20 best movies like Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

List of the best movies like Big Trouble in Little China (1986): Last Action Hero, The Brothers Grimm, The Golden Child, Ladyhawke, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, The Mummy, Red Sonja, Double Dragon, Sidekicks.

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Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:10

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.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure, detective
CountryUSA, Czech Republic, United Kingdom
Duration01:58

    Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los Angeles, the priestess Kee Nang seeks the Chosen One, who will save the boy from death. When Nang sees social worker Chandler Jarrell on television discussing his ability to find missing children, she solicits his expertise, despite his skepticism over being "chosen."

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, Italy
    Duration02:01

    Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
    CountryUSA, Germany, Czech Republic, United Kingdom
    Duration01:50

    To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrehorror, action, fantasy, adventure, military
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Morocco, Germany, China, Canada
    Duration01:52

    Archaeologist Rick O'Connell travels to China, pitting him against an emperor from the 2,000-year-old Han dynasty who's returned from the dead to pursue a quest for world domination. This time, O'Connell enlists the help of his wife and son to quash the so-called 'Dragon Emperor' and his abuse of supernatural power.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
    CountryUSA, China, Japan, United Kingdom
    Duration02:28

    Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
    CountryUSA, Netherlands, Italy
    Duration01:29

    The tyrant Gedren seeks the total power in a world of barbarism. She raids the city Hablac and kills the keeper of a talisman that gives her great power. Red Sonja, sister of the keeper, sets out with her magic sword to overthrow Gedren.

    Markimdb: 3.8
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure
    CountryUSA, France, Denmark
    Duration01:36

    Two brothers have half of a powerful ancient Chinese talisman. An evil gang leader has the other half, and determines to get the brothers' half and have a complete medallion so he can gain absolute power.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genreaction, comedy, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    Barry is an asthmatic kid having trouble in life. He lives with his father, a computer programmer, in Texas. Barry is struggling to get by in life, dealing with his rough school life, bullies, as well as his health. Barry's only source of enjoyment is fantasizing that he is with Chuck Norris. Barry becomes sick of getting picked on by the bigger guys, and decides to learn karate.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, musical, adventure
    CountryJapan

    Gan and his girlfriend Ai are mild-mannered toy shop owners by day but, when evil lurks, they transform into superheroes Yatterman 1 & 2. With the help of a dog-shaped robot, Yatterwoof, they take on the Doronbow gang, lead by the sexy Lady Doronjo. Together, they must stop the evil gang from finding the four magical skull pieces that will allow them to control the world!

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA

    A lab accident gives a hound named Shoeshine some serious superpowers -- a secret that the dog eventually shares with the young boy who becomes his owner and friend.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:31

    A young boy named Luke and his grandmother go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, where the Grand High Witch is unveiling her master plan to turn all children into mice. Will Luke fall victim to the witches' plot before he can stop them?

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genreaction, comedy, adventure
    CountryGermany, USA

    When a systems engineer blows the whistle on a dangerous technology, Charlie's Angels from across the globe are called into action, putting their lives on the line to protect society.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    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.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
    CountryChina
    Duration02:01

    At the beginning of the 1990s, famous tomb explorer Hu Bayi decided to retire and move to the United States with his girlfriend Shirley. But before his wedding, Bayi discovers his first love Ding Shitian, who supposedly had died in the "One Hundred Cave" 20 years ago, is actually still alive. Together with Shirley and his old exploration partner, Bayi unravels a terrible millennium-old secret...

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
    CountryUSA, Israel
    Duration01:46

    The world of Eternia in the aftermath of Skeletor's war on Castle Grayskull, which he has won after seizing Grayskull and the surrounding city using a cosmic key developed by the locksmith Gwildor. The Sorceress is now Skeletor's prisoner and he begins to drain her life-force as he waits for the moon of Eternia to align with the Great Eye of the Universe that will bestow god-like power upon him.

    Markimdb: 2.5
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
    CountryUSA, Mexico, Japan, Hong Kong, United Kingdom
    Duration01:25

      The young warrior Son Goku sets out on a quest, racing against time and the vengeful King Piccolo, to collect a set of seven magical orbs that will grant their wielder unlimited power.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, adventure, crime
      CountryHong Kong
      Duration01:26

      Tang Lung arrives in Rome to help his cousins in the restaurant business. They are being pressured to sell their property to the syndicate, who will stop at nothing to get what they want. When Tang arrives he poses a new threat to the syndicate, and they are unable to defeat him. The syndicate boss hires the best Japanese and European martial artists to fight Tang, but he easily finishes them off.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA, Spain

      A former pilot rebels against his creator, teaming up with the scientist responsible for android technology, her pet robot Spot, a rough-and-tumble riverboat guide, and a martial arts warrior.

