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Castaway (1986)
4K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. The young Lucy Irving takes a chance on contacting him and after a couple of meetings they decide to go ahead. Once on the island things prove a lot less idyllic than in the movies, and gradually it becomes clear that it is Lucy who has the desire and the strength to try and see the year through.
Style:
sexy, scenic, realistic, retro, grindhouse, emotional, atmospheric, sexual, serious, surprise ending ...
Audience:
manly, kids, girls' night
Plot:
island, desert island, beautiful scenery, friendship, survival, sexy woman, character study, erotica, stranded, sailing, jungle girl, cannon, beach, jungle, starvation, beehive, travel, nature, water, social experiment, lost at sea, sea voyage, exploitation, remote island, extreme ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
fictional island, london, europe, england, antarctica, australia
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Most similar movies to Castaway
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and independent film films with plots about survival, escapades, island, nature, danger, catastrophe and stranded mostly in Drama, Adventure and Biography genres. Some movies like Castaway: Cast Away (2000), Swept Away (1974), Three (2005), Life of Pi (2012), Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Chuck, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia ditches at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and he washes up on a tiny ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, emotional, inspirational ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
survival, loneliness, isolation, island, desert island, stranded on an island, courage, determination, solitude, lost at sea, air disaster, survivor ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, y2k, year 1999, 2000s ...
Place:
fictional island, moscow russia, persia, america, pacific ocean ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Stranded and alone on a desert island during a cruise, a spoiled rich woman and a deckhand fall in love and make a date to reunite after their rescue. He is stood up.
Style:
sexy, sexual, harsh, talky, melancholic ...
Plot:
island, happy ending, sodomy, survival, abuse, fall in love, master and servant, yacht, bare breasts, stranded, love story, opposites attract ...
Time:
20th century, year 1974, 70s
Place:
mediterranean sea, italy
Similarity:
67%
11K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Luxembourg
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A millionaire and his wife are shipwrecked after a yachting accident with their former servant, Manuel.
Style:
sexy, erotic, suspense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
island, survival, desert island, cheating wife, romantic triangle, shipwreck, sex, romantic rivalry, love triangle, sex scene, sexual tension, lust ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
caribbean
Similarity:
67%
696K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada, India, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
Style:
philosophical, touching, visually appealing, reflective, scenic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, kids, family outing, chick flick ...
Plot:
survival, animal, ocean, human animal relationship, loneliness, life & death, stranded, survivor, hopes, beautiful scenery, storm at sea, journey ...
Time:
70s, year 2012, 2010s
Place:
india, america, asia, montreal, pacific ocean ...
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In this sequel to the 1980 classic, two children are stranded on a beautiful island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together and eventually become tanned teenagers in love.
Style:
sexy, teen, erotic, melancholic, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
island, children, tropical island, love affair, coming of age, teenage sex, desert island, bare chested male, teenage pregnancy, stranded on an island, teen romance, survival ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, victorian era, 19th century
Place:
fictional island, pacific ocean
Similarity:
29%
70K
Genre: 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:
atmospheric, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival, jungle, wilderness, nature, alone, wilderness survival, adventurer, survivor, amazon rainforest, rescue, raft, river ...
Time:
year 2017, 20th century, 80s, year 1981, year 1980
Place:
bolivia, south america, andes mountains
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Fiji, Jamaica
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline (Brooke Shields) and Richard ...
Style:
romantic, sexual, erotic, sexy, sensual ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, kids, girls' night ...
Plot:
island, stranded, love and romance, shipwreck, young love, beautiful scenery, coming of age, teenage love, survival, desert island, youth, fall in love ...
Time:
victorian era, turn of the century, 1890s, 19th century, year 1980 ...
Place:
fictional island, pacific ocean, san francisco
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked and he finds himself all alone on a tropical island. With a few tools he manages to rescue from the wreck he has to learn to support himself until help arrives.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
desert island, shipwreck, tropical island, robinson crusoe, survival, dog, death of dog, bare chested male, sole survivor, storm, sinking ship, tropics ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
fictional island, virginia
Similarity:
26%
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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:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
shipwreck, survival, desert island, island, ocean, stranded on an island, friendship, passionate kiss, destiny, stranded, female nudity, ship ...
