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La nouvelle malle des Indes (1981)
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La nouvelle malle des Indes (1981)
Original name: La Nouvelle Malle des Indes
Genre: Adventure
Country: France, West Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: A young English navy lieutenant sets out to prove the quickest way to reach India from London is by way of the Mediterranean and Suez rather than the long sea route around Africa and the Cape of Good Hope, which takes six months. Together with his friend, the French explorer and natural scientist Martial de Sassenage, Thomas Waghorn leaves London in October of 1829 with the aim of reaching Bombay in India in three month. The owner of a shipping line fears for the future his company should the two adventurers succeed and sends his agents to delay them along the way.
Plot: adventurer
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: india, egypt, saudi arabia

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, exciting, realistic and serious films and TV series with plots about adventurer, heroes, escapades, pirate, ocean, ship and danger mostly in Adventure, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like La nouvelle malle des Indes: In Search for Captain Grant (1986), The Corsican Brothers (1985), By Way of the Stars (1992), Maya (1967), Sandokan (1976). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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In Search for Captain Grant (1986)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Soviet Union, Bulgaria
Duration: 65 min.
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Story: Lord and Lady Glenarvan found a bottle in the ocean. this bottle contained a letter from captain Grant that he and 2 of his sailors had survived a disaster in sea and need help. Unfortunately, the letter was damaged by water, and only latitude is ...
Style: sincere, intense
Audience: family outing
Plot: travel, sea, ship captain, adventurer, obsessive quest, journey, ship, summer, sea adventure, scientist, message in a bottle, ocean ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s
Place: fictional island, ussr, patagonia, new zealand, australia
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The Corsican Brothers (1985)
Genre: Adventure
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In the 18th century were born two siamese brothers on Corsica who paradoxically carry different feelings of hate and reconciliation in their blood.
Plot: twins, good versus evil, vendetta, dead boy, swashbuckler, sword, twin brother
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: corsica
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85%
By Way of the Stars (1992)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, Germany
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Story: By Way of the Stars is an action/adventure television mini-series co-produced in 1992 by Sullivan Entertainment and German Beta-Taurus Kirch Group, that begins in 19th century Prussia, then travels through post-U.S. Civil War Charleston to the ...
Plot: colonialism, youth, escape, immigration, death of mother
Time: victorian era, year 1865, 19th century, 1860s
Place: canada, prussia
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Maya (1967)
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Maya is an hour-long U.S. adventure television series that aired on NBC, Saturdays from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. from September 16, 1967 until February 10, 1968. The series is a follow-up to the 1966 film of the same name. Set in the Indian jungle, ...
Plot: tiger, jungle, missing person, reincarnation, teenager, runaway, search for father, orphan, elephant
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Sandokan (1976)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, France, West Germany, UK
Duration: 286 min.
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Story: In this mini-series in six parts from 1976 the Indian actor Kabir Bedi plays the lead role. Carol Andre plays Lady Marianna Guillonk and as Sandokans best friend Yanez de Gomera we see Phillipe Leroy. The noble prince Sandokan is a fighter of the ...
Style: retro, atmospheric, cult classic, vintage
Audience: kids
Plot: pirate, sword fight, courage, peplum, manhunt, captain, queen, fight for freedom, heroes, swashbuckler, father daughter relationship, love ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 70s
Place: southeast asia, india, borneo
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51%
Pyramid of the Sun God (1965)
Genre: Western, Adventure
Country: West Germany, France, Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Mexico, 1864. The country is divided by the struggle against the French occupation and emperor Maximilian. The German doctor Karl Sternau and his friend Andreas Hasenpfeffer come to love the country and support the cause of the proud Mexicans.
Style: euro western, spaghetti western
Plot: bandit, native american
Time: 19th century, 1860s
Place: mexico
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48%
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Moonfleet (2013)
Genre: Adventure
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
TV show
Story: An adaptation of J Meade Falkner’s 1898 swashbuckling novel. A young man craving adventure joins a gang of smugglers in search of Blackbeard's diamond
Style: captivating, exciting, semi serious, epic, humorous ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: adventurer, heroes, treasure hunt, unlikely partners, against the odds, cons and scams, escapades, dishonesty, rivalry, youth, piracy, smuggling ...
