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Movies Like Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure

If you liked Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure (1998), a tv movie and adventure movie directed by John Power, 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. 1True Grit

    True Grit (1969)

    ★ 7.3/10Also western and adventure

    The 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…

  2. 2The Call of the Wild

    The Call of the Wild (1972)

    ★ 6.1/10Also adventure and western

    John 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…

  3. 3Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

    Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure (1995)

    ★ 6.2/10Also adventure and western

    A young boy draws on the inspiration of legendary western characters to find the strength to fight an evil land baron in the old west who wants to steal his family's farm and destroy their idyllic community. When…

  4. 4Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

    Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)

    ★ 6.4/10Also adventure and western

    Legends (and myths) from the life of famed American frontiersman Davy Crockett are depicted in this feature film edited from television episodes. Crockett and his friend George Russel fight in the Creek Indian War…

  5. 5The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

    ★ 8/10Also adventure and western

    Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.

  6. 6Mackenna's Gold

    Mackenna's Gold (1969)

    ★ 6.6/10Also adventure and western

    A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to keep the secret location undisturbed.

  7. 7The Mountain Men

    The Mountain Men (1980)

    ★ 5.9/10Also adventure and western

    The story concerns two grizzled mountain men -- Bill Tyler and Henry Frapp -- during the dying days of the fur-trapping era. The plot begins when Running Moon runs away from her abusive husband Heavy Eagle and comes…

  8. 8Deadwood: The Movie

    Deadwood: The Movie (2019)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western and tv movie

    Follow the 10-year reunion of the Deadwood camp to celebrate South Dakota's statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wounds are reopened, as all are left to navigate the inevitable…

  9. 9Call of the Wild

    Call of the Wild (1935)

    ★ 6.3/10Also adventure and western

    Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog that is part wolf to keep him from being shot by an…

  10. 10The Magnificent Seven

    The Magnificent Seven (2016)

    ★ 6.5/10Also adventure and western

    Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma Cullen and other desperate residents turn to bounty hunter Sam…

  11. 11The Warrior's Way

    The Warrior's Way (2010)

    ★ 6.6/10Also adventure and western

    A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.

  12. 12Love's Enduring Promise

    Love's Enduring Promise (2004)

    ★ 6.8/10Also western and tv movie

    In the 1800s frontier, Missie Davis is a bright and beautiful schoolteacher whose love for the prairie is matched only by her passion for books. When Missie encounters Grant, a handsome New England railroad executive…

  13. 13MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday

    MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday (1994)

    ★ 6/10Also adventure and tv movie

    A close friend of MacGyver is murdered. In searching for a reason for this assassination MacGyver discovers a secret nuclear weapons plant right in the center of Britain.

  14. 14The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

    The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon (1997)

    ★ 7.2/10Also adventure and tv movie

    Jack London's classic story from 1903 about Buck, a dog kidnapped from his home in California and taken to the Yukon where he is mistreated until a prospector discovers him and relates to his situation. Although the…

  15. 15Purgatory

    Purgatory (1999)

    ★ 7.2/10Also western and tv movie

    An outlaw band flees a posse and rides into Refuge, a small town where no one carries a gun, drinks, or swears. The town is actually Purgatory, and the peaceful inhabitants are all famous dead outlaws and criminals…

  16. 16Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

    Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)

    ★ 6.3/10Also adventure and western

    Davy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River") in a boat race to New Orleans. Later, Davy and Georgie, allied with Fink, battle a group of river pirates trying to pass…

  17. 17Jack Hunter and the Star of Heaven

    Jack Hunter and the Star of Heaven (2009)

    ★ 6.4/10Also adventure and tv movie

    Jack Hunter pursues his arch nemesis Littman across ancient Europe, intent on thwarting his attempt to salvage a deadly artefact.

  18. 18The Way West

    The Way West (1967)

    ★ 6.1/10Also adventure and western

    In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and demanding taskmaster who is as hard on…

  19. 19Blackthorn

    Blackthorn (2011)

    ★ 6.6/10Also adventure and western

    In Bolivia, Butch Cassidy (now calling himself James Blackthorn) pines for one last sight of home, an adventure that aligns him with a young robber and makes the duo a target for gangs and lawmen alike.

  20. 20The Big Sky

    The Big Sky (1952)

    ★ 6.6/10Also adventure and western

    Two tough Kentucky mountaineers join a trading expedition from St. Louis up the Missouri River to trade whisky for furs with the Blackfoot Indians. They soon discover that there is much more than the elements to…

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