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Movies that feel likeTroy (2004)

In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy.

If you loved Troy, the closest films we have are Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) and The Assassin (2015). All three share Troy'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 The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978).

🍅 53% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Wolfgang Petersenkineticepic
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull poster
🍅 77%★ 6.2adventure · actionPrime VideoDisney+

Old-fashioned spectacle adventure on a blockbuster scale

The difference: Pulp matinee tone — winks where Troy wants gravitas

Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behest of a young man whose friend—and Indy's colleague—Professor Oxley has been captured for his knowledge of the skull's whereabouts.

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Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
2015 · dir. Christopher McQuarrie
🍅 94%★ 7.4action · adventureParamount+

Set-piece craftsmanship in service of a globe-spanning fight

The difference: Modern spy machinery — no ancient stakes or swords

Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet—eradicating 'The Syndicate', an International and highly-skilled rogue organization committed to destroying the IMF.

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The Assassin
2015 · dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien
🍅 80%★ 6.3action · adventure · historyPrime Video

Ancient codes of honor weighed in a warrior's stillness

The difference: Slow cinema — minutes of quiet for each stroke of action

9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings.

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The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
1978 · dir. Lau Kar-leung
🍅 83%★ 7.6action · adventurePrime Video

The same mix in both: momentum, then scale

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

During the Qing Dynasty, a fishmonger is killed by the reigning Manchu government for supporting the anti-government movement; his son manages to escape to Shaolin Temple, where he plans to learn its secretive brand of martial arts to seek revenge.

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Ong Bak 3
2010 · dir. Panna Rittikrai
🍅 63%★ 4.9action · adventure · historyPrime Video

Kinetic action in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to history than Troy does

Tien is captured and almost beaten to death before he is saved and brought back to the Kana Khone villagers. There he is taught meditation and how to deal with his Karma, but very soon his arch rival returns challenging Tien for a final duel.

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House of Flying Daggers
2004 · dir. Zhang Yimou
🍅 87%★ 7.5adventure · drama · actionPrime Video

Epic adventure, and it commits to that

In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

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The Perfect Storm
2000 · dir. Wolfgang Petersen
★ 6.5drama · adventure · action

Petersen pitting brave men against a force that dwarfs them

The difference: A true-story tragedy at sea — no glory, just survival

In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.

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Chinese Zodiac
2012 · dir. Jackie Chan
🍅 25%★ 6action · adventure

A daring mission built around treasures of a proud past

The difference: Jackie Chan stunt comedy — playful where Troy is solemn

Asian Hawk leads a mercenary team to recover several lost artifacts from the Old Summer Palace, the bronze heads of the twelve Chinese Zodiac animals which were sacked by the French and British armies from the imperial Summer Palace in Beijing in 1860. Assisted by a Chinese student and a Parisian woman, Hawk stops at nothing to accomplish the mission.

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Hercules
2014 · dir. Brett Ratner
🍅 58%★ 6action · adventure

Greek legend stripped down to warriors, battles and myth-making

The difference: B-movie muscle — shorter, sillier, far less ambitious

When a new enemy threatens the innocent, Hercules must lead his fearless team of warriors in a battle against overwhelming odds.

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Major Grom: Plague Doctor
2021 · dir. Oleg Trofim
★ 6.3action · adventureRent or buy

Comic-book heroics with big set-piece swagger

The difference: Modern St. Petersburg cop tale — no antiquity at all

In present day St. Petersburg, police major Igor Grom, an honest and skilled cop with unconventional methods, pursues a vigilante murderer in the mask of a plague doctor.

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King Kong
2005 · dir. Peter Jackson
🍅 84%★ 7.2adventure · drama · actionNetflix

Both lean on momentum more than on action

In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.

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Robin Hood
2010 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 43%★ 6.6action · adventure · historyMax

A legend grounded in mud, arrows and historical grit

The difference: Origin-story slow build — the battles are rationed

When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.

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