Movies like Rendezvous Canada, 1606 (1988)
The best movies like Rendezvous Canada, 1606 (1988) are Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994), Black Robe (1991) and 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992). If Rendezvous Canada, 1606 hooked you with its history, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedMaudie (2016)7.7/10 from 609 votes
- NewestKillers of the Flower Moon (2023)Released 2023
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994)
It's the 17th century, and Native American Squanto roams free in the New World until he's captured by visiting sailors who take him back to England. Monk Brother Daniel teaches him social customs, but other Englishmen aren't as kind. Squanto becomes the unwilling star of performances that highlight his fighting skills, but he eventually engineers a return trip to America. He finds that his home has changed forever, and he must chart a new path for his people.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlack Robe (1991)
Missionary Father LaForgue travels to the New World in hopes of converting Algonquin Indians to Catholicism. Accepted, though warily, by the Indians, LaForgue travels with the Indians using his strict Catholic rules and ideals to try and impose his religion.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like this1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Last of the Mohicans (1920)
As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their cohorts, Huron tribesmen led by the evil Magua. Fighting to rescue the women are Chingachgook and his son Uncas, the last of the Mohican tribe, and their white ally, the frontiersman Natty Bumppo, known as Hawkeye.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe New World (2005)
A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUnconquered (1947)
England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to escape the gallows, to serve fourteen years as a slave in the colony of Virginia, whose inhabitants begin to hear and fear the sinister song of the threatening drums of war that resound in the wild Ohio valley.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAgainst the Ice (2022)
In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they're left behind while on a Danish expedition in ice-covered Greenland.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMaudie (2016)
Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKings of the Sun (1963)
In order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the United States. They build a home in the new land but come into conflict with a tribe of Native Americans led by their chief, Black Eagle, while both Balam and Black Eagle fall in love the beautiful Mayan princess Ixchel.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKidnapped (1971)
Scottish orphan David Balfour is betrayed by his wicked uncle Ebeneezer, who arranges for David to be kidnapped and sold into slavery so that he cannot claim his inheritance. The boy is rescued and befriended by Alan Breck, a Scottish rebel fighting on behalf of his country's independence from the British.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNorthwest Passage (1940)
Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War. The film focuses on their famous raid at Fort St. Francis and their marches before and after the battle.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOutlaw King (2018)
Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVictoria & Abdul (2017)
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, remains imprisoned, the Musketeers reunite to abduct Louis and replace him with Philippe.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMedieval (2022)
The story of fifteenth century Czech icon and warlord, Jan Zizka, who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDavid and Bathsheba (1951)
King David enters into an adulterous affair with the beautiful Bathsheba, which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
SnoozefestMovies like thisBury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)
Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is told through two unique perspectives: Charles Eastman, a young, white-educated Sioux doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of assimilation, and Sitting Bull the proud Lakota chief whose tribe won the American Indians’ last major victory at Little Big Horn.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMutiny on the Bounty (1935)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSunset Song (2015)
The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Last of the Mohicans (1992)
In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, the aristocratic daughter of a British Colonel and her party are captured by a group of Huron warriors. Fortunately, a group of three Mohican trappers comes to their rescue.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNomoto: A BC Tragedy (2022)
The injustice of the Japanese internment is explored through the story of Kyuichi Nomoto, one of the first Japanese Canadians to graduate from UBC, who suffered a breakdown deep in the BC Interior.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history
The Fence (2020)
Two thousand Canadians suffered the longest incarceration anywhere in the Second World War, a bitter four-year period inside Japanese POW camps in Hong Kong and Japan.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Story of Adèle H. (1975)
In the 19th century a mysterious woman named Adele H. crosses the ocean, from Europe to North America, to relentlessly pursue a handsome officer that denies her satisfaction.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBenedetta (2021)
A 17th-century nun becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian affair with a novice. But it is Benedetta's shocking religious visions that threaten to shake the Church to its core.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland (2020)
Peels back centuries of legend and myth to tell the story of Saint Patrick through historical reenactments, expert interviews and Patrick’s own writings, tracing his journey from man to saint. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i95AQhvtzsA
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history
Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1993)
True story of Norman Bethune, a medical doctor who fought for justice in China during Mao's rise to power.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history
The Baby of Mâcon (1993)
In 17th-century Tuscany, a church play is performed for the benefit of young aristocrat Cosimo. In the play, a grotesque old woman gives birth to a beautiful baby boy. The child's older sister is quick to exploit the situation, selling blessings from the baby, and even claiming she's the true mother by virgin birth. However, when she attempts to seduce the bishop's son, the Church exacts a terrible revenge.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Painting (2019)
For three and a half centuries, from the same day that Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) applied his last brushstroke to the canvas, the enigma of “Las meninas, o La familia de Felipe IV” (1656) has not been deciphered. The secret story of a painting unveiled as if it was the resolution of a perfect crime.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history
Galileo Galilei (1909)
Scientist Galileo Galilei was engaged in his studies, but a servant of his attempts to seduce his daughter, and denounces Galilei to the Holy Office.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Rendezvous Canada, 1606?
The closest matches to Rendezvous Canada, 1606 are Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994), Black Robe (1991) and 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Rendezvous Canada, 1606?
Start with Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994), the closest match to Rendezvous Canada, 1606.
What is the highest-rated movie like Rendezvous Canada, 1606?
Maudie (2016), rated 7.7/10 by 609 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Rendezvous Canada, 1606?
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Rendezvous Canada, 1606?
Yes: Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994), Black Robe (1991) and 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992).
How are movies similar to Rendezvous Canada, 1606 chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Rendezvous Canada, 1606, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.