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Plot Summary:
Hercules (Schwarzenegger) is sent to Earth where he finds true love and starts a promising career in the bodybuilder business.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, independent film, melancholic, semi serious, cult classic, feel good, light, captivating, surreal, fairy tale
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The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962)
Plot Summary:
The Three Stooges manage to crash through the time barrier with their slap-happy antics in this classic feature-length comedy. Larry, Moe, and Curly-Joe are friends of a young scientist, Schuyler Davis, who has created a time machine. Together with Schuyler's girlfriend, Diane, they are all transported back to ancient Ithaca which is ruled by the tyrannical King Odius. The lecherous king promptly takes a liking to Diane and banishes Schuyler and The Stooges to the galleys. When they manage to escape, they begin promoting Schuyler as "Hercules" at local gladiatorial combats - until the real Hercules shows up. But, with their unique "charm," The Stooges convince Hercules to help them rescue Diane. Written by Robert Lynch.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: black and white, independent film, slapstick, exciting, offbeat, feel good, humorous, not serious, psychotronic, slapstick comedy
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Little Hercules (2009)
Plot Summary:
Little Hercules travels from Mt. Olympus to live life as a mortal in Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 596
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, psychotronic
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Samson (1961)
Plot Summary:
While traveling through the kingdom of Sulom, Samson is arrested and finds that the queen no longer reigns and that a power-mad warlord and his army of mercenaries now controls the kingdom. Samson teams up with some of his one-time adversaries to battle the usurper and restore the rightful queen to power.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Fantasy, Adventure
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, serious, captivating, psychotronic
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Hercules and the Captive Women (1961)
Plot Summary:
When strange atmospheric events occur in the disunited city states of Ancient Greece, a forum debates what action to take. As there is no agreement, Androcles King of Thebes seeks the assistance of his friend, the legendary Hercules. Hercules, now married to Deianira with a son named Hylas does not wish to leave the comfort of his family, though Hylas is keen for adventure.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, exciting, serious, psychotronic, campy
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Hercules, Samson & Ulysses (1963)
Plot Summary:
Three strongmen hunt down a murderous sea monster.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 656
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, homoerotic, campy, cult film
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Samson and His Mighty Challenge (1964)
Plot Summary:
Four muscular heroes fight the evil ruler of an oppressed people.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: dark comedy
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Hercules vs. the Giant Warriors (1964)
Plot Summary:
Hercules, having agreed to restore justice to Mycenae, confronts evil Prince Myles. The villain is invested with power over giant bronze warriors by his mother Pasiphaë, a sorceress in Hades. Myles assassinates the king and abducts his cousin, Queen Ate, through whom he plans to inherit the throne. Although Zeus temporarily removes Hercules' strength for killing Eurystheus, an innocent man framed by Myles, the god restores his powers. Hercules then saves Ate and destroys Myles, Pasiphaë, and the giant warriors.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, campy
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Ulysses Against Hercules (1962)
Plot Summary:
Ulysses offends the gods so they send Hercules to capture him and bring him to them.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, campy
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Hercules Against the Moon Men (1964)
Plot Summary:
Hercules is summoned to oppose the evil Queen Samara, who has allied herself with aliens and is sacrificing her own people in a bid to awaken a moon goddess.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, grindhouse, exciting, serious, stylized, psychotronic, weird, campy
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The Adventures of Hercules II (1985)
Plot Summary:
Hercules searches for the Seven Thunderbolts of Zeus, which have been stolen by renegade gods.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands, Italy, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, stylized, tense, fantasy adventure, retro, independent film, psychotronic, grindhouse, campy
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Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)
Plot Summary:
Upon his return from battle in the previous film, the great warrior Hercules learns that his lover, Daianara, has lost her senses. Acording of the oracle Medea, Dianara's only hope is the Stone of Forgetfulness which lies deep in the realm of Hades. Hercules, with two companions, Theseus and Telemachus, embarks on a dangerous quest for the stone, while he is unaware that Dianara's guardian, King Lico, is the one responsible for her condition and plots to have the girl for himself as his bride upon her revival.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: gothic, fairy tale, gothic horror, cult classic, classic horror, exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, campy
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The Conquest of Mycenae (1963)
Plot Summary:
