Movies like Merlin 1993

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Merlin (1993)
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Merlin (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: UK, Slovakia
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A modern-day retelling of the Arthurian legend with the Lady of the Lake as a reporter and Pendragon as an evil businessman. Merlin's immortal apprentice is trying to protect a powerful sword forged by Merin from the clutches of Pendragon.
Style: arthurian, independent film
Plot: sword and sorcery, magic, wizard, arthurian legend, king arthur, magician, witchcraft, wizards and magicians, ancient, sword and shield, sorcery, martial arts, knight, native american, time travel, halloween, reincarnation, car chase, hospital, sword fight, geologist, save the world, protector, resurrection, evil ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, medieval times
Keyword: wizards

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Most similar movies to Merlin

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, captivating, fantasy adventure and epic films with plots about sword and sorcery, sorcery, magic, sword fight, wizard, sword and wizards and magicians mostly in Fantasy, Adventure and Action genres. Some movies like Merlin: Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II (1989), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2001), Avalon (1989), Seventh Son (2014), Gawain and the Green Knight (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Gawain was a squire in King Arthur's court when the Green Knight burst in and offered to play a game with a brave knight. Gawain journeys across the land, learning about life, saving damsels, and solving the Green Knight's riddle.
Style: fantasy adventure, arthurian, epic, grindhouse, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: arthurian legend, king arthur, sword and sorcery, knight, medieval, sorcery, castle, wizards and magicians, cannon, wizard, legends and myths, sword ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II (1989)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: cult classic, independent film
Plot: sword and sorcery, sorcery, wizard, barbarian, monster, sword, dungeon, wizards and magicians, battles, magic, kingdom, chosen one ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Every hundred years, the evil sorceress Morgana returns to claim Fingall's talisman from Merlin, with which she intends to destroy the world. For the last fourteen hundred years she has failed... now she intends to conquer all. Young Ben Clark ...
Style: semi serious, captivating, exciting, arthurian, colorful ...
Audience: pre-teens
Plot: legend, time travel, superhuman powers, save the world, heroes, good versus evil, wizards and magicians, escapades, imaginary, danger, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 3.9
 124
Avalon (1989)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: The adventure begins when Owen, a travelling swordsman, rescues a woman from some Druids. He offers to help track down her lover who has been enslaved by the evil Morgana. They set off on their quest, accompanied by Keiran, a cowardly thief.
Style: independent film
Plot: sorcery, barbarian, magic, decapitation, ancient, dinosaur, king arthur, sword and sorcery, earthquake, unlikely hero, thief, sorcerer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Merlin and the War of the Dragons (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In 5th Century Britian, a young Merlin struggles for his place in his known land under the tutelage of The Mage, a local wizard whom sees the young man's potential for magic, as well as face off against his evil former friend, Vendiger, whom ...
Style: exciting, captivating, entertaining, suspense, mockbuster ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: dragon, magic, medieval, battles, legends and myths, supernatural, escapades, rivalry, imaginary, danger, heroes, king arthur ...
Time: middle ages
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
 5.5
 80K
Seventh Son (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Canada, China
Duration: 102 min.
Story: John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an ...
Style: dark fantasy, exciting, fairy tale, epic, scenic ...
Audience: teens, pre-teens
Plot: magic, witch, sword and sorcery, supernatural, good versus evil, medieval, curses spells and rituals, chosen one, supernatural ability, wizards and magicians, black magic, knight ...
Time: 18th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The medieval legend of a supernatural knight who challenges the king's men to kill him.
Style: arthurian, semi serious, exciting, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: king arthur, knight, arthurian legend, sword and sorcery, medieval, king, kingdom, pagan, sword and shield, ancient, horse, castle ...
Time: medieval times, middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
The Barbarians (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Orphaned brothers Kutchek and Gore are adopted by a tribe led by Canary the owner of a powerful jewel. The evil Kadar wants both Canary and the jewel. Attacking the tribe he kidnaps Canary but the stone eludes him. The brothers are taken to be ...
Style: fantasy adventure, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: sword and sorcery, sorcery, sword, slavery, cannon, wizard, rivalry, barbarian, exploitation, woman with a gun, peplum, dungeon ...
Time: year 1987, middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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The Dark Mist (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: With the future of the world hanging in the balance, one fearless hero's quest to solve "The Riddle of the Chosen". As the Lord Protector makes his way through a land of magic and mystery, his allies grow stronger and his enemies more ...
