Movies like Young Hercules 1998
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Young Hercules (1998)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
This film directed by T.J. Scott is a prequel to the popular television series. At an academy for mythological warriors, 17-year-old Hercules (Ian Bohen) meets Jason, the next in line to rule Corinth. When Jason discovers that his father is ill, Hercules decides to seek out the Golden Fleece that could cure him. But limitations to his powers, as well as his half-brother Ares, stand in his way. Filmed against the breathtaking scenery of New Zealand.
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exciting, serious, dark fantasy, psychotronic, offbeat
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teens, family outing, kids, pre-teens
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mythology, heroes, warrior, hercules, legendary hero, medieval, sword, sword and sorcery, kickboxer, adventurer, adventure hero, teenage life, escapades, rivalry, superhero, horse, martial arts, monster, combat, fight, giant, forest, violence, death, quest ...
Place:
ancient greece, greece
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, serious, campy and stylized films with plots about heroes, sword, sword fight, rivalry, sword and sorcery, escapades and danger mostly in Adventure, Fantasy and Action genres. Some movies like Young Hercules: Hercules and the Amazon Women (1994), Immortals (2011), Hercules in the Underworld (1994), Hercules (2014), The Legend of Hercules (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Young Hercules was a spin-off from the 1990s syndicated television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. It was aired on Fox Kids from September 12, 1998, to May 12, 1999. It lasted one season with 50 episodes and starred Ryan Gosling in the ...
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heroes, mythology, superhuman powers, kickboxer, legends and myths, legendary hero, adventurer, friendship, good versus evil, heroic mission, father son relationship, ancient history ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ancient greece, greece
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When all the earth's fire begins to go out, Hercules and Deianeira must go in search for fire to stop the world from cold. "Hercules and the Circle of Fire" is the third movie-length pilot episode of the television series ...
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semi serious, exciting, stylized, suspenseful, campy ...
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boys' night, teens
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hercules has settled down with his wife and children, but misses the good old days traveling around having exciting adventures. Then one day he is persuaded out of his farming "retirement" to help a distant village which is being attacked ...
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mythology, legend, heroes, greek mythology, monster, minotaur, superhuman powers, good versus evil, rescue, save the day, superhero, deadly creature ...
Place:
ancient greece, greece
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is a television series, filmed in New Zealand and the United States. It was produced from 1995, and was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles. It ran for six seasons, producing ...
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exciting, fairy tale, feel good, humorous, light ...
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kids, boys' night, teens
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mythology, good versus evil, hercules, supernatural ability, heroes, heroic mission, legendary hero, adventurer, deity, strongman, rivalry, rescue ...
Time:
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Place:
ancient greece, greece
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100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Hercules comes to the aid of a young woman who is seeking the lost city of Troy. Eventually, Hercules leads her to a camp of refugees from the city, which has been taken over by Hera's Blue Priests. Hercules helps the refugees take back the ...
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exciting, semi serious, captivating, campy
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boys' night, teens
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Place:
greece, ancient greece
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Hercules and Iolaus take time out from Iolaus' wedding preparations, to help a distant village under attack from "monsters". When they reach their destination, they find the monsters are in fact Amazonian women who are controlled by ...
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Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 110 min.
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Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity.
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When villagers begin disappearing it is discovered that they had fallen through a crack in the earth which goes straight to Hades. Hercules once again comes to the rescue and faces one of his most difficult challenges, and must prove himself as a ...
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Fourteen hundred years ago, a tormented soul walked the earth that was neither man nor god. Hercules was the powerful son of the god king Zeus, for this he received nothing but suffering his entire life. After twelve arduous labors and the loss of ...
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Time:
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Place:
ancient greece, greece, athens greece
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Bulgaria, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In Ancient Greece 1200 B.C., a queen succumbs to the lust of Zeus to bear a son promised to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the king and restore peace to a land in hardship. But this prince, Hercules, knows nothing of his real identity or his ...
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, History
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The film is an odd retelling of the story of Hercules battling the wizard Minos, who uses "science" in an attempt to take over the world. Hercules must stop him and rescue his princess love in the process. Part of the adventure finds ...
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epic, fairy tale, psychotronic, stylized, semi serious ...
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
Hercules (Gordon Scott) sets out to save the city of Troy from a horrible sea monster. Meanwhile, the city is threatened by a different kind of monster--a smarmy politician who will stop at nothing to seize the throne.
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 99 min.
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Australia
Duration: 106 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
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Duration: 94 min.
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
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Duration: 136 min.
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