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Plot Summary:
The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Spain
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, scenic, epic, serious, exciting, adult animation, cult classic, dark fantasy, mystical, inspirational
Best tv shows and movies like The Lord of the Rings (1978):
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The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Plot Summary:
Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one has an education, one can go anywhere. Needless to say, it doesn't quite work out that way.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 105000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, humorous, entertaining, arthurian, stylized, sentimental, mystical, mythical, retro, spiritual
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The Princess and the Cobbler (1993)
Plot Summary:
It is written among the limitless constellations of the celestial heavens, and in the depths of the emerald seas, and upon every grain of sand in the vast deserts, that the world which we see is an outward and visible dream, of an inward and invisible reality ... Once upon a time there was a golden city. In the center of the golden city, atop the tallest minaret, were three golden balls. The ancients had prophesied that if the three golden balls were ever taken away, harmony would yield to discord, and the city would fall to destruction and death. But... the mystics had also foretold that the city might be saved by the simplest soul with the smallest and simplest of things. In the city there dwelt a lowly shoemaker, who was known as Tack the Cobbler. Also in the city... existed a Thief, who shall be ... nameless.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: experimental, fairy tale, psychedelic, sentimental, funny, mysterious, claymation, adult animation, anime, mockbuster
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Deltora Quest (2007)
Plot Summary:
The evil Shadow Lord has taken control of the kingdom of Deltora and has driven the land and its people into misfortune and suffering. Lief, the son of a blacksmith, has just turned sixteen and is entrusted, along with his two companions Barda and Jasmine, with an important mission: to retrieve the stolen seven magical stones that once reunited within the Belt of Deltora, will bring power to the true heir of Deltora and give him the power to free the kingdom from the tyranny of the Shadow Lord. There is just one problem; the seven stones have been scattered all across Deltora and currently reside in the hands of seven wicked men who are not easily willing to give them up.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, stylized
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The Flight of Dragons (1982)
Plot Summary:
The realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so Carolinus, the green wizard decides to shield it for all time. Ommedon, the evil red wizard, stands in his way. Carolinus then calls for a quest that is to be led by a man named Peter Dickinson, who is the first man of both the realms of science and magic. It is Peters job to defeat Ommedon.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sweet, anime, light, talky, colorful, humorous, semi serious, stylized, sentimental, epic
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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983)
Plot Summary:
When Adam, Prince of the planet Eternia, raises his magic sword he transforms into He-Man (the most powerful man in the universe). With his allies and friends, he battles the evil Skeletor and his minions to protect the secrets of Castle Greyskull.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, psychedelic, epic, children's program, exciting, serious, dark fantasy, cult classic, homoerotic, 2d animation
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The Hobbit (1977)
Plot Summary:
Bilbo Baggins the Hobbit was just minding his own business, when his occasional visitor Gandalf the Wizard drops in one night. One by one, a whole group of dwarves drop in, and before he knows it, Bilbo has joined their quest to reclaim their kingdom, taken from them by the evil dragon Smaug. The only problem is that Gandalf has told the dwarves that Bilbo is an expert burglar, but he isn't.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: stylized, exciting, uplifting, psychedelic, adult animation, grindhouse, fantasy adventure, humorous, semi serious, dark fantasy
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Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (2008)
Plot Summary:
After five years apart, searching the world of Krynn for proof of the existence of the true gods, a group of adventurers reach their goal in the form of a barbarian woman carrying a miraculous blue crystal staff. Soon they are thrust into war as an army of dragons overtakes their homeland.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, India, Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, entertaining, anime, adult animation, semi serious, mystical, cult film
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Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn (2014)
Plot Summary:
For years, the land of Altera has observed an uneasy peace between the humans, the elves, and the beasts who are loyal to the legendary Black Dragon. But when the dragon wakes from its hibernation, mobilizing a force of beasts to make war, a small band of humans and elves unite in a search for the secret road to the dragon’s lair.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, anime
Similar in 83%
Heavy Metal (1981)
Plot Summary:
A glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with a collection of stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: adult animation, anthology, atmospheric, erotic, futuristic, sexual, sexy, anime, grindhouse, stylized
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The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (1979)
Plot Summary:
This emmy award winner for Best Animated Special is based on the first tale of C.S. Lewis' acclaimed children's books, "The Chronicles of Narnia." When four children pass through a special wardrobe closet, they discover the kingdom of Narnia, a land of talking animals and mythical creatures. But an evil witch's spell has cast Narnia into eternal winter. Fearing that an ancient prophecy has come true, and that the children are Narnia's chosen rulers, the witch tricks their youngest brother into betraying his family. Now, only Aslan, noble lion and King of the Woods, can help them defeat the witch, restore springtime to Narnia... and claim their rightful places on the throne.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: mystical, sentimental, mythical, feel good, humorous, semi serious, 2d animation
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Beowulf (2007)
Plot Summary:
6th-century Scandinavian warrior, Beowulf embarks on a mission to slay the manlike ogre Grendel, a descendant of Cain.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 173000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: computer animated, epic, fairy tale, adult animation, dark fantasy, motion capture, exciting, suspenseful, action packed, mythical
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The Black Cauldron (1985)
Plot Summary:
Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, stylized, cult classic, mysterious, anime, tense, retro, gothic, period piece, creepy
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The Return of the King (1980)
Plot Summary:
Two Hobbits struggle to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom while their friends desperately fight evil Lord Sauron's forces in a final battle.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, anime, fantasy adventure, epic, humorous, stylized, semi serious, cult film
