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Movies that feel likeThe Mummy Returns (2001)

Rick and Evelyn O’Connell, along with their 8-year-old son Alex, discover the key to the legendary Scorpion King’s might: the fabled Bracelet of Anubis. Unfortunately, a newly resurrected Imhotep has designs on the bracelet as well, and isn’t above kidnapping its new bearer, Alex, to gain control of Anubis’s otherworldly army.

If you loved The Mummy Returns, the closest films we have are Highlander (1986), Mortal Kombat II (2026) and Conan the Barbarian (1982). All three share The Mummy Returns' epic and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Kong: Skull Island (2017).

🍅 46% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Stephen Sommersepickineticdreamlike
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Mummy (1999) · The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

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

Epic and kinetic in the same breath

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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Mortal Kombat II
2026 · dir. Simon McQuoid
🍅 64%★ 6.3action · fantasy · adventureMax

Adventure with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

The difference: 25 years apart, and the 2020s show

The fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.

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

Epic action, and it commits to that

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+

Both lean on momentum more than on fantasy

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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Mulan
2020 · dir. Niki Caro
🍅 71%★ 5.8adventure · fantasy · actionDisney+

Dreamlike adventure in both cases

The difference: Reviewed even better

When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Chinese Army to defend the country from Huns, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, steps in to take the place of her ailing father. She is spirited, determined and quick on her feet. Disguised as a man by the name of Hua Jun, she is tested every step of the way and must harness her innermost strength and embrace her true potential.

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

Action built on scale, twice over

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

A direct spin-off sharing this world's ancient-Egypt pulp adventure

The difference: A warrior's revenge tale, no modern-day family or mummy curse

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

The same pulpy Egyptian mythology played as CGI spectacle

The difference: Gods battling literally, not archaeologists chasing cursed relics

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

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

Fantastical creatures threatening the world in an effects-driven epic

The difference: A post-apocalyptic dragon siege, no ancient curses or artifacts

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

A globe-trotting relic hunt chasing an artifact with world-altering power

The difference: A solo archaeologist heroine, no family unit or mummy antagonist

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

Ancient magic and a race against dark forces drive breathless action

The difference: Video-game royal intrigue, not a resurrected mummy's vengeance

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

Mythological gods and monsters clashing in over-the-top spectacle

The difference: Greek pantheon warfare, not Egyptian curses and a family adventure

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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