20 best movies like Legend (1985)


List of the best movies like Legend (1985): Hellboy, Seventh Son, Warcraft, Excalibur, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Willow, The Dark Tower, The Last Witch Hunter, Attack of the Gryphon, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

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Markimdb: 5.2
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Canada, Portugal, France
Duration02:28

Hellboy comes to England, where he must defeat Nimue, Merlin's consort and the Blood Queen. But their battle will bring about the end of the world, a fate he desperately tries to turn away.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrefantasy, adventure
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada, China
Duration01:42

John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't?

Markimdb: 6.8
Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
CountryUSA, Canada, China, Japan
Duration02:12

    The 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, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people, and their home.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:20

    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.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, adventure, family
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
    Duration02:27

    Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genreaction, fantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:06

    Fearful of a prophecy stating that a girl child will be born to bring about her downfall, the evil Queen Bavmorda imprisons all pregnant women within the formidable stronghold of Nockmaar. A child, Elora Danan, is born in the Nockmaar dungeons and identified as the prophesied child by a birthmark on her arm. However, before the black sorceress arrives to claim the child, Elora's mother convinces her reluctant midwife to escape with the baby. Willow, a timid farmer and aspiring sorcerer, is entrusted with delivering the royal infant from evil.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure, western
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:38

    The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O’Dim, also known as the Man in Black, determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower, which holds the universe together. With the fate of the worlds at stake, good and evil will collide in the ultimate battle as only Roland can defend the Tower from the Man in Black.

    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: 3.3
      Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA

      In a mystical land torn apart by civil war, a warrior princess must team up with a rival warrior prince to hunt down an evil sorcerer who has summoned a giant flying demon which is terrorizing their land.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Belgium, Canada
      Duration02:44

      A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.

      Markimdb: 4.9
      Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:51

      A secret cabal, The Shadow, works to bring about the return of Goth Azul - the Undead God - in the rich world of SAGA, populated by elves, orcs, dwarves and dragons. A ruthless elven bounty huntress (Nemyt) shoots down the dragon ridden by the fugitive orc shaman, Fangtor Bloodmoon. When Fangtor refuses to surrender quietly, the huntress must battle for her own life against the dangerous villain, and comes away with more than just his head.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantasy, adventure, family
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:52

        This time around Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantastic Narnian ship headed for the very edges of the world.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrefantasy, melodrama, adventure, family
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, USA, New Zealand
        Duration01:53

        In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and leads them over moonlit rooftops through a galaxy of stars and to the lush jungles of Neverland.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genreaction, fantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure
        CountryTaiwan, Hong Kong, USA, China
        Duration02:21

        A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.

        Markimdb: 4.4
        Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, melodrama, adventure
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration02:00

        After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure
        CountryFrance
        Duration01:22

        A haunting erotic fairytale about Lucy, a young University student drawn into a mysterious hidden world of beauty and desire.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrefantasy, adventure
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:54

        The 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 to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend–and gets the chance to become a legend himself.

        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: 6
        Genreaction, fantasy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom
        Duration01:50

        Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genreaction, fantasy, adventure, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:51

        Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness.

        Markimdb: 4.7
        Genreaction, fantasy, drama, adventure
        CountryUSA

        The big-budget, epic film on young King David who took on the mighty warrior Goliath against all odds.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure
        CountryUSA

        A young twenty-something diver living in the Florida Keys discovers he has the power to breathe underwater.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:36

        Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrefantasy, adventure, family
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:53

        After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Australia, Spain
        Duration01:39

        A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus-the demigod son of Zeus-is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius. Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages between the gods and the Titans. Dangerously weakened by humanity's lack of devotion, the gods are losing control of the imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos, father of the long-ruling brothers Zeus, Hades and Poseidon.

        Markimdb: 3.4
        Genrefantasy, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:31

        When the King is killed by ferocious reptile beasts, his Queen takes control of the kingdom. She tries to kill her beautiful stepdaughter SNOW, but she escapes into the enchanted forest...

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrefantasy, melodrama, adventure, family
        CountryHungary, United Kingdom, France, Australia, USA, New Zealand
        Duration01:43

        When 13 year old Maria Merryweather's father dies, leaving her orphaned and homeless, she is forced to leave her luxurious London life to go and live with Sir Benjamin, an eccentric uncle she didn't know she had, at the mysterious Moonacre Manor.

        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: 6.1
        Genreaction, fantasy, melodrama, adventure
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        Set near the end of the Third Age of Middle-earth. Arathorn takes refugees to Taurdal, the village of his father, Arador. Then as Arador begins his campaign against the gathering orc bands in the north, he sends Arathorn onward to find the motive behind these Orcs attacks.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, musical, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:59

        The plot of his illegitimate son Mordred to gain the throne, and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, threatens to topple King Arthur and destroy his "round table" of knights.