Time:
year 1997, 18th century
Place:
fictional island, oceania, pacific ocean, scotland, london
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two high school students become stranded on a tropical island and must rely on each other for survival. They learn more about themselves and each other while falling in love.
Style:
touching, romantic, sexy, sexual, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
teenage love, marooned, true love, love and romance, island, stranded, teenage life, high school student, lost at sea, tropical island, youth, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
caribbean
Similarity:
23%
54K
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, visually stunning, epic, sexy, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
ocean, survival, sea voyage, boat, raft, expedition, shark, adventurer, sailing, lost at sea, fish, travel ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1947, year 2012, 2010s ...
Place:
pacific ocean, peru, polynesia, usa, south america ...
Similarity:
44%
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, realistic, suspenseful, emotional, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
survival, ocean, ship, sea, boat, disaster, man versus nature, starvation, whale, whaling, shipwreck, hunting ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 2015, 1800s, 1820s ...
Place:
ecuador, pacific ocean, new england, america, massachusetts ...
Similarity:
44%
246K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Iceland, USA, Italy
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, mountain, mountaineer, natural disaster, disaster, snow, stranded, forces of nature, frostbite, tragedy, wilderness ...
Time:
year 1996, year 2015, 2010s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
mount everest, himalaya, nepal, asia, texas
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A family of a German linguist lives with an indigenous tribe in Papua New Guinea.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, touching, crying ...
Plot:
interracial relations, jungle, social differences, society, youth, friendship, family life, fish out of water, disorder, culture clash, family in danger, social relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, indonesia, germany
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A father and his children are caught by a storm whilst sailing in Alaska. When they get shipwrecked, things go from bad to worse.
Style:
realistic, semi serious
Plot:
island, survival, wilderness, sailboat, shipwreck, rescue, family relations, disaster, danger, confined, escapades, getting home ...
Time:
80s
Place:
alaska, british columbia, usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Born Free (1966) is an Open Road Films Ltd./Columbia Pictures feature film starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, a real-life couple who raised an orphaned lion cub to adulthood, and released her into the wilds of ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, emotional, non fiction, uplifting ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night, preschool
Plot:
animal, lion, survival, nature, jungle, wildlife, environment, wild animal, human animal relationship, animal rights, lion cub, pets ...
Time:
60s, year 1966, 20th century
Place:
africa, kenya, south africa
Similarity:
42%
556
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dramatic retelling of the fateful last voyage of the Nantucket whaleship Essex. When the Essex is attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in November 1820, her crew take to three fragile whalers. Alone in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the men must ...
Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
whale, lost at sea, shipwreck, ship, survival, danger, dangerous animal, ocean, escapades, rescue, isolation, hunting ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
42%
146K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.
Style:
meditative, road movie, inspirational, uplifting, touching ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
wilderness, self discovery, survival, nature, hiking, grief, starting over, female protagonist, death of mother, tourism, human spirit, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2014, year 1995, 2010s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
california, portland oregon, oregon, usa, mojave desert ...
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the 18th-century British Caribbean colony of St. Joseph's, decadent and hedonistic aristocrats rule with an iron fist and terrorize slaves and suspected criminals with a painful whip called the "dragonard."
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
black slave, slave trade, human exploitation, rebellion, injustice, island, against the odds, adventurer, danger, escapades, heroes, rivalry ...
Time:
middle ages, 18th century
Place:
caribbean, fictional island
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark, West Germany, Norway
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The Swedish 19th century engineer S. A. Andrée sets out to become the first man on the north pole. His idea is to launch a polar expedition using a hydrogen balloon, together with two friends. The balloon, "The Eagle", takes off from ...
Style:
contemplative, bleak, sincere, epic, exciting ...
Plot:
north pole, survival, biopic, zeppelin, island, nature, ice, polar bear, flying, weather, arctic, exploration ...
Time:
19th century, year 1982, 1890s
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
John H. Groberg, a middle class kid from Idaho Falls, crosses the Pacific to become a Mormon missionary in the remote and exotic Tongan island kingdom during the 1950's. He leaves behind a loving family and the true love of his life, Jean. ...
