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Wolf Totem (2015)
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Original name: 狼图腾
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: China, France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
In 1969, a young Beijing student, Chen Zhen, is sent to live among the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Mongolia. Caught between the advance of civilization from the south and the nomads' traditional enemies - the marauding wolves - to the north; humans and animals, residents and invaders alike, struggle to find their true place in the world
Style:
captivating, exciting, touching, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, thought provoking, dramatic, historical drama
Plot:
forces of nature, wolf, medieval, survival, nature, tradition versus modernity, dog, wilderness, society, danger, wolf pack, wild animal, disaster, horse, trap, death of husband, winter, climbing, post war, escapades, culture clash, teaching the ways of the world, wolf attack, hunting, killing an animal ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1969, year 1967, 1960s
Place:
china, mongolia
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Most similar movies to Wolf Totem
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and exciting films with plots about danger, survival, escapades, wilderness, nature, forces of nature and catastrophe mostly in Drama, Adventure and Family genres. Some movies like Wolf Totem: Alpha (2018), The Grey (2011), Arctic (2018), The Maiden and the Wolves (2008), Antarctica (1983). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, China
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After a hunting expedition goes awry, a young caveman struggles against the elements to find his way home.
Style:
sincere, captivating, exciting, prehistoric, social ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, adult
Plot:
survival, wolf, wilderness, human animal relationship, caveman, dog, animal attack, near death experience, boar, medieval, wolf pack, man versus nature ...
Time:
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Place:
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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:
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Place:
alaska, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Iceland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A man stranded in the Arctic is finally about to receive his long awaited rescue. However, after a tragic accident, his opportunity is lost and he must then decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his camp or embark on a deadly trek ...
Style:
minimal cast, suspense, touching, visually stunning, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, arctic, helicopter crash, man versus nature, snow, wilderness survival, polar bear, male protagonist, struggle for survival, very little dialogue, ice, fish ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
antarctica
Similarity:
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 ...
Style:
emotional, serious, disturbing, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
wolf, mountain, beast, escapades, danger, wilderness, world war one, female protagonist, animal rescue, wild animal, great war, forest ...
Time:
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Place:
alps, france, europe
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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, ironic, depressing, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dog sled, survival, dog, nature, landscape, winter, thoughtful, expedition, animal life, escapades, danger, heroes ...
Time:
50s, year 1957, 1950s
Place:
antarctica, japan, asia, hokkaido, antarctic
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100%
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:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1942, the young Jewish girl Misha, her Russian mother Gerusha and her German father Reuven hide from the Germans in a small house in Ardennes, Belgium. Misha is very connected to her mother that advises her that if one day a person comes to her ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, uplifting, bleak ...
Plot:
wolf, world war two, survival, orphan, feral child, human animal relationship, little girl, forest, young heroes, danger, obsessive quest, wilderness ...
Place:
belgium, germany, europe, ukraine, brussels
Similarity:
100%
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, stylized ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, couples, escapades, danger, friendship, women, biopic, woman, friends, visceral, struggle for survival ...
Time:
20th century, 1900s, 90s
Place:
greenland
Similarity:
100%
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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:
semi autobiographical, scenic, philosophical, anthropological, offbeat ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
wilderness, nature, wolf, mountain, scientist, arctic, camping, snow, voice over narration, skinny dipping, environment, dog ...
Time:
year 1983, 1940s, 80s, 1930s
Place:
alaska, usa, canada
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, Soviet Union
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Torn by personal guilt Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.
Style:
historical drama, realistic, serious, atmospheric, exciting ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
survival, aviation, arctic, interwar period, winter, space, conquistador, post soviet, 007, nature, rescue attempt, heroes ...
Time:
1920s, year 1969
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Mary Ingles is pregnant when she and her two sons are captured from their homestead in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains by Shawnee Indians. Her husband, Will, narrowly escapes death during the attack. Impressed by her grace under the pressure of ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, epic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
native american white relationships, colonialism, wilderness, survival, native, danger, captivity, culture clash, settler, colonial america, escape, pioneer ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
usa, virginia
Similarity:
36%
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, danger, escapades, heroic mission ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
alaska
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Based on the book Working on the Edge by Spike Walker, Deadliest Sea tells the story of a young man who joins the crew of a King Crab trawler in Alaska seeking to make some real money. The captain of the vessel plays a hunch about where to set traps ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious
Plot:
ship, coast guard, survival, danger, escapades, forces of nature, inventions and discoveries, ocean, rescue, boat, sea, battles ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alaska
Similarity:
35%
20K
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, visually stunning, uplifting, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
bear, nature, wilderness, survival, dog, rocky mountains, friendship, bear cub, animal, poacher, forest, environment ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, 1880s
Place:
canada, persia, british columbia, antarctica
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany, France, Canada, Italy, Argentina, UK, South Africa
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A meeting of two world famous climbers, one an experienced mountaineer the other a sport climber, and a journalist (Ivan) results in a bet on which of the two is the best climber. Roger (the mountaineering expert) states that Martin (the sport ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mountain, mountain climbing, wilderness, climbing, rivalry, danger, ambition, contests and competitions, love triangle, mountaineering, dream, obsession ...