Gordon Scott plays Glaucus, the prince of Tiryns, a powerful warrior who goes undercover in Mycenae to infiltrate the evil cult of Moloch, which is exacting tribute from neighboring kingdoms in the form of attractive young hostages, both male and female. Calling himself "Hercules," Glaucus defeats Mycenae's champions and gains the favor of the voluptuous Queen Demetra (Rosalba Neri) whose son, covered in a dog's head mask, has been raised as the living embodiment of the dark god Moloch and receives sacrifices in his sprawling underground grotto.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: gothic, epic, psychotronic, campy
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Hercules, Prisoner of Evil (1964)
Plot Summary:
Hercules battles an evil sorceress who turns men into werewolves. The mythic duo returns in Prisoner of Evil, where a sorceress seduces Herc and transforms him into a mindless beast. Italian horror master Antonio Margheriti directed this installment of the Hercules legend, a blend of sword-and-sandal fantasy and horror.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, serious, stylized, psychotronic, campy
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Hercules (1983)
Plot Summary:
The film is an odd retelling of the story of Hercules battling the wizard Minos, who uses "science" in an attempt to take over the world. Hercules must stop him and rescue his princess love in the process. Part of the adventure finds Hercules battling giant robots brought to life by stop motion animation.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, History
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, retro, fantasy adventure, fairy tale, epic, cult classic, psychotronic, grindhouse, stylized, semi serious
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Hercules and the Princess of Troy (1965)
Plot Summary:
Hercules (Gordon Scott) sets out to save the city of Troy from a horrible sea monster. Meanwhile, the city is threatened by a different kind of monster--a smarmy politician who will stop at nothing to seize the throne.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 297
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, serious, suspenseful, stylized, campy
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Last Action Hero (1993)
Plot Summary:
Danny is obsessed with a fictional movie character action hero Jack Slater. When a magical ticket transports him into Jack's latest adventure, Danny finds himself in a world where movie magic and reality collide. Now it's up to Danny to save the life of his hero and new friend.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 161000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: spoof, exciting, parody, entertaining, humorous, black comedy, semi serious, slapstick, grindhouse, cult classic
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Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995)
Plot Summary:
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is a television series, filmed in New Zealand and the United States. It was produced from 1995, and was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles. It ran for six seasons, producing action figures and other memorabilia as it became one of the highest rated syndicated television shows in the world at that time. It also gained a cult following along with its spin-off, Xena: Warrior Princess. It was preceded by several TV movies with the same major characters in 1994 as part of Universal Television's Action Pack: in order, Hercules and the Amazon Women, Hercules and the Lost Kingdom, Hercules and the Circle of Fire, Hercules in the Underworld, and Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur, the last of which served mostly as a "clip show" of the previous movies as a lead up to the series.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: exciting, fairy tale, retro, epic, light, feel good, humorous, juvenile, mythical, action adventure
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Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Hercules and the Circle of Fire (1994)
Plot Summary:
When all the earth's fire begins to go out, Hercules and Deianeira must go in search for fire to stop the world from cold. "Hercules and the Circle of Fire" is the third movie-length pilot episode of the television series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys".
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, dark fantasy, campy
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Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Plot Summary:
When trucker, Jack Burton agreed to take his friend, Wang Chi to pick up his fiancee at the airport, he never expected to get involved in a supernatural battle between good and evil. Wang's fiancee has emerald green eyes, which make her a perfect target for immortal sorcerer, Lo Pan and his three invincible cronies. Lo Pan must marry a girl with green eyes so he can regain his physical form.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 151000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, cult classic, exciting, stylized, entertaining, semi serious, suspenseful, parody, surreal, grindhouse
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Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Hercules and the Lost Kingdom (1994)
Plot Summary:
Hercules comes to the aid of a young woman who is seeking the lost city of Troy. Eventually, Hercules leads her to a camp of refugees from the city, which has been taken over by Hera's Blue Priests. Hercules helps the refugees take back the city. "Hercules and the Lost Kingdom" is the second movie-length pilot episode of the television series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys".
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, captivating, suspense, campy
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Hercules and the Amazon Women (1994)
Plot Summary:
Hercules and Iolaus take time out from Iolaus' wedding preparations, to help a distant village under attack from "monsters". When they reach their destination, they find the monsters are in fact Amazonian women who are controlled by Hera. "Hercules and the Amazon Women" is the first movie-length pilot episode of the television series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys".
