Movies like A Walk in the Woods
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A Walk in the Woods (2015)
30K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends.
Style:
scenic, light, road movie, humorous, melancholic, romantic, touching, social, cute, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
hiking, camping, elderly, friendship, camping trip, road trip, solitude, writers, friends, escapades, midlife crisis, storytelling, foul language, life & death, dialogue, survival, woods, travel, wanderlust, climbing, friendship between men, old friend, women, discovery, buddy ...
Time:
18th century, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
appalachia, usa, california
Keyword:
buddy movie, doctors
Most similar movies to A Walk in the Woods
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, road movie and feel good films with plots about friendship, road trip, escapades, travel, on the road, friends and nature mostly in Drama, Comedy and Adventure genres. Some movies like A Walk in the Woods: Wild (2014), The Bucket List (2007), Into the Wild (2007), The Way (2010), Best Man Down (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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138K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.
Style:
meditative, road movie, uplifting, inspirational, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
wilderness, self discovery, survival, nature, hiking, grief, female protagonist, starting over, human spirit, death of mother, cheating on husband, traveler ...
Time:
year 1995, year 2014, 2010s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
california, portland oregon, usa, mojave desert, oregon ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing ...
Style:
feel good, inspirational, philosophical, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
friendship, road trip, elderly, terminal illness, unlikely friendships, journey, human spirit, philosophy, bucket list, dying, follow your dream, self discovery ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa, africa, cote d'azur, tanzania, mount everest ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
655K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
The true story of top student and athlete, Christopher McCandless, who after graduating from Emory University in 1992, abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
Style:
road movie, philosophical, melancholic, inspirational, reflective ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
road trip, wilderness, survival, self discovery, freedom, journey, solitude, life philosophy, isolation, travel, lifestyle change, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 20th century, year 1990, year 1991 ...
Place:
alaska, los angeles, america, astoria oregon, seattle ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
35K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
When his son dies while hiking the famed Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in the Pyrenees, Tom flies to France to claim the remains. Looking for insights into his estranged child’s life, he decides to complete the 500-mile mountain trek to ...
Style:
emotional, thought provoking, inspirational, uplifting, touching ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
travel, road trip, journey, traveler, pilgrimage, death of son, self discovery, redemption, on the road, grief, wanderlust, father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, france, iberian peninsula, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Canada, UK, South Africa, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, entertaining, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
travel, self discovery, life, psychiatrist, life philosophy, relationships, existentialism, introspection, happiness, teaching the ways of the world, friendship, loneliness ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
africa, china, tibet, england, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Movies like Everest
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A newlywed couple cancels their honeymoon and returns to the snowy Midwest to make the funeral arrangements for their best man, who died unexpectedly after their ceremony.
Style:
independent film, melancholic, light, talky, romantic ...
Plot:
wedding, honeymoon, adaptation, secrets, dysfunctional family, couple relations, friendship, couples, dealing with death, newlyweds, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
minnesota, usa, minneapolis minnesota, phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, scenic, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
obsession, bird, competition, friendship, father son relationship, eccentricity, camp, family drama, marital problem, rivalry, midlife crisis, storm ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
alaska, usa, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.
Style:
funny, touching, feel good, humorous, scenic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, nature, adoption, wilderness, boy, hunting, juvenile delinquent, childhood, manhunt, dog, fat boy, countryside ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
Place:
new zealand, indiana, oceania, persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
32K
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 ⇓
50%
123K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An aging, booze-addled father takes a trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim what he believes to be a million-dollar sweepstakes prize.
Style:
road movie, black and white, depressing, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
aging, road trip, small town, dysfunctional family, elderly, on the road, old age, obsessive quest, honest, relationships, tragedy, eccentricity ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
nebraska, montana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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The Bucket List related movies
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Iceland, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A pair of former brothers-in-law embark on a road trip through Iceland.
Style:
mumblecore, humorous, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
aging, road trip, senior citizen, elderly, self discovery, human spirit, buddies, friendship, disorder, on the road, old age, travel ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iceland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
399K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.
Style:
suspense, inspirational, breathtaking, intense, touching ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, trapped, isolation, mountain, wilderness, climbing, canyon, courage, alone, human spirit, loneliness, desert ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2003 ...
Place:
utah, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young man with Tourette's Syndrome embarks on a road trip with his recently-deceased mother's ashes.
Style:
road movie, touching, sentimental, realistic, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
road trip, mental illness, tourette's syndrome, on the road, friendship, psychiatrist, coming of age, father son relationship, obsessive quest, mentally unstable protagonist, social misfits, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, reno nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When David is left by his fiancé just days before the wedding, his relentlessly upbeat best man, Flula, insists that the pair go on David's previously planned honeymoon: a seven-day backpacking trip through the breathtaking mountains of ...
Style:
funny, feel good, semi serious, light, satirical ...
Plot:
hiking, travel, friendship, nature, breakup, wildlife, escapades, road trip, friends, humour, satire, camping trip ...
Place:
oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
David Portnoy, a 15-year-old birding fanatic, thinks that he's made the discovery of a lifetime. So, on the eve of his father's remarriage, he escapes on an epic road trip with his best friends to solidify their place in birding history.
Style:
touching, feel good, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage life, friendship, obsessive quest, coming of age, teenage boy, road trip, friends, escapades, sexual content, friendship between boys, bird, wildlife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Into the Wild related movies
438K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.
