20 movies like Swiss Family Robinson, ordered by similarity : Adrift(2018), The Red Turtle(2016), Swiss Family Robinson(1960), Two by Two(2015), Staying Together(1989), The Croods(2013), Flight of the Navigator(1986), Despicable Me 2(2013), Shipwrecked(1990), The Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake(2009), Captains Courageous(1937), Papillon(2017) ...
Adventure
USA
1940
92 Minutes
Thomas Mitchell Edna Best Freddie Bartholomew Terry Kilburn Tim Holt Baby Bobby Quillan Christian Rub John Wray Herbert Rawlinson
mother father son brother sailor heartwarming london ship deserted island family home stranded survival family shipwreck isolation adventure quest 1810s
A family setting out for a new life across the sea is shipwrecked on a deserted island. The family members collaborate to create a home for themselves in the jungle environment.
Romance, Adventure, Drama
Hong Kong|Iceland|USA
2018
120 Minutes
Shailene Woodley Sam Claflin Jeffrey Thomas Elizabeth Hawthorne Grace Palmer Marisiale Tunoka Kael Damlamian Neil Andrea Apakuki Nalawa Tim Solomon
sailor husband wife shipwreck survivor shipmate couple thrilling gripping frightening emotional incredible suspenseful boat ocean sea shipwreck ship pacific ocean shipwreck survival
A true story of survival, as a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.
Animation, Adventure
France|Belgium|Japan|USA
2016
80 Minutes
castaway man turtle woman lover son charming creative emotional melodramatic fascinating heartwarming island shipwreck ship beach cave love relationships island life
A man is shipwrecked on a deserted island and encounters a red turtle, which changes his life.
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
1960
128 Minutes
John Mills Dorothy McGuire James MacArthur Janet Munro Sessue Hayakawa Tommy Kirk Kevin Corcoran Cecil Parker
mother father son pirate amusing endearing playful island ocean switzerland beach shipwreck survival family adventure discovery 1810s
A Swiss family must survive being shipwrecked on a deserted island.
Kids & Family, Adventure, Comedy, Animation
2015
87 Minutes
Sean McCormack
animal friend adventurer mother father child amusing cheeky endearing heartwarming lighthearted playful sea ship unknown territory flooding noah's arc adventure discovery friendship
Finny, a Nestrian, and his new friend Leah have to band together to survive the elements and predators after they fall off Noah's Ark.
Drama
USA
1989
91 Minutes
Sean Astin Stockard Channing Melinda Dillon Jim Haynie Levon Helm Dinah Manoff Dermot Mulroney Tim Quill Keith Szarabajka Daphne Zuniga
father mother brother son older brother younger brother emotional heartwarming amusing small town restaurant family business life lessons coming of age father/son relationship mother/son relationship brotherhood growing up 1980s
The complacent life of three small town brothers is shattered when their father sells the family business from under them.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
2013
91 Minutes
Kirk De Micco
family teen girl teen boy father mother sloth charming cheery creative engaging heartwarming positive cave forest beach natural disasters overprotective parent survival family family relationships
After their cave is destroyed, a caveman family must trek through an unfamiliar fantastical world with the help of an inventive boy.
Sci-Fi, Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
1986
89 Minutes
Joey Cramer Veronica Cartwright Cliff De Young Sarah Jessica Parker Matt Adler Howard Hesseman Paul Reubens Robert Small Albie Whitaker Jonathan Sanger Iris Acker
boy father mother scientist brother spaceship emotional campy florida fort lauderdale, fla. nasa facility abduction family father/son relationship aliens nasa cover-up adventure escape 1980s
In 1978, a boy travels 8 years into the future and has an adventure with an intelligent, wisecracking alien ship.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
USA|France|Japan
2013
98 Minutes
villain adopted son adopted daughter father henchman charming witty fantasy world family home laboratory hideout family father/child relationship heist undercover operations adventure pursuit rivalry quest unknown era
When Gru, the world's most super-bad turned super-dad has been recruited by a team of officials to stop lethal muscle and a host of Gru's own, He has to fight back with new gadgetry, cars, and more minion madness.
Kids & Family, Adventure
Norway|Sweden|USA
1990
91 Minutes
Stian Smedstad Gabriel Byrne Louisa Haigh Trond Peter Stamsø Munch Bjørn Sundquist Kjell Stormoen Eva von Hanno Karl Sundby
cabin boy father pirate girl native amusing lighthearted island ship jungle village shipwreck pirates family treasure mutiny friendship adventure growing up love
A young Norwegian boy in 1850s England goes to work as a cabin boy and discovers some of his shipmates are actually pirates.
Adventure, Fantasy
USA
2009
90 Minutes
Adrian Paul Temuera Morrison Wes Ramsey Daniel Kash Sofia Pernas Nick Harvey Vlado Mihailov Yana Marinova
sea captain captain daughter adventurer monster enemy engaging melodramatic inspiring heartwarming powerful ship tree illness exploration seafaring family father/daughter relationship adventure love
After he loses his high-paying job, Dory takes a gig as a night janitor in order to pay rent. Alone late at night inside a market research firm, he soon discovers the company is experimenting on their other janitors ...
