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Movies that feel likeConan the Barbarian (1982)

A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for years on The Wheel of Pain. As the sole survivor of the childhood massacre, Conan is released from slavery and taught the ancient arts of fighting. Transforming himself into a killing machine, Conan travels into the wilderness to seek vengeance on Thulsa Doom, the man responsible for killing his family. In the wilderness, Conan takes up with the thieves Valeria and Subotai. The group comes upon King Osric, who wants the trio of warriors to help rescue his daughter who has joined Doom in the hills.

If you loved Conan the Barbarian, the closest films we have are Highlander (1986), A Touch of Zen (1970) and Mortal Kombat II (2026). All three share Conan the Barbarian's epic and dreamlike feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is A Chinese Ghost Story (1987).

🍅 68% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. John Miliusepicdreamlikekinetic
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Highlander
1986 · dir. Russell Mulcahy
🍅 70%★ 7adventure · action · fantasyPrime VideoPeacock

The same mix in both: scale, then dream logic

He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.

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A Touch of Zen
1970 · dir. King Hu
🍅 97%★ 7.5action · adventure · fantasy

Both lean on momentum more than on adventure

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Yang Hui-zhen, a mysterious princess on the run from corrupt government officials, is joined in her endeavors by skilled Buddhist monks and an unambitious painter named Gu Sheng-zhai.

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Mortal Kombat II
2026 · dir. Simon McQuoid
🍅 64%★ 6.3action · fantasy · adventureMax

The same preoccupation in both: magic

The difference: 44 years apart, and the 2020s show

The fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.

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A Chinese Ghost Story
1987 · dir. Tony Ching Siu-Tung
🍅 70%★ 7.3fantasy · actionPrime Video

Dreamlike fantasy, and it commits to that

The difference: Trades the scale of Conan the Barbarian for an angle of its own

A naïve young tax collector for the imperial government winds up spending the night in a haunted temple. There he falls in love with a beautiful woman who, unfortunately, is dead. With the aid of a powerful Daoist Swordsman, he must defeat undead hordes, overcome a sinister Tree Demoness, and descend to the pits of hell, to fight for the spirit he loves.

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The Mummy
1999 · dir. Stephen Sommers
🍅 64%★ 7.1adventure · action · fantasyPeacock

Action built on scale, twice over

Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.

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A Writer's Odyssey
2021 · dir. Lu Yang
🍅 93%★ 6.2fantasy · action · adventure

Adventure with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Conan the Barbarian does

Lu Kongwen is the author of a fantasy novel series following a heroic teenager, also named Kongwen, on a quest to end the tyrannical rule of Lord Redmane, under the guidance of a Black Armor. But through a strange twist of fate, the fantasy world of the novel begins to impact life in the real world, leading Guan Ning to accept a mission from Tu Ling to kill the author.

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Reign of Fire
2002 · dir. Rob Bowman
🍅 42%★ 6.2adventure · action · fantasyPrime Video

Epic fantasy in both cases

In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer and a British survivor team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after centuries of rest underground. The Brit—leading a clan of survivors to hunt down the King of the Dragons—has much at stake: his mother was killed by a dragon, but his love is still alive.

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The Scorpion King
2002 · dir. Chuck Russell
🍅 40%★ 5.5action · adventure · fantasyPeacockStarz

Both are built on the same subject: magic

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 his complicated world.

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Gods of Egypt
2016 · dir. Alex Proyas
🍅 15%★ 5.4action · adventure · fantasy

The same two preoccupations: fight, and mythology

A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.

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Wrath of the Titans
2012 · dir. Jonathan Liebesman
🍅 26%★ 5.7fantasy · adventure · action

One thread runs through both: mythology

Perseus tries to live a quieter life as a village fisherman while – dangerously weakened by humanity's lack of devotion – the gods are losing control of the long-imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos.

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Elektra
2005 · dir. Rob Bowman
🍅 11%★ 4.7action · fantasy · adventureDisney+

Dreamlike action in both cases

Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins.

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🍅 24%★ 5.5adventure · action · fantasyParamount+

Adventure built on momentum, twice over

Off the coast of the volcanic island of Santorini, the intrepid archaeologist Lara Croft makes the unexpected discovery of a pulsating golden orb able to guide its holder to the mythical Pandora's Box. As the legendary artifact contains ancient mysteries of unfathomable power - said to contain one of the deadliest plagues on Earth, Lara is tasked by MI6 to make sure it doesn't fall into the wrong hands. With the aid of former Marine turned mercenary Terry Sheridan, she travels the world in pursuit of the precious item in a race against time; she must beat the unscrupulous Nobel Prize-winning scientist turned bioterrorist, Jonathan Reiss, to it.

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