Movies and TvShows featuring "reluctant-hero" theme.

Quantum Leap is a TV show about a scientist who travels through time, leaping into the bodies of different people. He tries to fix the mistakes of the past and alter history for the better. With the help of his holographic guide, he experiences various adventures in different time periods, encountering both drama and action. The show explores themes of love, friendship, and the impact of small actions on the future. It is set in the 1980s and 1990s and revolves around the concept of quantum physics and time travel.

Shrek, a grouchy ogre, is forced to go on a quest to rescue a princess and get his land back from a mean lord who exiles fairytale creatures to his swamp. Along the way, Shrek forms an unexpected bond with the princess and discovers the importance of true love and acceptance.

Alina thought she had found the perfect job as a guild receptionist. It’s stable, safe, and has a super cute uniform. But this dream gig turns into an overtime nightmare whenever adventurers get stuck clearing a dungeon. Tired of the long nights, Alina starts taking down the bosses herself! She even earns the name Executioner for her impressive skills. Can she keep her identity a secret?

In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, Max Rockatansky is imprisoned and used as a blood bag for a sick War Boy. When one of Joe's lieutenants, Imperator Furiosa, escapes with Joe's five wives, Max helps them in their journey to find Furiosa's homeland and escape from Joe's pursuit. Along the way, they face battles, sacrifices, and the realization that hope for a better future lies within themselves.

Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi must save young Leia after she is kidnapped, all the while being pursued by Imperial Inquisitors and his former Padawan now known as Darth Vader.

In a future where mutants are nearly extinct, an elderly and weary Logan leads a quiet life. His healing powers are fading and he spends his days as a limo driver in a border town. But when a young mutant girl with extraordinary powers named Laura comes along, he is tasked with protecting her from dark forces who want to capture her. As they embark on a dangerous journey to reach a safe haven for mutants, Logan must confront his own demons and rediscover his purpose.

In 1902, British aristocrat Orlando (Ralph Fiennes) (Arthur), Duke of Oxford, his wife Emily (Alexandra Maria Lara), and their young son Conrad (Harris Dickinson) visit a concentration camp (led by General Kitchener and his deputy Captain Maximilian "Max" Morton) in South Africa during the Second Boer War while working for the Red Cross. Emily is mortally wounded during a Boer sniper attack on the camp. Before she dies, Emily makes Orlando promise never to let their son see war again. Twelve years later, Orlando has formed a private spy network consisting of domestic servants employed by the world's most powerful dignitaries and has recruited his own servants Shola (Djimon Hounsou) (Merlin) and Polly (Gemma Arterton) (Gallahad) into it. The network's primary objective is to protect the United Kingdom and the British Empire from the approaching Great War....

Navy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield, but the war continues to haunt him back home.

After an experiment goes wrong, scientist Bruce Banner transforms into a green monster known as the Hulk whenever he gets angry. He must protect himself and those around him from a super villain called the Abomination.

In a post apocalyptic Australia, Max Rockatansky is exiled from Bartertown. He joins forces with a group of abandoned children to defy the town's leader and seek revenge. As they journey through the desert, Max discovers that he bears a striking resemblance to a man named Captain Walker, who was believed to lead the children to civilization. However, Max reveals that civilization is gone, and they must survive on their own. In the end, Max helps the children escape from Bartertown and finds a new settlement in the city of Sydney.

Hal Jordan, a test pilot, becomes a Green Lantern and is granted powers by an alien ring. He must learn to use his new abilities to protect Earth from the intergalactic threat, Parallax.

Aquaman, the heir to the Atlantis throne, must step forward to lead his people and prevent a war between the underwater kingdom and the surface world. Along the way, he discovers his true destiny and fights against his half-brother, who seeks to bring destruction to both worlds.

In The Sorcerer's Apprentice, a physics prodigy named Dave is chosen to be the apprentice of Balthazar. Together, they must stop the sorceress Morgana from returning and ruling the world. With the help of magic and training, Dave becomes a powerful sorcerer and faces his destiny.

In a future where the polar ice-caps have melted and Earth is almost entirely submerged, a mutated mariner fights starvation and outlaw "smokers," and reluctantly helps a woman and a young girl try to find dry land. In this post-apocalyptic world, human population has been scattered across the ocean in isolated communities on artificial islands and decrepit sea vessels. The mariner, an antihero drifter with webbed feet and gills, sails the seas in his trimaran. When he enters an artificial atoll seeking to trade dirt, he becomes the target of pirates known as "Smokers." They are searching for a girl named Enola, who possesses a map to Dryland tattooed on her back. After the Smokers raid the atoll, the mariner reluctantly takes Enola and her guardian Helen with him on his boat. They are pursued by the Deacon, the captain of the Smokers, who wants the map. Along their journey, the mariner warms up to Enola and teaches her to swim. They encounter various challenges, including an underwater trip to gather dirt and the destruction of their boat by the Smokers. Eventually, they find refuge with a new group of survivors on a makeshift atoll. Determined to rescue Enola and stop the Deacon from finding Dryland, the mariner boards the oil tanker Exxon Valdez. He threatens to drop a flare into the oil reserve tank unless the Deacon releases Enola, resulting in the ship's explosion. The mariner saves Enola by bungee jumping and they join the others on the balloon-driven towards Dryland. They discover that Dryland is Mount Everest, where they begin a new civilization, while the mariner decides to sail off into the ocean, his home.

A young farmer named Willow is chosen to undertake a perilous journey in order to protect a baby with a peculiar birthmark from an evil queen named Bavmorda. With the help of a renegade warrior named Madmartigan, Willow must navigate through various challenges and battles to ensure the baby's safety and fulfill a prophecy that could bring about the downfall of the evil queen.

In a dystopian future, Manhattan has become a maximum security prison. When the President crashes into the prison, a bank robber is sent on a mission to rescue him. With a ticking clock, he must navigate through gangs and treachery to complete his mission and gain his freedom.

When his mentor is taken captive by a disgraced Arab sheik, a killer-for-hire is forced into action. His mission: kill three members of Britain's elite Special Air Service responsible for his sons' deaths.

Shoebox Zoo is an urban fantasy TV series made in a collaboration between BBC Scotland and various Canadian television companies. It is mostly live-action, but with CGI used for the animal figurines. The show centers on the story of a young girl named Marnie McBride, who is given a shoebox containing four toy animals by a mysterious old man at a junk shop, as a gift for her 11th birthday. These magical toys have the power to come alive on Marnie’s command, and they’re on a quest to find an ancient book that once belonged to a great and powerful wizard.

Convoy is a 1978 action film about a truck driver named Martin 'Rubber Duck' Penwald who leads a rebellion against corrupt law enforcement officers. The film takes place in the Arizona desert and follows Rubber Duck and his convoy of fellow truckers as they evade the police and fight for their rights.

When Ash Williams is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead in order to return home.