Best movies like Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
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Plot Summary:
A prequel to the first two Underworld films, this fantasy explains the origins of the feud between the Vampires and the Lycans. Aided by his secret love, Sonja, courageous Lucian leads the Lycans in battle against brutal Vampire king Viktor. Determined to break the king's enslavement of his people, Lucian faces off against the Death Dealer army in a bid for Lycan independence.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 166000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand, Australia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, scary, exciting, stylized, rough, serious, suspenseful, visual, action packed
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Day Watch (2006)
Plot Summary:
A man who serves in the war between the forces of Light and Dark comes into possession of a device that can restore life to Moscow, which was nearly destroyed by an apocalyptic event.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: dark fantasy, intense, exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, confusing, dark, mindfuck, light, stylized
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Wolvesbayne (2009)
Plot Summary:
The film is pretty much a "by the numbers" thriller that follows Russel Bayne (London) - who is bitten by a werewolf and quickly finds himself in the middle of a supernatural war between vampires, werewolves, and human hunters. To make matters worse, it seems the vampires are having a civil war with a clan breaking from the others in a quest to return the vampire goddess back to power.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, bleak, suspenseful, captivating, gothic, exciting, serious, fast
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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: stylized, scary, semi serious, teen, horror comedy, offbeat, suspense, mysterious, spooky, twisted
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Night Watch (2004)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, dark fantasy, atmospheric, dark, exciting, stylized, bleak, absurd, serious, confusing
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Plot Summary:
Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob, knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella is confronted with the most important decision of her life.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 257000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, teen, atmospheric, serious, sentimental, saga, fairy tale, action adventure, exciting
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After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 260000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
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Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (2012)
Plot Summary:
Set in a 19th century village, a young man studying under a local doctor joins a team of hunters on the trail of a wolf-like creature.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, gothic horror, perverse
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IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 125000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, suspenseful, psychotronic, entertaining, retro, epic, slasher, saga, cult classic
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Plot Summary:
President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 160000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, stylized, splatter, grindhouse, action packed, scary, psychotronic, mystical
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Blade: Trinity (2004)
Plot Summary:
For years, Blade has fought against the vampires in the cover of the night. But now, after falling into the crosshairs of the FBI, he is forced out into the daylight, where he is driven to join forces with a clan of human vampire hunters he never knew existed - The Nightstalkers. Together with Abigail and Hannibal, two deftly trained Nightstalkers, Blade follows a trail of blood to the ancient creature that is also hunting him, the original vampire, Dracula.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 186000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, action packed, exciting, stylized, rough, serious, suspenseful, splatter, saga
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 169000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Japan, Hungary
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: stylized, epic, exciting, fairy tale, rough, suspenseful, tense, mind bending, psychedelic, breathtaking
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 92 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 231000
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Country: USA, Germany
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 123000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: dark fantasy, scary, exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, apocalyptic, rough, bleak, gothic, psychotronic
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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.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 282000
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Country: USA, UK, Germany, Hungary
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, South Korea
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 15000
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Country: Hong Kong, France, China
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 207000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min
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Vampire death dealer Selene fends off brutal attacks from both the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her. With her only allies, David and his father Thomas, she must stop the eternal war between Lycans and Vampires, even if it means she has to make the ultimate sacrifice.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 80000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 76000
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 293000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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After being held in a coma-like state for fifteen years, vampire Selene learns that she has a fourteen-year-old vampire/Lycan hybrid daughter named Nissa, and when she finds her, they must stop BioCom from creating super Lycans that will kill them all.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 160000
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 208000
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 59000
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 281000
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 205000
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 341000
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 70000
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Country: France
Duration: 142 min
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