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Movies that feel likeJack the Giant Slayer (2013)

The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend–and gets the chance to become a legend himself.

If you loved Jack the Giant Slayer, the closest films we have are Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016), Hanna (2011) and Mortal Kombat II (2026). All three share Jack the Giant Slayer's epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Kong: Skull Island (2017).

🍅 52% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Bryan Singerdreamlikekineticepicwistful
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children poster
🍅 65%★ 6.7adventure · fantasyDisney+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: nostalgic

The difference: Takes it somewhere less kinetic than Jack the Giant Slayer does

A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.

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Hanna
2011 · dir. Joe Wright
🍅 71%★ 6.7action · thriller · adventure

Kinetic and epic in the same breath

The difference: Trades the dream logic of Jack the Giant Slayer for an angle of its own

Raised by her father, an ex-CIA agent, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing has been geared to making her the perfect assassin. Sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys across Europe, eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative. As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence.

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Mortal Kombat II
2026 · dir. Simon McQuoid
🍅 64%★ 6.3action · fantasy · adventureMax

Dreamlike fantasy in both cases

The fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.

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Mulan
2020 · dir. Niki Caro
🍅 71%★ 5.8adventure · fantasy · actionDisney+

Both lean on dream logic more than on action

When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Chinese Army to defend the country from Huns, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, steps in to take the place of her ailing father. She is spirited, determined and quick on her feet. Disguised as a man by the name of Hua Jun, she is tested every step of the way and must harness her innermost strength and embrace her true potential.

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Commando
1985 · dir. Mark L. Lester
🍅 70%★ 6.7action · adventure · thriller

Common ground: nostalgic

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Jack the Giant Slayer does

John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army. With the help of a feisty stewardess and an old friend, Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she's killed.

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Kong: Skull Island
2017 · dir. Jordan Vogt-Roberts
🍅 75%★ 6.7action · adventure · fantasy

Adventure built on momentum, twice over

Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.

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Robin Hood
2018 · dir. Otto Bathurst
🍅 15%★ 5.4adventure · action · thrillerRent or buy

Wistful fantasy, and it commits to that

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

A war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown.

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Wrath of the Titans
2012 · dir. Jonathan Liebesman
🍅 26%★ 5.7fantasy · adventure · action

Action with a pulse of scale, in both cases

Perseus tries to live a quieter life as a village fisherman while – dangerously weakened by humanity's lack of devotion – the gods are losing control of the long-imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos.

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The Great Wall
2016 · dir. Zhang Yimou
🍅 36%★ 5.9action · adventure · fantasyNetflix

Dreamlike adventure, and it commits to that

European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.

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Chernobyl: Abyss
2021 · dir. Danila Kozlovsky
★ 5.2drama · history · actionPrime Video

Both lean on wistfulness more than on action

The aftermath of a shocking explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power station made hundreds of people sacrifice their lives to clean up the site of the catastrophe and to successfully prevent an even bigger disaster that could have turned a large part of the European continent into an uninhabitable exclusion zone. This is their story.

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The Legend of Tarzan
2016 · dir. David Yates
🍅 36%★ 6.2fantasy · action · adventureRent or buy

Kinetic fantasy, and it commits to that

Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.

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Gods of Egypt
2016 · dir. Alex Proyas
🍅 15%★ 5.4action · adventure · fantasy

Epic adventure, and it commits to that

A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.

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