Movies like The Ghost and the Darkness
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The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
70K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, scenic, exciting, dramatic, natural horror, perverse, atmospheric, anamorphic ...
Plot:
survival, animal attack, dangerous animal, jungle, adventurer, colonialism, lion, danger, obsessive quest, creature feature, heroes, betrayal, courage, greed, wilderness, supernatural, beautiful scenery, creature, culture clash, nature, beast, disaster, wildlife, corpse, treasure hunt ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, 1800s, turn of the century, 90s, 1890s
Place:
africa, south africa, london, kenya, east africa
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Most similar movies to The Ghost and the Darkness
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspense, suspenseful and realistic films with plots about survival, danger, escapades, nature, death, disaster and mentor mostly in Adventure, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Ghost and the Darkness: The Edge (1997), Jungle (2017), Beast (2022), Burning Bright (2010), The Hunter (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
84K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them reach civilization. However, his biggest obstacle ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, sexy, serious, clever ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, bear, danger, animal attack, grizzly bear, survivalist, bear attack, hunter, lost in the woods, billionaire, nature ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
alaska, usa, california
Similarity:
71%
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:
80%
48K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, Iceland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A recently widowed man and his two teenage daughters travel to a game reserve in South Africa. However, their journey of healing soon turns into a fight for survival when a bloodthirsty lion starts to stalk them.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
animal attack, killer animal, survival horror, father daughter relationship, animal, wild animal, lion, rescue, wilderness, monster, wilderness survival, dangerous animal ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After her lousy stepfather steals her savings to buy a vicious tiger, Kelly loses all hope of going to college. But Kelly's situation worsens when a hurricane leaves her and her autistic brother boarded up in their house with the man-eating ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
animal attack, autism, wild animal, dangerous animal, trapped, tiger, killer animal, home invasion, danger, creature feature, woman in danger, hurricane ...
Time:
jurassic, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by an anonymous biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.
Style:
suspenseful, cerebral, visually stunning, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot:
wilderness, survival, hunter, little boy, mercenary, greed, manipulation, obsessive quest, danger, bio weapon, beautiful scenery, isolation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
tasmania, oceania, australia, paris france, new zealand
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A couple on a deep-wilderness hike become hopelessly lost within an aggressive black bear's territory.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, natural horror, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, woods, nature, camping, bear, lost in the woods, dangerous animal, danger, bear attack, forest, lost ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
57%
9K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An American family on holiday in Africa becomes lost in a game reserve and stalked by lions.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, scary, perverse, tense ...
Plot:
animal attack, wilderness, nature, stalking, survival horror, survival, dangerous animal, danger, poaching, family life, escapades, creature ...
Time:
jurassic
Place:
africa, south africa, johannesburg south africa
Similarity:
67%
273K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
An oil drilling team struggles to survive after a plane crash strands them in the wilds of Alaska. Hunting them is a pack of wolves that sees them as intruders.
Style:
suspenseful, harsh, bad ending, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, animal attack, snow, hunting, wolf, dangerous animal, wolf attack, forces of nature, struggle for survival, wilderness survival, stranded ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, usa
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A thinly fictionalized account of a legendary movie director, whose desire to hunt down an animal turns into a grim situation with his movie crew in Africa
Style:
enigmatic, talky, melancholic, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
filmmaking, obsession, wilderness, movie business, elephant, storytelling, obsessive quest, danger, friends, friendship, racial slur, treasure hunt ...
Time:
50s, year 1990, 20th century, 1950s, 70s
Place:
africa, uganda, london, texas, california
Similarity:
100%
52K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa where human greed and the laws of nature have gone berserk. When the thrill-seekers -- some with ulterior motives -- stumble across a race of killer apes.
Style:
exciting, melancholic, serious, suspenseful, horror comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens
Plot:
jungle, adventurer, gorilla, animal attack, treasure hunt, survival, fight scenes, monkey, ape, creature feature, dangerous animal, danger ...
Time:
20th century, jurassic, future, 90s
Place:
congo, africa, tanzania, houston texas
Similarity:
69%
940K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Argentina
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:
realistic, atmospheric, harsh, scenic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, wilderness, revenge, vengeance, native american, snow, violent, bear attack, wilderness survival, winter, hunter, wild west ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, distant future, 90s ...
Place:
los angeles, north america, usa
Similarity:
71%
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:
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The blood orchid - A rare flower that holds the secret of eternal life and a fortune to the pharmaceutical company that finds it. Led by a two-fisted soldier of fortune, a scientific expedition is sent deep into the jungles of Borneo to locate and ...
Style:
suspense, scary, intense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, boys' night
Plot:
jungle, snake, treasure hunt, animal attack, survival, expedition, eaten alive, creature, amazon, killer animal, dangerous animal, greed ...
Time:
year 2004, jurassic, 2000s
Place:
borneo, new york, usa, indonesia
Similarity:
75%
355K
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:
suspenseful, bloody, exciting, historical drama, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, jungle, ancient history, tribe, manhunt, slavery, chase, native, ancient, death, warrior, forest ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, year 2006, 2000s, medieval times
Place:
mexico, mexico city, persia, central america
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A family in Africa is besieged by a group of lions, driven mad by the drought. They have to survive multiple attacks but some colleagues are eaten by the lions.
