Movies Like The Phantom Submarine
If you liked The Phantom Submarine (1940), a adventure and romance movie directed by Charles Barton, 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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Treasure Island (1934)
★ 6.6/10Also adventureIn 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.
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Treasure Island (1990)
★ 6.7/10Also adventureYoung 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…
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Uncharted (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also adventureA young street-smart, Nathan Drake and his wisecracking partner Victor “Sully” Sullivan embark on a dangerous pursuit of “the greatest treasure never found” while also tracking clues that may lead to Nathan’s long-lost…
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U-571 (2000)
★ 6.6/10Also adventureIn the midst of World War II, the battle under the sea rages and the Nazis have the upper hand as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. However, after a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, the Allies…
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Treasure Island (1972)
★ 5.9/10Also adventureYoung 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.
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The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2006)
★ 6.3/10Also adventureAfter retrieving the Crystal Skull in Utah, Flynn Carsen receives a map in the mail with the secret location of King Solomon's Mines. When the scroll is stolen, Judson explains the power of the Key of Solomon's book…
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Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
★ 5.9/10Also adventureA scientific expedition happens to discover that gold exists on Tarzan's escarpment. The villainous Medford and Vandermeer kidnap Jane and Boy to extort from Tarzan the location of the gold.
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MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis (1994)
★ 6.3/10Also adventureHunting artifacts attributed to Zenon (an ancient scientist from Atlantis), MacGyver and his old professor end up searching for the lost city.
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The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
★ 6.9/10Also adventureIntrepid young reporter, Tintin, and his loyal dog, Snowy, are thrust into a world of high adventure when they discover a ship carrying an explosive secret. As Tintin is drawn into a centuries-old mystery, Ivan…
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Mackenna's Gold (1969)
★ 6.6/10Also adventureA 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.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also adventureThrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the evil Capt. Salazar, escape from…
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Hellfighters (1968)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and romanceThe adventures of oil well fire specialist Chance Buckman (based on real-life Red Adair), who extinguishes massive fires in oil fields around the world.
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The Deep (1977)
★ 6.1/10Also adventureA pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters.
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Tomb Raider (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also adventureLara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared.
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Scaramouche (1952)
★ 7/10Also adventure and romanceIn 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
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To Have and Have Not (1945)
★ 7.4/10Also adventure and romanceA Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.
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Jack Hunter and the Star of Heaven (2009)
★ 6.4/10Also adventureJack Hunter pursues his arch nemesis Littman across ancient Europe, intent on thwarting his attempt to salvage a deadly artefact.
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Treasure Island (1950)
★ 6.5/10Also adventureEnchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribbean island. Unfortunately, a large number of Flint's old pirate crew…
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Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
★ 7.2/10Also adventureJason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must…
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
★ 6/10Also adventureSet during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the…