Movies like Masters of the Universe

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Masters of the Universe (1987)
 5.3
 42K
Masters of the Universe (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The world of Eternia in the aftermath of Skeletor's war on Castle Grayskull, which he has won after seizing Grayskull and the surrounding city using a cosmic key developed by the locksmith Gwildor. The Sorceress is now Skeletor's prisoner and he begins to drain her life-force as he waits for the moon of Eternia to align with the Great Eye of the Universe that will bestow god-like power upon him.
Style: serious, surprise ending, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, epic, campy, sentimental, light, romantic ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, boys' night
Plot: superhero, good versus evil, sword fight, time travel, villain, sword, violence, evil man, skeleton, magical sword, beast, teenager, monster, chase, heroes, supernatural, friendship, magic, black magic, female warrior, dwarf, super villain, surrealism, shapeshifter, death ...
Time: 80s
Place: new jersey

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Most similar movies to Masters of the Universe

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, cult film, psychotronic and stylized films with plots about fight, heroes, weapons, good versus evil, escapades, violence and danger mostly in Action, Adventure and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Masters of the Universe: Krull (1983), Conan the Destroyer (1984), The Avengers (2012), Kull the Conqueror (1997), Dungeons & Dragons (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
 6.1
 34K
Krull (1983)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet.
Style: dark fantasy, exciting, light, futuristic, serious ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: sword and sorcery, good versus evil, giant spider, monster, magic, alien, space, sword, medieval, fortress, rescue, sword fight ...
Time: 80s, future, middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Conan the Destroyer (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Based on a character created by Robert E. Howard, this fast-paced, occasionally humorous sequel to Conan the Barbarian features the hero (Arnold Schwarzenegger) as he is commissioned by the evil queen Taramis (Sarah Douglas) to safely escort a teen ...
Style: stylized, suspenseful, exciting, entertaining, campy ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: barbarian, sword and sorcery, imaginary kingdom, magic, good versus evil, warrior, sword, medieval, fight, rescue, female warrior, heroic mission ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, prehistoric times, year 1984, stone age
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, Czech Republic, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.
Style: entertaining, exciting, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: steampunk, vampire, superhero, adventurer, heroic mission, secret service, immortality, alter ego, female vampire, save the world, betrayal, transformation ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, future, 1890s
Place: venice, europe, london, mediterranean sea, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.0
 1.4M
The Avengers (2012)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. ...
Style: exciting, heroic, epic, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, family outing, chick flick ...
Plot: superhero, heroes, alien invasion, good versus evil, monster, superhuman powers, teamwork, team, partners, heroic mission, female assassin, save the world ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: manhattan new york city, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, new york, berlin germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Kull the Conqueror (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A barbarian named Kull becomes ruler after defeating the old king in battle, thus receiving his crown. But direct heirs of the king, trying to topple Kull and regain the throne, bring an old witch queen Akivasha back to life. Their plan backfires, ...
Style: exciting, campy, parody, humorous, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: barbarian, evil queen, sword and sorcery, wizards, destiny, sword, vengeance, superhero, medieval, sword fight, curses spells and rituals, demon ...
Time: middle ages, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Yor, the Hunter from the Future (1983)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story: This Italian-Turkish co-production helmed by genre veteran Antonio Margheriti (using the pseudonym "Anthony M. Dawson") was cobbled together from a four-part science-fiction miniseries shown on Italian television. In prehistoric times, the ...
Style: campy, ridiculous, surreal, futuristic, parody ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: post apocalypse, dinosaur, sword, beast, distopia, monster, caveman, sword and sorcery, desert, barbarian, robot, violence ...
Time: prehistory, stone age, 80s, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Dungeons & Dragons (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Czech Republic, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The classic role-playing game comes to life in this magical adventure. The empire of Izmer is a divided land: Elite magicians called Mages rule while lowly commoners are powerless. When Empress Savina (Thora Birch) vows to bring equality and ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, campy, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids
Plot: dragon, sword and sorcery, magic, wizards and magicians, wizards, imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, elf, fantasy world, empress, medieval, supernatural ability ...
Time: middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.
Style: exciting, tense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, kids
Plot: martial arts, superhero, fight, kung fu, martial artist, villain, heroes, giant monster, warrior, portal, bus, monster ...
