Movies Like As a Boy Dreams

If you liked As a Boy Dreams (1911), a movie directed by Thomas H. Ince, 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
Treasure Island (1972)
★ 5.9/10
Young 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.
2
Pirates (1986)
★ 6.3/10
The adventures of pirate Captain Red and his first mate Frog.
3
Treasure Island (1990)
★ 6.7/10
Young 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…
4
Treasure Island (1934)
★ 6.6/10
In 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.
5
Hornblower: Mutiny (2001)
★ 7.4/10
Hornblower and his comrades come under the command of a revered but mentally unstable captain and are forced to mutiny in order to save their ship, the HMS Renown.
6
Treasure Island (1950)
★ 6.5/10
Enchanted 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…
7
North Sea Hijack (1980)
★ 6.3/10
When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.
8
H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
★ 6.6/10
Defiant'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…
9
Swashbuckler (1976)
★ 6.2/10
A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.
10
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
★ 7.4/10
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
11
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
★ 7.3/10
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
12
The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
★ 6.8/10
Young 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.
13
Dark of the Sun (1968)
★ 6.6/10
A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize…
14
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
★ 6.5/10
Finding himself in a new era, and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival…
15
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse (2021)
★ 6.9/10
An elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife.
16
The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
★ 6.2/10
Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who brings her to the Middle East, ostensibly to write a book about his…
17
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb (2008)
★ 6.2/10
Adventurer Jack Hunter sets off in pursuit of a legendary tomb, meeting dangerous old adversaries, and even more dangerous old flames, along the way.
18
Black Sea (2014)
★ 6.3/10
A rogue submarine captain pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As greed and desperation take control on-board their claustrophobic vessel, the…
19
The 5th Wave (2016)
★ 6/10
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
20
Jack Hunter and the Star of Heaven (2009)
★ 6.4/10
Jack Hunter pursues his arch nemesis Littman across ancient Europe, intent on thwarting his attempt to salvage a deadly artefact.