      Markimdb: 3.3
      Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA, Malaysia
      Duration01:54

      A warrior fleeing the violence of his past must take up the sword and risk everything to face a god of incalculable power.

      Markimdb: 3.7
      Genrehorror, action, fantasy, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:18

      Faced with extinction, two park rangers are forced to defend the national park against hordes of rampaging orcs. Ancient and long forgotten, these orcs are unleashed from the depths of the mountains, and they won't stop until we're all dead.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA, China, Canada
      Duration02:32

        The modern world holds many secrets, but by far the most astounding is that witches still live among us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world and putting an end to the human race once and for all. Armies of witch hunters have battled this unnatural enemy for centuries, including Kaulder, a valiant warrior who many years ago slayed the all-powerful Witch Queen, decimating her followers in the process. In the moments right before her death, the Queen cursed Kaulder with immortality, forever separating him from his beloved wife and daughter. Today, Kaulder is the last living hunter who has spent his immortal life tracking down rogue witches, all the while yearning for his long-lost family.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:40

        A prototype enhanced human, on the run from Chinese-hired hit men, hooks up with a dread-locked bystander, and the two of them elude their pursuers narrowly each time.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, music
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:31

        In a post-apocalyptic world where the Russians have taken over a nuked USA and Elvis is king of Lost Vegas, Buddy is a '50s rocker and wandering warrior rolled into one, too-cool package. Armed with his six-string in one hand and his sword in the other, Buddy is on his way to Vegas to succeed Elvis as King. Along the way, he saves an orphan who decides to tag along.

        Markimdb: 3.6
        Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, adventure
        CountryUSA

        The film tells the story of a prop from the 1923 movie The Ten Commandments that was actually an authentic artifact from antiquity with cursed powers. In the modern day these resurface leading to murder and mayhem.

        Markimdb: 4
        Genreaction, fantasy, adventure, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:43

          The story follows the adventures of Aang, a young successor to a long line of Avatars, who must put his childhood ways aside and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water, Earth and Air nations.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure, crime
          CountryUSA, Hong Kong, China, Canada, Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom
          Duration02:29

          After supervillain Shredder escapes custody, he joins forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman and two dimwitted henchmen, Bebop and Rocksteady, to unleash a diabolical plan to take over the world. As the Turtles prepare to take on Shredder and his new crew, they find themselves facing an even greater evil with similar intentions: the notorious Krang.

          Markimdb: 4.7
          Genreaction, fantasy, adventure, crime
          CountryCanada, USA, Luxembourg
          Duration01:37

          Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins.

          Markimdb: 5.1
          Genreaction, fantasy, drama, adventure, history
          CountryUSA, South Africa
          Duration01:50

          A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.

          Markimdb: 4.8
          Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:35

          A barbarian named Kull becomes ruler after defeating the old king in battle, thus receiving his crown. But direct heirs of the king, trying to topple Kull and regain the throne, bring an old witch queen Akivasha back to life. Their plan backfires, however, as Akivasha plans to have her demon lords rule the kingdom alone. The only thing that can stop her is the breath of the god Volka, and Kull.

          Markimdb: 5.2
          Genreaction, fantasy, comedy
          CountryHong Kong, USA
          Duration01:29

          A Hong Kong detective suffers a fatal accident involving a mysterious medallion and is transformed into an immortal warrior with superhuman powers.

          Markimdb: 4
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA

          During their search for a habitable planet the last living humans crash-land on a barren world, inhabited by bloodthirsty aliens and mysterious post-apocalyptic warriors.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA, Australia, China, Hong Kong
          Duration01:28

            A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.

            Markimdb: 5
            Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure
            CountryAustralia, USA
            Duration01:40

            The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a rich madman from obtaining three magic skulls that would give him the secret to ultimate power.

            Markimdb: 4.4
            Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
            CountryUSA, Czech Republic, Canada, United Kingdom, Bulgaria
            Duration01:30

            A noble warrior must battle dragons and demons while upholding his moral code as he covertly joins a group of villains to rescue his kidnapped father from Shathrax, the Mind Flayer, who threatens to destroy the world.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genreaction, comedy, adventure
            CountryHong Kong
            Duration01:41

            Youthful martial arts master Lung is searching for his missing brother, when he is mistaken for a criminal on the run. He must prove his innocence by solving the case himself, while local lawmen and merciless mercenaries are hot on his trail.

