Movies Like The Rundown (2003)

The Rundown is a 2003 action, adventure, comedy, thriller film from Peter Berg with a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with That Man from Rio and Back from Eternity.

Action Adventure Comedy Thriller

That Man from Rio

1964

French military man Adrien Dufourquet gets an eight-day furlough to visit his fiancée, Agnès. But when he arrives in Paris, he learns that her late father's partner, museum curator Professor Catalan, has just been kidnapped by a group of Amazon tribesmen who have also stolen a priceless statue from the museum. Adrien and Agnès pursue the kidnappers to Brazil, where they learn that the statue is the key to a hidden Amazon treasure.

7.4

MagicScore

Back from Eternity

1956

A South American plane loaded with an assortment of characters crash lands in a remote jungle area in the middle of a storm. The passengers then discover they are in an area inhabited by vicious cannibals and must escape before they are found. A remake of Five Came Back (1939).

6.6

MagicScore

Five Came Back

1939

Twelve people are aboard Coast Airline's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course. Crashing into jungles known to be inhabited by head hunters, pilots Bill and Joe race against time to fix the engines and attempt a take off. The situation brings out the best and worst in the stranded dozen as they create a makeshift runway and prepare to escape before the natives attack. But damage to the plane and low fuel reserves means that only 5 people can be carried to safety.

6.2

MagicScore

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

1986

After his brother Robeson disappears without a trace while exploring Africa in search of a legendary 'white tribe', Allan Quatermain decides to follow in his footsteps to learn what became of him. Soon after arriving, he discovers the Lost City of Gold, controlled by the evil lord Agon, and mined by his legions of white slaves.

4.8

MagicScore

Rich in Love 2

2023

When the idealistic Paula resumes her work as a volunteer doctor in the Amazon, Teto convinces his partners to establish their tomato cooperative in a village in the region. But to win back Paula's heart and save the company from bankruptcy, Teto must definitely overcome his spoiled playboy habits and face the interests of a powerful farmer, who stands in his way.

6.7

MagicScore

Treasure of the Amazon

1985

An adventurer and his buddies race a former Nazi and others to diamonds in the South American jungle.

4.5

MagicScore

Gold

2016

Kenny Wells, a modern-day prospector, hustler, and dreamer, is desperate for a lucky break. Left with few options, Wells teams up with an equally luckless geologist to execute a grandiose, last-ditch effort: to find gold deep in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia.

6.6

MagicScore

Rio

2011

Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend, Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind, but when word comes that Jewel, a lone female, lives in Rio de Janeiro, Blu and Linda go to meet her. Animal smugglers kidnap Blu and Jewel, but the pair soon escape and begin a perilous adventure back to freedom -- and Linda.

6.8

MagicScore

The President's Man

2000

To many, Joshua McCord is a charismatic Asian studies professor. To the President of the United States, he's America's greatest secret weapon; a covert operative charged with only the most sensitive and dangerous missions.

4.5

MagicScore

#10

Romancing the Stone

1984

Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle.

6.8

MagicScore

#11

Firewalker

1986

A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache horde of gold.

5.3

MagicScore

#12

Jungle

2017

In 1981, an enthusiastic young adventurer follows his dreams into the Bolivian Amazon jungle with two friends and a guide with a mysterious past. Their journey quickly turns into a terrifying ordeal as the darkest elements of human nature and the deadliest threats of the wilderness lead to an all-out fight for survival.

6.7

MagicScore

#13

The Emerald Forest

1985

For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest. Miraculously, he finds the boy living among the reclusive Amazon tribe who adopted him. And that's when Bill's adventure truly begins. For his son is now a grown tribesman who moves skillfully through this beautiful-but-dangerous terrain, fearful only of those who would exploit it. And as Bill attempts to "rescue" him from the savagery of the untamed jungle, Tommy challenges Bill's idea of true civilization and his notions about who needs rescuing.

6.6

MagicScore

#14

Rio 2

2014

It's a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three kids after they're hurtled from Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel, and meets the most fearsome adversary of all: his father-in-law.

6.5

MagicScore

#15

Little Indian, Big City

1994

Stephen, an international trader, tracks down his ex-wife Patricia in some Amazonian backwater. He needs her consent to a divorce so that he can marry Charlotte. Unfortunately, he discovers a son he didn’t know he had – Mimi-Siku. The young jungle boy yearns to see Paris so Stephen reluctantly agrees to take him back home with him for a few days. How will Mimi-Siku react to life in the great metropolis?

6.0

MagicScore

#16

Anaconda

2025

A group of friends facing mid-life crises head to the rainforest with the intention of remaking their favorite movie from their youth, only to find themselves in a fight for their lives against natural disasters, giant snakes and violent criminals.

5.9

MagicScore

#17

Anaconda

1997

A 'National Geographic' film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest — and deadliest — snake.

5.2

MagicScore

#18

Predators

2010

A group of cold-blooded killers find themselves trapped on an alien planet to be hunted by extraterrestrial Predators.

6.3

MagicScore

#19

Extinction

2014

Deep in the Amazon jungle a group of scientists are on a dangerous mission. When their guide suddenly abandons them, they find themselves in a savage and hostile environment. However, things turn deadly when they find they are in the middle of a hunting ground for a pack of prehistoric predators long thought extinct.

3.8

MagicScore

#20

Fire on the Amazon

1993

When a well-known environmental researcher is murdered in the Amazon jungle, an arrogant photojournalist joins forces with a beautiful young activist to find out who is responsible. Along they way, they fall in love as they discover the men responsible for the killing would be more than willing to murder again if it will keep them quiet.

3.4

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Rundown?

The top films similar to The Rundown by MovieMagicScore are That Man from Rio (7.4), Back from Eternity (6.6), Five Came Back (6.2). Each shares action/adventure/comedy/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Rundown worth watching?

The Rundown holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10 from 2,085 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Rundown?

The Rundown (2003) is a action, adventure, comedy, thriller film directed by Peter Berg, starring Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Rosario Dawson.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Rundown?

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About movies like The Rundown

This ranked list pairs The Rundown (2003), a action and adventure and comedy and thriller film from Peter Berg, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Dwayne Johnson take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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