20 movies like Thunder Bay, ordered by similarity : The Silver Horde(1930), Carol(2015), Blowing Wild(1953), Finding Dory(2016), Beneath the 12-Mile Reef(1953), Jack the Giant Killer(2013), The Old Man and the Sea(1958), Woodpeckers(2017), Boom Town(1940), Superman: Man of Tomorrow(2020), Flowing Gold(1940), The Hunchback of Notre Dame II(2002) ...
Adventure
USA
1953
102 Minutes
James Stewart Joanne Dru Dan Duryea Gilbert Roland Marcia Henderson Robert Monet Jay C. Flippen Antonio Moreno Harry Morgan Fortunio Bonanova
oil driller oil worker fisherman daughter sister love interest engaging spirited louisiana coast oil drilling platform fishing boat family home small town prospecting oil culture clash fishing small-town life rivalry
Shrimpers and oilmen clash when an ambitious wildcatter begins constructing an off-shore oilrig.
Adventure
USA
1930
76 Minutes
fisherman love interest romantic rival man young woman businesswoman emotional engaging gripping alaska family home small town fishing village romance love triangle class distinctions fishing schemes employment rivalry
A salmon fisherman has to choose between a bad girl and a society doll.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Adventure
USA
1953
90 Minutes
Gary Cooper Barbara Stanwyck Anthony Quinn Ruth Roman Ward Bond Ian MacDonald Richard Karlan Juan Garcia
oil driller bandit couple former lover partner bleak brash melodramatic gritty south america oil field love triangle oil bandits extortion adventure forbidden love temptation underdog 20th century
In South America, when Jeff Dawson and Dutch Peterson's oil rigs are dynamited by local bandits, the two partners resort to risky transportation of nitroglycerin to raise money.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
2016
103 Minutes
fish friend whale man woman child confident amusing cheeky ocean conservatory zoo park shipwreck boat friendship memory loss search hijinx family
Friendly but forgetful blue tang Dory begins a search for her long-lost parents, and everyone learns a few things about the real meaning of family along the way.
Adventure
USA
1953
102 Minutes
Robert Wagner Terry Moore Gilbert Roland J. Carrol Naish Richard Boone Angela Clarke Peter Graves Jay Novello Jacques Aubuchon Gloria Gordon Harry Carey Jr.
scuba diver business owner father daughter son fisherman spectacular melodramatic dreamy boat gulf of mexico florida star-crossed lovers fishing passion parental pressure family feud sabotage rivalry forbidden love
Fierce competition among sponge fishermen forces a Greek-American family to fish in the dangerous 12-mile reef area off the western coast of Florida.
Fantasy, Adventure, Action
USA
2013
90 Minutes
Ben Cross Jane March Julian Boote Jon Campling Robert F. Boyle Dylan Jones Jamie Atkins Vicki Glover Tanya Winsor Harry Dyer Steve McTigue
princess man hero giant soldier uncle monk love interest romantic interest enemy family tense suspenseful gripping engaging mythical land rescue escape fighting love
A giant beanstalk brings Jack to a land in the clouds filled with snarling, evil beasts. When the creatures make their way to the ground, Jack must figure out how to get back down before they destroy earth and everyone in it.
Adventure
USA
1958
86 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Felipe Pazos Harry Bellaver Donald Diamond Don Blackman Joey Ray Richard Alameda Tony Rosa Carlos Rivera Robert Alderette Mauritz Hugo
fisherman young boy dockworker fish brooding dreamy profound cuba boat casablanca, morocco africa fishing bad luck obsession underdog quest discovery 1950s
An old Cuban fisherman's dry spell is broken when he hooks a gigantic fish that drags him out to sea.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Adventure
USA
1940
119 Minutes
Clark Gable Spencer Tracy Claudette Colbert Hedy Lamarr Frank Morgan Lionel Atwill Chill Wills Marion Martin Minna Gombell Joe Yule Horace Murphy
partner sheriff oil baron love interest engaging emotional texas south america revolution oil business law romance wealth rivalry rise transformation love 1930s
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman.
Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
2020
86 Minutes
superman journalist hero love interest villain engaging gripping spirited suspenseful smallville united states saving the day hidden identity conflict of interest family love adventure discovery growing up 2010s
Young Clark Kent works as an intern at the Daily Planet while learning how to save the city of Metropolis.
Adventure
USA
1940
82 Minutes
John Garfield Frances Farmer Pat O'Brien Raymond Walburn Cliff Edwards Tom Kennedy
fugitive foreman friend girlfriend enemy police officer uneasy thrilling united states small town oil field household bar oil murder love triangle loyalty running away jealousy escape
In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and the misfortunes of a small oil company that hires him as a roughneck.
Animation, Adventure, Kids & Family
USA
2002
68 Minutes
quasimodo cartoon character villain magician magician's assistant love interest amusing witty suspenseful shocking heartwarming cathedral france animation love circus magic greed thievery love at first sight
An attractive and popular teenager, who is mean-spirited toward others, finds herself in the body of an older man, and must find a way to get back to her original body.
Anime, Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Japan
2018
98 Minutes
sister young boy brother mother father charming tense playful amusing emotional endearing japan house hospital train station family sibling rivalry future babies love
A young boy encounters a magical garden which enables him to travel through time and meet his relatives from different eras, with guidance by his younger sister from the future.
Adventure, Anime
1993
72 Minutes
student teacher young girl young boy lover friend amusing charming confident dreamy heartwarming passionate asia japan tokyo osaka, japan school college friendship friends vs girlfriend
The arrival of a pretty transfer student from Tokyo sets in motion a change in the relationship between two best friends.
Kids & Family, Adventure, Animation, Musical, Comedy
USA|Australia|New Zealand|Antarctica
2006
108 Minutes
Johnny A. Sanchez
penguin dancer love interest mother father leader heartwarming inspiring antarctica colony ocean marine park dance singing love family redemption survival love rescue
Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!
Comedy, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
India
2016
151 Minutes
Tiger Shroff Jaqueline Fernandes Nathan Jones Kay Kay Menon Mukesh Hariawala Amrita Singh Gaurav Pandey Shraddha Kapoor Amrita Puri
superhero villain businessman family father mother engaging gripping intense spirited factory lake town india saving the day rivalry wealth family pollution adventure
Jatt is a reluctant superhero who fights crime and protects people. He meets his match in the evil Raka, who he must vanquish to save the day.
Adventure
USA
1942
98 Minutes
Tyrone Power Gene Tierney Frances Farmer George Sanders Roddy McDowall John Carradine Elsa Lanchester Harry Davenport Kay Johnson Dudley Digges Halliwell Hobbes
knight uncle nephew love interest ship mate ex-girlfriend rousing spirited amusing polynesia ship estate bristol, england inheritance travel love vindication fortune love revenge
Cheated out of his estate by his sadistic uncle, young Benjamin Blake goes to the South Seas to make his fortune so he can return to claim his birthright.
Anime, Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Japan
2018
98 Minutes
sister young boy brother mother father charming tense playful amusing emotional endearing japan house hospital train station family sibling rivalry future babies love
A young boy encounters a magical garden which enables him to travel through time and meet his relatives from different eras, with guidance by his younger sister from the future.
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
USA
1998
150 Minutes
Bruce Willis Billy Bob Thornton Liv Tyler Ben Affleck Will Patton Peter Stormare Keith David Steve Buscemi Owen Wilson William Fichtner Jessica Steen
nasa director oil driller daughter crew member astronaut military officer spectacular intense suspenseful heartwarming powerful nasa facility space shuttle asteroid outer space new york city oil drilling platform saving the world drilling operation father/daughter relationship
After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas is going to impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.
Drama
France|Italy
1960
105 Minutes
Bernadette Lafont Lucile Saint-Simon Clotilde Joano Stéphane Audran Mario David Jean-Louis Maury Sacha Briquet Dinan
single woman woman saleswoman man love interest lover amusing cheeky engaging dreamy heartwarming lighthearted paris france relationships love work destiny saleswomen love interest
A feud between families in 1870's rural France.