Movies Like The Fabulous World of Jules Verne

If you liked The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1958), a adventure and science fiction movie directed by Karel Zeman, 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
Treasure Island (1972)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure
Young 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.
2
Underwater (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction and adventure
After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.
3
On the Beach (1959)
★ 6.7/10Also science fiction
In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual covers growing despair. In denial about the loss of his wife and…
4
The 5th Wave (2016)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and adventure
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
5
Treasure Island (1990)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure
Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led by Blind Pew. Jim and his mother fight off the attackers and…
6
The Meg (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction
A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.
7
Treasure Planet (2002)
★ 7.6/10Also science fiction and adventure
When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms on their journey to find…
8
On the Beach (2000)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction
The world has finally managed to blow itself up and only Australia has been spared from nuclear destruction and a gigantic wave of radiation is floating in on the breezes. One American sub located in the Pacific has…
9
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
★ 7.1/10Also adventure and science fiction
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
10
John Carter (2012)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and science fiction
John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink…
11
The Darkest Minds (2018)
★ 7/10Also adventure and science fiction
After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the…
12
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and science fiction
Tia and Tony are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as their uncle in order to get the kids into the clutches of Deranian's megalomaniacal boss, evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt, who…
13
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
★ 6/10Also science fiction
To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.
14
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also adventure
It's horror on the high seas when Scooby-Doo and the gang take a creepy cruise into one of the world's most mysterious places, the Bermuda Triangle! If Scooby, Shaggy and the gang can't solve this mystery, they may…
15
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
★ 6/10Also adventure
In their quest to confront the ultimate evil, Percy and his friends battle swarms of mythical creatures to find the mythical Golden Fleece and to stop an ancient evil from rising.
16
Swashbuckler (1976)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure
A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.
17
Life of Pi (2012)
★ 7.4/10Also adventure
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
18
War of the Worlds (2005)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and science fiction
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm…
19
North Sea Hijack (1980)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure
When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.
20
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and science fiction
When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead…