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Movies that feel like The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

If you loved The Adventures of Robin Hood, the closest films we have are Captain Blood (1935), Only Angels Have Wings (1939) and The Navigator (1924). All three share The Adventures of Robin Hood's epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.

πŸ… 100% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.9 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Michael Curtizepicromantictenderkinetic

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Captain Blood
1935 Β· dir. Michael Curtiz
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.7adventure

Michael Curtiz working the same nerve twice

The difference: Without the same romance

Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.

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Only Angels Have Wings
1939 Β· dir. Howard Hawks
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.6romance Β· adventure Β· drama

Epic where it counts, romantic underneath

The difference: Lighter on momentum

A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight service must risk his pilots' lives to earn a major contract.

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The Navigator
1924 Β· dir. Buster Keaton
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· action Β· adventure

Tender and kinetic in the same breath

The difference: Leans further into comedy

The wealthy and impulsive Rollo Treadway decides to propose to his beautiful socialite neighbor, Betsy O'Brien. Although Betsy turns Rollo down, he still opts to go on the cruise that he intended as their honeymoon. When circumstances find both Rollo and Betsy on the wrong ship, they end up having adventures on the high seas.

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Casablanca
1943 Β· dir. Michael Curtiz
πŸ… 99%β˜… 8.5drama Β· romance

Michael Curtiz directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

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The Thief of Bagdad
1940 Β· dir. Ludwig Berger
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.4adventure Β· fantasy Β· romance

Epic adventure, and it commits to that

When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.

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Arn: The Knight Templar
2007 Β· dir. Peter Flinth
β˜… 6.6action Β· adventure Β· drama

Romance with a pulse of romance, in both cases

The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.

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Hiroshima Mon Amour
1959 Β· dir. Alain Resnais
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.8drama Β· history Β· romance

Both lean on tenderness more than on action

The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hiroshima after the end of World War II, the couple -- lovers turned friends -- recount, over many hours, previous romances and life experiences. The two intertwine their stories about the past with pondering the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb dropped on the city.

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White Christmas
1954 Β· dir. Michael Curtiz
πŸ… 76%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· music Β· romance

Romantic romance in both cases

Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.

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Make Way for Tomorrow
1937 Β· dir. Leo McCarey
πŸ… 100%β˜… 8.2drama Β· romance

Adventure built on tenderness, twice over

An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.

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Wuthering Heights
1939 Β· dir. William Wyler
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.5drama Β· romance

Romance in the same key

Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000 Β· dir. Ang Lee
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.9adventure Β· drama Β· action

Both are working the same pair: sword, sword fight

Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.

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A Knight's Tale
2001 Β· dir. Brian Helgeland
πŸ… 60%β˜… 7adventure Β· drama Β· romance

Both keep coming back to the same thing: sword fight

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

William Thatcher, a knight's peasant apprentice, gets a chance at glory when the knight dies suddenly mid-tournament. Posing as a knight himself, William won't stop until he's crowned tournament championβ€”assuming matters of the heart don't get in the way.

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