        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: 6
          Genreaction, fantasy, melodrama, adventure
          CountryUSA, Germany, South Africa
          Duration02:53

          King Solomon's Mines is a 2004 two-part TV miniseries, the fifth film adaptation of the 1885 novel by the same name by Henry Rider Haggard. Starring Patrick Swayze as Allan Quartermain and Alison Doody as Elizabeth Maitland, the film was produced by Hallmark Entertainment, and originally aired June 6, 2004 on Hallmark Channel.

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genrefantasy, adventure
          CountryChina, Hong Kong, USA
          Duration01:59

          The story of Chinese legendary anti-hero Zhong Kui, a young man endowed with mysterious powers who is forced into a battle among the realms of Heaven, Earth and Hell in the course of his attempt to save his countrymen and the woman he loves.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genrefantasy, melodrama, adventure, family
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration02:07

          In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genreaction, fantasy, drama, adventure
          CountryNew Zealand, USA
          Duration02:24

          Immediately after the events of The Desolation of Smaug, 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 by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo's hands.

          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: 5.2
          Genrethriller, fantasy, adventure
          CountryDenmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland

          The Viking children Røskva and Tjalfe embark on an adventurous journey from Midgard to Valhalla with the gods Thor and Loki. Life in Valhalla, however, turns out to be threatened by the dreaded Fenrir wolf and the god's barbaric archenemies, the Jotnar. Side by side with the gods the two children must fight to save Valhalla from the end of the world - Ragnarok.

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:29

          Skylar finds out that her parents are monster hunters after she accidentally releases some monsters from a secret containment chamber; so she and her techno friends must recapture all the monsters and also save her mom and dad from these monsters who are out for revenge.

          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: 7
            Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:37

            When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic publisher.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:22

            The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—did just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. But a trip to see Granny Wendy in London, where the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and forces Peter to return to Neverland, could lead to a chance at redemption, in this family-oriented fantasy from director Steven Spielberg.

            Markimdb: 7
            Genrefantastic, fantasy, melodrama, adventure, family
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:12

            An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.

            Markimdb: 3
            Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, adventure, military
            CountryGermany, Canada, USA, Bulgaria
            Duration01:26

            Hazen Kaine, an American contract killer living in Sofia, Bulgaria, gets more than he bargains for when he enters into a contract with the mob. One last job before he gets out and starts a new life for himself. The targets: the three children of royal billionaire Andon Dupont. Seems simple enough, or so he thought. Hazen apprehends the children, and before he can blink an eye, a simple necklace worn by one of the children sends his life spiraling back to medieval times. Now completely out of his element, Hazen fights for his life as he tries to escape a medieval army and a fierce fire-breathing dragon.

            Markimdb: 5.1
            Genreaction, fantasy, adventure, family
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Hungary
            Duration01:44

            In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.

            Markimdb: 3.3
            Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:45

            In a planet where humans must scavenge the post-apocalyptic barren wasteland, Hirokin – a reluctant warrior with a dark past – sets off on mission to fulfill his destiny. Having fought to the death to save his wife and son from the planets evil dictator – Griffin – and his elite army of hunters, the lone warrior is left for dead in the vast desert. Armed with his samurai blade, Hirokin is forced to choose between avenging the murder of his family and fighting for the freedom his people. In a twist of fate and with a small rebellion by his side Hirokin s vision finally becomes clear.

            Markimdb: 5.4
            Genrehorror, fantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
            CountryUSA

            As Halloweentown prepares to celebrate its 1,000th anniversary, Marnie Piper and her brother Dylan return to Witch University, where trouble is in session from the Sinister Sisters and from someone who's plotting to use Marnie's powers for evil.

            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
            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: 2.7
            Genrehorror, fantasy, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:29

            The beautiful Aurora is cursed into everlasting sleep by an evil witch for a crime she didn't commit. The brave Commander of the Guard, William, embarks on a quest inspired by both love and loyalty to free the doomed princess. He travels into the dark forest where he encounters a friendly elf that helps him on his quest, a dangerous wizard with no love for royalty or evil, a deadly assassin, and a ravenous creature that preys on human flesh before the final confrontation that will determine Aurora's fate.

            Markimdb: 5.9
            Genrefantasy, adventure
            CountryUSA, Turkey
            Duration03:00

            Jason and the Argonauts is based on the classic myth of Jason and the Golden Fleece. At a young age, Jason witnesses the brutal deposement and murder of his father at the hands of his uncle Pelias. Twenty years later, Jason returns home to claim his rightful place as king, but Pelias orders him to be executed, and in order to save himself Jason is forced to go on a dangerous quest to find the legendary Golden Fleece. So Jason gathers a motley crew of men and sets sail on the Argos. This Hallmark Production was created as a two part mini-series event, starring Jason London as Jason and Jolene Blalock as Medea.




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