Time: 18th century
Place: britain, england
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48%
The Prisoner of If Castle (1988)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union, France
Duration: 236 min.
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Story: A Russian version of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he ...
Plot: napoleonic era, freedom, treasure, revenge, false accusation, jealousy, prison, canceled wedding, death of friend, secret identity, prison escape, conspiracy ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: ussr, marseille, provence, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Lockruf des Goldes (1975)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Austria, France, West Germany, Romania
Duration: 370 min.
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Plot: golddigger, mountain cabin, dog, priest, native american, dancehall girl, survival, greed, husky dog, wilderness, hanging, gold rush ...
Place: east germany, switzerland, alaska
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The Most Dangerous Roads in the World (2016)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 50 min.
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Story: Eight celebrities couples venture on the perilous mud roads along deep chasms and ravines, extreme mountain passes and terrifying jungle routes in The Most Dangerous Roads.
Style: captivating
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The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1964)
Genre: Adventure
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 85 min.
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Story: Shipwrecked on an uninhabited island, Robinson Crusoe fills his time in either building a shelter for himself, or by reminiscing about the years he spent at sea and the adventures that led him to where he is. The months roll by and the hardships ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, sentimental
Audience: kids
Plot: desert island, robinson crusoe, survival, island, beach, marooned, confined, danger, pets, escapades, sea disaster, isolation ...
Time: 17th century
Place: fictional island
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Sparrowhawk (2011)
Genre: Adventure
Country: France
TV show
Style: light, exciting, entertaining, captivating
Plot: accused of murder, pirate, ocean, countryside, sea, adventure hero, rural setting, adventurer, water, sword, sea adventure, sailor ...
Time: 18th century
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43%
Huckleberry Finn and His Friends (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada, West Germany
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Huckleberry Finn and His Friends was a 1979 television series documenting the exploits of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, based on the novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by American writer Mark Twain. The series ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, uplifting, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: small town, best friend, hopes, coming of age, society, buddies, youth, mischievous children, young lovers, heroes, escapades, young heroes ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: missouri, mississippi, usa
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43%
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Hawkeye (1994)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The further adventures based on characters created by James Fennimore Cooper. Hawkeye the woodsman meets a brave English woman trying to free her husband from the French. Set during the French and Indian War in the area of the Hudson Valley.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: american revolution, colonialism, adventurer, heroes, rescue, culture clash, captivity, fort, male female friendship
Time: 18th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Midnight Is a Place (1977)
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Story: This series is about two children who are the wards of a cantankerously un-loving uncle. That uncle owns a rug factory that has the typically brutal working conditions of the time that both poor adult and child labourers have to survive. Life is ...
Plot: working conditions, industry, sewer, fire, uncle, children, child labor, poverty
Time: 19th century, victorian era
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Legacy of the Incas (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Western
Country: West Germany, Italy, Spain, Monaco, Bulgaria
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In Peru, the land of the Incas, the Indian pin their hopes on Jaucarapora. They want to him as their king who could drive back the white conquistador. A stranger appears in Lima who risks his life to rescue the president from a charging wildcat. ...
Style: spaghetti western
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Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: peru
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D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers (2005)
Genre: Adventure
Country: France, Canada, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 210 min.
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Story: Exile and possibly death are in the cards for the Queen of France in this edgy cloak-and-dagger adventure based on Alexandre Dumas' unrivaled tale of THE THREE MUSKETEERS and their reckless romantic friend D'Artagnan. Supernatural powers ...
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Adventure or Luxury (2017)
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Country: UK
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Moby Dick (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 184 min.
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Story: The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
Style: exciting, realistic, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot: ocean, ship, whale, survival, hunt down, obsessive quest, danger, rivalry, dangerous animal, sea, self destructing, escapades ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, victorian era
Place: nova scotia
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Treasure Island (1977)
Genre: Adventure
Country: UK
Duration: 190 min.
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Story: Treasure Island is a 1977 television adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous 1883 novel. It was filmed in 1977 on location in Plymouth and Dartford, and in Corsica, and also at BBC Television Centre at Wood Lane, London. Jim Hawkins ...
Plot: treasure map, pirate, piracy, bird, child in peril, dead father, ocean, murder, ship, father figure, hidden identity, deception ...
