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Movies that feel like The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

If you loved The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, the closest films we have are The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), Castle in the Sky (1986) and A Touch of Zen (1970). All three share The 7th Voyage of Sinbad's kinetic and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 12 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

When a princess is shrunken by an evil wizard, Sinbad must undertake a quest to an island of monsters to cure her and prevent a war.

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies poster
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014 Β· dir. Peter Jackson
πŸ… 59%β˜… 7.4action Β· adventure Β· fantasy

The same preoccupation in both: dragon

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo's hands.

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Castle in the Sky
1986 Β· dir. Hayao Miyazaki
πŸ… 96%β˜… 8adventure Β· fantasy Β· animation

Both built around magic

The difference: Leans animation where The 7th Voyage of Sinbad does not

A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.

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A Touch of Zen
1970 Β· dir. King Hu
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.5action Β· adventure Β· fantasy

Kinetic and epic in the same breath

The difference: Missing the warmth of The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

Yang Hui-zhen, a mysterious princess on the run from corrupt government officials, is joined in her endeavors by skilled Buddhist monks and an unambitious painter named Gu Sheng-zhai.

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Raya and the Last Dragon
2021 Β· dir. Carlos LΓ³pez Estrada
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.3animation Β· action Β· adventure

Dragon sits at the heart of each

The difference: A 2020s film, from a different era of filmmaking

Long ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. But when an evil force threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500 years later, that same evil has returned and it’s up to a lone warrior, Raya, to track down the legendary last dragon to restore the fractured land and its divided people.

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Wonder Woman
2017 Β· dir. Patty Jenkins
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.3action Β· adventure Β· fantasy

Both keep circling back to island

The difference: 59 years apart, and the 2010s show

An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.

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Kong: Skull Island
2017 Β· dir. Jordan Vogt-Roberts
πŸ… 75%β˜… 6.7action Β· adventure Β· fantasy

Island is the engine of both

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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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012 Β· dir. Peter Jackson
πŸ… 64%β˜… 7.8adventure Β· fantasy Β· action

The same preoccupation in both: magic

Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.

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Warcraft
2016 Β· dir. Duncan Jones
πŸ… 29%β˜… 6.7action Β· adventure Β· fantasy

Both trade on dream logic more than on being action

The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people, and their home.

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006 Β· dir. Gore Verbinski
πŸ… 53%β˜… 7.4adventure Β· fantasy Β· action

Kinetic adventure in both cases

Captain Jack Sparrow’s got a blood debt to pay: he owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghastly Ruler of the Ocean Depths. To escape eternal servitude aboard the Flying Dutchman, ever-crafty Jack must track down the still-beating heart of Jones. But he won’t do it alone: Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann are drawn back into another one of his perilous questsβ€”assuming they can evade execution for aiding a pirate.

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The Mummy
1999 Β· dir. Stephen Sommers
πŸ… 64%β˜… 7.1adventure Β· action Β· fantasy

Fantasy built on scale, twice over

Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden loveβ€”along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.

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πŸ… 32%β˜… 6.6adventure Β· action Β· fantasy

Dreamlike family, and it commits to that

When Jack crosses paths with a woman from his past, he's not sure if it's love...or if she's a ruthless con artist using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth.

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Jason and the Argonauts
1963 Β· dir. Don Chaffey
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.3adventure Β· family Β· fantasy

The same preoccupation in both: stop motion

Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught with fantastic monsters and terrible perils.

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