If You Liked Tales of the Black Freighter, Watch These Next
Finished Tales of the Black Freighter (2009) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Tales of the Black Freighter, most of them are animation, action, adventure.
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20 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.The Spine of Night(2021)
6.0AnimationFantasyActionAlso animation and action
When ancient dark magic falls into sinister hands and unleashes ages of suffering onto mankind, a group of heroes from different eras and cultures must band together in order to defeat it at all costs.
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2.Heavy Metal 2000(2000)
6.0ActionAdventureAnimationAlso action and adventure
Upon discovery of a shard of what could be the Loc-Nar, a miner named Tyler becomes possessed with an insatiable hunger for power and a thirst for immortality. On his way to the planet of youth, Tyler wipes out most of a space colony and kidnaps a beautiful young woman. His only mistake is that he doesn't kill her…
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3.Falcon Rising(2014)
6.3AdventureActionAlso adventure and action
Chapman is an ex-marine in Brazil's slums, battling the yakuza outfit who attacked his sister and left her for dead.
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4.Ninja III: The Domination(1984)
6.2ActionFantasyHorrorAlso action and horror
An aerobics instructor becomes a ruthless assassin after being possessed by a slain ninja's spirit, leading to a showdown with a martial arts expert.
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5.Daylight's End(2016)
5.9ActionHorrorScience FictionAlso action and horror
Years after a mysterious plague has devastated the planet and turned most of humanity into blood-hungry creatures, a rogue drifter on a vengeful hunt stumbles across a band of survivors in an abandoned police station and reluctantly agrees to try to help them defend themselves and escape to the sanctuary they so…
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6.Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind(2022)
7.7AnimationActionFantasyAlso animation and action
The vicious, power-mad Kano is determined to take over Earthrealm, one soul at a time. Assisted by a trio of cold Black Dragon mercenaries, he embarks on a brutal assault from town to defenseless town. The choice is simple: kneel or be annihilated. Kenshi, a rebel warrior, calls on Kuai Liang, the only one powerful…
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7.Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge(2020)
8.1AnimationActionFantasyAlso animation and action
After the vicious slaughter of his family by stone-cold mercenary Sub-Zero, Hanzo Hasashi is exiled to the torturous Netherrealm. There, in exchange for his servitude to the sinister Quan Chi, he’s given a chance to avenge his family – and is resurrected as Scorpion, a lost soul bent on revenge. Back on Earthrealm,…
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8.Shaft in Africa(1973)
6.1AdventureCrimeThrillerAlso adventure and action
Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.
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9.Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms(2021)
7.6AnimationActionFantasyAlso animation and action
When Shao Kahn's Outworld barbarians terrorize Earthrealm, Lord Raiden is determined to put an end to the carnage once and for all. This leaves one option: a final Mortal Kombat tournament for the future of Earthrealm – win it or lose everything. Raiden's elite fighters Liu Kang, Johnny Cage, Sonya Blade, and a few…
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10.Predator: Killer of Killers(2025)
7.8AnimationActionScience FictionAlso animation and action
While three of the fiercest warriors in human history—a Viking raider, a ninja in feudal Japan, and a WWII pilot—are killers in their own right, they are merely prey for their new opponent: the ultimate killer of killers.
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11.The Wrath of Becky(2023)
6.4ActionHorrorThrillerAlso action and horror
Two years after she escaped a violent attack on her family, 16-year-old Becky attempts to rebuild her life in the care of an older woman -- a kindred spirit named Elena. However, when a violent group known as the Noble Men break into their home, attack them and take their beloved dog, Becky must return to her old…
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12.Grindhouse(2007)
7.0ThrillerActionHorrorAlso action and horror
Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who kills young women with modified vehicles. It is presented as a double feature with fictitious…
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13.Death Machine(1995)
5.8ActionHorrorScience FictionAlso action and horror
Chaank Armaments is experimenting with the ultimate fighting machine which is part human - part machine. So far, the Hardman project has been unreliable and has killed a number of innocent people. The genius behind this project is Jack who lives in a world of models, toys and magazines. When he is fired by Cale for…
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14.Resident Evil: Extinction(2007)
6.3HorrorActionScience FictionAlso horror and action
Years after the Racoon City catastrophe, survivors travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. Alice joins the caravan and their fight against hordes of zombies and the evil Umbrella Corp.
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15.Mandy(2018)
6.2FantasyActionHorrorAlso action and horror
The Shadow Mountains, 1983. Red and Mandy lead a loving and peaceful existence; but when their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and laced with fire.
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16.For the Sake of Vicious(2021)
6.4ActionHorrorMysteryAlso action and horror
An overworked nurse returns home to find a maniac hiding out with a bruised and beaten hostage. When an unexpected wave of violent intruders descend upon her home, it becomes a fight for survival.
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17.The Courier(2019)
6.0ActionThrillerAdventureAlso action and adventure
Ezekiel Mannings, a vicious crime boss, is out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier to unknowingly deliver a poison-gas bomb to slay Nick, but after she rescues Nick from certain death, the duo must confront an army of ruthless hired killers in…
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18.Shogun Assassin(1980)
6.8ActionAdventureAlso action and adventure
A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but did kill the samurai’s wife. The samurai swore to avenge the death of his wife and roams the countryside with his toddler son in search of vengeance.
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19.The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires(1974)
5.9ActionHorrorAlso action and horror
Professor Van Helsing had been asked to help against the tyranny of skeletal creatures that are responsible for terror and death amongst the peasants in rural China. He is the only person qualified to deal with the cause of these phenomena, for the undead are controlled by the most diabolical force of all.... Count…
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20.Dawn of the Dead(2004)
7.1HorrorScience FictionActionAlso horror and action
A group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies.
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