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: stylized, exciting, serious, campy, cult film
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Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur (1994)
Plot Summary:
Hercules has settled down with his wife and children, but misses the good old days traveling around having exciting adventures. Then one day he is persuaded out of his farming "retirement" to help a distant village which is being attacked by an unseen monster. "Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur" is the fifth out of five made for TV movies that spawned the series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys".
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, light, entertaining, tense, disturbing, psychotronic, dark fantasy, campy, cult film
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Young Hercules (1998)
Plot Summary:
This film directed by T.J. Scott is a prequel to the popular television series. At an academy for mythological warriors, 17-year-old Hercules (Ian Bohen) meets Jason, the next in line to rule Corinth. When Jason discovers that his father is ill, Hercules decides to seek out the Golden Fleece that could cure him. But limitations to his powers, as well as his half-brother Ares, stand in his way. Filmed against the breathtaking scenery of New Zealand.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 718
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, offbeat, serious, dark fantasy, psychotronic
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Young Hercules (1998)
Plot Summary:
Young Hercules was a spin-off from the 1990s syndicated television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. It was aired on Fox Kids from September 12, 1998, to May 12, 1999. It lasted one season with 50 episodes and starred Ryan Gosling in the title role.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, humorous, entertaining, semi serious, retro, juvenile, epic, serious, dark fantasy
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Perseus Against the Monsters (1963)
Plot Summary:
To avenge his father's death and free the people of Seriphos from the evil King Galinor of Argus, the noble Perseus must defeat a dragon -- and the monster Medusa, whose steely gaze has cast the kingdom's best soldiers into stone.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 427
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, exciting, serious, psychotronic, cult film
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Hercules in the Underworld (1994)
Plot Summary:
When villagers begin disappearing it is discovered that they had fallen through a crack in the earth which goes straight to Hades. Hercules once again comes to the rescue and faces one of his most difficult challenges, and must prove himself as a man as well as a god. "Hercules in the Underworld" is the fourth made for TV movie in the series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, dark fantasy, campy
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Stuart Little 2 (2002)
Plot Summary:
Stuart, an adorable white mouse, still lives happily with his adoptive family, the Littles, on the east side of Manhattan's Central Park. More crazy mouse adventures are in store as Stuart, his human brother, George, and their mischievous cat, Snowbell, set out to rescue a friend.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: light, entertaining, sentimental, stylized, sweet, feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, fairy tale
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The Legend of Hercules (2014)
Plot Summary:
In Ancient Greece 1200 B.C., a queen succumbs to the lust of Zeus to bear a son promised to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the king and restore peace to a land in hardship. But this prince, Hercules, knows nothing of his real identity or his destiny. He desires only one thing: the love of Hebe, Princess of Crete, who has been promised to his own brother. When Hercules learns of his greater purpose, he must choose: to flee with his true love or to fulfill his destiny and become the true hero of his time. The story behind one of the greatest myths is revealed in this action-packed epic - a tale of love, sacrifice and the strength of the human spirit.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Bulgaria, Germany
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, stylized, grindhouse, epic, fairy tale, perverse, surprise ending, psychotronic, bad ending
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Conan the Destroyer (1984)
Plot Summary:
Based on a character created by Robert E. Howard, this fast-paced, occasionally humorous sequel to Conan the Barbarian features the hero (Arnold Schwarzenegger) as he is commissioned by the evil queen Taramis (Sarah Douglas) to safely escort a teen princess (Olivia D'Abo) and her powerful bodyguard (Wilt Chamberlain) to a far away castle to retrieve the magic Horn of Dagon. Unknown to Conan, the queen plans to sacrifice the princess when she returns and inherit her kingdom after the bodyguard kills Conan. The queen's plans fail to take into consideration Conan's strength and cunning and the abilities of his sidekicks: the eccentric wizard Akiro (Mako), the wild woman Zula (Grace Jones), and the inept Malak (Tracey Walter). Together the hero and his allies must defeat both mortal and supernatural foes in this voyage to sword-and-sorcery land.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 84000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: stylized, exciting, suspenseful, entertaining, cult classic, dark fantasy, epic, epic fantasy, fantasy adventure, action packed
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Black Knight (2001)
Plot Summary:
Martin Lawrence plays Jamal, an employee in Medieval World amusement park. After sustaining a blow to the head, he awakens to find himself in 14th century England.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, hilarious, funny, parody, entertaining, light, slapstick, captivating, sweet