Movies like White Lion
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White Lion (2010)
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: South Africa
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
According to the legend of the Shangaan, white lions are the messengers of the gods, but it has been years since one has been seen in their remote African valley. When a white lion is miraculously born into that valley, a young Shangaan named Gisani, finds himself destined to protect this rare and magnificent creature at all costs. This young lion, whom will be known as Letsatsi, is cast from his pride and forced to embark upon a perilous journey of survival.
Style:
sincere, emotional, exciting, colourful, serious, captivating, realistic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
lion, survival, hunter, friendship, wilderness, legends and myths, teaching the ways of the world, animals, death of friend, friends, escapades, crocodile, children, snake, hunting, journey, owl, safari, camping, hyena, elephant, lion cub, giraffe, little boy, butterfly ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
africa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and touching films with plots about youth, friendship, escapades, family relations, friends, danger and wilderness mostly in Drama, Family and Adventure genres. Some movies like White Lion: Pride (2004), The Maiden and the Wolves (2008), The Fox and the Child (2007), The Call of the Wild (2020), Living Free (1972). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Family, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of Suki, a lioness cub, who rebels against her mother and her Pride to mate with an unsuitable lion from the other side of the river.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, sincere, colourful
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
lion, family relations, survival, rescue, wilderness, young heroes, escapades, coming of age, death in the family, getting home, hopes, river ...
Place:
africa
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Not long before World War I, in a French Alpine town near the Italian border, a pack of slaughtered wolves is delivered to local taxidermist Leon (Patrick Chesnais). A surviving black cub comes down from the mountains looking for his family, and is ...
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emotional, serious, disturbing, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
wolf, survival, mountain, escapades, beast, wilderness, world war one, female protagonist, animals, forest, nature, dangerous animal ...
Time:
1910s, 1920s, post world war one
Place:
alps, france, europe
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100%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young girl of about 10 years lives in a solitary peasant's house on the edge of the jurassic mountains in the East of France. One day in autumn, when she is on her way to school through the forest, she observes a hunting fox. Of course, the ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, touching, sentimental, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
fox, little girl, forest, human animal relationship, nature, friendship, environmentalism, friends, animal life, animals, vixen, youth ...
Time:
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Place:
france, europe
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A sled dog struggles for survival in the wilds of the Yukon.
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sincere, captivating, disturbing, inspirational, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
dog, survival, dog sled, wolf, gold rush, friendship, wolf pack, gold, grizzly bear, snow, animals, disney ...
Time:
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Place:
alaska, yukon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Elsa's three mischievious cubs begin wreaking havok on the nearby villages, Joy and her husband are forced to move them hundreds of miles to a game preserve.
Style:
serious, realistic
Audience:
preschoolers, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
lion, animals, pets, lion cub, family relations, animal life, family life, escapades, getting home, hopes, adventurer, heroes ...
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70s
Place:
africa, kenya
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Films like The Call of the Wild
18K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.
Style:
touching, scenic, uplifting, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
animals, survival, wilderness, nature, bear, dog, hunting, friendship, orphan, forest, heroic mission, youth ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
canada, antarctica, british columbia
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42%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After her grandfather's death, 20-year-old Alma decides to go back to her childhood home - a little island in the heart of the majestic Canadian forest. Whilst there, she rescues two helpless cubs: a wolf and a lion. They forge an inseparable ...
Style:
feel good, sincere, captivating, disturbing, entertaining
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
animals, lion, wolf, dangerous animal, human animal relationship, animal human communication, friendship, human animal friendship, friends, animal lover, animal training, animal that acts human ...
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41%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A little girl leaves home with her pet dog and rabbit to escape abuse and find the ocean in the hopes of feeling closer to her father who has passed away.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, captivating
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
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Time:
60s
Place:
alabama, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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259
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When her mother died, 10 year old girl Misa's world stopped. And when her father, along with her new girlfriend, wants to spend the summer in the Swedish province Skåne she refuses to come with them. Misa's father reluctantly agrees that ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
wolf, coming of age, wilderness, friendship, youth, fish out of water, forest, remarry, village, girl, nature, hiking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
sweden, europe, eastern europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
While in Canada Timmy and Lassie encounter a downed hot air ballonist. By accident they end up in the balloon which takes them into the wilderness. The young boy and his dog must find a way to survive even fending off a wild pig.
Style:
serious, psychotronic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dog, animals, nature, youth, rescue, risk, animal life, wilderness, escapades, pets, heroes, survival ...
Time:
60s
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the 1850's, a young boy and his family on their way West become stranded in the Rockies. With the help of a local mountain man, a Sioux medicine man, and a legendary bear knows as "Walking Thunder," the boy learns to become a man, ...
