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Films like Hellboy.

Hellboy (2019) reads as Heavy, breathless, extreme fantasy / horror, 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.

Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force (2025) poster
1. Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force2025

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Robin Hood (2018) poster
2. Robin Hood2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Death of Snow White (2025) poster
3. The Death of Snow White2025

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Underwater (2020) poster
4. Underwater2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Greenland (2020) poster
5. Greenland2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

The Host (2013) poster
6. The Host2013

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

Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (2023) poster
7. Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) poster
8. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker2019

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

Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) poster
9. Venom: Let There Be Carnage2021

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

Upgrade (2018) poster
10. Upgrade2018

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

The Predator (2018) poster
11. The Predator2018

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

I Am Number Four (2011) poster
12. I Am Number Four2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

These are Hellboy’s neighbours — where are yours?

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