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10 Best Movies Like The Midnight Express

If you loved The Midnight Express, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

2013★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Midnight Express for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on ...

#2
Chupa

Chupa

2023★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Midnight Express for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

While visiting family in Mexico, a lonely boy befriends a mythical creature hiding on his grandfather's ranch and embarks on the adventure of a lifetime....

#3
Come Away

Come Away

2020★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Midnight Express for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies in a tragic accident, they each seek to save their parent...

#4
PAW Patrol: Mighty Pups

PAW Patrol: Mighty Pups

2018★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Midnight Express for fans of Action & Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When their latest scheme goes awry, Mayor Humdinger and his nephew Harold accidentally divert a meteor towards Adventure Bay. The meteor's golden energy grants the PAW Patrol super...

#5
Hellfighters

Hellfighters

1968★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Midnight Express for fans of Action & Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The adventures of oil well fire specialist Chance Buckman (based on real-life Red Adair), who extinguishes massive fires in oil fields around the world....

#6
The Legend of Zorro

The Legend of Zorro

2005★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Midnight Express for fans of Action & Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Don Alejandro de la Vega and his wife, Elena, to take ...

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