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Movies that feel likeTomb Raider (2018)

Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared.

If you loved Tomb Raider, the closest films we have are Mortal Kombat II (2026), Kong: Skull Island (2017) and Mulan (2020). All three share Tomb Raider'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 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021).

🍅 52% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Roar Uthaugkineticepicdreamlike
11 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Hulu

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

Game-to-screen pulp that commits hard to its fights and its lore

The difference: Tournament gore spectacle — a body count, not a survival story

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

An uncharted island expedition that turns lethal the moment they land

The difference: Monster-movie spectacle — the humans are mostly there to be eaten

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

A daughter risking everything for her father, proving herself in combat

The difference: Stately legend-telling — earnest and slow next to Lara's scramble

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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Wonder Woman
2017 · dir. Patty Jenkins
🍅 93%★ 7.3action · adventure · fantasyMax

A sheltered heroine leaving her island to test herself against the world

The difference: Mythic superhero sincerity in place of scraped-knuckle survival

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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🍅 73%★ 6.9fantasy · action · adventureDisney+

Kinetic and epic in the same breath

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.

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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021 · dir. Destin Daniel Cretton
🍅 92%★ 7.3action · adventure · fantasyDisney+

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

The same heroine, first pass — globetrotting relic hunts with attitude

The difference: Campy and weightless where the reboot bleeds and sweats

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

A video game world rebuilt on screen with real conviction and scale

The difference: Full high fantasy — orcs and portals, nothing human-scaled to grip

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

An ancient artifact everyone will kill for, chased at serial-adventure pace

The difference: Glossy fantasy romp — danger never feels like it leaves bruises

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

A capable woman stranded somewhere hostile, surviving on grit alone

The difference: Wall-to-wall creature combat with barely a story between rounds

US Ranger Captain Artemis and her team are part of a UN joint security mission north of Hemat, in Afghanistan. While searching for a missing team (Bravo), they are transported 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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The Legend of Tarzan
2016 · dir. David Yates
🍅 36%★ 6.2fantasy · action · adventureRent or buy

A return to the wild place that shaped the hero's family history

The difference: Handsome but inert — brooding spectacle with little forward pull

Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.

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

Old-world adventure staged against monstrous odds at gorgeous scale

The difference: A siege epic — massed armies, not one woman improvising alone

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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