Movies like Merlin and the Book of Beasts

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Merlin and the Book of Beasts (2009)
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Merlin and the Book of Beasts (2009)
Genre: Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In the twenty years since the fall of Camelot, Merlin has become a recluse known as "the wild man of the woods." He is now summoned by a charge of young knights as they quest to destroy an evil wizard who rules the land from a throne of a "New Camelot."
Style: exciting, captivating, arthurian, tense, suspense, atmospheric, offbeat, stylized, semi serious
Audience: teens, family outing, kids
Plot: wizards and magicians, sword and sorcery, arthurian legend, heroic mission, supernatural, battles, legends and myths, escapades, rivalry, female warrior, medieval, heroes, danger, imaginary, king arthur, magic, peplum, sorcery, adventurer, blonde, seduction, fistfight, turned to stone, doppelganger, book of magic ...

Most similar movies to Merlin and the Book of Beasts

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, captivating, serious and tense films with plots about escapades, heroes, danger, rivalry, imaginary, sword and sorcery and supernatural mostly in Fantasy, Adventure and Action genres. Some movies like Merlin and the Book of Beasts: Wolfhound (2006), The Hexer (2001), WitchSlayer Gretl (2012), Morning Star (2014), Journey to Promethea (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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
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100%
Krabat and the Legend of the Satanic Mill (2008)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, Romania
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A 14-year-old orphan named Krabat flees the horrors of the 30 Years War by becoming an apprentice to an ominous master of a mysterious mill. Krabat is not only taught the craft of milling, but is also instructed in the sinister world of the darker ...
Style: serious, exciting, stylized, captivating, fairy tale
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: teachers and students, friendship, curses spells and rituals, wizards and magicians, supernatural, supernatural ability, danger, rivalry, raven, buddies, apprentice, good versus evil ...
Time: year 2008, 17th century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
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Wolfhound (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 142 min.
Story: He was doomed to die, but managed to survive, and now his mission is to revenge for the annihilation of his tribe. He is the great warrior who calls himself Volkodav, and is the last man from the tribe of Serie Psi (Grey Hounds). After escaping ...
Style: serious, exciting, stylized, atmospheric, action adventure ...
Audience: boys' night, family outing
Plot: sword, wizards and magicians, bravery, supernatural, danger, heroic mission, sword and sorcery, escapades, rivalry, vengeance, sorcery, imaginary kingdom ...
Time: medieval times
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Hexer (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Poland
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The TV series and the film were loosely based on Andrzej Sapkowski's book series The Witcher (Wiedźmin).
Style: suspenseful, stylized, serious, exciting, offbeat
Plot: legends and myths, supernatural ability, supernatural, sword and sorcery, good versus evil, heroes, danger, sorcery, legend, wizard, sword, rivalry ...
Time: middle ages
Place: europe, poland
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50%
WitchSlayer Gretl (2012)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Twenty years after his encounter with the witch, a grown-up Hansel returns to the haunted forest, seeking revenge.
Style: exciting, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot: witch, vengeance, danger, bounty hunter, supernatural, woods, heroes, rivalry, imaginary, escapades, brother sister relationship, woman with a gun ...
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35%
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Morning Star (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In time of war, a man must survive to make a journey to fulfill a promise made and discover the truth. After a terrible battle, a man sees his great friend perish, leaving him one request – that he visit the king, father of the deceased, to give ...
Style: exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, serious ...
Plot: soldier, rivalry, medieval, wizards and magicians, heroes, escapades, danger, battles, sword and sorcery, save the day, war, king ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Journey to Promethea (2010)
Genre: Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A tyrannical king reigns over his kingdom with an iron fist, but there is hope. A prophecy foretold long ago states that a boy will rise up against the oppressive regime and lead his people to the promised land of Promethea. This is the ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, intense, tense
Audience: teens
Plot: revolution, danger, corrupted ruler, escapades, heroes, legends and myths, hopes, supernatural, rivalry, master warrior, sword and sorcery, sorcery ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Pegasus Vs. Chimera (2012)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two mythological creatures battle each other.
