Best movies like Hero from Beyond the Boundary of Time
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Plot Summary:
Wai Siu-Bo travels to the future on a mission to cure the emperor's illness.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 288
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Chez n' Ham (1993)
Plot Summary:
Cheese and Ham are two men with nothing better to do in their lives. Until they meet a man dying of throat cancer who will pay the two men a large sum of money to kill a woman, whom he wants dead. The problem? She is the hottest chick, the two men have ever seen, and they are having a very difficult time trying to kill her.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Honnouji Hotel (2017)
Plot Summary:
In Kyoto, Mayuko (Haruka Ayase) stands at a crossroad in her life. She's thinking about marriage with her boyfriend Kyoichi (Hiroyuki Hirayama). By an accidental opportunity, Mayuko stays at Honnouji Hotel. There, she meets historical figure Nobunaga Oda (Shinichi Tsutsumi) who is attempting to unify Japan.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 504
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: art house
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Mr. Vampire 5 (1990)
Plot Summary:
A former cop rejoins the police department to investigate a drug ring that employs ghosts and vampires.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 700
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: detective
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The Cave of the Silken Web (1967)
Plot Summary:
Monkey King, Pig and Friar Sand must rescue his master Buddhist monk from seven witches / spiders who believe themselves to be immortal if they eat the monk's flesh. The third part of the Shaw Brothers film series about Monkey King after the novel "Journey to the West.".
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 195
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: campy
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Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)
Plot Summary:
Sammo Hung stars in this supernatural crime comedy directed by Ricky Lau Koon-wai and Phillip Chan Yan-kin. Tuba (Hung) is a fainthearted cop who prefers to play in the brass section of the police band to pounding the streets. One day, he finds himself caught up in an extortion case with trigger-happy detective Rambo Chow (David Chiang Da-wei). When Rambo gets fatally wounded, he makes a half-hearted vow to avenge his death. Tuba is more than a little surprised when Rambo's spirit returns to make sure the timid cop makes good on his promise. Backed up by his hotshot partner Cheung (Jacky Cheung Hok-yau), Tuba eventually summons the gumption to track down the baddies.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 259
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sitcom, psychotronic, slapstick comedy
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Goddess of Love (1988)
Plot Summary:
The god Zeus sends Venus, the goddess of love, to Earth to find her own true love.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Escape from Atlantis (1997)
Plot Summary:
In order to try to bring together his bickering family, a single father takes his three rebellious teenagers on a vacation trip to the Bahamas. They inadvertently wind up in the Bermuda Triangle, where they are whisked through a time portal and brought to the mythical island of Atlantis. There they are drawn into a fantastical conflict between the peace-loving population and a would-be tyrant determined to take over the island. In their desperate attempts to return home they encounter mythical creatures, evil magicians, and ancient powers.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 458
Genere: Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Beautiful Accident (2017)
Plot Summary:
When a single, successful female lawyer is involved in a highway car accident, she wakes up to find herself in an alternate reality where she's forced take on the responsibility of a full time mother and wife, dealing with her demanding architect husband and two difficult children.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Taiwan, China, South Korea
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags:
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2000 Years Later (1969)
Plot Summary:
A satirical film on fads in the US. A TV host on a late night show tries to convince his viewers that they should return to Rome and Roman ways.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: artsy, independent film
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A Witch Without a Broom (1967)
Plot Summary:
A flirtatious sorcerous fancies a handsome human professor. Cross time antics arise when she attempts to bring the hapless professor into her alternate dimension.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: futuristic, psychotronic
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The Devil Wears Ju-Ni Hitoe Kimono (2020)
Plot Summary:
