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Movies that feel likeThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

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.

If you loved The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the closest films we have are The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), Doctor Strange (2016) and Thor: The Dark World (2013). All three share The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey's epic and dreamlike feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021).

🍅 64% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Peter Jacksonepicdreamlikekinetic
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) · The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 · dir. Peter Jackson
🍅 95%★ 8.8adventure · fantasy · actionMax

Jackson's Middle-earth at full wartime intensity

The difference: Darker stakes; the whimsy burned away

Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupt wizard Saruman awaits, and Sauron's fortress at Barad-dur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor.

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Doctor Strange
2016 · dir. Scott Derrickson
🍅 89%★ 7.5fantasy · adventure · actionDisney+

Common ground: magic

The difference: Reviewed even better

After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil.

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Thor: The Dark World
2013 · dir. Alan Taylor
🍅 67%★ 6.7action · adventure · fantasyDisney+

Epic where it counts, dreamlike underneath

Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos… but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.

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🍅 53%★ 7.4adventure · fantasy · actionDisney+

Rollicking fantasy adventure with monstrous debts

The difference: Verbinski set-piece comedy over Tolkien warmth

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 quests—assuming they can evade execution for aiding a pirate.

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Wonder Woman
2017 · dir. Patty Jenkins
🍅 93%★ 7.3action · adventure · fantasyMax

An innocent stepping out of a hidden world into war

The difference: Superhero framing, sincerity its engine

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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Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021 · dir. Zack Snyder
🍅 71%★ 7.9action · adventure · fantasyMax

Both lean on momentum more than on adventure

Determined to ensure Superman's ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions.

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Warcraft
2016 · dir. Duncan Jones
🍅 29%★ 6.7action · adventure · fantasyStarz

Dwarves, orcs, and homelands lost to invaders

The difference: Game-lore density, humor scarce

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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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2010 · dir. Mike Newell
🍅 37%★ 6.5adventure · fantasy · actionDisney+

Old-fashioned adventure with destiny-touched artifacts

The difference: Desert action gloss, mythology decorative

A rogue prince reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time – gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

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🍅 13%★ 5.2adventure · action · fantasy

A globe-trotting romp against an ancient resurrected evil

The difference: Franchise fumes — 13% on RT, the charm long expired

Archaeologist Rick O'Connell travels to China, pitting him against an emperor from the 2,000-year-old Han dynasty who's returned from the dead to pursue a quest for world domination. This time, O'Connell enlists the help of his wife and son to quash the so-called 'Dragon Emperor' and his abuse of supernatural power.

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

An expedition into a world where the maps end

The difference: Monster-movie survival, wonder weaponized

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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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021 · dir. Destin Daniel Cretton
🍅 92%★ 7.3action · adventure · fantasyDisney+

Epic fantasy in both cases

Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.

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Aquaman
2018 · dir. James Wan
🍅 66%★ 6.8action · adventure · fantasyMax

Action built on dream logic, twice over

Half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry is taken on the journey of his lifetime to discover if he is worth of being a king.

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