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Movies Like Desert Raiders

If you liked Desert Raiders (1964), a drama and action movie directed by Tanio Boccia, 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. 1The Princess

    The Princess (2022)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action

    A beautiful, strong-willed young royal refuses to wed the cruel sociopath to whom she is betrothed and is kidnapped and locked in a remote tower of her father’s castle. With her scorned, vindictive suitor intent on…

  2. 2The Huntsman: Winter's War

    The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and drama

    As two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land, two renegades—Eric the Huntsman, who aided Snow White in defeating Ravenna in Snowwhite and the Huntsman, and his forbidden lover, Sara—set out to stop them.

  3. 340 Acres

    40 Acres (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action and drama

    Hailey Freeman and her family are the last descendants of African American farmers who settled in rural Canada after the Civil War. In a famine-decimated near future, they now struggle to safeguard their farm, as they…

  4. 4The Most Beautiful Wife

    The Most Beautiful Wife (1970)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    A 16-year-old Sicilian becomes the target of a mafia hit man after refusing to go through with her prearranged marriage.

  5. 5Mexicali

    Mexicali (2026)

    ★ 7.7/10Also action and drama

    A former special forces contractor is forced out of retirement as an avocado farmer in Mexico when local gangsters try to force him and his family off their farm.

  6. 6The Village

    The Village (2004)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.

  7. 7Snow White and the Huntsman

    Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    After the Evil Queen marries the King, she performs a violent coup in which the King is murdered and his daughter, Snow White, is taken captive. Almost a decade later, a grown Snow White is still in the clutches of the…

  8. 8Girl in the Box

    Girl in the Box (2016)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.

  9. 9The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

    The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)

    ★ 6.5/10Also action

    A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and traitorous lord of Rohan seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm Hammerhand, the King of Rohan, and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient…

  10. 10The Enforcer

    The Enforcer (2022)

    ★ 7/10Also action and drama

    A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to…

  11. 11Nowhere to Run

    Nowhere to Run (1993)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action and drama

    Escaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children.

  12. 12Hands of Stone

    Hands of Stone (2016)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

  13. 13Damage

    Damage (2009)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action and drama

    An ex-con battles it out in the cage to pay for the operation that would save the daughter of his victim. Along the way he finds fatherly love, and friendship, in the most unlikely of places.

  14. 14The Shepherd

    The Shepherd (2023)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and action

    On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home becomes lost while flying over water and needs a miracle to land safely.

  15. 15Girl in the Bunker

    Girl in the Bunker (2018)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    When Elizabeth is abducted by a fugitive sexual predator, she realizes she must take matters into her own hands and plot her escape. Based on a true story.

  16. 16Mythica: A Quest for Heroes

    Mythica: A Quest for Heroes (2014)

    ★ 5.8/10Also action

    Stuck in a life of indentured servitude, Marek dreams of becoming a wizard. When she meets the beautiful priestess Teela in need of help, she offers her assistance and provides a motley troupe. Together they go in…

  17. 17Dirt

    Dirt (2018)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and action

    In search of a lifeline for his struggling off road racing team, a man takes on a young car thief looking for a second chance, but as their worlds collide, they must struggle to forge a successful alliance.

  18. 18Dirty Angels

    Dirty Angels (2024)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    During the United States' 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, a group of female soldiers posing as medical relief are sent back in to rescue a group of kidnapped teenagers caught between ISIS and the Taliban.

  19. 19Firebrand

    Firebrand (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival.

  20. 20True Grit

    True Grit (1969)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    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…

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