Movies Like The Last Days of Pompeii
If you liked The Last Days of Pompeii (1959), a adventure and history movie directed by Mario Bonnard, 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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Kings of the Sun (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also history and adventureIn order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the United States. They build a home in the new land but come into…
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The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
★ 6.8/10Also romance and adventureDuring the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy…
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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 Big Sky (1952)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and romanceTwo tough Kentucky mountaineers join a trading expedition from St. Louis up the Missouri River to trade whisky for furs with the Blackfoot Indians. They soon discover that there is much more than the elements to…
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Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and historyRobin of Loxley and his men stumble on a plot to overthrow Hubert Walter, King's Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury. The plotters, the Sheriff of Nottingham and the Earl of Newark, have set an ambush for Walter…
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King Solomon's Mines (1950)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure and romanceFortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing husband lost in the wilds of 1900s Africa while being pursued by hostile tribes and a rival German explorer.
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The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
★ 7.5/10Also adventure and romanceRobin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.
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Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and romanceSpanish Lothario Don Juan, the legendary lover and adventurer returns to Spain following a scandal and comes to the aid of his queen, who is under threat from sinister forces.
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Pocahontas (1995)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and romancePocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.
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H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and historyDefiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the…
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The Little Mermaid (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and romanceThe youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. With mermaids forbidden to…
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Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and romanceThe Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvagers of Key West, like the intrepid and beautiful Loxi Claiborne and her crew, reap, aboard frail schooners, the harvest…
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and romanceBella Swan and Edward Cullen's honeymoon phase is abruptly disrupted by betrayals and unforeseen tragedies that endanger their world.
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Captain Kidd (1945)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and historyCutthroat pirate William Kidd captures Admiral Blayne's treasure ship and hides the bounty in a cave. Three years later, Kidd, posing as a respectable merchant captain, offers his services to the King of England…
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Aladdin (2019)
★ 7.1/10Also adventure and romanceA kindhearted street urchin named Aladdin embarks on a magical adventure after finding a lamp that releases a wisecracking genie while a power-hungry Grand Vizier vies for the same lamp that has the power to make their…
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Prince Charming (2001)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and romanceAfter an extramarital indiscretion, a fairy-tale prince and his sidekick are turned into frogs for all eternity or until the prince can convince a maiden to kiss and then marry him.
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Robin Hood (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and historyWhen soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the…
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The World in His Arms (1952)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and romanceA boisterous sea captain in the Pacific Coast, circa 1850, has a plan to buy Alaska from the Russians… if they don’t kill him first.
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The 300 Spartans (1962)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure and historyThe 300 Spartans is an account of the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, in which the Greek Spartan King Leonidas, played by Richard Egan, led a remarkably small number of Greek Sparta to victory over an invading Persian…
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The Three Musketeers (1948)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and romanceIn 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue…