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Movies Like Escape from Hong Kong

If you liked Escape from Hong Kong (1942), a adventure and war movie directed by William Nigh, 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. 1What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

    What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)

    ★ 5.9/10Also war

    A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way…

  2. 2The Guns of Navarone

    The Guns of Navarone (1961)

    ★ 7.3/10Also adventure and war

    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.

  3. 3Johnny English Strikes Again

    Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10Also adventure

    Disaster strikes when a criminal mastermind reveals the identities of all active undercover agents in Britain. The secret service can now rely on only one man - Johnny English. Currently teaching at a minor prep…

  4. 4Batman

    Batman (1943)

    ★ 6.2/10Also adventure

    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…

  5. 5North by Northwest

    North by Northwest (1959)

    ★ 8/10Also adventure

    Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

  6. 6Waiting for Anya

    Waiting for Anya (2020)

    ★ 6.3/10Also war

    During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.

  7. 7The Four Musketeers

    The Four Musketeers (1974)

    ★ 6.5/10Also adventure

    The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.

  8. 8The Wings of Eagles

    The Wings of Eagles (1957)

    ★ 6.3/10Also war

    The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.

  9. 9Treasure Island

    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.

  10. 10Buck Privates

    Buck Privates (1941)

    ★ 6.8/10Also war

    Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauffeur are not only…

  11. 11Dave Made a Maze

    Dave Made a Maze (2017)

    ★ 6.4/10Also adventure

    Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls, booby traps, and critters of…

  12. 12Vera Cruz

    Vera Cruz (1954)

    ★ 6.7/10Also adventure

    After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. The former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane meets the gunman and killer Joe Erin and his men, and together they are…

  13. 13Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story

    Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005)

    ★ 6.9/10Also adventure

    The maniacal baby of the Griffin family, Stewie, meets his future self. In doing this he discovers that his future image is not what he has anticipated because of a near death experience.

  14. 14Scaramouche

    Scaramouche (1952)

    ★ 7/10Also adventure

    In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.

  15. 15The Silencers

    The Silencers (1966)

    ★ 6/10Also adventure

    Matt Helm is called out of retirement to stop the evil Big O organization who plan to explode an atomic bomb over Alamagordo, NM, and start WW III.

  16. 16They Were Expendable

    They Were Expendable (1945)

    ★ 6.5/10Also war

    After a demonstration of new PT boats, Navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy Lt. Brickley are…

  17. 17Cast a Giant Shadow

    Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)

    ★ 6.3/10Also war

    An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his Jewish heritage. Each of Israel's Arab neighbors has vowed to invade the poorly…

  18. 18Duck Soup

    Duck Soup (1933)

    ★ 7.3/10Also war

    Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.

  19. 19Macao

    Macao (1952)

    ★ 6.3/10Also adventure

    Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attractive singer/petty crook…

  20. 20Dishonored

    Dishonored (1931)

    ★ 7/10Also war

    The Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.

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