Style: dark fantasy, independent film
Plot: female warrior, medieval, sword and sorcery, sorcery, ancient, female fight, evil, wizard, clone, castle, tough guy, fictional war ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Lancelot: Guardian of Time (1997)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Le grand sorcier Merlin apprend que Wolvencroft, mage diabolique et maître des forces obscures est de retour et bien décidé à détrôner le Roi Arthur en traversant le temps. Alerté, Sir Lancelot, décide d'emprunter le couloir du temps à ...
Style: arthurian
Plot: arthurian legend, sword and sorcery, king arthur, sorcery, time travel, bodyguard, knight, young, world
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Mythica: The Darkspore (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: When Teela’s sister is murdered and a powerful relic stolen, Marek and her friends face a sinister new enemy – Kishkumen, a foreign mystic bent on reclaiming the Darkspore for his master Szorlok. Armed with twin maps, Marek and her team race ...
Style: tense, captivating, exciting, suspense, scenic ...
Plot: sword and sorcery, magic, medieval, elf, sorcery, female protagonist, warrior, portal, sword fight, necromancer, journey, save the world ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Dungeons & Dragons: The Book of Vile Darkness (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK, Bulgaria
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A noble warrior must battle dragons and demons while upholding his moral code as he covertly joins a group of villains to rescue his kidnapped father from Shathrax, the Mind Flayer, who threatens to destroy the world.
Style: exciting, serious, psychotronic, anime, scenic ...
Plot: dragon, sword and sorcery, heroic mission, wizards and magicians, legends and myths, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, danger, save the world, supernatural, heroes, good versus evil ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Due to a curse from his former master Profion, Damodar survived his death by Ridley Freeborn as an undead entity in pursuit of an evil artifact for some hundred years, so that he might be capable of unleashing unstoppable destruction on Izmir and ...
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, captivating, anime ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: dragon, knight, sword and sorcery, curse, dungeons and dragons, heroic mission, good versus evil, save the world, supernatural, heroes, imaginary kingdom, young heroes ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire (1981)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The hero is given his mentor's bow (the Heartbow) which chooses its new owner when passed on. It fires arrows that blow up like grenades, but can only be wielded by the one chosen to wield her. The hero is a member of a nomadic tribe wiped out ...
Style: serious, exciting
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: sorcery, sword and sorcery, barbarian, archer, peplum, ancient, wizard, heroes, good versus evil, sword fight, imaginary, fugitives ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Mythica: A Quest for Heroes (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Stuck in a life of indentured servitude, Marek dreams of becoming a wizard. When she meets a beautiful priestess, Teela, in need of help, Marek escapes her master and puts together a team of adventurers - including Thane the warrior and Dagen the ...
Style: contemplative, tense, exciting, suspense
Plot: female protagonist, sorcerer, monster, sword and sorcery, healing power, medieval, friendship, village, kidnapping, dragon, sword fight, magic ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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 20K
Dragonslayer (1981)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The sorcerer and his apprentice Galen are on a mission to kill an evil dragon in order to save the King’s daughter from being sacrificed in accordance to a pact that the King himself made with the dragon to protect his kingdom. A fantasy film from ...
Style: dark fantasy, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Audience: kids
Plot: dragon, sword and sorcery, magic, medieval, beast, knight, monster, wizard, rescue, good versus evil, apprentice, daring rescue ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 6th century, year 1981
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 6.4
 101K
DragonHeart (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In an ancient time when majestic fire-breathers soared through the skies, a knight named Bowen comes face to face and heart to heart with the last dragon on Earth, Draco. Taking up arms to suppress a tyrant king, Bowen soon realizes his task will be ...
Style: fairy tale, humorous, cult classic, epic, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: dragon, knight, medieval, sword fight, sorcery, good versus evil, immortality, friendship, sword and sorcery, betrayal, magic, battles ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 10th century, 90s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Excalibur Kid (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Canada, Romania, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Zack doesn't have your ordinary adolescent problems. Transported back in time to medieval England, he lands in the middle of a vicious battle between an evil witch and Merlin, the master sorcerer, for control of Arthur's kingdom. It's ...
Style: arthurian
Audience: kids
Plot: king arthur, time travel, arthurian legend, youth, canuxploitation, sword fight, magic, fencing, excalibur
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Gunan il guerriero (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 80 min.
Story: The peaceful countryside village of Solmen is savagely assaulted by wild Ungats led by bloodthirsty Magen. In the midst of battle, two baby boys are miracu- lously saved by a tribe of Amazon warriors known as the Kuniats. The warriors nurture and ...
Style: fantasy adventure, parody
Plot: sorcery, barbarian, sword and sorcery, sword, peplum, woman with a gun, wizard, ancient, wizards and magicians, amazon tribe, exploitation, attempted rape ...
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 6.7
 277K
Warcraft (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: China, USA, Canada, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: exciting, dark fantasy, psychotronic, captivating, uplifting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sword and sorcery, wizard, magic, monster, fantasy world, sorcerer, warrior, good versus evil, video game, kingdom, invasion, creature ...
Time: year 2016, future, 2010s
Place: chile
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
In the Name of the King: The Last Mission (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany, Pakistan
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Hazen Kaine, an American contract killer living in Sofia, Bulgaria, gets more than he bargains for when he enters into a contract with the mob. One last job before he gets out and starts a new life for himself. The targets: the three children of ...
Style: serious, exciting, epic, tense, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: time travel, dragon, medieval, sword and sorcery, imaginary kingdom, sent to the past, save the kingdom, hitman, survival, heroes, escapades, imaginary ...
Time: middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Simon, son of the king, must flee when the empire is overthrown by the evil Shurka. Schooled in the arts of magic, he must find the Ring of Magic and the Sword of Power and defeated the wizard who killed his father. He is joined in his quest by the ...
Style: melancholic, fantasy adventure, touching, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: sword and sorcery, magic, sorcery, wizard, zombie, love interest, battles, sword fight, princess, queen, barbarian, cave ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Merlin: The Return (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: "Merlin: The Return" is the story of the battle between good and evil. The dark forces of Mordred are pitted against the mythical sorcery of Merlin. Mordred and his mother Morgana have been imprisoned in another world for the past 1500 ...
Style: semi serious, exciting, captivating, arthurian, independent film
Plot: wizards and magicians, good versus evil, arthurian legend, folk hero, heroic mission, rescue, danger, rivalry, friendship, curses spells and rituals, sorcery, sword and sorcery ...
Time: 20th century, middle ages
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 80 min.
Story: In a final and epic battle in the thrilling sequel to the now classic "Barbarian Queen", Althalia, leads a revolt of peasants and female warriors against the wicked ruler, Arkaris, to regain her throne.
Style: fantasy adventure, psychotronic, independent film, grindhouse
Audience: adult
Plot: barbarian, female warrior, sorcery, sword and sorcery, sword, female fighter, ancient, medieval, knight, girl, woman with a gun, monster ...
Time: medieval times
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 2.9
 1K
Dragonquest (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When an ancient warlord summons a mythological beast, a young hero must complete a series of quests to awaken the dragon that will defeat the monster.
Style: tense, captivating, exciting, suspense, mockbuster ...
Plot: sword and sorcery, medieval, mythical creature, warrior, quest, dragon, sorcery, danger, riddles and clues, good versus evil, heroic mission, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 126 min.
Story: When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword ...
Style: epic, entertaining, suspense, arthurian, visually stunning ...
Audience: teens
Plot: king arthur, knight, legend, warrior, medieval, excalibur, mythology, throne, chosen one, king, mentor, training ...
Time: middle ages, year 2017, medieval times, 6th century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The Sword of the Barbarians (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A swordsman's wife is murdered by followers of the evil Goddess Rani. He vows vengeance upon the cult and journeys to the Ark of the Templars to get a magic crossbow that will help him accomplish his mission.
Style: fantasy adventure, psychotronic
Plot: barbarian, sorcery, topless woman, sword, exploitation, ancient, wizards and magicians, peplum, wizard, woman with a gun, female nudity, blood ...
Time: stone age
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A man named Farmer sets out to rescue his kidnapped wife and avenge the death of his son -- two acts committed by the Krugs, a race of animal-warriors who are controlled by the evil Gallian.
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, serious, epic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: medieval, magic, good versus evil, dragon, sorcery, imaginary kingdom, sword and sorcery, monster, knight, mentor, villain, rescue ...
Time: year 2007, medieval times
Place: seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Arthur & Merlin (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In dark ages Britain, a time of magic and legend, a powerful druid is bent on destroying the Celtic people. Arthur, a banished warrior, and Merlin, a hermit wizard, embark on a heroic quest to stop the druid and save their people, before the Celts ...
Style: semi serious, captivating, stylized, exciting, epic ...
Plot: king arthur, medieval, arthurian legend, wizard, recluse, druid, wizards and magicians, sorcerer, supernatural ability, camelot, friendship, magician ...
Time: middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell (1988)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The third thrilling saga of Deathstalker pits him against the evil wizard and ruler of the Southland, Troxartes, and his band of undead warriors. Dashing Deathstalker is entrusted by the beautiful Princess Carissa to protect an enchanted Jewel one ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, humorous, rough, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sorcery, barbarian, sword and sorcery, wizard, sword, exploitation, woman with a gun, ancient, mutant, jewelry, castle, magic ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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