Movies Like High Road to China
If you liked High Road to China (1983), a adventure and drama movie directed by Brian G. Hutton, 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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Flyboys (2006)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and historyThe adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
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Wake of the Red Witch (1948)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure and dramaCaptain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix, and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch.
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Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and dramaAustrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of…
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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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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and dramaA story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.
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Queen of the Desert (2015)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and adventureA chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire in the Near and Middle East at the dawn of the twentieth century. Her…
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Max (2015)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and dramaA dog that helped soldiers in Afghanistan returns to the U.S. and is adopted by his handler's family after suffering a traumatic experience.
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and dramaAfter an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh…
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Dark of the Sun (1968)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and dramaA band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize…
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Tenzing (2026)
★ 8.3/10Also drama and historyA determined man embarks on a high-stakes quest—and defies seemingly impossible odds—to fulfill his dream of being the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
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The Call of the Wild (1972)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and dramaJohn 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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The Edge (1997)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and dramaThe plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them reach…
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The Purple Plain (1954)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and adventureAn RAF airfield in Burma in 1945, during World War II. Canadian bomber pilot Bill Forrester is a bitter man who lives haunted by a tragic past. He has became a reckless warrior, and is feared by his comrades, who…
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Everest (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and dramaInspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond…
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Munich - The Edge of War (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and historyAt the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.
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Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and historyA thousand years ago, one boy with a dream of becoming a great warrior is abducted with his sister and taken to a land far away from home. Thrown into a world where greed and injustice rule all, Bilal finds the courage…
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Alive (1993)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and dramaThe amazing true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their immense will to survive and pull through alive, forced to do anything and everything they could to…
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
★ 8/10Also adventure and dramaTwo jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.
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The Blue Max (1966)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and dramaA young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.
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The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
★ 7.7/10Also adventure and dramaYoung 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.