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Secret of the Sahara (1988)
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Secret of the Sahara (1988)
Original name: The Secret of the Sahara
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, West Germany, France, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: No overview found.
Plot: desert, sahara desert, foreign legion, ufo, legion, french foreign legion, bandit, treasure, secret, lost civilization, adventure
Time: 1920s
Place: sahara

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, exciting, serious and tense films and TV series with plots about escapades, danger, rivalry, heroes, fantasy world, imaginary and children mostly in Adventure, Sci-Fi and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Secret of the Sahara: The Sands of Time (2000), Treasure Island in Outer Space (1987), The Lost Tomb (2015), The Rope (2021), The Golden Eyes (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Sands of Time (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 180 min.
Story: Despite her friends' warnings, a woman travels to the Sahara, determined to find her missing archaeologist father and the magical tower he was searching for. Aided by a mysterious prince, she battles outlaws and the desert's harsh ...
Plot: mythical creature, sahara desert, horse riding, biplane, horse, camel, desert, hanged man, archaeology, french foreign legion, bible quote
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100%
Treasure Island in Outer Space (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Treasure Island in Outer Space (original: Il Pianeta Del Tesoro - Treasure Planet) is a 1987 science fiction Italian and German television miniseries directed by Antonio Margheriti. It is based on the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, ...
Style: mysterious
Audience: kids
Plot: outer space, alien, spacecraft, space travel, planet, treasure, androids
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2023)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Mexico, Argentina, Colombia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Diego and his friends spend the summer at the camp run by Pompilio Calderón, an eccentric explorer. There they find a medallion that belonged to Pola, Diego's grandmother. Following in her footsteps, they will experience incredible adventures ...
Style: exciting, tense, entertaining, captivating
Plot: camping, dinosaur, volcano, time travel, portal, parallel universe, robot, mountain, treasure, camp, exploration, cave ...
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26%
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The Lost Tomb (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Wu Xie is an antique shop owner who comes from a family of tomb raiders. As he continues the family trade with his team of tomb raiders, he finds lost treasures of the Warring States as well as the answers to the tragedies of his family’s past. ...
Style: captivating, exciting, tense
Plot: relic, tomb, adventurer, artifact, escapades, treasure, treasure hunt, ancient mystery, legends and myths, heroes, chase, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
TV show
Story: Remake of Jules Verne's classic story finds adventurers seeking a mysterious hidden land. They are joined by the wife of another man, who had previously gone on a similar expedition and disappeared.
Style: gothic horror, epic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: pre-teens, boys' night, kids, family outing, teens
Plot: dinosaur, archaeologist, imaginary kingdom, reptiles, prehistoric creature, lost world, steampunk, underground, kaiju, explorer, monster, prehistoric animal ...
Time: prehistoric times, jurassic, 19th century, 1870s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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The Rope (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story: A team of scientists face a test of faith and survival when they discover a mysterious rope in the middle of a forest, in this riveting French mini-series.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing, enigmatic
Plot: undercover, puzzle, investigation, scientist, search party, forest, secret, escapades, uncover truth, murder, oral sex, cheating wife ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Golden Eyes (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: An ordinary man working at a pawnshop accidentally encounters an incident that affects his eyes and ignites changes in his life that start him on a tomb-raiding adventure.
Style: captivating, tense
Plot: conspiracy, robbery, heist, supernatural ability, bank robbery, gang, heist gone wrong, criminal, criminal gang, bandit, supernatural power, teamwork ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Man from Atlantis (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Man from Atlantis is a short-lived American science fiction television series that ran for 13 episodes on the NBC network during the 1977–1978 season, following four successful television films that had aired earlier in 1977. NBC commissioned ...
Audience: kids
Plot: underwater, superhero, atlantis, superhuman, lost civilization, dolphins, merman, superhuman powers, submarine, government agency, amnesia, spy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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The Fantastic Journey (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Fantastic Journey was an American science fiction television series that was originally aired on NBC from February 3 through June 17, 1977.
Style: spooky
Audience: kids
Plot: bermuda triangle, parallel universe, paradox, survival, island, military dictatorship, portal, shipwreck, apocalypse, magic, elderly, accident ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 7.4
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Sliders (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In his basement in San Francisco, boy-genius Quinn Mallory unlocks the doorway to an infinite number of Earths. During a test run, Quinn invites co-worker Wade Wells and his teacher Professor Maximillian Arturo to see his new invention. But an ...
