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Hatari! (1962)
16K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos. Will the arrival of a female wildlife photographer change their ways?
Style:
exciting, humorous, black and white, feel good, realistic, semi serious, surprise ending, tense, funny, light ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
safari, wildlife, friendship between men, rocket, female photographer, romantic rivalry, rhinoceros, male bonding, jungle, chase, hunting, hunter, elephant, male female relationship, jungle adventure, dancing, native american, monkey, violence, tough guy, photographer, alcoholic, wild animal, hospital, lion ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
africa, california, american
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, realistic, semi serious and humorous films with plots about jungle, escapades, danger, jungle adventure, chase, elephant and murder mostly in Adventure, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like Hatari!: White Hunter Black Heart (1990), The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1989), Romancing the Stone (1984), Rampage (1963). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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%
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 ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, scenic, exciting ...
Plot:
survival, animal attack, dangerous animal, jungle, adventurer, colonialism, lion, danger, obsessive quest, creature feature, heroes, greed ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, 1800s, turn of the century, 90s ...
Place:
africa, south africa, east africa, kenya, london
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Africa, Botswana, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Xixo is back again. This time, his children accidentally stow away on a fast-moving poachers' truck, unable to get off, and Xixo sets out to rescue them. Along the way, he encounters a couple of soldiers trying to capture each other and a pilot ...
Style:
funny, feel good, humorous, entertaining, talky ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
culture clash, desert, adventurer, farce, danger, nothing goes right, goofy hero, rescue, disorder, friendship, fish out of water, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
africa, south africa, persia, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, exciting, light, sexy ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, date night, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, jungle, unlikely couple, opposites attract, chase, adventurer, escapades, jungle adventure, treasure map, travel, map, stranded ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, future
Place:
south america, colombia, new york, latin america, central america
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Adventure, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A German zoo hires two hunters to catch a rare breed of panther in Malaysia. The girlfriend of one of the hunters accompanies them on their hunt.
Style:
retro, independent film, serious
Plot:
jungle, jungle adventure, zoo, love triangle, animal life, couples, infidelity, danger, escapades, wildlife, hybrid animal, pride ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
malaysia, asia, west germany, germany
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47%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, USA, Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
Style:
visually stunning, scenic, exciting, fairy tale, period piece ...
Audience:
family friendly, manly, family outing, girls' night, teens
Plot:
jungle, tarzan, feral child, superhero, lone hero, slavery, animal attack, revenge, brutality, animal, colonialism, geopolitics ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, year 2016, 2010s, future ...
Place:
africa, congo, united kingdom, london, england ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true story of indomitable Kuki Gallmann, the film tells of a beautiful and inquisitive woman who had the courage to escape from her comfortable yet monotonous life in Italy to start anew in the African wilderness with her son, ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, touching, realistic, scenic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
husband wife relationship, fighting the system, pregnancy, family problems, family relations, rebellion, animal life, society, parents and children, jungle, poacher, car accident ...
Place:
africa, south africa, kenya, italy
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans to claim uncharted territories in West Africa as proof of his inventions worth.
Style:
exciting, semi serious, humorous, psychotronic
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
balloon, flying, camel, jungle adventure, steampunk, space, adventurer, treasure hunt, escapades, master and servant, journalism, hotshot hero ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, 1860s
Place:
africa, west africa, britain
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An American boy and girl, spending six months in Kenya with their scientist parents adopt a cheetah, only to realize that they must set it loose so that it can learn to hunt and be free. However, when the animal is captured by poachers planning to ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, melancholic, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
animal, teenage girl, summer vacation, poacher, wild animal, jungle, cheetah, coming of age, teenage boy, mother daughter relationship, girl, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
africa, kenya, usa, california, hawaii
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When Quinn, a grouchy pilot living the good life in the South Pacific, agrees to transfer a savvy fashion editor, Robin, to Tahiti, he ends up stranded on a deserted island with her after their plane crashes. The pair avoid each other at first, ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, sexy, cute, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
island, survival, stranded, jungle, desert island, love and romance, opposites attract, battle of the sexes, disaster, couples, initially antagonists, fall in love ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hawaii, tahiti, fictional island, pacific ocean, usa ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a native village is apparently terrorized by a Lion, the local sergeant enlists the help of a veterinarian working at a nearby animal study center. It is soon discovered that the Lion has a unique problem, it has double vision due to the fact ...
