Movies like In a Savage Land

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In a Savage Land (1999)
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In a Savage Land (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Two anthropologists married to each other go to an island off of Papua New Guinea for field research in pre-World War II. Eventually the war breaks out and many lives are disrupted and complicated.
Style: anthropological, period drama
Plot: newlyweds, love, survival, world war two, nature, destiny, flirting, woman power, scientist, female nudity, love triangle, tomb, book, suicide, aborigine, photograph, lust, scotsman, missionary, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, sexism, death of husband, anthropology, old woman ...
Time: 1930s
Place: papua new guinea, southeast asia, pacific ocean
Keyword: scot

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Most similar movies to In a Savage Land

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, independent film and captivating films with plots about survival, nature, wilderness, indigenous, journey, escapades and death mostly in Drama, Adventure and Biography genres. Some movies like In a Savage Land: Walkabout (1971), Amazon (1990), Charlie's Country (2013), Robinson Crusoe (1997), The Sheltering Sky (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Walkabout (1971)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with ...
Style: road movie, atmospheric, visual, visually stunning, scenic ...
Audience: kids, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, suicide, desert, wilderness, survival, teenage girl, australian outback, rite of passage, culture clash, children, brother sister relationship, language barrier ...
Time: year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place: australia, oceania, britain, adelaide south australia, sydney australia
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95%
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Amazon (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Finland, Brazil, France, Canada, Germany, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Widowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bush pilot introduces him to the idea of gold mining in the jungle, but a beautiful and educated local woman warns him about the possible consequences ...
Style: semi serious, independent film
Plot: environmental, tribe, rain forest, heist, love affair, culture clash, destiny, society, adventurer, survival, danger, escapades ...
Time: 80s
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil, finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
Charlie's Country (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Blackfella Charlie is getting older, and he's out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the proper policing of whitefella laws that don't generally make much sense, and Charlie's ...
Style: semi autobiographical, realistic, thought provoking, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: racism, culture clash, introspection, society, against the rules, elderly, social misfits, escapades, wilderness, indigenous people, self discovery, alienation ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: australia, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Robinson Crusoe (1997)
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: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: shipwreck, survival, desert island, island, ocean, friendship, stranded on an island, destiny, stranded, jungle, adventurer, passionate kiss ...
Time: year 1997, 18th century
Place: fictional island, london, scotland, oceania, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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The Sheltering Sky (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 138 min.
Story: An American couple (John Malkovich, Debra Winger) drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.
Style: road movie, scenic, visually appealing, surreal, erotic ...
Plot: desert, sahara desert, travel, infidelity, on the road, traveler, husband wife relationship, existentialism, beautiful scenery, sex scene, heat wave, art history ...
Time: 1940s, 80s
Place: africa, morocco, north africa, new york
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77%
Never Cry Wolf (1983)
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: scenic, semi autobiographical, philosophical, offbeat, anthropological ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: wilderness, nature, wolf, snow, scientist, survival, mountain, arctic, camping, environment, environmental, voice over narration ...
Time: year 1983, 1940s, 80s
Place: alaska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In 1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a trek across the Outback.
Style: touching, emotional, poignant, factual, heartbreaking ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: child abuse, aborigine, australian outback, racism, kidnapping, children, australian aboriginal, culture clash, survival, indigenous people, women, colonialism ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 2002, year 1931
Place: australia, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Yolngu Boy (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After committing a crime for which he is likely to be jailed, a Yolngu teenager convinces two of his childhood friends to join him on a journey from North East Arnhem Land to Darwin to seek help from a tribal leader.
Style: independent film
Plot: aborigine, australian aboriginal, bad father, indigenous people, journey, hunter, alcoholism, burglary, juvenile delinquency, father son reunion, friendship between men, teenager ...
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Ten Canoes (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A story within a story within a story. In Australia's Northern Territory, an Aboriginal narrator tells a story about his ancestors on a goose hunt. A youngster on the hunt is being tempted to adultery with his elder brother's wife, so an ...
Style: atmospheric, melancholic, realistic, serious, witty ...
Plot: tribe, australian aboriginal, swamp, vengeance, indigenous people, murder, love and romance, couples, forbidden love, heroes, couple relations, expedition ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s
Place: australia, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Lost in the Barrens (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The story of two very different boys in the Canadian wilderness. They must learn to depend on each other in order to survive.
