Movies like The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
The best movies like The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967) are The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960), The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968) and Tom Sawyer (1973). If The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin hooked you with its action and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Parent Trap (1961)7.0/10 from 452 votes
- NewestThe Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)Released 1979
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
From chicken thief to cabin boy, riverboat pilot to circus performer, Huck Finn outsmarts everyone on his way down the muddy Mississippi.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968)
The eleven members of the Bower family move to Dakota Territory.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Tom Sawyer (1973)
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral, and witnessing a murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisToby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960)
Angered at stern Uncle Daniel, Toby Tyler runs away from his foster home to join the circus, where he soon befriends Mr. Stubbs, the frisky chimpanzee. However, the circus isn't all fun and games when the evil candy vendor, Harry Tupper, convinces Toby that his Aunt Olive and Uncle Daniel don't love him or want him back. Toby resigns himself to circus life, but when he finally realizes that Tupper lied to him, and that his aunt and uncle truly love him, Toby happily returns home once again.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
Huckleberry Finn (1974)
Huckleberry Finn is a 15-year-old boy who has had a difficult relationship with his often violent father for a long time. When Dad tried to kidnap him, Huck decides to run away from home, and heads out of town on a raft. Huck is soon joined by Jim, a runaway slave who is no more eager to see his master than Huck is to see his father. As the two friends make their way down the Mississippi, they're faced with a variety of challenges and adventures.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
The Castaway Cowboy (1974)
A Wayward Texas cowboy washes up on the beaches of Hawaii and is taken home by an fatherless boy. He saves the family's business while romancing the single mom.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)
In post-Civil War Kentucky, young David Burnic becomes the unexpected heir to the family secret, a map leading to buried treasure on the Florida isle of Matecumbe.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & family
The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)
A roving bachelor gets saddled with three children and a wealth of trouble when the youngsters stumble upon a huge gold nugget. They join forces with two bumbling outlaws to fend off the greedy townspeople and soon find themselves facing a surly gang of sharpshooters.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Way West (1967)
In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and demanding taskmaster who is as hard on himself as he is on those who have joined his wagon train. He clashes with one of the new settlers, Lije Evans, who doesn't quite appreciate Tadlock's ways. Along the way, the families must face death and heartbreak and a sampling of frontier justice when one of them accidentally kills a young Indian boy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Happiest Millionaire (1967)
A happy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant, John Lawless, lands a job as the butler of an unconventional millionaire, Biddle. His daughter, Cordelia Drexel Biddle, tires of the unusual antics of her father--especially since the nice young men around town all fear him. Wouldn't you fear a father-in-law that keeps alligators for pets and teaches boxing at his daily Bible classes?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDoctor Dolittle (1967)
A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSwiss Family Robinson (1960)
After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife. In true pioneer spirit, they quickly make themselves at home but soon face a danger even greater than nature: dastardly pirates.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSavage Sam (1963)
Travis, Arliss, and Lisbeth are captured by Apaches while Old Yeller's son, Sam, tracks their trail.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & action
Old Yeller (1957)
Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother while his father goes off on a cattle drive in the 1860s. When a yellow mongrel comes for an uninvited stay with the family, Travis reluctantly adopts the dog.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)
Amos and Theodore, the two bumbling outlaw wannabes from The Apple Dumpling Gang, are back and trying to make it on their own. This time, the crazy duo gets involved in an army supply theft case -- and, of course, gets in lots of comic trouble along the way!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThose Calloways (1964)
Story of Cam Calloway and his family, who live in a densely wooded area in New England. Cam dreams of building a sanctuary for the geese that fly over the area each year, and he tries several schemes to buy a nearby lake for this santuary. He is thwarted at every attempt, it seems; he and his son try to get enough furs from their trapping venture to get the money, but the bottom falls out of the fur market. He uses the little money they get for a down payment on the lake, thereby losing their house when he can't make the mortgage payment. They move to the lake, where their friends help them build a cabin. A salesman stops in town, and tries to get the people to sell their land for a tourist venture; Cam is outraged at his tactics and takes desperate measures after he himself is tricked.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
