. Jackie Chan
🍅 25%6action · adventure

The same mix in both: scale, then momentum

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Asian Hawk leads a mercenary team to recover several lost artifacts from the Old Summer Palace, the bronze heads of the twelve Chinese Zodiac animals which were sacked by the French and British armies from the imperial Summer Palace in Beijing in 1860. Assisted by a Chinese student and a Parisian woman, Hawk stops at nothing to accomplish the mission.

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The Assassin
2015 · dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien
🍅 80%6.3action · adventure · history

Adventure built on scale, twice over

The difference: Sits closer to history than Beowulf does

9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings.

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Major Grom: Plague Doctor
2021 · dir. Oleg Trofim
6.3action · adventure

Both lean on momentum more than on action

In present day St. Petersburg, police major Igor Grom, an honest and skilled cop with unconventional methods, pursues a vigilante murderer in the mask of a plague doctor.

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Ong Bak 3
2010 · dir. Tony Jaa
🍅 63%4.9action · adventure · history

Epic animation in both cases

Tien is captured and almost beaten to death before he is saved and brought back to the Kana Khone villagers. There he is taught meditation and how to deal with his Karma, but very soon his arch rival returns challenging Tien for a final duel.

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13 Assassins
2010 · dir. Takashi Miike
🍅 95%7.5adventure · drama · action

The same preoccupation in both: battle

A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.

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🍅 77%6.2adventure · action

Kinetic adventure, and it commits to that

Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behest of a young man whose friend—and Indy's colleague—Professor Oxley has been captured for his knowledge of the skull's whereabouts.

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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023 · dir. James Mangold
🍅 71%6.5adventure · action

Action approached the same way

Finding himself in a new era, and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artifact doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991 · dir. Kevin Reynolds
🍅 52%6.9action · adventure · drama

One thread runs through both: folk hero

Nobleman crusader Robin of Locksley breaks out of a Jerusalem prison with the help of Moorish fellow prisoner Azeem and travels back home to England. But upon arrival he discovers his dead father in the ruins of his family estate, killed by the vicious sheriff of Nottingham, Robin and Azeem join forces with outlaws Little John and Will Scarlett to save the kingdom from the sheriff's villainy.

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Mulan: Rise of a Warrior
2009 · dir. Jingle Ma Choh-Sing
6.6adventure · drama · action

Both play adventure straight

When barbarian hordes threaten her homeland, the brave and cunning Mulan disguises herself as a male soldier to swell the ranks in her aging father's stead. The warrior's remarkable courage drives her through powerful battle scenes and brutal wartime strategy. Mulan loses dear friends to the enemy's blade as she rises to become one of her country's most valuable leaders — but can she win the war before her secret is exposed?

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The Warlords
2007 · dir. Peter Chan Ho-Sun
🍅 62%7action · drama · history

Cut from the same action cloth

The civil war in China has ruined many lives including General Pang's. A wounded General Pang is saved by a beautiful young woman along with two other men. Together they vow to eradicate the rebels.

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House of Flying Daggers
2004 · dir. Zhang Yimou
🍅 87%7.5adventure · drama · action

The same adventure instincts

In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

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