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Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
 7.2
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Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When trucker, Jack Burton agreed to take his friend, Wang Chi to pick up his fiancee at the airport, he never expected to get involved in a supernatural battle between good and evil. Wang's fiancee has emerald green eyes, which make her a perfect target for immortal sorcerer, Lo Pan and his three invincible cronies. Lo Pan must marry a girl with green eyes so he can regain his physical form.
Style: humorous, exciting, stylized, cult classic, entertaining, semi serious, suspenseful, surreal, grindhouse, horror comedy ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night, date night, manly
Plot: martial arts, monster, supernatural, truck driver, kung fu, good versus evil, magic, truck, kidnapping, friendship, mythology, wizard, rescue, danger, curses spells and rituals, heroic mission, black magic, prophecy, ninja, life & death, chase, immortality, machine gun, adventurer, mercenary ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, california, usa, china, hong kong
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out cult classic, exciting, humorous and psychotronic films with plots about danger, heroes, rivalry, good versus evil, fight, escapades and martial arts mostly in Action, Adventure and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Big Trouble in Little China: The Golden Child (1986), Escape from New York (1981), Last Action Hero (1993), Army of Darkness (1992), Mortal Kombat (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Golden Child (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A detective specializing in missing children is on a madcap mission to save a youth with mystical powers who's been abducted by an evil cult. He battles a band of super-nasties, scrambles through a booby-trapped chamber of horrors and traverses ...
Style: light, humorous, entertaining, not serious, cult classic ...
Plot: good versus evil, kidnapping, culture clash, children, supernatural, chosen one, rescue, social worker, self sacrifice, unlikely hero, treasure hunt, justice ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles, usa, california, nepal, tibet
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.
Style: entertaining, exciting, humorous, intense, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, manly, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot: treasure hunt, archaeologist, archaeology, treasure, adventurer, artifact, tombs and skeletons, good versus evil, indiana jones, crocodile, human sacrifice, survival ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 1984, year 1935
Place: india, china, shanghai
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Escape from New York (1981)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been walled off and turned into a giant maximum security prison within which the country's worst criminals are left to form their own anarchic society. However, when the President of the United States crash ...
Style: apocalyptic, exciting, futuristic, grindhouse, serious ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night
Plot: dystopia, cyberpunk, prison, race against time, escape, post apocalypse, hostage, dystopian future, end of the world, rescue, distopia, darkness ...
Time: future, near future, 80s, year 1981, distant future ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Last Action Hero (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Danny is obsessed with a fictional movie character action hero Jack Slater. When a magical ticket transports him into Jack's latest adventure, Danny finds himself in a world where movie magic and reality collide. Now it's up to Danny to ...
Style: spoof, exciting, entertaining, humorous, parody ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: magic, parallel universe, heroes, chase, gunfight, breaking the fourth wall, boy, buddy, villain, fish out of water, miraculous event, buddy cop ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: los angeles, new york, california, usa, new york state ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Army of Darkness (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A man is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., where he must battle an army of the dead and retrieve the Necronomicon so he can return home.
Style: dark fantasy, offbeat, humorous, demonic, horror comedy ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: zombie, time travel, evil dead, beast, siege, undead, medieval, supernatural, sword fight, skeleton, monster, castle ...
Time: medieval times, 13th century, middle ages, 90s, near future ...
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.8
 124K
Mortal Kombat (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: For nine generations an evil sorcerer has been victorious in hand-to-hand battle against his mortal enemies. If he wins a tenth Mortal Kombat tournament, desolation and evil will reign over the multiverse forever. To save Earth, three warriors must ...
Style: exciting, intense, saga, disgusting, gaming ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, monster, good versus evil, tournament, underground fighting, heroic mission, mortal combat, ninja, island, warrior, save the world, fight ...
Time: year 1995, 90s
Place: hong kong, los angeles, china, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 5.1
 45K
Red Sonja (1985)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Netherlands, Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The tyrant Gedren seeks the total power in a world of barbarism. She raids the city Hablac and kills the keeper of a talisman that gives her great power. Red Sonja, sister of the keeper, sets out with her magic sword to overthrow Gedren.
Style: dark fantasy, entertaining, light, serious, psychotronic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: sword and sorcery, barbarian, supernatural, bare breasts, female warrior, female nudity, medieval, maiden, revenge, good versus evil, female protagonist, wizard ...
Time: prehistory, stone age, prehistoric times
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.6
 143K
R.I.P.D. (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. Based on the comic by Peter M. Lenkov.
Style: buddy comedy, not serious, stylized, exciting, action comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: afterlife, supernatural, investigation, unlikely partners, ghost, escapades, obsessive quest, uncover truth, life & death, law enforcement, police detective, rivalry ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: boston, seattle, usa, new england, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Bulletproof Monk (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A mysterious and immortal Tibetan kung fu master, who has spent the last 60 years traveling around the world protecting the ancient Scroll of the Ultimate, mentors a selfish street kid in the ancient intricacies of kung fu.
