Movies Like Spirit Warriors: The Shortcut

If you liked Spirit Warriors: The Shortcut (2003), a horror and action movie directed by Chito S. Roño, 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.

1
Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also action and adventure
When an Iraq War veteran receives a calling from a higher power, he embarks on a mission to stop a fallen angel from raising an army of the dead to take over the world.
2
Basilisk: The Serpent King (2006)
★ 6.2/10Also action and horror
Two millennia ago, a Lybian king has a basilisk (snake-shaped dragon), which petrifies people, subjected to the same fate with a golden scepter during a solar eclipse. Both these and several victims are dug up by…
3
Mythica: A Quest for Heroes (2014)
★ 5.8/10Also action and adventure
Stuck in a life of indentured servitude, Marek dreams of becoming a wizard. When she meets the beautiful priestess Teela in need of help, she offers her assistance and provides a motley troupe. Together they go in…
4
Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Day of the Departed (2016)
★ 7.8/10Also fantasy and action
When Cole returns to Yang's haunted temple to seek revenge on a former Airjitzu Master, he accidentally uses a powerful Dark Magic blade that unleashes the spectral forms of Ninjago's greatest villains and traps…
5
The Water Man (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and fantasy
Hoping to save his sick mother, a boy named Gunner and his friend Jo venture into the remote Wild Horse forest to search for a mythical figure who possesses the secret to immortality. When they go missing, Gunner's…
6
Voyage of the Unicorn (2001)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and fantasy
One day the Aislings find themselves magically transported to a ship called the Unicorn. Here, they discover that they've been chosen to fulfill an incredible quest! They undergo an incredible journey of discovery in…
7
Mythica: The Godslayer (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure and fantasy
As the Lich King's zombie legions ravage the world, a cursed young sorceress embarks on a quest to obtain a weapon from the gods. But when she joins her sworn enemy in a desperate attempt to save the world, she must…
8
The Black Cauldron (1985)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and fantasy
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…
9
Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist The Movie (2014)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and action
If one man changes his path, will he be able to change his destiny...or will he only delay the inevitable? Ryu and Ken are two traditional warriors who find themselves isolated in some corner of Japan to carry out…
10
Mythica: The Necromancer (2015)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasy and action
The young wizard Marek is forced to lead her band of would-be heroes on a mission for the corrupt Thieves Guild, which has taken her friend hostage. Their journey will take them straight into the wicked clutches of…
11
Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of Ugarit (2010)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure and action
Jack Hunter, an adventurous treasure seeker, goes to Syria after his mentor and father figure Professor Fredrick Shaffer is killed. Professor Frederick Shaffer believed that the people of Ugarit, a town in Syria that…
12
Welcome to Smelliville (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and fantasy
The Oggly family arrive at the municipal rubbish dump of Smelliville and must look for a new home, but they never feel really welcome anywhere. They stink and are for most humans just a tad too oggly. When Firebottom…
13
Legend (1985)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and fantasy
Set in a timeless mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins, unicorns and mortals, this fantastic story follows a mystical forest dweller, chosen by fate, to undertake a heroic quest. He must save the beautiful…
14
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and action
Sean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.
15
Come Away (2020)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasy and adventure
Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies in a tragic accident, they each seek to save their parents from their downward spirals of…
16
The Legend of Ochi (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasy and adventure
In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a…
17
The Princess and the Goblin (1991)
★ 5.8/10Also adventure and fantasy
The story is about the Princess Irene and a young warrior boy named Curty. Irene must use her magic power to fight off goblins and save the kingdom.
18
Momo (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasy and adventure
Momo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends with everybody in the neighborhood. But when a powerful international corporation starts stealing everybody’s time…
19
Race with the Devil (1975)
★ 6.4/10Also action and horror
Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
20
Chupa (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and fantasy
While visiting family in Mexico, a lonely boy befriends a mythical creature hiding on his grandfather's ranch and embarks on the adventure of a lifetime.