Legendary hero movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant legendary hero movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, exciting, anime, entertaining, tense and serious films and TV shows about / with legendary hero, fight, legends and myths, heroes, battles, legend, warrior, medieval, magic and martial arts plots mostly in Action, Adventure and Fantasy genres shot in USA, Japan, China and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as legendary hero: Plunderer (2020), Legend of the Seeker (2008), Spartacus (2004), The Maidens' Conspiracy (2006), Young Hercules (1998), Wu Kong (2017), Kaamelott: The First Chapter (2021), Class of the Titans (2006), Monkey King Reborn (2021), Samson and Delilah (2011).
Best films
List of legendary hero movies
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic world dominated by the so-called "Numbers," each human will have their identity branded with their own "Count," which could define any number related to their life. May it be one's walked distance or ...
Style:
anime, exciting, romantic, futuristic, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
legendary hero, friendship, journey, fighting the system, warrior, struggle for survival, love and romance, mother daughter relationship, obsessive quest, battles, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, showdown ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
The adventures of woodsman Richard Cypher, who discovers that he was born to fulfill a prophecy of becoming a guardian hero to oppressed people. With the help of a mysterious woman named Kahlan and a wise old wizard named Zedd, he must stop a ...
Style:
exciting, serious, heroic, dark fantasy, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, witch, ancient, wizards and magicians, chosen one, magical, witchcraft, wizards, save the world, forbidden love, escapades ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
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, feel good, humorous, light ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teens
Plot:
mythology, good versus evil, hercules, supernatural ability, heroes, heroic mission, legendary hero, adventurer, deity, strongman, rivalry, rescue ...
Time:
90s
Place:
ancient greece, greece
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 174 min.
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Story:
Sentenced to spend out the rest of his adult life laboring in the harsh deserts of Egypt, the Thracian slave Spartacus gets a new lease on life when he is purchased by the obese owner of a Roman gladiator school. Moved by the defiance of an ...
Style:
epic, serious, atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ancient rome, roman empire, rebellion, ancient history, tragic hero, slave, human spirit, slavery, graphic violence, leadership, righting the wronged, dishonesty ...
Time:
ancient times, 1st century b.c.
Place:
rome italy
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Genre: Adventure, Romance
Country: Italy, Spain, UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Tirante the knight is as committed to fighting the Turks in Constantinople as he is to relieving Carmesina, the heiress to the Byzantine Empire, of her virginity.
Style:
epic, exciting, captivating, romantic, sexy
Plot:
defloration, legendary hero, medieval, virgin, religion, love, adultery, heroes, virginity, loss of virginity, older woman younger man relationship, female nudity ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages
Place:
ottoman empire, istanbul turkey, spain, constantinople
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 22 min.
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Story:
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:
exciting, humorous, entertaining, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
heroes, mythology, superhuman powers, kickboxer, legends and myths, legendary hero, adventurer, friendship, good versus evil, heroic mission, father son relationship, ancient history ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ancient greece, greece
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
"Get your muzzle out of those books and make some friends!" That's what Princess Celestia tells Twilight Sparkle. She may be the smartest unicorn in Equestria, but Twilight Sparkle gets an "incomplete" in friendship. ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, epic, anime, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers
Plot:
pony, princess, friendship, imaginary kingdom, female protagonist, friends, unicorn, horse, magical, friendship between girls, castle, artifact ...
Time:
20th century, year 2010, 2010s, 19th century
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: China, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Monkey King: The Legend Begins is the re-imagined version by Hollywood of the film The Monkey King: Havoc in Heavens Palace, the origin and birthplace of The Monkey King Story.
Style:
fairy tale, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
Plot:
martial arts, monkey king, emperor, monk, legend, legends and myths, medieval, legendary hero, master warrior, chinese mythology, magic, magical ...
Time:
7th century
Place:
china
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The story tells the story of Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen, who come to the Immortal Mountain to cultivate their skills. They gain friendship, experience love and ultimately betrayal, growing throughout their life journey.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, sincere
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
monkey king, martial arts, mountain, medieval, fantasy world, fate of humanity, love and romance, legendary hero, immortality, legend, betrayal, journey ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Following the end of the acclaimed tv series, King Arthur will oppose Lancelot's army to get the throne back after his flee to Rome.
