Movies like Across the Pacific: 20 to watch next
If you loved Across the Pacific (1942) — a adventure, thriller and drama film directed by John Huston — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Across the Pacific most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like passenger, world war ii and double agent. 4 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Deadly Affair 1967★ 6.3
Shares: Thriller, Drama
Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife, Elsa, a survivor of a Nazi Germany extermination camp, might have some clues, but other officials want Dobbs to drop the case. So Dobbs hires a retiring inspector, Mendel, to quietly make inquiries. Dobbs isn't at all sure as there are a number of anomalies that simply can't be explained away. Dobbs is also having trouble at home with his errant wife, whom he very much loves, having frequent affairs. He's also pleased to see an old friend, Dieter Frey, who he recruited after the war. With the assistance of a colleague and a retired policeman, Dobbs tries to piece together just who is the spy and who in fact assassinated Fennan.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Sea Wolf 1941★ 7.2
Shares: Adventure, Drama
Shipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind.
Stream in India on Artiflix
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Abandoned 2016★ 5.9
Shares: Drama, Thriller, Adventure
In 1989 the trimaran Rose Noelle set sail from Picton, New Zealand, bound for Tonga with four crew. After a freak wave capsized the yacht, they drifted for 119 days before landing on Great Barrier Island.
Stream in India on JustWatch TV Beta
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True Spirit 2023★ 7.0
Shares: Adventure, Drama
When the tenacious young sailor Jessica Watson sets out to be the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world, many expect her to fail. With the support of her sailing coach and mentor Ben Bryant and her parents, Jessica is determined to accomplish what was thought to be impossible, navigating some of the world’s most challenging stretches of ocean over the course of 210 days.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Blood Alley 1955★ 6.0
Shares: Adventure, Drama
An American Merchant Marine captain, rescued from a Chinese Communist jail by local villagers, is "shanghaied" into transporting the entire village to Hong Kong on an ancient paddle steamer.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Black Pirate 1926★ 6.7
Shares: Adventure, Drama
A nobleman vows to avenge the death of his father by the hands of pirates. To this end, he infiltrates the pirate band; Acting in character, he single-handedly captures a merchant vessel, but things are complicated when he finds that there is a beautiful young woman of royal blood aboard.
Stream in India on Tubi TV, Plex
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Mutiny on the Bounty 1935★ 7.4
Shares: Adventure, Drama
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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North by Northwest 1959★ 8.0
Shares: Thriller, Adventure
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Extortion 2017★ 6.1
Shares: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A doctor desperately tries to save his wife and their 5 year old son after their vacation in the Bahamas takes an unexpected turn.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Journey of Natty Gann 1985★ 6.8
Shares: Adventure, Drama
America is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. A courageous young girl confronts overwhelming odds when she embarks on a cross-country search for her father. During her odyssey, she forms a close bond with two diverse traveling companions: a magnificent, protective wolf, and a hardened drifter.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Poseidon Adventure 1972★ 7.2
Shares: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Truth About Emanuel 2013★ 6.0
Shares: Drama, Thriller
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Philadelphia Experiment 1984★ 6.1
Shares: Adventure, Thriller
Based on an "actual event" that took place in 1943. About a US Navy Destroyer Escort that disappeared from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and sent two men 40 years into the future to 1984.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Anne of the Indies 1951★ 6.4
Shares: Adventure, Drama
After buccaneer captain Anne Providence spares Pierre LaRochelle and recruits him into her pirate crew, their growing attraction is tested when Captain Blackbeard reveals LaRochelle's true identity as a former French navy officer.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Finest Hours 2016★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Thriller
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Vera Cruz 1954★ 6.7
Shares: Adventure, Drama
After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. The former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane meets the gunman and killer Joe Erin and his men, and together they are hired by the Emperor Maximillian and the Marquis Henri de Labordere to escort the Countess Marie Duvarre to the harbor of Vera Cruz.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Sleeping Dogs 1978★ 5.8
Shares: Drama, Thriller
Recluse Smith is drawn into a revolutionary struggle between guerrillas and right-wingers in New Zealand. Implicated in a murder and framed as a revolutionary conspirator, Smith tries to maintain an attitude of non-violence while caught between warring factions.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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True Grit 1969★ 7.3
Shares: Drama, Adventure
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Old Man and the Sea 1958★ 6.5
Shares: Adventure, Drama
Santiago is an aging, down-on-his-luck, Cuban fisherman who, after catching nothing for nearly 3 months, hooks a huge Marlin and struggles to land it far out in the Gulf Stream.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Last Voyage 1960★ 6.2
Shares: Thriller, Drama
The S. S. Claridon is scheduled for her five last voyages after thirty-eight years of service. After an explosion in the boiler room, Captain Robert Adams is reluctant to evacuate the steamship. While the crew fights to hold a bulkhead between the flooded boiler room and the engine room and avoid the sinking of the vessel, the passenger Cliff Henderson struggles against time trying to save his beloved wife Laurie Henderson, who is trapped under a steel beam in her cabin, with the support of the crew member Hank Lawson.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now