Movies like Hellboy
If Hellboy's mix of nazi, sacrifice and superhero stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Hellboy's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Constantine
2005 · Directed by Francis Lawrence · 121 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: superhero, demon, occult · Also fantasy and action · From the same decade (2000s)
John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that…
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Frankenstein
2025 · Directed by Guillermo del Toro · 150 min7.6
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Guillermo del Toro
Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
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Samaritan
2022 · Directed by Julius Avery · 102 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: superhero, super strength
Thirteen year old Sam Cleary suspects that his mysteriously reclusive neighbor Mr. Smith is actually the legendary vigilante Samaritan, who was reported dead 25 years ago.
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The Crow
1994 · Directed by Alex Proyas · 102 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: superhero · Also fantasy and action
Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven, watched over by a hypnotic crow, returns from the grave to exact revenge.
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Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · Directed by Anthony Russo · 149 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: sacrifice, superhero
As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos.
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Deadpool
2016 · Directed by Tim Miller · 108 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: superhero
The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool.
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Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One
2021 · Directed by Chris Palmer · 85 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: superhero
Following a brutal series of murders taking place on Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, Gotham City's young vigilante known as the Batman sets out to pursue the mysterious serial killer alongside police officer…
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Army of Darkness
1992 · Directed by Sam Raimi · 89 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: lovecraftian
Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty and faces legions of the undead.
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Son of Batman
2014 · Directed by Ethan Spaulding · 74 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: superhero
Batman learns he has a violent, unruly pre-teen son, secretly raised by the terrorist group known as The League of Assassins.
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Bloodshot
2020 · Directed by David S. F. Wilson · 110 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: superhero
After he and his wife are murdered, marine Ray Garrison is resurrected by a team of scientists. Enhanced with nanotechnology, he becomes a superhuman, biotech killing machine—'Bloodshot'.
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Pumpkinhead
1988 · Directed by Stan Winston · 86 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: demon
When a group of teenagers inadvertently kill his only son, Ed Harley seeks the powers of a backwoods witch to bring the child back to life.
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Extra Ordinary
2019 · Directed by Mike Ahern · 94 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: paranormal phenomena
A driving instructor must use her other-worldly gifts to save a lonely man’s daughter from a rock star looking to use her for Satanic purposes.