Movies like The Million Dollar Mystery (1914)
The best movies like The Million Dollar Mystery (1914) are Batman (1943), Flash Gordon (1936) and The Hurricane Express (1932). If The Million Dollar Mystery hooked you with its adventure and mystery, these 22 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- NewestTrader Tom of the China Seas (1954)Released 1954
Batman (1943)
Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, are in pursuit.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFlash Gordon (1936)
Disaster seems imminent when scientists discover that the planet Mongo is about to crash into Earth. Luckily, heroic young Flash Gordon is on hand to lead an investigative mission into outer space and onto the speedily approaching planet. There, he and his best girl, Dale, who is along for the ride, learn that Ming, the devious ruler of Mongo, has purposely put the planet on a collision course with Earth, and only Flash can stop him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Hurricane Express (1932)
The Wrecker wrecks trains on the L & R Railroad. One of his victims is Larry Baker's father. Baker wants to find the evildoer, among a host of suspects, but it will be difficult since the Wrecker can disguise himself to look like almost anyone
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure & mystery
The Lost Special (1932)
A lady reporter and two college students search for the "Gold Special," a train that disappeared without a trace.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
The Iron Claw (1941)
The heirs of Anton Benson are searching Bensonhurst for hidden gold; they are joined by a reporter, a gangster...and a masked fiend known as The Iron Claw.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery
The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935)
A serial in 12 chapters. Tarzan goes to Guatemala to find his lost friend, D'Arnot. On the way he helps Major Matling search Mayan ruins for hidden jewels and an idol containing the formula for a powerful explosive. D'Arnot and the idol are rescued, but the idol falls into the clutches of the explorer Raglan.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
Mysterious Island (1951)
It is 1865 and Union prisoners use a military balloon to escape a Southern prison camp near the end of the Civil War. The balloon drifts for days and finally lands on a mysterious volcanic island with very unusual inhabitants. Also landing, in a better aircraft, is Rulu, a visitor from Mercury. She seeks a radio-active material that will enable her to manufacture an explosive that will destroy the world or, at least, the portion known as Earth in this 15 Chapter Serial from the 1950s.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
The Timber Queen (1922)
The Timber Queen follows Ruth Rowland as the inheritor of a wealthy timber business who tries to stay independent of a cruel man who wants to marry her and steal her wealth. The UCLA Film and Television Archive has preserved episodes one, four, eight and nine, and distributor Harpodeon has preserved episode twelve.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
Jungle Drums of Africa (1953)
In Africa, a deceased medical missionary's daughter in Africa carries on her father's work. Before long, she finds herself in danger from crooks and a local witch doctor.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
Trader Tom of the China Seas (1954)
In this 12 Chapter serial the UN enlists trader Tom Rogers and Vivian Wells, to lead the effort to prevent the natives from starting a revolution in Burmatra and its neighbors.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
Wild West Days (1937)
Retired lawman Kentucky Wade and his three buddies, Mike Morales, "Dude" Hanford and "Trigger" Benton come to Brimstone and help their friends Larry Munro and his sister, Lucy , in their fight to retain control of Larry's rich ore mine. "Doc" Hardy , as an old friend of Wade's, joins them in their efforts to keep Matt Keeler , the scheming owner of "The Brimstone News", from his efforts to wrest control of Munro's property and mine. Keller employs a legion of henchmen, and sidelines at running runs guns to Red Hatchet and his tribe so they can also get in on the fray against the Munro's and Kentucky and friends.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)
A movie serial in 12 chapters: The famous comic strip character is on a mission to protect a secret tunnel passage between China and India.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
Pearl of the Army (1916)
A 1916 movie serial.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
The Brass Bullet (1918)
Rosalind Joy is a constantly imperiled heiress to a fortune in gold. An 18 part adventure serial
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
The Perils of Pauline (1914)
The Perils of Pauline is a motion picture serial shown in weekly installments featuring the actress Pearl White playing the title character. Pauline has often been cited as a famous example of a damsel-in-distress, although viewers will find her character more resourceful and less helpless than the classic 'damsel' stereotype. Nine episodes (from a condensed 1916 re-release) survive to this day.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
The Fortieth Door (1924)
Aimee is a young girl betrothed to a rascal, Hamid Bey. An American archeologist, Jack Ryder, arrives to help the girl escape ending up in Bey's harem, but it takes the boy ten episodes to finally succeed.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
King of the Rocket Men (1949)
Prof. Millard pretends to be dead and helps Jeff King ferret out Vulcan, the evil traitor at the science academy. Donning his Rocket Man costume King goes from one hair raising rescue to the next in order to keep the newly invented Decimator out of the clutches of Vulcan and his minions.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
The Third Eye (1920)
A pretty movie star is stalked by a strange gang whose leader is infatuated with her in this superior Pathé serial written by genre specialist H.H. van Loan. Released in 15 chapters between May and August of 1920, the serial offered a glimpse into the still mysterious world of movie-making
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
Pirates of the High Seas (1950)
For decades, pirates roamed the seas, searching for booty to plunder and coastal villages to terrorize. Who were these men and women? As you dig beneath the myth of Blackbeard, Captain Kidd and other legendary warriors of the waters in this docudrama, you'll discover who they were and what motivated them to wreak havoc wherever they sailed. Includes the movie Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
The Great Secret (1917)
A wealthy young athlete comes to the aid of a beautiful heiress, whose fortune is being threatened by two arch villains, The Great Master and Doctor Zulph.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
King of the Royal Mounted (1940)
The Canadians have discovered a valuable substance called Compound X, which can cure infantile paralysis. When a country at war with Canada learns that Compound X also contains magnetic properties that could aid them in their warfare against the British, they send agents to infiltrate Canada and steal a large quantity of the substance. It's up to Sgt. King (Allan Lane) and his Mounties to track down the agents and put an end to their scheme.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Million Dollar Mystery?
The closest matches to The Million Dollar Mystery are Batman (1943), Flash Gordon (1936) and The Hurricane Express (1932). Below are 19 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Million Dollar Mystery?
Start with Batman (1943), the closest match to The Million Dollar Mystery.
What is the newest movie like The Million Dollar Mystery?
Trader Tom of the China Seas (1954) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Million Dollar Mystery?
Yes: Batman (1943), Flash Gordon (1936) and The Hurricane Express (1932).
How are movies similar to The Million Dollar Mystery chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Million Dollar Mystery, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.