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:41

            After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside. Walter and Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they begin playing Zathura, a space-themed board game, which they realize has mystical powers when their house is shot into space. With the help of an astronaut, the boys attempt to return home.

            Markimdb: 3.5
            Genreaction, fantasy, drama, adventure
            CountryUSA

            In 5th Century Britian, a young Merlin struggles for his place in his known land under the tutelage of The Mage, a local wizard whom sees the young man's potential for magic, as well as face off against his evil former friend, Vendiger, whom plots with a feudal warlord king to conquer all of Britian using an army of flying dragons, and only Merlin with the alliance of the local Prince Uther and Ingraine and a pair of mystical goddesses, can have the power to stop the evil from taking over the land.

            Markimdb: 5.1
            Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, detective
            CountryChina, USA, India, Nepal, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, Iceland
            Duration01:19

            Chinese archeology professor Jack teams up with beautiful Indian professor Ashmita and assistant Kyra to locate lost Magadha treasure. In a Tibetan ice cave, they find the remains of the royal army that had vanished together with the treasure, only to be ambushed by Randall, the descendent of a rebel army leader. When they free themselves, their next stop is Dubai where a diamond from the ice cave is to be auctioned. After a series of double-crosses and revelations about their past, Jack and his team travel to a mountain temple in India, using the diamond as a key to unlock the real treasure.

            Markimdb: 4.8
            Genreaction, fantasy, adventure, family
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:29

            When the Sultan's first born is taken by an evil sorcerer, Sinbad is tasked with traveling to a desert of magic and creatures to save her.

            Markimdb: 5.1
            Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, crime, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:48

            Supernatural private eye, Dylan Dog, seeks out the monsters of the Louisiana bayou in his signature red shirt, black jacket and blue jeans.

            Markimdb: 3.4
            Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:37

            A battle-weary ex-Special Forces Operative buys a ranch in remote American West to flee from the world, and encounters a strange series of trespassers, including a beautiful elf princess and a Native American mystic and Orcs. When the Orcs invade his property, John must give up his isolation to become a hero, before the Orcs unleash their dragon god on our world.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
            CountryHong Kong, China
            Duration01:57

            When a fellow scientist asks for Jack's help in locating the mausoleum of China's first emperor, the past collides violently with the present as Jack discovers his amazing visions are based in fact.

            Markimdb: 3
            Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:21

            A scientist enlists the help of the US army to investigate the mysterious disappearance of her father, deep in the Belizean jungle. Caught in the crossfire between a brutal guerrilla army controlled by a mystical warlord, they are also confronted by an even bigger terror giant mutated wasps that are, for some reason, thirsty for blood.

            Markimdb: 3.1
            Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
            CountryUSA, Romania

            When most of the population of Earth is infected by a virus and transformed into flesh eaters and blood drinking creatures, a group of hunters lead by Tao and his sword chase the vampire zombies to eliminate them. Six non-infected survivors try to find the exit of an abandoned hospital crowded of the infected creatures. Meanwhile, the military is ready to bomb the whole area.

            Markimdb: 5.7
            Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Australia
            Duration02:24

            Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits as he meets new friend James Hook and the warrior Tiger Lily. They must band together to save Neverland from the ruthless pirate Blackbeard. Along the way, the rebellious and mischievous boy discovers his true destiny, becoming the hero forever known as Peter Pan.

            Markimdb: 6.3
            Genrefantasy, adventure, family
            CountryUSA

            The terrible and trecherous Pendragon plans to gain the throne of Cornwall by getting the king to abdicate and to marry his lovely daughter. To help him he has his dreadful witches in his castle and his almost unstoppable sorcery. A giant under his control abducts the princess, but on the way home with her the giant meets farming lad Jack who slays him. This is only the beginning.

            Markimdb: 4.9
            Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
            CountryUSA

            Sam is a teenage royal rebel, second in line to the throne of the kingdom of Illyria. Just as her disinterest in the royal way of life is at an all-time high, she discovers she has super-human abilities and is invited to join a secret society of similar extraordinary second-born royals charged with keeping the world safe.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genreaction, comedy, adventure
            CountryHong Kong, Yugoslavia
            Duration01:53

            Asian Hawk (Jackie Chan) leads a mercenary team to recover several lost artifacts from the Old Summer Palace, the bronze heads of the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals which were sacked by the French and British armies from the imperial Summer Palace in Beijing in 1860. Assisted by a Chinese student & a Parisian lady, Hawk stops at nothing to accomplish the mission.




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