Movies like King Kong Lives
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King Kong Lives (1986)
6K
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Kong falls from the twin towers and he appears to be alive!
Style:
scary, campy, ridiculous, romantic, touching, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, entertaining, splatter ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
king kong, giant ape, monster, giant monster, monkey, kaiju, military, heart transplant, pregnancy, snake, island, hospital, catastrophe, survival, dinosaur, alien, doctors, natural disaster, violence, godzilla, death, camp, weapons, male nudity, lone hero ...
Time:
80s, prehistoric times
Place:
tokyo, borneo, new york
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Most similar movies to King Kong Lives
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, entertaining, cult film and exciting films with plots about fight scenes, catastrophe, dialogue, mentor, danger, weapons and first contact mostly in Action, Adventure and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like King Kong Lives: Congo (1995), Dante's Peak (1997), Death Race: Beyond Anarchy (2018), Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979), Fire Birds (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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430K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 187 min.
Story:
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.
Style:
sentimental, scenic, emotional, exciting, epic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, family outing, date night ...
Plot:
king kong, dinosaur, jungle, monster, creature, beast, gorilla, rescue, giant animal, survival, human animal relationship, island ...
Time:
1930s, prehistoric times, 20th century, year 1933
Place:
new york, empire state building manhattan new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, madison square garden manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
47K
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, ridiculous ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens
Plot:
jungle, gorilla, adventurer, animal attack, treasure hunt, survival, lost city, fight scenes, monkey, animals, dangerous animal, daring rescue ...
Time:
20th century, future, jurassic, 90s
Place:
congo, africa, houston texas, tanzania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a massive eruption hits, and immediately, ...
Style:
intense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
natural disaster, catastrophe, disaster, volcano, suspense, volcanic eruption, rescue, scientist, race against time, small town, survival, mayor ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
washington state
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Black Ops specialist Connor Gibson infiltrates a maximum security prison to take down legendary driver Frankenstein in a violent and brutal car race.
Style:
rough, brutal, exciting, bloody, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car race, prison violence, fictional reality show, undercover cop, death, championship, insanity, criminal heroes, media coverage, car accident, car chase, sex scene ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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34K
Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In this remake of the 1933 classic about the giant ape, an oil company expedition disturbs the peace of Kong and brings him back to New York to exploit him. Even though a woman somewhat tames Kong, he finally breaks loose and terrorizes the city, ...
Style:
campy, melancholic, satirical, daikaiju, natural horror ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, date night
Plot:
king kong, survival, monster, beast, island, giant monster, jungle, kaiju, giant ape, gorilla, giant animal, world trade center manhattan new york city ...
Time:
70s, prehistoric times, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, asia, usa, indonesia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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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:
scary, intense, suspenseful, exciting, ridiculous ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, boys' night
Plot:
jungle, snake, treasure hunt, animal attack, survival, expedition, suspense, monster, betrayal, dangerous animal, greed, stranded ...
Time:
jurassic, 2000s
Place:
borneo, new york, usa, indonesia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the passengers are still on board waiting to be rescued, two rivaling salvage parties enter the ship on search ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, captivating, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
disaster, ship, survival, natural disaster, shipwreck, sinking ship, race against time, suspense, catastrophe, cruise, escapades, boat ...
Time:
80s, future, 70s
Place:
san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After a 7 year hiatus, Godzilla returned to the screen to take on King Kong in the 3rd film in the Godzilla franchise. A pharmaceutical company captures King Kong and brings him to Japan, where he escapes from captivity and battles a recently ...
Style:
campy, psychotronic, satirical, light, ridiculous ...
Plot:
king kong, godzilla, giant monster, monster, kaiju, dinosaur, monkey, island, giant ape, jungle, satire, giant creature ...
Time:
prehistoric times, 60s
Place:
japan, tokyo, mount fuji
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A joint task force operation between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Army has been formed to dismantle one of the largest drug cartels operating in South America. Multiple attempts to assault the cartel's mountainous compound ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
justice, heroic mission, against the odds, tough heroes, daring rescue, save the day, aviation, military, helicopter, airplane, fantasy world, dark hero ...
