Movies like Lord of the Flies
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Lord of the Flies (1990)
36K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Stranded on an island, a group of schoolboys degenerate into savagery.
Style:
psychological, brutal, rough, captivating, scenic, depressing, apocalyptic, psychological thriller, touching, epic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
survival, coming of age, island, violent, death, bullying, child, distopia, stranded, brutality, innocence lost, isolation, childhood, exotic island, literature, cruelty, abuse, savagery, campfire story, social relations, human nature, adaptation, stranded on an island, leadership, beach ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
fictional island
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Most similar movies to Lord of the Flies
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, psychological, realistic and suspense films with plots about survival, danger, death, escapades, nature, isolation and catastrophe mostly in Drama, Thriller and Adventure genres. Some movies like Lord of the Flies: The Beach (2000), Sanctum (2011), Alive (1993), Flowers in the Attic (1987), Cast Away (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Amidst a nuclear war, a plane carrying a group of schoolboys crash lands on a deserted island. With no adult survivors, the boys are forced to fend for themselves. At first they cooperate, but when the they split into two separate camps -- one led ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, black and white, atmospheric, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
wilderness, island, desert island, bullying, innocence lost, survival, children, stranded on an island, literary, coming of age, skinny dipping, isolation ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s, future, near future
Place:
fictional island, britain, pacific ocean
Similarity:
50%
267K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.
Style:
psychological, scenic, tense, sexy, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
island, adventurer, tourist, jungle, drug, travel, beach, utopia, desire, hippie, marijuana, survival ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand, southeast asia
Similarity:
80%
59K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The 3-D action-thriller Sanctum, from executive producer James Cameron, follows a team of underwater cave divers on a treacherous expedition to the largest, most beautiful and least accessible cave system on Earth. When a tropical storm forces them ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
survival, cave, expedition, disaster, danger, underwater, death, forces of nature, underground, water, struggle for survival, deathtrap ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
papua new guinea
Similarity:
100%
68K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The amazing, true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their immense will to survive and pull through alive, forced to do anything and everything they could to stay alive on meager ...
Style:
inspirational, emotional, breathtaking, sad, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, stranded, cannibalism, disaster, air disaster, starvation, death, airplane accident, mountain, mountain climbing, historical event, wilderness ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 70s, year 1972
Place:
andes mountains, chile, uruguay, south america, antarctic ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After the death of her husband, a mother takes her kids off to live with their grandparents in a huge, decrepit old mansion. However, the kids are kept hidden in a room just below the attic, visited only by their mother who becomes less and less ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, harsh ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
incest, children, confined, siblings relations, survival, old mansion, estate, family life, child abuse, danger, dysfunctional family, family in danger ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
684K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Chuck, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia ditches at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and he washes up on a tiny ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, emotional, inspirational ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
survival, loneliness, isolation, island, desert island, stranded on an island, courage, determination, solitude, lost at sea, air disaster, survivor ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, y2k, year 1999, 2000s ...
Place:
fictional island, moscow russia, persia, america, pacific ocean ...
Similarity:
60%
665K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.
Style:
exciting, psychological, atmospheric, enigmatic, mind bending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, island, stranded, mysterious place, desert island, stranded on an island, lost, human nature, death, plane crash, destiny, air disaster ...
Time:
y2k, 70s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
fictional island, hawaii, pacific ocean
Similarity:
71%
43K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Russia, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A rogue submarine captain pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As greed and desperation take control on-board their claustrophobic vessel, the increasing uncertainty of the ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
submarine, underwater, sea, treasure hunt, boat, ocean, survival, gold, isolation, danger, sunken ship, greed ...
Time:
year 1941, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
black sea, scotland, ukraine, crimea, russia
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
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A cargo plane goes down in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for an airplane they will ...
Style:
harsh, suspense, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
desert, survival, airplane, air disaster, airplane accident, aviation, disaster, crash landing, sahara desert, thirst, isolation, pilot ...
Time:
year 1965, 60s, 20th century
Place:
sahara, libya, africa, middle east
Similarity:
100%
3K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, Malaysia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After their plane crashes off the coast of a deserted Pacific island, the surviving members of an American soccer team find themselves in the most dire of circumstances with limited resources, dwindling food supply and no rescue coming any time ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, exciting
Plot:
survival, island, struggle for survival, stranded, fight, food, soccer, desperation, starvation, mercy killing, hostility, trapped ...
Similarity:
100%
29K
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, Australia, USA
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, visually stunning, visual, philosophical, scenic ...
Audience:
kids, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, suicide, desert, wilderness, survival, australian outback, rite of passage, boy, teenager, brother sister relationship, teenage girl, culture clash ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
australia, oceania, britain, adelaide south australia, sydney australia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, teen, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, kids
Plot:
survival, female protagonist, dystopian future, death, game of death, dystopia, distopia, competition, contests and competitions, youth, heroine, danger ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2012, 2010s
Place:
north america, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Based on the real events of The Donner Party tragedy. The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the western expansion of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846-1847, a ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
wilderness survival, wilderness, hunger, human nature, cannibalism, moral dilemma, danger, isolation, hopes, snow, mountain, winter ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to earth only to find their rockets wont fire. After initially thinking they might have to abandon them in orbit, NASA decides to launch a daring rescue. Their ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, exciting, futuristic, melancholic ...