Style:
touching, sincere, biblical, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
missionary, true love, hopes, life philosophy, friendship, biopic, fish out of water, christianity, church, love and romance, human spirit, rescue ...
Time:
year 2001, 1950s, 20th century, 50s, future
Place:
idaho, usa, hawaii
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, UK, Kenya
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Drama based loosely on the final years of Kenya game warden and lion-raiser George Adamson's life. An unofficial sequel to 'Born Free' (1966) and 'Living Free' (1972), which also dramatised the life of Adamson, this film ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, sincere
Plot:
lion, environmental, jungle, biopic, outdoor sex, poacher, lion cub, jungle adventure, environment, environmentalism, animal life, master and servant ...
Time:
80s, year 1999
Place:
africa, kenya, east africa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain, Germany, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
EntreLobos (AmongWolves) tells the remarkable story of a poor country boy named Marcos, who at the age of 7 is handed over to his father's employer, a rich landowner, who in turn delivers him to a life of labor with a hermetic goatherd in an ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, uplifting
Plot:
nature, friendship, danger, escapades, wolf, loneliness, male protagonist, beautiful scenery, animal, youth, dog, wild animal ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A dramatised historical account of the rise and fall of Urbain Grandier, a 17th-century Roman Catholic priest accused of witchcraft following alleged demonic possessions of sexually repressed nuns.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, controversial, cult classic, surreal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
inquisition, religion, priest, surrealism, politics, nun, nunsploitation, witch, torture, clergy, violent, folk horror ...
Time:
17th century, medieval times, year 2016, middle ages, year 1971 ...
Place:
france, london, europe, england
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Canada, South Africa
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Crusoe is a television adventure drama based loosely on the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes aired on NBC during the first half of the 2008–2009 television season. It follows the adventures of Robinson Crusoe: a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, baroque
Plot:
survival, shipwreck, desert island, ocean, sea disaster, wise man, wisdom of life, friends, storm, isolation, friendship, escapades ...
Time:
17th century, 18th century
Place:
england, fictional island
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Based on true events, renowned mountaineer UM Hong-gil sets out on a mission to Everest to retrieve his late junior climber's body and faces the greatest challenge of his life.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, scenic
Plot:
mountain climbing, climbing, natural disaster, hiking, forces of nature, friendship, survivor, human spirit, stranded, against the odds, mountaineer, mountaineering ...
Place:
mount everest, himalaya, nepal
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller and his wife, June, meet Anais Nin, and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin her blessing to sleep with her ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, controversial, sensual, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
sexuality, sex, writers, affair, open relationship, unfaithful wife, love triangle, sexual promiscuity, sensuality, lesbian, lesbian sex, adultery ...
Time:
1930s, year 1931, year 1932, 20th century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Englishman Robinson Crusoe, stranded alone on an island for years, is overjoyed to find a fellow man, a black islander whom he names Friday. But Crusoe cannot overcome the shackles of his own heritage and upbringing and is incapable of seeing Friday ...
Style:
independent film, captivating, biting, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
survival, blaxploitation, shipwreck, robinson crusoe, atheist, stranded, anarchist, island, interracial relations, buddies, confined, escapades ...
Time:
year 1975, 17th century
Place:
fictional island
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Jim and Artie Mitchell, two brothers who entered the porn industry in the early 60's. After creating such legendary porn films as "Behind the Green Door" and "Inside Marily Chambers", they later ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, intense, cynical, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, addiction, drug abuse, porn actor, lust, rags to riches, greed, ambition, filmmaking, rise and fall, life is a bitch, showbiz ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Night and the Moment is a 1995 erotic drama. A writer (Dafoe) is invited to the house of a noblewoman (Olin) who adores free-thinkers. He attempts to seduce her but she insists that he tell her of his past love exploits. While doing so, he takes ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, tense, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
erotica, strong sexual content, confined, writer's life, mysterious character, wooing, prison life, dishonesty, couples, cons and scams, twists and turns, lovers reunited ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
40%
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