Movies like The Rocketeer

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The Rocketeer (1991)
 6.6
 61K
The Rocketeer (1991)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Straight from the pages of a pulp comic from a past era, the Rocketeer recreates 1930s Hollywood, complete with gangsters, Nazi spies, and the growth of the Age of Aviation. Young pilot Cliff Secord stumbles on a top secret rocket-pack and with the help of his mechanic/mentor, Peevy, he attempts to save his girl and stop the Nazis as The Rocketeer.
Style: dieselpunk, entertaining, exciting, stylized, light, romantic, melancholic, intense, semi serious, fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, teens, family outing
Plot: superhero, treasure hunt, good versus evil, aviation, comic book, betrayal, adaptation, steampunk, world war two, villain, gangster, heroes, airplane, 007, unlikely friendships, spy, interwar period, dinosaur, alien, distopia, women, beast, avenger, past, inventor ...
Time: 1930s, future, year 1991, 90s, 20th century, year 1938, 80s ...
Place: california, los angeles, usa
Keyword: gangsters, retrospective, oldies, propaganda film, challenge

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Most similar movies to The Rocketeer

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out cult classic, exciting, psychotronic and humorous films with plots about heroes, good versus evil, escapades, rivalry, superhero, danger and villain mostly in Adventure, Action and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like The Rocketeer: The Shadow (1994), The Phantom (1996), Iron Man (2008), Star Kid (1997), The Last Starfighter (1984). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Shadow (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Based on the 1930's comic strip, puts the hero up against his arch enemy, Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "The power to cloud men's ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, suspenseful, visually stunning, dieselpunk ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, boys' night
Plot: vigilante, superhero, good versus evil, monk, radio, secret identity, transformation, mad scientist, heroic mission, danger, undercover, escapades ...
Time: 1930s, year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, asia, usa, tibet
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100%
 5.1
 36K
The Phantom (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a rich madman from obtaining three magic skulls that would give him the secret to ultimate power.
Style: light, entertaining, exciting, humorous, saga ...
Audience: kids, teens, boys' night
Plot: superhero, comic book, good versus evil, escapades, villain, heroes, island, vigilante, treasure hunt, one man army, silver, chase ...
Time: 1930s, year 1996, 20th century, year 1938, year 1939
Place: fictional island, new york, usa, southeast asia, thailand ...
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100%
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Predominantly set during World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, ...
Style: exciting, heroic, psychotronic, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience: girls' night, kids, boys' night, chick flick, teens ...
Plot: superhero, heroism, heroes, mad scientist, world war two, soldier, superhuman powers, heroic mission, courage, nazi, danger, bravery ...
Time: year 2011, future, year 1942, 20th century, 2010s ...
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, new jersey, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.9
 1.1M
Iron Man (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 126 min.
Story: After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
Style: exciting, witty, entertaining, action packed, saga ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, manly, kids, chick flick ...
Plot: superhero, heroes, technology, prodigy, self sacrifice, weapon system, billionaire, tony stark character, good versus evil, robot, millionaire, androids and robots ...
Time: year 2008, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, afghanistan, america, iraq, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: When gigantic robots attack New York City, "Sky Captain" uses his private air force to fight them off. His ex-girlfriend, reporter Polly Perkins, has been investigating the recent disappearance of prominent scientists. Suspecting a link ...
Style: futuristic, dieselpunk, stylized, surreal, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: steampunk, robot, heroic mission, alternate reality, mad scientist, airplane, transformation, alternate history, danger, save the world, aviation, kidnapping ...
Time: future, 1930s, year 2004, 2000s, year 1939 ...
Place: new york, himalaya, manhattan new york city, nepal, new york state ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.3
 3K
Star Kid (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Shy seventh-grader Spencer Griffith's life changes when the meteor falls into local junkyard and he finds a Cybersuit - the wise and strong robot from another galaxy. Spencer puts Cybersuit on and becomes a different kind of guy
Style: humorous, entertaining, semi serious, stylized, cult classic ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: superhero, androids and robots, space and aliens, robot, fantasy world, brutality, alien, escapades, good versus evil, youth, revenge, dysfunctional family ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Last Starfighter (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters to defend their world from the ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, light, semi serious, mindfuck ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: alien contact, alien, space travel, space opera, space, teenager, outer space, battles, space and aliens, heroic mission, childhood, good versus evil ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 90s
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A rogue prince reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time – gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor ...
Style: exciting, epic, entertaining, fairy tale, visually appealing ...
Audience: family outing, kids, chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot: sword fight, time travel, betrayal, princess, fall in love, brother vs brother, heir, medieval, danger, escapades, king, family relations ...
