Movies Like Across the Pacific (1942)

Across the Pacific is a 1942 adventure, drama, thriller film from John Huston with a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Titanic and The Spy.

Adventure Drama Thriller

Titanic

1943

In 1912, the Titanic embarks on its inevitable collision course with history. In the wake of the over-spending required to build the largest luxury ship in the world, White Star Line executive Sir Bruce Ismay schemes to reverse the direction of his company's plummeting stock value. Onboard the Titanic, brave German 1st Officer Petersen struggles to convince his self-important British superiors not to overexert the ship's engines.

6.0

MagicScore

The Spy

2019

Sonja Wigert, Scandinavia's most acclaimed female movie star, enlists as a spy for Swedish intelligence but ends up becoming entangled with the German Reichskommissar Terboven.

6.1

MagicScore

Flame & Citron

2008

Gunman Flame and his partner Citron assassinate Nazi collaborators for the Danish resistance. Assigned targets by their Allies-connected leader, Aksel Winther, they relish the opportunity to begin targeting the Nazis themselves. When they begin to doubt the validity of their assignments, their morally complicated task becomes even more labyrinthine.

6.8

MagicScore

The House on 92nd Street

1945

The US Government tries to track down embedded Nazi agents in the States.

6.5

MagicScore

Triple Cross

1966

Safecracker Eddie Chapman is languishing in prison on the island of Jersey when the Nazis arrive. An adept manipulator of situations, Chapman convinces the Germans to use him to spy on the British. And when the would-be traitor arrives home, he convinces the English to use him as a double agent -- in exchange for a full pardon.

6.0

MagicScore

Betrayed

1954

When the Dutch resistance brings in Carla Van Oven to spy on the Nazis, Col. Pieter Deventer initially suspects she could be a double agent. Van Oven eventually convinces Deventer of her character, and when she is sent into occupied territory, she joins up with a rebel leader known as "The Scarf". As the resistance endures severe losses and their missions fail, Deventer starts to wonder whose side Van Oven is fighting on.

5.6

MagicScore

Man Hunt

1941

Shortly before the start of WW2, renowned British big-game hunter Alan Thorndike, vacationing in Bavaria, has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by Nazi agents and aided by a young woman.

6.9

MagicScore

The Tailor of Panama

2001

A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Canal.

6.0

MagicScore

Fitzcarraldo

1982

Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an epic adventure to collect rubber, a very profitable product, in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest.

7.6

MagicScore

#10

Maverick

1994

Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game beginning in a few days. He joins forces with a woman with a marvelous Southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.

6.9

MagicScore

#11

Blood Alley

1955

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.

5.9

MagicScore

#12

Murder on the Orient Express

1974

In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.

7.1

MagicScore

#13

Flight 93

2006

Flight 93 is a 2006 made-for-TV film, directed by Peter Markle, which chronicles the events aboard United Airlines Flight 93 during the September 11 attacks. It premiered January 30, 2006 on the A&E Network and was re-broadcast several times throughout 2006. The film focused heavily on eight passengers, namely Todd Beamer, Mark Bingham, Tom Burnett, Jeremy Glick, Lauren Grandcolas, Donald Greene, Nicole Miller, and Honor Elizabeth Wainio. It features small appearances from many other passengers, namely Donald Peterson and his wife, Jean, and also from flight attendant Sandra Bradshaw.

6.5

MagicScore

#14

Night on Earth

1991

A quintet of cabbies in five cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.

7.5

MagicScore

#15

Six Shooter

2004

Overwhelmed by grief following the death of his wife, Donnelly shares a train carriage home with a troubled young man identified only as the 'Kid'. As the Kid becomes more agitated and foul-mouthed, the journey takes on a violent and dangerous hue – for the bereaved Donnelly and for other hapless passengers on the train. Academy Award Winner: Best Live Action Short Film – 2005

7.2

MagicScore

#16

Taxi

2015

A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the director Jafar Panahi himself. His camera placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio captures the spirit of Iranian society through this comedic and dramatic drive…

7.0

MagicScore

#17

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

1928

The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was a child.

7.6

MagicScore

#18

Steamboat Willie

1928

Mickey Mouse, piloting a steamboat, delights his passenger, Minnie Mouse, by making musical instruments out of the menagerie on deck.

7.3

MagicScore

#19

The Day of the Dolphin

1973

A marine biologist teaches his dolphins to communicate in English but shady characters plan to kidnap the trained mammals for a more sinister purpose.

5.8

MagicScore

#20

Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land

1931

Piggy and Fluffy, which is the ripoff of Mickey and Minnie, have adventures on a riverboat and Uncle Tom is chased by skeletons promising to take him to Hallelujah Land. One of the "Censored Eleven" banned from TV syndication by United Artists in 1968 for racist stereotyping.

5.1

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Across the Pacific?

The top films similar to Across the Pacific by MovieMagicScore are Titanic (6.0), The Spy (6.1), Flame & Citron (6.8). Each shares adventure/drama/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Across the Pacific worth watching?

Across the Pacific holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10 from 80 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Across the Pacific?

Across the Pacific (1942) is a adventure, drama, thriller film directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet.

Where can I find more recommendations like Across the Pacific?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more adventure recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Across the Pacific

This ranked list pairs Across the Pacific (1942), a adventure and drama and thriller film from John Huston, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Humphrey Bogart 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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