Movies like Blueback: 20 to watch next
If you loved Blueback (2022) — a family, drama and adventure film directed by Robert Connolly — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Blueback most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like sea, atlantic ocean and oceanic expedition. 8 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Eight Below 2006★ 7.0
Shares: Adventure, Drama, Family
In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm. He ties his dogs to be rescued after, but the mission is called-off and the dogs are left alone at their own fortune. For six months, Jerry tries to find a sponsor for a rescue mission.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
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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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Flicka 2006★ 6.9
Shares: Family, Drama
Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. The headstrong 16 year old then sets her mind to tame a mustang and prove to her father she can run the ranch. But when tragedy happens, it will take all the love and strength the family can muster to restore hope.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Atlantis: The Lost Empire 2001★ 7.1
Shares: Family, Adventure
A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Sea Beast 2022★ 7.3
Shares: Adventure, Family
When a young girl stows away on the ship of a legendary sea monster hunter, they launch an epic journey into uncharted waters — and make history to boot.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Iron Will 1994★ 6.7
Shares: Adventure, Family
When Will Stoneman's father dies, he is left alone to take care of his mother and their land. Needing money to maintain it, he decides to join a cross country dogsled race. This race will require days of racing for long hours, through harsh weather and terrain. This young man will need a lot of courage and a strong will to complete this race.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Treasure Island 1990★ 6.7
Shares: Adventure, Family
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. Hispaniola with Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey to find the treasure on a mysterious island. Upon arriving at the island, ship's cook and scallywag Long John Silver leads a mutiny of crew members who want the treasure for themselves. Jim helps the Squire and Hispaniola officers to survive the mutiny and fight back against Silver's men, who have taken over the ship.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Black Sea 2014★ 6.3
Shares: Adventure, Drama
A rogue submarine captain pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As greed and desperation take control on-board their claustrophobic vessel, the increasing uncertainty of the mission causes the men to turn on each other to fight for their own survival.
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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Hell and High Water 1954★ 6.0
Shares: Adventure, Drama
A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer to conduct an Alaskan submarine expedition in order to prevent a Red Chinese anti-American plot that may lead to World War III. Mixes deviously plotted schoolboy fiction with submarine spectacle and cold war heroics.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Perfect Storm 2000★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Adventure
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Black Stallion 1979★ 7.1
Shares: Family, Adventure
While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they soon meet Henry Dailey, a once successful trainer. Together they begin training the horse to race against the fastest ones in the world.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel, Artiflix
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The Poseidon Adventure 1972★ 7.2
Shares: Adventure, Drama
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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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2003★ 7.2
Shares: Adventure, Drama
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Treasure Island 1972★ 5.9
Shares: Adventure, Family
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.
Stream in India on Plex
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2017★ 6.0
Shares: Family, Adventure
Can twelve 12-year-olds escape from the most ridiculously brilliant library ever created? Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library plunks a dozen sixth-graders into the middle of a futuristic library for a night of nonstop fun and adventure.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Blue Miracle 2021★ 7.3
Shares: Adventure, Drama, Family
To save their cash-strapped orphanage, a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a lucrative fishing competition.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Pagemaster 1994★ 6.4
Shares: Family, Adventure
Rich knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehouse. While in an old library, he is mystically transported into the unknown world of books, and he has to try and get home again.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon 1997★ 7.2
Shares: Adventure, Drama, Family
Jack London's classic story from 1903 about Buck, a dog kidnapped from his home in California and taken to the Yukon where he is mistreated until a prospector discovers him and relates to his situation. Although the two are bonded, Buck yearns to run free with the wild dogs in the wilderness.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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All Is Lost 2013★ 6.6
Shares: Adventure, Drama
During a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, a veteran mariner awakes to find his vessel taking on water after a collision with a stray shipping container. With his radio and navigation equipment disabled, he sails unknowingly into a violent storm and barely escapes with his life. With any luck, the ocean currents may carry him into a shipping lane -- but, with supplies dwindling and the sharks circling, the sailor is forced to face his own mortality.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now