Style: humorous, exciting, sexy, action packed, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, good versus evil, prophecy, monk, heroes, immortality, culture clash, master warrior, supernatural, supernatural ability, kung fu, knife fight ...
Time: year 2003, 20th century, 1940s, year 1943, 21st century
Place: tibet, seattle, san francisco, usa, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The city needs heroes. Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and ...
Style: humorous, exciting, entertaining, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: ninja, chase, sewer, heroes, master warrior, news reporter, ninja turtle, supernatural, vigilante, superhero, mutant, nunchaku ...
Time: year 2014, year 2016, 2010s, 90s, year 1999 ...
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story: Captain Jack Sparrow works his way out of a blood debt with the ghostly Davey Jones, he also attempts to avoid eternal damnation.
Style: exciting, humorous, entertaining, mystical, saga ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: pirate, sword fight, fantasy world, swashbuckler, ship, treasure, beast, supernatural, revenge, fortune teller, treasure hunt, magical ...
Time: 18th century, year 2006, georgian era, 2000s
Place: caribbean, britain, iran, fictional island, jamaica
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Deathstalker II (1987)
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 ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, fantasy adventure ...
Plot: royal family, barbarian, magic, heroes, battles, rivalry, vengeance, escapades, female warrior, ogre, erotica, exploitation ...
Time: year 1987
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Armour of God 2: Operation Condor (1991)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Agent Jackie is hired to find WWII Nazi gold hidden in the Sahara desert. He teams up with three bungling women (the 3 stooges?) who are all connected in some way. However a team of mercenries have ideas on the ownership of the gold. A battle / ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, semi serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: treasure hunt, martial arts, chase, kung fu, treasure, desert, treasure hunter, car chase, adventurer, heroes, wu shu, rivalry ...
Place: spain, sahara, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The four turtles travel back in time to the days of the legendary and deadly samurai in ancient Japan, where they train to perfect the art of becoming one. The turtles also assist a small village in an uprising.
Style: light, grindhouse, funny, action packed, light hearted ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot: ninja, superhero, martial arts, time travel, ninja turtle, comic book, female warrior, childhood, samurai, vigilante, villain, violence ...
Time: 90s, year 2016, 17th century, 1900s, year 1993 ...
Place: japan, new york, astoria oregon, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.1
 8K
Firewalker (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache horde of gold.
Style: fantasy adventure, cult classic, grindhouse, buddy comedy, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: treasure hunter, treasure hunt, martial arts, jungle, adventurer, cyclops, curse, bar fight, cave, cannon, sarcasm, archaeologist ...
Time: 80s
Place: central america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 221K
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Five years after they defeated Gozer, the Ghostbusters are out of business. When Dana begins to have ghost problems again, the boys come out of retirement to aid her and hopefully save New York City from a new paranormal threat.
Style: scary, humorous, funny, entertaining, not serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: ghost, supernatural, painting, ghost hunter, new year's eve, reincarnation, single mother, monster, chase, superhero, bookstore, heroes ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1989
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Highlander: Endgame (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Immortals Connor and Duncan Macleod join forces against a man from Connor's distant past in the highlands of Scotland, Kell, an immensely powerful immortal who leads an army of equally powerful and deadly immortal swordsmen and assassins. No ...
Style: exciting, melancholic, suspenseful, serious, saga ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: sword fight, immortality, immortal, sword and sorcery, good versus evil, supernatural, supernatural ability, mythology, mentor, medieval, gory, heroic mission ...
Time: middle ages, y2k, 18th century, 17th century, 2000s ...
Place: scotland, ireland, new york, usa, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A group of heroic warriors has only six days to save the planet in "Mortal Kombat Annihilation." To succeed they must survive the most spectacular series of challenges any human, or god, has ever encountered as they battle an evil warlord ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, cult classic ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens, family outing
Plot: martial arts, ninja, end of the world, fight scenes, transformation, fight, good versus evil, alternate dimension, save the world, kung fu, death, robot ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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The Phantom (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a rich madman from obtaining three magic skulls that would give him the secret to ultimate power.
Style: light, entertaining, exciting, humorous, saga ...
Audience: kids, teens, boys' night
Plot: superhero, comic book, good versus evil, escapades, villain, heroes, island, vigilante, treasure hunt, one man army, silver, chase ...
Time: 1930s, year 1996, 20th century, year 1938, year 1939
Place: fictional island, new york, usa, southeast asia, thailand ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Haru, an orphaned American who washes ashore in Japan and is mistaken for the great White Ninja of legend. Raised among the finest Ninjas, Haru grows strong and big - very big. With the grace of all Three Stooges rolled into one body, Haru is an ...
