20 movies like Emperor of the North, ordered by similarity : The General Died at Dawn(1936), Surrender -- Hell!(1959), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003), Isle of Dogs(2018), Adventures in Babysitting(2016), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World(2003), A Flying Jatt(2016), Star Trek Into Darkness(2013), The Drum(1938), Ant-Man(2015), Black Sea(2014), Unconquered(1947) ...
Adventure
USA
1973
118 Minutes
Lee Marvin Ernest Borgnine Keith Carradine Charles Tyner Harry Caesar Malcolm Atterbury Simon Oakland Matt Clark Elisha Cook Jr.
hobo conductor police officer tense spirited railway railyard west coast train travel railroad showdown homelessness great depression rivalry pursuit underdog 1930s
In 1933, during the Depression, Shack the brutal conductor of the number 19 train has a personal vendetta against the best train hopping hobo tramp in the Northwest, A No. 1.
Adventure
USA
1936
97 Minutes
Gary Cooper Madeleine Carroll Akim Tamiroff Dudley Digges Porter Hall William Frawley J.M. Kerrigan Philip Ahn Lee Tung Foo
soldier of fortune war lord american woman general father gun runner tense brutal engaging thrilling china train shanghai war guns money father/daughter relationship love greed rivalry
Amid the anarchy of China, an American mercenary tangles with a ruthless warlord.
Adventure
Philippines|USA
1959
85 Minutes
Keith Andes Susan Cabot Paraluman Nestor De Villa
guerrilla leader guerrilla fighter officer colonel japanese soldier army major gutsy suspenseful tense engaging patriotic spirited philippines world war ii guerrilla warfare leadership military japanese occupation survival escape
An officer leads a band of Filipino guerrillas against the Japanese in anticipation of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's return.
Adventure, Fantasy
New Zealand|USA
2003
200 Minutes
Elijah Wood Ian McKellen Liv Tyler Viggo Mortensen Sean Astin Cate Blanchett John Rhys-Davies Bernard Hill Billy Boyd Dominic Monaghan Orlando Bloom
hobbit wizard warrior elf dwarf orc dark intense suspenseful middle-earth mordor mount doom battlefield journey ring teamwork survival showdown war quest
Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.
Animation, Comedy, Adventure
Germany|Japan|USA|UK
2018
101 Minutes
dog boy stray animal friend politician police officer playful amusing endearing spirited hilarious offbeat japan island dump airplane gondola headquarters rule breaking isolation
Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog.
Adventure, Kids & Family, Comedy
2016
90 Minutes
Sabrina Carpenter Sofia Carson Nikki Hahn Mallory James Mahoney Max Gecowets Jet Jurgensmeyer Madison Horcher Kevin Quinn
babysitter teenager runaway child supervisor rival cheeky amusing engaging lighthearted playful quirky city street house teamwork responsibility rivalry baby-sitting missing persons
Two teenage baby sitters (Sabrina Carpenter, Sofia Carson) and a group of children spend a wild night in the big city.
War, Adventure, Drama
USA
2003
139 Minutes
Russell Crowe Paul Bettany Billy Boyd James D'Arcy Lee Ingleby George Innes Mark Lewis Jones Chris Larkin Richard McCabe Robert Pugh David Threlfall
captain surgeon sailor confident spirited tense ship h.m.s. surprise ocean galapagos islands dangerous assignment napoleonic wars naval warfare friendship pursuit quest underdog 1800s
During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.
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.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA
2013
132 Minutes
Chris Pine Zachary Quinto Karl Urban Zoe Saldana Anton Yelchin Simon Pegg John Cho Benedict Cumberbatch Alice Eve Bruce Greenwood Peter Weller
crew member captain kirk spock mastermind admiral lieutenant spectacular intense brooding gripping suspenseful tense outer space starship enterprise alien planet spacecraft earth san francisco good versus evil retribution
After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.
Adventure
UK
1938
96 Minutes
Sabu Raymond Massey Roger Livesey Valerie Hobson Desmond Tester Martin Walker David Tree Francis L. Sullivan Roy Emerton Edward Lexy Julien Mitchell
british soldier ruler prince brother benefactor native engaging intense india battlefield household palace revolution imperialism friendship loyalty duplicity assassination adventure rescue
During the British Raj, Captain Carruthers works under cover to track smuggled shipments of arms on the restless Northwest Frontier of India. He fears a full-scale rebellion is brewing. To ... See full summary »
Fantasy, Comedy, Action, Adventure
USA
2015
117 Minutes
Paul Rudd Michael Douglas Evangeline Lilly Corey Stoll Bobby Cannavale Judy Greer Abby Ryder Fortson Michael Peña David Dastmalchian Tip "T.I." Harris Wood Harris
protégé thief superhero villain co-worker love interest brooding confident intense office laboratory apartment jail helicopter house super powers rivalry comeuppance fighting romance
Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, cat burglar Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
UK|Russia|USA
2014
115 Minutes
Jude Law Scoot McNairy Ben Mendelsohn David Threlfall Konstantin Khabensky Michael Smiley Jodie Whittaker Sergey Puskepalis Grigoriy Dobrygin Sergey Veksler Sergey Kolesnikov
sea captain sailor crew member british man russian rival brutal dark tense ocean submarine great britain russia underwater treasure greed cultural differences sailing violence adventure
In order to make good with his former employers, a submarine captain takes a job with a shadowy backer to search the depths of the Black Sea for a submarine rumored to be loaded with gold.
