Movies Like Tarzan and the Mermaids
If you liked Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948), a action and adventure movie directed by Robert Florey, 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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Cutthroat Island (1995)
★ 5.8/10Also action and adventureMorgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by her murderous uncle, Dawg. Her crew is skeptical of her leadership…
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Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
★ 7.1/10Also action and adventureThe sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace, and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.
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The African Queen (1952)
★ 7.3/10Also adventureAt the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a German warship.
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The Rundown (2003)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and actionWhen Travis, the mouthy son of a criminal, disappears in the Amazon in search of a treasured artifact, his father sends in Beck, who becomes Travis's rival for the affections of Mariana, a mysterious Brazilian woman…
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Swashbuckler (1976)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and actionA pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.
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The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also action and adventureTarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also adventure and actionCaptain Jack Sparrow’s got a blood debt to pay: he owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghastly Ruler of the Ocean Depths. To escape eternal servitude aboard the Flying Dutchman, ever-crafty Jack must track down…
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Fool's Gold (2008)
★ 5.8/10Also adventureTreasure 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…
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Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also action and adventureA thousand years ago, one boy with a dream of becoming a great warrior is abducted with his sister and taken to a land far away from home. Thrown into a world where greed and injustice rule all, Bilal finds the courage…
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The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also action and adventureAs two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land, two renegades—Eric the Huntsman, who aided Snow White in defeating Ravenna in Snowwhite and the Huntsman, and his forbidden lover, Sara—set out to stop them.
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also action and adventureA story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.
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Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
★ 5.9/10Also action and adventureA scientific expedition happens to discover that gold exists on Tarzan's escarpment. The villainous Medford and Vandermeer kidnap Jane and Boy to extort from Tarzan the location of the gold.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure and actionAfter 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…
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One Million Years B.C. (1966)
★ 6.2/10Also adventureAs the Earth wrestles with its agonizing birth, the peoples of this barren and desolate world struggle to survive. Driven by animal instinct they compete against the harsh conditions, their giant predators, and warring…
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The Beastmaster (1982)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and actionDar, the son of a king, is hunted by a priest after his birth and grows up in another family. When he becomes a grown man, his new father is murdered by savages and he discovers that he has the ability to communicate…
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Fire and Ice (1983)
★ 6.7/10Also adventureThe villainous Nekron and his mother, Queen Juliana, plot against the human race from their frigid fortress. Creating mass destruction with huge glaciers, mother and son incur the wrath of Larn, a warrior whose entire…
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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 Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
★ 6.7/10Also action and adventureAn American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King…
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Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)
★ 6.1/10Also action and adventureA letter from Jane, who is nursing British troops, asks Tarzan's help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants. Tarzan and Boy set out across the desert looking for the plants. Along the way they…
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Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
★ 6.6/10Also adventurePrincess Farah refuses to marry Sinbad until Prince Kassim, her brother, is able to give his consent. However, the Prince's wicked stepmother, Queen Zenobia, has changed Kassim into a baboon in order to have her own…