Movies like The Phantom Empire
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The Phantom Empire (1988)
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When a man-eating cave creature appears with a fortune in uncut diamonds around his neck, Dr. Chambers' daughter Denae hires adventurers C & C Salvage to find the underground source of the gems. Accompanied by archeaological intern Andrew Paris, mineralogist Prof. Strock, and C&C's scruffy owners Cort Eastman and Eddy Colchilde, Denea's hopes of emerging from her famous father's shadow become as remote as getting out of the caves alive!
Style:
scary, humorous, semi serious, weird, offbeat
Plot:
dinosaur, monster, cave, expedition, cannibalism, woman with a gun, stop motion, robot, cave woman, mutant, treasure hunt, supernatural, adventurer, escapades, imaginary kingdom, sex, female nudity, sex scene, rescue, decapitation, sword and sorcery, bikini, flashlight, danger, imaginary ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, exciting and offbeat films with plots about escapades, danger, heroes, imaginary, rivalry, monster and deadly mostly in Fantasy, Comedy and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Phantom Empire: Dinosaur Island (1994), Evil Bong II: King Bong (2009), Wizards of the Demon Sword (1991), Poseidon Rex (2013), Prehysteria! (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Welcome to lush Dinosaur Island, where a tribe of gorgeous cavedwelling warrior women satisfy the exotic fantasies of five downed military airmen. Fearsome battles with the island's ferocious maneating dinosaurs are the only disruption of their ...
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humorous, parody, psychotronic, sex comedy, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
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dinosaur, amazon tribe, island, erotica, cave woman, tyrannosaurus rex, cave, soldier, human sacrifice, pterodactyl, sword, escapades ...
Time:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Renowned herb connoisseur Tommy Chong returns in this sky-high horror comedy about a murderous smoking apparatus. The goofy and indelibly outré Evil Bong 2: King Bong is directed by low-budget genre legend Charles Band, the man behind such classics ...
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Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ulric's daughter unites with warrior Thane against evil Lord Khoura, who covets the knife of Aktar.
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semi serious, humorous, campy, parody, offbeat
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sword, sword and sorcery, monster, dinosaur, stop motion, ancient, barbarian, wizards, black magic, belly dancer, sword fight, slave trade ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Jackson Slate, famous treasure hunter, is out to find the legendary Lost Gold Of Cortez in the open waters off a secluded island in the Caribbean Sea. Using dynamite to blast his way through centuries of silt, new chasms are created reaching miles ...
Style:
scary, exciting, rough, natural horror, campy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
dinosaur, deadly creature, dangerous animal, escapades, military, sea monster, mutant, suspense, treasure hunt, monster, creature feature, shark ...
Time:
jurassic, 21st century
Place:
latin america, caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A young boy and his family embark on a series of adventures when the boy finds some mysterious eggs which hatch to reveal a brood of baby dinosaurs.
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, psychotronic, surprise ending ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
dinosaur, single parent, prehistoric animal, monster, family relations, museum, teenage life, family life, heroes, misfit, youth, escapades ...
Time:
prehistoric times, prehistory
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
Sent on a quest to rescue a princess, four clueless players must guide their players through dangerous forests, ancient ruins, and past the girl next door.
Style:
stylized, humorous, semi serious, exciting, parody ...
Plot:
geek, rescue, youth, real world, rivalry, game, sword and sorcery, college life, role playing, danger, rpg
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23%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two thieves (Rodney Rowland, Kevin Patrick Walls) compete with a madman in their search for an ancient relic which can create an army of evil souls.
Style:
suspenseful, humorous, queer horror, scary, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, deadly creature, treasure hunt, heroic mission, escapades, good versus evil, rivalry, supernatural ability, parallel world, curses spells and rituals, legends and myths, vampire ...
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23%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A secret society, the Delta Knights, attempts to save a medieval society from the evil over-lady.
Style:
semi serious, exciting, humorous, stylized, psychotronic
Audience:
teens
Plot:
good versus evil, heroes, youth, heroic mission, rescue, adventurer, escapades, rivalry, legends and myths, sword, medieval, sword and sorcery ...
Time:
middle ages, 15th century
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A Norse runestone is discovered in Western Pennsylvania. The prophecy upon it tells of the Norse great wolf Fenrir (Fenris), and that its release from the stone will bring about Ragnarok --- the end of the world. Archaeologist Sam Stewart and wife ...
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
monster, supernatural, mutant, save the world, apocalypse, curses spells and rituals, heroes, chaos and mayhem, legends and myths, prophecy, norse god, viking ...
Time:
80s
Place:
pennsylvania, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A huge burrowing machine tunnels out of control at ferocious speed, cutting clean through to the center of the earth, to the twilight world of pellucidar. Once there, Dr. Perry and David Innes are threatened by half human creatures, lizard-like ...
Style:
psychotronic, unusual plot structure, campy, humorous, ridiculous ...
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family outing, boys' night, teens
Plot:
monster, cave, dinosaur, giant monster, space travel, good versus evil, mad scientist, kaiju, weapons, steampunk, distopia, alien ...
Time:
victorian era, prehistoric times, future, prehistory, 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
The horrifying yet delicious and chewy Gingerdead Man causes murder and mayhem on the set of a horrible low budget movie set. It will take the determination of the studio's young new owner to save both his company and well as the lives of his ...
Style:
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supernatural, murder, killer, chaos and mayhem, christmas, escapades, serial killer, deadly creature, rivalry, monster, suspense, villain ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Red Toole is an average good-hearted serial killer who enjoys killing hippies almost as much as he loves his wife Violet. But when Violet is kidnapped Toole sets out to reclaim the woman he loves, with unusual and often hilarious results.
