Movies like Treasure Island 1990

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Treasure Island (1990)
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Treasure Island (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led by Blind Pew. Jim and his mother fight off the attackers and discover Billy Bones' treasure map for which the buccaneers had come. Jim agrees to sail on the S.S. Espaniola with Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey to find the treasure on a mysterious isiand. Upon arriving at the island, ship's cook and scaliwag Long John Silver leads a mutiny of crew members who want the treasure for themselves. Jim helps the Squire and Espaniola officers to survive the mutiny and fight back against Silver's men, who have taken over the Espaniola.
Style: cult classic, exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, surprise ending, dramatic, scary, light, enigmatic, breathtaking ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: treasure, pirate, treasure hunt, ship, treasure map, swashbuckler, courage, blind character, siege, sailing, betrayal, chase, historical event, captain, sea adventure, treasure hunter, mutiny, medieval, literary, treasure island, heroes, gold, map, family life, adventurer ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century
Place: fictional island, caribbean, england, israel
Keyword: doctors

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, semi serious, cult classic and humorous films with plots about danger, escapades, rivalry, treasure hunt, heroes, adventurer and treasure mostly in Adventure, Action and Romance genres. Some movies like Treasure Island: Uncharted (2022), Sahara (2005), The Three Musketeers (1973), Into the Blue (2005), Romancing the Stone (1984). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Treasure Island (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Treasure Island is a two-part British television miniseries adaptation of the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was made by BSkyB and first shown in the United Kingdom on Sky1 on 1–2 January 2012. The screenplay was by Stewart ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric, epic, costume drama ...
Plot: treasure hunt, pirate, expedition, treasure map, island, ship, treasure, adventurer, heroes, rivalry, escapades, danger ...
Time: 18th century
Place: england, fictional island, caribbean
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Uncharted (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A descendent of explorer Sir Francis Drake uncovers the location of the legendary El Dorado. With the help of his mentor and an ambitious journalist he works to uncover its secrets while surviving on an island filled with pirates, mercenaries, and a ...
Style: suspense, psychotronic, visually appealing, epic, action adventure ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: treasure hunt, treasure, archaeology, danger, treasure hunter, jungle, adventurer, artifact, tough guy, lost treasure, sea, deception ...
Time: 2020s, future, 2000s, year 2006
Place: new york, the philippines, boston, barcelona, spain
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100%
Treasure Island (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Young Jim Hawkins and peg-legged Long John Silver set sail for adventure in Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of dastardly pirates, swashbuckling heroes, buried treasure and a young boy's amazing courage. The narrative diverges from ...
Style: semi serious, exciting, surprise ending, baroque
Audience: pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot: pirate, treasure hunt, lost treasure, treasure map, swashbuckler, sea adventure, treasure island, youth, child hero, traitor, heroes, ocean ...
Place: fictional island, caribbean
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100%
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story: Captain Jack Sparrow works his way out of a blood debt with the ghostly Davey Jones, he also attempts to avoid eternal damnation.
Style: exciting, humorous, entertaining, mystical, saga ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: pirate, sword fight, fantasy world, swashbuckler, ship, treasure, beast, supernatural, revenge, fortune teller, treasure hunt, magical ...
Time: 18th century, year 2006, georgian era, 2000s
Place: caribbean, britain, iran, fictional island, jamaica
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100%
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Jack Sparrow, a freewheeling 17th-century pirate, quarrels with a rival pirate bent on pillaging Port Royal. When the governor's daughter is kidnapped, Sparrow decides to help the girl's love save her.
Style: exciting, fairy tale, entertaining, dark fantasy, visually stunning ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: pirate, treasure hunt, ship, sword fight, fantasy world, treasure, captain, pirate ship, pirate captain, swashbuckler, curses spells and rituals, escapades ...
Time: 18th century, year 2003, 2000s, georgian era
Place: caribbean, britain, iran, fictional island, haiti ...
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75%
Treasure Island (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: UK, France, Italy, West Germany, Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Young Jim Hawkins finds himself serving with pirate captain Long John Silver in search of a buccaneer's treasure, in this short adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale.
Style: humorous, semi serious, independent film
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: treasure hunt, pirate, ship, treasure, treasure island, treasure hunter, historical event, piracy, sea, captain, hunter, courage ...
Time: 18th century, year 1972
Place: fictional island, caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Sahara (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK, France, Germany, Spain, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Scouring the ocean depths for treasure-laden shipwrecks is business as usual for a thrill-seeking underwater adventurer and his wisecracking buddy. But when these two cross paths with a beautiful doctor, they find themselves on the ultimate treasure ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, action packed, scenic, buddy comedy ...