Style:
humorous, captivating, exciting
Plot:
holy grail, legends and myths, knight, castle, king arthur, disagreement, legendary hero, battles, showdown, fight for supremacy, chivalry, heroes ...
Place:
brittany
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Imprisoned thousands of years ago by his son Zeus, Cronus, the god of time, escapes from the Underworld. Now history is about to repeat itself as Cronus heads a legion of mythological monsters in his quest to conquer and destroy the world...But ...
Style:
entertaining, tense, captivating, anime, exciting
Audience:
kids
Plot:
greek mythology, mythology, greek god, teenager, monster, supernatural power, teenage protagonist, supernatural ability, mythical creature, legendary hero, god, heroes ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At the beginning of chaos, the first demon in the world was born, named Yuandi, and it was worshipped as the ancestor of demons. Thousands of years later, the former demon king Sun Wukong is rescued from the Five Elements Mountain by Monk Tang, who ...
Style:
anime, entertaining, captivating
Plot:
monkey king, teamwork, monkey, martial arts, supernatural power, master warrior, magical creature, battles, fight, magical power, good versus evil, rescue mission ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
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Story:
Samson is a courageous man, strong, fearless, a Hebrew who fights many armies of his people enemies, and savage beasts; also, he keeps to himself the mysterious secret of his strength. He was born as the promise of being the rescuer of his people ...
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, novela
Plot:
bible, secret, betrayal, relationships, love interest, scheming, couple relations, warrior, courtesan, power struggle, strength, con trick ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on Square Enix's massively multi-player online role-playing game.
Style:
anime, entertaining, exciting, captivating
Plot:
magic, travel, battles, time traveler, time jump, magical power, teamwork, arthurian legend, magical, time warp, legendary hero, time travel ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure
Country: China
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Zero was mankind’s first real superhero. Under his watch, countless other superheros appeared and followed in his footsteps. However, after 5 years of war, Zero disappeared without a trace.
Style:
anime, tense, exciting, captivating
Plot:
superhero, magic, martial arts, supernatural power, warrior, battles, supernatural ability, heroes, legendary hero, fight, monster
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 183 min.
Story:
The story of the legendary martial arts icon Bruce Lee following him from Hong Kong to America and back again. Movie edit made from the 50 episode Chinese television series with the same title.
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, disturbing, psychological
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, master warrior, militant, historical figure, legendary hero, fight, lifestyle, movie star, direction and purpose, autobiography, glory ...
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Genre: Fantasy
Country: China, Cambodia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The third chapter of the cult-classic fantasy saga: A Chinese Odyssey. At the end of 'A Chinese Odyssey 2', Zixia managed to see in advance the outcome of the battle. Now, in order to prevent the unfortunate tragedy, she travels back to ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
monkey king, legends and myths, medieval, chinese culture, urban legend, wizards and magicians, self discovery, rescue mission, relationships, fall in love, in love, legendary hero ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Genjō Sanzō is a Buddhist monk sent by the Emperor on a journey to find the sacred Buddhist scriptures. One day, Sanzō meets an Earth Deity who tells him that Buddha has sent him a disciple: the mischievous Monkey Deity Son Goku, who was ...
Style:
anime, humorous, captivating, folk tale, feel good ...
Plot:
friendship, monkey king, legendary hero, obsessive quest, legends and myths, legend, magic, friend
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Former legendary assassin Kenshin Himura has now become a wandering samurai. Offering aid & protecting those in need as atonement for his past deeds. During this time Kenshin Himura comes across and aides Kaoru Kamiya (Emi Takei). Her father ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, anime, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
samurai, martial arts, master warrior, heroes, drifter, katana, japanese culture, massacre, swordsman, shogun, one man army, fight ...
