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Movies that feel likeThe Mummy (1999)

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.

If you loved The Mummy, the closest films we have are Highlander (1986), Conan the Barbarian (1982) and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006). All three share The Mummy's epic and kinetic 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★ 7.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Stephen Sommersepickineticdreamlike
11 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Mummy Returns (2001) · The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

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Highlander
1986 · dir. Russell Mulcahy
🍅 70%★ 7adventure · action · fantasyPrime VideoPeacock

An ancient curse colliding with the modern day, swords first

The difference: Synth-scored 80s oddity — gloriously dated in every frame

He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.

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Conan the Barbarian
1982 · dir. John Milius
🍅 68%★ 6.9adventure · fantasy · actionNetflix

Sword-swinging vengeance across a mythic ancient world

The difference: Brutal and humorless — Milius means every solemn word

A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for years on The Wheel of Pain. As the sole survivor of the childhood massacre, Conan is released from slavery and taught the ancient arts of fighting. Transforming himself into a killing machine, Conan travels into the wilderness to seek vengeance on Thulsa Doom, the man responsible for killing his family. In the wilderness, Conan takes up with the thieves Valeria and Subotai. The group comes upon King Osric, who wants the trio of warriors to help rescue his daughter who has joined Doom in the hills.

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🍅 53%★ 7.4adventure · fantasy · actionDisney+

Cursed crews and supernatural debts on a rollicking scale

The difference: Busier plotting — three films' worth of threads to track

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

The same mix in both: scale, then momentum

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+

Dreamlike adventure in both cases

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

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

Action built on scale, twice over

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

Desert adventure, ancient magic and a bickering couple

The difference: Video-game solemnity creeps in — the pulp joy is thinner

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

Same universe of sand, swords and ancient vengeance

The difference: Muscle-first prequel — quips and romance mostly cut

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

Ancient destruction awakened to scour the modern world

The difference: Grim ash-grey apocalypse — the fun is deliberately burned off

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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Gods of Egypt
2016 · dir. Alex Proyas
🍅 15%★ 5.4action · adventure · fantasy

Egyptian gods and monsters at full CGI blast

The difference: All spectacle, no Rick and Evie — nobody worth rooting for

A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.

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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
2001 · dir. Simon West
🍅 21%★ 5.8adventure · action · fantasyParamount+

A globe-trotting raid on tombs, relics and lost time

The difference: A cooler, blanker hero — style without the warmth

Orphaned heiress, English aristocrat and intrepid archaeologist, Lara Croft, embarks on a dangerous quest to retrieve the two halves of an ancient artifact which controls time before it falls into the wrong hands. As an extremely rare planetary alignment is about to occur for the first time in 5,000 years, the fearless tomb raider will have to team up with rival adventurers and sworn enemies to collect the pieces, while time is running out. But, in the end, who can harness the archaic talisman's unlimited power?

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Clash of the Titans
2010 · dir. Louis Leterrier
🍅 27%★ 5.8adventure · fantasy · action

Mortals against mythic monsters on a god-sized stage

The difference: Charmless remake grind — the adventure feels like homework

Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus and unleash hell on earth. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, Perseus and his warriors will only survive if Perseus accepts his power as a god, defies fate and creates his own destiny.

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