Movies Like Tarzan the Ape Man

If you liked Tarzan the Ape Man (1981), a action and adventure movie directed by John Derek, 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
American Ninja (1985)
★ 6/10Also adventure and action
Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter with little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in the Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his…
2
Balls Up (2026)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and action
Two marketing executives go "balls out" and pitch a bold full‑coverage condom sponsorship with the World Cup. After their drunken celebration in Brazil sparks a global scandal, they must outrun furious fans, criminals…
3
The Wild Geese (1978)
★ 6.8/10Also action and adventure
A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader…
4
Commando (1985)
★ 6.8/10Also action and adventure
John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way…
5
Stolen Girl (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also action and adventure
In 1993, Maureen’s six-year-old daughter Amina is snuck out of the country by her ex-husband, Karim. After years of unsuccessful attempts to find her, Maureen intersects with a professional retriever of internationally…
6
Interceptor (2022)
★ 6/10Also action and adventure
A U.S. Army Captain uses her years of tactical training to save humanity from sixteen nuclear missiles launched at the U.S. as a violent attack threatens her remote missile interceptor station.
7
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also action and adventure
Xander Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons.
8
Gold (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also action and adventure
In the not-too-distant future, two drifters traveling through the desert stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found and the dream of immense wealth and greed takes hold. They hatch a plan to excavate their…
9
The Dogs of War (1980)
★ 5.8/10Also action and adventure
Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an despot. Havoc ensues.
10
Eenie Meanie (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also action and comedy
A former teenage getaway driver gets dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of her chronically unreliable ex-boyfriend.
11
A Lonely Place to Die (2011)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and action
A group of five mountaineers are hiking and climbing in the Scottish Highlands when they discover a young Serbian girl buried in a small chamber in the wilderness. They become caught up in a terrifying game of cat and…
12
The Lost Princess (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also action and adventure
After an Ayahuasca vision transports him to a haunted castle, Alec meets Hanna who tales him the story of her mother's forced marriage and how the forbidden passion with her father was in danger when the princess…
13
Cliffhanger (1993)
★ 6.5/10Also action and adventure
A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are…
14
Mackenna's Gold (1969)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and action
A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to keep the secret location undisturbed.
15
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and adventure
When three friends who live together realize that they don't like their life trajectory, they set off to find a gold treasure that is rumored to be buried in the nearby mountain.
16
The Losers (2010)
★ 6.3/10Also action and adventure
On a mission deep in the Bolivian jungle, a team of elite commandos finds itself on the receiving end of a lethal betrayal. Now presumed dead, the men join forces with a mysterious operative named Aisha to hunt down…
17
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
★ 6.2/10Also action and comedy
Harlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure parcels of land in Africa. When New York City police officers Gravedigger…
18
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
★ 6.2/10Also action and adventure
Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.
19
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
★ 7.2/10Also action and adventure
Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to…
20
Deadpool (2016)
★ 7.6/10Also action and adventure
The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed…