Movies like Under the Mountain
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Under the Mountain (2009)
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Teenage twins battle dark forces hidden beneath Auckland's volcanoes.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, scary, feel good, lovecraft, serious, disaster movie
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
wizards and magicians, young heroes, good versus evil, heroes, save the world, teenage life, siblings relations, alien invasion, alien disguised as human, natural disaster, witchcraft, magician, disaster, fear, unknown, alien race, magical power, coming of age, disguise, wizard, family relations, youth, destiny, escapades, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
new zealand
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Most similar movies to Under the Mountain
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, captivating, serious and stylized films with plots about heroes, good versus evil, rivalry, escapades, imaginary, supernatural and magic mostly in Fantasy, Adventure and Drama genres. Some movies like Under the Mountain: The Covenant (2006), Earthsea (2004), The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007), Fallen (2006), The Secret of Moonacre (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Four young men who belong to a supernatural legacy are forced to battle a fifth power long thought to have died out. Another great force they must contend with is the jealousy and suspicion that threatens to tear them apart.
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, satanic, teen, fairy tale ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot:
supernatural, good versus evil, teenager, magic, warlock, youth, wizards and magicians, curses spells and rituals, high school, chase, friendship between men, supernatural ability ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 17th century, 21st century
Place:
massachusetts, nova scotia, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Adventure
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A reckless youth is destined to become the greatest sorcerer that the mystical land of Earthsea has ever known...
Style:
captivating, serious, stylized, epic, epic fantasy ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
prophecy, magic, wizards and magicians, dragon, wizard, heroic mission, island, imaginary kingdom, medieval, evil king, chosen one, master apprentice relationship ...
Place:
fictional island
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A boy's life is turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the dark.
Style:
exciting, intense, entertaining, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, chosen one, good versus evil, heroic mission, imaginary, hopes, supernatural ability, young heroes, destiny, time travel, celtic, supernatural ...
Time:
20th century, year 2007, 17th century
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.
Style:
epic, breathtaking, captivating, epic fantasy, scenic ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot:
fantasy world, wizard, sword and sorcery, sword fight, magical, dragon, wizards and magicians, creature, imaginary kingdom, mythology, imaginary, ancient ...
Time:
future, year 2012, 2010s, prehistoric times, prehistory
Place:
new zealand, seattle
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
For high schooler Aaron Corbett, turning 18 means becoming not just a man but a nephilim, too -- half human, half angel, with supernatural abilities.
Style:
cliffhanger, suspenseful, touching, sentimental, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
angel, fallen angel, life turned upside down, good versus evil, supernatural, supernatural ability, heroes, self discovery, young heroes, foreknowledge, paranormal romance, heaven ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
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, battles, legends and myths, danger, escapades, imaginary, rivalry, supernatural, heroes, medieval, sword and sorcery ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Argentina
Duration: 52 min.
Story:
A small town, a flower of Amancay, a topaz of the most beautiful color and a broken family.
Style:
dark, suspenseful, captivating, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
magic, teen angst, small town, teenage boy, wizard, rescue, rivalry, peril, friendship, youth, heroes, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, basque country
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Hungary, UK, France, Australia, USA, New Zealand
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When 13 year old Maria Merryweather's father dies, leaving her orphaned and homeless, she is forced to leave her luxurious London life to go and live with Sir Benjamin, an eccentric uncle she didn't know she had, at the mysterious Moonacre ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, period piece, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, teen fantasy, pre-teens
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, young heroes, orphan, imaginary, teenage life, family relations, youth, curses spells and rituals, rivalry, magic spell, estate, heroes ...
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, Romania
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Alex Brown inherits the awesome task of saving his ex-secret agent parents and protecting the planet from evil powers bent on controlling the world's plutonium supply. To do this Alex uses his new found magical shapeshifting power.
Style:
exciting, serious
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
mind power, psychic power, brain, psychokinesis, shapeshifting, gypsy, spy, plutonium, violent content, teenage life, kidnapping, wizards and magicians ...
Place:
romania
Similarity:
35%
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, legends and myths, supernatural, danger, rivalry, wizards and magicians, supernatural ability, raven, good versus evil, buddies, apprentice, friendship ...
Time:
17th century, year 2008, middle ages
Place:
europe
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Bonnie and cousin Sylvia, two very young children, are left at home in Willoughby Hall while their parents travel overseas. Only the servants and the prowling wolves are their companions. News arrives that Lord and Lady Willoughby are missing and an ...
Style:
spooky, independent film, gothic horror, dark fantasy, serious
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
alternate history, orphan, youth, boarding school, coming of age, wolf, country house, governess, orphanage, heroes, good versus evil, master and servant ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
england
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.
Style:
epic, atmospheric, captivating, dark fantasy, exciting ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, manly, chick flick ...
Plot:
magic, fantasy world, sword fight, wizard, magical, friendship, mission, good versus evil, monster, middle earth, sword and sorcery, mythology ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, prehistoric times, prehistory
Place:
iran, new zealand
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, UK, Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Strings is a mythological story about the son of a king, Hal Tara, who sets out on a journey to avenge the death of his father. To his surprise he discovers the truth of his own people - and where he least expects it - he finds true love.
Style:
atmospheric, semi serious, captivating, exciting, avant garde ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
puppet, medieval, fall in love, rivalry, heroes, vengeance, good versus evil, heroic mission, imaginary, danger, escapades, emperor ...
Time:
middle ages
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 201 min.
Story:
Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron's forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam bring the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark ...
Style:
epic, breathtaking, atmospheric, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, manly, chick flick ...