Time:
1860s, 1870s, 19th century
Place:
japan, ancient china, asia, tokyo, kyoto japan
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: China, Hong Kong
TV show
Story:
The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra is a 2002 Hong Kong/Taiwanese TV series based on the classic Chinese novel: Journey to the West. It is also a remake of the 90's TVB version.
This is the second Monkey King that is portrayed by Dicky ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, exciting
Plot:
monkey king, good versus evil, magical power, teamwork, save the world, magical, evil wizard, magic, struggle for survival, legends and myths, heroes, legend ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Before eradicating humankind from the world, the gods give them one last chance to prove themselves worthy of survival. Let the Ragnarok battles begin.
Style:
anime, tense, thought provoking, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
mythology, fight, survival, super strength, goddess, battles, humanity, struggle for survival, showdown, fate of humanity, humanity in peril, mortal combat ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Welcome to the world of the Egyptian gods.
This is where the famous gods of Ancient Egypt, from Anubis to Thoth, live their lives freely.
How freely, you ask? Bastet appears out of nowhere, singing and dancing. Medjed is always stone-faced. Horus ...
Style:
anime, humorous, funny, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
god, mythology, legends and myths, legendary hero, absurd humor, humour, legend, goddess, mythical creature, egyptian mythology, myth, satire ...
Place:
egypt
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Colombia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
This dramatization depicts the life -- and loves -- of Venezuelan Gen. Simón Bolívar who helped liberate several Latin American countries from Spain.
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, political
Plot:
latin american history, rebel leader, historical figure, historical character, legendary hero, ambition, fighting the system, political leader, society, revolutionary, lifestyle, leader ...
Time:
victorian era, georgian era
Place:
latin america
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
In a war-torn feudal Japan filled with mechs and magic, the greatest ronin never known, Yasuke, struggles to maintain a peaceful existence after a past life of violence. But when a local village becomes the center of social upheaval between warring ...
Style:
anime, tense, captivating, exciting, mecha ...
Plot:
samurai, ninja warrior, sword, magic, battles, legend, warrior, fight, showdown, good versus evil, protector, legendary hero ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
japan, africa
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Fourteen years after defeating the immortal warrior Himuro Genma and thwarting the Shogun of the Dark's evil plans, Kibagami Jubei continues to roam all over Japan as a masterless swordsman. During his journey, he meets Shigure, a priestess who ...
Style:
anime, captivating, exciting, perverse, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
ninja, samurai, chosen one, good versus evil, supernatural power, adventure hero, fictional war, demon, showdown, ninja warrior, fight, battles ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Hercules comes to the aid of a young woman who is seeking the lost city of Troy. Eventually, Hercules leads her to a camp of refugees from the city, which has been taken over by Hera's Blue Priests. Hercules helps the refugees take back the ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, captivating, campy
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
greek mythology, mythology, warrior, legend, heroes, hercules, superhuman powers, one man army, tough guy, supernatural, legends and myths, sword and sorcery ...
Place:
greece, ancient greece
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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, heroes, greek mythology, monster, minotaur, superhuman powers, good versus evil, rescue, save the day, superhero, deadly creature ...
Place:
ancient greece, greece
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star systems. Only one man can help Picard stop Soran's scheme...and he's been dead for ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, epic, saga, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
star trek, time travel, space, alien, teleportation, space and aliens, androids, time, death, space opera, sacrifice, space adventure ...
Time:
future, 23rd century, 24th century
Place:
idaho
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Featuring some of the most spectacular, innovative and explosive martial arts ever staged, The Legend Is Born is the remarkable true story of the early life of Ip Man, the formidable kung fu genius who would become Bruce Lee's mentor.Beginning ...
Style:
heroic, exciting, sentimental, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, wing chun, master warrior, kung fu, fight, training, teacher, ambition, fall in love, social differences, talented, society ...
Time:
1940s, 1920s, 20th century, 1910s
Place:
china, asia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc ...
Style:
realistic, serious, factual, intense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vengeance, gunfight, cowboy, old west, lone hero, gang, sheriff, friendship, suspense, betrayal, revenge, murder ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
arizona, california, tucson arizona, usa
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