Movies Like Merlin and the Book of Beasts
If you liked Merlin and the Book of Beasts (2009), a adventure and fantasy movie directed by Warren P. Sonoda, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Abigail (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and fantasyA young girl Abigail lives in a city whose borders were closed many years ago because of an epidemic of a mysterious disease. Abby's father was one of the sick - and he was taken when she was six years old. Going…
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Conan the Destroyer (1984)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and fantasyConan is commissioned by the evil queen Taramis to safely escort a teen princess and her powerful bodyguard to a far away castle to retrieve the magic Horn of Dagoth. Unknown to Conan, the queen plans to sacrifice the…
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure and fantasyFollowing Smaug's attack on Laketown, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led…
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The Secret Kingdom (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and fantasyVerity and Peter’s trip to the old family mansion takes a turn when the floor of their room suddenly gives way and they fall into an underground chamber where they are met by a civilization of creatures. The leader…
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Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire (2017)
★ 6/10Also fantasy and adventureWhen the King Gareth dies, his potential heirs, twin grandchildren who possess the dragon’s unique strengths, use their inherited powers against each other to vie for the throne. When Drago’s source of power – known as…
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Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
★ 6/10Also adventure and fantasyIn their quest to confront the ultimate evil, Percy and his friends battle swarms of mythical creatures to find the mythical Golden Fleece and to stop an ancient evil from rising.
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
★ 7.6/10Also fantasy and adventureThe 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.
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
★ 7.4/10Also adventure and fantasyBilbo 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.
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The Last Dragonslayer (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure and fantasyIn a fantasy world where magic is being superceded by technology, an orphaned teen discovers her destiny to become a dragonslayer.
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Strings (2004)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and fantasyThe story of Prince Hal who sets out to avenge his dead father against the city's rivals, the Zeriths, little knowing it was his wicked uncle Nezo who is the real killer, with his own designs on the throne.
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Scaramouche (1952)
★ 7/10Also adventureIn 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
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The Portable Door (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also fantasy and adventurePaul and Sophie, interns at a mysterious London firm, become steadily aware their employers Humphrey and Dennis are anything but conventional – they are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate…
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Wish Upon a Unicorn (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and fantasyTwo children discover that their mother is gone. The youngest of the pair, adventurer and upcomming singer, Long Johnson forces his older sister, Lily Johnson, to hunt down a unicorn with magical blood.
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Lord of Illusions (1995)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasyDuring a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of their leader Nix, a powerful magician who was killed 13 years…
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The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and fantasyAn American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King…
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Warcraft (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and fantasyThe peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds…
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Willow (1988)
★ 7/10Also fantasy and adventureThe evil Queen Bavmorda hunts the newborn princess Elora Danan, a child prophesied to bring about her downfall. When the royal infant is found by Willow, a timid farmer and aspiring sorcerer, he's entrusted with…
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Prince Charming (2001)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and fantasyAfter an extramarital indiscretion, a fairy-tale prince and his sidekick are turned into frogs for all eternity or until the prince can convince a maiden to kiss and then marry him.
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Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasy and adventureThe story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive…
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Damsel (2024)
★ 7/10Also fantasy and adventureA young woman's marriage to a charming prince turns into a fierce fight for survival when she's offered up as a sacrifice to a fire-breathing dragon.