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Forbidden Empire (2014)
7K
Original name: Вий
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Early 18th century. Cartographer Jonathan Green undertakes a scientific voyage from Europe to the East. Having passed through Transylvania and crossed the Carpathian Mountains, he finds himself in a small village lost in impassible woods. Nothing but chance and heavy fog could bring him to this cursed place. People who live here do not resemble any other people which the traveler saw before that. The villagers, having dug a deep moat to fend themselves from the rest of the world, share a naive belief that they could save themselves from evil, failing to understand that evil has made its nest in their souls and is waiting for an opportunity to gush out upon the world.
Style:
dark fantasy, mystic, suspenseful, bleak, atmospheric, fairy tale, suspense, gothic, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
witchcraft, remote village, demon, medieval, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, sword and sorcery, religion versus science, church, good versus evil, deadly creature, twists and turns, escapades, folklore, uncover truth, folk horror, who done it, death of daughter, wizards and magicians, witch, science, creature, magician, pilot, occult ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
ukraine, europe, transylvania, russian
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, exciting and suspense films with plots about danger, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, imaginary, escapades, magic and rivalry mostly in Fantasy, Adventure and Thriller genres. Some movies like Forbidden Empire: Viy (1967), The Covenant (2006), Gogol: A Terrible Vengeance (2018), Aladdin and the Death Lamp (2012), Trollhunter (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A young priest is ordered to preside over the wake of a witch in the church of a remote village. This means spending three nights alone with the corpse with only his faith to protect him.
Style:
scary, dark fantasy, gothic horror, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
witch, folk horror, curses spells and rituals, church, supernatural, supernatural ability, evil dead, corpse, danger, escapades, cossack, medieval ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages, year 1967, 19th century
Place:
ukraine, soviet union, kiev ukraine, russia
Similarity:
90%
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: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Soon after Gogol's death, Binh names him guilty for the deaths of the Cossacks and the young women at the hands of the Dark Horseman, since he was the one who ordered them to be hidden in the barn. Bomgart is unable to perform a post-mortem ...
Style:
dark fantasy, suspense, bleak, bloody, surprise ending
Plot:
magical, fantasy world, twists and turns, gory, supernatural, decapitation, adaptation, mysterious character, brutality, danger, good versus evil, victim ...
Time:
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Similarity:
75%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Aladdin the adventurer and his friend Ali accidentally uncover a lamp that contains a genie. But unlike the story we know, this genie does not grant three wonderful wishes. This genie destroys everything in its way by turning the keeper’s thoughts ...
Style:
serious, exciting, disturbing, melancholic, light ...
Plot:
genie, sword and sorcery, wish come true, curses spells and rituals, treasure hunt, rivalry, heroes, wizards and magicians, imaginary, good versus evil, danger, supernatural ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter.
Style:
dark fantasy, spooky, mockumentary, suspense, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
troll, giant monster, folk horror, legends and myths, monster, cryptozoology, giant, fantasy world, wilderness, supernatural, found footage, forest ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, scary, serious, detective ...
Plot:
supernatural, shooting, good versus evil, victim, legends and myths, fate of humanity, ghost, curses spells and rituals, time travel, escapades, determination, characters in danger ...
Time:
2010s, 18th century, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa
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100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A mysterious Dark Horseman slays young girls near the village of Dikanka, and he has already butchered 11 ladies. Nikolai Gogol, a scribe from Saint Petersburg has to take charge of the investigation, but the closer he gets to solving the case, the ...
Style:
disturbing, dark fantasy, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
folklore, medieval, supernatural, legends and myths, investigation, uncover truth, imaginary, church, demon, countryside, superstition, murder ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
50%
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:
50%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, UK, China
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an ...
Style:
dark fantasy, exciting, epic, fairy tale, scenic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
witch, sword and sorcery, magic, good versus evil, supernatural, chosen one, medieval, black magic, curses spells and rituals, destiny, supernatural ability, monster ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
england
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The film is based on the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin’s poem of the same name, which happens to be one of the most poetic and beautiful Russian fairy tales. In the midst of the wedding party of Prince Ruslan and Ludmila, daughter of a ...
