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Movies that feel like The Legend of Zorro (2005)

If you loved The Legend of Zorro, the closest films we have are The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), The Foreigner (2017) and The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008). All three share The Legend of Zorro's kinetic and paranoid feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Don Alejandro de la Vega and his wife, Elena, to take action.

πŸ… 27% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Martin Campbellkineticepicgrittyparanoid

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Mask of Zorro (1998)

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The Man in the Iron Mask
1998 Β· dir. Randall Wallace
πŸ… 32%β˜… 6.5adventure Β· action Β· drama

The same two preoccupations: sword fight, and conspiracy

The difference: None of the grit The Legend of Zorro is built on

Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, remains imprisoned, the Musketeers reunite to abduct Louis and replace him with Philippe.

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The Foreigner
2017 Β· dir. Martin Campbell
πŸ… 66%β˜… 7action Β· thriller Β· crime

Both are Martin Campbell's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in an Irish Republican Army car bombing. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official whose own past may hold the clues to the identities of the elusive killers.

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The Baader Meinhof Complex
2008 Β· dir. Uli Edel
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.3action Β· crime Β· drama

The same mix in both: momentum, then scale

The difference: Sits closer to crime than The Legend of Zorro does

When German police viciously quell a protest against the shah of Iran, popular journalist Ulrike Meinhof rebels against her dishonest marriage, walks away from her children and joins radical anarchist Andreas Baader. Together with Baader's girlfriend, Gudrun Ensslin, they form the violent Red Faction Army, and together perpetrate a slew of terrorist attacks as a way of disrupting the fabric of what they see as an increasingly fascist state.

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Kick-Ass 2
2013 Β· dir. Jeff Wadlow
πŸ… 33%β˜… 6.5action Β· adventure Β· crime

Both are built on the same subject: superhero

The difference: Not nearly as paranoid as The Legend of Zorro

After Kick-Ass' insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, he joins a patrol led by the Colonel Stars and Stripes. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist β€” reborn as The Mother Fucker β€” only the blade-wielding Hit-Girl can prevent their annihilation.

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Brotherhood of the Wolf
2001 Β· dir. Christophe Gans
πŸ… 74%β˜… 7adventure Β· horror Β· action

Both keep coming back to the same thing: conspiracy

In 18th century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent by the King to the Gevaudan province to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.

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Public Enemies
2009 Β· dir. Michael Mann
πŸ… 68%β˜… 6.9crime Β· history Β· drama

Gritty and paranoid in the same breath

Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, Hoover makes Dillinger his first Public Enemy Number One and assigns his top agent, Melvin Purvis, the task of bringing him in dead or alive.

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Green Lantern
2011 Β· dir. Martin Campbell
πŸ… 26%β˜… 5.5adventure Β· action Β· science fiction

Martin Campbell working the same nerve twice

For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited.

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Assassin's Creed
2016 Β· dir. Justin Kurzel
πŸ… 18%β˜… 5.6action Β· adventure Β· science fiction

Both lean on momentum more than on action

Through a technology that unlocks the genetic memories of his ancestor in 15th century Spain, Callum Lynch discovers he is a descendant of an ancient line of Assassins and amasses lethal skills to take on the oppressive Templar Order.

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G.I. Joe: Retaliation
2013 Β· dir. Jon M. Chu
πŸ… 29%β˜… 5.7action Β· science fiction Β· adventure

Adventure with a pulse of scale, in both cases

Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.

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Exterritorial
2025 Β· dir. Christian ZΓΌbert
β˜… 5.8thriller Β· action

Paranoid western, and it commits to that

The difference: 20 years apart, and the 2020s show

When her son vanishes inside a US consulate, ex-special forces soldier Sara does everything in her power to find him β€” and uncovers a dark conspiracy.

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Miss Congeniality
2000 Β· dir. Donald Petrie
πŸ… 42%β˜… 6.4comedy Β· crime Β· action

Gritty action in both cases

When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-nails Gracie Hart is the only female Agent at the office, she's chosen to go undercover as the contestant from New Jersey.

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GoldenEye
1995 Β· dir. Martin Campbell
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.2adventure Β· action Β· thriller

Adventure built on momentum, twice over

When a powerful secret defense system is stolen, James Bond is assigned to stop a Russian crime syndicate from using it.

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