Power hungry movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant power hungry movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, cult classic, stylized, humorous, psychotronic and epic films and TV shows about / with power hungry, heroes, good versus evil, rivalry, murder, danger, escapades, magic, battles and fight plots mostly in Adventure, Fantasy and Action genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as power hungry: The Emperor's New Groove (2000), Supergirl (1984), Cleopatra (1963), Heavy Metal 2000 (2000), The Phantom (1996), The Little Mermaid (2023), The Little Mermaid (1989), Dirty Linen (2023), The Queen and the Cardinal (2009), Slayers Great (1997).

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The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan, France
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Kuzco is a self-centered emperor who summons Pacha from a village and to tell him that his home will be destroyed to make room for Kuzco's new summer home. Kuzco's advisor, Yzma, tries to poison Kuzco and accidentally turns him into a ...
Style: feel good, fairy tale, slapstick comedy, entertaining, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot: good versus evil, transformation, emperor, talking animal, jungle, treason, llama, spoiled brat, breaking the fourth wall, friendship, change of heart, megalomaniac ...
Time: year 2000, 15th century, y2k, 16th century
Place: peru, latin america, south america
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 4.4
 24K
Supergirl (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 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, epic ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens, boys' night ...
Plot: superhero, teenage girl, superheroine, megalomaniac, female protagonist, good versus evil, female superhero, witch, magic, comic book, tough girl, teenage superheroine ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: illinois, new york, chicago
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 7.0
 37K
Cleopatra (1963)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, Switzerland, UK
Duration: 192 min.
Story: Historical epic. The triumphs and tragedy of the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra.The winner of four Oscars, this epic saga of love, greed and betrayal stars Elizabeth Taylor as the passionate and ambitious Egyptian queen who's determined to hold on ...
Style: epic, period piece, costume drama, breathtaking, visual ...
Audience: date night
Plot: ancient rome, antiquity, ancient egypt, peplum, roman empire, queen, ancient history, julius caesar, ancient, cleopatra, love, femme fatale ...
Time: ancient times, 1st century, year 1963, 1st century b.c.
Place: egypt, rome italy, africa, alexandria egypt, greece ...
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Heavy Metal 2000 (2000)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Upon discovery of a shard of what could be the Loc-Nar, a miner named Tyler becomes possessed with an insatiable hunger for power and a thirst for immortality. On his way to the planet of youth, Tyler wipes out most of a space colony and kidnaps a ...
Style: adult animation, sexy, erotic, futuristic, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: brutality, female protagonist, good versus evil, space and aliens, space travel, revenge, immortality, nudity, murder, heroic mission, heroes, escapades ...
Time: year 2000
Place: holy land
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 5.1
 36K
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 ...
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The Little Mermaid (2023)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. With mermaids forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel ...
Style: fairy tale, motion capture, semi serious, romantic, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, date night
Plot: mermaid, sea, magic spell, evil witch, merman, human, princess, female protagonist, wish fulfillment, interspecies friendship, interspecies romance, interracial romance ...
Time: 19th century, 1830s
Place: caribbean
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The Little Mermaid (1989)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Memorable songs and characters -- including the ...
Style: fairy tale, light, feel good, sweet, cute ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: mermaid, princess, disney princess, good versus evil, transformation, father daughter relationship, love, underwater, witch, happy ending, prince, first love ...
Time: 1800s, year 1989, 20th century, 1830s, 19th century
Place: madagascar, denmark, caribbean
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 6.3
 177
Dirty Linen (2023)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Philippines
TV show
Story: To exact vengeance, a young woman infiltrates the household of an influential family as a housemaid to expose their dirty secrets. However, love will get in the way of her revenge plot.
Style: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, black comedy ...
Plot: revenge, investigation, mysterious disappearance, mysterious event, aristocracy, secret, problem, housewife, undercover, female protagonist, women, forbidden love ...
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects that endow him with powers to rival Voldemort's ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, atmospheric, sad, epic ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: magic, magical, witch, supernatural, sorcerer, imaginary, chosen one, dragon, wizards and magicians, friendship, harry potter, good versus evil ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, year 1997, 20th century, year 1998 ...
