Movies Like The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

If you liked The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938), a family and adventure movie directed by Norman Taurog, 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
Tom Sawyer (1973)
★ 6.5/10Also family and adventure
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral, and witnessing a murder.
2
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and family
Davy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River") in a boat race to New Orleans. Later, Davy and Georgie, allied with Fink, battle a group of river pirates trying to pass…
3
My Dog Skip (2000)
★ 6.7/10Also family
A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the…
4
Dennis the Menace (1993)
★ 5.9/10Also family
Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam…
5
Swallows and Amazons (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and family
Four children dream of escaping the tedium of a summer holiday with their mother. When finally given permission to camp on their own on an island in the middle of a vast lake, they are overjoyed. But when they get…
6
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and family
Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune.
7
Treasure Island (1990)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and family
Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led by Blind Pew. Jim and his mother fight off the attackers and…
8
The Magic Faraway Tree (2026)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and family
A modern family relocates to the countryside where the children discover a magical tree with eccentric residents. They're transported to fantastical lands, rekindling their family bond through adventures.
9
David Copperfield (1935)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure
A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships.
10
Treasure Island (1934)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and family
In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of buccaneer Captain Flint's buried treasure.
11
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure
Nicholas 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.
12
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and family
A boy and his dog, White Fang, must try to save the noble Haida tribe from evil white men in turn-of-the-century Alaska.
13
The Jungle Book (1994)
★ 6/10Also family and adventure
Raised by wild animals since childhood, Mowgli is drawn away from the jungle by the beautiful Kitty. But Mowgli must eventually face corrupt Capt. Boone, who wants both Kitty's hand and the treasures of Monkey City – a…
14
Treasure Island (1972)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure and family
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.
15
Little Women (1949)
★ 7.4/10Also family
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
16
Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)
★ 6.6/10Also family
Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in God as he faces…
17
The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
★ 6.6/10Also family
Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother.
18
Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
★ 7.4/10Also adventure and family
Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. So he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences including that she's rich, he's…
19
The Secret of Moonacre (2009)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure
When 13 year old Maria Merryweather's father dies, leaving her orphaned and homeless, she is forced to leave her luxurious London life to go and live with Sir Benjamin, an eccentric uncle she didn't know she had, at…
20
Captains Courageous (1937)
★ 7.4/10Also adventure and family
Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him…