Style: captivating, suspense, exciting, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: sword and sorcery, good versus evil, supernatural, dangerous animal, danger, wizards and magicians, battles, legends and myths, imaginary, vengeance, heroes, escapades ...
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Kids of the Round Table (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Set in modern times, Alex finds King Arthur's sword Excalibur and must prove himself worthy of it.
Style: stylized, humorous, arthurian, independent film, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: magic, good versus evil, child protagonist, heroic mission, wizards and magicians, battles, legends and myths, curses spells and rituals, escapades, mischievous children, youth, child hero ...
Time: middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Hellhounds (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A Greek warrior must travel to the Underworld and battle killer hellhounds in order to rescue his murdered bride from the clutches of Hades.
Style: exciting, stylized, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: creature, greek mythology, legends and myths, rescue, supernatural, heroic mission, danger, dog, battles, escapades, giant monster, creature feature ...
Place: ancient greece, greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Mists of Avalon (2001)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic, Germany, USA
Duration: 183 min.
TV show
Story: A unique re-working of the Arthurian epic, based on the novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Mists of Avalon tells the familiar tale but with an important twist: The story is told through the eyes of the women who wielded power behind King ...
Style: epic, exciting, fairy tale, atmospheric, arthurian ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: medieval, arthurian legend, magic, imaginary, legends and myths, pagan, sword fight, religion, knight, state affairs, siblings relations, family relations ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Arthur's Quest (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: To escape the clutches of the evil warrior and sorceress Morgana, Merlin transports young King Arthur into modern day America. When Merlin comes back ten years later to retrieve him, he finds a hip 15 year-old Arthur who does not believe Merlin, nor ...
Style: stylized, humorous, semi serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: time travel, arthurian legend, legends and myths, folk hero, supernatural, wizards and magicians, sent to the future, teenage life, dishonesty, love and romance, hidden identity, danger ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Merlin's Apprentice (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 176 min.
TV show
Story: The great sorcerer Merlin has returned to Camelot, a kingdom now vulnerable to ill fates and war since the theft of the Holy Grail, its greatest gift and protection. With the help of Jack, an irascible young beggar-thief imbued with his own unruly ...
Style: atmospheric, semi serious, humorous, arthurian, exciting ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: camelot, wizards and magicians, arthurian legend, magic, holy grail, curses spells and rituals, medieval, apprentice, sword and sorcery, heroic mission, imaginary kingdom, heroes ...
Time: medieval times, middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Odysseus & the Isle of Mists (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Romania, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: King Odysseus has been away from Ithaca for twenty years.The first ten he spent fighting the Trojan War the last ten he spent fighting to get home. Among his adventures is the tale Homer felt was too horrible to tell, the missing book of the Odyssey ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, fairy tale ...
Plot: deadly creature, sword and sorcery, good versus evil, escapades, danger, heroes, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, rivalry, goddess, odyssey, mythology ...
Place: fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When the Sultan's first born is taken by an evil sorcerer, Sinbad is tasked with traveling to a desert of magic and creatures to save her.
Style: exciting, feel good, captivating, tense, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: sinbad, good versus evil, danger, heroic mission, imaginary kingdom, wizards and magicians, daring rescue, folk hero, medieval, imaginary, master villain, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Invincible (2001)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The Shadow Men are immortal beings of darkness and destruction. One such Shadow Man, Os (Zane), is confronted by the White Warrior, a being of light, and given the chance to change his ways or die. After the White Warrior bests Os in combat, she ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, suspense, tense, detective ...
Plot: martial arts, good versus evil, heroic mission, supernatural, battles, apocalypse, daring rescue, supernatural ability, rivalry, danger, estrangement, imaginary ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Arthur the King (1983)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Yugoslavia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Classic tale of King Arthur and how his wife is kidnapped by his evil sister. Lancelot is sent out to try and retrieve the lost queen and unfortunately falls in love with her. Forbidden love, revenge, family rivalry, and magic are all prominent ...
Style: arthurian, fairy tale, exciting, semi serious
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: arthurian legend, medieval, sword and sorcery, sorcery, time travel, king arthur, knight, magic, camelot, peplum, ancient, kidnapping ...