Place: london, europe, england
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The Queen and the Cardinal (2009)
Genre: History
Country: France
Duration: 197 min.
Story: In the middle of the 17th century, forbidden lovers Queen Anne of Austria, the widow of King Louis XIII, and her Prime Minister, Cardinal Mazarin, face the opposition of a revengeful and power-seeking Court.
Style: historical drama, captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense
Plot: french history, royal family, kingdom, secret love, nobility, palace intrigue, king of france, royal court, french politics, historical figure, ruler, historical character ...
Time: 17th century
Place: france, paris france
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 6.9
 452
Slayers Great (1997)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Lina and Naga, on their way to a town called Storner, robbed bad guys of their precious treasure. Storner was known as a town of "Gorlems" moved by magic power. And again the two were thrown into trouble by a girl called Leia. Galia, ...
Style: anime
Plot: sorcery, heiress, fantasy world, girl fight, piloted giant robot, giant robot, girl power, destruction, fire, surrealism, bare breasts, ice ...
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 7.2
 3K
Destiny (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Musical, Romance
Country: France, Egypt
Duration: 135 min.
Story: The story is set in the 12th century in Arab-ruled Spanish province Andalusia, where famed philosopher Averroes is appointed grand judge by the caliph and his liberal court judgements are not liked by everyone. The caliph's political rivals, ...
Style: islamic, serious, realistic
Plot: philosopher, medieval, philosophy, writers, arab, religion, sociology, ramadan, muslim, islam, cop, time machine ...
Time: medieval times, middle ages, 12th century
Place: middle east, spain, europe, andalusia
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 4.2
 508
Arthur's Quest (1999)
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
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous ...
Style: dark fantasy, epic, scenic, saga, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: magic, harry potter, witch, magical, boarding school, wizard, wizards and magicians, bravery, chosen one, school, young heroes, supernatural ability ...
Time: year 2010, year 1997, year 1998, 20th century, 90s ...
Place: london, europe, england
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 6.4
 101K
DragonHeart (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In an ancient time when majestic fire-breathers soared through the skies, a knight named Bowen comes face to face and heart to heart with the last dragon on Earth, Draco. Taking up arms to suppress a tyrant king, Bowen soon realizes his task will be ...
Style: fairy tale, humorous, cult classic, epic, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: dragon, knight, medieval, sword fight, sorcery, good versus evil, immortality, friendship, sword and sorcery, betrayal, magic, battles ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 10th century, 90s
Place: england, europe
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The Colour of Magic (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 191 min.
TV show
Story: As Rincewind involuntarily becomes a guide to the naive tourist Twoflower, they find themselves forced to flee the city of Ankh-Morpork to escape a terrible fire, and begin on a journey across the Disc. Unknown to them, their journey & fate ...
Style: exciting, humorous, light, funny, enigmatic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, discworld
Plot: imaginary kingdom, magic, heroes, heroic mission, curses spells and rituals, danger, good versus evil, imaginary, book, tourist, alternate dimension, medieval ...
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 54
Ivan Groznyy (2009)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Plot: czar, biopic, brutality, power hungry, despot, cruelty, tyrant, bearded man
Time: 16th century
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The Secret of NIMH (1982)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave mother struggles to transplant her home to firmer ground.
Style: fairy tale, touching, atmospheric, feel good, witty ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: mouse, heroic mission, friendship, against the odds, laboratory, rat, rescue, illness, family problems, cure, danger, heroes ...
Time: 80s, year 1982, 90s, 20th century
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 6.4
 57K
The Experiment (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: 20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
Style: psychological, rough, tense, disturbing, visually appealing ...
Audience: adult
Plot: prison, prison life, psychology, confined, experiment gone awry, bullying, violence, brutality, gay rape, moral ambiguity, greed, justice ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Treasure (1998)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story: The royal couple Odette and Derek face yet another evil magician, this time a woman named Zelda. Lusting for the treasure of the Forbidden Arts, which will give her absolute power, Zelda kidnaps Odette as ransom. Derek and several animal friends ...
