Movies Like All the Brothers Were Valiant
If you liked All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953), a adventure movie directed by Richard Thorpe, 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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Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997)
★ 6.1/10Also adventureWilly the whale is back, this time threatened by illegal whalers making money off sushi. Jesse, now 16, has taken a job on an orca-researching ship, along with old friend Randolph and a sarcastic scientist, Drew. On…
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Moana (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also adventureTeenage Moana answers the Ocean's call and, for the first time, voyages beyond the reef of her island of Motunui with infamous demigod Maui on an unforgettable journey to restore prosperity to her people.
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Donovan's Reef (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also adventureAfter her great aunt's death, a high-society woman arrives on a Hawaiian island in search of the heir - the father she has never met.
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Brother Bear (2003)
★ 7.3/10Also adventureWhen an impulsive boy named Kenai is magically transformed into a bear, he must literally walk in another's footsteps until he learns some valuable life lessons. His courageous and often zany journey introduces him to…
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The Legend of Ochi (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also adventureIn a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a…
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Moby Dick (1956)
★ 7.1/10Also adventureIn 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the…
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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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True Spirit (2023)
★ 7/10Also adventureWhen the tenacious young sailor Jessica Watson sets out to be the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world, many expect her to fail. With the support of her sailing coach and mentor Ben…
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Stuart Little (1999)
★ 6.1/10Also adventureWhen the Littles adopt Stuart, the mouse, George is initially unwelcoming to his new brother, and the family cat, Snowbell, is even less enthusiastic. Stuart resolves to face these difficulties with as much pluck and…
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White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994)
★ 6.9/10Also adventureA boy and his dog, White Fang, must try to save the noble Haida tribe from evil white men in turn-of-the-century Alaska.
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Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)
★ 5.9/10Also adventureJesse becomes reunited with Willy three years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from an oil spill.
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Return of the Jedi (1983)
★ 7.9/10Also adventureLuke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, the Emperor prepares to crush the Rebellion with a more powerful Death Star, and the Rebel fleet mounts a massive attack…
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Free Willy (1993)
★ 6.2/10Also adventureWhen maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy, a young Orca whale who has been separated from his family. Sensing…
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Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
★ 7.4/10Also adventureJesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. So he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences including that she's rich, he's…
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Finding Nemo (2003)
★ 7.8/10Also adventureNemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo…
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The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses (2005)
★ 6.3/10Also adventureLittlefoot and his friends return in another adventure. But this time, they aren't the smallest dinosaurs in the valley anymore.
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The Legend of Johnny Lingo (2003)
★ 7.2/10Also adventureWhen a storm washes a canoe bearing an infant boy ashore upon a small South Pacific island, he is at first well-received as a gift from the heavens, even to the point of the tribal chief adopting him as a successor…
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The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
★ 7.2/10Also adventureWhen their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026)
★ 8.2/10Also adventureHaving thwarted Bowser's previous plot to marry Princess Peach, Mario and Luigi now face a fresh threat in Bowser Jr., who is determined to liberate his father from captivity and restore the family legacy. Alongside…
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The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
★ 6.7/10Also adventureUpon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.