Style:
captivating, semi serious, realistic
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
jungle adventure, animal, cat, explorer, lost world, lion, veterinarian, poacher, disability, animal life, family relations, black market ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
africa
Similarity:
41%
855
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Young Tina lives with her mother and stepfather on a wildlife reserve in Kenya. While her stepfather believes this is a wonderful environment for her to grow up in, her mother becomes increasingly concerned by her behaviour. These concerns are ...
Style:
romantic drama
Audience:
teens
Plot:
jungle, jungle adventure, human animal relationship, lion, explorer, safari, lost world, wilderness, youth, stepfather, husband wife relationship, girl ...
Place:
africa, kenya, east africa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family
Country: Australia, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A tale of two elephant brothers, Tutu and Zef, in search of their mother, and the menagerie of wild creatures they encounter along the way. Just days after the birth of baby elephant Tutu, human hunters arrive late at night and decimate the herd. ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, sincere, touching, fairy tale
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
mischievous children, adventurer, righting the wronged, family life, danger, escapades, orphan, rescue, getting home, elephant, hunter, jungle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
41%
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 ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, rough, fast paced ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, tribe, hunter, manhunt, native, on the run, cannibalism, danger, adventurer, culture clash, desert ...
Time:
19th century, 60s, 1800s
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After retrieving the Crystal Skull in Utah, Flynn Carsen receives a map in the mail with the secret location of King Solomon's Mines. When the scroll is stolen, Judson explains the power of the Key of Solomon's book and assigns Flynn to ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, semi serious, spoof, mythical ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
archaeologist, treasure hunt, archeological dig, artifact, adventurer, museum, heroes, chase, expedition, obsessive quest, good versus evil, save the world ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
During World War One an English adventurer, an American elephant poacher and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battle-cruiser which is awaiting repairs in an inlet just off Zanzibar. The story is based on a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, slapstick ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war one, great war, 007, revenge, husband wife relationship, loss of child, father in law son in law relationship, ivory, sea disaster, jungle adventure, world war, woman with a gun ...
Time:
1910s, year 1976
Place:
africa, east africa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Action, Adventure, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Bill and Ginny are invited by a naturalist friend to take care of his home in Africa while he is away, and they find themselves adopted by three orphan elephants.
Style:
independent film, semi serious, humorous, epic, offbeat ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
wildlife, nature, survival, elephant, naturalist, safari, animal life, friends, family relations, pets, escapades, fish out of water ...
Time:
70s
Place:
africa, kenya
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When her husband abruptly ends their marriage, empty nester Kate embarks on a solo second honeymoon in Africa, finding purpose and potential romance.
Style:
sweet, rom com, light, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
elephant, animal rescue, christmas, safari, savannah, love interest, male female relationship, journey, veterinarian, introspection, animal, nature ...
Place:
africa, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.
Style:
road movie, crying, spectacular, action comedy, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, car chase, truck, sheriff, trucker, desert, on the road, elephant, racing, road trip, car crash, argument ...
Time:
year 1980, 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
texas, miami, atlanta georgia, florida, usa ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.
Style:
hood, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
blaxploitation, private detective, sex, nude black woman, exploitation, nudity, black, gangster, gunfight, violence, slavery, male nudity ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
africa, ethiopia, paris france, france, italy ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Australia, South Africa, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Tarzan returns to his homeland of Africa to save his home from destruction.
