Movies Like Sometimes a Great Notion
If you liked Sometimes a Great Notion (1971), a action and adventure movie directed by Paul Newman, 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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Lost on a Mountain in Maine (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also adventure and dramaWhen twelve-year-old Donn Fendler gets tired of waiting for his father and brothers to join him on the summit of Maine's highest peak, he decides to find his own way back to camp. But Donn doesn't count on a…
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True Grit (1969)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and adventureThe murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of…
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The Edge (1997)
★ 6.9/10Also action and adventureThe plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them reach…
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The Call of the Wild (1972)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and dramaJohn 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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Cave Rescue (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure and dramaWhen a youth football team of 12 boys, aged 11-16, and their 25-year-old coach is trapped deep inside a cave in Northern Thailand, thousands of volunteers and soldiers from around the world unite in a race against time…
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Rooster Cogburn (1975)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and dramaAfter a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Reverend Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the aid of US Marshal Cogburn to hunt them down and bring her father's…
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The River Wild (1994)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure and dramaGail and Tom Hartman are struggling to stay together and decide to take a white-water rafting holiday adventure in Montana for their son Roarke's 10th birthday, only to meet up with a pair of mysterious men whose…
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Brothers Under Fire (2026)
★ 5.9/10Also action and dramaCaptain Jordan Wright's squadron on leave for a wedding in Mexico encounters a murderous cartel. As Jordan tries to lead survivors to safety, war erupts between his squad and the cartel, forcing him into a battle to…
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Ladder 49 (2004)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and actionUnder the watchful eye of his mentor, Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station. However, Jack has reached a crossroads as the sacrifices…
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Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist The Movie (2014)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and actionIf one man changes his path, will he be able to change his destiny...or will he only delay the inevitable? Ryu and Ken are two traditional warriors who find themselves isolated in some corner of Japan to carry out…
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The Way West (1967)
★ 6.1/10Also action and adventureIn the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and demanding taskmaster who is as hard on…
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Surviving the Game (1994)
★ 6.2/10Also action and adventureA homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.
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Jack Hunter and the Star of Heaven (2009)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and actionJack Hunter pursues his arch nemesis Littman across ancient Europe, intent on thwarting his attempt to salvage a deadly artefact.
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The Expendables 3 (2014)
★ 6.2/10Also action and adventureBarney, Christmas and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks, who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney…
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Objective, Burma! (1945)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and dramaA group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station. They accomplish this well enough, but when they try to rendezvous at an old air-strip…
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Dante's Peak (1997)
★ 6.3/10Also action and adventureVolcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a massive eruption…
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Meltdown: Days of Destruction (2006)
★ 6/10Also action and dramaDespite scientist Nathan's warnings, his boss continues an experiment meant as publicity for his satellite firm: exploding an asteroid. Instead it splits, and the major piece, the size of Iceland, changes course to…
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News of the World (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and adventureA Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped.
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Man in the Wilderness (1971)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and dramaIn the early 1800s, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilization and are making a desperate attempt to beat the oncoming winter. When guide Zachary Bass is injured in a bear…
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Extortion (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also action and adventureA doctor desperately tries to save his wife and their 5 year old son after their vacation in the Bahamas takes an unexpected turn.