Movies like Cold River

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Cold River (1982)
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Cold River (1982)
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Based on the novel Winterkill, by William Judson, Cold River is the story of an Adirondack guide who takes his young daughter and step-son on a long camping trip in the fall of 1932. When winter strikes unexpectedly early (a natural phenomenon known as a 'winterkill' - so named because the animals are totally unprepared for a sudden, early winter, and many freeze or starve to death), a disastrous turn of events leaves the two children to find their own way home without food, or protection from the elements.
Style: independent film
Audience: teens
Plot: treasure hunt, survival, nature, winter, youth, treasure hunter, camping, teenager, snow, teenage girl, family relations, isolation, teenage boy, starvation, death of father, wilderness, child in peril, lost, death of parent, loss of parent

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Most similar movies to Cold River

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, independent film and exciting films with plots about survival, wilderness, nature, youth, escapades, danger and treasure hunt mostly in Adventure, Family and Drama genres. Some movies like Cold River: Lost in the Barrens (1990), Mountain Family Robinson (1979), My Side of the Mountain (1969), Seven Alone (1974), Savage Land (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Lost in the Barrens (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The story of two very different boys in the Canadian wilderness. They must learn to depend on each other in order to survive.
Audience: family outing
Plot: survival, wilderness, bear attack, nature, winter, treasure hunt, snow, treasure hunter, stranded, trapped, scenery, friendship between boys ...
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1978)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The Wilderness Family now face terrifying times in fierce winter storms, an avalanche, and being attacked by a ferocious pack of hungry wolves. Watch as America's favorite family stands strong together to prove that the best things in life are ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, independent film
Audience: family outing
Plot: wilderness, survival, treasure hunt, bear, camp, treasure hunter, camping, youth, real life, camping trip, winter, family relations ...
Time: year 1978, 20th century, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Mountain Family Robinson (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A family goes "back to nature" by homesteading in the Colorado Rockies.
Style: action adventure, independent film, semi serious, realistic
Audience: family outing
Plot: survival, animal, treasure hunt, camping, treasure hunter, youth, nature, camp, camping trip, real life, wilderness, family relations ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
My Side of the Mountain (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Film adaption of the novel by Jean Craighead George. A family movie made by Paramount Studios, the story revolves around thirteen-year old Sam Gribley (Teddy Eccles), a devotee of Thoreau, as many were back in the in 1960's. Sam decides to ...
Style: realistic, serious, feel good, touching
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: survival, mountain, wildlife, nature, youth, treasure hunt, runaway, childhood, animal, owl, treasure hunter, camping ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Seven Alone (1974)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A fictionalized account of the real-life adventure of the Sager family. Travelling with a wagon train from Missouri to Oregon, things are going well for the Sagers, until father Sager dies from blood poisoning following an Indian attack, and mother ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: survival, youth, treasure hunt, winter, snow, wagon train, wilderness survival, nature, treasure hunter, landscape, stranded, orphan ...
Time: 19th century, 1840s
Place: oregon, missouri, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 4.5
 173
Savage Land (1994)
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Set against the spectacular Rocky Mountains, this adventure is reminiscent of the Disney live-action classics (such as "Old Yeller" and "Escape from Witch Mountain"). Two women and two kids are stranded in the Old West when bad ...
Style: independent film
Plot: youth, wild west, native, family relations, bandit, survival, women, children, native american, stagecoach
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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 ⇓
61%
Survival Quest (1988)
Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A bunch of city slickers from different backgrounds go into the wild mountains to be one with nature, but basically to have a good time. However, a paramilitary group has chosen the same time to go camping. When one of the soldiers thinks their boss ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, retro ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: survival, wilderness, treasure hunt, murder, rivalry, danger, hostage, mountain, camping, manhunt, treasure hunter, trapped ...
Time: 80s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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A Cry in the Wild (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: 13-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of an unreported plane crash. Alone in the Yukon wilderness, Brian must learn to survive by his wits, find food and shelter, and brave wild, hungry animals until or if he is found.
Style: exciting, atmospheric, realistic, serious, independent film
Audience: family outing
Plot: wilderness, youth, dangerous animal, self discovery, danger, isolation, survival, survivor, boy, nature, grizzly bear, trapped ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: yukon, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
White Water Summer (1987)
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 ⇓
54%