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Wizards (1977)
Plot Summary:
An ambiguous battle between good and evil wages in a post-apocalyptic earth populated by netherworld creatures who have re-emerged after the nuclear winter. Two wizard twin brothers - the evil Blackwolf and the good Avatar - battle for supremacy. The war turns in Blackwolf's favor when he discovers the methods of warfare used by the ill-fated humans of the past.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, adult animation, anime, surreal, stylized, grindhouse, cult classic, dark, apocalyptic, mind bending
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King Arthur and the Knights of Justice (1992)
Plot Summary:
King Arthur and the Knights of Justice is an American animated series. It lasted for two seasons and 13 episodes each. The cartoon was produced by Golden Films, C&D Entertainment and Bohbot Entertainment. The series was created by Diane Eskenazi and Avi Arad who were also executive producers of the series. Its first episode aired on September 13, 1992, and the last episode was on December 12, 1993.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 559
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: arthurian, exciting, serious
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Fire and Ice (1983)
Plot Summary:
In this animated tale, a tiny village is destroyed by a surging glacier, which serves as the deadly domain for the evil Ice Lord, Nekron. The only survivor is a young warrior, Larn, who vows to avenge this act of destruction. The evil continues, however, as Nekron's palace of ice heads straight towards Fire Keep, the great fortress ruled by the good King Jarol. When Jarol's beautiful daughter, Teegra, is abducted by Nekron's sub-human ape-like creatures, Larn begins a daring search for her. What results is a tense battle between good and evil, surrounded by the mystical elements of the ancient past.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: adult animation, dark fantasy, epic, stylized, cult classic, adult cartoon, dark, serious, anime, surreal
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Magical Sisters Yoyo & Nene (2013)
Plot Summary:
It is a story about a pair of sisters who work as "noroiya" (cursers) using magic in a fantasy world. One day a big tree suddenly appears in a forest, and tall buildings that look like they are from our world can be seen entangled in it. The two sisters go there to investigate and get ported to our world. They then encounter two children who are startled by the sisters' sudden appearance and rush back home but at home they see their parents turned into monsters.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Conan: The Adventurer (1992)
Plot Summary:
Conan the Adventurer is an American-French-Canadian animated television series adaptation of Conan the Barbarian, the literary character created by Robert E. Howard in the 1930s. Produced by Jetlag Productions and Sunbow Productions, the series debuted on September 12, 1992, ran for 65 episodes and concluded on November 22, 1993. The series was developed by Christy Marx who served as the sole story editor. The episode "A Needle in a Haystack", written by Jean Chalopin, is considered a lost episode, as it was never released on the complete DVD set for Australia which only included 64 episodes. " A Needle in a Haystack" was the show's 33rd episode when it originally aired. It is unclear why this episode was left out of the collection or why this episode is not even listed in most online sources at this time. The series was produced in association with Graz Entertainment for the first 13-episode season; AB Productions and Jean Chalopin's Créativité et Développement for the remaining episodes. The series also spawned a small toyline in 1992 created by Hasbro. This first incarnation of Conan in cartoon form performed much better than its follow-up cartoon, Conan and the Young Warriors, which lasted only 13 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, semi serious, epic fantasy
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Epic (2013)
Plot Summary:
A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their world -- and ours.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, exciting, humorous, computer animated, stylized, entertaining, intense, funny, light, epic
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Shrek (2001)
Plot Summary:
It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 719000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, Sweden
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, funny, humorous, 3d animation, sweet, spoof, witty, computer animated, hilarious
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How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
Plot Summary:
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 784000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, fairy tale, exciting, humorous, computer animated, touching, atmospheric, 3d animation, sentimental, entertaining
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Excalibur (1981)
Plot Summary:
A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his Knights of the Round Table for the Holy Grail, and ultimately his death.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, epic, exciting, serious, stylized, scenic, dark fantasy, intense, cult classic, arthurian
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
Plot Summary:
The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 693000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 161 min
Plot tags: epic, breathtaking, heroic, entertaining, dark fantasy, exciting, tense, intense, saga, stylized
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Plot Summary:
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 859000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: epic, breathtaking, captivating, exciting, scenic, dark fantasy, epic fantasy, visually stunning, saga, fairy tale
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Plot Summary:
Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, the they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the wise and magnificent lion, Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular, climactic battle to be free of the Witch's glacial powers forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 420000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, atmospheric, exciting, epic, scenic, christian film, entertaining, visually stunning, action adventure, fantasy adventure
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Plot Summary:
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 20000000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 178 min
Plot tags: epic, atmospheric, scenic, breathtaking, stylized, exciting, fairy tale, heroic, suspenseful, captivating
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Plot Summary:
Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 17000000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 179 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, epic, captivating, exciting, dark fantasy, scenic, heroic, breathtaking, visually stunning, cult classic
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Plot Summary:
Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron's forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam bring the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark lord's realm.
IMDB Rating: 9.0
IMDB Votes: 19000000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 201 min
Plot tags: epic, atmospheric, stylized, breathtaking, exciting, captivating, heroic, cult classic, scenic, visually appealing