Plot:
space travel, nasa, astronaut, space, rescue, survival, spacewalk, space opera, space exploration, rescue mission, stranded, escapades ...
Time:
20th century, year 1969, 60s, 1930s, future ...
Place:
usa, antarctica
Similarity:
100%
206K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Style:
bloody, disturbing, cult classic, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
game of death, survival, death, dystopia, violence, gory, desperation, jungle, cruelty, contests and competitions, satire, social commentary ...
Time:
future, year 2000, distant future, 2000s, near future
Place:
japan, asia, east asia, india, tokyo
Similarity:
50%
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:
100%
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:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
shipwreck, survival, desert island, island, ocean, stranded on an island, friendship, passionate kiss, destiny, stranded, female nudity, ship ...
Time:
year 1997, 18th century
Place:
fictional island, oceania, pacific ocean, scotland, london
Similarity:
100%
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35K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Four criminals from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of unstable nitroglycerin across dangerous jungle.
Style:
road movie, neo noir, political, existential, tension ...
Plot:
terrorist, survival, jungle adventure, driver, criminal, oil, existentialism, on the road, trucker, politics, expedition, road trip ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place:
south america, bolivia, central america, new jersey, paris france ...
Similarity:
50%
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:
50%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
For their honeymoon, newlyweds Cliff and Cydney head to the tropical islands of Hawaii. While journeying through the paradisaical countryside the couple encounters Kale and Cleo, two disgruntled hitchhikers and Nick and Gina, two wild but ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspenseful, tense, clever, twist ending ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, twists and turns, murderous pair, wilderness, honeymoon, psychopath, danger, escapades, vacation gone wrong, murder, island, murder mystery ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa, oceania
Similarity:
100%
4K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A re-imagining of "Peter Pan" from the point of view of Wendy Darling, who finds herself lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued. She must fight to save her family, her freedom and the joyous spirit of youth.
Style:
captivating, sincere, psychological, disturbing, art house ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
childhood, island, rescue, peter pan, child, magic, fantasy world, danger, imaginary, adaptation, sea creature, girl ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
It's three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an internationally-known terrorist determined to bring down the government. His terrorist group, Wild Seven, stages an attack that levels several ...
Style:
suspense, controversial, splatter, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids
Plot:
terrorist, dystopia, island, terrorism, vengeance, violent, dystopian future, revenge, terrorist group, friendship, game of death, violence ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan, afghanistan, asia, israel
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
696K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada, India, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
Style:
philosophical, touching, visually appealing, reflective, scenic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, kids, family outing, chick flick ...
Plot:
survival, animal, ocean, human animal relationship, loneliness, life & death, stranded, survivor, hopes, beautiful scenery, storm at sea, journey ...
Time:
70s, year 2012, 2010s
Place:
india, america, asia, montreal, pacific ocean ...
Similarity:
50%
87K
Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three skiers are stranded on a chairlift and forced to make life-or-death choices that prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, natural horror ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, isolation, stranded, survival horror, ski resort, snow, frostbite, animal attack, danger, mountain, youth, sole survivor ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
antarctic, utah
Similarity:
33%
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:
20%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A bush pilot in nothern Canada who with the aid of modernity thinks he can handle it all & knows it all. After reluctantly agreeing to transport a local indian girl to a medical facility his light plane crashes & they have to survive whilst ...
Style:
emotional, serious, sentimental, sad, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, wilderness, nature, arctic, isolation, rescue, human spirit, stranded, hopes, airplane, winter, friendship ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, post world war two, 1950s, year 1953
Place:
canada, antarctic, persia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Based on an astonishing true incident that took place on the frigid seas off Iceland in 1984, The Deep fashions a modern-day everyman myth about the sole survivor of a shipwreck, whose superhuman will to survive made him both an inexplicable ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, uplifting, weird
Plot:
storm at sea, ocean, fisherman, shipwreck, struggle for survival, drowning, against the odds, danger, hopes, sea disaster, survivor, disaster ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
iceland, atlantic ocean
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Iceland, Belgium
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Ben and Laura are a passionate but volatile couple who embark on a round-the-world sailing adventure to give their relationship a new start. During their trip, they decide to explore a vast deserted island which they discover off the coast of Chile. ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological, sentimental
Plot:
couples, survival, island, man versus nature, stranded on an island, wilderness survival, couple relations, family problems, struggle for survival, family relations, remote island, shipwreck ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A couple of youngish adventurers go into the wilderness of British Columbia in search of a lost colleague. Their plane crashes and they find themselves at the mercy of a crazed old Scottish miner, who has lived in isolation for many decades ...
Style:
retro, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
treasure hunt, treasure hunter, survival, gold, lost treasure, killer, aviation, airplane crash, hunter, cowboy, mine, murder ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
british columbia, europe, scotland, alaska
Similarity:
37%
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