Movies Like Call of the Wild
If you liked Call of the Wild (2009), a adventure movie directed by Richard Gabai, 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.
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The Vikings (1958)
★ 7/10Also adventureEinar, brutal son of the viking Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with clever slave Eric, for the hand of a beautiful English maiden.
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Snow Queen (2002)
★ 6.1/10Also adventureSince a bitter winter storm stole the life of Gerda's mother, she and her father have sadly continued to run the remote hotel they call home. Lonely and isolated, Gerda's only joy is Kai, the handsome bellboy. A…
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The Call of the Wild (1972)
★ 6.1/10Also adventureJohn Thornton, is a fearless man who's after more than gold; he wants to do what's right. Thornton works for the U.S. mail and is the only person daring and smart enough to figure out how to travel the deadly 600 miles…
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National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
★ 7.1/10Also adventureClark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.
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The Mountain Between Us (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also adventureStranded on a mountain after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must work together to endure the extreme elements of the remote, snow-covered terrain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous…
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Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure (1995)
★ 6.2/10Also adventureA young boy draws on the inspiration of legendary western characters to find the strength to fight an evil land baron in the old west who wants to steal his family's farm and destroy their idyllic community. When…
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Into the Wild (2007)
★ 7.8/10Also adventureAfter graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the…
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Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
★ 6.8/10Also adventureNicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.
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Anastasia: Once Upon a Time (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also adventureAnastasia Romanov escapes through a portal when her family is threatened by Vladimir Lenin, and she finds herself in the year 1988, befriended by a young American girl.
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Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
★ 6.4/10Also adventureLegends (and myths) from the life of famed American frontiersman Davy Crockett are depicted in this feature film edited from television episodes. Crockett and his friend George Russel fight in the Creek Indian War…
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Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995)
★ 6.2/10Also adventureTeenager Angus adopts a stray dog and names him Yellow. Several days later, while travelling along the coast of British Columbia with Angus's father, John, the boy and dog become stranded when turbulent waters capsize…
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The Princess Bride (1987)
★ 7.7/10Also adventureIn this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of…
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Alive (1993)
★ 6.9/10Also adventureThe amazing true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their immense will to survive and pull through alive, forced to do anything and everything they could to…
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Erik the Viking (1989)
★ 5.9/10Also adventureErik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and allow his people to see sunlight again. A Pythonesque satire of Viking…
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The Darkest Minds (2018)
★ 7/10Also adventureAfter 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…
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Bear Island (1979)
★ 6.1/10Also adventureA group of people converge on a barren Arctic island. They have their reasons for being there but when a series of mysterious accidents and murders take place, a whole lot of darker motives become apparent. Could the…
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A Monster Calls (2016)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.
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The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon (1997)
★ 7.2/10Also adventureJack London's classic story from 1903 about Buck, a dog kidnapped from his home in California and taken to the Yukon where he is mistreated until a prospector discovers him and relates to his situation. Although the…
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Mortal Engines (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also adventureMany thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive traction cities, the old London, Tom…
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Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also adventureThe story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive…