Movies like The Lord of the Rings

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The Lord of the Rings (1978)
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 36K
The Lord of the Rings (1978)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Spain
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.
Style: atmospheric, scenic, epic, serious, exciting, adult animation, cult classic, dark fantasy, mystical, inspirational ...
Audience: kids
Plot: good versus evil, wizards and magicians, imaginary kingdom, obsessive quest, imaginary, danger, heroes, witchcraft, mission, medieval, monster, elf, wizard, sword and sorcery, lord of the rings, friendship, friends, curses spells and rituals, mythology, magic, fantasy world, sorcery, hobbit, warrior, fortress ...
Time: year 1978, prehistory, prehistoric times, 70s
Keyword: wizards, challenge

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Most similar movies to The Lord of the Rings

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, epic, stylized and anime films with plots about good versus evil, sword and sorcery, escapades, heroes, danger, imaginary and rivalry mostly in Adventure, Fantasy and Animation genres. Some movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Black Cauldron (1985), Wizards (1977), Fire and Ice (1983), The Flight of Dragons (1982), Heavy Metal (1981). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Return of the King (1980)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Two Hobbits struggle to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom while their friends desperately fight evil Lord Sauron's forces in a final battle.
Style: psychedelic, anime, fantasy adventure, epic, stylized ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot: sword and sorcery, elf, hobbit, lord of the rings, sorcery, wizard, middle earth, ancient, fantasy world, peplum, battles, good versus evil ...
Time: prehistory, prehistoric times
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story: Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.
Style: epic, atmospheric, exciting, captivating, dark fantasy ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, chick flick, manly ...
Plot: sword fight, wizard, magic, fantasy world, friendship, magical, monster, mission, creature, sword and sorcery, mythology, good versus evil ...
Time: 2000s, year 2002, prehistoric times, prehistory
Place: iran
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story: Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.
Style: epic, breathtaking, captivating, epic fantasy, scenic ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: wizard, fantasy world, sword and sorcery, sword fight, dragon, magical, creature, wizards and magicians, imaginary kingdom, mythology, ancient, imaginary ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, future, prehistoric times, prehistory
Place: new zealand, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
The Black Cauldron (1985)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen ...
Style: fairy tale, stylized, cult classic, anime, mysterious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, horror for children
Plot: magic, princess, sword and sorcery, good versus evil, mythology, wizard, fantasy world, beast, dungeon, castle, medieval, supernatural ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 90s
Place: england, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 201 min.
Story: Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron's forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam bring the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark ...
Style: epic, atmospheric, breathtaking, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, manly ...
Plot: sword fight, wizard, magic, magical, battles, creature, courage, monster, friendship, sword and sorcery, good versus evil, medieval ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, prehistoric times, prehistory
Place: iran
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story: Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make ...
Style: epic, atmospheric, scenic, breathtaking, stylized ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, manly, girls' night ...
Plot: sword fight, friendship, fantasy world, wizard, sword and sorcery, magic, good versus evil, mythology, middle earth, magical, river, hobbit ...
Time: year 2001, future, 2000s, prehistory, prehistoric times
Place: new zealand, iran, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
 6.3
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Wizards (1977)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: An ambiguous battle between good and evil wages in a post-apocalyptic earth populated by netherworld creatures who have re-emerged after the nuclear winter. Two wizard twin brothers - the evil Blackwolf and the good Avatar - battle for supremacy. ...
Style: psychedelic, adult animation, anime, surreal, stylized ...
Audience: adult
Plot: sword and sorcery, magic, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, mutant, dark future, nymph, wizard, world war two, surrealism, trippy, good versus evil ...
Time: 20th century, future, near future, distant future
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
King Arthur and the Knights of Justice (1992)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: King Arthur and the Knights of Justice is an American animated series. It lasted for two seasons and 13 episodes each. The cartoon was produced by Golden Films, C&D Entertainment and Bohbot Entertainment. The series was created by Diane Eskenazi ...
Style: arthurian, serious, exciting
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: sword and sorcery, arthurian legend, yankee, king arthur, ancient, childhood, good versus evil, american football, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, knight, legends and myths ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 6th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Fire and Ice (1983)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: In this animated tale, a tiny village is destroyed by a surging glacier, which serves as the deadly domain for the evil Ice Lord, Nekron. The only survivor is a young warrior, Larn, who vows to avenge this act of destruction. The evil continues, ...
