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Sands of the Kalahari (1965)
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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, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, desert, airplane crash, baboon, cave, hunting, helicopter, airport, locust, thirst, attempted rape, big game hunter, nature, hunter, plane crash, lost world, explorer, creature feature, jungle adventure, plane crash survivor, heroes, dangerous animal, disaster, isolation, leadership ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
africa
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Most similar movies to Sands of the Kalahari
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, exciting and suspenseful films with plots about danger, escapades, survival, heroes, wilderness, catastrophe and disaster mostly in Adventure, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Sands of the Kalahari: The Naked Prey (1965), Wolf Totem (2015), The Delta Factor (1970), The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), Follow the River (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A group of men are on safari. One of the party refuses to give a gift to a tribe they encounter. The tribe is offended, seizes the party, and one-by-one, kills all but one of the safari members in various creative and horrifying ways. The last ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, rough, fast paced ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, tribe, hunter, manhunt, native, on the run, cannibalism, danger, adventurer, culture clash, desert ...
Time:
19th century, 60s, 1800s
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
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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; ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, touching, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
forces of nature, wolf, medieval, survival, nature, tradition versus modernity, dog, wilderness, society, danger, wolf pack, disaster ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1969, year 1967
Place:
china, mongolia
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Action-packed espionage thriller based on a book by Mickey Spillane. A man who has been framed for a large-scale robbery escapes from prison, but is caught and given a choice between returning behind bars and working for the CIA. He is enlisted to ...
Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, prison, spy, nudity, drug, mission, helicopter, secret agent, fortress, dictator, female nudity, scientist ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
caribbean
Similarity:
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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
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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:
91%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A high-rolling corporate shark and his impoverished young guide play the most dangerous game during a hunting trip in the Mojave Desert.
Style:
atmospheric, tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, desert, hunting, chase, hunter, isolation, witnessing a crime, travel, thirst, danger, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, mojave desert, usa, new mexico
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A thinly fictionalized account of a legendary movie director, whose desire to hunt down an animal turns into a grim situation with his movie crew in Africa
Style:
enigmatic, talky, melancholic, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
filmmaking, obsession, wilderness, movie business, elephant, storytelling, obsessive quest, danger, friends, friendship, racial slur, treasure hunt ...
Time:
50s, year 1990, 20th century, 1950s, 70s
Place:
africa, uganda, london, texas, california
Similarity:
90%
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:
89%
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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:
88%
Genre: Adventure, Romance, Drama, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Featuring an all-star cast and on-location shooting in Japan, where the story is set, three US Air Force rescue pilots must overcome their personal problems and differences to embark upon a dangerous mission to save raft-bound Japanese survivors ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
world war two, aviation, flying, airplane, air disaster, exotic locale, airplane accident, photojournalism, world war, female journalist, pilot, u.s. air force ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
japan, the philippines
Similarity:
87%
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:
86%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a commercial airliner is trapped within a ring of erupting volcanoes, the passengers and crew must find a way to survive - without landing.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, mockbuster ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
disaster, airplane, save the day, survival, danger, spouse in danger, heroes, forces of nature, military, volcano, aeroplane, aircraft ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, hawaii
Similarity:
86%
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:
disaster, natural disaster, volcano, survival, darkness, climate, evacuation, journalism, danger, escapades, society, racism ...
Time:
year 1981, 80s, 20th century, year 1980
Place:
oregon, washington state
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Found footage of an expedition into the Congo jungle where a team of explorers stumbles upon a colony of Dinosaurs.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, disgusting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
dinosaur, cryptozoology, jungle, deadly creature, found footage, dangerous animal, lost world, adventurer, discovery, escapades, eaten alive, airplane crash ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
congo, africa, somalia
Similarity:
84%
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:
84%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia, New Zealand, USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from WW2. When he tells it around, a gang of crooks follows and threatens him and his daughter, because they know there are 50 million dollars in the wreck. ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
treasure hunt, chase, escapades, obsessive quest, airplane, adventurer, one man army, survival, danger, aviation, wilderness, treasure hunter ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
84%
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:
84%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The ozone is depleted and as a result of this all sorts things are happening like lethal insects flying around. A scientist tries to warn everybody about this but no one seems to believe him. When his predictions come true they now turn to him for ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, natural horror
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, environmental, dystopian future, anti hero, forces of nature, chaos and mayhem, heroic mission, race against time, danger, survival, escapades ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a solar storm wipes out the air traffic control system, Air Force One and a passenger jet liner are locked on a collision course in the skies above the midwest.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, mockbuster ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, save the day, danger, aviation, confined, escapades, disorder, disaster, airplane, airplane accident, aeroplane, army ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, cleveland ohio
Similarity:
83%
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:
83%
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:
83%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Thrown together under incredible circumstances, two strangers must discover courage and strength when they begin a journey across the treacherous African desert! Equipped only with their wits and the expertise of a native bushman who befriends them, ...
Style:
scenic, touching, exciting, atmospheric, sad ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, girls' night, adult
Plot:
desert, survival, friendship, poacher, adventurer, youth, rescue, jungle, on the run, gang, love story, teenage life ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
africa, canada, australia, alaska
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When a new airplane that's equipped with a new computer that can fly the plane on its own, is about to have its first flight. But the son of the owner decides to upload more software, he doesn't bother to check if there are any viruses ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
airplane accident, airplane, boeing 747, computer virus, save the day, danger, chaos, escapades, rivalry, race against time, space travel, aviation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, los angeles
Similarity:
82%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A crusty, eccentric priest recruits three reluctant convicts to help him rescue a children's leper colony from a Pacific island menaced by a smoldering volcano.
Style:
serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
convict, priest, evacuation, clergy, disaster, natural disaster, island, rescue, faith, church, prisoner, volcano ...
Time:
year 1961, 60s
Place:
fictional island
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A speculation on the fate of the famous hijacker who parachuted with his ransom and disappeared in the mountains. Has Cooper succeeded in following a meticulous plan to disappear into anonymity despite the best efforts of a dogged cop?
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, hijacking, destiny, money, bare breasts, nudity, aviation, robbery, perfect crime, intrigue, murder, missing person ...
Time:
year 1981, 70s, 1930s
Place:
oregon, washington state, seattle, portland oregon, new jersey ...
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Adapted from the successful novel, Dead in 5 Heartbeats, by Ralph "Sonny" Barger with Keith and Kent Zimmerman. The story follows the Infidelz MC's former President, Patch Kinkade, who has left his personal demons behind for the calm ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, exciting, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
motorcycle race, rivalry, gang, betrayal, vengeance, biker, tough heroes, dishonesty, social relations, motorcycle chase, bike, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
82%
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:
82%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When an Amacor oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, Captain Frank Towns and copilot "A.J." are sent to shut the operation down. However, on their way to Beijing, a major dust storm forces them to ditch their C-119 ...
Style:
intense, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival, desert, aviation, stranded, adaptation, dialogue, chase, rescue, treasure hunt, introspection, human nature, getting home ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
beijing china, long beach california, mongolia
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hijacking, hostage, save the day, danger, race against time, ransom, tunnel, confined, mind game, law enforcement, subway, extortion ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
81%
914
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
A retelling of the classic Swiss Family Robinson story.
Style:
exciting, atmospheric, captivating, serious, period drama
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
pirate, danger, island, daring rescue, family relations, family in danger, estrangement, confined, isolation, family life, father son relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
19th century, 21st century
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
81%
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