Movies like The Forbidden Quest

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The Forbidden Quest (1993)
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The Forbidden Quest (1993)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 75 min.
Story: 1931: in Ireland, a film maker hears of an aged ship's carpenter who knows the fate of the Hollandia, a Norse ship that set sail in 1905 and vanished. The old salt has canisters of film to prove his tale. We see the footage as he narrates. They sail south in June, 1905, with scores of Siberian huskies aboard, meeting no living soul, the crew ignorant of the trip's purpose, until they reach Antarctica. A mysterious Italian paces the deck; a polar bear appears, and the Italian, possessed, hunts it down. That night, the boatswain explains to the crew how an Arctic bear could be at the South Pole and why the Hollandia has come. Visitors arrive, and the Gothic tale plays out.
Style: serious, weird, fake documentary
Plot: found footage, survival, wilderness, witch, pagan, underdog, ship, disaster, iceberg, ocean, supernatural, supernatural ability, adventurer, escapades, danger, elderly, dog, mountain, shipwreck, expedition, ice, arctic, boat, glacier, interview ...
Time: 1940s, 1900s, 1930s, 20th century, 30s, 40s
Place: antarctica, ireland, europe, south pole
Keyword: dutch, ocean or sea

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Most similar movies to The Forbidden Quest

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, exciting and captivating films with plots about survival, danger, escapades, wilderness, nature, isolation and forces of nature mostly in Adventure, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Forbidden Quest: Welcome to the Jungle (2007), Klondike Fever (1979), Never Cry Wolf (1983), Antarctica (1983), Deadliest Sea (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Welcome to the Jungle (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Two young couples head into the New Guinea wilderness in an effort to find Michael Rockefeller, the heir to the Rockefeller fortune who disappeared in 1961.
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, rough, mockumentary ...
Plot: cannibalism, jungle, wilderness, found footage, cannibal, survival, obsessive quest, danger, gory, african tribe, escapades, cons and scams ...
Place: new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
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Klondike Fever (1979)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story: This movie chronicles Jack London's epic journey from San Francisco to the Klondike gold fields in 1898.
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, exciting, atmospheric
Plot: wilderness, wilderness survival, writers, german shepherd, dog, violent content, clergy, society, heroes, danger, survival, escapades ...
Time: year 1980, 1890s, 19th century
Place: alaska, london, england, yukon
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Never Cry Wolf (1983)
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: scenic, semi autobiographical, philosophical, offbeat, anthropological ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: wilderness, nature, wolf, snow, scientist, survival, mountain, arctic, camping, environment, environmental, voice over narration ...
Time: year 1983, 1940s, 80s
Place: alaska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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 2K
Antarctica (1983)
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, depressing, ironic, realistic, serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: dog sled, survival, dog, expedition, nature, thoughtful, winter, landscape, animal life, escapades, pets, danger ...
Time: 50s, year 1957, 1950s
Place: antarctica, japan, asia, antarctic, hokkaido
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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Deadliest Sea (2009)
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, suspenseful, rough, serious
Plot: ship, survival, coast guard, escapades, danger, forces of nature, inventions and discoveries, ocean, rescue, sea, boat, battles ...
Time: 21st century
Place: alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Daughter of the Sun God (1962)
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: This adventure chronicles the exploits of an author/explorer on a trip to Peru to hunt for the missing uncle of his pretty young companion. Her archaeologist uncle disappeared while searching for a lost Incan city that he found upon an ancient map. ...
Style: independent film, serious
Plot: jungle, jungle adventure, bandit, mountain, danger, escapades, gang, heroes, rivalry, adventurer, treasure hunt, inventions and discoveries ...
Time: 60s
Place: peru, south america, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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The Climb (1986)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Based on the true story of the 1953 assault on Nanga Parbat, a treacherous Himalayan Peak.
Style: independent film
Plot: mountain, mountaineer, climbing, mountaineering, survival, nature, disaster, mountain climbing, trapped, landscape, hiker, rock climbing ...
