Movies like The Lost City of Z

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The Lost City of Z (2016)
 6.6
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The Lost City of Z (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilazation in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.
Style: inspirational, meditative, exciting, period piece, suspense, atmospheric, factual, historical drama, motivational, retro ...
Audience: date night
Plot: explorer, jungle, expedition, travel, survival, archaeology, journey, tribe, conquistador, amazon jungle, world war one, biopic, lost civilization, obsession, courage, destiny, self discovery, wilderness, adaptation, cave, forest, quest, rescue, father son relationship, bravery ...
Time: 1920s, future, year 2016, 1900s, 2010s, year 2017, 18th century ...
Place: south america, england, ireland, america, france, london, brazil ...
Keyword: american, colombian, german, net, portuguese, challenge

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, inspirational and captivating films with plots about survival, death, blood, biopic, murder, wilderness and escapades mostly in Drama, Adventure and Biography genres. Some movies like The Lost City of Z: Jungle (2017), Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Mountains of the Moon (1990), 10,000 BC (2008), Embrace of the Serpent (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Jungle (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A mysterious guide escorts an enthusiastic adventurer and his friend into the Amazon jungle, but their journey turns into a terrifying ordeal as the darkest elements of human nature and the deadliest threats of the wild force them to fight for ...
Style: suspense, atmospheric, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: survival, jungle, wilderness, nature, alone, adventurer, rescue, amazon rainforest, raft, river, hallucination, jaguar ...
Time: 20th century, year 2017, year 1981, year 1980
Place: south america, bolivia, andes mountains
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100%
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: West Germany, Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A few decades after the destruction of the Inca empire, a Spanish expedition leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon river in search of gold and wealth. Soon, they come across great difficulties and Don Aguirre, a ruthless man who ...
Style: bleak, suspenseful, philosophical, art house, surreal ...
Plot: insanity, expedition, jungle, conquistador, amazon river, treasure hunt, obsession, river, legends and myths, amazon, megalomaniac, el dorado ...
Time: 16th century, year 1972, medieval times, ancient times
Place: south america, peru, germany, spain, andes mountains ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Mountains of the Moon (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire. The film tells the story of their meeting, their friendship ...
Style: captivating, atmospheric, serious, realistic, costume drama ...
Plot: wilderness, expedition, survival, british empire, betrayal, friendship, heroic mission, escapades, danger, gay, colonialism, exploration ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 1850s
Place: africa, south africa, london, cairo egypt, brazil ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.1
 135K
10,000 BC (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.
Style: epic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, action adventure ...
Audience: teens
Plot: survival, daring rescue, caveman, animal attack, cave, giant bird, mammoth, dinosaur, danger, monster, natural disaster, mythology ...
Time: stone age, prehistory, prehistoric times, year 2008
Place: north africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Embrace of the Serpent (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina
Duration: 125 min.
Story: The epic story of the first contact, encounter, approach, betrayal and, eventually, life-transcending friendship, between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman, last survivor of his people, and two scientists that, over the course of 40 years, travel ...
Style: meditative, depressing, melancholic, black and white, spiritual ...
Plot: shaman, amazon tribe, amazon river, jungle, amazon rainforest, nature, wilderness, friendship, existentialism, self discovery, genocide, indigenous people ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015
Place: colombia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, France, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Germany
Duration: 126 min.
Story: "The Motorcycle Diaries" is based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he, and best friend Alberto Granado, had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early ...
Style: road movie, touching, inspirational, political, breathtaking ...
Plot: self discovery, motorcycle, travel, freedom, on the road, revolutionary, poverty, revolution, road trip, journey, traveler, biopic ...
Time: 20th century, year 2004, 50s, y2k, 2000s ...
Place: latin america, chile, cuba, south america, argentina ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, Spain
Duration: 154 min.
Story: 1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.
Style: realistic, serious, factual, period piece, inspirational ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: medieval, conquistador, renaissance, adventurer, native american, jungle, ocean, state affairs, military, against the odds, rebelliousness, danger ...
Time: 15th century, medieval times, ancient times, year 1992, future ...
Place: spain, italy, haiti, caribbean, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Robinson Crusoe (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Robinson Crusoe flees Britain on a ship after killing his friend over the love of Mary. A fierce ocean storm wrecks his ship and leaves him stranded by himself on an uncharted island. Left to fend for himself, Crusoe seeks out a tentative survival ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: shipwreck, survival, desert island, island, ocean, friendship, stranded on an island, destiny, stranded, jungle, adventurer, passionate kiss ...
