Movies like The Northman
If The Northman's mix of sword, prince and gore stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Northman's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die
2023 · Directed by Edward Bazalgette · 111 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: vikings (norsemen), king, 10th century · Also action and adventure · From the same decade (2020s)
In the wake of King Edward's death, Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his comrades adventure across a fractured kingdom in the hopes of uniting England at last.
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Highlander
1986 · Directed by Russell Mulcahy · 116 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: sword, sword fight, suspenseful · Also adventure and action
He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.
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The 13th Warrior
1999 · Directed by John McTiernan · 103 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: vikings (norsemen), sword fight, 10th century · Also adventure and action
A Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland joins a group of Vikings, initially offended by their behavior but growing to respect them.
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How to Train Your Dragon
2010 · Directed by Chris Sanders · 98 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: vikings (norsemen), wonder, admiring · Also fantasy and adventure
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.
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Shrek
2001 · Directed by Andrew Adamson · 90 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: prince, wonder, admiring · Also fantasy and adventure
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…
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002 · Directed by Chris Columbus · 161 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: sword, admiring, amused · Also adventure and fantasy
Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber Of Secrets…
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Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003 · Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 111 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: sword, sword fight, revenge
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
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The Princess
2022 · Directed by Le Van Kiet · 94 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: gore, sword fight · Also action and fantasy · From the same decade (2020s)
A beautiful, strong-willed young royal refuses to wed the cruel sociopath to whom she is betrothed and is kidnapped and locked in a remote tower of her father’s castle.
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Dracula Untold
2014 · Directed by Gary Shore · 92 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: prince, dramatic · Also action and fantasy
Vlad Tepes is a great hero, but when he learns the Sultan is preparing for battle and needs to form an army of 1,000 boys, he vows to find a way to protect his family.
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300
2007 · Directed by Zack Snyder · 117 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: gore, sword fight · Also action and adventure
A story very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians.
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Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge
2020 · Directed by Ethan Spaulding · 80 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: revenge · Also action and fantasy · From the same decade (2020s)
After the vicious slaughter of his family by stone-cold mercenary Sub-Zero, Hanzo Hasashi is exiled to the torturous Netherrealm. There, in exchange for his servitude to the sinister Quan Chi, he’s given a chance to…
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Hacksaw Ridge
2016 · Directed by Mel Gibson · 139 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: gore, admiring
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.