Style:
natural horror
Plot:
survival, trapped, killer animal, animal attack, ailurophobia, kaiju, lion, hunter, locked in, panther, creature feature, singing ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
africa, kenya
Similarity:
100%
81K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who ...
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
survival, disaster, natural disaster, race against time, tunnel, trapped, rescue, catastrophe, taxi driver, fire, self sacrifice, loss of loved one ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new jersey, new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
British explorer Henry Stanley travels to Africa in 1871 seeking missionary David Livingstone.
Style:
serious, realistic
Plot:
jungle, belgian history, imperialism, slavery, wilderness, culture clash, against the odds, missing person, interracial relations, self discovery, obsessive quest, media ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
africa
Similarity:
100%
123K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Brazil
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A "National Geographic" film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest - and deadliest - snake.
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, natural horror, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
jungle, snake, boat, animal attack, dangerous animal, survival, danger, river, giant snake, amazon river, strong violent content, killer animal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
latin america, ecuador, brazil, south america
Similarity:
60%
16K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Horror, War
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A news team is sent to Burundi to capture and bring home a legendary 25-foot crocodile. Their difficult task turns potentially deadly when a warlord targets them for death.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, natural horror, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
crocodile, killer animal, killer crocodile, animal attack, violent, gory, creature feature, chase, eaten alive, creature, mad scientist, monster ...
Time:
jurassic, 21st century
Place:
africa, usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
Style:
exciting, tense, scenic, stylized, breathtaking ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
survival, natural disaster, ocean, disaster, courage, shipwreck, forces of nature, coast guard, storm at sea, daring rescue, fisherman, ship captain ...
Time:
1950s, year 2016, 20th century, year 1951, year 1952 ...
Place:
new england, boston, massachusetts, usa, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail. Magnificent foreshadowing and anticipation fill this true-life drama while minute ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, sexy, emotional ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
disaster, ship, natural disaster, catastrophe, storm at sea, survival, storm, boat, fish, forces of nature, shipwreck, sea ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, y2k, 90s
Place:
atlantic ocean, boston, new england, nova scotia, portugal
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA, UK, Netherlands
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, period piece ...
Plot:
wilderness, expedition, british empire, betrayal, survival, gay, friendship, heroic mission, escapades, danger, colonialism, disaster ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, turn of the century, 1850s
Place:
africa, east africa, south africa, somalia, cairo egypt ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Two divers are left out at sea without a boat. There’s nothing but water for miles, unless they look at what’s underneath them...
Style:
scary, suspense, sexy, clever, psychological ...
Plot:
survival, shark, shark attack, stranded, diving, ocean, panic, isolation, lost at sea, shipwreck, animal attack, fish ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
caribbean, australia
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young teenager travels to Florida, unknowing that a group of dangerous tiger sharks are ravaging the beach.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, natural horror, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
animal attack, shark, survival, dangerous animal, youth, race against time, danger, teenage life, killer animal, shark attack, killer shark, water ...
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
100%
90K
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, Australia, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of friends whose leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins
Style:
psychological, scary, suspenseful, creepy, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, jungle, gory, ruins, tourist, vacation, danger, self sacrifice, murder, death, ancient mystery, group of friends ...
Time:
year 2008, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
mexico, oceania, latin america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the early 1800's, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilization and are making a desperate attempt to beat the oncoming winter. When guide Zachary Bass is injured in a bear attack, they decide ...
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, atmospheric, period piece ...
Plot:
wilderness, survival, bear attack, native american, paranoia, mountain man, revenge, pain, winter, trapper, wolf pack, loner ...
Time:
1820s, 1800s, year 1971, 19th century, 70s
Place:
north dakota, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This film dramatizes the true story of Farley Mowat, when he was sent to the Canadian tundra area to collect evidence of the grievous harm the wolf population was allegedly doing to the caribou herds. In his struggle to survive in that difficult ...
Style:
semi autobiographical, scenic, philosophical, anthropological, offbeat ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
wilderness, nature, wolf, mountain, scientist, arctic, camping, snow, voice over narration, skinny dipping, environment, dog ...
Time:
year 1983, 1940s, 80s, 1930s
Place:
alaska, usa, canada
Similarity:
100%
151K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Australia, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
On a remote former submarine refueling facility called Aquatica, a team of scientists are searching for a cure for Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Susan McAlester genetically engineers three Mako sharks, intending to increase their brain capacity so ...
Style:
suspenseful, entertaining, perverse, intense, natural horror ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
shark, survival, shark attack, laboratory, creature feature, dangerous animal, killer shark, killer animal, genetic engineering, experiment gone awry, giant animal, monster ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, pacific ocean
Similarity:
100%
622K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, South Africa, India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son ...
Style:
serious, captivating, thought provoking, intense, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
civil war, treasure hunt, gem, mercenary, smuggling, greed, revolution, mining, rebel, journalism, life changing, rescue ...
Time:
year 2006, 90s, year 2003, 20th century, year 1999 ...
Place:
africa, sierra leone, zimbabwe, south africa, angola ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A terrifying tale of survival in the mangrove swamps of Northern Australia.
Style:
scary, realistic, suspenseful, rough, natural horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
crocodile, swamp, animal attack, survival, couples, shark, tourist, creature, vacation, creature feature, survival horror, danger ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
australia, oceania
Similarity:
100%
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