Movies Like The Heart of the Yukon
If you liked The Heart of the Yukon (1927), a adventure movie directed by W.S. Van Dyke, 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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Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure (1995)
★ 6.2/10Also adventureA young boy draws on the inspiration of legendary western characters to find the strength to fight an evil land baron in the old west who wants to steal his family's farm and destroy their idyllic community. When…
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Timescape (1992)
★ 6.4/10Also adventureBefore they can complete renovations on their new country inn, a widowed father and his young daughter are visited by a strange group of tourists. He soon makes a chilling discovery: they are disaster junkies from the…
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The Water Man (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also adventureHoping to save his sick mother, a boy named Gunner and his friend Jo venture into the remote Wild Horse forest to search for a mythical figure who possesses the secret to immortality. When they go missing, Gunner's…
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White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994)
★ 6.9/10Also adventureA boy and his dog, White Fang, must try to save the noble Haida tribe from evil white men in turn-of-the-century Alaska.
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The Call of the Wild (1972)
★ 6.1/10Also adventureJohn Thornton, is a fearless man who's after more than gold; he wants to do what's right. Thornton works for the U.S. mail and is the only person daring and smart enough to figure out how to travel the deadly 600 miles…
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Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
★ 6.4/10Also adventureLegends (and myths) from the life of famed American frontiersman Davy Crockett are depicted in this feature film edited from television episodes. Crockett and his friend George Russel fight in the Creek Indian War…
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Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also adventureAdventurer Jack Hunter sets off in pursuit of a legendary tomb, meeting dangerous old adversaries, and even more dangerous old flames, along the way.
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Kings of the Sun (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also adventureIn order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the United States. They build a home in the new land but come into…
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Mackenna's Gold (1969)
★ 6.6/10Also adventureA bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to keep the secret location undisturbed.
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Anastasia: Once Upon a Time (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also adventureAnastasia Romanov escapes through a portal when her family is threatened by Vladimir Lenin, and she finds herself in the year 1988, befriended by a young American girl.
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Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
★ 6.3/10Also adventureDavy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River") in a boat race to New Orleans. Later, Davy and Georgie, allied with Fink, battle a group of river pirates trying to pass…
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True Grit (1969)
★ 7.3/10Also adventureThe murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of…
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Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of Ugarit (2010)
★ 6.5/10Also adventureJack Hunter, an adventurous treasure seeker, goes to Syria after his mentor and father figure Professor Fredrick Shaffer is killed. Professor Frederick Shaffer believed that the people of Ugarit, a town in Syria that…
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The Big Sky (1952)
★ 6.6/10Also adventureTwo tough Kentucky mountaineers join a trading expedition from St. Louis up the Missouri River to trade whisky for furs with the Blackfoot Indians. They soon discover that there is much more than the elements to…
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Come Away (2020)
★ 5.8/10Also adventureBefore Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies in a tragic accident, they each seek to save their parents from their downward spirals of…
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The Legion (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also adventureNoreno, a half-Roman, is entrusted with the mission of crossing the snowy mountains of Armenia, swarming with Parthian patrols, to seek help for his slowly dying men.
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Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight (2002)
★ 6/10Also adventureAfter being punished for retreat from combat, Ranger David Martel is given command of the Liandra, a haunted 20-year old Minbari fighting ship. He's escorting ambassadors to a secret archaeological site, the oldest…
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The Last Stand of Ellen Cole (2024)
★ 8.1/10Also adventureWhen an evil contractor goes to extreme measures to evict a testy tenant who is standing in the way of his new project, he fails to take into account that this seemingly harmless old woman is a trained killer and will…
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Interceptor (2022)
★ 6/10Also adventureA U.S. Army Captain uses her years of tactical training to save humanity from sixteen nuclear missiles launched at the U.S. as a violent attack threatens her remote missile interceptor station.
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The Warrior's Way (2010)
★ 6.6/10Also adventureA warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.