If You Liked The Return, Watch These Next
Finished The Return (2024) 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 The Return, most of them are history, drama, adventure.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.The Legion(2020)
6.2AdventureHistoryActionAlso adventure and history
Noreno, a half-Roman, is entrusted with the mission of crossing the snowy mountains of Armenia, swarming with Parthian patrols, to seek help for his slowly dying men.
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2.Spartacus(1960)
7.5HistoryDramaAdventureAlso history and drama
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks.…
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3.The Lost City of Z(2017)
6.4AdventureDramaHistoryAlso adventure and drama
A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.
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4.Outlaws - For Greater Glory(2012)
6.9HistoryDramaActionAlso history and drama
A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
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6.End of Sentence(2019)
6.2DramaAdventureAlso drama and adventure
Newly widowed Frank Fogle embarks on a journey to Ireland to scatter his late wife’s ashes. His estranged son, Sean, recently released from prison, agrees to join only when his father promises that they’ll never see each other again following the trip. After revelations surface about an old flame of Frank’s wife and…
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7.Walking with the Enemy(2014)
6.3ActionDramaHistoryAlso drama and history
Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness the execution of his son, Regent Horthy gives up control of his country to the Nazis, who quickly move Hungarians to ghettos and death…
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8.Play Dirty(1969)
6.3WarAdventureDramaAlso adventure and drama
During World War II in North Africa, a group of British commandos disguised as Italian soldiers must travel behind enemy lines and destroy a vital Nazi oil depot.
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9.End of the Spear(2005)
6.3AdventureDramaHistoryAlso adventure and drama
"End of the Spear" is the story of Mincayani, a Waodani tribesman from the jungles of Ecuador. When five young missionaries, among them Jim Elliot and Nate Saint, are speared to death by the Waodani in 1956, a series of events unfold to change the lives of not only the slain missionaries' families, but also Mincayani…
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10.Black Gold(2011)
6.5AdventureDramaAlso adventure and drama
On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay claim to the area of no man’s land between them called The Yellow Belt. In return, Nesib adopts Amar’s…
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12.The Guardian(2006)
7.1ActionAdventureDramaAlso adventure and drama
A high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's 'A' School, where legendary rescue swimmer Ben Randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self-sacrifice.
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13.The Treasure of the Sierra Madre(1948)
8.0AdventureDramaWesternAlso adventure and drama
Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.
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14.Mutiny on the Bounty(1935)
7.4AdventureDramaHistoryAlso adventure and drama
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
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15.China Seas(1935)
6.2AdventureActionDramaAlso adventure and drama
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!
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16.Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher(2022)
6.1HistoryDramaAlso history and drama
At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England.
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17.1492: Conquest of Paradise(1992)
6.3ActionAdventureDramaAlso adventure and drama
1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.
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18.Vesper(2022)
6.3Science FictionDramaAdventureAlso drama and adventure
After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the possibility of a future.
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19.Beneath Hill 60(2010)
6.8DramaHistoryWarAlso drama and history
The true story of Australia's cat-and-mouse underground mine warfare—one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of WW I. It was secret struggle BENEATH the Western Front that combined daring engineering, technology and science. Few on the surface knew of the brave, claustrophobic and…
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20.The Death of Robin Hood(2026)
6.7AdventureDramaActionAlso adventure and drama
Grappling with his past after a life of crime and murder, Robin Hood finds himself gravely injured after a battle he thought would be his last. In the hands of a mysterious woman, he is offered a chance at salvation.
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