Megalomaniac movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant megalomaniac movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, humorous, psychotronic, entertaining, epic and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with megalomaniac, heroes, good versus evil, danger, villain, escapades, superhero, death, violence and chase plots mostly in Action, Adventure and Sci-Fi genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as megalomaniac: The Dictator (2012), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Superman (1978), Aquaman (2018), Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Barbarella (1968), Supergirl (1984), Fastlife (2014), King of Stonks (2022), Cats & Dogs (2001).
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363K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Style:
hilarious, funny, absurd, parody, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
satire, farce, dictator, culture clash, stupidity, dark humor, un, female bodyguard, fictional country, prejudice, head of state, dissident ...
Time:
2010s, 70s, 20th century, year 1973, year 2012 ...
Place:
new york, middle east, asia, israel, andalusia ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.
Style:
entertaining, exciting, humorous, visually stunning, saga ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
superhero, alien, outer space, comic book, patricide, megalomaniac, father son relationship, chase, space battle, space, space travel, space pirate ...
Time:
2010s, future, year 2017, year 2014, 80s ...
Place:
space western, missouri
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206K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Style:
exciting, epic, sexy, saga, tense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, time travel, megalomaniac, double life, space and aliens, father son relationship, cheerleader, save the world, heroes, alien, planet ...
Time:
year 1978, year 1948, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
new york, kansas, california, san francisco, manhattan new york city ...
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550K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Arthur Curry learns that he is the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, and must step forward to lead his people and to be a hero to the world.
Style:
exciting, entertaining, action adventure, epic, saga ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, adult
Plot:
superhero, underwater, super powers, superhuman powers, atlantis, creature, ocean, princess, half breed, avenger, water, muscleman ...
Time:
year 1985, year 1986, year 2002, year 1999, 90s ...
Place:
maine, boston, sicily, atlantic ocean, italy ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: West Germany, Mexico, Peru
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A few decades after the destruction of the Inca empire, a Spanish expedition leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon river in search of gold and wealth. Soon, they come across great difficulties and Don Aguirre, a ruthless man who ...
Style:
philosophical, suspenseful, surreal, art house, visual ...
Plot:
insanity, gold, conquistador, amazon river, expedition, treasure hunt, river, amazon, legends and myths, jungle, megalomaniac, el dorado ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times, medieval times, year 1972
Place:
south america, peru, germany, spain, andes mountains ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.
Style:
futuristic, grindhouse, erotic, sexy, surreal ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
space opera, mad scientist, angel, alien planet, female nudity, space adventure, bird attack, spacesuit, evil queen, space travel, surrealism, heroine ...
Time:
future, distant future, 1930s, 60s
Place:
yukon
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26K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Netherlands, UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch
Style:
serious, stylized, suspenseful, tense, saga ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens, boys' night ...
Plot:
teenage girl, superheroine, superhero, female protagonist, female superhero, tough girl, villainess, teenage superheroine, girl heroine, female warrior, blonde girl, blonde ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
illinois, new york, chicago
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546
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Fastlife: always go further, faster, to shine in the eyes of others: this is the motto of Franklin. Franklin is a megalomaniac obsessed by the desire to shine at any price. He will have to choose between becoming a man or continue to live the ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
ambition, megalomaniac, against the odds, obsessive quest, hopes, blind ambition, escapades, contests and competitions, adolescence vs adulthood, desire for fame, choice, ambitious man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Felix Armand wants to be at the top. Because once he's there, he can finally be a decent human being. After all, he's the damn mastermind behind the most successful FinTech company of all time, and all of Germany: the CableCash AG. ...
Style:
entertaining, tense, captivating, realistic, dark comedy ...
Plot:
deception, greed, fraud, narcissism, ambition, megalomaniac, crisis, boss, politics, job, money, mafia ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When a professor develops a vaccine that eliminates human allergies to dogs, he unwittingly upsets the fragile balance of power between cats and dogs and touches off an epic battle for pet supremacy. The fur flies as the feline faction, led by Mr. ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, light, not serious, light hearted ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
dog, pets, spy, kids and family, chase, conspiracy, abduction, laboratory, talking animal, talking dog, secret agent, martial arts ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
egypt, san francisco
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.
Style:
cult classic, futuristic, independent film, humorous, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
space battle, space opera, spaceship, mercenary, space travel, female warrior, mad scientist, vengeance, tyrant, psychic, space station, spacecraft ...
Time:
80s, year 1980, future
Place:
space western, california
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Norway
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six ...
Style:
saga, epic, surprise ending, exciting, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, fight scenes, super powers, supernatural power, invasion, superhero team, good versus evil, tragedy, final battle, alien superhero, super villain ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, africa, manhattan new york city, scotland
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The world of Eternia in the aftermath of Skeletor's war on Castle Grayskull, which he has won after seizing Grayskull and the surrounding city using a cosmic key developed by the locksmith Gwildor. The Sorceress is now Skeletor's prisoner ...
Style:
cult classic, crying, surprise ending, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, good versus evil, sword fight, evil man, time travel, inventor, violence, supernatural power, medieval, skeleton, female warrior, warrior ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
new jersey
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484K
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, cult classic, horror comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, monster, nerd, transformation, accountant, imagination, giant monster, chase, friendship, librarian, haunting ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 20th century, year 1989, year 1984 ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, nova scotia, usa, new york state ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Richard Widmark plays a hardened cold-war warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford. Sidney Poitier is a reporter given permission to interview the captain during a routine patrol. Poitier gets more than he bargained for when the ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, atmospheric, political, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, submarine, war, navy, nuclear explosion, reporter, u.s. navy, confrontation, propaganda, battlefield, military, torpedo ...
