Movies Like Across the Pacific
If you liked Across the Pacific (1942), a adventure and thriller movie directed by John Huston, 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 dramaWhen 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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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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North by Northwest (1959)
★ 8/10Also thriller and adventureAdvertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
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The High and the Mighty (1954)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure and dramaDan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight that takes a terrifying turn when disaster…
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Nancy (2018)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and thrillerNancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief.
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The Sea Wolf (1941)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and dramaShipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind.
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The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and dramaWhen their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
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Extortion (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and dramaA doctor desperately tries to save his wife and their 5 year old son after their vacation in the Bahamas takes an unexpected turn.
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The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and dramaAmerica is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. A courageous young girl confronts overwhelming odds when she embarks on a cross-country search for her father. During her…
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The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and thrillerBased on an "actual event" that took place in 1943. About a US Navy Destroyer Escort that disappeared from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and sent two men 40 years into the future to 1984.
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The Finest Hours (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and thrillerThe Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
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Blood Alley (1955)
★ 6/10Also adventure and dramaAn American Merchant Marine captain, rescued from a Chinese Communist jail by local villagers, is "shanghaied" into transporting the entire village to Hong Kong on an ancient paddle steamer.
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True Grit (1969)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and 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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Cast Away (2000)
★ 7.7/10Also adventure and dramaChuck Noland, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor…
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Anne of the Indies (1951)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and dramaAfter buccaneer captain Anne Providence spares Pierre LaRochelle and recruits him into her pirate crew, their growing attraction is tested when Captain Blackbeard reveals LaRochelle's true identity as a former French…
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The Black Pirate (1926)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and dramaA nobleman vows to avenge the death of his father by the hands of pirates. To this end, he infiltrates the pirate band; Acting in character, he single-handedly captures a merchant vessel, but things are complicated…
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Vera Cruz (1954)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and dramaAfter the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. The former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane meets the gunman and killer Joe Erin and his men, and together they are…
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The Living Daylights (1987)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and thrillerAfter a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union…
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Moby Dick (1956)
★ 7.1/10Also adventure and dramaIn 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the…
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Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and thrillerIn 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.