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The Shadow (1994)
29K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on the 1930's comic strip, puts the hero up against his arch enemy, Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "The power to cloud men's minds", the Shadow comes blazing to the city's rescue with explosive results.
Style:
entertaining, visually stunning, suspenseful, dieselpunk, neo noir, stylized, tense, exciting, retro, noir ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, good versus evil, superhero, immortality, monk, undercover, radio, alter ego, secret identity, transformation, dark hero, mind control, mad scientist, danger, heroic mission, escapades, villain, heroes, revenge, avenger, superhuman powers, treasure hunt, fall in love, telepathy, psychic power ...
Time:
1930s, 90s, year 1994, 20th century, 30s
Place:
new york, usa, asia, empire state building manhattan new york city, tibet
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Most similar movies to The Shadow
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, epic, stylized and cult classic films with plots about superhero, heroes, rivalry, comic book, villain, good versus evil and fight mostly in Action, Adventure and Fantasy genres. Some movies like The Shadow: The Rocketeer (1991), The Phantom (1996), Batman Returns (1992), Batman (1989), Ghost Rider (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Straight from the pages of a pulp comic from a past era, the Rocketeer recreates 1930s Hollywood, complete with gangsters, Nazi spies, and the growth of the Age of Aviation. Young pilot Cliff Secord stumbles on a top secret rocket-pack and with the ...
Style:
dieselpunk, exciting, entertaining, melancholic, light ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, teens
Plot:
superhero, treasure hunt, good versus evil, aviation, comic book, biplane, betrayal, adaptation, steampunk, world war two, villain, gangster ...
Time:
1930s, year 1991, future, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a rich madman from obtaining three magic skulls that would give him the secret to ultimate power.
Style:
light, humorous, exciting, entertaining, saga ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, superhero, comic book, alter ego, masked man, good versus evil, escapades, villain, heroes, island, silver, treasure hunt ...
Time:
1930s, year 1996, 20th century, year 1938, year 1939
Place:
fictional island, new york, usa, new york state, southeast asia ...
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Having defeated the Joker, Batman now faces the Penguin - a warped and deformed individual who is intent on being accepted into Gotham society. Crooked businessman Max Schreck is coerced into helping him become Mayor of Gotham and they both attempt ...
Style:
gothic, mysterious, stylized, saga, disturbing ...
Audience:
kids, teens, date night, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
superhero, villain, batman, revenge, christmas, femme fatale, cat, vigilante, corruption, double life, christmas season, circus ...
Time:
year 1992, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
429K
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker, who has seized control of Gotham's underworld.
Style:
atmospheric, bleak, saga, neo noir, visual ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night, date night
Plot:
vigilante, superhero, batman, justice, villain, good versus evil, insanity, corruption, costumed hero, organized crime, criminal, trauma ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, 1920s, future
Place:
usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
267K
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In order to save his dying father, young stunt cyclist Johnny Blaze sells his soul to Mephistopheles and sadly parts from the pure-hearted Roxanne Simpson, the love of his life. Years later, Johnny's path crosses again with Roxanne, now a ...
Style:
exciting, action packed, saga, epic, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
superhero, motorcycle, supernatural, deal with the devil, vigilante, demon, redemption, devil, good versus evil, biker, chases and races, dark hero ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Chui Chik tries to lead a quiet life as a librarian. However, he is really a former test subject for a highly secretive supersoldier project and the instructor of a special commando unit dubbed "701." The 701 squad is used for many ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, bloody, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, superhero, martial artist, vigilante, fistfight, kung fu master, wuxia, chinese mafia, heroes, one man army, police ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
74K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes ...
Style:
gothic, suspense, exciting, atmospheric, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
revenge, vigilante, vengeance, disfigurement, scientist, disfigured face, gangster, superhero, comic book, violent, back from the dead, lawyer ...
Time:
90s, future, 80s, year 1989, year 1990
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When gigantic robots attack New York City, "Sky Captain" uses his private air force to fight them off. His ex-girlfriend, reporter Polly Perkins, has been investigating the recent disappearance of prominent scientists. Suspecting a link ...