Time: year 2010, 50s, 2010s
Place: persia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Unassuming catering salesmen Jim Ferguson falls through a time hole to 1917 where he saves the life of dashing Royal Flying Corps pilot James "Biggles" Bigglesworth after his photo recon mission is shot down. Before he can work out what ...
Style: dieselpunk, cult classic, fast, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: time travel, world war one, steampunk, time loop, great war, superhero, fish out of water, danger, rescue, heroes, twin brother, military life ...
Time: 80s, 1910s, year 1917
Place: new york, usa, london, tower bridge london, belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.4
 23K
Zoom (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Jack Shepard is an out-of-shape auto shop owner, far removed from the man who once protected the world's freedom. Reluctantly called back into action by the government, Jack is tasked with turning a ragtag group of kids with special powers into ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, feel good, semi serious, teen ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: superhero, teenage superhero, high school, fight scenes, save the world, good versus evil, invisible man, comic book, space travel, friendship, superhero team, female hero ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Inspector Gadget (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: John Brown is a bumbling but well-intentioned security guard who is badly injured in an explosion planned by an evil mastermind. He is taken to a laboratory, where Brenda, a leading robotics surgeon, replaces his damaged limbs with state-of-the-art ...
Style: humorous, not serious, feel good, entertaining, slapstick ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, teens
Plot: good versus evil, superhero, rescue, robot, superhuman powers, escapades, undercover, goofy hero, fighting crime, secret identity, imaginary, master villain ...
Time: 90s, year 1999
Place: pittsburgh
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.3
 94K
Sky High (2005)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Set in a world where superheroes are commonly known and accepted, young Will Stronghold, the son of the Commander and Jetstream, tries to find a balance between being a normal teenager and an extraordinary being.
Style: feel good, entertaining, exciting, teen, light ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: superhero, high school, young heroes, friendship, supernatural ability, heroes, superhuman powers, coming of age, good versus evil, best friends in love, teenage life, super powers ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The Turtles and the Shredder battle once again, this time for the last cannister of the ooze that created the Turtles, which Shredder wants to create an army of new mutants.
Style: humorous, entertaining, semi serious, light, stylized ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot: martial arts, ninja, superhero, ninja turtle, vigilante, comic book, anthropomorphic animal, mutant, mentor, talking animal, good versus evil, fight ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Fantastic Four (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The Fantastic Four is an unreleased low-budget feature film completed in 1994. Created to secure copyright to the property, the producers never intended it for release although the director, actors, and other participants were not informed of this ...
Style: cult classic, saga, psychotronic, independent film, fast ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, boys' night
Plot: superhero, comic book, flying, experiment gone awry, villain, multiverse, blind girl, exploitation, monster, comic hero, avenger, superpower ...
Time: future, 90s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 5.6
 127K
Spy Kids (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Carmen and Juni think their parents are boring. Little do they know that in their day, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez were the top secret agents from their respective countries. They gave up that life to raise their children. Now, the disappearances of ...
Style: exciting, intense, teen, action adventure, colorful ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: young heroes, spy, children, mad scientist, espionage, heroic mission, fantasy world, chase, secret agent, good versus evil, fight scenes, mentor ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: texas, chile, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 5.5
 295K
Green Lantern (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the ...
Style: entertaining, stylized, suspenseful, exciting, epic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: superhero, alien, superhuman powers, alien invasion, superpower, chosen one, super powers, comic book, good versus evil, humanoid, fantasy world, space ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, year 1993, year 1991, 90s ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.
Style: entertaining, exciting, humorous, intense, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, manly, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot: treasure hunt, archaeologist, archaeology, treasure, adventurer, artifact, tombs and skeletons, good versus evil, indiana jones, crocodile, human sacrifice, survival ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 1984, year 1935
Place: india, china, shanghai
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 7.4
 187K
Superman (1978)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Style: epic, exciting, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night, family outing
Plot: superhero, superhuman powers, double life, space and aliens, comic book, save the world, time travel, heroes, alien, megalomaniac, superman, super powers ...
Time: year 1978, 70s, 20th century, year 1948, 60s ...
Place: new york, san francisco, kansas, california, midwest ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is not what it seems and there are old and new enemies that pose a greater threat than the ...
Style: serious, action packed, exciting, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, kids, boys' night, family outing ...
Plot: superhero, alien invasion, heroic mission, save the world, superhuman powers, heroes, superheroine, apocalypse, alien, scientist, wedding, humanity in peril ...
Time: 20th century, future, 2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place: usa, shanghai, greenland, london, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 4.8
 23K
Underdog (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A lab accident gives a hound named Shoeshine some serious superpowers -- a secret that the dog eventually shares with the young boy who becomes his owner and friend.