Style: adult animation, dark fantasy, epic, stylized, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, kids, adult
Plot: good versus evil, sword and sorcery, warrior, barbarian, kidnapping, wizard, heroes, giant lizard, supernatural, sorcery, violence, jungle ...
Time: prehistory, year 1983, prehistoric times, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (1979)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: This emmy award winner for Best Animated Special is based on the first tale of C.S. Lewis' acclaimed children's books, "The Chronicles of Narnia." When four children pass through a special wardrobe closet, they discover the ...
Style: christmas classics, sentimental, mythical, mystical, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: narnia, betrayal, animal, christmas, fantasy world, myth, christian, sword and sorcery, creature, winter, witch, magical creature ...
Time: 1900s, year 1979, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Flight of Dragons (1982)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so Carolinus, the green wizard decides to shield it for all time. Ommedon, the evil red wizard, stands in his way. Carolinus then calls for a quest that is to be led by a man named Peter ...
Style: sweet, anime, light, talky, colorful ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: time travel, magic, dragon, good versus evil, wizard, imaginary kingdom, fish out of water, sword and sorcery, heroes, friendship, sorcery, master villain ...
Place: usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Heavy Metal (1981)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with a collection of stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
Style: adult animation, anthology, erotic, atmospheric, futuristic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: good versus evil, intergalactic, heavy metal, space station, rock, violence, androids and robots, spacecraft, alien, robot, danger, graphic violence ...
Time: future, year 1981
Place: usa, pentagon, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Tales from Earthsea (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strange... What's even more strange is that people are beginning to see dragons, which shouldn't enter the world of humans. Due to all ...
Style: anime, adult animation, exciting, touching, manga ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dragon, wizards and magicians, good versus evil, heroes, young heroes, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, wizard, supernatural ability, master villain, sword and sorcery, imaginary ...
Place: fictional island, seattle, europe, macedonia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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The Hobbit (1977)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Bilbo Baggins the Hobbit was just minding his own business, when his occasional visitor Gandalf the Wizard drops in one night. One by one, a whole group of dwarves drop in, and before he knows it, Bilbo has joined their quest to reclaim their ...
Style: stylized, exciting, psychedelic, grindhouse, uplifting ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: imaginary kingdom, wizard, medieval, supernatural ability, good versus evil, sword and sorcery, dragon, lord of the rings, middle earth, fantasy world, hobbit, sorcery ...
Time: prehistory, prehistoric times
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, the they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the ...
Style: fairy tale, atmospheric, exciting, epic, scenic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: fantasy world, witch, good versus evil, legends and myths, magic, magical, medieval, imaginary kingdom, parallel world, winter, sword fight, heroes ...
Time: 1940s, year 2005, future, year 1940, 20th century
Place: antarctic, england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Conan the Adventurer (1992)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Conan the Adventurer is an American-French-Canadian animated television series adaptation of Conan the Barbarian, the literary character created by Robert E. Howard in the 1930s. Produced by Jetlag Productions and Sunbow Productions, the series ...
Style: anime, exciting, semi serious, humorous, epic fantasy
Audience: kids
Plot: barbarian, sword and sorcery, superhero, sword, sorcery, warrior, fantasy world, missing person, multiverse, ancient, heroes, imaginary kingdom ...
Time: prehistory, prehistoric times, stone age
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Dungeons & Dragons (1983)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Dungeons & Dragons is an American fantasy animated television series based on TSR's Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. A co-production of Marvel Productions and TSR, the show originally ran from 1983 through 1985 for three seasons on ...
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, anime, tense ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: beast, dragon, dungeons and dragons, danger, rivalry, youth, young heroes, imaginary, partner, sword and sorcery, wizard, nervousness ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Ainu tribe, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to ...
Style: anime, stylized, atmospheric, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: wolf, human animal relationship, nature, friendship, mythology, forest, human spirit, moral ambiguity, good versus evil, princess, life & death, talking animal ...
Time: 16th century, near future, 20th century, 90s, year 1997 ...
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Beowulf (2007)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: 6th-century Scandinavian warrior, Beowulf embarks on a mission to slay the manlike ogre Grendel, a descendant of Cain.
Style: computer animated, epic, fairy tale, adult animation, dark fantasy ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: monster, mythology, dragon, viking, heroic mission, legends and myths, sword fight, magic, good versus evil, beast, ancient, supernatural ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, year 2007, 2000s, 6th century
Place: denmark, germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, ...
