Movies like Return of the Hero
Return of the Hero (2018) is a history movie directed by Laurent Tirard. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Don't Die Too Hard! (2001)
★ 6.4 · 929 votes · Comedy, Action
Eric and Ramzy are working as window washers at the Montparnasse skyscraper in Paris. Thinking that he has a date set up with beautiful executive Marie-Joelle (who in reality hates his guts), Ramzy stays at work late while Eric hangs around with him. As a result, the pair witness a gang of terrorists seize the tower and take its late-night occupants (including Marie- Joelle) hostage. Knowing that only they can save the day, Eric and Ramzy swing into action.
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2. Pirates (1986)
★ 6.3 · 328 votes · Adventure, Comedy
The adventures of pirate Captain Red and his first mate Frog.
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3. Ace of Aces (1982)
★ 7.1 · 362 votes · Adventure, Comedy
In this action comedy the French boxer Jo Cavalier is charmed on the train to Berlin for the Olympics in Hitler's Germany by the little boy Simon Rosenblum who asks his autograph; when it turns out his adorable young fan is a Jewish orphan in danger of persecution, he risks his one shot at Olympic glory to save Simon and his family, helped only by a German officer-gentleman who became his friend in World War I, by an adventurous escape to Switzerland, Nazi troops on their heals and braving impossible odds in roller coaster-style.
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4. Family Resemblances (1996)
★ 7.4 · 330 votes · Comedy
An upper middle-class French family celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one evening and during one meal, family history, tensions, collective and separate grudges, delights, and memories both clash and coalesce.
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5. Superwho? (2022)
★ 6.3 · 586 votes · Comedy, Action
A struggling actor seems doomed to live life as a loser. When he finally snatches a lead role as a superhero named “Badman,” he feels like everything is possible, but fate strikes again.
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6. The Visitors (1993)
★ 7.1 · 2,114 votes · Fantasy, Comedy
After a wizard's spell goes awry, 12th-century Gallic knight Godefroy de Papincourt, Count of Montmirail finds himself transported to 1993, along with his dimwitted servant, Jacquouille la Fripouille. Startled and perplexed by modern technology, the duo run amok, destroying cars and causing chaos until they meet Beatrice de Montmirail, an aristocratic descendant of the nobleman, who may be able to help them get back to 1123.
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7. The Warriors Gate (2016)
★ 6.6 · 395 votes · Action, Adventure, Comedy
After a mysterious chest opens a gateway through time, teen gamer Jack is transported to an ancient empire terrorized by a cruel barbarian king. Jack will need all of his gaming skills as he battles to defeat the barbarian, protect a beautiful princess, and somehow find his way back home.
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8. Max & Leon (2016)
★ 6.3 · 843 votes · Comedy, War, Adventure
In this WW2 epic comedy – in the vein of “La Grande Vadrouille” – our two heroes, Max and Léon, two lazy and partier pals, will try by all possible means to avoid going in the battle zone… This will lead the duo to demented and wild adventures.
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9. Kelly's Heroes (1970)
★ 7.4 · 867 votes · Adventure, Comedy, War
A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.
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