Movies like The Revenant
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The Revenant (2015)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan, USA
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
Style:
breathtaking, atmospheric, exciting, scenic, suspenseful, rough, realistic, harsh, serious, cerebral ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, wilderness, revenge, vengeance, snow, bear attack, life & death, obsessive quest, lone hero, father son relationship, bravery, violent, winter, beautiful scenery, nature, native american, hunter, old west, gunfight, left to die, violence, grizzly bear, left for dead, lost in the woods, river ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, georgian era
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Most similar movies to The Revenant
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, harsh and suspenseful films with plots about death, brutality, murder, violence, survival, vengeance and suspense mostly in Drama, Adventure and Western genres. Some movies like The Revenant: Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Way Back (2010), Man in the Wilderness (1971), The Grey (2011), Bone Tomahawk (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-to-one combat on the early frontier.
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, epic, scenic, meditative ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
survival, wilderness, hunting, native americans, mountain man, native american, native, indians, rocky mountains, revenge, life philosophy, interracial relations ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s
Place:
colorado, usa
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94%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Poland, India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Peter Weir's follow-up to Master & Commander (2003) is the stark & brilliant The Way Back, which takes on the theme of man's struggle for freedom. At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag. The film ...
Style:
realistic, rough, epic, inspirational, serious ...
Plot:
survival, escape, prison escape, freedom, war, wilderness, world war two, journey, desert, gulag, pow, human spirit ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
himalaya, russia, poland, germany, ussr ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the early 1800's, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilization and are making a desperate attempt to beat the oncoming winter. When guide Zachary Bass is injured in a bear attack, they decide ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, rough, suspenseful, epic ...
Plot:
wilderness, bear attack, survival, native american, vengeance, paranoia, fear, hallucination, wounded, forces of nature, isolation, mountain man ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, 70s
Place:
north dakota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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, bad ending, exciting, tense, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, animal attack, snow, wolf, hunting, air disaster, dangerous animal, forces of nature, wolf attack, stranded, struggle for survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alaska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Western
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. One of the villagers takes care of him in prison. One day they both disappear – only the spear of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the ...
Style:
scary, brutal, bleak, atmospheric, dark ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
wilderness, violent, rescue, native american, brutality, cannibalism, survival, suspense, violence, cannibal, murder, macabre ...
Time:
19th century, 70s
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
As the English and French soldiers battle for control of the American colonies in the 18th century, the settlers and native Americans are forced to take sides. Cora and her sister Alice unwittingly walk into trouble but are reluctantly saved by ...
Style:
epic, exciting, sexy, dramatic, visually appealing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
native american, indians, native americans, army, war, wilderness, colonial america, freedom, american indian, fight scenes, american history, colonialism ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 19th century, middle ages, 1930s
Place:
england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
318K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate ...
Style:
exciting, tense, breathtaking, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
survival, slavery, tribe, chase, jungle, manhunt, ancient history, solar eclipse, warrior, violent, ancient civilization, sacrifice ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages
Place:
central america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Genre: Adventure, Horror, Western
Country: UK, Czech Republic, Mexico, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale ...
Style:
disturbing, scary, tense, suspenseful, bloody ...
Plot:
cannibalism, cannibal, winter, snow, survival, death, camp, twists and turns, isolation, military, fort, suspense ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1840s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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:
harsh, atmospheric, scenic, stylized, realistic ...
Plot:
hunter, hunting, survival, tiger, snow, korean, violence, winter, animals, tough heroes, visceral, life & death ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
korea, south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The story concerns two grizzled mountain men -- Bill Tyler and Henry Frapp -- during the dying days of the fur-trapping era. The plot begins when Running Moon runs away from her abusive husband Heavy Eagle and comes across the two seedy fur ...
Style:
perverse, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mountain man, american indian, native american, mountain, survival, camp, nature, vigilantism, heroes, battles, wilderness, violence ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like Mad Max: Fury Road
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Genre: Action, 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, exciting, captivating, thought provoking, social ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
survival, wolf, human animal relationship, caveman, wilderness, dog, animal attack, hunter, boar, near death experience, wolf pack, bison ...
Time:
prehistory, prehistoric times, stone age, ancient times, future
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
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:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, scenic, dramatic ...
Plot:
survival, colonialism, jungle, dangerous animal, animal attack, lion, suspense, obsessive quest, adventurer, hunting, heroes, animals ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s
Place:
africa, kenya, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. ...
Style:
tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, rough, scenic ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, cowboy, bounty hunter, old west, justice, gunfight, runaway, determination, texas ranger, teenage girl, death of father ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s, 20th century
Place:
arkansas, texas, oklahoma, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: UK, New Zealand
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In the Old West, a 17-year-old Scottish boy teams up with a mysterious gunman to find the woman with whom he is infatuated.