Time:
80s, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
107K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Brazil, Peru
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, captivating, suspenseful, serious, campy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
jungle, snake, boat, dangerous animal, survival, animal attack, suspense, monster, river, amazon river, strong violent content, giant snake ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
latin america, ecuador, brazil, south america
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Movies similar to Knight and Day
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
International terrorists get a surprise when their cargo turns out to contain living dinosaurs. The army commando team now have to think fast, if they want to prevent the extinction of the human species, instead of the reptiles.
Style:
scary, natural horror, ridiculous, splatter, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dinosaur, monster, creature feature, exploitation, kaiju, stupidity, suspense, violence, vampire human love, multiple storylines, police investigation, mentor ...
Time:
jurassic, 90s, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing that Hammond has been breeding more beasties at a secret location. Malcolm, his paleontologist ...
Style:
scenic, suspenseful, exciting, apocalyptic, tense ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
dinosaur, giant monster, dangerous animal, tyrannosaurus rex, jungle, animals, island, survival, suspense, monster, fantasy world, creature ...
Time:
prehistoric times, 90s, jurassic, 20th century
Place:
costa rica, san diego california, california, kenya, san francisco ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three bumbling Army reservists are hustled onto a plane headed for combat in Iraq -- but the fact that the plane drops them in Mexico doesn't stop them from "liberating" what they believe to be the Middle East.
Style:
humorous, satirical, absurd, funny, parody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
comedy of errors, soldier, friendship, gang, escapades, misfit, nothing goes right, battles, farce, military, desert, dumb ...
Place:
las vegas, iraq, latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Harry Burck has been kidnapped by South American terrorists, and when the US Government refuses to intervene, Harry's friends decide to take matters into their own hands!
Style:
sexy, humorous, thought provoking, buddy movie, feel good ...
Plot:
kidnapping, friendship, escape, underdog, mission, nude, fight, superhero, chase, corruption, culture clash, jungle ...
Time:
80s
Place:
colombia, latin america, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, South Africa, Namibia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A Russian KGB agent is sent to Africa to kill an anti-Communist black revolutionary. However, he has a change of heart when he sees how the Russians and their Cuban allies are killing and repressing the locals, so he switches sides and helps the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, touching, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, brutality, gunfight, assassination, justice, gratuitous violence, soldier, mission of murder, war, politics, state affairs, fighting the system ...
Time:
80s
Place:
africa, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Movies similar to War of the Worlds
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The United Nations assembles the ultimate weapon to defeat Godzilla, while scientists discover a fresh pteranodon egg on a remote Japanese island.
Style:
light, cerebral, splatter, futuristic, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
giant monster, monster, kaiju, androids and robots, godzilla, dinosaur, cyborgs, weapons, robot, police investigation, macabre, evil twin ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, South Africa, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The war against the Bugs continues! A Federation Starship crash-lands on the distant Alien planet OM-1, stranding beloved leader Sky Marshal Anoke and several others, including comely but tough pilot Lola Beck. It's up to Colonel/General Johnny ...
Style:
futuristic, absurd, exciting, semi serious, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien, space, military, alien invasion, space wars, space and aliens, evil alien, marauder, soldier, space marine, battles, space travel ...
Time:
23rd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser. Now an adult, Jill cares for an orphaned gorilla named Joe -- who, due to a genetic anomaly, is 15 feet tall. When ...
Style:
exciting, intense, serious, tense, touching ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, teens, girls' night
Plot:
beast, jungle, animals, gorilla, giant animal, monkey, chase, friendship, disney, poacher, giant monster, transformation ...
Time:
jurassic
Place:
africa, california, los angeles, hawaii, uganda ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Aussie adventurer Steve Irwin aka The Crocodile Hunter has avoided the death-roll and nabbed another feisty croc, hoping to save it from poachers. What Steve doesn't know is that the crocodile has innocently swallowed a top secret US satellite ...