Style: entertaining, light, feel good, not serious, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: dog, superhero, teenager, talking dog, single father, good versus evil, animal, genetics, justice, experiment, rescue, fighting crime ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s
Place: rhode island
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 5.7
 5K
Condorman (1981)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Comic artist and writer Woody performs a simple courier operation for his friend Harry who works for the CIA. But when he successfully fends off hostile agents, he earns the respect of the beautiful Natalia, who requests his assistance for her ...
Style: spoof, humorous, cult classic, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience: kids, teens, boys' night, family outing
Plot: espionage, spy, superhero, cold war, car chase, comic book, chase, villain, cartoonist, spying, mission, superpower ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: former yugoslavia, moscow russia, istanbul turkey, monte carlo, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men and The Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organized under Xavier's former ally, Magneto.
Style: exciting, action packed, serious, action adventure, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, kids, chick flick, adult
Plot: mutant, supernatural ability, superhero, x men, superhuman powers, final battle, comic book, fantasy world, supernatural power, betrayal, beast, superhuman ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, future, 20th century, year 1986 ...
Place: san francisco, usa, bay area, california, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 4.3
 14K
Thunderbirds (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Dangerous missions are the bread and butter of the Thunderbirds, a high-tech secret force employed by the government. Led by Jeff Tracy (Bill Paxton), the Thunderbirds are at the top of their game, but their nemesis, The Hood (Ben Kingsley), has ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, computer animated, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: good versus evil, space travel, youth, rescue, justice, teen superhero, chase, save the day, family in danger, young heroes, superhero, heroes ...
Time: future, year 2004, 21st century
Place: london, fictional island, europe, massachusetts, big ben london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 6.8
 114K
Superman II (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by Gen. Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who attempts to ...
Style: exciting, saga, epic, cult classic, psychotronic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, boys' night
Plot: superhero, superhuman powers, comic book, space and aliens, alien invasion, superman, super powers, revenge, superpower, alien, prison escape, female alien ...
Time: 80s, year 1980, year 2016
Place: washington d.c., new york, usa, idaho, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.3
 105K
Small Soldiers (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.
Style: humorous, talky, exciting, light, intense ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: toys, toy comes to life, soldier, childhood, small town, children, heroes, suburbs, boy, danger, good versus evil, store ...
Time: 90s, year 1998
Place: usa, ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Scientist Bruce Banner scours the planet for an antidote to the unbridled force of rage within him: the Hulk. But when the military masterminds who dream of exploiting his powers force him back to civilization, he finds himself coming face to face ...
Style: exciting, gloomy, serious, action packed, action adventure ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: superhero, transformation, mutant, superhuman powers, hulk, scientist, chase, unstoppable, creature, experiment gone awry, split personality, giant ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, rio de janeiro, virginia, british columbia, brazil ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.7
 129K
TRON (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: As Kevin Flynn searches for proof that he invented a hit video game, he is "digitalized" by a laser and finds himself inside The Grid, where programs suffer under the tyrannical rule of the Master Control Program. With the help of TRON, a ...
Style: stylized, surreal, cyber, visually stunning, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing
Plot: virtual reality, cyberpunk, computer, artificial intelligence, cyberspace, distopia, computer game, video game, hacking, dystopia, computer hacker, programmer ...
Time: 80s, future, year 1982, 20th century
Place: pentagon, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Capt. William "Buck" Rogers is a jovial space cowboy who is accidentally time-warped from 1987 to 2491. Earth is engaged in interplanetary war following a global holocaust, and Buck's piloting skills make him an ideal starfighter ...
Style: psychotronic, saga, uplifting, cult classic, futuristic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: space adventure, space opera, time travel, astronaut, alien invasion, space, space travel, superhero, intergalactic, cosmic horror, distopia, women ...
Time: year 1979, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 5.7
 343K
Fantastic Four (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: During a space voyage, four scientists are altered by cosmic rays: Reed Richards gains the ability to stretch his body; Sue Storm can become invisible; Johnny Storm controls fire; and Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong … thing. Together, ...
Style: exciting, action packed, action adventure, semi serious, epic ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night ...
Plot: superhero, supernatural ability, imaginary, interracial romance, superhuman powers, dna, flying, superpower, good versus evil, vigilante, tough girl, fantasy world ...
Time: year 2005, future, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 7.3
 643K
X-Men (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.
Style: serious, action packed, saga, action adventure, exciting ...
Audience: teens, manly, kids, chick flick, boys' night ...
Plot: superhero, mutant, heroes, supernatural, good versus evil, mission, danger, psychic power, x men, supernatural ability, genetically altered, heroic mission ...
Time: year 2000, 2000s, 20th century, y2k, 1940s ...
Place: usa, poland, mississippi, manhattan new york city, north america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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