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Movies that feel likeNight Watch (2004)

Among normal humans live the "Others" possessing various supernatural powers. They are divided up into the forces of light and the forces of the dark, who signed a truce several centuries ago to end a devastating battle. Ever since, the forces of light govern the day while the night belongs to their dark opponents. In modern day Moscow the dark Others actually roam the night as vampires while a "Night Watch" of light forces, among them Anton, the movie's protagonist, try to control them and limit their outrage

If you loved Night Watch, the closest films we have are Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days (2018), A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) and Underworld (2003). All three share Night Watch's dreamlike and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Old Guard (2020).

🍅 59% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Timur Bekmambetovdreamlikekinetictense
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Day Watch (2006)

Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days poster
Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
2018 · dir. Kim Yong-hwa
🍅 44%★ 7.1action · adventure · fantasyPrime Video

The same mix in both: dream logic, then momentum

The difference: Leans harder into adventure than Night Watch does

As the deceased soul Ja-hong and his three afterlife guardians prepare for their remaining trials for reincarnation, the guardians soon come face to face with the truth of their tragic time on Earth 1,000 years earlier.

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

Dreamlike fantasy in both cases

The difference: Takes it somewhere less tense than Night Watch does

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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Underworld
2003 · dir. Len Wiseman
🍅 31%★ 7fantasy · action · thrillerStarz

Common ground: subway

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Vampires and werewolves have waged a nocturnal war against each other for centuries. But all bets are off when a female vampire warrior named Selene, who's famous for her strength and werewolf-hunting prowess, becomes smitten with a peace-loving male werewolf, Michael, who wants to end the war.

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Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · dir. Guillermo del Toro
🍅 86%★ 7fantasy · actionStarz

Action built on momentum, twice over

Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred. Tired of living in the shadow of humans, Prince Nuada tries to awaken an ancient force of killing machines, the all-powerful Golden Army, to clear the way for fantasy creatures to roam free. Only Hellboy can stop the dark prince and prevent humanity's annihilation.

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Curse of the Golden Flower
2006 · dir. Zhang Yimou
🍅 65%★ 7action · drama · fantasy

Both are built on the same subject: fight

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Night Watch does

During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as his wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.

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The Old Guard
2020 · dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood
🍅 80%★ 6.7action · fantasyNetflix

Dreamlike thriller, and it commits to that

Four undying warriors who've secretly protected humanity for centuries become targeted for their mysterious powers just as they discover a new immortal.

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Sucker Punch
2011 · dir. Zack Snyder
🍅 23%★ 6.1action · fantasy · thrillerMax

Fantasy with a pulse of tension, in both cases

A young woman, institutionalized by her abusive stepfather, retreats into a vivid fantasy world where she envisions a plan to escape. Gathering a group of fellow inmates, she embarks on a quest to collect five mystical items, blurring the lines between reality and imagination.

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Bright
2017 · dir. David Ayer
🍅 26%★ 6.3fantasy · action · thrillerNetflix

Both lean on tension more than on action

In an alternate present-day where magical creatures live among us, two L.A. cops become embroiled in a prophesied turf battle.

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Mortal Kombat
1995 · dir. Paul W. S. Anderson
🍅 44%★ 5.9action · fantasyMax

Kinetic thriller in both cases

For nine generations an evil sorcerer has been victorious in hand-to-hand battle against his mortal enemies. If he wins a tenth Mortal Kombat tournament, desolation and evil will reign over the multiverse forever. To save Earth, three warriors must overcome seemingly insurmountable odds, their own inner demons, and superhuman foes.

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Daredevil
2003 · dir. Mark Steven Johnson
🍅 42%★ 5.3fantasy · actionDisney+

Both are fantasy through and through

By day, blind attorney Matt Murdock toils for justice in Hell's Kitchen. By night, he's Daredevil, The Man Without Fear - a powerful, masked vigilante stalking the dark streets with an uncanny "radar sense" that allows him to "see" with superhuman capabilities. But when the love of his life, fiery Elektra Natchios, is targeted by New York City's ruthless Kingpin of crime and his deadly assassin Bullseye, Daredevil may be about to meet his match.

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
2003 · dir. Stephen Norrington
🍅 16%★ 5.8fantasy · action · thriller

Action built on tension, twice over

To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.

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Horns
2013 · dir. Alexandre Aja
🍅 41%★ 6.4drama · fantasy · thrillerPrime Video

Thriller in the same key

In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.

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