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Movies that feel likeThe Adventures of Tintin (2011)

Intrepid young reporter, Tintin, and his loyal dog, Snowy, are thrust into a world of high adventure when they discover a ship carrying an explosive secret. As Tintin is drawn into a centuries-old mystery, Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine suspects him of stealing a priceless treasure. Tintin and Snowy, with the help of salty, cantankerous Captain Haddock and bumbling detectives, Thompson and Thomson, travel half the world, one step ahead of their enemies, as Tintin endeavors to find the Unicorn, a sunken ship that may hold a vast fortune, but also an ancient curse.

If you loved The Adventures of Tintin, the closest films we have are National Treasure (2004), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009). All three share The Adventures of Tintin's epic and twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (2014).

🍅 75% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Steven Spielbergepictwisty
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National Treasure
2004 · dir. Jon Turteltaub
🍅 47%★ 6.9adventure · action · mysteryDisney+

The same two preoccupations: treasure, and riddle

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest's whereabouts may lie in secret clues embedded in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and Gates is in a race to find the gold before his enemies do.

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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011 · dir. Guy Ritchie
🍅 60%★ 7.4action · adventure · mystery

Both land scale and twists at once

The difference: Sits closer to action than The Adventures of Tintin does

There is a new criminal mastermind at large (Professor Moriarty) and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil and lack of conscience may give him an advantage over the detective.

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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009 · dir. Terry Gilliam
🍅 63%★ 6.7adventure · fantasy · mystery

Adventure with a pulse of scale, in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than The Adventures of Tintin does

After a carnival troupe saves his life, a man agrees to help its immortal leader collect five souls and win a bet with the devil.

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Nerve
2016 · dir. Ariel Schulman
🍅 66%★ 6.5mystery · adventure · crime

Mystery built on twists, twice over

Industrious high school senior Vee Delmonico has had it with living life on the sidelines. When pressured by friends to join the popular online game Nerve, Vee decides to sign up for just one dare in what seems like harmless fun. But as she finds herself caught up in the thrill of the adrenaline-fueled competition partnered with a mysterious stranger, the game begins to take a sinister turn with increasingly dangerous acts, leading her into a high stakes finale that will determine her entire future.

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Enola Holmes 2
2022 · dir. Harry Bradbeer
🍅 93%★ 6.8adventure · mystery · crimeNetflix

Epic animation in both cases

Enola takes on her first official case as a detective, but to solve the mystery of a missing girl, she'll need help from friends — and brother Sherlock.

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🍅 80%★ 6.6action · adventure · dramaPrime Video

Both lean on twists more than on adventure

When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.

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Uncharted
2022 · dir. Ruben Fleischer
★ 6.3action · adventure · mysteryHulu

Both keep coming back to the same thing: treasure hunt

A young street-smart, Nathan Drake and his wisecracking partner Victor “Sully” Sullivan embark on a dangerous pursuit of “the greatest treasure never found” while also tracking clues that may lead to Nathan’s long-lost brother.

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🍅 83%★ 6.7documentary · mystery · history

Both play mystery straight

Darwin meets Hitchcock in this documentary. Directors Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine have created a parable about the search for paradise, set in the brutal yet alluring landscape of the Galapagos Islands, which interweaves an unsolved 1930s murder mystery with stories of present day Galapagos pioneers. A gripping tale of idealistic dreams gone awry, featuring voice-over performances by Cate Blanchett, Diane Kruger, and Gustaf Skarsgard.

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🍅 77%★ 6.2adventure · actionPrime VideoDisney+

The same hand behind both of them: Steven Spielberg

The difference: Easier on the twists than The Adventures of Tintin

Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behest of a young man whose friend—and Indy's colleague—Professor Oxley has been captured for his knowledge of the skull's whereabouts.

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Lincoln
2012 · dir. Steven Spielberg
🍅 90%★ 7.3history · drama

Steven Spielberg directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.

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Winter's Bone
2010 · dir. Debra Granik
🍅 94%★ 7.1drama · mysteryPrime Video

Both know what they want from mystery

After discovering her father put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared, 17-year-old Ree Dolly must confront the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to to track down her father and save her family.

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The Post
2017 · dir. Steven Spielberg
🍅 88%★ 7.2drama · historyMax

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A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.

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