Movies like The Otherworld
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The Otherworld (2016)
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Genre: Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Otherworld is an original story and mystical tale inspired by Celtic mythology and Irish legends. One of the most fascinating characters in Celtic mythology, the Warrior Lugh, crosses Woodland heading to Tara to join the court of King Nuada and the Tuatha De Danann. Nuada and his kingdom are at this time oppressed by the Fomorian tribe, and trying to retaliate for their land and freedom. During Lugh's travel, he is bewitched by a faerie (Immrama) to a Beltane celebration, when the line between the human and fairy world are vulnerable and Lugh crosses unaware to The Otherworld - the fairy realm. Lugh and Immrama fall in love. However, they live in different times and worlds...
Style:
fairy tale
Plot:
magical creature, celtic, medieval, pagan, legend, sword and sorcery
Time:
medieval times
Place:
ireland
Most similar movies to The Otherworld
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out fairy tale, captivating, exciting and independent film films with plots about sword and sorcery, magic, medieval, magical creature, legend, sorcery and sword fight mostly in Fantasy, Adventure and Family genres. Some movies like The Otherworld: Upon The Magic Roads (2021), Dragon (2006), Dragon Dynasty (2006), The Dwarves of Demrel (2018), The Brave Little Tailor (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: China, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Monkey King: The Legend Begins is the re-imagined version by Hollywood of the film The Monkey King: Havoc in Heavens Palace, the origin and birthplace of The Monkey King Story.
Style:
fairy tale, captivating, disturbing, entertaining
Plot:
monkey king, martial arts, legendary hero, monk, emperor, legends and myths, legend, medieval, chinese mythology, master warrior, magical creature, magic ...
Time:
7th century
Place:
china
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95%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Romantic John the Fool and his friend Foal set out on a series of unpredictable adventures in different magical worlds. The two buddies will have to outsmart an evil tyrant king, catch the firebird, and find John’s true love.
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, humorous, folk tale
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
talking animal, friendship, folk hero, heroes, legend, magical creature, czar, farm, horse, journey, friend, love ...
Place:
russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
905
Genre: Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In a desperate attempt to save her kingdom from an advancing army of dark elves, Princess Vanir must traverse the haunted forest of Sidhe. With the help of loyal adventurers Cador and Artemir, they encounter the army of elves, a mysterious ...
Style:
captivating, feel good, exciting, visually appealing, mythical ...
Plot:
sword and sorcery, dragon, princess, creature, magic, elf, mythical creature, sword fight, eaten alive, death of friend, prophecy, medieval ...
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81%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A group of European explorers returning from China battle a pair of dragons sent by an evil wizard intent on keeping his land a secret.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense
Plot:
dragon, sword and sorcery, magical creature, magic, fight, two against one, witchcraft, fire breathing dragon, struggle for survival, battles, sorcery, kaiju ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Genre: Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In this steampunk fantasy adventure, a collapse imprisons three dwarven miners who must now work collectively to combat starvation, despair, and a mysterious creature.
Style:
suspense, exciting, disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot:
gnome, medieval, creature, sword and sorcery, survival, legends and myths, supernatural, escapades, struggle for survival, moral dilemma, disagreement, adventurer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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Films like Season of the Witch
Genre: Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany, Italy, France
Duration: 95 min.
Style:
fairy tale
Plot:
nudity, dancing, butterfly, unicorn, vigilante, memory, fear, princess, king, tailor, brothers grimm, mask ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Fantasy
Country: West Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Czechoslovakia
Duration: 89 min.
Style:
fairy tale
Plot:
cinderella, stepmother, castle, love, prince, half sister, shoes
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
German/Czechoslovakian depiction of the famous fairy tale 'The Frog Prince', by the Brothers Grimm.
When a young princess, instead of being fully dedicated to her love, persists in running around like a tomboy and roaming the forests with ...
Style:
fairy tale, fable
Plot:
folklore, ritual, party, picnic, prank, dancing, brothers grimm
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
68
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Believing he's destined for greatness, an unlikely hero named Throg (Dana Lee) embarks on a wild adventure filled with Greek gods, Arthurian knights, certified loonies, nasty harpies, talking pigs, garbage collectors and one twisted forest ...
Style:
slapstick, dark comedy, slapstick comedy
Plot:
time travel, excalibur, surrealism, sword and sorcery
Time:
medieval times
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
228
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Romantic tragedy, the story of Tristan and Isolde.
Style:
arthurian, serious, realistic, emotional, touching ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
true love, medieval, love triangle, betrayal, infidelity, tragic love, couples, head of state, love and romance, unfulfillment, fall in love, rivalry ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 6th century, year 1981
Place:
ireland, cornwall, europe, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Movies similar to Legend
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Based on Windsor McCay's comic strip, a little boy embarks on a dream-like adventure. Also known as Dream One.
Style:
independent film, fairy tale
Plot:
elevator, submarine, surrealism, sword and sorcery, children, boy, young, world
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53%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The medieval legend of a supernatural knight who challenges the king's men to kill him.
Style:
arthurian, semi serious, exciting, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
king arthur, knight, arthurian legend, sword and sorcery, medieval, king, kingdom, pagan, sword and shield, ancient, horse, castle ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages
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52%
Genre: Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Determined to win the respect of his people and the love of his life, Teela; Malik, The Wizard of Stone Mountain, makes a bargain with a demon to wield great power. It is up to the heroic warriors to save Malik from himself when the demon takes ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
wizard, demon, sword fight, magic, sword and sorcery, save the day, strength, warrior, super powers, supernatural power, love, zombie ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ethel and Tommy Barrick are sent to Ireland to spend the summer with their new stepmother. Once there, they discover her to be an evil, power-seeking witch, with real magical powers and a hatred for all things green.
