Movies Like Sky Riders

If you liked Sky Riders (1976), a action and adventure movie directed by Douglas Hickox, 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
Extortion (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also action and adventure
A doctor desperately tries to save his wife and their 5 year old son after their vacation in the Bahamas takes an unexpected turn.
2
Midnight Special (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure
A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.
3
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
★ 6.4/10Also action and adventure
Down-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags…
4
Swashbuckler (1976)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and action
A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.
5
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also action and adventure
A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.
6
Non-Stop (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also action
Bill Marks is a Federal Air Marshall for whom every day is the same until this one. On this plane ride, he starts receiving text messages from someone claiming to be on the flight and threatening to kill passengers. In…
7
Traitor (2008)
★ 6.7/10Also action
When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer Samir Horn.
8
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
★ 7.5/10Also adventure
World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to…
9
Tomb Raider (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also action and adventure
Lara 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.
10
Cave Rescue (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure and action
When 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…
11
Overdrive (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also action
Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.
12
Polite Society (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also action
Martial artist-in-training Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists…
13
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure and action
After losing Captain Jack Sparrow to the locker of Davy Jones, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and Captain Barbossa journey to the ends of the earth to rescue him. And as the East India Trading Company tightens its grip…
14
Pan (2015)
★ 6/10Also adventure and action
Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits as he meets new friend James Hook and the warrior Tiger Lily. They…
15
Ladyhawke (1985)
★ 7/10Also adventure
Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together…
16
The 355 (2022)
★ 6/10Also action and adventure
A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Colombian, and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.
17
Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui (2004)
★ 5.9/10Also action
In the time before time, six unlikely Matoran find themselves transformed into mighty Toa. The new Toa Metru must prove themselves as true heroes, find the missing Toa Lhikan, and uncover a plot that threatens the…
18
The Family Plan 2 (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also action
Now that Dan's assassin days are behind him, all he wants for Christmas is quality time with his kids. But when he learns his daughter has her own plans, he books a family trip to London—putting them all in the…
19
Fool's Gold (2008)
★ 5.8/10Also adventure
Treasure hunter Ben "Finn" Finnegan has sunk his marriage to Tess and his trusty boat in his obsessive quest to find the legendary Queen's Dowry. When he finds a vital clue that may finally pinpoint the treasure's…
20
The Perfect Storm (2000)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure and action
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.