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Movies Like Manhunt of Mystery Island

If you liked Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945), a action and science fiction movie directed by Yakima Canutt and Spencer Gordon Bennet, 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. 1Solo: A Star Wars Story

    Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

    ★ 6.6/10Also science fiction and action

    Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.

  2. 2I Am Number Four

    I Am Number Four (2011)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action and science fiction

    A teenage fugitive with an incredible secret races to stay one step ahead of the mysterious forces seeking destroy him. With three dead and one on the run, the race to find the elusive Number Four begins. Outwardly…

  3. 3Secret Headquarters

    Secret Headquarters (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and science fiction

    While hanging out after school, Charlie and his friends discover the headquarters of the world’s most powerful superhero hidden beneath his home. When villains attack, they must team up to defend the headquarters and…

  4. 4The Electric State

    The Electric State (2025)

    ★ 6.5/10Also action and science fiction

    An orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler and his wisecracking sidekick.

  5. 5Treasure Planet

    Treasure Planet (2002)

    ★ 7.6/10Also science fiction

    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…

  6. 6Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

    Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action and science fiction

    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.

  7. 7F.R.E.D.I.

    F.R.E.D.I. (2018)

    ★ 5.9/10Also science fiction

    An intelligent, lovable robot known as "F.R.E.D.I." is stolen from a secret research facility by the project's lead scientist. The robot is found by a 15 year old teenager, James. Soon the two begin to communicate and…

  8. 8Babylon 5: The River of Souls

    Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and science fiction

    A group of Soul Hunters come to Babylon 5 demanding the return of something that was stolen from them.

  9. 9Memoirs of an Invisible Man

    Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)

    ★ 5.9/10Also science fiction

    After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.

  10. 10Inception

    Inception (2010)

    ★ 8.4/10Also action and science fiction

    Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the…

  11. 11Batman

    Batman (1943)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action

    Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and…

  12. 12Earth to Echo

    Earth to Echo (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10Also science fiction

    After a construction project begins digging in their neighbourhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going…

  13. 13Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark

    Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark (2007)

    ★ 6.5/10Also action and science fiction

    This instalment of Babylon 5 is in two parts: the first is about an entity that has possessed a worker. Colonel Lochley prevents a priest from performing an exorcism. The host is returned to Earth. The second has Galen…

  14. 14The Black Pirate

    The Black Pirate (1926)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action

    A 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…

  15. 15Return from Witch Mountain

    Return from Witch Mountain (1978)

    ★ 5.9/10Also science fiction

    Tony and Tia are other-worldly twins endowed with telekinesis. When their Uncle Bene drops them off in Los Angeles for an earthbound vacation, a display of their supernatural skill catches the eye of the nefarious Dr…

  16. 16Impostor

    Impostor (2001)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and science fiction

    A top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile alien race wanting to take over Earth.

  17. 17The Last Mimzy

    The Last Mimzy (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also science fiction

    Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world – and find a task ahead of them that is far more…

  18. 18Star Trek Into Darkness

    Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

    ★ 7.3/10Also action and science fiction

    When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of…

  19. 19The 5th Wave

    The 5th Wave (2016)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction and action

    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.

  20. 20Suicide Squad

    Suicide Squad (2016)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action

    From DC Comics comes the Suicide Squad, an antihero team of incarcerated supervillains who act as deniable assets for the United States government, undertaking high-risk black ops missions in exchange for commuted…

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