Time: year 1986, 1950s
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Call of the Wild (1992)
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, family outing, kids
Plot: dog, survival, wilderness, german shepherd, stranded, canine, landscape, animal, escapades, pets, rivalry, contests and competitions ...
Time: 19th century, 90s
Place: alaska, canada, england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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The Flight of the Eagle (1982)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark, West Germany, Norway
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The Swedish 19th century engineer S. A. Andrée sets out to become the first man on the north pole. His idea is to launch a polar expedition using a hydrogen balloon, together with two friends. The balloon, "The Eagle", takes off from ...
Style: contemplative, epic, sincere, bleak, exciting ...
Plot: north pole, survival, biopic, zeppelin, aviation, nordic, winter, nature, island, polar bear, ice, weather ...
Time: 19th century, year 1982, 1890s
Place: europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
In Gold We Trust (2010)
Genre: Adventure
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A group of adventurers make off with 600 kilograms of gold in Guyana, but when their helicopter crashes in the jungle, gold fever takes over.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, psychological, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: jungle, adventurer, jungle adventure, gold, chases and races, escapades, crime gone awry, obsessive quest, nothing goes right, criminal heroes, disorder, human nature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Anything to Survive (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A father and his children are caught by a storm whilst sailing in Alaska. When they get shipwrecked, things go from bad to worse.
Style: semi serious, realistic
Plot: island, survival, wilderness, sailboat, shipwreck, rescue, family relations, disaster, escapades, danger, confined, getting home ...
Time: 80s
Place: alaska, british columbia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Bermuda Triangle (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After a strange storm in the Carribean causes a boat to sink, a family finds itself stranded on an island in the "27th dimension".
Style: serious, captivating, tense, enigmatic, suspense
Plot: bermuda triangle, ship, ocean, survival, island, starting over, escapades, danger, forces of nature, family in danger, isolation, stranded ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Treasure Island (2007)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Germany
Duration: 186 min.
Story: A terrible storm is raging the night it all begins - with a knock on the door. 17-year-old Jim Hawkins helps his widowed mother run their little tavern on the coast of 19th century England. When the door is opened they are startled by a sight that ...
Style: serious, captivating, exciting, intense, talky
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: pirate, treasure map, ship, adventurer, young heroes, obsessive quest, heroes, daring rescue, rebelliousness, betrayal, escapades, danger ...
Time: 18th century, 21st century
Place: fictional island, caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Arctic (2018)
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, disturbing, uplifting ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, snow, arctic, helicopter crash, man versus nature, polar bear, fish, very little dialogue, ice, snowstorm, struggle for survival, winter ...
Time: year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place: antarctica
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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The Whale (2013)
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: captivating, exciting, serious, suspense, scenic ...
Plot: whale, lost at sea, ship, survival, danger, dangerous animal, ocean, escapades, shipwreck, rescue, isolation, catastrophe ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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The Red Tent (1969)
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, disaster, arctic, interwar period, conquistador, post soviet, space, winter, 007, nature, rescue attempt ...
Time: 1920s, year 1969
Place: soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Frozen (2010)
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: suspenseful, suspense, scary, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, isolation, stranded, snow, survival horror, frostbite, ski resort, animal attack, winter, mountain, youth, danger ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: utah, antarctic
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
To Brave Alaska (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A young couple and their dog struggle to survive in Alaska.
Style: uplifting, captivating, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot: survival, wilderness, wilderness survival, treasure hunt, pets, treasure hunter, starvation, blizzard, disorder, human spirit, chases and races, escapades ...
Time: 70s
Place: yukon, alaska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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The Letter for the King (2008)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Young Tiuri has to pass the final test before before being knighted by king Dagonaut. He has to pass a night in the chapel, what is suddenly disturbed by a strangers request of help. With his decision to help the stranger, Tiuri abandons his given ...
Style: entertaining, sincere, feel good, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: heroic mission, escapades, heroes, danger, medieval, friendship, obsessive quest, youth, rivalry, sword fight, fight, dutch history ...