Time: future, 90s, 2020s, year 1996, 21st century
Place: china, usa, san francisco, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 5.8
 120K
Mortal Kombat (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: For nine generations an evil sorcerer has been victorious in hand-to-hand battle against his mortal enemies. If he wins a tenth Mortal Kombat tournament, desolation and evil will reign over the multiverse forever. To save Earth, three warriors must ...
Style: exciting, intense, campy, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, good versus evil, monster, tournament, underground fighting, heroic mission, fight, warrior, creature, save the world, mortal combat, ninja ...
Time: 90s, 80s
Place: hong kong, china, los angeles, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.
Style: futuristic, exciting, humorous, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: superhero, heroes, space opera, space travel, space, monster, escapades, alien, good versus evil, intergalactic, teamwork, creature ...
Time: future, 80s, year 2014, year 1988, 2010s
Place: usa, missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.9
 1.3M
Avatar (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story: In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
Style: futuristic, breathtaking, exciting, captivating, epic ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot: alien, fantasy world, culture clash, beautiful scenery, battles, ecology, creature, space and aliens, alien life-form, space travel, alien planet, scientist ...
Time: future, 22nd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.7
 334K
Fantastic Four (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: During a space voyage, four scientists are altered by cosmic rays: Reed Richards gains the ability to stretch his body; Sue Storm can become invisible; Johnny Storm controls fire; and Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong … thing. Together, ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, humorous, intellectual, campy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, family outing ...
Plot: superhero, supernatural ability, flying, dna, superhuman powers, interracial romance, good versus evil, space adventure, vigilante, fantasy world, fight, space ...
Time: future, 2000s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.
Style: exciting, entertaining, intense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: superhero, time travel, mutant, heroes, good versus evil, transformation, supernatural ability, superhuman powers, changing the past or future, time loop, superhuman, teamwork ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 1973, 80s, 2010s ...
Place: usa, paris france, china, new york, moscow russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 58K
Flash Gordon (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyrant, Ming the Merciless, to save Earth.
Style: campy, psychotronic, humorous, exciting, sexy ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, boys' night
Plot: space opera, superhero, alien, space, mad scientist, emperor, american football, robot, apocalypse, end of the world, megalomaniac, mind control ...
Time: 80s, 1930s, future
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Ten years after the invasion of Naboo, the galaxy is on the brink of civil war. Under the leadership of a renegade Jedi named Count Dooku, thousands of solar systems threaten to break away from the Galactic Republic. When an assassination attempt is ...
Style: futuristic, saga, epic, exciting, light ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: star wars, robot, space opera, fantasy world, alien, space, space travel, sword fight, jedi, space wars, intergalactic, magic ...
Time: future, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: entertaining, exciting, humorous, heroic, stylized ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, family outing, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: superhero, legends and myths, alien, warrior, superhuman powers, heroes, norse mythology, wizards and magicians, supernatural, magic, end of the world, villain ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, usa, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Highlander: Endgame (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Immortals Connor and Duncan Macleod join forces against a man from Connor's distant past in the highlands of Scotland, Kell, an immensely powerful immortal who leads an army of equally powerful and deadly immortal swordsmen and assassins. No ...
Style: exciting, melancholic, suspenseful, serious, enigmatic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: sword fight, vengeance, good versus evil, supernatural, sword and sorcery, immortality, supernatural ability, superhero, mentor, heroic mission, rivalry, martial arts ...
Time: 18th century, 16th century, 17th century, 2000s, middle ages ...
Place: scotland, new york, ireland, italy, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Beastmaster (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Dar, is the son of a king, who is hunted by a priest after his birth and grows up in another family. When he becomes a grown man his new father is murdered by savages and he discovers that he has the ability to communicate with the animals, which ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, stylized, suspenseful, campy ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: sword and sorcery, murder, sword, barbarian, sword fight, beast, good versus evil, vengeance, superhero, animal human communication, battles, village ...
Time: 80s, future
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story: Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.
Style: entertaining, exciting, surreal, semi serious, psychotronic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: cyborgs, robot, androids and robots, alien, transforming robot, military, giant robots, battles, alien invasion, chaos, heroes, vengeance ...