Plot:
leprechaun, youth, st. patrick's day, magical creature, magic, loyalty, fairy, overalls
Place:
ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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 ⇓
46%
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Movies similar to The Dark Crystal
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After the death of their father, brother and sister Tommy (Luke Baird) and Becky (Gena Gale Burghoff) are sent to live with their aunt for the summer. The siblings' grief lightens when they meet kindly old Irishman Mr. Connors (M*A*S*H's ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
leprechaun, youth, holiday, magical creature, rainbow, firefighter, nature, childhood, heart attack, wish fulfillment, father son estrangement, fairy ...
Place:
ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
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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:
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Plot:
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Genre: Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
This is Tim Burton's Disney Channel Halloween film short that only aired once. It combines live action and stop-motion, making for a creepy adventure into the woods.
Style:
fairy tale, weird
Plot:
witch, halloween, hansel and gretel, surrealism, robot, stepmother, puppetry, duck, woods, evil woman, cross dressing, toys ...
Place:
japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When aspiring knight Gareth goes in search of a fallen comet rumored to contain gold, he is shocked to instead find the dragon Drago. After Drago saves Gareth's life the two become intricately bonded, and must work together to defeat an evil ...
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, entertaining, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
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Plot:
dragon, mythical creature, sword and sorcery, magical creature, medieval, female warrior, friendship, good versus evil, sorcery, fire breathing dragon, talking animal, fortress ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 200 min.
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Story:
In the middle of a war between two kingdoms queen died tragically while giving birth to her third daughter. The king wanted a male heir to his throne and torn by the death of his wife, decides to sacrifice the girl and leads to the Cave of the ...
Style:
fairy tale, teen, beautiful
Plot:
sword and sorcery, love, female warrior, prince, princess, medieval, woods, sorcery, king, magical, christmas spirit, feminist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Fantasy
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A fairy tale about a twin princess and a prince who where seperated after their birth.
Plot:
ancient, rebellion, princess, kingdom, brother brother relationship, female nudity, love, wizard, bare chested male, king, bare chested male fighting
Time:
medieval times
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Many years after the war has been lost, and all the dragons slain, a lone knight travels the lands of Agonos seeking to raise an army against the demon lord Abaddon. When a healer's vision reveals that one dragon still lives, and together with ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating
Plot:
good versus evil, dragon, knight, magical, kingdom, magical creature, magic spell, adventurer, save the kingdom, magical power, wizards and magicians, magician ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
10-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie - a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother ...
Style:
scenic, fairy tale, touching, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
children, island, mermaid, seal the animal, friendship, legend, celtic, ancient mystery, magic, young heroes, magic realism, social relations ...
Time:
year 1994, 20th century, 1940s, year 1946
Place:
ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Mural tells the story of Zhu Xiaolian, a poor scholar who travels to the capital to take an examination. During this trip, Zhu becomes distracted by a mural and enters into the fantasy land depicted therein. There he meets the fairies who inhabit ...
Style:
romantic, captivating, disturbing, historical romance
Plot:
wuxia, fantasy world, love affair, romantic relationship, male female relationship, relationships, love and romance, love story, magic, love interest, lifestyle change, dream world ...
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39%
Genre: Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In 1988, in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, an 11-years-old boy is worried for his grandmother's life. Worn out by illness, the old storyteller tries to convince her grandson that Death no longer exists. Her story will bring back to life the ...
Style:
captivating, psychological
Plot:
small village, urban legend, legend, grandmother grandson relationship, grandmother, family life, family relations, lifestyle, small town life, magic, storytelling, problem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Hercules fights to free the people of Babylon from an evil sorceress.
Style:
biblical, fairy tale, psychotronic
Plot:
hercules, peplum, sword and sorcery, warrior, medieval, ancient world, sorcery, ancient, mythology, myth, evil, villainess ...
Place:
greece, ancient greece, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
Raised on a farm, energetic fearless Fynn is eager to be join uncle August in the royal castle as apprentice in the stables. He's quickly humiliated having inadvertently dared prince Eric to sword sparring, but gets discrete lessons from his ...
Style:
fairy tale
Plot:
adolescence, chore, punishment, therapy, chores, scolding, bully, boy, transformation, embarrassment, father figure, fight ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When the King and Queen are poisoned, brothers Per and Pål get arrested, suspected of being behind it. Younger brother Espen "Ash Lad" and Princess Kristin set out on a quest to find the mythical Soria Moria castle, which is said to be ...
Style:
fairy tale, exciting, funny, romantic, light
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
magical creature, castle, obsessive quest, norse mythology, kingdom, royal family, bravery, medieval, search and rescue, heroes, love and romance, social differences ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young boy is taught to use his imagination by his grandfather who casts him in a great adventure back in time. Using a magic coin, he enters the medieval world of Sinbad, who must rescue a beautiful princess from the clutches of an evil knight.
Style:
twist ending, independent film, surprise ending
Plot:
bookstore, sinbad, katana, evil wizard, magic, revenge, good versus evil, quest, mirror, sword fight, sword and sorcery, sailor ...
Time:
medieval times
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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