Movies Like The Lone Defender
If you liked The Lone Defender (1930), a action movie directed by Richard Thorpe, 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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White Fang (1991)
★ 6.7/10Also actionJack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.
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Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also actionScooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang meet up with Batman and other friends to defeat evil villains and save the day.
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PAW Patrol: The Movie (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also actionRyder and the pups are called to Adventure City to stop Mayor Humdinger from turning the bustling metropolis into a state of chaos.
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Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995)
★ 6.2/10Also actionTeenager Angus adopts a stray dog and names him Yellow. Several days later, while travelling along the coast of British Columbia with Angus's father, John, the boy and dog become stranded when turbulent waters capsize…
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DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also actionWhen Superman and the rest of the Justice League are kidnapped, Krypto the Super-Dog must convince a rag-tag shelter pack - Ace the hound, PB the potbellied pig, Merton the turtle and Chip the squirrel - to master…
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Dog Man (2025)
★ 7.4/10Also actionWhen a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together and Dog Man is born. Dog Man is sworn to protect and…
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Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also actionIt's been ten years since the creation of the Great Truce, an elaborate joint-species surveillance system designed and monitored by cats and dogs to keep the peace when conflicts arise. But when a tech-savvy villain…
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200% Wolf (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also actionWhen Freddy Lupin's wayward wish transforms him into a werewolf and deposits a mischievous moon sprite on Earth, Freddy must restore the cosmic order before the earth and moon collide.
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The Bad Guys (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also actionWhen the Bad Guys, a crew of criminal animals, are finally caught after years of heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, Mr. Wolf brokers a deal to save them all from prison.
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Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword (2009)
★ 7.6/10Also actionThe Mystery Inc. gang takes a trip to Japan and finds themselves circling Asia and the Pacific in a treasure hunt, racing against the vengeful Black Samurai and his Ninja warriors to find the legendary Sword of Fate…
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See Spot Run (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also actionA drug sniffing agent canine is a target for an assassin boss so the FBI calls Witness Protection to send him somewhere else. Meanwhile a single Mom puts her 6 year old boy James in the care of her irresponsible…
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Spies in Disguise (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also actionSuper spy Lance Sterling and scientist Walter Beckett are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is… not. But what Walter lacks in social skills he makes up for in smarts and invention…
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The Bad Guys 2 (2025)
★ 7.6/10Also actionThe now-reformed Bad Guys are trying (very, very hard) to be good, but instead find themselves hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals they never saw coming: The Bad…
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Puss in Boots (2011)
★ 6.6/10Also actionLong before he even met Shrek, the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw Puss in Boots becomes a hero when he sets off on an adventure with the tough and street smart Kitty Softpaws and the mastermind Humpty Dumpty to…
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Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011)
★ 7.1/10Also actionPhineas and Ferb get trapped in an alternate dimension where the evil Doofenshmirtz rules the tri-state area. They must find a way back home with the help of their pet platypus named Perry, who they discover is a…
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Hellfighters (1968)
★ 6.3/10Also actionThe adventures of oil well fire specialist Chance Buckman (based on real-life Red Adair), who extinguishes massive fires in oil fields around the world.
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No Name on the Bullet (1959)
★ 6.6/10Also actionWhen hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.
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Oscar Shaw (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also actionAfter retiring from the police force, a relentless detective haunted by the tragic loss of his closest friend sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance, seeking redemption and fighting to restore justice to the…
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Gunless (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also actionAmerican gunslinger Sean Rafferty—aka The Montana Kid—is unable to find someone to duel in a Canadian town where no one understands the brutal code of the American Wild West.
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Kill Shot (2023)
★ 8/10Also actionPosing as hunters, a group of terrorists are in search of $100 million that was stolen and lost in a plane crash en route from Afghanistan.