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10 Best Movies Like The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

If you loved The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2013★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey for fans of Adventure & Fantasy & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dra...

#2
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2014★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey for fans of Adventure & Fantasy & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, 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 Mi...

#3
A Good Day to Die Hard

A Good Day to Die Hard

2013★ 5.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, finds himself for the first time on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack - unaware that Jack is rea...

#4
Olympus Has Fallen

Olympus Has Fallen

2013★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds h...

#5
Life of Pi

Life of Pi

2012★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the P...

#6
Jack the Giant Slayer

Jack the Giant Slayer

2013★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey for fans of Adventure & Fantasy & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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 firs...