Style:
exciting, fairy tale, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
tarzan, jungle, treasure hunt, archaeologist, obsessive quest, jungle adventure, magic, chase, violence, fictional country, explorer, monkey ...
Time:
year 1998, 1910s, edwardian era
Place:
africa, europe, england, new jersey
Similarity:
40%
175K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Follows a reclusive romance novelist who was sure nothing could be worse than getting stuck on a book tour with her cover model, until a kidnapping attempt sweeps them both into a cutthroat jungle adventure, proving life can be so much stranger, and ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, funny, cute, rom com, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
kidnapping, treasure, treasure hunt, novelist, jungle, snake, bodyguard, cargo plane, model, woman in jeopardy, volcano, agoraphobia ...
Time:
2020s, future
Place:
canary islands, fictional island
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: South Africa, Botswana
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Misery is brought to a small group of Sho in the Kalahari desert in the form of a cola bottle. In his quest to throw the evil object over the edge of the earth, Xixo encounters Western "civilization," a haphazard doctor and a tyranical ...
Style:
funny, light, humorous, cult classic, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
desert, culture clash, tribe, wilderness, on the road, rivalry, danger, heartwarming, wild animal, african, road trip, animal ...
Time:
year 1980, 80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
africa, south africa, cape town south africa
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sean Odkin loves to dance much to his fathers distain. When the woman he loves cannot return his love Sean goes in search of the only thing that can make him whole again and that is dancing.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
brother brother relationship, dancing, father son relationship, tap dance, working class, love triangle, dancer, friendship between men, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, one night stand, dance, car thief ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 1930s
Place:
australia, sydney australia, new jersey, new zealand
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Nathaniel Williamsen (O'Keefe) is taken to an island mission with his fiancee Sophie (Seagrove). Their ship, the Rona, is captained by the roguish Bully Hayes (Jones), who also takes a liking to Sophie. When Sophie is kidnapped by slave trader ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, bleak
Plot:
female warrior, naval battle, pirate, pirate ship, chivalry, rescue, island, kidnapping, treasure hunt, steamship, male female relationship, village ...
Time:
1800s, 19th century, year 1983, 80s
Place:
pacific ocean, spain
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.
Style:
sentimental, touching, neo western, funny, spaghetti western ...
Plot:
cowboy, circus, small town, bank robbery, gunfight, horse, modern western, stepmother, hidden treasure, amusement park, carnival, presumed dead ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s, 1930s, 80s
Place:
new york, idaho, montana, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
40%
5K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Roar follows a family who are attacked by various African animals at the secluded home of their keeper.
Style:
mondo, disturbing, surreal, creepy, independent film ...
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
tiger, lion, lion cub, animal attack, leopard, cat, bare chested male, blood, experiment, human animal relationship, wildlife, murder ...
Time:
year 2016, 80s, year 1981
Place:
africa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Reporter J.J. wants to write a story about an Afrika rallye, 3000 km across desert and steppe. Unfortunately her driver and car get lost only days before the start, so she hires ex-stuntman Eddie and buys a wreck of a car from her last money. Eddie ...
Style:
road movie, independent film, semi serious, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
auto racing, racing, car, chase, reporter, fast car, mitsubishi, race, classic car, rally, media, contests and competitions ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
africa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both ...
Style:
costume drama, sexy, touching, harsh, serious ...
Plot:
tarzan, jungle, adventurer, culture clash, stranded, orphan, feral man, unrequited love, ape, animal cruelty, justice, rescue ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, turn of the century, 1890s, 1900s ...
Place:
africa, england, london, united kingdom, europe ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Financed by Lord Carter and led by Captain Fox, an expedition is mounted to find and capture a jungle-man who lives in Africa.
Style:
suspense, thrilling, grim, exotic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
jungle adventure, expedition, exploitation, tarzan, survival, colonialism, violence, lost world, creature feature, cannibalism, moral ambiguity, forbidden romance ...
Time:
70s
Place:
africa, turkey
Similarity:
40%
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