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Movies that feel likeUnderworld (2003)

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.

If you loved Underworld, the closest films we have are Curse of the Golden Flower (2006), Live Free or Die Hard (2007) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007). All three share Underworld's kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Nikita (1990).

🍅 31% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Len Wisemandreamlikekinetictenseromantic
10 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Disney Plus

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Underworld: Evolution (2006) · Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) · Underworld: Awakening (2012) · Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)

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

Both land dream logic and momentum at once

The difference: Reviewed even better

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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Live Free or Die Hard
2007 · dir. Len Wiseman
🍅 82%★ 7.1action · thriller

Both are Len Wiseman's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Takes it somewhere less dreamlike than Underworld does

John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer infrastructure.

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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007 · dir. Gore Verbinski
🍅 43%★ 7.2adventure · fantasy · actionDisney+

Romantic fantasy, and it commits to that

The difference: Trades the tension of Underworld for an angle of its own

After losing Captain Jack Sparrow to the locker of Davy Jones, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and Captain Barbossa journey to the ends of the earth to rescue him. And as the East India Trading Company tightens its grip on the seas under Lord Cutler Beckett—now in control of Davy Jones—the fate of piracy hangs by a thread. Now, they must unite the pirate lords for one final stand. But as loyalties are tested and alliances shift, each must ultimately choose where they stand in the battle for freedom on the high seas.

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Nikita
1990 · dir. Luc Besson
🍅 89%★ 7.2action · thriller

Tense action in both cases

A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance – as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.

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

Thriller built on dream logic, 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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Insomnia
2002 · dir. Christopher Nolan
🍅 92%★ 7.2thriller · crime · dramaApple TV+

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

The difference: Sits closer to crime than Underworld does

Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

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Night Watch
2004 · dir. Timur Bekmambetov
🍅 59%★ 6.4fantasy · action · thriller

Both are built on the same subject: subway

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

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Hancock
2008 · dir. Peter Berg
🍅 42%★ 6.4fantasy · actionParamount+

Fantasy with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. The agent's idea of imprisoning the antihero to make the world miss him proves successful, but will Hancock stick to his new sense of purpose or slip back into old habits?

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

Dreamlike action 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

Same instincts, 14 years apart

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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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
2010 · dir. Jon Turteltaub
🍅 40%★ 6.1fantasy · adventure · actionDisney+

Romantic action in both cases

Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness.

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The Tourist
2010 · dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
🍅 20%★ 6action · thriller · romance

Thriller built on tension, twice over

American tourist Frank meets mysterious British woman Elise on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye.

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