Movies Like The Adventures of Tartu

If you liked The Adventures of Tartu (1943), a romance and war movie directed by Harold S. Bucquet, 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
The Sea Wolves (1980)
★ 5.9/10Also war
A German spy is passing on information about the location of Allied ships in the neutral harbor of Goa, India, with catastrophic results. Unable to undertake a full military operation in the Portuguese stronghold…
2
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
★ 7.5/10Also war
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…
3
Lucky Strike (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also war
A wounded American soldier fights to survive behind enemy lines during WWII's Battle of the Bulge against the Germans, relying on his instinct, spy craft and a hand-radio to evade capture and find his way back to his…
4
Secret Agent (1936)
★ 6.1/10Also romance
During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow agent posing as his wife and an eccentric…
5
The Saint (1997)
★ 6.1/10Also romance
Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its…
6
13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
★ 6.2/10Also war
Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes suspicious of one of the latest batch of students, Bill O'Connell, who is too good at espionage. His boss, Charles…
7
Operation: Daybreak (1975)
★ 6.9/10Also war
Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.
8
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
★ 7.1/10Also war
Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from…
9
The Tourist (2010)
★ 6.2/10Also romance
American tourist Frank meets mysterious British woman Elise on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye.
10
The Horse Soldiers (1959)
★ 6.9/10Also war
A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the…
11
The Spy in Black (1939)
★ 6.4/10Also war
A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.
12
Frequencies (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also romance
The story of the forbidden relationship between a 'low born' boy and a 'high born' girl in an alternate reality where every person's relationships and life worth are determined by their innate 'frequencies'.
13
It Was Always You (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also romance
Elizabeth's engagement plans are thrown into disarray when her fiancée's free-spirited brother David returns home. David's unexpected influence prompts Elizabeth to question her life decisions.
14
The Codes of War (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also war
War stories about family, ethics and honor include the true story of two U.S. Marines who in a span of six seconds, must stand their ground to stop a suicide truck bomb, a Navy Corpsman who attempts to hold on to his…
15
The Pride and the Passion (1957)
★ 6/10Also war and romance
During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are going to move a big cannon across Spain in order to help the British defeat the French. A British officer is there to…
16
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
★ 6.5/10Also romance and war
Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather than hot-headed Adonijah. Furious, Adonijah departs the court, swearing he will become king. Other rulers are concerned that…
17
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999)
★ 7.2/10Also war
Lieutenant Hornblower and his shipmates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.
18
Every Day (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also romance
16-year old Rhiannon falls in love with a mysterious spirit named “A” that inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and “A” work each day to find each other, not knowing what the…
19
Midway (2019)
★ 7.1/10Also war
The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.
20
Major Dundee (1965)
★ 6.7/10Also war
During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been…