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Movies that feel likeIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

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.

If you loved Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the closest films we have are The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978), Waterworld (1995) and Come Drink with Me (1966). All three share Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom's epic and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is House of Flying Daggers (2004).

🍅 77% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Steven Spielbergepickinetic
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) · Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) · Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) · Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)

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The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
1978 · dir. Lau Kar-leung
🍅 83%★ 7.6action · adventurePrime Video

A temple ordeal that forges the hero through punishing trials

The difference: Disciplined kung fu classic — training, not tomb-raiding

During the Qing Dynasty, a fishmonger is killed by the reigning Manchu government for supporting the anti-government movement; his son manages to escape to Shaolin Temple, where he plans to learn its secretive brand of martial arts to seek revenge.

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Waterworld
1995 · dir. Kevin Reynolds
🍅 61%★ 6.3adventure · actionStarz

Epic where it counts, kinetic underneath

In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland'—which is tattooed on Enola's back.

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Come Drink with Me
1966 · dir. King Hu
🍅 100%★ 6.9action · adventure

A lone fighter storming a villain's stronghold with acrobatic flair

The difference: Stately 60s wuxia rhythms — a slower, more formal ride

Golden Sparrow is a fighter-for-hire who has been contracted by the local government to retrieve the governor's kidnapped son. Holding him is a group of rebels who are demanding that their leader be released from prison in return for the captured son. After a brief encounter with the gang at a local restaurant, Golden Sparrow is joined by an inebriated wanderer Drunken Cat who aids her in her mission.

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Troy
2004 · dir. Wolfgang Petersen
🍅 53%★ 7.3action · adventureParamount+

Ancient-world spectacle, armies and doomed bravado at full scale

The difference: Solemn epic sprawl — no whip-crack humor anywhere

In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy.

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Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
2015 · dir. Christopher McQuarrie
🍅 94%★ 7.4action · adventureParamount+

Death-defying stunt sequences strung like beads on a globe-trot

The difference: Sleek spycraft, not dusty tombs and ancient curses

Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet—eradicating 'The Syndicate', an International and highly-skilled rogue organization committed to destroying the IMF.

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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991 · dir. Kevin Reynolds
🍅 52%★ 6.9action · adventure · drama

Swashbuckling heroics, torch-lit dungeons and a hissable villain

The difference: Earnest 90s pacing — the adventure sags between peaks

Nobleman crusader Robin of Locksley breaks out of a Jerusalem prison with the help of Moorish fellow prisoner Azeem and travels back home to England. But upon arrival he discovers his dead father in the ruins of his family estate, killed by the vicious sheriff of Nottingham, Robin and Azeem join forces with outlaws Little John and Will Scarlett to save the kingdom from the sheriff's villainy.

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The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997 · dir. Steven Spielberg
🍅 57%★ 6.6adventure · action · science fictionStarz

Spielberg cranking peril into set piece after set piece in hostile wilds

The difference: Monster-movie machinery — no wisecracking treasure hunter

Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing that he has been breeding more beasties at a secret location. Malcolm, his paleontologist ladylove and a wildlife videographer join an expedition to document the lethal lizards' natural behavior in this action-packed thriller.

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Chinese Zodiac
2012 · dir. Jackie Chan
🍅 25%★ 6action · adventure

A globe-trotting relic hunt powered by outrageous stunt work

The difference: Late-career Chan — the gags land harder than the story

Asian Hawk leads a mercenary team to recover several lost artifacts from the Old Summer Palace, the bronze heads of the twelve Chinese Zodiac animals which were sacked by the French and British armies from the imperial Summer Palace in Beijing in 1860. Assisted by a Chinese student and a Parisian woman, Hawk stops at nothing to accomplish the mission.

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Hercules
2014 · dir. Brett Ratner
🍅 58%★ 6action · adventure

Both lean on scale more than on adventure

The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

When a new enemy threatens the innocent, Hercules must lead his fearless team of warriors in a battle against overwhelming odds.

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Twister
1996 · dir. Jan de Bont
🍅 68%★ 6.6action · adventure · drama

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans further into drama

An unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers, headed by Dr. Jo Harding, attempt to release a groundbreaking device that will allow them to track them and create a more advanced warning system. They are joined by Jo's soon to be ex-husband Bill, a former tornado chaser himself, and his girlfriend Melissa.

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Major Grom: Plague Doctor
2021 · dir. Oleg Trofim
★ 6.3action · adventureRent or buy

Adventure with a pulse of scale, in both cases

In present day St. Petersburg, police major Igor Grom, an honest and skilled cop with unconventional methods, pursues a vigilante murderer in the mask of a plague doctor.

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House of Flying Daggers
2004 · dir. Zhang Yimou
🍅 87%★ 7.5adventure · drama · actionPrime Video

Action built on momentum, twice over

In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

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