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10 Best Movies Like Adopt a Sailor

If you loved Adopt a Sailor, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
End of Watch

End of Watch

2012★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Adopt a Sailor for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop....

#2
The Good Humor Man

The Good Humor Man

1950★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Adopt a Sailor for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Margie, who works as a secretary for Stuart Nagel, an insurance investigator. Margi...

#3
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring

Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring

1971★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Adopt a Sailor for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Dennie has returned from a year among the hippies to her superficial, image-conscious suburban family. She must face their disapproval of her actions. They refuse to even try to un...

#4
Torn Curtain

Torn Curtain

1966★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Adopt a Sailor for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution—but the plan goes awry w...

#5
For Your Eyes Only

For Your Eyes Only

1981★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Adopt a Sailor for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructions before the enemy Soviets g...

#6
Unfaithfully Yours

Unfaithfully Yours

1948★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Adopt a Sailor for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Before he left for a brief European visit, symphony conductor Sir Alfred De Carter casually asked his staid brother-in-law August to look out for his young wife, Daphne, during his...