Movies Like Return to the Blue Lagoon
If you liked Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991), a adventure and drama movie directed by William A. Graham, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Lord of the Flies (1963)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and adventureFollowing a plane crash a group of schoolboys find themselves on a deserted island. They appoint a leader and attempt to create an organized society for the sake of their survival. Democracy and order soon begin to…
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Tomb Raider (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also adventureLara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared.
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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and dramaA shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and…
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Wildlike (2015)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and dramaFourteen-year-old Mackenzie is sent to live with her uncle in Juneau when her mother can’t care for her anymore. The living situation quickly takes a turn for the worse, and she runs away to rejoin her mother in…
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The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and dramaTen-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie – a seal who can turn into a human…
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Interiors (1978)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaWhen Eve, an interior designer, is deserted by her husband of many years, Arthur, the emotionally glacial relationships of the three grown-up daughters are laid bare. Twisted by jealousy, insecurity and resentment…
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The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
★ 7.5/10Also adventure and dramaSet in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with…
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Hereafter (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaThree people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways.
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Greenland 2: Migration (2026)
★ 6.4/10Also adventureHaving found the safety of the Greenland bunker after the comet Clarke decimated the Earth, the Garrity family must now risk everything to embark on a perilous journey across the wasteland of Europe to find a new home.
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The Emerald Forest (1985)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and dramaFor ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest. Miraculously, he finds the boy living among the reclusive Amazon tribe who…
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Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain (1995)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and adventureTwo teen girls, one from the city, one from the country, try to find the hidden gold of Bear Mountain learning about friendship, loyalty and courage on the way.
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Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
★ 7.1/10Also adventure and dramaThe Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they…
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Abandoned (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and adventureIn 1989 the trimaran Rose Noelle set sail from Picton, New Zealand, bound for Tonga with four crew. After a freak wave capsized the yacht, they drifted for 119 days before landing on Great Barrier Island.
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Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
★ 7.4/10Also adventure and dramaFletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
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Into the Wild (2007)
★ 7.8/10Also adventure and dramaAfter graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the…
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Rapa Nui (1994)
★ 6.4/10Also adventureInter-tribal rivalry leads to a competition to erect a huge Maoi statue in record time before Make can take part in the race to retrieve the egg of a Sooty Tern. The reward for winning this race is to rule the island…
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Walkabout (1971)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure and dramaUnder the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred…
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Chaos Walking (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also adventureTwo unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.
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Midnight Special (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and dramaA father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.
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Dolphin Tale (2011)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaA sea of animal rescuers — and a lonely boy in need of a friend – nurse an injured dolphin back to health after it loses its tail in a trap.