Style:
fairy tale, captivating, exciting, folk tale, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
heroes, good versus evil, rescue, heroic mission, love and romance, rivalry, escapades, legends and myths, danger, imaginary, kidnapping, ancient ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages
Place:
finland, russia
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, China
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Prince Malachy returns to his father’s kingdom after the Crusades his first impression is that a bad harvest is the reason that the villagers are sick and hungry. But all is not as it seems and a stranger to the village, warns the new king ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
medieval, witch, good versus evil, homecoming, curses spells and rituals, heroic mission, imaginary, rivalry, escapades, danger, imaginary kingdom, sword and sorcery ...
Time:
middle ages
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Night of the Devils is an Italian vampire thriller with a remarkably good pedigree. The script is based on The Wurdalak, a short story by A.K. Tolstoy. The central character is the patriarch of a wealthy family who fears that he will show up one day ...
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, suspense, gothic horror, scary ...
Plot:
vampire, witch, supernatural, zombie, folk horror, forest, torture, witchcraft, violent content, woods, nudity, escapades ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
36%
305K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, scary, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, boys' night
Plot:
vampire, werewolf, supernatural, dracula, steampunk, frankenstein, fantasy world, good versus evil, undead, dark hero, transformation, monster ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, year 2004, 15th century, 1880s ...
Place:
transylvania, europe, budapest, italy, france ...
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36%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Harry, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts for another magic-filled year. Harry comes face to face with danger yet again, this time in the form of escaped convict, Sirius Black – and turns to sympathetic Professor Lupin for help.
Style:
gothic, fairy tale, dark fantasy, atmospheric, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, teen fantasy, family friendly ...
Plot:
magic, witch, harry potter, fantasy world, magical, wizard, witchcraft, time travel, good versus evil, werewolf, friendship, boarding school life ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, 90s, year 1994 ...
Place:
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35%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Since A.D. 50, a mysterious sacred artifact known as the Loculus has been at the center of a bloody clandestine war. Missing for a few hundred years, the puzzling relic has suddenly reappeared in the present day, bringing with it a terrible secret ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
reincarnation, apocalypse, miraculous event, ancient history, relic, supernatural, good versus evil, danger, obsessive quest, curses spells and rituals, destiny, supernatural ability ...
Time:
1st century, 50s, 13th century, 18th century
Place:
malta
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Young adults become fascinated by the events of the three missing filmmakers in Maryland, so they decide to go into the same woods and find out what really happened.
Style:
bleak, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, supernatural ability, witch, curses spells and rituals, surveillance, gory, danger, human sacrifice, lesbian, found footage, occult, magic ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
35%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Classic tale of King Arthur and how his wife is kidnapped by his evil sister. Lancelot is sent out to try and retrieve the lost queen and unfortunately falls in love with her. Forbidden love, revenge, family rivalry, and magic are all prominent ...
Style:
arthurian, fairy tale, exciting, semi serious
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
arthurian legend, medieval, sword and sorcery, sorcery, time travel, knight, forbidden love, king arthur, magic, stonehenge, camelot, peplum ...
Time:
middle ages
Similarity:
35%
348K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In 1630s New England, William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life with five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness, exiled from their settlement when William defies the local church. When their newborn son vanishes and ...
Style:
dark, atmospheric, disturbing, scary, satanic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
witch, supernatural, folk horror, curses spells and rituals, witchcraft, religion, wilderness, black magic, paganism, family bonds, isolation, sacrifice ...
Time:
17th century, 2010s, year 2015, year 2016, 19th century
Place:
new england, america, new hampshire, usa, canada
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young American girl has a chance of a lifetime to visit her ancestors castle in the south of France, only to find that her family is hiding deep, dark secrets about their nefarious past, far away from prying eyes.
Style:
satanic, scary, suspenseful, bleak, suspense
Plot:
castle, life turned upside down, demon, secrets, supernatural, family secret, haunted house, twists and turns, ghost, fear, danger, plot twist ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Ignoring threats to his life, Harry returns to Hogwarts to investigate – aided by Ron and Hermione – a mysterious series of attacks.
Style:
fairy tale, saga, entertaining, sexy, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, teen fantasy, kids, chick flick ...