Time: middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Against the Wild (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The action-packed feature film tells the dramatic tale of two siblings and their Alaskan Malamute, who must make an emergency landing when their small plane has engine problems. They find themselves in a beautiful but potentially dangerous natural ...
Style: sentimental, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience: family outing
Plot: youth, survival, family problems, danger, escapades, coming of age, pets, wilderness, dog, nature, childhood, cave ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Crusoe (1988)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked and he finds himself all alone on a tropical island. With a few tools he manages to rescue from the wreck he has to learn to support himself until help arrives.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot: desert island, robinson crusoe, tropical island, survival, shipwreck, ocean, marooned, stranded, isolation, fish out of water, confined, escapades ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: fictional island, virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Storm Bound (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A ripping adventure yarn about teenage boys who join the crew of a ship of the Dutch East India Company in the 17th century. After a dramatic shipwreck and escape from an attack by natives, they must make their way to safety by themselves.
Style: exciting, serious, atmospheric, captivating
Audience: family outing
Plot: island, ship, fall in love, heroes, survival, isolation, youth, escapades, danger, confined, ocean, fight ...
Time: 17th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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St. Helens (1981)
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, serious, realistic, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, volcano, volcanic eruption, survival, climate, darkness, evacuation, escapades, society, journalism, danger ...
Time: year 1981, 80s, 20th century, year 1980
Place: oregon, washington state
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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The Lost Continent (1968)
Genre: Adventure
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An eclectic group of characters set sail on Captain Lansen’s leaky cargo ship in an attempt to escape their various troubles. When a violent storm strikes, the ship is swept into the Sargasso Sea and the passengers find themselves trapped on an ...
Style: retro, mythical, classic horror, grindhouse, natural horror ...
Plot: ocean, monster, dinosaur, lost world, giant monster, kaiju, giant crab, creature feature, killer animal, sea, exploitation, reptiles ...
Time: prehistoric times
Place: fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Passage to Mars (2016)
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A NASA Arctic expedition designed to be the first Martian road trip on Earth becomes an epic two-year odyssey of human adventure and survival.
Style: captivating, tense, disturbing, psychotronic
Plot: mars, nasa, expedition, mission, research, experiment, scientific research, survival, space exploration, space, martian, universe ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: As a plea-bargain to clear their school records, a group of misfit teens ventures into the majestic but unforgiving wilderness to help a young naturalist save the vanishing wolves. After they encountered unexpected incident, they are aided by the ...
Style: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic
Audience: family outing
Plot: wolf, nature, misfit, wilderness, naturalist, friends, animal life, adventurer, escapades, survival, rescue, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Mara of the Wilderness (1965)
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An altruistic park ranger stumbles upon a beautiful but feral young girl who spent most of her life being raised by a pack of white wolves. But his plans to tame her wild ways are cut short when an enterprising trapper hears about her story and sets ...
Style: independent film, serious
Plot: wolf, nature, feral child, wilderness, park ranger, escapades, orphan, danger, animal life, woods, hunter, raccoon ...
Time: 60s
Place: alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 5.3
 216
The Sea Wolf (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 179 min.
Story: The Sea-Wolf is based on a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American novelist Jack London, about a literary critic, who is survivor of an ocean collision. He then comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who ...
Style: tense, exciting, realistic, serious
Plot: ship, ocean, survival, castaway, lone wolves, danger, self discovery, isolation, storm at sea, violence, sea, social differences ...
Time: year 2008, 1920s, 1900s
Place: pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.2
 784
The Old Man (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Kazakhstan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: This is a survival story - a Hemingway's 'Old Man and the Sea' as if written for our days.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, serious, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: wilderness, danger, family relations, farm, nature, wilderness survival, isolation, survival, arctic, landscape, mountain, winter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: kazakhstan
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.3
 3K
Abandoned (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When their yacht capsizes during a storm; four men face almost certain death.
Style: suspense, exciting, intense, captivating, serious ...
Plot: sea, lost at sea, ship, desert island, death, fear, storm, courage, survival, boat, sailing, wilderness ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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