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Movies that feel likeUnderworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)

A prequel to the first two Underworld films, this fantasy explains the origins of the feud between the Vampires and the Lycans. Aided by his secret love, Sonja, courageous Lucian leads the Lycans in battle against brutal Vampire king Viktor. Determined to break the king's enslavement of his people, Lucian faces off against the Death Dealer army in a bid for Lycan independence.

If you loved Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, the closest films we have are Curse of the Golden Flower (2006), Nikita (1990) and Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days (2018). All three share Underworld: Rise of the Lycans' kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Old Guard (2020).

🍅 30% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Patrick Tatopoulosdreamlikekinetictenseromantic
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Underworld (2003) · Underworld: Evolution (2006) · Underworld: Awakening (2012) · Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)

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Curse of the Golden Flower
2006 · dir. Zhang Yimou
🍅 65%★ 7action · drama · fantasy

The same mix in both: dream logic, then momentum

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as his wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.

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Nikita
1990 · dir. Luc Besson
🍅 89%★ 7.2action · thriller

Both land tension and romance at once

The difference: Less dreamlike, more its own thing

A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance – as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.

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Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
2018 · dir. Kim Yong-hwa
🍅 44%★ 7.1action · adventure · fantasyPrime Video

Both lean on dream logic more than on fantasy

The difference: Goes its own way on the romance

As the deceased soul Ja-hong and his three afterlife guardians prepare for their remaining trials for reincarnation, the guardians soon come face to face with the truth of their tragic time on Earth 1,000 years earlier.

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I Am Dragon
2015 · dir. Indar Dzhendubaev
★ 6.8fantasy · romancePrime Video

Romantic action in both cases

The difference: Leans further into romance

In the midst of the wedding princess Miroslava is kidnapped by a dragon and carried away into his castle on the remote island. Mira left everything behind in the past - family, friends and groom. Now the only things she had were a stone cage and a mysterious young man named Arman ... but who is he and what is he doing on that island? Miroslava will know the truth too late: loving a dragon will reveal the bitter truth - love is scary.

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Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · dir. Guillermo del Toro
🍅 86%★ 7fantasy · actionStarz

Thriller built on momentum, twice over

Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred. Tired of living in the shadow of humans, Prince Nuada tries to awaken an ancient force of killing machines, the all-powerful Golden Army, to clear the way for fantasy creatures to roam free. Only Hellboy can stop the dark prince and prevent humanity's annihilation.

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The Old Guard
2020 · dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood
🍅 80%★ 6.7action · fantasyNetflix

Dreamlike fantasy, and it commits to that

Four undying warriors who've secretly protected humanity for centuries become targeted for their mysterious powers just as they discover a new immortal.

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Night Watch
2004 · dir. Timur Bekmambetov
🍅 59%★ 6.4fantasy · action · thriller

Action with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Among normal humans live the "Others" possessing various supernatural powers. They are divided up into the forces of light and the forces of the dark, who signed a truce several centuries ago to end a devastating battle. Ever since, the forces of light govern the day while the night belongs to their dark opponents. In modern day Moscow the dark Others actually roam the night as vampires while a "Night Watch" of light forces, among them Anton, the movie's protagonist, try to control them and limit their outrage

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Hancock
2008 · dir. Peter Berg
🍅 42%★ 6.4fantasy · actionParamount+

One thread runs through both: forbidden love

Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. The agent's idea of imprisoning the antihero to make the world miss him proves successful, but will Hancock stick to his new sense of purpose or slip back into old habits?

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Sucker Punch
2011 · dir. Zack Snyder
🍅 23%★ 6.1action · fantasy · thrillerMax

Kinetic thriller in both cases

A young woman, institutionalized by her abusive stepfather, retreats into a vivid fantasy world where she envisions a plan to escape. Gathering a group of fellow inmates, she embarks on a quest to collect five mystical items, blurring the lines between reality and imagination.

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Bright
2017 · dir. David Ayer
🍅 26%★ 6.3fantasy · action · thrillerNetflix

Fantasy with a pulse of tension, in both cases

In an alternate present-day where magical creatures live among us, two L.A. cops become embroiled in a prophesied turf battle.

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The Tourist
2010 · dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
🍅 20%★ 6action · thriller · romance

Action with a pulse of romance, in both cases

American tourist Frank meets mysterious British woman Elise on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye.

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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
2010 · dir. Jon Turteltaub
🍅 40%★ 6.1fantasy · adventure · actionDisney+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: castle

Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness.

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