Movies that feel likeThor: The Dark World (2013)

Name: Thor: The Dark World
Director: Alan Taylor
Genre: action, adventure, fantasy
Released: 2013

Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos… but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.

If you loved Thor: The Dark World, the closest films we have are Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) and Aquaman (2018). All three share Thor: The Dark World's kinetic and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021).

🍅 67% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Alan Taylorkinetic epic dreamlike

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Thor (2011) · Thor: Ragnarok (2017) · Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

2022 · dir. Sam Raimi

🍅 73%★ 6.9fantasy · action · adventureDisney+

Marvel's mystical realms cracked open by ancient threats

The difference: Horror-tinged multiverse, Raimi flourish

Doctor Strange, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

2021 · dir. Destin Daniel Cretton

🍅 92%★ 7.3action · adventure · fantasyDisney+

Ancient powers and family obligations colliding

The difference: Martial-arts craft, emotional core stronger

Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.

Aquaman

2018 · dir. James Wan

🍅 66%★ 6.8action · adventure · fantasyMax

Royal heroes defending realms most mortals never see

The difference: Underwater maximalism, played joyous

Half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry is taken on the journey of his lifetime to discover if he is worth of being a king.

Wonder Woman

2017 · dir. Patty Jenkins

🍅 93%★ 7.3action · adventure · fantasyMax

A god-tier hero fighting for a world not their own

The difference: War-era sincerity, stronger heart

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.

Zack Snyder's Justice League

2021 · dir. Zack Snyder

🍅 71%★ 7.9action · adventure · fantasyMax

Cosmic invaders and mythic defenders at full pomp

The difference: Grim operatic length, no Loki wit

Determined to ensure Superman's ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2013 · dir. Peter Jackson

🍅 74%★ 7.8fantasy · adventure · actionMax

Same-year fantasy spectacle with elves and darkness

The difference: Middle-earth quest, no quips from Loki

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.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

2011 · dir. Rob Marshall

🍅 32%★ 6.6adventure · action · fantasyDisney+

Mythic MacGuffins chased across spectacular realms

The difference: Sea-legend romp, no Aether

When Jack crosses paths with a woman from his past, he's not sure if it's love...or if she's a ruthless con artist using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth.

Warcraft

2016 · dir. Duncan Jones

🍅 29%★ 6.7action · adventure · fantasyStarz

Kinetic and epic in the same breath

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

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.

Kong: Skull Island

2017 · dir. Jordan Vogt-Roberts

🍅 75%★ 6.7action · adventure · fantasy

Action with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

2010 · dir. Mike Newell

🍅 37%★ 6.5adventure · fantasy · actionDisney+

Kinetic adventure in both cases

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.

Elektra

2005 · dir. Rob Bowman

🍅 11%★ 4.7action · fantasy · adventureDisney+

One thread runs through both: superhero

Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins.