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Movies that feel likeThe Thief of Bagdad (1940)

When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.

If you loved The Thief of Bagdad, the closest films we have are I Am Dragon (2015), Day of Wrath (1943) and A Matter of Life and Death (1946). All three share The Thief of Bagdad's romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is A Touch of Zen (1970).

πŸ… 100% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Michael Powellepicdreamlikeromantic
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I Am Dragon
2015 Β· dir. Indar Dzhendubaev
β˜… 6.8fantasy Β· romancePrime Video

Dreamlike and romantic in the same breath

The difference: Trades the scale of The Thief of Bagdad for an angle of its own

In the midst of the wedding princess Miroslava is kidnapped by a dragon and carried away into his castle on the remote island. Mira left everything behind in the past - family, friends and groom. Now the only things she had were a stone cage and a mysterious young man named Arman ... but who is he and what is he doing on that island? Miroslava will know the truth too late: loving a dragon will reveal the bitter truth - love is scary.

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Day of Wrath
1943 Β· dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
πŸ… 100%β˜… 8drama Β· history

Adventure built on scale, twice over

The difference: Easier on the dream logic than The Thief of Bagdad

In a Danish village in the early 1600s, a young woman named Anne, whose mother was thought to be a witch, develops sympathy toward an old woman, Marte, who is accused of witchcraft. The intervention of Anne's older but kindly husband, Pastor Absalon saved her mother -- but now, urged on by his overbearing mother, he refuses to help Marte. When Absalon's son returns home and is attracted to Anne, it's a matter of time before her family destiny catches up with her.

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A Matter of Life and Death
1946 Β· dir. Emeric Pressburger
πŸ… 97%β˜… 8romance Β· fantasy Β· drama

Dreamlike fantasy, and it commits to that

The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Thief of Bagdad does

A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.

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A Touch of Zen
1970 Β· dir. King Hu
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.5action Β· adventure Β· fantasy

Romance with a pulse of scale, in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into action than The Thief of Bagdad does

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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Only Angels Have Wings
1939 Β· dir. Howard Hawks
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.6romance Β· adventure Β· drama

Both lean on romance more than on adventure

A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight service must risk his pilots' lives to earn a major contract.

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The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938 Β· dir. Michael Curtiz
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.9adventure Β· romance Β· action

Epic romance in both cases

Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.

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Upon the Magic Roads
2021 Β· dir. Oleg Pogodin
β˜… 5.7adventure Β· fantasy

Another one that scratches it

The difference: 81 years apart, and the 2020s show

Romantic John the Fool and his friend Foal set out on a series of unpredictable adventures in different magical worlds. The two buddies will have to outsmart an evil tyrant king, catch the firebird, and find John’s true love.

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πŸ… 25%β˜… 5adventure Β· fantasy Β· romanceNetflix

A 2010s answer to the same itch

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Bella Swan and Edward Cullen's honeymoon phase is abruptly disrupted by betrayals and unforeseen tragedies that endanger their world.

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The Time Machine
1960 Β· dir. George Pal
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7.5thriller Β· adventure Β· fantasy

The same fantasy instincts

A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.

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Beauty and the Beast
2014 Β· dir. Christophe Gans
πŸ… 41%β˜… 6.4fantasy Β· romancePrime Video

Cut from the same romance cloth

Forced to face the cruel side of life, a devastated, bankrupt merchant chances upon the enchanted castle of a hideous creature, the mere sight of it chills the bone to the marrow. There, a fate worse than death awaits the poor father-of-six, who, after plucking a sweet-scented rose from the repulsive master's verdant garden, must do the impossible: permit his compassionate daughter, Belle, to take his place and pay for the sins of her parent. Now, an impenetrable mystery shrouds the haunted mansion, and, as repugnance gradually turns into affection, only true love could break the spell.

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Big Fish
2003 Β· dir. Tim Burton
πŸ… 76%β˜… 7.9adventure Β· fantasy Β· drama

The adventure is handled with the same confidence

Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954 Β· dir. Richard Fleischer
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.2adventure Β· science fiction Β· fantasyDisney+

Both are fantasy through and through

A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.

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