Style: clever, exciting, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: parallel world, alien invasion, alternate reality, danger, alternate dimension, getting home, hopes, life changing experience, time portal, time travel, portal, experiment gone awry ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place: san francisco, usa, bay area, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
His Dark Materials (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Lyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Lyra's search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children, and turns into a quest to understand a mysterious ...
Style: atmospheric, enigmatic, suspense, exciting, sad ...
Audience: teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: travel, magic, prophecy, friendship, children, child protagonist, steampunk, journey, parallel universe, conspiracy, coming of age, church ...
Time: future, 2020s, 2010s
Place: england, london, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Lost World (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 150 min.
TV show
Story: This Lost World is a splendid BBC TV dramatisation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous adventure story. Bob Hoskins makes an unusually genial Professor Challenger, far less of a bully than Doyle's character, but his slightly stereotyped ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, exciting, psychotronic, serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: jungle, dinosaur, dangerous animal, rivalry, adventurer, escapades, heroic mission, danger, love triangle, heroes, uninhibited rivalry, giant monster ...
Time: 1900s, prehistoric times, 20th century, 1910s
Place: south america, brazil, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 266 min.
TV show
Story: Under Paul ‘Muad'Dib’ Atreides' rule as Emperor, the planet Arrakis has enjoyed a renaissance. However, the revolution that Muad'dib inspired has transformed into a brutal jihad that has plunged all of humanity into a bitter, ...
Style: futuristic, atmospheric, epic, intense, bleak ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, space travel, space opera, desert, heroic mission, space, imaginary, leadership, escapades, political unrest, space and aliens ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Riese: Kingdom Falling (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story: Riese: Kingdom Falling is a science fiction-fantasy series which debuted online on November 2, 2009. The series is about a traveller named Riese, who flees across the wartorn lands of Eleysia with her wolf, Fenrir. Hunted by a terrifying religious ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, entertaining, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: save the kingdom, rivalry, escapades, danger, on the road, legends and myths, steampunk, curses spells and rituals, battles, travel, uncover truth, chase ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Canada, France, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A modern riff of the 1889 novel by Mark Twain.
Style: independent film
Audience: kids
Plot: arthurian legend, time travel, medieval, yankee, king arthur, shock, wizard, eclipse, time traveler, excalibur, horse riding, fall in love ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Thunderstone (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The year is 2020. Fifteen-year-old Noah lives with his family in the futuristic underground community of North Col. The world above is a frozen wasteland after a massive comet strike destroyed all other life in the world including the animals. One ...
Style: apocalyptic
Audience: kids
Plot: children, time travel, time traveler, post apocalypse, dystopia, survival, supernatural, comet, teenage protagonist, ice age, teenage boy, underground ...
Time: future, near future, 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 7.0
 14K
Tin Man (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the spirit of L. Frank Baum's classic, the "Tin Man" follows the adventures of DG, a waitress and part-time student, as she travels through the mystical world of "The O. Z. (Outer Zone)", discovering her hidden past. ...
Style: atmospheric, intense, fairy tale, exciting, dark fantasy ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: wizard of oz, fantasy world, wizards and magicians, magical, good versus evil, imaginary, journey, curses spells and rituals, friendship, childhood, young heroes, danger ...
Place: kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 7.3
 53
The Finder (1991)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 10 min.
TV show
Story: The Finder, also known as Finders Keepers, is an Australian children's television show, directed by Scott Hicks, that first aired on 28 October 1991, based on a book by Emily Rodda. The story revolves around a boy by called Patrick who, whilst ...
Audience: kids
Plot: getting home, television, new world, warehouse, game, alternate dimension, robot, time travel, mannequin, computer nerd, treasure, treasure hunt ...
Place: south australia, australia, adelaide south australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Dinotopia (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 250 min.
TV show
Story: Carl and David, two boys flying a small aircraft over the ocean with their father, crash land near an uncharted island. The boys swim safely to shore, but their father unfortunately drowns in the crash. On their own, the brothers explore the island ...
Style: serious, exciting, feel good, colorful, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot: dinosaur, utopia, giant creature, expedition, island, dangerous animal, sibling rivalry, family relations, human animal relationship, imaginary kingdom, tyrannosaurus rex, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 7.0
 2K
Parallels (2022)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Four teenagers' lives are turned upside down when a mysterious event propels them into parallel dimensions.
