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The 10 Worst Movies That Tried to Be 'Lord of the Rings,' Ranked

The Huntsman: Winter's War, Warcraft, and The Golden Compass are among the worst fantasy movies that clearly wanted to be The Lord of the Rings.

January 19, 2025 · 1 min · 51 words · Karen Burns

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Chris Hemsworth as The Huntsman, Nick Frost as Nion, and Rob Brydon as Gryff in ‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War’

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Anduin Lothar (Travis Fimmel) carries his sword as he leads an army of Orcs into battle in ‘Warcraft’ (2016)Warcraft

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A cloaked wizard walks with his mast while a young man walks along behind him.

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A group of owls inside a tree nest looking at the camera in Legend of the Guardians The Owls of Ga’Hoole

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Lyra (Dakota Blue Richards) walks into a room with armoured polar bears in ‘The Golden Compass’ (2007)

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The Golden Compass Movie Poster With Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, and a Girl Riding a Polar Bear

Eragon holding his sword and Saphira spewing flames in 2006’s Eragon

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Amy Acker as Luisa, Tom Wisdom as Gabriel, John Rhys-Davies as Sangimel, and Arnold Vosloo as King Augustin on the poster for ‘Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles’

The Farmer standing in the front of a group of soldiers In The Name of the King

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A man wearing tan cloth walking somberly through a group of warriors holding spears in ‘Clash of the Empires’

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