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Movies that feel likeHellboy (2004)

In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.

If you loved Hellboy, the closest films we have are The Old Guard (2020), Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle (2025) and Constantine (2005). All three share Hellboy's dreamlike and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is A Chinese Ghost Story (1987).

🍅 81% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Guillermo del Torodreamlikekineticdread
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

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The Old Guard
2020 · dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood
🍅 80%★ 6.7action · fantasyNetflix

Both are built on the same subject: superhero

The difference: Easier on the dread than Hellboy

Four undying warriors who've secretly protected humanity for centuries become targeted for their mysterious powers just as they discover a new immortal.

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🍅 98%★ 8.4animation · action · fantasyNetflixPrime Video

Both keep coming back to the same thing: demon

The difference: Sits closer to animation than Hellboy does

The Demon Slayer Corps are drawn into the Infinity Castle, where Tanjiro, Nezuko, and the Hashira face terrifying Upper Rank demons in a desperate fight as the final battle against Muzan Kibutsuji begins.

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Constantine
2005 · dir. Francis Lawrence
🍅 46%★ 7fantasy · action · horrorMax

The same preoccupation in both: superhero

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.

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A Chinese Ghost Story
1987 · dir. Tony Ching Siu-Tung
🍅 70%★ 7.4fantasy · actionPrime Video

Dreamlike where it counts, kinetic underneath

A naïve young tax collector for the imperial government winds up spending the night in a haunted temple. There he falls in love with a beautiful woman who, unfortunately, is dead. With the aid of a powerful Daoist Swordsman, he must defeat undead hordes, overcome a sinister Tree Demoness, and descend to the pits of hell, to fight for the spirit he loves.

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The Devil's Backbone
2001 · dir. Guillermo del Toro
🍅 93%★ 7.3fantasy · drama · horror

Both are Guillermo del Toro's work, and they rhyme

Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.

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Jujutsu Kaisen 0
2021 · dir. Sunghoo Park
🍅 96%★ 7.8animation · action · fantasyNetflixPrime Video

Common ground: demon

Yuta Okkotsu is a nervous high school student who is suffering from a serious problem—his childhood friend Rika has turned into a curse and won't leave him alone. Since Rika is no ordinary curse, his plight is noticed by Satoru Gojo, a teacher at Jujutsu High, a school where fledgling exorcists learn how to combat curses. Gojo convinces Yuta to enroll, but can he learn enough in time to confront the curse that haunts him?

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Ghost Rider
2007 · dir. Mark Steven Johnson
🍅 28%★ 5.3thriller · action · fantasyStarz

Dread-soaked fantasy, and it commits to that

In order to save his dying father, young stunt cyclist Johnny Blaze sells his soul to Mephistopheles and sadly parts from the pure-hearted Roxanne Simpson, the love of his life. Years later, Johnny's path crosses again with Roxanne, now a go-getting reporter, and also with Mephistopheles, who offers to release Johnny's soul if Johnny becomes the fabled, fiery 'Ghost Rider'.

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Season of the Witch
2011 · dir. Dominic Sena
🍅 11%★ 5.4adventure · fantasy · actionPrime VideoHulu

Dreamlike action in both cases

A 14th century Crusader returns with his comrade to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The Church commands the two knights to transport a witch to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.

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Blade II
2002 · dir. Guillermo del Toro
🍅 57%★ 6.7fantasy · horror · actionPeacock

Guillermo del Toro directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reapers, who are feeding on vampires.

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Daredevil
2003 · dir. Mark Steven Johnson
🍅 42%★ 5.3fantasy · actionDisney+

Both lean on momentum more than on fantasy

By day, blind attorney Matt Murdock toils for justice in Hell's Kitchen. By night, he's Daredevil, The Man Without Fear - a powerful, masked vigilante stalking the dark streets with an uncanny "radar sense" that allows him to "see" with superhuman capabilities. But when the love of his life, fiery Elektra Natchios, is targeted by New York City's ruthless Kingpin of crime and his deadly assassin Bullseye, Daredevil may be about to meet his match.

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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2013 · dir. Harald Zwart
🍅 13%★ 5.8fantasy · action · mysteryNetflix

Action built on dread, twice over

In New York City, Clary Fray, a seemingly ordinary teenager, learns that she is descended from a line of Shadowhunters — half-angel warriors who protect humanity from evil forces. After her mother disappears, Clary joins forces with a group of Shadowhunters and enters Downworld, an alternate realm filled with demons, vampires, and a host of other creatures. Clary and her companions must find and protect an ancient cup that holds the key to her mother's future.

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Mortal Kombat
1995 · dir. Paul W. S. Anderson
🍅 44%★ 5.8action · fantasyMax

Fantasy with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

For nine generations an evil sorcerer has been victorious in hand-to-hand battle against his mortal enemies. If he wins a tenth Mortal Kombat tournament, desolation and evil will reign over the multiverse forever. To save Earth, three warriors must overcome seemingly insurmountable odds, their own inner demons, and superhuman foes.

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