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Olympus (2015)
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Genre: Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of how a few brave men and women banished the Gods to the realm of the unconscious - a place they called the Underworld or the Kingdom of Hades. The series follows the protagonist as he seeks the truth about his past, which may be intertwined with the Gods themselves.
Style:
tense, bleak, allegory, visually appealing
Plot:
mythology, greek god, oracle, god, heroic mission, love, demon, destiny, chosen one, trap, supernatural ability, prophecy, humanity, self sacrifice, good versus evil, mortal combat, superhuman powers, ancient world, ancient, savage, fantasy world, greek
Place:
ancient greece
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, serious, epic and captivating films and TV series with plots about mythology, danger, heroes, ancient, legends and myths, escapades and supernatural mostly in Fantasy, Adventure and Drama genres. Some movies like Olympus: The Odyssey (1997), Earthsea (2004), American Gods (2017), Jason and the Argonauts (2000), Immortals (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: USA, UK, Italy, Germany, Turkey
Duration: 91 min.
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This lavish small-screen adaptation of Homer's ancient epic--replete with exotic Maltese and Turkish locations, state-of-the-art special effects, and many bronzed muscles gleaming with sweat--chronicles the voyage home of a Trojan hero, ...
Style:
epic, breathtaking, scenic, exciting, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
mythology, greek mythology, ancient history, battles, cyclops, true love, antiquity, ancient, war hero, betrayal, heroic mission, fight scenes ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
ancient greece, greece, hellas, mediterranean sea
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Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Adventure
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
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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
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Based on Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel about an ex-con who becomes the traveling partner of a conman who turns out to be one of the older gods trying to recruit troops to battle the upstart deities.
Style:
tense, serious, allegory, erotic, sensual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
legends and myths, death, supernatural, supernatural ability, road trip, deception, mythology, deity, danger, mysterious character, ex convict, dark secret ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
oklahoma city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
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One of the most legendary adventures in all mythology is brought to life in Jason and the Argonauts, an epic saga of good and evil. As a mere boy Jason, the heir to the kingdom of Ancient Greece, witnesses the murder of his father at the hands of ...
Style:
epic, fairy tale, serious, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
greek mythology, imaginary kingdom, greek god, legends and myths, sword and sorcery, ancient history, mythology, antiquity, destiny, heroic mission, redemption, rivalry ...
Time:
1900s
Place:
ancient greece, greece
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
exciting, dark fantasy, costume drama, stylized, visually stunning ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mythology, sword fight, greek mythology, greek, legends and myths, ancient, immortality, ancient history, god, medieval, heroes, good versus evil ...
Time:
year 2011, ancient times, 2010s, future
Place:
ancient greece, greece, hellas, europe, athens greece
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 22 min.
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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 ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, exciting, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
mythology, kickboxer, superhuman powers, legends and myths, medieval, imaginary, danger, legendary hero, good versus evil, friendship, adventurer, heroic mission ...
Time:
80s
Place:
greece, ancient greece
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100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: India
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The story of the series is based on the life of God Shani, who is known for his wrath. The serial also shows Vishnu and Shiva as Shani's mentors. It also shows Shani's tough childhood, getting the rank of Karmafaldaata, downfall, return to ...
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, serious, dramatic ...
Plot:
mythology, hindu mythology, destiny, karma, legends and myths, intrigue, god, supernatural ability, supernatural power, myth, heroes, lifestyle ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Fantasy
Country: China
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Nie Qing Cheng is a half demon, except she doesn't know it herself. Or the fact that her mother's demon clan helped shape the Qing Dynasty and their control ended with Eight-Nation Alliance invading China. Her father had raised her as a ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, emotional, romantic drama, historical drama ...
Plot:
supernatural, demon, love story, problem, love and romance, love interest, supernatural power, secret, couples, supernatural ability, love affair, self discovery ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus and ...
Style:
entertaining, serious, exciting, mythical, mystical ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
mythology, greek mythology, legends and myths, ancient history, monster, good versus evil, supernatural ability, medieval, myth, god, sword fight, ancient ...
Time:
year 2010, ancient times, 2010s, 2000s
Place:
greece, ancient greece, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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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 ...
Style:
exciting, fairy tale, epic, feel good, light ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teens
Plot:
mythology, hercules, good versus evil, supernatural ability, heroic mission, heroes, legends and myths, adventurer, legendary hero, strongman, demi god, superhuman powers ...
Time:
90s
Place:
greece, ancient greece
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Xena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001.
The series was created in 1995 by writer-director-producer Robert Tapert under his ...
Style:
sexy, homoerotic, retro, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
female warrior, ancient, friendship, mythology, strong female lead, sword and sorcery, legends and myths, greek mythology, tough girl, good versus evil, danger, heroine ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
ancient greece, greece, india, china, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus-the demigod son of Zeus-is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius. Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages ...
Style:
entertaining, dark fantasy, mythical, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
mythology, greek mythology, legends and myths, myth, fantasy world, demi god, sword and sorcery, heroic mission, medieval, antiquity, monster, sword fight ...
Time:
year 2012, ancient times, 2010s
Place:
ancient greece, greece, europe, seattle
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Fantasy
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 42 min.
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In a remote South-Australian desert mining town — a hive for the last vampire stronghold — two Indigenous Australian hunters embark on a quest to battle the last colony of vampires.
Style:
gothic, disturbing, tense, suspense, captivating ...
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Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Style:
exciting, serious, costume drama, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
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Place:
greece, ancient greece
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands, Italy, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, fantasy adventure, serious, stylized, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
ancient greece, greece
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 59 min.