Time: middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Dragon Hunter (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Orphaned as a baby when his parents were killed in a vicious orc attack, Kendrick of Elwood was raised by his elder brother, Darius. Now, after years of absence, a new danger emerges, more lethal than the threat of orcs or men. Reports of dragon ...
Style: computer animated, exciting, serious, tense, suspense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: dragon, heroic mission, daring rescue, race against time, heroes, supernatural, battles, danger, rivalry, master warrior, destiny, imaginary kingdom ...
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29%
Sinbad and the Minotaur (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Sinbad, armed with rumors of ancient gold, finds himself sneaking into the desert camp of the evil sorcerer Al-Jibar. Hidden among the many relics is an ivory scroll case containing the logs of the pirate Captain Minos, which will lead Sinbad to the ...
Style: semi serious, stylized, captivating, exciting, psychotronic
Plot: folk hero, wizards and magicians, deadly creature, treasure hunt, escapades, danger, imaginary, good versus evil, medieval, legends and myths, curses spells and rituals, rivalry ...
Place: europe, greece
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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 ...
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The Mystical Adventures of Billy Owens (2008)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story: When Billy turns 11 on November 11 he realises he is no ordinary boy.
Style: exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, captivating
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: youth, good versus evil, danger, imaginary, legends and myths, wizards and magicians, heroes, young heroes, birthday, friends, escapades, rivalry ...
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28%
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 ⇓
28%
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Forbidden Warrior (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The Gaia Za is a sacred tome that holds many ancient and powerful spells to be unlocked by a so-called Chosen One expected to be born to one of two leading families: the Khans or the Marajis. Unwilling to leave the clan's fate to the gods, Che ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, serious
Plot: martial arts, good versus evil, kung fu, rivalry, danger, escapades, legends and myths, destiny, heroic mission, heroes, medieval, master warrior ...
Place: asia, china
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27%
In the Name of the King: Two Worlds (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Granger, an ex-Special Forces soldier gets thrown back to medieval times to fulfill an ancient prophecy. Venturing through the now war torn Kingdom of Ehb, he teams up with an unlikely band of allies with the goal of slaying the leader of the ...
Style: exciting, serious, epic, psychotronic, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: medieval, prophecy, dragon, imaginary kingdom, time travel, heroes, good versus evil, imaginary, danger, master warrior, heroic mission, fight ...
Place: british columbia, vancouver
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26%
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Jabberwock (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Alec a courageous but impetuous knight returns to his home village having been summoned by his older brother Francis to care for their ailing father. The brothers' reunion is short-lived as a traveller terrified and half-crazed arrives to warn ...
Style: exciting, serious, sentimental
Audience: teens
Plot: heroic mission, daring rescue, deadly creature, supernatural, escapades, imaginary kingdom, rivalry, imaginary, danger, dragon, legends and myths, medieval ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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 ⇓
26%
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Dragonfyre (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A battle-weary ex-Special Forces Operative buys a ranch in remote American West to flee from the world, and encounters a strange series of trespassers, including a beautiful elf princess and a Native American mystic and Orcs. When the Orcs invade ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot: mythical creature, good versus evil, danger, imaginary, escapades, deadly creature, heroes, sword and sorcery, medieval, invasion, supernatural, death ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom (2014)
Genre: Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In the twilight of the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial court is plagued by corruption as tyrants rule over the land. With the Manchurians preying on a weakened empire, war is imminent. To save the victims from their suffering, sorceress Jade Raksha ...
Style: exciting, captivating, serious, stylized, tense ...
Plot: martial arts, female warrior, wizards and magicians, tragic love, betrayal, supernatural ability, wuxia, witch, heroes, good versus evil, rivalry, escapades ...
Place: china, ancient china
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Dark Relic (2010)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: 1099 A.D.: A battle-weary knight leads his men home from the Holy Land after years of fighting. But the supposedly holy relic he’s carrying bears a terrible curse…
Style: stylized, serious, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: medieval, deadly creature, heroic mission, good versus evil, knight, heroes, supernatural, danger, obsessive quest, adventurer, battles, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 11th century
Place: rome italy, jerusalem, holy land
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