Movies Like The Ruffian
If you liked The Ruffian (1983), a drama and adventure movie directed by José Giovanni, 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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Dear Eleanor (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure and comedyTwo teenage girls travel across the U.S. in 1962, during the chaos of the Cuban missile crisis, in search of Eleanor Roosevelt.
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La Chèvre (1981)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and adventureWhen the boss' unlucky daughter is missing in South America, Campana is sent to watch the boss' most unlucky employee who is sent as a private detective in hopes he can duplicate the daughter's mistakes.
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Cave Rescue (2019)
★ 6/10Also adventure and dramaWhen a youth football team of 12 boys, aged 11-16, and their 25-year-old coach is trapped deep inside a cave in Northern Thailand, thousands of volunteers and soldiers from around the world unite in a race against time…
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Arctic Dogs (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure and comedyAnimals 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.
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Secret Society of Second-Born Royals (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and comedyA rebellious teenage princess discovers she has superhuman abilities and joins a secret society of extraordinary second-born royals tasked with protecting the world.
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Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and comedyWhen the pets accidentally get separated from their vacationing owners, Chance, Shadow, and Sassy navigate the mean streets of San Francisco, trying to find their home across the Golden Gate Bridge. But the road is…
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Slumberland (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and comedyA young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.
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The Willoughbys (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also adventure and comedyWhen the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary world in order to create something new: The Modern Family.
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Code 3 (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and dramaA burned-out paramedic tries to survive his last 24 hours on the job while training a new recruit.
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Spycies (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and adventureVladimir and Hector, two secret agents opposed in every way, are trying to recover a top secret material stolen by unknown intruders.
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Hilda and the Mountain King (2021)
★ 7.6/10Also adventure and dramaWhen Hilda wakes up in the body of a troll, she must use her wits and courage to get back home, become human again — and save the city of Trolberg.
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The Call of the Wild (1972)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and dramaJohn Thornton, is a fearless man who's after more than gold; he wants to do what's right. Thornton works for the U.S. mail and is the only person daring and smart enough to figure out how to travel the deadly 600 miles…
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Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure (2003)
★ 6/10Also adventure and dramaWilbur the pig knows how important friendship is - he learned that from a spider named Charlotte. So when Wilbur meets Cardigan, a lonely lamb, Wilbur immediately makes him his friend.
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Astro Kid (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and adventureTerra Willy: Unexplored Planet — Upon the destruction of their ship, Willy is separated from his parents. He lands on a wild and unexplored planet and with the help of Buck, a survival robot, he will have to hold until…
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Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and comedyA 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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Two Tickets to Greece (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaAs teenagers, Blandine and Magalie were inseparable. Years passed and they lost sight of each other. As their paths cross again, they decide to take the trip together that they have always dreamed of. Direction Greece…
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Yao (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and dramaFrom his village in northern Senegal, Yao is a 13-year-old boy ready to do anything to meet his hero: Seydou Tall, a famous French actor. Invited to Dakar to promote his new book, the latter goes to his country of…
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Microbe and Gasoline (2015)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and adventureTwo young friends embark on a road trip across France in a vehicle they built themselves.
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Shorts (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and adventureA young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.
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The Monkey King (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure and comedyA stick-wielding monkey teams with a young girl on an epic quest for immortality, battling demons, dragons, gods — and his own ego — along the way.