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The Camp on Blood Island
1958 • Drama • Thriller • War
Set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II, the film focuses on the brutality and horror that the allied prisoners were exposed to as the Japanese metered out su…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Treasure Island
1950 • Adventure • Family
Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribbean island. Unfortunately,…
Why matched: genres Adventure, Family
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
1959 • Romance • Adventure • Family
A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.
Why matched: genres Romance, Adventure
Something of Value
1957 • Drama • War
As Kenya's Mau Mau uprising tears the country apart, former childhood friends Kimani (Sidney Poitier), a native, and Peter (Rock Hudson), a British colonist, find themselves on…
Why matched: genres Drama, War
Third Man on the Mountain
1959 • Drama • Adventure • Family
Famous British mountaineer Winter wants to climb a difficult summit, the Citadel. He goes to a small village but no guide wants to accompany him. A young man from the village, R…
Why matched: genres Drama, Adventure
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955 • War
During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.
Why matched: genres War
H.M.S. Defiant
1962 • Adventure • History • War
Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first off…
Why matched: genres Adventure, History
The Cruel Sea
1953 • Drama • History • War
At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life mis…
Why matched: genres Drama, History
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 • Romance • Adventure • Comedy
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those d…
Why matched: genres Romance, Adventure