Time: year 1997, 18th century
Place: fictional island, london, scotland, oceania, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Into the Wild (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story: The true story of top student and athlete, Christopher McCandless, who after graduating from Emory University in 1992, abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
Style: road movie, philosophical, melancholic, inspirational, reflective ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot: road trip, wilderness, survival, self discovery, freedom, journey, solitude, life philosophy, isolation, travel, lifestyle change, beautiful scenery ...
Time: 2000s, year 2007, 20th century, year 1990, year 1991 ...
Place: alaska, los angeles, america, astoria oregon, seattle ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 7.1
 52K
Kon-Tiki (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
Style: harsh, realistic, inspirational, epic, exciting ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: ocean, survival, sea voyage, shark, boat, expedition, raft, obsessive quest, adventurer, sailing, travel, lost at sea ...
Time: 1940s, year 1947, 20th century, year 2012, 2010s ...
Place: pacific ocean, polynesia, peru, usa, south america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.8
 329K
Apocalypto (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate ...
Style: exciting, suspense, brutal, harsh, visually stunning ...
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, ancient history, slavery, manhunt, tribe, jungle, chase, native, solar eclipse, warrior, ancient civilization, violent ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, year 2006, 2000s, medieval times
Place: persia, mexico, central america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Australia, Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s ...
Style: scenic, suspense, exciting, realistic, inspirational ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: survival, ocean, ship, whale, sea, boat, disaster, whaling, starvation, man versus nature, shipwreck, dangerous animal ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 2015, 1800s, future ...
Place: new england, america, pacific ocean, ecuador, massachusetts ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both ...
Style: touching, harsh, serious, stylized, costume drama ...
Plot: tarzan, jungle, culture clash, adventurer, stranded, monkey, orphan, feral man, adoption, justice, ape, rescue ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 20th century, 1880s, 1910s
Place: africa, england, scotland, london, united kingdom ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Aeronauts (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Pilot Amelia Wren and scientist James Glaisher find themselves in an epic fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a hot air balloon.
Style: exciting, uplifting, tense, costume drama, suspense ...
Plot: balloon, scientist, twists and turns, science, weather, experiment, survival, saving a life, scientific discovery, snow, aviation, rescue ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1860s, future
Place: england, britain, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
The Water Diviner (2014)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, reported missing in action. Holding on to hope, Joshua must travel across the war-torn landscape to find the truth and his own peace.
Style: touching, reflective, emotional, dramatic, compassionate ...
Plot: world war one, war, redemption, missing person, courage, family drama, great war, parents and children, family relations, escapades, military, wartime ...
Time: 1910s, year 1919, year 2014, 2010s, 1920s ...
Place: australia, gallipoli, turkey, istanbul turkey, ottoman empire
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the ...
Style: suspense, exciting, captivating, futuristic, intense ...
Audience: kids
Plot: post apocalypse, ape, planet of the apes, gorilla, future war, talking animal, revenge, chimpanzee, animal, killer animal, near death experience, journey ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, near future, future, 2040s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A human child raised by wolves, must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.
Style: fairy tale, atmospheric, exciting, disturbing, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: jungle, wolf, hunter, jungle book, feral child, bear, anthropomorphism, snake, human animal relationship, tiger, talking animal, threat ...
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Eagle (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander ...
Style: exciting, intense, epic, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ancient rome, roman empire, ancient history, ancient world, medieval, slavery, sword fight, master and servant, gladiator, legends and myths, ancient, legion ...
Time: ancient times, middle ages
Place: england, scotland, britain, greece, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Tracks (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Accompanied only by her faithful dog and four camels, an Australian satisfies her craving for solitude by embarking on a solo trip across the desert from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean.
Style: uplifting, touching, scenic, atmospheric, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: wilderness, desert, solitude, camel, survival, travel, human spirit, photographer, explorer, beautiful scenery, obsessive quest, dog ...
Time: year 1977, 20th century, 2010s, 70s, year 1976 ...