Style: humorous, slapstick comedy, funny, parody, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, toddlers
Plot: ninja, martial arts, fish out of water, amateur detective, dojo, crazy, misfit, clumsiness, adoptive father adopted son relationship, hotel, disguise, fistfight ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: japan, beverly hills, usa, california, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Sean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.
Style: entertaining, exciting, feel good, semi serious, stylized ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: island, jungle, lost city, expedition, fantasy world, lost world, atlantis, legends and myths, giant lizard, beautiful scenery, treasure, chase ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 19th century
Place: hawaii, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 2.4
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Epic Movie (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When Edward, Peter, Lucy and Susan each follow their own path, they end up finding themselves at Willy's Chocolate factory. Walking through a wardrobe, they discover the world of Gnarnia, which is ruled by the White Bitch. Meeting up with ...
Style: parody, absurd, humorous, funny, not serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: magic, youth, satire, heroic mission, young heroes, disorder, good versus evil, rivalry, nothing goes right, danger, curses spells and rituals, imaginary ...
Time: year 2007, 20th century, 2000s, medieval times, 21st century
Place: paris france, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Conan the Destroyer (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Based on a character created by Robert E. Howard, this fast-paced, occasionally humorous sequel to Conan the Barbarian features the hero (Arnold Schwarzenegger) as he is commissioned by the evil queen Taramis (Sarah Douglas) to safely escort a teen ...
Style: stylized, suspenseful, exciting, cult classic, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: barbarian, sword and sorcery, wizard, medieval, master warrior, good versus evil, warrior, female warrior, sorcery, rescue, imaginary kingdom, human sacrifice ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, prehistoric times, 20th century, stone age
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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 7.2
 129K
Willow (1988)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Fearful of a prophecy stating that a girl child will be born to bring about her downfall, the evil Queen Bavmorda imprisons all pregnant women within the formidable stronghold of Nockmaar. A child, Elora Danan, is born in the Nockmaar dungeons and ...
Style: fairy tale, scenic, exciting, atmospheric, epic ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: wizard, sword and sorcery, good versus evil, prophecy, imaginary kingdom, magic, queen, baby, black magic, castle, mother daughter relationship, medieval ...
Time: middle ages, future, 90s, 1900s, 20th century ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Scorpion King (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceress Cassandra, who are ready to overtake Balthazar's village. Amid betrayals, thieves, abductions and more, Mathayus strives to bring justice to ...
Style: entertaining, exciting, sexy, epic, tense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: sword fight, ancient history, ancient egypt, desert, sword and sorcery, barbarian, good versus evil, sorceress, mythology, revenge, medieval, betrayal ...
Time: year 2002, ancient times, 2000s
Place: middle east, africa, egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 3.9
 14K
Double Dragon (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France, Denmark
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Set 15 years in the future in post-earthquake California, where San Diego and Los Angeles are merged into one city, two teenage brothers have half of a powerful ancient Chinese talisman. An evil gang leader named Bo Abobo has the other half, and ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, exciting, light hearted, funny ...
Audience: teens, family outing, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, heroic mission, chase, heroes, good versus evil, danger, vigilante, superhuman powers, rivalry, leadership, secret identity, race against time ...
Time: future, year 1994, year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, china, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, the ...
Style: exciting, intense, semi serious, epic, action adventure ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, sword fight, good versus evil, young heroes, wuxia, monkey king, medieval, friendship, time travel, shaolin, master warrior, immortality ...
Time: year 2008, medieval times, middle ages, 21st century
Place: china, boston, usa, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.6
 211K
Jungle Cruise (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, UK, Hungary, Thailand, Italy, Czech Republic
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Disney’s live-action adaptation of its iconic theme park ride.
Style: scenic, captivating, funny, light, colorful ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, family friendly
Plot: jungle, treasure, amazon river, myth, snake, amazon jungle, danger, dangerous animal, artifact, expedition, amazon rainforest, explorer ...
Time: 1910s, 2020s, future, year 1916, 16th century ...
Place: brazil, london, spain, europe, south america
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Last Dragon (1985)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Music, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way he must fight an evil martial arts expert and rescue a beautiful singer from an obsessed music promoter.
Style: cult classic, semi serious, humorous, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night, family outing, teens
Plot: martial arts, kung fu classic, kung fu, blaxploitation, kidnapping, music, stereotypes, brother brother relationship, dishonesty, gang, ambition, danger ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: new york, usa, harlem, new york city, harlem, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 7.8
 442K
Ghostbusters (1984)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, light, cult classic ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, monster, nerd, transformation, paranormal investigation, giant monster, chase, imagination, accountant, friendship, librarian ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, year 2016, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, nova scotia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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