Movies Like The Sun at Midnight
If you liked The Sun at Midnight (2016), a adventure and drama movie directed by Kirsten Carthew, 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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Cave Rescue (2019)
★ 6/10Also 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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The True Adventures of Wolfboy (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaFollows a young boy who runs away from home in the search of his estranged mother.
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The High and the Mighty (1954)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure and dramaDan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight that takes a terrifying turn when disaster…
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Wildlike (2015)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and dramaFourteen-year-old Mackenzie is sent to live with her uncle in Juneau when her mother can’t care for her anymore. The living situation quickly takes a turn for the worse, and she runs away to rejoin her mother in…
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Wildwood (2026)
★ 8.5/10Also adventurePrue and her classmate Curtis are drawn into a magical forest filled with enchanted creatures, loyal allies, and formidable adversaries as they embark on a desperate quest to rescue Prue's abducted baby brother from a…
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Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure and dramaA human child raised by wolves, must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.
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The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and dramaYoung sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
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Walkabout (1971)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure and dramaUnder the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred…
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Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain (1995)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and adventureTwo teen girls, one from the city, one from the country, try to find the hidden gold of Bear Mountain learning about friendship, loyalty and courage on the way.
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The Electric State (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also adventureAn orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler and his wisecracking sidekick.
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Last of the Dogmen (1995)
★ 6.8/10Also adventureA Montana bounty hunter is sent into the wilderness to track three escaped prisoners. Instead he sees something that puzzles him. Later with a female Native Indian history professor, he returns to find some answers.
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Mythica: A Quest for Heroes (2014)
★ 5.8/10Also adventureStuck in a life of indentured servitude, Marek dreams of becoming a wizard. When she meets the beautiful priestess Teela in need of help, she offers her assistance and provides a motley troupe. Together they go in…
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Dirt (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaIn search of a lifeline for his struggling off road racing team, a man takes on a young car thief looking for a second chance, but as their worlds collide, they must struggle to forge a successful alliance.
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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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Suicide Squad (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also adventureFrom DC Comics comes the Suicide Squad, an antihero team of incarcerated supervillains who act as deniable assets for the United States government, undertaking high-risk black ops missions in exchange for commuted…
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Before I Fall (2017)
★ 7/10Also dramaSamantha Kingston has everything. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. Trapped into reliving the same day over and over, she begins to question just how perfect her…
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Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (2003)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaBased on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.
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I Am David (2003)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and adventureA 12-year-old boy manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own, through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deliver to someone in Denmark, and a…
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Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and adventureHushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink, in 'the Bathtub', a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink’s tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe—for a time…
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also adventureA teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.