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Films like DragonHeart.

DragonHeart (1996) reads as Sombre, breathless, extreme fantasy / action, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Johnny Mnemonic (1995) poster
1. Johnny Mnemonic1995

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Time Machine (2002) poster
2. The Time Machine2002

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Scorpion King (2002) poster
3. The Scorpion King2002

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Timeline (2003) poster
4. Timeline2003

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) poster
5. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace1987

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Conan the Destroyer (1984) poster
6. Conan the Destroyer1984

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) poster
7. The Forbidden Kingdom2008

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) poster
8. The Chronicles of Riddick2004

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Mortal Kombat (1995) poster
9. Mortal Kombat1995

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) poster
10. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen2009

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Conan the Barbarian (2011) poster
11. Conan the Barbarian2011

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Waterworld (1995) poster
12. Waterworld1995

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are DragonHeart’s neighbours — where are yours?

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