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Movies that feel likeThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.

If you loved The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the closest films we have are The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Kong: Skull Island (2017) and Thor: The Dark World (2013). All three share The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug's dreamlike and epic 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).

🍅 74% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Peter Jacksondreamlikeepickinetic
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) · The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King poster
🍅 94%★ 9adventure · fantasy · actionMax

Middle-earth at full scale, carrying wonder and dread side by side

The difference: Weightier and better earned, with grief where the source has serial fun

As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellowship of the Ring is revealed as the noble heir to the throne of the Kings of Men. Yet, the sole hope for triumph over evil lies with a brave hobbit, Frodo, who, accompanied by his loyal friend Sam and the hideous, wretched Gollum, ventures deep into the very dark heart of Mordor on his seemingly impossible quest to destroy the Ring of Power.​

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

Tiny humans dwarfed by an enormous creature in a hostile wild

The difference: Blunt and modern, scored to 70s rock, with no fairy-tale grandeur

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

Dreamlike and epic in the same breath

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

Fantasy built on momentum, twice over

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.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest poster
🍅 53%★ 7.4adventure · fantasy · actionDisney+

A middle chapter that piles setpiece on setpiece and keeps rolling

The difference: Swashbuckling comedy with a slippery hero, not a solemn quest

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

Adventure with a pulse of dream logic, 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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Warcraft
2016 · dir. Duncan Jones
🍅 29%★ 6.7action · adventure · fantasyStarz

Dense invented history, with magic and armies played dead straight

The difference: Thinner characters and no lived-in mythology to fall back on

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+

Acrobatic chases through a sunbaked storybook kingdom

The difference: Video-game breezy, with no dragon-sized awe anywhere in it

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

Both lean on scale more than on action

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

Green, humid adventure where the wilderness is its own character

The difference: Earthbound and grim-toned, with no magic and no monsters

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

Kinetic fantasy, and it commits to that

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

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

A hero moving through battle with genuine mythic lift

The difference: A superhero origin set against real-world war, and one lead not thirteen

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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