Bethesda's fifth entry into their popular Elder Scrolls series expanded on their epic fantasy world and then some, bringing in yet another generation of fans to their exciting and engaging stories.

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The snowy, Nordic-themed, realm of Skyrim sucks the player into an immersive experience filled with dragons, magic, and swordplay. These 10 movies share a lot of those same qualities and will make a Skyrim fan feel right at home again when they've explored every nook and cranny of the vast game but don't want to come back to the real world just yet.

The 13th Warrior (1999)

John McTiernan's take on Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton's novel, itself a mixture of 10th-century historical legends about Western Europe, was a big financial loss for its studio due to its gargantuan budget but a massive gain for fans of underrated fantasy movies because of it.

Antonio Banderas plays real-life traveler Ahmad ibn Fadlan as he's sucked into a roaring, gore-filled, adventure to free a Nordic settlement from the terrors of a dark man-eating force.

Valhalla Rising (2009)

Mads Mikkelsen as One Eye carries an axe while sitting in the hills in Valhalla Rising

Nicolas Winding Refn's historical action movie is slower and moodier than not just most other examples of the genre but most other movies in general. But that doesn't make it any less visually arresting or viscerally gruesome.

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Mads Mikkelsen adds another icon to his long list of characters who have something wrong with one eye with the mute Viking-era slave "One-Eye", who embarks on an ill-fated adventure to reach the Holy Lands but ends up in North America (an idea handled much more conventionally in the next movie on this list).

Pathfinder (2007)

North America may not sound like the most Skyrim-ish location but, the way that Pathfinder portrays this story of a Viking orphan raised by Native Americans, it may as well be a fictional fantasy realm.

Severe lapses in any kind of historical accuracy are made up for by entertainingly ridiculous action and production design, not to mention buckets of blood in the unrated version.

Dragonheart (1996)

A much more family-friendly, and dated, version of 10th-century fantasy, but no less enjoyable because of it, Dragonheart is a whimsical take on dragon hunting and nobility from the era of Kevin Costner's Robin Hood.

Dennis Quaid's disillusioned knight has more of a typical buddy comedy relationship with Sean Connery's wise old dragon but emotional stakes are a good replacement for apocalyptic doom and sorcery.

Outlander (2008)

A scene from Outlander (2008).

When Jim Cavaziel's space soldier crash lands in 8th-century Norway, he unleashes a terrible monster from another world onto the locals and has no choice but to team up with them to exact his personal revenge on it and save their civilization.

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Though one of many loose adaptations of the classic Beowulf legend, Outlander is by far one of the strangest and most stand-out thanks to its unique blend of sci-fi and fantasy, not to mention all of the VFX and set-building fun that each genre affords.

Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)

Christophe Gans' lavish historical-fantasy epic combines a number of fairly unoriginal things to make a wholly original journey across the divide between The Wolf Man and The Matrix.

Skyrim fans will have their love for monster hunting action and richly detailed worlds satisfied in this tale of a mysterious beast terrorizing the French countryside in the 18th century.

Reign of Fire (2002)

By far one of the most unique dragon-slaying movies ever, Reign of Fire sees Christian Bale's leader of a small band of survivors team up with Matthew McConaughey's mad hunter in the post-apocalyptic ruins of modern-day Britain.

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The movie may never fully realize its truly grandiose premise but it accomplishes enough to create something distinctly memorable in an all too often uniform genre.

Centurion (2010)

Neil Marshall's brutal Roman-era action thriller sees Michael Fassbender's centurion fighting for survival in Scotland against a band of rebellious Picts in full guerilla-warfare-mode.

Though lacking in any typical fantasy elements, the surroundings and violent political drama feels just like one of many clashes between Skyrim's Imperial and Forsworn factions.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Of course, all of the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies from director Peter Jackson are essential viewing for a fantasy fan, not just a Skyrim fan. But they are an epic story and, if they've somehow passed you by up until now, you have to start at the beginning.

The Fellowship of the Ring also has the benefit of being able to meander a little more freely within its world before the intensity of its main questlines begins in earnest, which allows the truly incredible world that Weta Workshop built out of J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved Middle Earth to shine all the brighter.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

hobbit unexpected journey fellowship

Option two for your starting point in Peter Jackson's Middle Earth movies is a prequel but, much like the Star Wars prequels, isn't confusing for people who aren't familiar with the franchise or boring for people who are.

The mountain of extra details that Jackson and co. add into Tolkien's original story to make it into three huge feature-length movies is both its strongest quality and its most damning flaw. There is so much to notice and marvel at in each and every one of the movies but, once again, Unexpected Journey allows the audience a wider view of its world before focussing on its main narrative prize. So be sure to stick around for Benedict Cumberbatch's dragon to end all dragons in part two if you enjoy the first.

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