Style:
futuristic, dieselpunk, surprise ending, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
steampunk, robot, heroic mission, airplane, mad scientist, alternate reality, zeppelin, transformation, danger, alternate history, aviation, daredevil ...
Time:
1930s, year 1939, future, year 2004, 2000s ...
Place:
new york, himalaya, nepal, manhattan new york city, new york state ...
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
369K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before a demon - Hellboy - has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces, ...
Style:
stylized, exciting, cult classic, visually stunning, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids, date night, adult
Plot:
supernatural, superhero, monster, supernatural ability, demon, comic book, occult, comic hero, superhuman powers, undercover, danger, good versus evil ...
Time:
year 2004, 1940s, y2k, 20th century, post world war two ...
Place:
new york, new jersey, america, moscow russia, scotland ...
Similarity:
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76K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After being murdered by corrupt colleagues in a covert government agency, Al Simmons (Michael Jai White) makes a pact with the devil to be resurrected to see his beloved wife Wanda (Theresa Randle). In exchange for his return to Earth, Simmons ...
Style:
scary, dark, dark fantasy, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, deal with the devil, devil, superhero, clown, danger, psychopath, good versus evil, dark hero, vigilante, transformation, killer clown ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
north korea, hong kong
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Alex Corvis returns to the world of the living to solve the murder of a young woman that he was wrongly accused of killing. Alex follows the crow into the police department's evidence room, where he discovers that Lauren was killed by a group ...
Style:
suspense, gothic, stylized, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
revenge, afterlife, supernatural, electric chair, vengeance, vigilante, tragic hero, murder, brutality, violence, murder mystery, good versus evil ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, 90s
Place:
salt lake city utah
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure thriller! Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a veteran cop who loses his entire family to a mafia car bomb. Only his ex-partner believes Castle ...
Style:
serious, futuristic, cult classic, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, mafia, violence, organized crime, vengeance, anti hero, murder, yakuza, gang war, one man army ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, australia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
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:
cult classic, perverse, suspenseful, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
barbarian, sword and sorcery, warrior, master warrior, good versus evil, black magic, female warrior, human sacrifice, rescue, medieval, sword, imaginary kingdom ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, prehistoric times, 20th century, stone age
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Morocco, Jordan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Rick and Evelyn O'Connell, along with their 8 year old son Alex, discover the key to the legendary Scorpion King's might, the fabled Bracelet of Anubis. Unfortunately, a newly resurrected Imhotep has designs on the bracelet as well, and ...
Style:
dark fantasy, costume drama, exciting, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
mummy, treasure hunt, archaeology, treasure, ancient egypt, supernatural, mythology, good versus evil, monster, chase, tomb, desert ...
Time:
year 2001, 1930s, jurassic, future, 20th century ...
Place:
egypt, london, africa, middle east, england ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Canada
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:
entertaining, sexy, epic, visually stunning, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
superhero, time travel, mutant, heroes, superhuman powers, supernatural ability, avenger, changing the past or future, team, good versus evil, teamwork, mind control ...
Time:
year 2014, future, near future, year 1973, 20th century ...
Place:
usa, paris france, china, new york, moscow russia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After Ashe and his little son are murdered violently for no reason by Judah's men, he returns from the dead to take revenge. One after one, Judah's people face the power of the dark angel. The second film based on James O'Barr's ...
Style:
gothic, cult classic, atmospheric, dark, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, revenge, tragic hero, afterlife, good versus evil, crow, back from the dead, vigilante, comic book, goth, murder, superhero ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
Style:
detective, stylized, visually stunning, visual, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
police detective, gangster, organized crime, good versus evil, comic book, mafia, superhero, crime boss, storytelling, dark hero, corruption, fighting crime ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school graduation cannot come quickly enough. Peter has not forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s ...
Style:
emotional, serious, exciting, entertaining, intense ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night, kids, chick flick ...
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, heroes, double life, good versus evil, protector, vigilante, spider man, save the day, fighting crime, death of girlfriend, costumed hero ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
609K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join their usual nemeses – Magneto and Mystique – to unhinge ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, saga, action packed, intense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
superhero, super powers, x men, escape, teamwork, supernatural ability, superhuman powers, avenger, school, mutant, mind control, comic hero ...
