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Movies that feel likeThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.

If you loved The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the closest films we have are The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013), Hellboy (2004) and King Kong (2005). All three share The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring's kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006).

🍅 91% Rotten Tomatoes★ 8.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Peter Jacksonepicdreamlikekineticobsessivedread
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) · The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013 · dir. Peter Jackson
🍅 74%★ 7.8fantasy · adventure · actionMax

Middle-earth spectacle with the same craft DNA

The difference: Adventure-serial pacing — dragon set piece over fellowship

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.

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Hellboy
2004 · dir. Guillermo del Toro
🍅 81%★ 6.9fantasy · action

Ancient demonic evil met with weary, working-stiff heroism

The difference: Comic-book wisecracks — del Toro plays doom for fun

In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.

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King Kong
2005 · dir. Peter Jackson
🍅 84%★ 7.2adventure · drama · actionNetflix

Jackson steering another doomed expedition into wonder and terror

The difference: Monster-movie melancholy — spectacle without myth

In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.

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The Mummy
1999 · dir. Stephen Sommers
🍅 64%★ 7.1adventure · action · fantasyPeacock

Old-fashioned adventure with monsters and heart

The difference: Pulp matinee fun — never solemn for a second

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 love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.

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🍅 53%★ 7.4adventure · fantasy · actionDisney+

Big mythic set pieces and cursed bargains

The difference: Franchise middle chapter — chaos over quest clarity

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: magic

The difference: Goes its own way on the obsession

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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Season of the Witch
2011 · dir. Dominic Sena
🍅 11%★ 5.4adventure · fantasy · actionPrime VideoHulu

The same mix in both: scale, then dream logic

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

A 14th century Crusader returns with his comrade to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The Church commands the two knights to transport a witch to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.

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

High-fantasy armies, honor, and ancient evil

The difference: Game-born world-building — density without the soul

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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Reign of Fire
2002 · dir. Rob Bowman
🍅 42%★ 6.2adventure · action · fantasy

One thread runs through both: castle

In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer and a British survivor team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after centuries of rest underground. The Brit—leading a clan of survivors to hunt down the King of the Dragons—has much at stake: his mother was killed by a dragon, but his love is still alive.

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The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014 · dir. Marc Webb
🍅 50%★ 6.6action · adventure · science fictionDisney+

The same preoccupation in both: obsession

The difference: Leans further into science fiction

For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school graduation cannot come quickly enough. Peter has not forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s father to protect her by staying away, but that is a promise he cannot keep. Things will change for Peter when a new villain, Electro, emerges, an old friend, Harry Osborn, returns, and Peter uncovers new clues about his past.

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The Scorpion King
2002 · dir. Chuck Russell
🍅 40%★ 5.5action · adventure · fantasyPeacockStarz

Common ground: magic

In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceress Cassandra, who are ready to overtake Balthazar's village. Amid betrayals, thieves, abductions and more, Mathayus strives to bring justice to his complicated world.

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002 · dir. Chris Columbus
🍅 82%★ 7.5adventure · fantasyMaxPeacock

A young hero pulled deeper into a magic world's buried evil

The difference: Cozy school-year stakes next to a continent-spanning quest

Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione's magical abilities and courage.

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