Movies Like Top of the World

If you liked Top of the World (1955), a adventure movie directed by Lewis R. Foster, 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.

1
Togo (2019)
★ 8.1/10Also adventure
The untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength, courage and determination of…
2
Hell and High Water (1954)
★ 6/10Also adventure
A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer to conduct an Alaskan submarine expedition in order to prevent a Red Chinese anti-American plot that may lead to World War III. Mixes deviously…
3
The Rocketeer (1991)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure
A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost.
4
The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure
A biplane pilot and WWI veteran takes up barnstorming and later a movie career in his quest for the glory days he misses.
5
Balto (1995)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure
An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.
6
Eight Below (2006)
★ 7/10Also adventure
In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm. He ties his dogs to be…
7
The Last Starfighter (1984)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure
Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering the video game The Last Starfighter, only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters…
8
True Grit (1969)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure
The 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…
9
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure
A boy and his dog, White Fang, must try to save the noble Haida tribe from evil white men in turn-of-the-century Alaska.
10
Never Cry Wolf (1983)
★ 7/10Also adventure
A scientific researcher, sent on a government study: The Lupus Project, must investigate the possible "menace" of wolves in the north. To do so, he must survive in the wilderness for six months on his own. In the…
11
Ice Station Zebra (1968)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure
A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arctic research encampment called Ice Station Zebra, belonging to the…
12
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure
The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of…
13
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
14
The Island at the Top of the World (1974)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure
A Victorian gentleman hopes to find his long-lost son, who vanished while searching for a mysterious Viking community in a volcanic valley somewhere in uncharted Arctic regions. The gentleman puts together an…
15
North by Northwest (1959)
★ 8/10Also adventure
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
16
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure
Sean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.
17
PAW Patrol: Mighty Pups (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also adventure
When their latest scheme goes awry, Mayor Humdinger and his nephew Harold accidentally divert a meteor towards Adventure Bay. The meteor's golden energy grants the PAW Patrol superpowers. The heroic Mighty Pups are on…
18
Call of the Wild (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure
Self-centered and status-conscious, ten year old Ryann Hale journeys to Montana to visit her down-to-earth grandpa, Bill Hale. Ryann bonds with a wolf-dog, Buck, and schemes to save him from a cruel dogsledder.
19
Call of the Wild (1935)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure
Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog that is part wolf to keep him from being shot by an…
20
The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure
Based 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.