Style:
humorous, intense, semi serious, feel good, exciting ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, boys' night
Plot:
crocodile, reality, self discovery, survival, adventurer, river, stalking, rescue, heroic mission, goofy hero, collision, nature ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond.
Style:
entertaining, scenic, exciting, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
dinosaur, creature, survival, animal attack, dangerous animal, tyrannosaurus rex, chase, velociraptor, monster, island, amusement park, killer animal ...
Time:
future, prehistoric times, jurassic, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
costa rica, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Movies like Jurassic World
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After his brother Robeson disappears without a trace while exploring Africa in search of a legendary 'white tribe', Allan Quatermain decides to follow in his footsteps to learn what became of him. Soon after arriving, he discovers the Lost ...
Style:
campy, unusual plot structure, humorous, bad ending, harsh ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
treasure hunt, jungle, archaeologist, beautiful scenery, disaster, catastrophe, missing person, woman with a gun, snake, camp, culture clash, farce ...
Time:
1930s, 1910s
Place:
africa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when Godzilla, King of the Monsters, arises ...
Style:
exciting, intense, suspenseful, psychotronic, epic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
monster, giant monster, dinosaur, disaster, godzilla, catastrophe, mutant, creature, kaiju, giant, military, deadly creature ...
Time:
jurassic, 90s, 2010s, year 2014, year 1999 ...
Place:
japan, hawaii, san francisco, tokyo, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Luxembourg
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
While filming an advertisement, some extreme sports enthusiasts unwittingly stop a group of terrorists.
Style:
exciting, intense, suspenseful, sexy, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
extreme sports, terrorism, chase, suspense, avalanche, isolation, rivalry, save the day, leadership, on the run, buddies, rescue ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
austria, europe, former yugoslavia, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The California coast is terrorized by two enormous prehistoric sea creatures as they battle each other for supremacy of the sea.
Style:
absurd, stylized, tense, exciting, ridiculous ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
shark, monster, giant monster, octopus, shark attack, dangerous animal, chaos and mayhem, experiment gone awry, forces of nature, creature feature, alien, kaiju ...
Time:
prehistory, 80s
Place:
japan, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.
Style:
exciting, entertaining, scenic, intense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
monster, giant monster, king kong, creature, survival, giant animal, island, giant creature, chase, monster versus monster, expedition, military ...
Time:
1940s, 70s, year 1944, year 1973, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, washington d.c., pacific ocean, thailand, bangkok thailand ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
During a rescue mission, a team of Navy Seals discover that a terrorist group have access to deadly US built Stinger missiles, and must set out to locate and destroy them before they can be used.
Style:
exciting, intense, humorous, suspenseful, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, war, military, u.s. navy, soldier, race against time, battles, heroes, gunfight, save the day, heroic mission, tough heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
middle east, pentagon, usa, north america, beirut lebanon ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Godzilla saves Tokyo from a flying saucer that transforms into the beast Orga.
Style:
exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids
Plot:
godzilla, monster, kaiju, giant monster, suspense, fight scenes, transformation, redemption, technology, deadly creature, island, heroic mission ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, future
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 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, humorous, entertaining, funny, ridiculous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
truck, car chase, chase, sheriff, elephant, road trip, desert, beer, car, on the road, race, catholicism ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
texas, usa, florida, mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, tentacled, man-eating sea creatures who have taken over the ship first.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, futuristic, natural horror, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
monster, sea monster, deadly creature, tentacle, suspense, creature feature, ship, ocean, creature, catastrophe, survival, sea ...
Time:
90s
Place:
pacific ocean, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Set during the Cold War, the Soviets – led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko – are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. After being captured and then escaping from them, Indy is coerced ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, humorous, scenic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
treasure hunt, archaeologist, treasure, archaeology, adventurer, jungle, chase, alien, desert, artifact, sword fight, fight scenes ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, future, year 1957
Place:
peru, mexico city, south america, latin america, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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