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense, psychological
Audience: teen fantasy
Plot: parallel universe, friend, mysticism, friends, rescue, friendship, fantasy world, alternate reality, parallel world, childhood, exploration, multiverse ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Ministry of Time (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 3155 min.
TV show
Story: A soldier from the 15th century, a university student from the 19th century and a nurse from the present join the secret 'Department of Time', a secret department within the Spanish government with the ability to travel through time. Their ...
Style: intense, feel good, hispanic, suspense, light ...
Plot: time travel, soldier, chase, destiny, escapades, altering history, time loop, spanish history, time, ancient, feminism, trio ...
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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The Rook (2019)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: After waking in a park with total amnesia — and surrounded by dead bodies, all wearing latex gloves — a young woman must fight to uncover her past, and resume her position at the head of Britain’s most secret (supernatural) service before the ...
Style: disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, enigmatic ...
Plot: secret, secret service, investigation, murder, superhero, amnesia, adaptation, intelligence agency, espionage, psychopath, erased memory, supernatural power ...
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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 8K
Relic Hunter (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Relic Hunter is an anglophone Canadian television series, starring Tia Carrere and Christien Anholt. Actress Lindy Booth also starred for the first two seasons; Tanja Reichert replaced her for the third. It was inspired by the success of the video ...
Style: sexy, exciting, captivating, tense, witty ...
Plot: archaeologist, relic, artifact, treasure hunt, escapades, female protagonist, treasure hunter, treasure, adventurer, woman, one woman army, women ...
Time: 20th century, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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The Phoenix and the Carpet (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story: Four young children hope for anything to happen and, when they become owners of the Phoenix, their adventure begins.
Audience: kids
Plot: youth, children, child, phoenix
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Mirror: A Tale of Twin Cities (2021)
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: China
TV show
Story: In a world populated by powerful gods and warring mortals, two enchanted beings meet in a peace-filled realm: They are Su Mo, a prince of sea gods, and Bai Ying, a princess and descendant of a mighty sword deity. They are immediately attracted to ...
Style: suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, xianxia
Plot: royalty, god, chinese mythology, martial arts, merman, tragic love, forbidden love, reincarnation, romantic relationship, life is a bitch, unfulfilled love, love affair ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 7.2
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Alice (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 184 min.
TV show
Story: Everything you know about Alice's adventures in Wonderland is about to be turned upside down in this modern-day miniseries event. Stars Kathy Bates, Caterina Scorsone, Matt Frewer, Harry Dean Stanton and Tim Curry.
Style: fairy tale, atmospheric, exciting, bleak, offbeat ...
Plot: fantasy world, fish out of water, imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, imaginary, curses spells and rituals, insanity, alice in wonderland, surrealism, transformation, chase, prejudice ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.3
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Neverland (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Raised on the streets of turn-of-the century London, orphaned Peter and his pals survive by their fearless wits as cunning young pickpockets. Now, they've been rounded up by their mentor Jimmy Hook to snatch a priceless, some believe, magical ...
Style: exciting, fairy tale, stylized, serious, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: pirate, troubled teen, danger, fairy, mysterious place, peter pan, youth, orphan, young heroes, imaginary kingdom, treasure, rescue ...
Time: turn of the century, 20th century, 1900s, 18th century
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 7.1
 3K
Logan's Run (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In a futuristic society where reaching the age of 30 is a death sentence, a rebellious law enforcement agent goes on the run in search of Sanctuary.
Style: captivating, serious, exciting, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Plot: chase, dystopian future, on the run, danger, escapades, chases and races, androids and robots, secret place, chaos, distopia, post apocalypse, hiding place ...
Time: future, 23rd century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 7.3
 23K
Night Sky (2022)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Irene and Franklin York, a retired couple, have a secret: a Chamber buried in their backyard that miraculously leads to a strange, deserted planet. When an enigmatic young man arrives, the Yorks quiet existence is upended and the mysterious Chamber ...
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating, epic fantasy
Plot: stranger, husband wife relationship, planet, portal, couples, alien contact, alien, distant planet, desert planet, secret, alien encounter, found footage ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
A come Andromeda (1972)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: TV mini series based on the Sci-fi novel "A Is for Andromeda" by Fred Hoyle and John Elliot.
Plot: prime minister, colonel
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18%
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