Time:
future, year 2003, 2000s, 20th century, near future ...
Place:
washington d.c., canada, usa, boston
Similarity:
100%
775K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still ...
Style:
sincere, exciting, saga, visually stunning, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family outing, boys' night, kids ...
Plot:
superhero, mad scientist, superhuman powers, double life, disguise, vigilante, spider man, super villain, good versus evil, friendship, experiment gone awry, fantasy world ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, y2k, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, north america, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
John Brown is a bumbling but well-intentioned security guard who is badly injured in an explosion planned by an evil mastermind. He is taken to a laboratory, where Brenda, a leading robotics surgeon, replaces his damaged limbs with state-of-the-art ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, feel good, detective, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
good versus evil, rescue, robot, superhuman powers, escapades, police detective, fighting crime, imaginary, master villain, goofy hero, secret identity, danger ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
pittsburgh
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America is living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes ...
Style:
exciting, epic, saga, futuristic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, conspiracy, assassin, vigilante, heroism, super soldier, anti heroine, female agent, friendship, mission, chase ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, future, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., new jersey, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Peter Parker is an outcast high schooler abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. As Peter ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, teen, saga, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, family outing, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
superhero, vigilante, revenge, mad scientist, super powers, superhuman powers, teenage girl, teenager, good versus evil, spider, transformation, heroes ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, seattle
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Tung and Ching were both adopted by the same master. But later Ching was abducted by the eunuch-Chan. Ching grew up and became scientist Li's assistant and Tung married officer Lau. Chat had escaped from Chan at 15 and became a thief-catcher. ...
Style:
serious, stylized, suspenseful, surreal, fast
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, wuxia, kung fu, flying guillotine, kickass women, badass female lead, bounty hunter, superhuman powers, gunfight, strong female lead, wire fu, kickass ...
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
Similarity:
100%
305K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, scary, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, boys' night
Plot:
vampire, werewolf, supernatural, dracula, steampunk, frankenstein, fantasy world, good versus evil, undead, dark hero, transformation, monster ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, year 2004, 15th century, 1880s ...
Place:
transylvania, europe, budapest, italy, france ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Iceland
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, humorous, visually stunning, saga, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, family outing, chick flick, boys' night ...
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, warrior, legends and myths, norse mythology, mythology, comic book, wizards and magicians, medieval, supernatural, vigilante, viking ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, seattle, usa, england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
NYPD Detective Sara Pezzini's main goal in life was to bring down Tommy Gallo, the hitman who killed her father, her best friend, and eventually her partner. While chasing down one of Gallo's thugs, she acquires the Witchblade, an ...
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, suspenseful, anime ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
joan of arc, fighting crime, imaginary, self discovery, rivalry, police detective, law enforcement, hopes, vengeance, heroes, female protagonist, chosen one ...
Time:
year 2000, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
958K
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, sexy, exciting, visually stunning ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, kids, boys' night ...
Plot:
superhero, mythology, superhuman powers, legends and myths, immortality, imaginary kingdom, warrior, redemption, viking, norse mythology, super powers, vigilante ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 10th century, medieval times, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, scandinavia, usa, north america, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Sony Pictures Entertainment and The Walt Disney Company jointly announced that Marvel Studios and its President Kevin Feige will produce the third film in the "Spider-Man: Homecoming" series, starring Tom Holland. The film is scheduled to ...
Style:
exciting, saga, disturbing, psychotronic, sad ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, adult
Plot:
superhero, multiverse, peter parker character, double life, costumed hero, teenage boy, supernatural power, spider man, superhuman powers, teenager, villain, teenage superhero ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york, america, north america, manhattan new york city, mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In this continuation to the adventure of the demon superhero, an evil elf breaks an ancient pact between humans and creatures, as he declares war against humanity. He is on a mission to release The Golden Army, a deadly group of fighting machines ...
Style:
dark fantasy, visually stunning, scary, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, superhero, superhuman powers, creature, supernatural ability, heroic mission, comic book, villain, fantasy world, supernatural, magic, fate of humanity ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 1950s, 50s, 21st century
Place:
northern ireland, ireland, new york, manhattan new york city, seattle
Similarity:
100%
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