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The great sorcerer Merlin has returned to Camelot, a kingdom now vulnerable to ill fates and war since the theft of the Holy Grail, its greatest gift and protection. With the help of Jack, an irascible young beggar-thief imbued with his own unruly ...
Style:
atmospheric, semi serious, humorous, arthurian, costume drama ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
camelot, magic, wizards and magicians, arthurian legend, holy grail, true love, curses spells and rituals, apprentice, heroic mission, sword and sorcery, imaginary kingdom, heroes ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages, 5th century, 6th century
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Style:
exciting, serious, entertaining, light, tense ...
Plot:
mythology, legend, greek mythology, minotaur, sword and sorcery, hercules, ancient, good versus evil, superhuman powers, rescue, superhero, save the day ...
Place:
ancient greece, greece
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mythology, muscleman, peplum, hercules, sword and sorcery, greek mythology, sorcery, ancient, impossible love, hell, ancient world, wizards and magicians ...
Time:
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Place:
ancient greece, greece
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Colombia
Duration: 40 min.
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A young 17th-century witch time travels to the future to save the man she loves, but first must adjust to present-day Cartagena and defeat a dark rival.
Style:
disturbing, sincere, tense, captivating, period drama ...
Plot:
witch, destiny, society, love, adaptation, disorder, escapades, runaway, hopes, fight, danger, ambition ...
Time:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 44 min.
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Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall in Heorot has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel.
Style:
exciting, costume drama, saga, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
viking, mythical creature, feud, supernatural, mythology, showdown, monster, escapades, murder mystery, battles, protector, creature ...
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100%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Being a teenager is hard enough. Being a Wolfblood teenager is ten times more complicated. 14 year old Maddy loves her abilities - heightened senses, being faster, stronger and more graceful - but hates the secrets that come with them.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, bleak
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
supernatural, werewolf, high school, supernatural ability, friendship, youth, teenage life, teenage love, danger, wolf, human becomes animal, classmate ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Bulgaria
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 ...
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, grindhouse, fairy tale ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
mythology, legends and myths, greek mythology, ancient history, superhuman powers, hercules, gladiator, destiny, slavery, violence, husband murders wife, imaginary ...
Time:
future, year 2014
Place:
greece, ancient greece, egypt, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 240 min.
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The adventure is set in the sorcerous land of Mirabilis, where a populace of elves, goblins, dwarves and humans hanker for the mystical element Bloodsteel; an ore with magical ability-giving properties. When a ruthless band of soldiers led by the ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, atmospheric, epic
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
dragon, good versus evil, sword and sorcery, sorceress, danger, elf, cons and scams, imaginary kingdom, supernatural, heroic mission, legends and myths, superhero ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Fantasy
Country: UK, New Zealand
TV show
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"Dark Knight" is a TV series, based very loosely on Sir Walter Scott's novel "Ivanhoe". This joint New Zealand/England production attempted to capitalize on the same sword and sorcery market successfully mined by "Xena: ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, exciting, stylized
Plot:
adventurer, folk hero, heroic mission, rivalry, medieval, danger, love affair, rescue, uninhibited rivalry, escapades, curses spells and rituals, wizards and magicians ...
Time:
middle ages
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
In a world where reapers and demons roam, people must find a new place to call the afterlife or risk never having lived at all.
Style:
tense, captivating, dark fantasy, suspenseful, grim ...
Plot:
supernatural, demon, supernatural power, afterlife, supernatural ability, showdown, fight, good versus evil, fantasy world, struggle for survival, human existence, fate of humanity ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Jiang Zi Ya is a military strategist who was mentored by Yuan Shi Tian Zun, the primeval lord of Heaven and one of the highest deities of Taoism. Shen Gong Bao, Zi Ya’s apprentice, becomes jealous of Zi Ya’s supernatural powers and steals his ...
Style:
captivating, epic, dramatic, mystical, period drama
Plot:
chinese mythology, fantasy world, wuxia, mythology, supernatural power, warrior, problem, protector, save the day, betrayal, mentor protege relationship, good versus evil ...
Place:
ancient china
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Fantasy
Country: India
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Story:
Vighnaharta Ganesh showcases the journey of the deity Ganesha and presents a magical visual extravaganza with impeccable production design, celestial costumes and ingenious audio-visual experience through Motion Capture technology. This technology ...
Style:
motion capture, mythical, captivating, emotional, epic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
mythology, devotional, hinduism, religious, magical, indian mythology, legends and myths, fight, mythical creature, battles, god, legend ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An Australian urban legend comes screaming on the Ozploitation scene. It’s said that if you drive down the creepy road of Lemon Tree Passage, and witness a sudden flash of light in the trees, you'll be forever haunted by the tormented spirit ...
Style:
disturbing, scary, suspenseful, brutal, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Place:
australia, oceania
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, War
Country: UK, South Africa, Australia, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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A rich story of love, intrigue, betrayal and belonging told from the perspective of the Trojan royal family at the heart of the siege of Troy.
Style:
sexy, historical drama, breathtaking, erotic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
ancient, ancient history, siege, greek island, trojan horse, palace intrigue, mythology, fight, death, infidelity, brother brother relationship, ancient world ...
Place:
ancient greece, greece
Similarity:
100%
48K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
As discord reigns on Mount Olympus and almighty Zeus spirals into paranoia, three mortals are destined to reshape the future of humankind.
Style:
dark comedy, surreal, tense, dark, mysterious ...
Plot:
mythology, greek, underworld, greek mythology, zeus, god, paranoia, prophecy, power struggle, absurdism, satire, betrayal ...
Place:
ancient greece
Similarity:
36%
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