Movies like The Peanut Butter Falcon: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019) — a adventure, comedy and drama film directed by Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Peanut Butter Falcon most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like escape, runaway and wrestling. 9 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Cave Rescue 2019★ 6.0
Shares: Adventure, Drama
When a youth football team of 12 boys, aged 11-16, and their 25-year-old coach is trapped deep inside a cave in Northern Thailand, thousands of volunteers and soldiers from around the world unite in a race against time to find them.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Sun Dogs 2017★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Comedy, Adventure
A man eager to serve his country but rejected by the Marines pairs up with a young runaway to form an unlikely team on a misguided adventure.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Hunt for the Wilderpeople 2016★ 7.6
Shares: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.
Stream in India on Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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Burn Your Maps 2016★ 6.9
Shares: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A family in emotional turmoil is taken by surprise in this quirky adventure where an eccentric 8-year-old American boy, Wes, has an existential epiphany - He believes that he is in fact a Mongolian goat herder.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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I Am David 2003★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Adventure
A 12-year-old boy manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own, through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deliver to someone in Denmark, and a compass to help get him there.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Into the Wild 2007★ 7.8
Shares: Adventure, Drama
After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Haunted Mansion 2023★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A woman and her son enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Love and Monsters 2020★ 7.3
Shares: Adventure, Comedy
Seven years since the Monsterpocalypse began, Joel Dawson has been living underground in order to survive. But after reconnecting over radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee, Joel decides to venture out to reunite with her, despite all the dangerous monsters that stand in his way.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Surviving the Game 1994★ 6.2
Shares: Adventure, Drama
A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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White Water Summer 1987★ 6.2
Shares: Adventure, Drama
When the experienced guide Vic accompanies the city boy Alan and his three friends on their first wilderness experience, he not only hopes to teach the four boys lessons about the wilderness, but about themselves. Vic pushes them to the limit. Soon after alienating the boys, Vic finds himself in desperate need of help and must rely on his students in order to survive.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Call of the Wild 1972★ 6.1
Shares: Adventure, Drama
John Thornton, is a fearless man who's after more than gold; he wants to do what's right. Thornton works for the U.S. mail and is the only person daring and smart enough to figure out how to travel the deadly 600 miles from Skagway to Dawson, Alaska in the icy winter. His incredibly dog Buck is by his side and part of how he survives.
Stream in India on Tubi TV, Plex
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My Own Love Song 2010★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.
Stream in India on Plex
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Wildlike 2015★ 6.2
Shares: Adventure, Drama
Fourteen-year-old Mackenzie is sent to live with her uncle in Juneau when her mother can’t care for her anymore. The living situation quickly takes a turn for the worse, and she runs away to rejoin her mother in Seattle. While on her dangerous journey of sleeping in cars and breaking into hotel rooms, she’s drawn to Rene, a lonesome backpacker looking for tranquility in the wilderness.
Stream in India on JustWatch TV Beta, Tubi TV, Plex
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Hooking Up 2020★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Bailey and Darla embark upon a misguided and mutually deceitful form of therapy, one in which they must drive across the country, re-enacting Darla's colorful history as a sex addict. As their true motivations for the road trip come to light, the unlikely pair force one another to confront their issues, discovering that there might actually be more to love than just sex.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Lost on a Mountain in Maine 2024★ 7.1
Shares: Adventure, Drama
When twelve-year-old Donn Fendler gets tired of waiting for his father and brothers to join him on the summit of Maine's highest peak, he decides to find his own way back to camp. But Donn doesn't count on a fast-moving fog that obscures the path. He doesn't count on falling down an embankment that hides him from sight. And he doesn't count on taking a turn that leaves him alone to wander aimlessly for nearly two weeks in the empty mountain wilderness.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog 1995★ 6.2
Shares: Adventure, Drama
Teenager Angus adopts a stray dog and names him Yellow. Several days later, while travelling along the coast of British Columbia with Angus's father, John, the boy and dog become stranded when turbulent waters capsize their boat. Angus's parents relentlessly badger rescue teams. Angus, schooled by his father in wilderness survival skills, and assisted by the intelligent Yellow Dog, tries to attract rescuers.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Sometimes a Great Notion 1971★ 6.9
Shares: Adventure, Drama
Hank Stamper and his father, Henry, own and operate the family business by cutting and shipping logs in Oregon. The town is furious when they continue working despite the town going broke and the other loggers go on strike ordering the Stampers to stop, however Hank continues to push his family on cutting more trees. Hank's wife wishes he would stop and hopes that they can spend more time together. When Hank's half brother Leland comes to work for them, more trouble starts.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Airborne 1993★ 6.1
Shares: Adventure, Comedy
Good-natured teen surfer Mitchell Goosen finds himself staying with his aunt and uncle in Cincinnati, Ohio when his parents head to Australia for work. There he meets his cousin, Wiley, and together they try to navigate the perils of high school—avoid the bullies, get the girl, and win a little respect.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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Rescue Dawn 2007★ 6.9
Shares: Adventure, Drama
A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
Stream in India on Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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The Defiant Ones 1958★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, Adventure
Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now