Plot:
sword fight, magic, wizard, magical, battles, good versus evil, courage, monster, creature, friendship, sword and sorcery, ancient ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, prehistoric times, prehistory
Place:
iran, new zealand
Similarity:
35%
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, tense, captivating, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
sinbad, medieval, good versus evil, danger, heroic mission, imaginary kingdom, wizards and magicians, adventurer, folk hero, daring rescue, imaginary, master villain ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA, UK
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make ...
Style:
epic, scenic, atmospheric, breathtaking, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, manly, chick flick ...
Plot:
sword fight, fantasy world, friendship, sword and sorcery, good versus evil, wizard, magic, middle earth, lord of the rings, mythology, hobbit, magical ...
Time:
year 2001, future, 2000s, prehistoric times, prehistory
Place:
iran, detroit, new zealand
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
"Superbrother" tells the story of Anton, a 10 year old boy desperate for, he says, an older and true brother as Buller, his brother, is autistic. Always distracted looking at the sky, Anton receives an unexpected visit from some stranger ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, touching, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
hopes, superhuman powers, wish come true, young heroes, mischievous children, miraculous event, heroes, family relations, disorder, social misfits, mentally challenged, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
On her 13th birthday Katie, a talented young girl, receives a magical amulet. This amulet was on a quest to find the fifth and last witch to complete the order of the star witches. Because in it's incomplete form, the order is unable to protect ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, exciting, spooky
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
witch, magic, best friend, amulet, good versus evil, supernatural, young heroes, youth, escapades, rivalry, wizards and magicians, fantasy world ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
34%
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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, fantasy adventure, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
dragon, curse, medieval, sword and sorcery, sorcery, heroic mission, supernatural, heroes, good versus evil, save the world, imaginary kingdom, race against time ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Italy, Austria, Spain, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Lilly was a normal girl with a healthy sense of adventure. That is, until she finds a magical book, complete with a funny little dragon, "Hector". With the help of her new friend and the book, Lilly has the ability to time-travel and truly ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
witch, dragon, youth, supernatural, wizards and magicians, curses spells and rituals, imaginary, teaching the ways of the world, good versus evil, save the day, disorder, heroic mission ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
34%
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:
stylized, serious, suspenseful, exciting, offbeat
Plot:
legends and myths, supernatural, supernatural ability, heroes, good versus evil, danger, sword and sorcery, sorcery, sword, legend, wizard, imaginary ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
europe, poland
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A 13-year-old girl and her older brother live on a farm where paleontologists search for fossils.
Style:
exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, tense, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
adventurer, dinosaur, treasure hunt, paleontologist, inventions and discoveries, escapades, hunter, race against time, youth, rivalry, prehistoric animal, child hero ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
34%
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, exciting, captivating, colorful, arthurian ...
Audience:
pre-teens
Plot:
legend, time travel, good versus evil, heroes, superhuman powers, save the world, wizards and magicians, danger, imaginary, escapades, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals ...
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Imagination and the World of Fantasy are in danger. Mar, an eight-year-old little girl, who's an expert in stories and legends thanks to the books read to her every night by her grandfather, decides she has to try and save them. With the help ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, captivating, entertaining
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
magic, wizard, good versus evil, save the world, fantasy world, magical, wizards and magicians, young heroes, magical power, heroine, teamwork, magician ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 251 min.
Story:
Based on a children's series by the same name. Meg and Charles Wallace are aided by Calvin and three interesting women in the search for their father who disappeared during a government experiment. Their travels take them around the universe to ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, spiritual, psychotronic
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
guardian angel, youth, space and aliens, time travel, supernatural, heroic mission, parallel world, daring rescue, young heroes, danger, escapades, space travel ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 375 min.
TV show
Story:
Twelve-year-old Bastian Balthazar Bux had lost the wonderful imagination he had as a child somewhere between growing older, watching TV, going to school and playing with his Gameboy. But when his mother dies suddenly, Bastian's limitless ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, touching, stylized, fairy tale ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
empress, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, good versus evil, young heroes, heroic mission, self fulfillment, save the kingdom, self discovery, escapades, youth, danger ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A Psammead is 'It', an ancient, irritable, ugly sand fairy, which five children find one day in a gravel pit. As a reward for finding him, It grants the children one wish a day, the results of which will last until sunset.
Style:
feel good, humorous, entertaining, offbeat, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, teens
Plot:
youth, wish fulfillment, young heroes, heroes, mischievous children, disorder, fish out of water, parents and children, rivalry, danger, supernatural, misfit ...
Time:
year 2004, year 1917, 1910s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Disney Channel's production of Julie Sherman Wolfe's screenplay adaptation of the popular novel Avalon High by Meg Cabot. Elaine "Ellie" Harrison has just moved from Minnesota to Annapolis, Maryland while her parents take a year ...
Style:
feel good, exciting, entertaining, arthurian, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
high school, youth, female protagonist, friendship, good versus evil, friends, teenage life, king arthur, reincarnation, legends and myths, teenager, teenage love ...
Time:
medieval times
Place:
maryland
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When teenagers JOSH (Louis Corbett) and LING (Li Lin Jin) join their respective parents, CHRIS (Sam Neill) and Dr LI (Wang Ji) on an archaeological dig in China they encounter something trapped beneath a temple beyond their wildest imagination. A ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, atmospheric, humorous, mythical ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dragon, youth, heroic mission, ancient mystery, legends and myths, child as adult, destiny, teenage life, danger, rivalry, imaginary, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, australia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a group of misfit teenagers encounter an ancient relic during a school trip, they find themselves caught up in a magical world, with elemental powers beyond their belief.
Style:
exciting, dramatic, captivating, entertaining, epic ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
supernatural, magic, teenager, teen superhero, alternate reality, wizards and magicians, schoolgirl, teenage protagonist, museum, evil, schoolboy, good versus evil ...
Place:
oceania
Similarity:
33%
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