Movies Like John Paul Jones
If you liked John Paul Jones (1959), a war and action movie directed by John Farrow, 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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Hellfighters (1968)
★ 6.3/10Also action and romanceThe 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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Gunga Din (1939)
★ 6.5/10Also war and actionBritish army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission, they unearth evidence of…
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Angel and the Badman (1947)
★ 6.4/10Also romance and actionA wounded outlaw finds unexpected mercy in the care of a rancher's daughter. The hope of love pulls him toward a different life until the law, and his violent past, close in on his new home. Now he must choose the kind…
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400 Bullets (2021)
★ 7/10Also action and warOne cold winter night in Afghanistan is about to get a whole lot worse for Rana Rae, a Gurkha soldier left to guard a British military outpost, when Captain Noah Brandt arrives looking for refuge from a group of rogue…
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North West Mounted Police (1940)
★ 6.4/10Also action and romanceTexas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the…
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The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
★ 7.5/10Also romance and actionRobin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.
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The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
★ 6.8/10Also war and actionIn March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and American troops at the last remaining bridgehead across the Rhine.
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South Pacific (1958)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and warCan a girl from Little Rock find happiness with a mature French planter she got to know one enchanted evening away from the military hospital where she is a nurse? Or should she just wash that man out of her hair?…
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The Sea Wolves (1980)
★ 5.9/10Also war and actionA 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…
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Solomon and Sheba (1959)
★ 6.5/10Also romance and warNear 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…
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Prince Valiant (1954)
★ 6.1/10Also action and romanceA young Viking prince strives to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled father to his rightful throne.
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The Final Countdown (1980)
★ 6.6/10Also war and actionDuring routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
★ 6.3/10Also action and romanceThe Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvagers of Key West, like the intrepid and beautiful Loxi Claiborne and her crew, reap, aboard frail schooners, the harvest…
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The Three Musketeers (1973)
★ 6.7/10Also action and romanceIn 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue…
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Attack Force Z (1982)
★ 5.9/10Also war and actionSent to rescue survivors from the site of a plane crash in the South Pacific during WWII, Captain Kelly and his elite squad of Australian commandos must keep tabs on a defecting Japanese official who could hold the…
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Maleficent (2014)
★ 7.1/10Also action and romanceA beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. She rises to be the land's fiercest…
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The Lost Patrol (1934)
★ 6.6/10Also action and warA World War I British Army patrol is crossing the Mesopotamian desert when their commanding officer, the only one who knows their destination, is killed by the bullet of unseen bandits. The patrol's sergeant keeps them…
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The Desert Rats (1953)
★ 6.3/10Also war and actionIn North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinforcements sent to…
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Tarzan and the Amazons (1945)
★ 6.4/10Also action and romanceA group of archaeologists asks Tarzan to help them find an ancient city in a hidden valley of women. He refuses, but Boy is tricked into doing the job. The queen of the women asks Tarzan to help them.
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The Plainsman (1936)
★ 6.5/10Also war and romanceWild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.