Audience: teens, family outing, boys' night, adult
Plot: treasure hunt, treasure, adventurer, treasure hunter, desert, obsessive quest, archaeology, escapades, civil war, good versus evil, danger, buddy ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: africa, nigeria
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Three Musketeers (1973)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a king's musketeer. He meets and quarrels with three men, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, each of whom challenges him to a duel. D'Artagnan finds out they are musketeers and is ...
Style: epic, cult classic, funny, humorous, witty ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: swashbuckler, three musketeers, musketeer, medieval, royalty, literary, royal family, nobility, swordsman, sword duel, european history, sword fight ...
Time: 17th century
Place: paris france, france, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Into the Blue (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When they take some friends on an extreme sport adventure, the last thing Jared and Sam expect to see below the shark-infested waters is a legendary pirate ship rumored to contain millions of dollars in gold. But their good fortune is short-lived, ...
Style: exciting, sexy, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: diving, treasure hunt, shark, underwater, ocean, shipwreck, island, expedition, cocaine, sunken treasure, scuba diving, danger ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: bahamas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her ...
Style: feel good, exciting, light, romantic, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, chick flick, date night, family outing, adult
Plot: treasure hunt, jungle, unlikely couple, opposites attract, escapades, adventurer, travel, chase, stranded, map, treasure, gem ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place: south america, colombia, new york, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Set during the Cold War, the Soviets – led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko – are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. After being captured and then escaping from them, Indy is coerced ...
Style: entertaining, exciting, action adventure, action packed, scenic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, kids, manly, family outing ...
Plot: treasure hunt, treasure, archaeologist, adventurer, archaeology, indiana jones, jungle, chase, desert, artifact, alien, fight scenes ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s ...
Place: peru, ussr, south america, latin america, mexico city ...
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100%
Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In post-Civil War Kentucky, young David Burnic becomes the unexpected heir to the family secret, a map leading to buried treasure on the Florida isle of Matecumbe.
Style: semi serious, exciting, suspenseful
Audience: pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot: treasure hunt, buried treasure, lost treasure, coming of age, youth, archaeologist, treasure hunter, cons and scams, rivalry, criminal heroes, danger, escapades ...
Time: 19th century, year 1976, 1860s
Place: florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
National Treasure (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest's whereabouts may lie ...
Style: entertaining, exciting, clever, suspense, scenic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night ...
Plot: treasure hunt, treasure, archaeology, archaeologist, treasure hunter, adventurer, secret place, riddles and clues, map, journey, ancient, artifact ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, year 1974, 18th century, 1830s ...
Place: usa, washington d.c., philadelphia, pennsylvania, new jersey ...
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100%
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After his brother Robeson disappears without a trace while exploring Africa in search of a legendary 'white tribe', Allan Quatermain decides to follow in his footsteps to learn what became of him. Soon after arriving, he discovers the Lost ...
Style: fantasy adventure, grindhouse, independent film, stylized, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: treasure hunt, jungle, adventurer, treasure hunter, archaeologist, beautiful scenery, disaster, hunter, cannon, missing person, woman with a gun, camp ...
Time: victorian era, 1910s
Place: africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 571
Moonfleet (2013)
Genre: Adventure
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
TV show
Story: An adaptation of J Meade Falkner’s 1898 swashbuckling novel. A young man craving adventure joins a gang of smugglers in search of Blackbeard's diamond
Style: captivating, exciting, semi serious, epic, humorous ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: adventurer, heroes, treasure hunt, unlikely partners, against the odds, cons and scams, escapades, dishonesty, rivalry, youth, piracy, smuggling ...
Time: 18th century
Place: britain, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The masked avenger: Lagardère (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 145 min.
TV show
Story: A new interpretation of classical Paul Feval's "Le Bossu" novel...
Style: tense, exciting, serious, captivating
Plot: swashbuckler, disguise, adventure hero, french countryside, false accusation, revenge, murder, assassination plot, framed for murder, hitman, father daughter relationship, hunchback ...
Time: 18th century, 17th century
Place: france, paris france, spain
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100%
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past, and he's not sure if it's love -- or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen ...
Style: romantic, exciting, witty, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, family outing ...
Plot: pirate, swashbuckler, mermaid, ship, chase, treasure hunt, fantasy world, treasure, captain, sword fight, mythical creature, adventurer ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, year 2011
Place: london, iran, britain, fictional island, madagascar ...
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story: Captain Barbossa, long believed to be dead, has come back to life and is headed to the edge of the Earth with Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann. But nothing is quite as it seems.
Style: exciting, entertaining, stylized, dark fantasy, humorous ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot: pirate, swashbuckler, ship, sword fight, fantasy world, supernatural, friendship, treasure hunt, journey, determination, treasure, courage ...