Style:
suspenseful, road movie, stylized, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
gunfight, bounty hunter, horse, chase, coming of age, old west, death of father, complex characters, solitude, life & death, wilderness, criminal ...
Time:
19th century, future
Place:
usa, scotland, california, ireland, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: France, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, realistic, bleak, harsh ...
Plot:
old west, mental illness, suicide, human nature, twists and turns, suspense, depression, native american, unlikely partners, partners, obsessive quest, lifesaver ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
nebraska, usa, iowa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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:
tense, suspenseful, serious, compassionate, intense ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, suspense, bear, grizzly bear, bear attack, marital infidelity, hunter, nature, older man younger woman relationship, billionaire, survivor ...
Time:
90s
Place:
alaska, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Style:
talky, captivating, brutal, rough, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
racism, revenge, slavery, violent, vengeance, bounty hunter, african american, gunfight, dark humor, suspense, society, old west ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s
Place:
usa, tennessee, austin texas, texas, mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The Civil War has ended, but Colonel Morsman Carver is on one final mission – to kill Gideon, no matter what it takes. Launched by a gunshot and propelled by rage, the relentless pursuit takes the two men through frigid snow-capped mountains and ...
Style:
tense, realistic, intense, rough, atmospheric ...
Plot:
wilderness, civil war, chase, revenge, american civil war, survival, justice, war, plot twist, twists and turns, colonel, indians ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves.
Style:
intense, entertaining, tense, exciting, disturbing ...
Plot:
good versus evil, revenge, bounty hunter, dark hero, criminal, duel, showdown, small town, murder, gunfighter, corruption, violence ...
Time:
19th century, 60s, 1870s
Place:
california, sacramento california
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.
Style:
stylized, captivating, bloody, talky, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bounty hunter, murder, gang, stagecoach, winter, dark humor, brutality, snow, twists and turns, criminal, revenge, old west ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
wyoming, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Movies similar to Gladiator
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, intense, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, rape, canoe, rape and revenge, hillbilly, nature, revenge, friendship, forest, river, homosexual rape ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
georgia, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, tense, psychological, thought provoking, dark ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, hunter, mercenary, little boy, manipulation, greed, twists and turns, obsessive quest, bio weapon, beautiful scenery, isolation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tasmania, australia, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
It's 1863. America was born in the streets. Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father years earlier. With an eager pickpocket by ...
Style:
tense, stylized, epic, rough, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, gang, gangsters, vengeance, organized crime, street gang, violent, crime boss, betrayal, courage, racism, gang war ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, edwardian era, 50s, 1840s ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
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:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
survival, cave, expedition, disaster, suspense, scuba diving, forces of nature, deathtrap, underground, struggle for survival, beautiful scenery, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
papua new guinea
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A Viking boy is left behind after his clan battles a Native American tribe. Raised within the tribe, he ultimately becomes their savior in a fight against the Norsemen.
Style:
harsh, stylized, rough, suspenseful, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
viking, native american, indians, sword fight, sword, master warrior, winter, medieval, battles, fight scenes, revenge, torture ...
Time:
middle ages, 9th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.
Style:
rough, tense, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
native american, native american reservation, reconciliation, widow, murder, american indian, bigotry, indian chief, military, gunfight, death, forgiveness ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1890s
Place:
new mexico, montana, colorado, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, ...
Style:
gloomy, psychological, tense, harsh, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, old west, gang, sheriff, suspense, heroic mission, race against time, righting the wronged, death of protagonist, courage, heroes, morality ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
arizona, tucson arizona, usa, yuma arizona, sonora ...
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56%
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the ...
Style:
stylized, atmospheric, epic, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, gunfight, small town, greed, vengeance, gang, violence, brutality, gang war, cowboy, gold, sheriff ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
mexico, latin america, italy, spain, new mexico ...
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50%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
Hell on Wheels tells the epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, ...
Style:
atmospheric, rough, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
civil war, slavery, ex military, old west, rivalry, native americans, courage, haunted by the past, rivals, historical character, ambitious, power struggle ...
Time:
1860s, 19th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Malta, Morocco
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals and a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son Commodus ascends to ...
Style:
epic, captivating, breathtaking, emotional, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens, date night
Plot:
revenge, ancient rome, vengeance, sword fight, roman empire, ancient history, gladiator, warrior, courage, slavery, freedom, pride and honor ...
Time:
ancient times, 50s, middle ages
Place:
rome italy, italy, ancient greece, germany, north africa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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