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
End of the Spear (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: "End of the Spear" is the story of Mincayani, a Waodani tribesman from the jungles of Ecuador. When five young missionaries, among them Jim Elliot and Nate Saint, are speared to death by the Waodani in 1956, a series of events unfold to ...
Style: inspirational, christian film, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot: christian, christianity, culture clash, murder, life philosophy, battles, family relations, coming of age, courage, self discovery, introspection, dealing with death ...
Time: 1940s, 1950s
Place: ecuador
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Queen of the Desert (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, Morocco
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.
Style: stylized, captivating, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: adventurer, bedouin, head of state, state affairs, escapades, unfulfilled love, political intrigue, englishwoman, stallion, women, politics, love and romance ...
Time: 1900s, edwardian era, year 2014, future, victorian era ...
Place: persia, middle east, morocco, arabia, turkey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Austrian mountaineer, Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a ...
Style: dramatic, inspirational, philosophical, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, adult
Plot: buddhism, beautiful scenery, expedition, mountain, world war two, biopic, wanderlust, travel, friendship, culture clash, survival, self discovery ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, 1940s, 90s, year 1997
Place: tibet, himalaya, austria, chile, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In ...
Style: motivational, heartbreaking, disturbing, harsh, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: slavery, racism, survival, civil rights, torture, african american, freedom, american history, life is a bitch, black history, interracial relations, kidnapping ...
Time: 19th century, year 2013, 2010s, victorian era, ancient times ...
Place: louisiana, new orleans, america, africa, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 218 min.
Story: The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological ...
Style: epic, captivating, breathtaking, visually appealing, visually stunning ...
Audience: date night, teens, family outing, kids
Plot: desert, world war one, military, british empire, camel, imperialism, historical character, battles, islam, politics, great war, train ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, 1920s, year 1962, victorian era ...
Place: middle east, saudi arabia, ottoman empire, arabia, africa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 7.3
 122K
The Way Back (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Poland, India
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Peter Weir's follow-up to Master & Commander (2003) is the stark & brilliant The Way Back, which takes on the theme of man's struggle for freedom. At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag. The film ...
Style: epic, realistic, inspirational, road movie, rough ...
Plot: survival, escape, prison escape, wilderness, war, freedom, journey, world war two, desert, gulag, pow, convict ...
Time: 2010s, 1940s, 20th century
Place: himalaya, russia, soviet union, asia, mongolia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 8.1
 588K
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Australia, USA, UK, China
Duration: 139 min.
Story: WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Style: inspirational, touching, sentimental, harsh, motivational ...
Audience: manly
Plot: world war two, war, soldier, conscientious objector, combat, religion, survival, american soldier, military, us military, bible, u.s. army ...
Time: 1940s, year 2016, 2010s, 20th century, year 1945 ...
Place: okinawa, okinawa japan, japan, tennessee, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 8.0
 867K
The Revenant (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan, USA
Duration: 156 min.
Story: In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
Style: atmospheric, breathtaking, scenic, suspenseful, harsh ...
Audience: manly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, wilderness, revenge, vengeance, native american, snow, bear attack, life & death, nature, winter, obsessive quest, hunter ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 19th century, 90s, distant future ...
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 181 min.
Story: Wounded Civil War soldier, John Dunbar tries to commit suicide – and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
Style: scenic, touching, sentimental, epic, breathtaking ...
Plot: native american, american civil war, self discovery, culture clash, friendship, native, tribe, courage, pride and honor, native american white relationships, wolf, indians ...
Time: 19th century, 90s, victorian era, 20th century, 1800s ...
Place: kansas, south dakota, tennessee, america, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.9
 40K
The 33 (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Chile, Colombia, Spain, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Based on a true story about the collapse at the mine in San Jose, Chile that left 33 miners isolated underground for 69 days.
Style: factual, touching, suspense, serious, period piece ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: survival, disaster, rescue, life, catastrophe, stranded, natural disaster, human spirit, doctor, honest, radio, hopes ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place: chile, peru, latin america, south america
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 7.1
 231K
Everest (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Iceland
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one ...
Style: realistic, scenic, dramatic, breathtaking, suspenseful ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: survival, mountain climbing, climbing, mountain, natural disaster, snow, mountaineer, stranded, forces of nature, man versus nature, beautiful scenery, wilderness ...
Time: year 1996, year 2015, 2010s, 90s, 20th century
Place: mount everest, himalaya, nepal, asia, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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