Audience: family outing
Plot: survival, wilderness, bear attack, nature, winter, treasure hunt, snow, treasure hunter, stranded, trapped, scenery, friendship between boys ...
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Hagbard and Signe (1967)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Denmark, Iceland, Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The mountain slopes of Iceland are shown to excellent advantage in the Scandinavian epic Hagbard and Signe. The story, based on an ancient legend, concerns Hagbard (Oleg Vidov), the son of a slain Norse king. Seeking revenge against the rival clan ...
Plot: viking, medieval, chess, king, time machine, youth, sauna, horse, hunting, gold, sword, river ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 5th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Map of the Human Heart (1992)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Australia, UK, Canada, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Fantastic improbabilities, happenstance and the undying bridge of love are part of this romantic fantasy about an Inuit who crosses years, oceans and the ravages of WWII to find his childhood love, a Metis girl, but finds that their cultures are the ...
Style: romantic, realistic, emotional, touching, retro ...
Plot: world war two, love, friendship, destiny, bittersweet, runaway, loneliness, hospital, love hurts, wilderness, indigenous people, time travel ...
Time: 1940s, year 1992, 1930s, 90s, 60s ...
Place: canada, england, germany, london, montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Netherlands, France, Spain, Australia
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A man is forced to confront a dangerous female jaguar and his own past through the sacrificial killing of the beast he has grown to love.
Style: serious, captivating, touching, exciting, independent film
Plot: amazon tribe, courage, survival, killing an animal, wilderness, hunter, recluse, tribe, native american, corpse, death of wife, dentist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Tracks (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Accompanied only by her faithful dog and four camels, an Australian satisfies her craving for solitude by embarking on a solo trip across the desert from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean.
Style: uplifting, touching, scenic, atmospheric, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: wilderness, desert, solitude, camel, survival, travel, human spirit, photographer, explorer, beautiful scenery, obsessive quest, dog ...
Time: year 1977, 20th century, 2010s, 70s, year 1976 ...
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Edie (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: To try and overcome a lifetime of bitterness and resentment, an older lady decides to climb a mountain in Scotland.
Style: psychological, thought provoking, disturbing, captivating, inspirational
Plot: senior citizen, road not taken, old woman, guide, mountain climbing, nature, elderly, ambitious woman, elderly woman, ambition, direction and purpose, elderly man ...
Place: scotland, scottish highlands
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54%
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Land (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Edee, in the aftermath of an unfathomable event, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world she once knew and in the face of that uncertainty, retreats to the magnificent, but unforgiving, wilds of the Rockies. After a local hunter brings ...
Style: psychological, sincere, captivating, serious
Plot: solitude, nature, living alone, family tragedy, fishing, female protagonist, mountain, native american, wilderness, new life, mountain cabin, rocky mountains ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: wyoming, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Jericho (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 90 min.
Story: At early 16th century a priest joins the spanish conquerros in order to bring christianity to the indios. The expedition is murdered by the indios, only the priest is sparred. Santiago, the priest, first tries to continue christianization, but ...
Style: road movie
Plot: spanish conquest, children, amazon rainforest, native american, colonial america, invasion, priest, male nudity, female nudity, religious conflict, conquistador, indians ...
Time: 16th century
Place: venezuela
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Flight of a Bird (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Polyot Ptitsy has been given the gift of seeing his deceased brother, but when a new love interest is in trouble he must choose between saving a life or continuing to see his brother everyday.
Plot: love, husband wife relationship, marriage, destiny, actress, cameraman, poet, observatory, unfaithful wife, adultery, photograph, journalist ...
Time: 1930s
Place: soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Tanna (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, Vanuatu
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In a traditional tribal society in the South Pacific, a young girl, Wawa, falls in love with her chief’s grandson, Dain. When an inter-tribal war escalates, Wawa is unknowingly betrothed as part of a peace deal. The young lovers run away, refusing ...
Style: captivating, sentimental, realistic, psychological, dramatic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: pacific island, tradition, native tribe, tribe, volcano, forced marriage, conflict, warrior, love, tragic love, forbidden love, lovers ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: africa, oceania, pacific ocean
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49%
Chac: The Rain God (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Mexico, Panama
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Unique story of a village's attempts to solve drought by appealing to the powers of a mysterious mountain-dwelling diviner.
Style: spiritual, mystic, esoteric, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot: myth, mysticism, jungle, native, occult, indigenous people, mountain, survival, village, danger, imaginary, adventurer ...