Adventure
USA
1937
117 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Freddie Bartholomew Lionel Barrymore Melvyn Douglas Charley Grapewin Mickey Rooney John Carradine Oscar O'Shea Jack LaRue Walter Kingsford Sam McDaniel
young boy father fisherman captain friend sailor heartwarming uplifting ship boarding school gloucester, mass. ocean liner troubled youth accident sailors father/son relationship growing up transformation 1890s
A spoiled brat who falls overboard from a steamship gets picked up by a fishing boat, where he's made to earn his keep by joining the crew in their work.
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
convict innocent man prison guard prisoner escape artist friend tense bleak thrilling suspenseful incredible intricate prison island prison cell paris french guiana apartment prison prison break
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
Adventure, Drama, Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
China|India|Hong Kong|USA
2019
108 Minutes
Kathryn Prescott Betty Gilpin Dennis Quaid Marg Helgenberger Abby Ryder Fortson Henry Lau Ian Chen Conrad Coates Jake Manley Daniela Barbosa Kevin Claydon
dog pet owner family member young girl grandfather grandmother endearing emotional touching heartwarming moving charming farm michigan house stable park bedroom dog pets
A dog finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he meets.
Comedy, Drama
Canada
2016
101 Minutes
Clive Owen Jaeden Martell Maria Bello Robert Forster Tim Blake Nelson Patton Oswalt Matthew Modine Stephen Tobolowsky
carpenter thief son father family mother charming endearing heartwarming lighthearted moving playful canada small town home father/son relationship fatherhood bonding life lessons growing up
A divorced father and his eight-year-old son are about to spend a somewhat predictable weekend together, nevertheless, when a valuable toolbox gets stolen, the search for the thieves will soon turn into a true family bonding.
Fantasy, Adventure, Kids & Family
USA
2012
94 Minutes
Dwayne Johnson Michael Caine Josh Hutcherson Vanessa Hudgens Kristin Davis Luis Guzman Anna Colwell Stephen Caudill Branscombe Richmond
teen boy mother stepfather grandfather teen girl pilot amusing frenetic heartwarming island south pacific family home jungle helicopter animals grandparent/child relationship journey missing persons adventure rescue
Sean Anderson partners with his mom's husband on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.
Adventure
USA
1942
124 Minutes
Ray Milland John Wayne Paulette Goddard Raymond Massey Robert Preston Susan Hayward Charles Bickford Hedda Hopper Louise Beavers Martha O'Driscoll Lynne Overman
ship captain shipwreck survivor lawyer villain spirited atlantic ocean north carolina florida keys ship office shipwreck shipping insurance love triangle piracy rivalry love adventure 1840s
Florida ship salvager, Loxi, falls for Jack, captain of a ship wrecked on the Key West shore. However, their romance is complicated by the arrival of another suitor, and eventually leads to tragedy.
Adventure, Drama
UK|USA
2004
92 Minutes
Ben Tibber Joan Plowright Jim Caviezel Maria Bonnevie Silvia De Santis Francesco De Vito Paco Reconti Hristo Shopov Alessandro Sperduti Adrian McCourt Clem Tibber
young boy prisoner young girl old woman mother friend powerful emotional prison camp bulgaria greece denmark ship prisoners of war prison break coming of age friendship reunion trust escape
A twelve-year-old boy escapes from a Bulgarian Communist concentration camp and sets out on a journey to reach Denmark.
Action, Adventure
Denmark|UK
2009
100 Minutes
Mads Mikkelsen Gary Lewis Jamie Sives Ewan Stewart Alexander Morton Gary McCormack Mathew Zajac Robert Harrison Stewart Porter Gordon Brown Callum Mitchell
prisoner viking warrior young boy sailor holy man dark gritty scandinavia ship prison battlefield conquest culture clash journey war religion uprising transformation quest
Forced for some time to be a fighting slave, a pagan warrior escapes his captors with a boy and joins a group of Crusaders on their quest to the Holy Land.
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA|UK
1959
107 Minutes
James MacArthur Michael Rennie Janet Munro James Donald Walter Fitzgerald Helen Hayes Herbert Lom Ferdinand Mayne Laurence Naismith Lee Patterson Nora Swinburne
mountain climber mother father son captain teammate inspiring winsome heartwarming swiss alps switzerland village the matterhorn family honor father/son relationship mountain climbing determination dangerous mission quest growing up
A boy attempts to realize his father's dream of climbing an alpine peak known as the Citadel.
Adventure
UK
1965
103 Minutes
Anthony Quinn James Coburn Lila Kedrova Dennis Price Gert Froebe Nigel Davenport Kenneth J. Warren Isabel Dean Ben Carruthers Brian Phelan
father mother buccaneer pirate child thrilling suspenseful ship island jamaica pirate ship family going home abduction raids seafaring pirates adventure escape rescue
In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling but their ship is taken over by pirates who become fond of the kids.