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Movies that feel like The Odyssey (2026)

If you loved The Odyssey, the closest films we have are Ne Zha 2 (2025), The Great Wall (2016) and Green Snake (2021). All three share The Odyssey's epic and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 12 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.

Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.

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Ne Zha 2
2025 · dir. Jiao Zi
🍅 91%7.9animation · action · fantasy

Both land scale and momentum at once

The difference: Leans harder into animation than The Odyssey does

After a catastrophic event leaves their bodies destroyed, Ne Zha and Ao Bing are granted a fragile second chance at life. As tensions rise between the dragon clans and celestial forces, the two must undergo a series of perilous trials that will test their bond, challenge their identities, and decide the fate of both mortals and immortals.

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The Great Wall
2016 · dir. Zhang Yimou
🍅 36%5.9action · adventure · fantasy

Both are working the same pair: historical fiction, period drama

European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.

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Green Snake
2021 · dir. Amp Wong
6.8animation · fantasy · action

Adventure built on dream logic, twice over

While trying to free her sister from Fahai's clutches, Xiao Qing winds up in a dystopian city and meets a mysterious man who can't recall his past life.

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: greek mythology

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 · fantasy

One thread runs through both: greek mythology

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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Monster Hunter
2020 · dir. Paul W. S. Anderson
5.2action · fantasy · adventure

Both lean on scale more than on action

A portal transports Cpt. Artemis and an elite unit of soldiers to a strange world where powerful monsters rule with deadly ferocity. Faced with relentless danger, the team encounters a mysterious hunter who may be their only hope to find a way home.

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Alienoid
2022 · dir. Choi Dong-hoon
🍅 87%6.3science fiction · action · fantasy

Common ground: historical fiction

Gurus in the late Goryeo dynasty try to obtain a fabled, holy sword, and humans in 2022 hunt down an alien prisoner that is locked in a human's body. The two parties cross paths when a time-traveling portal opens up.

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

Kinetic fantasy, and it commits to that

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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Dragon Blade
2015 · dir. Daniel Lee
🍅 36%5.9adventure · history · action

Dreamlike adventure in both cases

Huo An, the commander of the Protection Squad of the Western Regions, was framed by evil forces and becomes enslaved. On the other hand, a Roman general escapes to China after rescuing the Prince. The heroic duo meet in the Western Desert and a thrilling story unfolds.

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Mortal Kombat
2021 · dir. Simon McQuoid
🍅 55%6.1action · fantasy · adventure

Action with a pulse of scale, in both cases

Washed-up MMA fighter Cole Young, unaware of his heritage, and hunted by Emperor Shang Tsung's best warrior, Sub-Zero, seeks out and trains with Earth's greatest champions as he prepares to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe.

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

Kinetic fantasy in both cases

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

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A Writer's Odyssey
2021 · dir. Lu Yang
🍅 93%6.2fantasy · action · adventure

Both lean on dream logic more than on adventure

Lu Kongwen is the author of a fantasy novel series following a heroic teenager, also named Kongwen, on a quest to end the tyrannical rule of Lord Redmane, under the guidance of a Black Armor. But through a strange twist of fate, the fantasy world of the novel begins to impact life in the real world, leading Guan Ning to accept a mission from Tu Ling to kill the author.

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