Rai, a frustrated student and part-time labourer, is wandering home after setting up a museum exhibition on the classic novel "The Tale of Genji". There is a blinding flash of light and he finds himself mysteriously time-slipped into the Heian period, the setting for the famous novel. Armed with a pamphlet on the history of the period and a bottle of headache tablets he passes as an onmyoji (magical protector of the capital) and is hired by the emperor’s wife Nyogo Kokiden. Fearless and coldly analytical she plots to have her son take over the Emperor’s position. Rai is expected to help. This light-hearted historical fantasy is a treat for lovers of sumptuous kimono.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags:
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Flying Dagger (1993)
Plot Summary:
The well-known "Flying Dagger" Chung and his nephew Lam lived on rewards from apprehending bandits. Chung refused the love of "Great Coquette" Lady Fung. Therefore, Fung always mess up Chung's business for revenge. Flying Fox, the country's number one bandit, had stolen the millionaire Tsao's evidence of being a traitor. Hence, Tsao employed Chung to catch the bandit. Flying Fox's wife, Flying Cat seduced Chung to save her husband, which caused jealousy and a severe fight with Fung. Meanwhile Lam was kidnapped by Tsao. Chung and Fung finally realized that Tsao was the head of East Wing. They united together to beat against Tsao.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 550
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, slapstick, fast
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Chinese Odyssey 2002 (2002)
Plot Summary:
The Emperor (Chang Chen) is desperate for the free-spirited life of a wanderer, and tries to escape from the royal palace with his sister, the Princess (Faye Wong). He's caught and returned to his angry mother by the royal guards, but the Princess, disguised as a man, manages to escape. Meanwhile, King Bully (Tony Leung) has returned to his hometown, where he is widely despised for his bullying ways, to run a restaurant with his tomboy sister, Phoenix (Vicki Zhao). They have a very close relationship. In fact, King Bully mistakenly believes that he can read his sister's mind. When the Princess arrives in town, King Bully finds himself drawn to her, but, believing she's a man, decides that his attraction is some kind of empathy with Phoenix.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, semi serious, parody, spoof, epic, realistic, stylized, period piece
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Iceman: The Time Traveller (2018)
Plot Summary:
The imperial guard and his three traitorous childhood friends ordered to hunt him down get accidentally buried and kept frozen in time. 400 years later pass and they are defrosted continuing the battle they left behind.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, History, Sci-Fi
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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Lords of Magick (1989)
Plot Summary:
A pair of sorcerer brothers from 10th-century England are sent to modern-day California on a quest to rescue a princess.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Fantasy, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Wu yen (2001)
Plot Summary:
Lost in the woods, the Emperor Qi (Anita Mui) stumbles across local chief Wu Yen (Sammi Cheng), his predestined bride, only to accidentally free a promiscuous fox fairy (Cecilia Cheung) who promptly falls in love with both of them, changing between man and woman to clumsily woo each, setting the scene for a constantly shifting triangle with the emperor torn between both the fox fairy and Wu Yen and the fox fairy after whichever one will agree to marry her/him first.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 715
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, fairy tale
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The Golden Monk (2017)
Plot Summary:
The film tells the story of a monk who realizes he is the reincarnation of Golden Child / Taming Dragon Lohan who was cast down from heaven to experience life and death one hundred times as he broke a sacred rule by falling in love with another fairy, Jade. While Golden Child’s memories were erased, Jade refused to forget their love and accumulated goodwill over one hundred reincarnations….
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, romantic, scenic
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The Spooky Bunch (1980)
Plot Summary:
A Cantonese opera company is attacked by an army of ghosts, thanks to a feud between the dead grandfathers of one of the company's actresses and a young man.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Throg (2004)
Plot Summary:
Believing he's destined for greatness, an unlikely hero named Throg (Dana Lee) embarks on a wild adventure filled with Greek gods, Arthurian knights, certified loonies, nasty harpies, talking pigs, garbage collectors and one twisted forest dweller in this medieval fantasy spoof. Bungling his way through the centuries, the immortal Throg lurches along a path leading to an ultimate showdown with the bloodthirsty Urshag the Destroyer (Dennis Green).