Time:
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Place:
patagonia, chile, argentina
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A diverse group of individuals struggle to survive in the Kalahari desert after their passenger plane crashes.
Style:
exciting, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
africa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: China, Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Shuhao is a 24 year old Taiwanese university graduate. His older brother Shuwei, whom he has idolized since childhood, dies on a bicycle ride to Lhasa. He decides to complete Shuwei's journey, hoping to prove himself through this challenging ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, captivating, road movie
Plot:
mountain, cycling, last wish, dead brother, direction and purpose, on the road, self discovery, escapades, danger, wilderness, mountaineer, freedom ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tibet, asia, china
Similarity:
34%
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young couple and their dog struggle to survive in Alaska.
Style:
captivating, uplifting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, treasure hunt, wilderness survival, pets, blizzard, treasure hunter, starvation, disorder, chases and races, confined, escapades ...
Time:
70s
Place:
yukon, alaska, usa
Similarity:
34%
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556
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dramatic retelling of the fateful last voyage of the Nantucket whaleship Essex. When the Essex is attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in November 1820, her crew take to three fragile whalers. Alone in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the men must ...
Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
whale, lost at sea, shipwreck, ship, survival, danger, dangerous animal, ocean, escapades, rescue, isolation, hunting ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The movie begins with the volcano's awakening on March 20 and ends with its eruption on May 18, 1980
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
year 1981, 80s, 20th century, year 1980
Place:
oregon, washington state
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young boy heads off to the Yukon after hearing tales about the Gold Rush, and he forms an unwavering friendship with a heroic Alsatian dog called Buck.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
dog, german shepherd, survival, wilderness, stranded, landscape, canine, animal, daring rescue, pets, adventurer, contests and competitions ...
Time:
19th century, 90s
Place:
alaska, canada, england, london, yukon
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: Soviet Union, Japan
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A military explorer meets and befriends a Goldi man in Russia’s unmapped forests. A deep and abiding bond evolves between the two men, one civilized in the usual sense, the other at home in the glacial Siberian woods.
Style:
breathtaking, cerebral, atmospheric, dramatic, visually appealing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
wilderness, forest, wilderness survival, human spirit, cold weather, friendship, survival, hunter, nature, tiger, environment, explorer ...
Time:
20th century, 1900s, year 1975, 1910s, 19th century
Place:
siberia, soviet union, russia, ussr, persia ...
Similarity:
32%
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:
touching, serious, captivating, exciting, independent film
Plot:
amazon tribe, courage, hunter, killing an animal, wilderness, survival, recluse, tribe, village, old man, hunting, forest ...
Similarity:
32%
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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:
32%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain, Germany, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
EntreLobos (AmongWolves) tells the remarkable story of a poor country boy named Marcos, who at the age of 7 is handed over to his father's employer, a rich landowner, who in turn delivers him to a life of labor with a hermetic goatherd in an ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, uplifting
Plot:
nature, friendship, danger, escapades, wolf, loneliness, male protagonist, beautiful scenery, animal, youth, dog, wild animal ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A 1920s mail pilot and a rich man's daughter crash-land on a mountain full of hungry wolves.
Style:
melancholic, inspirational, serious, realistic, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
wilderness, aviation, rescue, loneliness, courage, human spirit, airplane, opposites attract, danger, daring rescue, save the day, against the odds ...
Time:
1920s, year 1985, 80s, year 1918, 70s
Place:
texas, new jersey, california
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
While the Kingdom of Korea is under occupation by the Japanese, an old and experience hunter is challenged by the hunt of the last tiger.
Style:
atmospheric, harsh, scenic, stylized, realistic ...
Plot:
hunting, tiger, japanese occupation, japanese occupation of korea, lone hero, occupation, survival, violence, hunter, mountain, life & death, visceral ...
Time:
1920s, 1910s
Place:
china, south korea, korea
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Teenage boys discover discipline and camaraderie on an ill-fated sailing voyage.
Style:
inspirational, suspense, touching, serious, rough ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids, teen drama
Plot:
sailing, ocean, coming of age, disaster, friendship, storm at sea, male bonding, boat, teacher, survival, mentor, life & death ...
Time:
60s, year 1996, 20th century, year 1961, year 1960
Place:
jamaica, south america, west indies, cuba, connecticut ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK, France, Thailand
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Two tigers are separated as cubs and taken into captivity, only to be reunited years later as enemies by an explorer (Pearce) who inadvertently forces them to fight each other.
Style:
sincere, compassionate, scenic, captivating, sad ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
jungle, tiger, animal, survival, animal abuse, sibling relationship, nature, danger, getting home, captivity, coming of age, human animal relationship ...
Time:
year 2004, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
cambodia, france, indochina, thailand
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
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Story:
Assigned to accompany two priests on a mission to convert the court of Kublai Khan to Christianity, Marco Polo is abandoned in the mountains when the priests, doubting the very existence of China, turn back. Polo eventually pushes bravely forth ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, atmospheric, epic, realistic ...
Plot:
adventurer, medieval, heroes, heroic mission, dishonesty, rivalry, danger, hopes, political unrest, culture clash, society, priest ...
Time:
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Place:
asia, china, venice, italy
Similarity:
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