Style:
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Audience:
family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
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38%
8K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An orphaned cheetah becomes the best friend and pet of a young boy living in South Africa.
Style:
sweet, touching, sentimental, captivating, sexy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers, teens, girls' night
Plot:
wild animal, animals, lion, rescue, adolescence, youth, bully, coming of age, desert, childhood, cheetah, wilderness ...
Place:
africa, south africa, kenya
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37%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Eskil moves from town to town with his father in Northern Sweden. He misses his mother and sucks at playing hockey, the main activity among the boys his age. Things changes when he meets Trinidad, a mysterious woman who lives outside society ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, feel good, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
friendship, family relations, parents and children, village life, coming of age, father son relationship, father and son, friends, sport team, village, youth, self confidence ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, sweden, eastern europe
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36%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, History, War
Country: USA, France, South Africa
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The tale of the extraordinary life and times of Lucky, a horse that was born in captivity but achieves his dream of running free with the help of a stableboy.
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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36%
630
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
SMITTY is a family film about a rescue dog. When life gets tough for Ben, a friendly paw is all it takes to pull him through. Mischievous thirteen-year-old Ben is sent to his grandfather's farm for the summer, where he crosses paths with a ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, light, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, friendship, pets, family relations, coming of age, farm, single parent, dog, teaching the ways of the world, redemption, friends, hopes ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Anne, now a middle-aged woman, is troubled by recent events in her life. Her husband, Gilbert, has been killed overseas as a medical doctor during World War II. Her two daughters are pre-occupied with their own young families and her adopted son ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, feel good, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France, Bulgaria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Greenland, 1908. Josephine, self-confident and bold wife of famous Arctic explorer Robert Peary, embarks on a dangerous journey in pursuit of her husband who is seeking a route to the North Pole. But Josephine is also naïve and ignores warnings ...
Style:
captivating, serious, tense, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, couples, escapades, friendship, women, woman, friends, struggle for survival, strong female presence, couple relations, love ...
Time:
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Place:
greenland
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When the owner of a Yorkshire coal-mine decides to mechanize to increase profits, the mine's pit ponies are scheduled to be destroyed. So, three children plan to steal them to keep them safe. But when they're caught, it's up to the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, touching, feel good
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
horse, disney, coal mining, pony, coming of age, girl horse relationship, animal life, friends, friendship, child as adult, fighting the system, youth ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
yorkshire, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The story of three pets, a cat and two dogs, who lose their owners when they are all on vacation. Can they find their way home?
Style:
touching, humorous, melancholic, road movie, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
kids, preschoolers, teens, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
dog, disney, cat, animals, wilderness, friendship, beautiful scenery, pets, switching places, vengeance, secrets, island ...
Time:
60s
Place:
canada
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34%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A youth (Russ Hanson) attempts to re-introduce a domesticated wolf to the wild.
Style:
captivating, serious
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In this third movie about Shiloh, Judd Travers is accused of killing a man he once fought in a bar. Everyone in the town consider Judd to be guilty except Marty Preston, but even him has some doubts. Trying to clear Judd's name Marty and his ...
Style:
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34%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family
Country: Canada, South Africa
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Two kids and their dog must use all their skills to survive in the African bush after a plane crash.
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dog, air disaster, escapades, cave, child in peril, wilderness, pets, youth, survival, giraffe, elephant, hyena ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The lives of three 12-year-old buddies -- sharing a carefree existence in the summer of 1970 -- suddenly change when one of them, Dustin, makes an unexpected friend after cutting the lawn of 75-year-old Jonathan Sperry. As Jonathan shares lessons in ...
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
While out and about tending to his herd, young shepherd Larus meets a mysterious little girl named Tinke. Quickly realizing that the girl is alone, Larus brings Tinke some food and slowly builds a friendship with her. Tinke, whose parents died ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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33%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
This kid has to move to a farm in his summer vacation and don't get to go to Norway Cup as he had planned for. Out on the country there is bad cellphone reception, cow smell and inbreed farmers as far as the eye can see. The family Volvo get ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, captivating
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
When courageous young Neera becomes separated from her family in the desert, she chances upon a wild colt. Together they find friendship, trust, and their way back home only to discover her family is about to lose everything!
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serious, touching, realistic
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A group of men are on safari. One of the party refuses to give a gift to a tribe they encounter. The tribe is offended, seizes the party, and one-by-one, kills all but one of the safari members in various creative and horrifying ways. The last ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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33%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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32%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: China, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Zhigen, an old Chinese farmer, has lived alone in Beijing for over 20 years after moving to the city to allow his son Chongyi to attend university. He decides to make the long journey from Beijing to Yangshuo to honour the promise he made to his ...
Style:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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