Movies Like Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

Reap the Wild Wind is a 1942 action, adventure, romance film from Cecil B. DeMille with a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Fabulous World of Jules Verne and True Lies.

Action Adventure Romance

The Fabulous World of Jules Verne

1958

As the world progresses into the industrial age, a professor studying the "nature of pure matter" is spirited away by a would-be dictator and connived into building a super-bomb, as a young reporter and a girl rescued from the sea attempt to warn him of their mutual kidnapper's intentions to dominate the world with a new and more-deadly-yet weapon.

7.1

MagicScore

True Lies

1994

A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.

7.1

MagicScore

Running Scared

1986

Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed them in the past.

6.0

MagicScore

In the Heart of the Sea

2015

In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.

6.8

MagicScore

Moby Dick

1956

In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale. Ahab lost his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.

7.1

MagicScore

Swiss Family Robinson

1960

After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife. In true pioneer spirit, they quickly make themselves at home but soon face a danger even greater than nature: dastardly pirates.

6.9

MagicScore

Jamaica Inn

1939

In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the remote Jamaica Inn, where she discovers the inn is a front for a violent gang of wreckers who lure ships to their doom along the coast. As she becomes entangled in their crimes, Mary must fight to survive and uncover the truth behind the terror that haunts the moors.

6.1

MagicScore

The Old Maid

1939

The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.

7.0

MagicScore

125 Years Memory

2015

Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this story of friendship and compassion: In the night of 16 September 1890 the Turkish frigate Ertuğrul is caught up in a typhoon and sinks off the Japanese coast. Risking their own lives, local villagers are able to rescue 69 Turkish sailors. Although being very poor and having hardly to eat, the villagers share what little they have with strangers from a country 9,000 kilometers away. 95 years later, during the Iran-Iraq War, more than 300 Japanese are stranded in Tehran. In the morning of 19 March 1985 a Turkish Airlines aircraft takes off for Tehran to evacuate the Japanese. But the remaining Turks at Tehran Mehrabad Airport still need to be convinced that they won't be able to board their own country's rescue flight.

7.8

MagicScore

#10

The Damned

2025

A 19th-century widow has to make an impossible choice when, during an especially cruel winter, a foreign ship sinks off the coast of her Icelandic fishing village.

6.0

MagicScore

#11

The Dog Stars

2026

After the world's population has been ravaged by a pandemic, a man lives a lonesome existence in a Colorado airplane hangar with his dog and a dour gunman he has befriended. When a mysterious transmission comes through on the radio while he’s flying his old Cessna, it sparks a hunt for the provenance of the sound.

6.6

MagicScore

#12

The Leisure Seeker

2018

A runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey from Boston to Key West, recapturing their passion for life and their love for each other on a road trip that provides revelation and surprise right up to the very end.

7.1

MagicScore

#13

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1954

A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.

7.0

MagicScore

#14

Space Amoeba

1970

When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters -- a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle -- and transform them into colossal mutant monsters.

6.4

MagicScore

#15

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1961

The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.

5.6

MagicScore

#16

Hardware

1990

Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itself from any energy source. Through a series of coincidences, the cyborg's head ends up in the home of a sculptress as a bizarre Christmas present from her boyfriend. Once inside its new home, the cyborg promptly reconstructs the rest of its body using a variety of household utensils and proceeds to go on a murderous rampage.

5.9

MagicScore

#17

Beyond White Space

2018

When a deep space fishing vessel is robbed by a gang of pirates, the Captain makes a daring decision to go after a rare and nearly extinct species. His obsession propels them further into space as the crew spins toward mutiny and betrayal.

4.7

MagicScore

#18

Licence to Kill

1989

After capturing the notorious drug lord Franz Sanchez, Bond's close friend and former CIA agent Felix Leiter is left for dead and his wife is murdered. Bond goes rogue and seeks vengeance on those responsible, as he infiltrates Sanchez's organization from the inside.

6.4

MagicScore

#19

Mega Piranha

2010

When a science experiment goes horribly wrong, gigantic fish gain appetites for human flesh.

3.2

MagicScore

#20

Road House

2024

Ex-UFC fighter Dalton takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems.

6.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Reap the Wild Wind?

The top films similar to Reap the Wild Wind by MovieMagicScore are The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (7.1), True Lies (7.1), Running Scared (6.0). Each shares action/adventure/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Reap the Wild Wind worth watching?

Reap the Wild Wind holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10 from 57 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Reap the Wild Wind?

Reap the Wild Wind (1942) is a action, adventure, romance film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, John Wayne.

Where can I find more recommendations like Reap the Wild Wind?

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About movies like Reap the Wild Wind

This ranked list pairs Reap the Wild Wind (1942), a action and adventure and romance film from Cecil B. DeMille, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Paulette Goddard 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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