Movies Like The Midnight Express
If you liked The Midnight Express (1924), a action and adventure movie directed by George W. Hill, 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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Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of Ugarit (2010)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure and actionJack Hunter, an adventurous treasure seeker, goes to Syria after his mentor and father figure Professor Fredrick Shaffer is killed. Professor Frederick Shaffer believed that the people of Ugarit, a town in Syria that…
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Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist The Movie (2014)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and actionIf one man changes his path, will he be able to change his destiny...or will he only delay the inevitable? Ryu and Ken are two traditional warriors who find themselves isolated in some corner of Japan to carry out…
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The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)
★ 6.9/10Also adventureA 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an…
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PAW Patrol: Mighty Pups (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also adventure and actionWhen their latest scheme goes awry, Mayor Humdinger and his nephew Harold accidentally divert a meteor towards Adventure Bay. The meteor's golden energy grants the PAW Patrol superpowers. The heroic Mighty Pups are on…
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Chupa (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also adventureWhile visiting family in Mexico, a lonely boy befriends a mythical creature hiding on his grandfather's ranch and embarks on the adventure of a lifetime.
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Come Away (2020)
★ 5.8/10Also adventureBefore Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies in a tragic accident, they each seek to save their parents from their downward spirals of…
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Hellfighters (1968)
★ 6.3/10Also action and adventureThe 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 Lost Princess (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also action and adventureAfter an Ayahuasca vision transports him to a haunted castle, Alec meets Hanna who tales him the story of her mother's forced marriage and how the forbidden passion with her father was in danger when the princess…
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Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also adventureA brave young animal explorer teams up with two trusty friends to find a powerful artifact before his greedy uncle can get his paws on it.
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The Cannonball Run (1981)
★ 6.2/10Also actionA cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, organized by Brock Yates to protest the 55 mph speed limit then in effect in the U.S. The Cannonball…
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Airborne (1993)
★ 6.1/10Also action and adventureGood-natured teen surfer Mitchell Goosen finds himself staying with his aunt and uncle in Cincinnati, Ohio when his parents head to Australia for work. There he meets his cousin, Wiley, and together they try to…
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The Legend of Zorro (2005)
★ 6.1/10Also action and adventureDespite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Don Alejandro de la Vega and his wife, Elena, to take action.
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Duck Duck Goose (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also adventureAfter he’s grounded by an injury, a high-flying bachelor is saddled with two wide-eyed orphans as they come face-to-face with the dangers and beauty of the outside world.
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Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also adventureDora, Diego, and their new friends trek through the perilous dangers of the Amazonian jungle in search of the ancient and powerful treasure of Sol Dorado to keep it out of enemy hands.
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Once Upon a Forest (1993)
★ 6.5/10Also adventureA young mouse, mole and hedgehog risk their lives to find a cure for their badger friend, who's been poisoned by men.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and actionWhen Jack crosses paths with a woman from his past, he's not sure if it's love...or if she's a ruthless con artist using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth.
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Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015)
★ 6.7/10Also adventureWhen Curious George is offered a special space mission, Ted (The Man in the Yellow Hat) can't deny his little friend this exciting journey, especially after Curious George completes the training. But when he…
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Father Hood (1993)
★ 5.8/10Also actionDeadbeat dad kidnaps his kids from the bus to an abusive foster home and they go on a run. The cops are after them, they bicker constantly and his idea of a way out is grim, yet this dangerous ride might just turn them…
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True Grit (1969)
★ 7.3/10Also adventureThe murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of…
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Arctic Dogs (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also adventureAnimals band together to save the day when the evil Otto Von Walrus hatches a sinister scheme to accelerate global warming and melt the Arctic Circle.