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Bigfoot and Wildboy (1977)
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Children's series about Wildboy, an orphan who was raised in the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest by the legendary Sasquatch. Wildboy and Bigfoot roamed the countryside stomping out pollution, capturing diabolical villains, and rescuing ...
Style: weird
Audience: kids
Plot: bigfoot, monster, superhero, superpower, heroes, american indian, native american, legend, feral child, father daughter relationship, forest ranger, adventurer ...
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37%
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Motion (2009)
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
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Story: Motion features host Greg Aiello as he explores a variety of outdoor activities. From the Channel Islands in California to Bryce Canyon National Park, Maui, and Big Sur, Aiello takes a Nature-lovers perspective on exploration. Often times filmed ...
Style: light, exciting, contemplative, captivating, entertaining
Plot: camping, photography, nature, hiking, travel, mountain biking, journey, adventurer, wildlife, travelogue, photograph, adventure hero ...
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37%
Mathias Sandorf (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: France, West Germany, Hungary, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: In 1867, at the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the adventures of the revolutionary count Mathias Sandorf who, having escaped an attack which cost the life of his wife, returns years later to take revenge on his political enemies.
Plot: revolt, revenge, betrayal, escape, murder, submarine, loss of daughter, attempted murder, loss of wife, pigeon, banker, foster child ...
Time: 19th century
Place: hungary, morocco
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982)
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Bring 'Em Back Alive is an adventure television series starring Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan and Ron O'Neal. The series was shown in the United States from September 1982 to May 1983. Set in Singapore, it was one of several shows like ...
Plot: hotel, hunter, world war one, wild animal, big game hunter, smuggler, sultan, animal lover, world war two, love interest, hotel manager, adventurer ...
Time: 1930s, year 1939
Place: southeast asia, asia, singapore
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Favorite (1989)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Switzerland, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A French girl is kidnapped and sold as slave to the sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Style: serious, realistic, stylized, epic, independent film
Plot: sultan, femdom, world history, rivalry, intrigue, love and romance, confined, head of state, state affairs, society, royal court, dehumanization ...
Time: 19th century
Place: turkey, ottoman empire
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Around the World in 80 Days (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, History
Country: France, Germany, Italy, South Africa, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Following an outrageous bet, Fogg and his valet, Passepartout, take on the legendary journey of circumnavigating the globe in just 80 days, swiftly joined by aspiring journalist Abigail Fix, who seizes the chance to report on this extraordinary ...
Style: captivating, feel good, semi serious, entertaining, humorous ...
Plot: travel, adventurer, around the world, escapades, master and servant, travelogue, road trip, ship, journalism, interracial romance, train, gentleman ...
Time: victorian era, 1870s, 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Sharpe's Mission (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: Sharpe is teamed with a Colonel he helped promote and they are tasked to destroy a powder magazine, but an alliance with the French may threaten their success. Meanwhile, Jane is wearying of the army life and Harper and Ramona are at odds.
Style: period drama
Plot: napoleonic wars, napoleonic era, french revolution, napoleon bonaparte, spanish history, special forces, british army, british soldier, scout, traitor, disfigured face, journalist ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Thunder in Paradise (1994)
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Thunder in Paradise was a one-hour action-adventure TV series from the creators of Baywatch, which starred Hulk Hogan, Chris Lemmon, and Carol Alt. This first-run syndicated TV series originally premiered as a straight-to-video feature film in ...
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, nautical ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: resort, chase, beach, fighting crime, partner, chases and races, rescue, save the day, boat, mercenary, adventurer, hi-tech ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Sharpe's Revenge (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
TV show
Story: Sharpe is framed as the thief who stole Napolean's gold, and he must clear his name to avoid execution. Meanwhile his wife Jane - urged on by a friend - makes some questionable choices.
Style: period drama
Plot: napoleonic wars, napoleonic era, french revolution, british soldier, framed for a crime, napoleon bonaparte, sword fight
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Tai-Pan (1986)
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The film begins following the British victory of the first Opium War and the seizure of Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and the terrain unfriendly, it has a large port that both the British government and various trading ...
Style: independent film, epic, serious, realistic
Plot: rivalry, chivalry, sorcery, seafaring, british history, interracial relations, historical event, businessman, competition, ocean, adventurer, dishonesty ...
Time: year 1986, 1840s, victorian era, 19th century
Place: hong kong, china, asia, england, europe ...
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