The Wild Country (1970)
Uprooted from their comfortable home in Pennsylvania, James and Kate Tanner, along with their sons, Virgil and Andy, journey to the wild country of 1890s Wyoming to become farmers. Soon, they come face-to-face with tornadoes, bears and wolves. But through the hardships their love for each other endures, even when a local rancher sees the newcomers as "squatters" on his land, and will stop at nothing – including murder – to drive them out.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & western
Never a Dull Moment (1968)
When practicing for a role, actor Jack is mistaken for the killer Ace. He doesn't realize this until it's too late and is carried off to gangster boss Leo Smooth, who wants Ace to do a job for him. Fearing for his life, Jack plays his role, but always searching for a way out of the well-guarded house.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
The Ugly Dachshund (1966)
The Garrisons are the "proud parents" of three adorable dachshund pups - and one overgrown Great Dane named Brutus, who nevertheless thinks of himself as a dainty dachsie. His identity crisis results in an uproarious series of household crises that reduce the Garrisons' house to shambles - and viewers to howls of laughter!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSmith! (1969)
When the Indian Jimmyboy is accused of murder of a white man, he flees onto the ranch of Smith, who's well known for his tolerance for Indians, since he was raised by the old Indian Antoine. Smith helps Jimmyboy against the mean Sheriff and promises to speak for him in court, thus persuading him to surrender himself to the police.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
Davy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River") in a boat race to New Orleans. Later, Davy and Georgie, allied with Fink, battle a group of river pirates trying to pass themselves off as Native Americans.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & western
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Parent Trap (1961)
Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later at a summer camp, where they scheme to bring their parents back together. The girls, one of whom has been living with their mother and the other with their father, switch places after camp and go to work on their plan, the first objective being to scare off a gold-digger pursuing their father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBlackbeard's Ghost (1968)
The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964)
Merlin Jones, a precocious and intelligent high-school boy, experiments with hypnosis and creates a mind-reading machine. However, his experiments land him in deep trouble with the law.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Bon Voyage! (1962)
The Willards from Terre Haute, Indiana travels abroad for the once-in-a-lifetime vacation in Paris, France. Harry Willard believes that the greatest problem will be avoiding tap water, but bringing his three children will prove to be more troublesome
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. (1966)
Lt. Robin Crusoe is a navy pilot who bails out of his plane after engine trouble. He reaches a deserted island paradise where he builds a house and begins to adjust to life. He is in for trouble however when a local girl is banished to the island by her father, who then comes after Crusoe.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)
Some college students manage to persuade the town's big businessman, A. J. Arno, to donate a computer to their college. When the problem- student, Dexter Riley, tries to fix the computer, he gets an electric shock and his brain turns to a computer; now he remembers everything he reads. Unfortunately, he also remembers information which was in the computer's memory, like Arno's illegal businesses..
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOne Little Indian (1973)
An Army deserter flees by camel across the desert with a caucasian boy raised by Indians.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Summer Magic (1963)
Mother Carey, a Bostonian widow, and her three children move to Maine. Postmaster Osh Popham helps them move into a run-down old house and fixes it up for them. It's not entirely uninhabited, though; the owner, Mr. Hamilton, is a mysterious character away in Europe, but Osh assures them he won't mind their living there, since he won't be coming home for a long time yet. The children and a cousin who comes to live with them have various adventures before an unexpected visitor shows up
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966)
Ireland 1587. Hugh O'Donnell inherits the title of The O'Donnell, the prince of Donegal, and tries to unite Ireland to make war on England. But then Hugh is kidnapped and imprisoned by the Viceroy of Ireland and held ransom for the Clans' good behavior. Hugh must escape prison and the Viceroy's villainous henchman, Captain Leeds, before he can fight.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin?
The closest matches to The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin are The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960), The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968) and Tom Sawyer (1973). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin?
People who watched The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin most often go on to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960), The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968) and Tom Sawyer (1973).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin?
The Parent Trap (1961), rated 7.0/10 by 452 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin?
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin?
Yes: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960), The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968) and Tom Sawyer (1973).
How are movies similar to The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.