Time: 18th century, 2000s, stone age, prehistoric times, 21st century
Place: egypt, washington d.c., virginia, new york, philadelphia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Argentina
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In the year 2025, the ozone layer is believed to have been destroyed. It is up to MacLeod and Rameriz to set things right. Opposition comes from both the planet Ziest (MacLeod and Ramirez's homeworld) and a corporation profiting from the ...
Style: futuristic, ridiculous, campy, unusual plot structure, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sword and sorcery, fictional war, cyberpunk, alien, distopia, sword fight, heroes, time travel, good versus evil, supernatural, medieval, superhero ...
Time: future, 90s, year 1999, near future, 2020s ...
Place: scotland, new york, europe, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
 780K
Man of Steel (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 143 min.
Story: A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation ...
Style: exciting, serious, epic, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: superhero, superman character, good versus evil, superhuman powers, alien, alien invasion, double life, secret identity, heroes, villain, space travel, space and aliens ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, kansas, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 860K
Thor (2011)
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Against his father Odin's will, The Mighty Thor - a powerful but arrogant warrior god - recklessly reignites an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a ...
Style: entertaining, epic, humorous, exciting, heroic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: superhero, mythology, heroes, legends and myths, immortality, superhuman powers, imaginary kingdom, warrior, viking, norse mythology, exile, alien ...
Time: 10th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new mexico, scandinavia, usa, norway
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Last Airbender (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The story follows the adventures of Aang, a young successor to a long line of Avatars, who must put his childhood ways aside and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water, Earth and Air nations.
Style: exciting, intense, serious, stylized, psychotronic ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: martial arts, destiny, supernatural, supernatural ability, friendship, master warrior, young heroes, youth, good versus evil, chosen one, heroic mission, superhero ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Battlefield Earth (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of ...
Style: futuristic, campy, exciting, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, alien, post apocalypse, evil alien, heroic mission, stupidity, save the world, survival, planet, rivalry, heroes, miner ...
Time: future
Place: denver colorado, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
 381K
Free Guy (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A bank teller realizes he's a background character in an open world action game.
Style: entertaining, humorous, feel good, heroic, captivating ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, kids
Plot: virtual reality, game, video game, gamer, changing lives, heroes, career change, character change, programmer, bank teller, artificial intelligence, code ...
Time: future, 2020s, 21st century
Place: new york, seattle, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 277K
John Carter (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and ...
Style: epic, entertaining, exciting, fairy tale, surprise ending ...
Audience: boys' night, family outing, teens
Plot: mars, alien, monster, space travel, heroic mission, mysterious planet, distant planet, imaginary kingdom, battles, space, save the day, space and aliens ...
Time: future, 19th century, 1860s, 1870s
Place: virginia, arizona, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A group of heroic warriors has only six days to save the planet in "Mortal Kombat Annihilation." To succeed they must survive the most spectacular series of challenges any human, or god, has ever encountered as they battle an evil warlord ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, stylized, serious, campy ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens, family outing
Plot: martial arts, ninja, fight, fight scenes, transformation, good versus evil, alternate dimension, save the world, kung fu, death, battles, heroes ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.8
 484K
Aquaman (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Arthur Curry learns that he is the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, and must step forward to lead his people and to be a hero to the world.
Style: exciting, entertaining, epic, psychotronic, colourful ...
Audience: kids, teens, chick flick
Plot: superhero, super powers, atlantis, princess, ocean, creature, supernatural power, power, muscleman, warrior, half breed, heroes ...
Time: year 1985, 2010s, 90s, 80s
Place: maine, sahara, boston, sicily, atlantic ocean ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 2.3
 2K
Gor II (1988)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An Earthman returns to the planet Gor, and fights against tyranny.
Style: semi serious, exciting, suspenseful, psychotronic, stylized ...
Plot: sword and sorcery, space wars, criminal, sword, vegetarian, time travel, thinness, escapades, adventurer, rivalry, heroic mission, slavery ...
Time: middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
John Norman's Gor (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: American professor Tarl Cabot is transported via a magical ring to planet Gor, where he must help an oppressed country overthrow its evil king and his barbarian henchmen.
Style: sexy, touching, psychotronic, cult film
Plot: sword and sorcery, sword, barbarian, planet, erotica, medieval, ancient, wizards and magicians, action violence, male objectification, steampunk, cat fight ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%