Time:
60s
Place:
greenland, atlantic ocean, russia
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game's titular hero fixes buildings that Ralph destroys. Wanting to prove he can be a good guy and not just a villain, Ralph ...
Style:
humorous, 3d animation, sweet, not serious, parody ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
heroes, friendship, disguise, hacker, prejudice, disorder, master of disguise, good versus evil, imaginary, obsessive quest, villain, medal ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, year 1982, year 1987, 80s ...
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Spain
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now 007 must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.
Style:
suspense, saga, intense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
james bond, spy, 007, chase, female spy, world war three, top secret, hot and sexy, espionage, secret agent, secret service, female martial artist ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
hamburg germany, hong kong, vietnam, china, england ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Eddie Hawkins, called Hudson Hawk has just been released from ten years of prison and is planning to spend the rest of his life honestly. But then the crazy Mayflower couple blackmail him to steal some of the works of Leonardo da Vinci. If he ...
Style:
funny, light, cult classic, breathtaking, humorous ...
Plot:
heist, master thief, art theft, sarcasm, twists and turns, gangster, cia agent, megalomaniac, husband wife relationship, gold, villain, coercion ...
Time:
15th century, 90s, 20th century
Place:
rome italy, new york, new jersey
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28K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
In Singapore, Krishna is forced by circumstances to use his superpowers and become a masked superhero named Krrish, before getting drawn towards his lost legacy.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, exciting, stylized, entertaining ...
Plot:
secret identity, save the world, good versus evil, megalomaniac, self discovery, undercover, fall in love, supernatural ability, danger, inheritance, master villain, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
india, asia, singapore
Is relevant?
107K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets. SG-1 is an ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, retro, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space travel, time travel, space and aliens, parallel universe, parallel world, alien planet, alien race, save the world, ancient mystery, space opera, stargate, escapades ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, near future, 21st century
Is relevant?
150K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Smallville is an American television series developed by writers/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. It is based on the DC Comics character Superman, originally created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The series follows the adventures of Clark ...
Style:
suspenseful, entertaining, exciting, saga, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama, adult
Plot:
superhero, super powers, superhuman powers, secret identity, double life, good versus evil, friendship, teenager, superman, danger, teenage love, father son relationship ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
kansas, north america
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
This story takes place in a city by the Yangzi River where skyscrapers stand around falling slums... In a luxurious apartment an enchanting story of modern China unfolds... As the Chinese economy blooms so does the gap between rich and poor... These ...
Style:
suspenseful, enigmatic, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
voyeurism, couples, love affair, megalomaniac, infidelity, rich and poor, social differences, dishonesty, society, love and romance, emotionless, adultery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, asia
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
A fallen foot tall Homunculus called Marvin (a part human/part reptile creature) is imprisoned in a birdcage by a vengeful lover who is bidding to become the world's most powerful vampire.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, semi serious, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
strip club, vampire, stripper, femme fatale, vengeance, mutant, megalomaniac, betrayal, dangerous attraction, criminal's revenge, rivalry, vampire hunter ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sport, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story:
Paxtown, a corrupt capital, torn by crime and preyed by the mafia. In this rotten megalopolis, Richard Aldana, street smart, without ties or ambitions, is a boxer in his off time. But this was all before everything got flipped on its head. ...
Style:
adult animation, suspense, semi serious, tense, colorful ...
Plot:
boxing, nudity, fight, magic, mafia, organized crime, vigilante, social decay, tragic hero, crime fighter, rivalry, fighting crime ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse returns from exile to begin a new reign of terror, and only young Inspector Carl Lohemann stands in his way.
Style:
gothic, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
master criminal, police inspector, good versus evil, megalomaniac, clue, evil man, secret organization, black magic, femme fatale, manipulation, mysterious villain, villain ...
Time:
1920s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.
Style:
humorous, captivating, saga, perverse, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
spy, top secret, secret service, world war one, spy hero, closeted gay, traitor, espionage, war, female warrior, master criminal, mysterious villain ...
Time:
1910s, 2020s, future, 1900s, year 1914 ...
Place:
london, south africa, buckingham palace, washington d.c., germany ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Dr. Mabuse, criminal mastermind - returns in this epic steam punk thriller, in which six interwoven tales document the downfall of Dr. Mabuse and his city "Etiopomar".
Style:
gothic, apocalyptic, suspense, suspenseful, mystic ...
Plot:
scientist, revenge, good versus evil, power struggle, conspiracy, murder, politics, betrayal, megalomaniac, race against time, fight, laboratory ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
The story of the Peoples Temple cult led by Jim Jones and the events leading up to one of the largest mass suicides in history.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
mass suicide, commune, manipulation, suicide, escapism, psychic, mass death, cult leader, jungle, american abroad, leadership, no survivors ...
Time:
70s, year 1980, 60s, year 1965, year 1978 ...
Place:
south america, indianapolis indiana, guyana, africa, san francisco ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Teen Titans is an American animated television series based on the DC Comics characters of the same name, primarily the run of stories by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez in the early-1980s The New Teen Titans comic book series. The show was created ...
Style:
humorous, anime, semi serious, exciting, touching ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
young heroes, teenage life, superhuman powers, save the world, superhero, heroes, superhero team, battles, talented, evil, heroic mission, tough girl ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands, Italy, Germany, USA
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story:
Twenty year-old Julius Caesar flees Rome for his life during the reign of Sulla but through skill and ambition rises four decades later to become Rome's supreme dictator.
Style:
epic, serious, captivating, stylized, historical drama ...
Plot:
roman empire, ancient history, julius caesar, ancient rome, politics, emperor, dictatorship, antiquity, ancient, tragic hero, war hero, conspiracy ...
Time:
1st century, 1st century b.c.
Place:
rome italy, egypt, middle east, europe, africa
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