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Movies like The Legend of Hei (2019)

The best movies like The Legend of Hei (2019) are The Legend of Hei 2 (2025), Jiang Ziya (2020) and Green Snake (2021). If The Legend of Hei hooked you with its animation and fantasy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. The Legend of Hei 2 (2025)

    When an attack shatters the fragile peace between the spirit world and humanity, Hei teams up with Luye, the last disciple of his Shifu Wuxian, to expose a conspiracy that threatens both realms - and the bond they've sworn to protect.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & fantasy

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  2. Jiang Ziya (2020)

    Atop the ruins of war, top commander Jiang Ziya is given the task to banish the Nine-tailed Fox Demon who threatens all mortals' very existence. When he discovers the Nine-tailed Fox's life linked to the soul of an innocent girl, he is faced with a challenging decision: follow the will of heaven or find his own path to righteousness.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & action

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  3. Green Snake (2021)

    While trying to free her sister from Fahai's clutches, Xiao Qing winds up in a dystopian city and meets a mysterious man who can't recall his past life.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & fantasy

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  4. Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (2026)

    Avatar Aang, the world's last Airbender, learns of an ancient power that could save his culture from extinction. With the help of his friends, he embarks on a global quest to find it before it falls into the wrong hands and threatens to upend the peace they sacrificed everything to achieve.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & adventure

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  5. The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)

    A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and traitorous lord of Rohan seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm Hammerhand, the King of Rohan, and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornburg.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & fantasy

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  6. Epic (2013)

    A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group of characters in order to save their world—and ours.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & adventure

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  7. Big Fish & Begonia (2016)

    Beyond the human realm, there is a magical race of beings who control the tides and the changing of the seasons. One of these beings, a young girl named Chun, seeks something more—she wants to experience the human world! At sixteen, she finally gets her chance and transforms into a dolphin in order to explore the world that has her fascinated. But she soon discovers that it's a dangerous place and nearly gets killed in a vortex. Luckily, her life is spared when a young boy sacrifices himself to save her. Moved by his kindness and courage, she uses magic to bring him back to life only to learn that this power comes at a serious price. On a new adventure, she’ll have to make her own sacrifices in order to protect his soul until it is ready to return to the human world.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & adventure

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  8. Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (2025)

    When her beloved dollhouse is accidentally claimed by an eccentric cat lady during a road trip to Cat Francisco, Gabby embarks on a real-world adventure to reunite the Gabby Cats and rescue her most prized possession before it is too late.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & animation

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  9. Swapped (2026)

    A small woodland creature and a majestic bird, two natural sworn enemies of the Valley, magically trade places and set off on an adventure of a lifetime to switch back. Their journey soon uncovers a greater threat—one that could endanger not only their species, but the entire valley they call home.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & animation

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  10. Endless Journey of Love (2025)

    In 1930s China, village girl Qian Xiao gains the power to control time, making her a target of powerful forces. As she uncovers the metropolis's hidden secrets, she faces peril and the cost of her gift.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & fantasy

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  11. The Amazing Maurice (2022)

    Maurice is a streetwise ginger cat who comes up with a money-making scam by befriending a group of self-taught talking rats. When Maurice and the rodents meet a bookworm called Malicia, their little con soon goes down the drain.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & adventure

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  12. New Gods: Nezha Reborn (2021)

    While living as an ordinary deliveryman and motor racing fan, Nezha encounters old nemeses and must rediscover his powers to protect his loved ones.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & fantasy

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  13. Welcome to Smelliville (2021)

    The Oggly family arrive at the municipal rubbish dump of Smelliville and must look for a new home, but they never feel really welcome anywhere. They stink and are for most humans just a tad too oggly. When Firebottom, the family dragon, crash-lands on the run-down rubbish tip of the small town of Smelliville, the Ogglies at once feel at home. And it's here they want to stay.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & adventure

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  14. Cinderella and the Secret Prince (2018)

    Cinderella discovers a secret that could shake their world: an evil witch turned the prince into a mouse and replaced him with a look-alike. Cinderella and her friends must save the real prince and help him defeat the evil witch.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & adventure

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  15. The Secret Kingdom (2023)

    Verity and Peter’s trip to the old family mansion takes a turn when the floor of their room suddenly gives way and they fall into an underground chamber where they are met by a civilization of creatures. The leader tells them that Peter's arrival was foretold as he’s the one who can use Great Clock of the Citadel to restart time and destroy the Shroud, a malevolent creature who feeds on fear itself...