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humorous, semi serious, cynical, scary, extreme horror ...
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zombie, serial killer, superhero, daring rescue, supernatural, rivalry, escapades, woman in danger, disorder, on the road, cannibalism, abduction ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Young monster kids try to make peace between the world of humans and the world of the monsters.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, captivating, scenic, exciting ...
Plot:
monster, half breed, pregnant man, magic, creature, battles, escapades, exile, sword and sorcery, heroes, legend, revenge ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Two couples find a sexy pirate queen's magical journal with treasure map, and they conjure her up while hunting her treasure.
Style:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Once upon a time a god gave a mighty sword to the king of Aquiles to bring justice to his people. Now he wants it back - but the king rather gives his life than the sword. Goddess Dehamira, who spoke for him, is being taken all her privileges and ...
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Plot:
sword and sorcery, sword, monster, ancient, dinosaur, barbarian, exploitation, dragon, wizards and magicians, rivalry, good versus evil, escapades ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A masked superhero (Michael Coby) with a private-eye disguise thwarts a madman's (Cameron Mitchell) death-ray plot.
Style:
parody, campy, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful ...
Plot:
superhero, alien, private detective, monster, deja vu, exploitation, superhero spoof, evil alien, master villain, good versus evil, supernatural, space and aliens ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An Elf is left behind by Santa to help rescue the Harper family from a lousy Christmas. The Elf and the family get more than they bargained for, as the kids help the Elf discover his special powers and true identity as a budding superhero.
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feel good, humorous, captivating, light, semi serious ...
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family outing, kids
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christmas, save the day, supernatural ability, supernatural, escapades, miraculous event, wish come true, magic, superhero, youth, heroes, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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19%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Aruba, USA, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When he began fusing human and shark DNA, his colleagues laughed at him. Now his creation is taking his revenge, and they aren't laughing anymore.
Style:
serious, scary, rough, natural horror, psychotronic
Plot:
shark, monster, creature feature, suspense, mad scientist, island, mutant, supernatural, rivalry, escapades, vengeance, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
During World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British ship and takes the survivors on board. After it takes a wrong turn, the submarine takes them to the unknown land of Caprona, where they find dinosaurs and neanderthals.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dinosaur, time travel, world war one, ancient mystery, island, submarine, adventurer, rescue, heroic mission, good versus evil, survival, lost at sea ...
Time:
prehistoric times, 1940s, prehistory, year 1916
Place:
antarctica, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A Native American owner of a kitschy roadside museum accidentally brings to life three dinosaur fossils. Now really annoyed, the giant dinos wreak havoc on the small town and the local university.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, scary, natural horror
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
dinosaur, fossil, save the day, escapades, deadly creature, chaos and mayhem, small town, heroes, heroic mission, survival, giant monster, monster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Deathstalker helps Reena the Seer out of a few jams, and she solicits his help for a bigger task. She reveals that she is actually Princess Evie, but the evil sorcerer had her abducted and cloned in order to seize control of the kingdom. Together ...
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19%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Three adventurers lead an expedition into darkest Africa in search of the treasure of King Solomon, and on the way encounter hostile natives, volcanoes, dinosaurs and a lost Phoenician city ruled by a beautiful queen.
Style:
exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dinosaur, treasure hunt, colonialism, archaeologist, jungle, escapades, adventurer, obsessive quest, ancient mystery, creature feature, volcano, danger
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Shipwrecked castaways stumble upon the mysterious island of Caprona in the Bermuda Triangle, confronting man-eating dinosaurs and a stranded German U-Boat crew while trying to escape.
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exciting, stylized, humorous, semi serious, natural horror ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The warrior is Esmeralda, a princess who has brains, can fight and is pretty, too. The sexy one is Don Juan, a pretty boy laughing at danger. These two Spanish champions, along with Don Juan's sidekick Miguel, dance and joke their way through a ...
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semi serious, humorous, campy
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Place:
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19%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Charlie and Rachel run away from home to get married in Las Vegas. But they get attacked by a zombie who takes Rachel with him to hell, where she will become one of Satan's brides
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semi serious, scary, road movie, campy, humorous ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two millennia ago, a Lybian king has a basilisk (snake-shaped dragon), which petrifies people, subjected to the same fate with a golden scepter during a solar eclipse. Both these and several victims are dug up by modern archaeologist Harrison ...
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scary, exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, splatter ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A plane carrying beauty contestants crash lands on a deserted island. Captain Maximus Powers (Roberts) and co-pilot Mike Saunders (Schlatter) have to take care of their passengers, while avoiding the dangers of Jurassic Pork (a giant prehistoric ...
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parody, humorous, not serious, entertaining, captivating ...
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18%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A group of martial arts students are en route to an island that supposedly is home to the ghosts of martial artists who have lost their honor. A Hitler lookalike and his gang are running a female slavery operation on the island as well. Soon, the ...
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boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A fairy tale character who is about to flunk out of fairy tale school, Jack must perform a heroic deed by Monday or fail miserably, just like his father before him. Anxious to make good, Jack sells his C.O.W. (Computer of Wonder) for a handful of ...
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fairy tale, semi serious, humorous, captivating, exciting ...
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18%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Story:
The story of office drone Sebastian King's tongue-in-cheek adventures in the magically steampunk world of Mantecoza. Using the magical ring and a magical word, Sebastian travels between worlds, trying to save both from the evil machinations of ...
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exciting, semi serious, witty, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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