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The Trek (2002)
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Original name: ดงพญาไฟ
Genre: Adventure
Country: Thailand
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Reports of a sighting of an extraordinary elephant lead the members of the Asian Elephant Conservation group aided by foreign researchers on a dangerous journey deep in the jungle. It takes them on a dangerous route used for smuggling amphetamine. Heading into the jungle, the team starts encountering tragedy after tragedy. Will they find this extraordinary elephant?
Style:
tense, atmospheric, suspenseful
Plot:
jungle, elephant, drug smuggling, survival, wildlife, conservation, isolation, exploration, survival horror, nature, spider, cocaine, rescue attempt, moral dilemma, snake, blood, wild animal, centipede, explosion, gun
Time:
contemporary
Place:
thailand
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Most similar movies to The Trek
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, suspenseful and atmospheric films with plots about survival, jungle, isolation, man versus nature, treasure hunt, betrayal and rescue mission mostly in Adventure, Action and Horror genres. Some movies like The Trek: Terror of the Bloodhunters (1962), Ivory Hunters (1990), Indrajith (2017), White Slave Ship (1961), The Great Elephant Escape (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
An escaped prisoner flees to the South American jungle, where he must survive not only wild animals and disease but also a ferocious Indian tribe.
Style:
intense, tense, suspenseful, retro, atmospheric ...
Plot:
jungle, survival, escaped prisoner, native tribe, danger, man versus nature, escape, threat, isolation, pursuit, disease, violence ...
Place:
south america
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Ruthless elephant killers are confronted by determined conservationists.
Style:
suspense, crime drama, tension, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
poaching, investigation, corruption, environmentalism, missing person, african, danger, smuggling, law enforcement, greed, moral dilemma, conservation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
africa
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An adventurous youngster sets out in search of a precious stone, somewhere in the forests of north east, accompanied by an archaeological survey team
Style:
suspense, tense, atmospheric
Plot:
treasure hunt, archaeology, jungle, survival, exploration, danger, quest, nature, wildlife, conspiracy, folklore, hidden treasure ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Adventure
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The Albatross travels from England to the New World in 1675, with a number of passengers, a couple of political prisoners along with a dozen other women convicts, these to be sold into slavery on arrival. The woman activist frees the dozen of ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, tense, suspenseful, action drama ...
Plot:
slavery, mutiny, seafaring, survival, human trafficking, rebellion, ship, escape, brutality, storm at sea, moral dilemma, redemption ...
Time:
17th century, 18th century, year 1961
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two young boys help an elephant escape from an African animal orphanage when he is bought by a wealthy American. The trio dodge poachers, the police and lions on a journey they'll never forget.
Style:
uplifting, feel good, emotional, suspenseful
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
elephant, animal rescue, wildlife, escape, nature, rescue mission, wilderness, children, friendship, teamwork, conservation, coming of age ...
Time:
90s
Place:
kenya, africa
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In a far away land of jungles and wild animals, there lived a little orphan boy who was all alone in the world. But he knew that no matter how hard life can be, it's always better if you can share it with a friend. This is the story of how he ...
Style:
uplifting, cute, colorful, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
elephant, orphan, friendship, heartwarming, wildlife, bonding, life lesson, surrogate family, coming of age, jungle, magic realism, resilience ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Adventure
Country: Italy, Spain, Mexico
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A crusty recluse on a Caribbean island who is dedicated to destroying sharks gets involved in a hunt for buried treasure.
Style:
suspenseful, action thriller, tense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
shark, underwater, treasure hunt, greed, mysterious stranger, diving, violence, seafaring, moral ambiguity, anti hero, betrayal, isolation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
caribbean
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Adventure
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A girl searching a forbidding jungle for her missing father stumbles upon a savage jungle girl.
Style:
visual, suspense, cult classic, period piece, exotic
Plot:
jungle, jungle girl, jungle adventure, exploration, female protagonist, survival, expedition, feral child, investigation, missing father, rescue mission, wildlife ...
Place:
africa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Adventure
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Robinson Crusoe teaches children Viernes the principles of the white man's culture and build a raft to leave the island to calling "of despair". Shortly before finishing rescue a white men and the father Friday when they will be ...