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick, dark comedy
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The Miracle of P. Tinto (1998)
Plot Summary:
Wafer factory-owner P. Tinto and his wife Olivia want a child of their own more than anything else in the world. Years of trying, however, have left them with nothing but a pair of extraterrestrial midgets living in the spare bedroom. When they decide to try adoption, a series of misroutings and chance encounters results in an escaped adult mental patient arriving at their door with adoption papers in hand. P. Tinto and Olivia accept this without question and welcome him in as their son. Can this family arrangement work?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: manga, offbeat, humorous, surreal, semi serious, spoof, parody, weird
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An American Pickle (2020)
Plot Summary:
An immigrant worker at a pickle factory is accidentally preserved for 100 years and wakes up in modern day Brooklyn. He learns his only surviving relative is his great grandson, a computer coder who he can’t connect with.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, captivating, funny, inspirational, feel good, surreal, weird
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Nothing Left to Do but Cry (1984)
Plot Summary:
A teacher (Saverio) and a schoolkeeper (Mario) get lost in the Italian countryside. They find themselves in the late 15th century, they met Leonardo da Vinci and try to teach him how to play cards, they try to stop Columbus, they sing beatles's song etc.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, buddy comedy, atmospheric, humorous, semi serious
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Just Another Pandora's Box (2010)
Plot Summary:
Qing Ye Se only knows how to be a thief, but he runs into major trouble when he accidentally steals the heart of Rose, an immortal fairy. During a chaotic chase, Qing gets ahold of the Pandora's Box, sending them both back in time to the Three Kingdoms era. Mistaken as a general, Qing is thrown right into the middle of the Battle of Red Cliff. Meanwhile, Rose continues to devise new ways to earn Qing's affection, even if it means having to be someone else.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 759
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, tense, entertaining
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Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims (2005)
Plot Summary:
A re-imagining of the classic Japanese comedy "Yaji and Kita's Travel Journey", this is the story of two samurai in Edo period Japan who are in love. One is married, the other is a drug addict. They decide to go on a trip to Ise Sanctuary, where it is presumed everything will be made right. What happens once they get on the road is as wild and wacky as anything your likely to see.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 454
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: humorous, surreal, not serious, captivating, mind bending, offbeat
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Cavegirl (1985)
Plot Summary:
On a class excursion to a cave with stone age paintings the clumsy Rex gets lost. A mysterious crystal opens a gateway in time and sets him back to the stone ages, where he meets a group of prehistoric fellows and the gorgeous Eba. While teaching her English and doing some pseudo-research on her fellows, his main goal is to get her sleeping with him. However the curiosity of the clan chief disturbs his attempts.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 911
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, independent film, humorous, not serious, sexual, eighties, hot, cult film
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The Three Kings (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Three Wise Men – Balthazar, Melchior and Gaspard – are on their way to Bethlehem to pay homage to the infant Jesus when they are suddenly, an inexplicably, transported two thousand years into the future. They find themselves walking the streets of Paris, where they encounter a young woman called Macha who, they are convinced, will lead them to the newborn Messiah.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, humorous, captivating, entertaining, funny
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My Lucky Star (2003)
Plot Summary:
Yip is attractive but for some strange reason, no man has ever been interested in her. Yip meets Lai, a famous feng shui expert and she thinks that Lai can change her luck. But Duen, also a famous feng shui expert continually cast all kinds of spells on Yip. A fierce battle of feng shui and horoscope techniques ensues. Will Lai and Yip live happily afterwards?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 527
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, offbeat, realistic, stylized, semi serious
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Two Worlds (2007)
Plot Summary:
A French tradesman travels in time and liberates an oppressed tribe in another world.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, offbeat, not serious
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The Corridors of Time: The Visitors II (1998)
Plot Summary:
The sequel to The Visitors reunites us with those lovable ruffians from the French Medieval ages who - through magic - are transported into the present, with often drastic consequences. Godefroy de Montmirail travels to today to recover the missing family jewels and a sacred relic, guarantor of his wife-to-be's fertility. The confrontation between Godefroy's repellent servant Jack the Crack and his descendent, the effete Jacquart, present-day owner of the chateau, further complicates the matter.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, semi serious
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The Visitors (1993)
Plot Summary:
This outrageous time-travel comedy follows the misadventures of a wacky medieval knight (Jean Reno) and his faithful servant when they are accidentally transported to contemporary times by a senile sorcerer. Mayhem rules as these 12th-century visitors try adapting to the wildly confusing modern world. To avoid being stuck here for good, however, they soon begin an all-out cosmic assault on their former castle -- now a luxury hotel -- in their quest to return to the past.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, absurd, hilarious, sexy, psychological, parody, feel good, entertaining