Plot:
magic, harry potter, witch, magical, boarding school, fantasy world, teacher, friendship, creature, youth, boarding school life, chosen one ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 2002, year 1992, year 1993 ...
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In time of war, a man must survive to make a journey to fulfill a promise made and discover the truth. After a terrible battle, a man sees his great friend perish, leaving him one request – that he visit the king, father of the deceased, to give ...
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
medieval, soldier, king, rivalry, heroes, danger, wizards and magicians, escapades, battles, sword and sorcery, warrior, quest ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the twenty years since the fall of Camelot, Merlin has become a recluse known as "the wild man of the woods." He is now summoned by a charge of young knights as they quest to destroy an evil wizard who rules the land from a throne of a ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, arthurian, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
wizards and magicians, sword and sorcery, female warrior, arthurian legend, heroic mission, medieval, escapades, rivalry, supernatural, legends and myths, battles, heroes ...
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34%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Researching a book that takes her to Bali and the black magic cult of Leák, Cathy meets an evil witch which promises to train her in the dark arts. Tricked, Cathy is turned into a Penanggalan; a flying vampire with internal organs hanging from her ...
Style:
suspenseful, surreal, scary, cult classic, psychotronic ...
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, folklore, deal with the devil, save the lady, power relations, good versus evil, save the day, danger, curses spells and rituals, wizards and magicians, religions or cults ...
Time:
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Place:
asia, indonesia, bali
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
He was doomed to die, but managed to survive, and now his mission is to revenge for the annihilation of his tribe. He is the great warrior who calls himself Volkodav, and is the last man from the tribe of Serie Psi (Grey Hounds). After escaping ...
Style:
serious, exciting, stylized, atmospheric, fairy tale ...
Audience:
boys' night, family outing
Plot:
sword, vengeance, wizards and magicians, revenge, bravery, supernatural, heroic mission, danger, tough heroes, sword and sorcery, escapades, rivalry ...
Time:
medieval times
Place:
russia
Similarity:
34%
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 ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful
Plot:
sword and sorcery, sorcery, dragon, sword, barbarian, monster, gnome, wizard, exploitation, ancient, peplum, knight ...
Time:
medieval times
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Valerie is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry another man – who is wealthy. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter plan to run away together when they learn that Valerie's older ...
Style:
fairy tale, gothic, dark fantasy, gothic horror, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, teen fantasy, adult
Plot:
werewolf, supernatural, medieval, legends and myths, dangerous attraction, danger, animal attack, curse, supernatural power, village life, fall in love, supernatural romance ...
Time:
middle ages, year 2011, medieval times, 2010s, year 2000
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A princess is on a quest to unite the five greatest warriors to save her kingdom from a demon sorceress.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
sword and sorcery, sorceress, heroic mission, save the kingdom, curses spells and rituals, warrior, sorcery, wizards and magicians, escapades, rivalry, danger, conquering ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
33%
593
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Jason Avery is an ex-cop now working as a museum security guard. Armed thieves break in intent on stealing a priceless obelisk that's stored within this vault-like stone structure. The scientist behind the theft talks of the obelisk giving him ...
Style:
stylized, dark fantasy, gothic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
creature, artifact, sword and sorcery, time travel, deadly creature, curses spells and rituals, life philosophy, monster, fantasy world, museum, human versus monster, legend ...
Time:
victorian era
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK, Bulgaria
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A noble warrior must battle dragons and demons while upholding his moral code as he covertly joins a group of villains to rescue his kidnapped father from Shathrax, the Mind Flayer, who threatens to destroy the world.
Style:
serious, exciting, psychotronic, perverse, cult classic ...
Plot:
dragon, sword and sorcery, heroic mission, legends and myths, curses spells and rituals, imaginary kingdom, wizards and magicians, save the world, heroes, supernatural, escapades, danger ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The modern world holds many secrets, but by far the most astounding is that witches still live among us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world and putting an end to the human race once and for all. Armies ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, suspenseful, mystical ...
Audience:
girls' night, pre-teens, teens, adult
Plot:
witch, supernatural, magic, fantasy world, immortality, lone hero, witchcraft, good versus evil, wizards and magicians, black magic, imaginary, dark hero ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, pittsburgh, usa
Similarity:
33%
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