Adventure
USA
1947
146 Minutes
Gary Cooper Paulette Goddard Howard da Silva Boris Karloff Cecil Kellaway Ward Bond Katherine DeMille Henry Wilcoxon C. Aubrey Smith Victor Varconi Virginia Grey
captain slave trader heroine slave native american friend tense spirited confident rousing colony north america pittsburgh fort river conspiracy slave trade colonialism land wars raids
Intrepid frontiersman Chris Holden foils the political and personal ambitions of renegade Martin Garth in the Ohio Valley following the French and Indian War.
Sci-Fi, Action, Fantasy, Adventure
USA|India
2018
140 Minutes
Tye Sheridan Olivia Cooke Ben Mendelsohn Lena Waithe T.J. Miller Simon Pegg Mark Rylance Philip Zhao Win Morisaki Hannah John-Kamen Ralph Ineson
designer young man club owner treasure hunter racer rival amusing passionate cheeky offbeat ohio virtual world slum racetrack dungeon battlefield virtual reality treasure hunting rivalry pop culture
When the creator of a virtual reality called the OASIS dies, he makes a posthumous challenge to all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune and control of his world.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
USA|France|Japan
2016
91 Minutes
dog owner rival cat rabbit new yorker charming cheeky hilarious new york city apartment building alley dog pound truck headquarters pets rivalry abandonment teamwork hijinx
The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.
Action, Adventure
India
2014
142 Minutes
Ajay Devgn Kareena Kapoor Anupham Kher
police officer girlfriend criminal goon powerful confident fascinating inspiring intense passionate india town police station house police work injury criminals police pursuit love rise
Owing to the wrongdoings affiliated with evils similar to black money, an honest but ferocious police officer returns as the Deputy Commissioner of Police with the prospect of wiping out injustice.
Adventure
USA
1936
102 Minutes
engineer cousin love interest father brother neighbor engaging tense kentucky coal mine countryside house city feud poverty family railroad love triangle death rivalry
A railroad man from the city befriends a mountain girl in a Kentucky family feud.
Adventure
USA
1961
80 Minutes
Richard Todd Anne Aubrey Jamie Uys Lionel Jeffries Zena Walker Marty Wilde James Booth Al Mulock
outlaw police sergeant townspeople lawman family criminal brooding intense gripping suspenseful tense engaging south africa saving the town vengeance outlaws gunfight father/son relationship law enforcement fall
Based on the life of Fr. Charles Clark, a minister to street gangs.
Fantasy, Action, Adventure
USA|Australia
2018
143 Minutes
Jason Momoa Amber Heard Willem Dafoe Patrick Wilson Nicole Kidman Dolph Lundgren Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Temuera Morrison Ludi Lin Michael Beach Randall Park
king soldier brother counselor rival cool confident amusing thrilling tense ocean atlantis rivalry heroism family feud super powers saving the world betrayal quest adventure
Arthur Curry, the human-born heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, goes on a quest to prevent a war between the worlds of ocean and land.
Adventure, Fantasy
Czech Republic|UK|France
2009
104 Minutes
James Purefoy Max von Sydow Rachel Hurd-Wood Alice Krige Mackenzie Crook Patrick Hurd-Wood Jason Flemyng Pete Postlethwaite
mercenary sorcerer damsel in distress brother resistance fighter frightening tense bleak thrilling dark england forest monastery family home inn redemption revenge witchcraft forgiveness corruption
A ruthless mercenary renounces violence after learning his soul is bound for hell. When a young girl is kidnapped and her family slain by a sorcerer's murderous cult, he is forced to fight and seek his redemption slaying evil.
Adventure
UK
1943
68 Minutes
Jack Lambert Gordon Jackson Fredrick Piper Grant Sutherland Bill Blewett Eric Micklewood
lieutenant sergeant british soldiers german troops italian soldier nazi intense tense suspenseful engaging gripping inspiring libya world war ii survival flashbacks desert trek africa combat escape
The Nine men of the title are a British WWII Army patrol stuck in a desert fort during the African campaign. The Men must defend the fort against the Italian and German troops until they ... See full summary »