Style:
suspense, tense, period piece, atmospheric
Plot:
robinson crusoe, castaway, desert island, survival, friendship, cannibal, escape, tropical island, mutiny, danger, isolation, man versus nature ...
Time:
year 1970, 17th century
Place:
fictional island
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Ava uncovers the whereabouts of her missing father to an unchartered Island; a mythical lost world uncovered before them by her grandfather. Joined by a group of adventurers and scientists, they arrive at Jurassic Island where it becomes clear that ...
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, prehistoric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
dinosaur, island, expedition, creature feature, monster, lost world, survival, remote island, search for father, teamwork, jungle, adventurer ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Adventure
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
This adventure is set in the Philippines and chronicles the exploits of two men who survive a plane crash in the jungle. One of the men is an avaricious killer who has come to the islands to search for a fortune in diamonds. The other is an ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, thought provoking, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
jungle, isolation, smuggling, jungle adventure, survivor, wilderness, diamond, crash, airplane, buddies, survival, diamonds ...
Time:
60s
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When there’s a power outage at a safari reserve, Bear Grylls is called and he needs your help. The situation is dire: an escaped lion is headed for a nearby village; a baboon has broken free and is going towards the sea cliffs, and the power must ...
Style:
captivating, heroic, thrilling, educational, suspense ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
wildlife, nature, emergency, animal, wild animal, man versus nature, lion, survival, dangerous animal, adventure hero, problem solving, rescue ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Adventure
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A group of adventurers make off with 600 kilograms of gold in Guyana, but when their helicopter crashes in the jungle, gold fever takes over.
Style:
exciting, psychological, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
adventurer, jungle, escapades, crime gone awry, chases and races, survival, gang, nothing goes right, criminal heroes, danger, obsessive quest, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, guyana
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure
Country: Peru, Argentina
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A white man searches for a legendary gold mine in the depths of the Peruvian jungle.
Style:
art house, allegory, psychological, existential, non-linear ...
Plot:
jungle, rain forest, gold mine, greed, obsession, treasure hunt, survival, moral ambiguity, man versus nature, exploration, myth, isolation ...
Place:
south america
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure
Country: West Germany, France, Spain, Brazil
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An aviator of a commercial line disappears in the Brazilian jungle. Two friends organize an expedition to find him. As if there were not enough dangers in the Amazon, three members of the expedition have another goal: to steal a golden goddess.
Style:
tropical, action adventure, suspense, atmospheric, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
amazon, jungle, aviation, expedition, treasure hunt, rescue mission, survival, greed, betrayal, criminal, friendship, heist ...
Time:
60s
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Based on the novel Winterkill, by William Judson, Cold River is the story of an Adirondack guide who takes his young daughter and step-son on a long camping trip in the fall of 1932. When winter strikes unexpectedly early (a natural phenomenon known ...
Style:
tense, heartfelt, period piece, melancholic, independent film
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, wilderness, isolation, treasure hunt, man versus nature, family drama, father daughter relationship, camping trip, coming of age, resilience, endurance, nature ...
Time:
1930s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Adventure
Country: Canada, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An archaeologist travels to Mexico to investigate rumors of the discovery of the ancient statue of a fertility goddess.
Style:
tense, suspenseful
Audience:
adult
Plot:
archaeology, treasure hunt, expedition, ancient civilization, hidden, archaeologist, gold, museum, escapism, artifact, moral ambiguity, treasure map ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A desperate man gets involved in a risky plan to smuggle emeralds across the Mexican border in order to save his daughter's life. When the deal goes awry, he is left for dead.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
smuggling, desert, betrayal, survival, financial problem, money problems, family problems, escapades, struggle for survival, stranded in the desert, smuggler, redemption ...
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
When a group of friends sets out to uncover the treasures of a sunken shipwreck, their mission quickly morphs into a nightmarish fight for survival.
Style:
disturbing, bleak, suspenseful, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
friend, water monster, friends, wilderness survival, struggle for survival, beast, sea monster, underwater, killer shark, monster, shark, shark attack ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Cage the Bear is about a group of Ukrainian hackers who steal money from the Kremlin, designated for Russia's terrorist invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin demands their money back, and kidnaps a web reporter friend of the hackers. The Russian ...