Time: 70s
Place: mexico, latin america, guatemala, central america
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Savage Is Loose (1974)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A husband, wife and their son are stranded on a remote island with no way off; as the son grows older, sexual tensions emerge.
Style: sexual, independent film
Plot: mother son incest, oedipus complex, survival, mother, island, sexual tension, incest, bare chested male, wife, mother love, teenage boy, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 1900s, 1910s
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48%
The Earthling (1980)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Patrick Foley has been on the move all his live. Tired of drifting, he wants to spend his last days in an isolated Australian valley where he grew up. On his difficult journey he meets Shawn, a little desperate city-boy whose parents were killed in ...
Style: anamorphic, surreal, serious, independent film
Plot: coming of age, survival, youth, tragedy, homeless, nature, wilderness, orphan, culture clash, isolation, escapades, heroes ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Rugged Gold (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A woman struggles to survive in the Alaskan frontier after separating from her family because of an earthquake.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating
Plot: survival, nature, golddigger, wilderness, isolation, missing child, remarry, child in peril, disaster, heroic mission, parents and children, forces of nature ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Black Robe (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Canada, Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In the 17th century a Jesuit priest and a young companion are escorted through the wilderness of Quebec by Algonquin Indians to find a distant mission in the dead of winter. The Jesuit experiences a spiritual journey while his young companion falls ...
Style: realistic, bleak, historically accurate, period piece, sad ...
Plot: native american, wilderness, indians, shaman, christian, religion, colonialism, christianity, jesuit, nature, snow, church ...
Time: 17th century, year 1991
Place: canada, quebec, america
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46%
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I Am David (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Based on Anne Holm's acclaimed young adult novel North to Freedom, I Am David chronicles the struggles of a 12-year-old boy (Ben Tibber) who manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own -- through sheer will and determination. All ...
Style: emotional, sentimental, touching, uplifting, tense ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: boy, self discovery, friendship, coming of age, rescue, children, hopes, human spirit, danger, courage, boyhood, holocaust ...
Time: year 2003, 1950s, year 1951, post world war two, year 1952
Place: denmark, switzerland, italy, europe, greece ...
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45%
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One Week (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Ben Tyler (Joshua Jackson) has been diagnosed with cancer. With a grim chance of survival in the best case scenario even if he immediately begins treatment, he instead decides to take a motorcycle trip from Toronto through the Canadian prairies to ...
Style: road movie, realistic, meditative, bad ending, philosophical ...
Audience: teens
Plot: motorcycle, road trip, travel, self discovery, terminal illness, cancer, on the road, solitude, depression, beautiful scenery, coming of age, love story ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, ontario canada, pacific ocean, british columbia, toronto ontario canada
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43%
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Antarctica (1983)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica.
Style: suspenseful, depressing, ironic, realistic, serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: dog sled, survival, dog, expedition, nature, thoughtful, winter, landscape, animal life, escapades, pets, danger ...
Time: 50s, year 1957, 1950s
Place: antarctica, japan, asia, antarctic, hokkaido
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
In the Forests of Siberia (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Fed up with the hectic, senseless world he lives in, Teddy decides to settle down alone in Siberia, in the midst of winter, in a hut by the shore of Lake Baikal. After an initial period of elation in front of the splendor and magic of unspoiled ...
Style: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
Plot: solitude, nature, friendship, loneliness, saving a life, food, poacher, lake, survival, rescue, isolation, human nature ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: siberia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Hurricane (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The story of the desperate love affair between a young Samoan chief and a beautiful American painter, against the will of her father, the powerful governor of the island. Amid this man-made tension comes a powerful hurricane so devastating, the ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, psychotronic ...
Plot: disaster, beach, pacific island, natural disaster, forbidden love, island, parent child relationship, love affair, parents and children, escapades, love and romance, opposites attract ...
Time: year 1979, 1920s
Place: pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Fourth Wise Man (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Artaban is a young Magus (Wise Man) who desires to follow the star to the birthplace of the coming King, against the counsel of his friends and family. Carrying three precious jewels to give to the baby Messiah, Artaban and his reluctant servant ...
Style: biblical, christmas classics, spiritual, esoteric
Plot: servant, quest, christian, christmas, jewelry, jesus, nativity, myth, liberation theology, religious, new testament, antiquity ...
Time: 1st century, 1930s
Place: jerusalem, israel, egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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