Style:
sentimental, sad, emotional, feel good, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, family outing, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
childhood, friendship, coming of age, stephen king, boy, children, youth, teenager, camping, on the road, summer, friends ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1986, year 1959, 20th century
Place:
oregon, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Charlie and Cliff decide they want to go to the Full Moon party in Thailand. Along the way they travel around the world sprinkling the ashes of their dead friend Paul. As they go from country to country they meet a wide variety of crazy people and ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, scenic, entertaining ...
Plot:
travel, friendship, self discovery, friends, escapades, death of friend, nature, survival, society, journey, hiker, scenery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, usa, thailand, asia, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
There are times when it's right and proper to simply bury the dead. This is not one of those times... Gram Parsons was one of the most influential musicians of his time; a bitter, brilliant, genius who knew Elvis, tripped with the Stones and ...
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, touching, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot:
musician, musician's life, friendship, on the road, rock star, overdose, chase, trip, outlaw, road trip, country music, bittersweet ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young man from East Germany travels to San Francisco to search for his father, who fled 12 years ago. Together with his best friend, he starts the journey from New York with no money and the only word they ever learned in english-lessons: ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, melancholic, touching
Plot:
friendship, obsessive quest, social relations, disorder, friends, fish out of water, culture clash, on the road, road trip, friendship between men, monkey, boy ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, germany, german democratic republic, east germany, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An adaptation of Jon Krakauer's best selling book, "Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster". This movie attempts to re-create the disastrous events that took place during the Mount Everest climb on May 10, 1996. ...
Style:
inspirational, serious, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful
Plot:
mountaineer, disaster, mountain climbing, mountain, climbing, survival, wilderness, winter, mountaineering, rock climbing, wilderness survival, forces of nature ...
Place:
himalaya, mount everest, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Little Miss Sunshine related movies
105K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Liz Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband, a house and a successful career – yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced ...
Style:
inspirational, romantic, touching, road movie, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, family friendly, teens, date night, chick flick
Plot:
self discovery, travel, midlife crisis, lifestyle change, love, female protagonist, journey, starting over, introspection, changing lives, life, fall in love ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
italy, india, indonesia, bali, rome italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Out of Africa tells the story of the life of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on the autobiographical novel by Karen Blixen from 1937.
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, period piece, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
love story, colonialism, infidelity, writers, love and romance, love, mentor, unlikely friendships, adaptation, love affair, fall in love, destructive relationship ...
Time:
1910s, 1920s, 20th century, victorian era, year 1985 ...
Place:
africa, kenya, south africa, denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A road movie about two very different brothers who have not seen each other for 20 years: city manager Christian and cabinetmaker Georg, who never left their hometown and took care of their father until his passing. After their fathers funeral, ...
Style:
road movie, funny, humorous, captivating, light ...
Plot:
brother brother relationship, road trip, friendship, escapades, encounter, cross country, disorder, friendship between men, nothing goes right, on the road, male bonding, biker ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
7K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, Japan, USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
They call it the savage mountain. 27 people have perished trying to reach the summit on K2, the world's second highest peak. A U.S. climbing team, funded by millionaire Clairborne is determined to conquer K2.
Style:
epic, suspense, exciting, tense, serious ...
Plot:
climbing, mountain climbing, mountaineer, mountain, survival, mountaineering, snow, nature, winter, disaster, camping, rock climbing ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
himalaya, usa, middle east, seattle, pakistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When the experienced guide Vic accompanies the city boy Alan and his three friends on their first wilderness experience, he not only hope to teach the four boys lessons about the wilderness, but about themselves. Vic pushes them to the limit. Soon ...
Style:
intense, sincere, exciting, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
wilderness, survival, river, coming of age, summer, nature, camping, friendship, youth, camp, mountain climbing, teenager ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
manhattan new york city, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Movies similar to Letters to Juliet
23K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When Steve Coogan is asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, he envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfriend. But, when she backs out on him, he has no one to accompany him but his best friend and ...
Style:
road movie, humorous, melancholic, funny, visually appealing ...
Plot:
on the road, road trip, eccentricity, existentialism, friendship, food, loneliness, midlife crisis, sarcasm, restaurant, lifestyle, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
Style:
road movie, feel good, funny, melancholic, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
road trip, dysfunctional family, on the road, nothing goes right, loser, gay, obsessive quest, family relations, escapades, journey, suicide attempt, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, arizona, los angeles, nebraska, albuquerque new mexico ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A man stuck in the reveries of his youth tracks down the boyhood friend he once tormented, only to find that simpler times were more complicated than he thought.
Style:
road movie, realistic, semi serious, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
amusement park, friends, family relations, couples, moral dilemma, buddies, introspection, youth, couple relations, on the road, fish out of water, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
231K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Iceland
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one ...
Style:
realistic, scenic, dramatic, breathtaking, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
survival, mountain climbing, climbing, mountain, natural disaster, snow, mountaineer, stranded, forces of nature, man versus nature, beautiful scenery, wilderness ...
Time:
year 1996, year 2015, 2010s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
mount everest, himalaya, nepal, asia, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
Style:
witty, touching, talky, semi serious, social ...
Plot:
homeless, elderly, intergenerational friendship, friendship, van, poverty, social differences, old woman, life & death, loneliness, character study, nun ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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