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & fantasy

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  16. 10 Lives (2024)

    A pampered cat takes for granted the lucky hand he has been dealt after he is rescued and loved by Rose, a kind-hearted and passionate student. When he loses his ninth life, fate steps in to set him on a transformative journey.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & fantasy

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  17. Cats (2018)

    A cat named Blanket lives in the city with his son, Cape. One day, Cape decides to leave home and embarks on an adventure to find the legendary cat's paradise. To find his son, Blanket must overcome his fear and reconcile with his past.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & adventure

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  18. The Legend of Ochi (2025)

    In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a quest to bring him home.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy & adventure

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  19. The Dark Crystal (1982)

    On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & fantasy

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  20. Once Upon a Forest (1993)

    A young mouse, mole and hedgehog risk their lives to find a cure for their badger friend, who's been poisoned by men.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & adventure

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  21. Digimon Adventure tri. Part 5: Coexistence (2017)

    Meicoomon rampages after witnessing Meiko Mochizuki being injured by the man bearing Gennai's likeness. "It would have been better if you hadn't been born..." Meicoomon disappears into the Real World, which has since become distorted. Possessing overwhelming power, she's the key to the world's destruction.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure & action

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  22. DragonHeart (1996)

    In an ancient time when majestic fire-breathers soared through the skies, a knight named Bowen comes face to face and heart to heart with the last dragon on Earth, Draco. Taking up arms to suppress a tyrant king, Bowen soon realizes his task will be harder than he'd imagined: If he kills the king, Draco will die as well.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both fantasy & action

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  23. Rain in the Sunshine (2013)

    Schoolboy Hinata has a big crush on his classmate Shigure, but is too shy to tell her. On the day Shigure is leaving, Hinata flies off on the wings of a bird chasing after her to tell how he feels!

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation & adventure

  24. Liberated from Paradise: Resonance of the Heart (2026)

    In 2400, most of humanity still lives without physical bodies inside the digital paradise DEVA, but Angela Balzac's rebellion left consequences its security forces could not erase. During the chaos, numerous agents escaped to Earth after stealing material bodies and hardware containing their personal data, then vanished from DEVA's surveillance. These fugitives, now called the Fallen, have become a threat whose true purpose is unknown. Agents Gabriel, Arma, and Daniel are sent to track them across the surface, where the lingering Nano Hazard makes the environment itself dangerous. The closer they come to the Fallen, the harder it becomes to trust everything they were told about Angela's revolt and the 'paradise' they have been ordered to protect.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation & action

  25. Asterix vs. Caesar (1985)

    Obelix falls for a new arrival in his home village in Gaul, but is heartbroken when her true love arrives to visit her. However, the lovers are kidnapped by Romans; Asterix and Obelix set out to rescue them on a dangerous journey that will involve gladiators, slavers and beauracracy - and a personal encounter with the Emperor himself, Julius Caesar...

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation & adventure

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  26. I'm for the Hippopotamus (1979)

    In 1950, in Africa. Tom organizes safaris for tourists, secretly equipping them with guns loaded with blanks. When Slim, Tom’s cousin—a sly slacker and staunch environmentalist—arrives, the two men come into conflict with Jack Ormond, a local animal trafficker. A doctor, a friend of the duo, denounces Mr. Ormond’s exploitation of animals in a newspaper, prompting Ormond to send his henchmen to destroy the clinic where the good doctor practices. But at the medical facility, Ormond’s henchmen find Tom and Slim waiting for them, and in the blink of an eye, the two cousins wipe out these thugs in a brawl. Ormond then tries to bribe the two cousins, and when that fails, has them imprisoned for a theft they never committed. After escaping from prison, the two men rush toward Ormond’s ship, beating the merchant’s men to a pulp...

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & adventure

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  27. Trahison à Worms (2026)

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure & fantasy

  28. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)

    Against impossible odds, Spirit, a young mustang, sets out across the majestic wilderness to regain his freedom and save his homeland. Along the way, he forms a friendship with a young Lakota brave, outwits a squadron of soldiers, and ultimately, finds love.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure & animation

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  29. DEEMO Memorial Keys (2022)

    Deemo is a lonely individual who lives in solitude, playing the piano in a castle. One day, a girl who has lost her memory falls from the sky. Wanting to help her recover her memories and return to her world, Deemo discovers that a tree kept atop the piano will grow whenever the piano is played.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation & fantasy

  30. The Toys Room (1996)

    There is jealousy brewing in the toy chest. A new toy has taken all of the little boy's attention. When Pino the Toy decides to run away the others become worried he might never return. Will the other toys be able to find their friend and save the day?

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like The Legend of Hei?

The closest matches to The Legend of Hei are The Legend of Hei 2 (2025), Jiang Ziya (2020) and Green Snake (2021). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after The Legend of Hei?

Start with The Legend of Hei 2 (2025), the closest match to The Legend of Hei.

What is the highest-rated movie like The Legend of Hei?

Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (2026), rated 9.0/10 by 1,441 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like The Legend of Hei?

Liberated from Paradise: Resonance of the Heart (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there Chinese movies like The Legend of Hei?

Yes: The Legend of Hei 2 (2025), Jiang Ziya (2020) and Green Snake (2021).

How are movies similar to The Legend of Hei chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Legend of Hei, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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