Movies Like De Scheepsjongens van Bontekoe
If you liked De Scheepsjongens van Bontekoe (2007), a adventure and history movie directed by Steven de Jong, 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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True Spirit (2023)
★ 7/10Also adventure and historyWhen the tenacious young sailor Jessica Watson sets out to be the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world, many expect her to fail. With the support of her sailing coach and mentor Ben…
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Kings of the Sun (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also history and 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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Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and historyIt's the 17th century, and Native American Squanto roams free in the New World until he's captured by visiting sailors who take him back to England. Monk Brother Daniel teaches him social customs, but other Englishmen…
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Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and historyRobin of Loxley and his men stumble on a plot to overthrow Hubert Walter, King's Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury. The plotters, the Sheriff of Nottingham and the Earl of Newark, have set an ambush for Walter…
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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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Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also adventureDora, Diego, and their new friends trek through the perilous dangers of the Amazonian jungle in search of the ancient and powerful treasure of Sol Dorado to keep it out of enemy hands.
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Treasure Island (1972)
★ 5.9/10Also adventureYoung Jim Hawkins finds himself serving with pirate captain Long John Silver in search of a buccaneer's treasure, in this short adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale.
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Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist The Movie (2014)
★ 7.2/10Also adventureIf one man changes his path, will he be able to change his destiny...or will he only delay the inevitable? Ryu and Ken are two traditional warriors who find themselves isolated in some corner of Japan to carry out…
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
★ 7.3/10Also adventureAfter losing Captain Jack Sparrow to the locker of Davy Jones, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and Captain Barbossa journey to the ends of the earth to rescue him. And as the East India Trading Company tightens its grip…
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Jack Hunter and the Star of Heaven (2009)
★ 6.4/10Also adventureJack Hunter pursues his arch nemesis Littman across ancient Europe, intent on thwarting his attempt to salvage a deadly artefact.
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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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H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and historyDefiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the…
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Cutthroat Island (1995)
★ 5.8/10Also adventureMorgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by her murderous uncle, Dawg. Her crew is skeptical of her leadership…
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The Lost City of Z (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and historyA true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.
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Momo (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also adventureMomo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends with everybody in the neighborhood. But when a powerful international corporation starts stealing everybody’s time…
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The Last Rifleman (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also historyA WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his…
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Mayerling (1968)
★ 6.2/10Also historyCrown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man born at the wrong time in a country…
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Helen of Troy (1956)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and historyPrince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions…
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The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
★ 7.7/10Also adventure and historyYoung sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
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The Way Back (2010)
★ 7/10Also adventure and historyA small band of multicultural convicts stages a daring escape from a WWII-era Siberian gulag, and embarks on a treacherous journey across five countries in a desperate race for freedom and survival.