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Movies that feel likePokémon: The First Movie (1998)

Determined to prove its superiority, a bio-engineered Pokémon called Mewtwo lures Ash, Pikachu and others into a Pokémon match like none before.

If you loved Pokémon: The First Movie, the closest films we have are The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), The Northman (2022) and Shogun Assassin (1980). All three share Pokémon: The First Movie'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 The Mask of Zorro (1998).

🍅 17% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Kunihiko Yuyamawarmepicdreamlikekineticrelentless
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The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 · dir. Mark Waters
🍅 81%★ 6.5family · adventure · fantasyParamount+Peacock

The same mix in both: warmth, then scale

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.

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The Northman
2022 · dir. Robert Eggers
🍅 90%★ 7action · adventure · fantasyNetflix

Common ground: revenge

The difference: Trades the warmth of Pokémon: The First Movie for an angle of its own

Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his father.

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Shogun Assassin
1980 · dir. Robert Houston
🍅 82%★ 7.3action · adventure

Both are built on the same subject: revenge

A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but did kill the samurai’s wife. The samurai swore to avenge the death of his wife and roams the countryside with his toddler son in search of vengeance.

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The Mask of Zorro
1998 · dir. Martin Campbell
🍅 86%★ 6.8action · adventure

Kinetic where it counts, relentless underneath

It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero, Zorro. Having escaped from prison he transforms troubled bandit Alejandro into his successor, in order to foil the plans of the tyrannical Don Rafael Montero who robbed him of his freedom, his wife and his precious daughter.

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Batman Returns
1992 · dir. Tim Burton
🍅 81%★ 7.1action · fantasyMax

The same preoccupation in both: villain

The monstrous Penguin, who dwells in the sewers beneath Gotham, joins up with corrupt mayoral candidate Max Shreck to topple the Batman once and for all. But when Shreck's timid assistant Selina Kyle finds out, and Shreck tries to kill her, she's transformed into the sexy Catwoman. She teams up with the Penguin and Shreck to destroy Batman, but sparks fly unexpectedly when she confronts the caped crusader.

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Castle in the Sky
1986 · dir. Hayao Miyazaki
🍅 97%★ 8adventure · fantasy · animationMax

Both lean on dream logic more than on animation

A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.

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Damsel
2024 · dir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
🍅 56%★ 6.1fantasy · action · adventureNetflix

Adventure with a pulse of scale, in both cases

The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

A young woman's marriage to a charming prince turns into a fierce fight for survival when she's offered up as a sacrifice to a fire-breathing dragon.

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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
2023 · dir. James Wan
🍅 33%★ 5.6action · adventure · fantasyMax

Dreamlike fantasy in both cases

Black Manta seeks revenge on Aquaman for his father's death. Wielding the Black Trident's power, he becomes a formidable foe. To defend Atlantis, Arthur (Aquaman) forges an alliance with his imprisoned brother. They must protect the kingdom.

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Eragon
2006 · dir. Stefen Fangmeier
★ 5.1fantasy · action · adventureDisney+

Family built on warmth, twice over

In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.

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Pan
2015 · dir. Joe Wright
🍅 27%★ 5.7fantasy · adventure · familyMax

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits as he meets new friend James Hook and the warrior Tiger Lily. They must band together to save Neverland from the ruthless pirate Blackbeard. Along the way, the rebellious and mischievous boy discovers his true destiny, becoming the hero forever known as Peter Pan.

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Ong Bak 2
2008 · dir. Tony Jaa
🍅 49%★ 6.2adventure · action · thrillerPrime Video

Relentless adventure, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Pokémon: The First Movie does

Tien, the son of Lord Sihadecho — a murdered nobleman — is taken under the wing of Chernang, a renowned warrior and leader of the Pha Beek Krut.

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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016 · dir. Zack Snyder
🍅 28%★ 6.4action · adventure · fantasyMax

Fantasy with a pulse of scale, in both cases

Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.

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