Style: serious, fairy tale, cult classic, independent film, sinister ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: princess, kingdom, rivalry, curses spells and rituals, evil plot, magic, human becomes animal, danger, kidnapping, blonde, love, teenager ...
Time: 90s, middle ages, medieval times
Place: england
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The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot (1998)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: During the times of King Arthur, Kayley is a brave girl who dreams of following her late father as a Knight of the Round Table. The evil Ruber wants to invade Camelot and take the throne of King Arthur, and Kayley has to stop him.
Style: humorous, stylized, semi serious, arthurian, cute ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: dragon, king arthur, blindness, medieval, female warrior, creature, arthurian legend, siege, sword and sorcery, mythology, happy ending, blind man ...
Time: medieval times, 90s, year 1998, middle ages
Place: england
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The Fifth Element (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.
Style: futuristic, breathtaking, exciting, colorful, visually stunning ...
Audience: date night, family friendly, boys' night, teens
Plot: alien, space opera, cyberpunk, dystopian future, space and aliens, good versus evil, space travel, end of the world, save the world, dystopia, life philosophy, love ...
Time: future, year 1997, 90s, 23rd century, 1910s
Place: egypt, usa, brooklyn new york city, new york
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi.
Style: futuristic, saga, intense, serious, stylized ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens, adult, preschool
Plot: alien, star wars, sword fight, jedi, space wars, good versus evil, space, apprentice, space travel, creature, outer space, master apprentice relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999, year 2016, future
Place: space western
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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
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 6.8
 517K
Aquaman (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
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, epic, action adventure, psychotronic ...
Audience: kids, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: superhero, underwater, super powers, atlantis, ocean, princess, creature, half breed, muscleman, warrior, mermaid, supernatural power ...
Time: 2010s, year 1985, 90s, 80s
Place: maine, boston, sicily, atlantic ocean, italy
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 6.9
 288K
Aladdin (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Singapore, Canada, Czech Republic, Serbia, China
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A live-action retelling of the 1992 Disney film of the same name.
Style: fairy tale, romantic, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot: arabian nights, aladdin, wish fulfillment, genie, princess, magic, disney princess, sultan, giant bird, palace, love, friendship ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, 18th century
Place: baghdad iraq, arabia, saudi arabia, middle east, iraq
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 8.2
 135K
Ran (1985)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 160 min.
Story: In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how their new-found power will corrupt them.
Style: visual, visually stunning, visually appealing, atmospheric, breathtaking ...
Audience: adult
Plot: samurai, feudal japan, medieval, shakespeare, greed, vengeance, castle, betrayal, nihilism, insanity, great ending, sword fight ...
Time: 16th century, medieval times, 20th century, year 1985, middle ages
Place: japan, bolivia, east asia, asia
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 6.8
 349
Night Light (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Seo Yi-Kyung ambitiously wants to build her own empire. She is calm and also passionate. She doesn't believe greed is a sin. Park Gun-Woo possesses good looks and comes from a wealthy family that runs a large company. Seo Yi-Kyung is his first ...
Style: psychological, suspense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: escapism, wealthy family, desire for fame, ambitious, rich and poor, direction and purpose, ambition, changing lives, aspiration, ambitious man, ambitious woman, female homosexuality ...
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xXx: State of the Union (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Ice Cube stars as Darius Stone, a thrill-seeking troublemaker whose criminal record and extreme sports obsession make him the perfect candidate to be the newest XXX agent. He must save the U.S. government from a deadly conspiracy led by five-star ...
Style: intense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: espionage, secret agent, betrayal, gunfight, u.s. president, heroes, conspiracy, coup d'etat, heroic mission, daring rescue, undercover, political conspiracy ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa, virginia, pentagon
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One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Someone is using cats in experiments to develop a machine that can reverse the aging process, meanwhile a famous scientist (Dr Lancer) has gone missing, only for him to reappear looking 30 years younger. UNCLE agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin ...
Style: grindhouse, psychotronic
Plot: woman with a gun, espionage, undercover, intelligence, cold war, spy, villainess, power hungry, rejuvenation, country estate, secret mission, uncle ...
Time: 60s
Place: paris france, new york, london
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