Style:
political thriller, tense, suspenseful, action thriller, cyber ...
Plot:
hacker, kidnapping, cybercrime, espionage, kremlin, betrayal, revenge, covert operation, investigation, surveillance, cat and mouse, resistance ...
Place:
ukraine, russia, usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Australia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A rag-tag group of treasure hunters travels into the bush in search of a legendary stash of gold. The gang is soon roped into a world of danger, lies and betrayal.
Style:
action adventure, suspense, tense, independent film, noir
Plot:
treasure hunt, conflict, outback, road trip, rescue mission, greed, deception, betrayal, moral ambiguity, mistrust, survival, loot ...
Similarity:
100%
146
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Roger Singh is an animal poacher with hate in his heart, and revenge on his mind. Embittered by a recent stint in prison, Singh returns to the forbidden ivory trade only to lock horns with new game warden and former friend Mark Smith, whose ...
Style:
suspense, tension, crime thriller, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
jungle, revenge, poaching, ex convict, confrontation, vendetta, manhunt, danger, murder, violence, vigilante justice, gunfight ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
africa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Adventure
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Ad ventures of a few brave boys deep in Russian taiga.
Style:
atmospheric, suspense, period piece, tense, melancholic
Plot:
boy, taiga, forest, abandoned mine, wilderness, survival, risk, bravery, coming of age, perseverance, exploration, solidarity ...
Time:
60s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
35%
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152
Genre: Adventure
Country: Mexico
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Three Spanish conquistadors, Captain Diego de Ordaz, Gonzalo and Pedro, march to the summit of the great volcano Popocatepetl.
Style:
atmospheric, tense, meditative, existential, grim ...
Plot:
volcano, colonialism, expedition, introspection, spanish conquest, realism, survival, morality, isolation, death, religion, biopic ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An anthropologist and an alcoholic helicopter pilot discover a race of predatory reptile men in the jungles of South America.
Style:
sinister, tense, mysterious, suspense, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
jungle, jungle adventure, tribe, anthropologist, helicopter pilot, creature feature, survival, survival horror, exploration, man versus nature, cryptid, isolation ...
Time:
year 1983
Place:
south america
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1914, a British nurse, Anne, escapes an attack on her outpost in Africa. Hunted by a German-led war party, and with help from her uncle, an Army Captain, and local warriors, she embarks on an epic journey across the African hill country. She must ...
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, emotional ...
Plot:
rescue mission, world war one, enemy, soldier, warrior, fight, escapades, battles, life risking, wartime life, war, escape ...
Place:
africa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure
Country: Canada, South Africa
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A lost orphan boy and a giant elephant team up to take down an elephant poaching syndicate.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
elephant, poaching, orphan, poacher, wild animal, human animal relationship, animal human communication, fighting crime, criminal syndicate, protector, escapades, animal ...
Place:
africa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A group of people setting out to find a previously assumed land and upon reaching it, not knowing how to deal with the customs of the place, have to deal with all the consequences.
Style:
atmospheric, tense, epic, melancholic, period drama ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
lost world, exploration, arctic, expedition, survival, man versus nature, wilderness, treasure hunt, isolation, perseverance, gold rush, greed ...
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror
Country: China, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A struggling circus crew gets deceived by its former partner, as it embarks on a tour in Thailand. During the journey through a Southeast Asian rainforest, they encounter attacks by a giant python. They meet a mysterious man named Jeff who offers to ...
Style:
suspenseful, action thriller, tense, suspense
Plot:
creature feature, giant snake, survival horror, rain forest, snake, monster, killer snake, survival, man versus nature, giant animal, anthropomorphic animal, killer animal ...
Place:
thailand, southeast asia
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
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Story:
Nine challengers are abandoned at a remote tropical island, with no maps or tools, miles away from civilization. In teams of three, they must swim to different ecosystems on the same island – sun-scorched beach, twisted mangrove swamp and dense ...
Style:
tropical, entertaining, suspenseful, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
stranded, island, teamwork, wilderness, remote island, struggle for survival, adventure hero, stranded on an island, jungle adventure, pacific island, jungle, competition ...
Similarity:
31%
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