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Movies that feel likeKing Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)

When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword Excalibur from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy... whether he likes it or not.

If you loved King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, the closest films we have are The Old Guard (2020), Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) and A Writer's Odyssey (2021). All three share King Arthur: Legend of the Sword's kinetic and dreamlike feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010).

🍅 31% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Guy Ritchiekineticcontemplativedreamlike
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: King Arthur (2004)

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

Kinetic where it counts, dreamlike underneath

The difference: Reviewed even better

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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Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · dir. Guillermo del Toro
🍅 86%★ 7fantasy · actionStarz

Action built on momentum, twice over

The difference: Less contemplative, more its own thing

Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred. Tired of living in the shadow of humans, Prince Nuada tries to awaken an ancient force of killing machines, the all-powerful Golden Army, to clear the way for fantasy creatures to roam free. Only Hellboy can stop the dark prince and prevent humanity's annihilation.

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A Writer's Odyssey
2021 · dir. Lu Yang
🍅 93%★ 6.2fantasy · action · adventure

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

The difference: Leans further into adventure

Lu Kongwen is the author of a fantasy novel series following a heroic teenager, also named Kongwen, on a quest to end the tyrannical rule of Lord Redmane, under the guidance of a Black Armor. But through a strange twist of fate, the fantasy world of the novel begins to impact life in the real world, leading Guan Ning to accept a mission from Tu Ling to kill the author.

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Curse of the Golden Flower
2006 · dir. Zhang Yimou
🍅 65%★ 7action · drama · fantasy

Both lean on stillness more than on fantasy

During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as his wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.

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The Tree of Life
2011 · dir. Terrence Malick
🍅 86%★ 6.8drama · fantasy

Dreamlike drama in both cases

The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
2010 · dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
🍅 90%★ 6.7drama · fantasy

Contemplative fantasy, and it commits to that

Suffering from a kidney disease and sure of his death, Uncle Boonmee assembles his relatives in the countryside. He reminisces about his past lives and plans to visit a place before dying.

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Immortals
2011 · dir. Tarsem Singh
🍅 50%★ 6fantasy · action · drama

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity.

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

Dreamlike action, and it commits to that

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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Madame Web
2024 · dir. SJ Clarkson
🍅 10%★ 4.1action · fantasyDisney+

Both play fantasy straight

Forced to confront revelations about her past, paramedic Cassandra Webb forges a relationship with three young women destined for powerful futures...if they can all survive a deadly present.

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

Cut from the same action cloth

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

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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10,000 BC
2008 · dir. Roland Emmerich
🍅 10%★ 5.1adventure · action · drama

Drama in the same key

A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.

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The Master and Margarita
2024 · dir. Michael Lockshin
★ 7.1fantasy · drama

Both know what they want from drama

A struggling writer in 1930s Soviet Moscow finds his life transformed when a mysterious professor arrives with his bizarre entourage, including a wisecracking trickster, a deadly assassin, a vampire maid, and a giant talking black cat, turning the city upside down while exposing the hypocrisy of those in power.

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