Style: feel good, fairy tale, exciting, humorous, computer animated ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot: dragon, friendship, viking, unlikely friendships, creature, friends, imaginary, magic, happy ending, medieval, imaginary kingdom, young kid ...
Time: year 2010, medieval times, 2010s, 2000s, middle ages
Place: scandinavia, fictional island, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 7.3
 67K
Excalibur (1981)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his Knights of the Round Table for the Holy Grail, and ultimately his death.
Style: fairy tale, epic, serious, exciting, stylized ...
Audience: kids
Plot: knight, king arthur, sword fight, arthurian legend, medieval, mythology, good versus evil, excalibur, legends and myths, wizard, legend, sword and sorcery ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 5th century, year 1981, 6th century
Place: england, europe, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story: 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.
Style: epic, breathtaking, heroic, entertaining, dark fantasy ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, chick flick, adult
Plot: dragon, fantasy world, magical, sword fight, sword and sorcery, magic, good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, creature, elf, warrior, wizard ...
Time: 2010s, year 2013
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (2008)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, India, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After five years apart, searching the world of Krynn for proof of the existence of the true gods, a group of adventurers reach their goal in the form of a barbarian woman carrying a miraculous blue crystal staff. Soon they are thrust into war as an ...
Style: captivating, exciting, entertaining, suspense, tense ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: sword and sorcery, good versus evil, save the world, heroic mission, danger, supernatural, rivalry, rescue, friendship, imaginary kingdom, escapades, wizard ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn (2014)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 88 min.
Story: For years, the land of Altera has observed an uneasy peace between the humans, the elves, and the beasts who are loyal to the legendary Black Dragon. But when the dragon wakes from its hibernation, mobilizing a force of beasts to make war, a small ...
Style: exciting, captivating, anime
Audience: kids
Plot: dragon, enemy, elf, battles, good versus evil, beast, fantasy world, wizards and magicians, struggle for survival, warrior, destiny, fight ...
Time: year 2014
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: When Adam, Prince of the planet Eternia, raises his magic sword he transforms into He-Man (the most powerful man in the universe). With his allies and friends, he battles the evil Skeletor and his minions to protect the secrets of Castle Greyskull.
Style: children's program, psychedelic, retro, epic, serious ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: ancient mystery, superhero, muscleman, sword and sorcery, villain, warrior, sword, barbarian, magic, sorcerer, intergalactic, culture ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Epic (2013)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their world -- and ours.
Style: feel good, exciting, humorous, computer animated, stylized ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, preschool
Plot: imaginary kingdom, imaginary, good versus evil, teenage life, friendship, save the kingdom, young heroes, protector, daughter, danger, father daughter relationship, flying ...
Time: 20th century, year 2013, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 7.9
 728K
Shrek (2001)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story: It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, funny, 3d animation, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: princess, dragon, friendship, magic, stereotypes, talking animal, reluctant partners, love and romance, magical, anthropomorphism, imaginary kingdom, unlikely friendships ...
Time: year 2001, middle ages, medieval times, 16th century, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Magical Sisters Yoyo & Nene (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: It is a story about a pair of sisters who work as "noroiya" (cursers) using magic in a fantasy world. One day a big tree suddenly appears in a forest, and tall buildings that look like they are from our world can be seen entangled in it. ...
Style: anime, captivating, contemplative, tense, psychological ...
Plot: magic, sister sister relationship, wizards and magicians, curses spells and rituals, wizard, supernatural power, youth, mysticism, friends, good versus evil, supernatural, spell ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 7.1
 292
Deltora Quest (2007)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: The evil Shadow Lord has taken control of the kingdom of Deltora and has driven the land and its people into misfortune and suffering. Lief, the son of a blacksmith, has just turned sixteen and is entrusted, along with his two companions Barda and ...
Style: anime, exciting, serious, stylized
Audience: kids
Plot: rivalry, danger, uninhibited rivalry, escapades, youth, supernatural, friends, good versus evil, heroes, master villain, imaginary kingdom, friendship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan, UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Set 261 years before the events of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", The War of the Rohirrim tells the story of Helm Hammerhand, a legendary King of Rohan who must defend against an army of Dunlendings. He becomes the ...
Style: anime, adult animation, epic, 2d animation
Plot: hobbit, middle earth, star wars, lord of the rings, mammoth, magic, sword, army, wizard, battles, journey, bow and arrow ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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