Time: 18th century, year 2007, 2000s, georgian era
Place: fictional island, caribbean, britain, iran, singapore
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia, UK, Canada
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the evil Capt. Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle. ...
Style: fairy tale, funny, dark fantasy, witty, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, teens, chick flick
Plot: pirate, fantasy world, swashbuckler, sword fight, ship, treasure hunt, sea, sailboat, ship captain, revenge, jungle, dead man ...
Time: 18th century, year 2017
Place: caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Kidnapped (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story: When Scottish young gentleman David Balfour's father dies, he leaves school to collect his inheritance from uncle Ebenezer, who in turn sells the boy as a future slave to a pirate ship. When staunch Stuart dynasty supporter Alan Breck Stewart ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, period drama
Plot: pirate, captain, courage, kidnapping, ocean, danger, adventurer, confined, orphan, corrupted ruler, state affairs, rivalry ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era
Place: europe, scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Swashbuckler (1976)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.
Style: epic, cult classic, slapstick comedy, fast, semi serious ...
Plot: pirate, swashbuckler, sword fight, sailing, sea, captain, sorcery, courage, ancient, seafaring, chivalry, sea adventure ...
Time: 18th century, year 1976, 70s
Place: caribbean, west indies, jamaica
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Three Musketeers (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: UK, Austria, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: D'Artagnan travels to Paris hoping to become a musketeer, one of the French king's elite bodyguards, only to discover that the corps has been disbanded by conniving Cardinal Richelieu, who secretly hopes to usurp the throne. Fortunately, ...
Style: period piece, costume drama, romantic, action packed, epic ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, boys' night
Plot: musketeer, swashbuckler, medieval, sword fight, three musketeers, treasure hunt, mythology, betrayal, sword, sorcery, renaissance, throne ...
Time: 17th century, middle ages, 90s, ancient times, year 1993 ...
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: UK, France, Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story: It's 1649: Mazarin hires the impoverished D'Artagnan to find the other musketeers: Cromwell has overthrown the English king, so Mazarin fears revolt, particularly from the popular Beaufort. Porthos, bored with riches and wanting a title, ...
Style: stylized, cult classic, exciting, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: musketeer, three musketeers, betrayal, royalty, swashbuckler, sword fight, sorcery, ancient, renaissance, chivalry, heroes, conspiracy ...
Time: 17th century, year 1989, middle ages
Place: england, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Pirates (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Tunisia
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Captain Red runs a hardy pirate ship with the able assistance of Frog, a dashing young French sailor. One day Capt. Red is captured and taken aboard a Spanish galleon, but thanks to his inventiveness, he raises the crew to mutiny, takes over the ...
Style: spoof, grindhouse, dramatic, action comedy, exciting ...
Audience: teens, family outing, boys' night
Plot: pirate, pirate ship, ship, swashbuckler, sailing, piracy, seafaring, knight, cannon, sorcery, captain, renaissance ...
Time: 17th century
Place: eastern europe, spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Finds Indy vagabonding around the South Pacific on a treasure hunt for a fabled lost diamond. The war in Europe ends but a new adventure begins for Indy when a mysterious man's dying words, "The eye of the peacock!" send him and Remy ...
Style: semi serious, exciting, fast
Audience: teens, boys' night, family outing
Plot: treasure hunt, indiana jones, adventurer, writers, treasure hunter, archaeologist, pirate, heroes, battlefield, world spanning, disorder, secret place ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 1918, year 1919, 1900s
Place: egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A group of ruthless pirates attack a 17th Century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it.
Style: exciting, captivating, entertaining, light, tense ...
Plot: pirate, treasure hunt, swashbuckler, danger, rivalry, escapades, infidelity, island, village, gold, greed, penal colony ...
Time: 17th century
Place: caribbean
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21%
MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Hunting artifacts attributed to Zenon (an ancient scientist from Atlantis), MacGyver and his old professor end up searching for the lost city.
Style: serious, suspenseful, stylized
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: hidden treasure, treasure hunt, treasure hunter, treasure, hunter, spy, righting the wronged, heroic mission, heroes, danger, rivalry, chase ...
Time: 90s
Place: balkan
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: Spain, UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.
Style: humorous, cult classic, funny, fast, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: musketeer, swashbuckler, female villain, three musketeers, sword fight, fencing, vengeance, strangulation, murder, royalty, seduction, sorcery ...
Time: 17th century
Place: france, england, italy, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In a vein similar to Bond movies, a British agent Philip Calvert is on a mission to determine the whereabouts of a ship that disappeared near the coast of Scotland.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: spy, secret agent, serial killer, 007, explosions, ship, pirate, undercover, espionage, betrayal, heroic mission, basic training ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
Place: scottish highlands, london, britain, scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
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