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Movies that feel like Mulan: Rise of a Warrior (2009)

If you loved Mulan: Rise of a Warrior, the closest films we have are The Death of Robin Hood (2026), Bodyguards and Assassins (2009) and The Warlords (2007). All three share Mulan: Rise of a Warrior's epic and contemplative 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, Hulu and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

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?

6.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Jingle Ma Choh-Singepiccontemplativekinetic

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The Death of Robin Hood
2026 · dir. Michael Sarnoski
7.4adventure · drama · action

Both keep coming back to the same thing: based on myths, legends or folklore

Grappling with his past after a life of crime and murder, Robin Hood finds himself gravely injured after a battle he thought would be his last. In the hands of a mysterious woman, he is offered a chance at salvation.

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Bodyguards and Assassins
2009 · dir. Teddy Chan Tak-Sam
🍅 50%6.8drama · action · history

Epic where it counts, contemplative underneath

The difference: Leans harder into history than Mulan: Rise of a Warrior does

In 1905, revolutionist Sun Yat-sen came to Hong Kong to meet revolutionary comrades. The Qing government sent a group of killers to murder him. Ordinary citizens from all walks of life joined together, blocking the streets and fighting off the assassins to keep Sun Yat-sen safe.

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

Both lean on momentum more than on drama

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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Deep Water
2006 · dir. Louise Osmond
🍅 96%7.8documentary · adventure · drama

Adventure with a pulse of scale, in both cases

DEEP WATER is the stunning true story of the fateful voyage of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur yachtsman who enters the most daring nautical challenge ever – the very first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race.

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The Legend Is Born: Ip Man
2010 · dir. Herman Yau
7drama · action · history

Contemplative action, and it commits to that

The remarkable true story of the early life of Ip Man, the formidable kung fu genius who would become Bruce Lee's mentor; beginning at the start of his journey from his initial training through to the ultimate battle to become supreme master of the art of Wing Chun.

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

Common ground: china

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

Kinetic adventure in both cases

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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The Grandmaster
2013 · dir. Wong Kar-Wai
🍅 78%6.6action · drama · history

Drama built on scale, twice over

The fall of China's last dynasty, a time of chaos, division and war, is the golden age of Chinese martial arts. Legendary kung fu master Ip Man, who will eventually train Bruce Lee, finds his peaceful life interrupted by vengeance.

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Ip Man 2
2010 · dir. Wilson Yip
🍅 97%7.5action · history · drama

Both are built on the same subject: army

Having defeated the best fighters of the Imperial Japanese army in occupied Shanghai, Ip Man and his family settle in post-war Hong Kong. Struggling to make a living, Master Ip opens a kung fu school to bring his celebrated art of Wing Chun to the troubled youth of Hong Kong. His growing reputation soon brings challenges from powerful enemies, including pre-eminent Hung Gar master, Hung Quan.

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Red Cliff II
2009 · dir. John Woo
7.5action · adventure · drama

The same preoccupation in both: china

The battle of Red Cliff continues and the alliance between Xu and East Wu is fracturing. With Cao Cao's massive forces on their doorstep, will the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu survive?

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Shaolin
2011 · dir. Benny Chan
🍅 73%6.8action · drama

Action built on stillness, twice over

The difference: Not nearly as epic as Mulan: Rise of a Warrior

China is plunged into strife as feuding warlords try to expand their power by warring over neighboring lands. Fuelled by his success on the battlefield, young and arrogant Hao Jie sneers at Shaolin's masters when he beats one of them in a duel. But the pride comes before a fall. When his own family is wiped out by a rival warlord, Hao is forced to take refuge with the monks. As the civil unrest spreads and the people suffer, Hao and the Shaolin masters are forced to take a fiery stand against the evil warlords. They launch a daring plan or rescue and escape.

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The Promised Land
2023 · dir. Nikolaj Arcel
🍅 97%7.7action · drama · history

A 2020s answer to the same itch

Denmark, 1755. Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer a Danish heath reputed to be uncultivable, with an impossible goal: to establish a colony in the name of the king, in exchange for a royal title. A single-minded ambition that the ruthless lord of the region will relentlessly seek to put down. Kahlen's fate hangs in the balance: will his endevours bring him wealth and honour, or cost him his life...?

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