White Wolves III - Cry of the White Wolf (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Two teenagers are put to the test when the plane taking them to a wilderness boot camp for juvenile offenders crashes into the vast sierra. Their pilot, Quentin, injured and ununable to make the dangerous journey, teaches them the ways of his ...
Plot: wolf, survival, nature, dog, airplane crash, teenager, wilderness, survivor
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 6.6
 9K
Iron Will (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When Will Stoneman's father dies, he is left alone to take care of his mother and their land. Needing money to maintain it, he decides to join a cross country dogsled race. This race will require days of racing for long hours, through harsh ...
Style: inspirational, feel good, uplifting, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog sled, dog, survival, treasure hunt, animal, racing, underdog, winter, world war one, human animal relationship, canine, nature ...
Time: year 1994, 1910s, 20th century
Place: alaska, minnesota, canada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 5.1
 1K
True Heart (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A brother and sister are plane-wrecked in Canada, where they must rely on the help of a native and his bear.
Style: independent film, serious, atmospheric
Plot: youth, bear, teenage girl, airplane, family relations, kids in trouble, disorder, danger, dangerous animal, escapades, heroes, survival ...
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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 ⇓
47%
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Teenager Angus adopts a stray dog and names him Yellow. Several days later, while travelling along the coast of British Columbia with Angus's father, John, the boy and dog become stranded when turbulent waters capsize their boat. Angus's ...
Style: sentimental, emotional, touching, exciting, serious
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: dog, boy dog relationship, wilderness, survival, animal, youth, childhood, friendship, young heroes, danger, teenage life, parents and children ...
Place: british columbia, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Stranded (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 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, island, danger, daring rescue, family relations, family in danger, estrangement, confined, family life, isolation, father son relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 19th century, 21st century
Place: thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999)
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Indiana Jones, now a captain in the French army, is assigned to escort two Austrian princes to meet with Emperor Karl I and convince him to broker a peace deal with France and Britain at the expense of Austria's alliance with Germany. Two ...
Plot: indiana jones, treasure hunt, treasure hunter, great war, archaeologist, train, secret service, world war one, embassy, russian revolution, fedora
Time: 1910s
Place: russia, austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The Seventh Coin (1993)
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An independent film starring Peter O'Toole and directed by Dror Soref. In modern-day Jerusalem, an Arab boy and a beautiful American tourist are accidentally entrusted with a priceless coin from the age of King Herod. Soon the two are falling ...
Style: independent film
Plot: treasure hunt, treasure, treasure hunter, arab, coin, tourist, indiana jones
Time: year 1993
Place: jerusalem, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The story of a modern family bored with the hassles of the city life in Los Angeles. They head for the wilderness never to return.
Style: action adventure, uplifting, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: nature, wilderness, bear, survival, treasure hunt, animal, youth, camp, camping, treasure hunter, scenery, camping trip ...
Time: year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place: fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Treasure Island (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Take a son and make sure he dreams; wake him up and start telling him a story. Rock him with your most beautiful voice, lower and lower, until he goes back to sleep but still listening, subliminally. Now, he must be dreaming, but completing the ...
Style: surreal, independent film
Plot: treasure hunt, cannon, treasure island, treasure hunter, youth, pirate, child protagonist, blind man, storytelling, boy, surrealism, absurdism ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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 ⇓
41%
 5.0
 362
Little Savages (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Visiting the charming lake town of Culver, a boy genius and his sister race against bullies to find a treasure hidden by an eccentric philanthropist.
Style: entertaining, captivating, feel good, semi serious
Audience: teens, family outing, kids
Plot: treasure, treasure hunt, hidden treasure, teamwork, escapades, teenage protagonist, lost treasure, teenager, brother sister relationship, adventurer, youth, girl ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 7.1
 65K
Leave No Trace (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A father and daughter live a perfect but mysterious existence in Forest Park, a beautiful nature reserve near Portland, Oregon, rarely making contact with the world. But when a small mistake tips them off to authorities, they are sent on an ...
Style: psychological, sincere, serious, road movie, captivating ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: father daughter relationship, forest, nature, veteran, teenage girl, trust, wilderness, survivalist, hitchhiking, isolation, survival, hiking ...
Time: 2010s, future, near future, 90s
Place: oregon, washington state, xian, portland oregon, colorado ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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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 ⇓
37%
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The globe trotting trip that Henry Jones, Jr. sets out on in the early 1900s next takes him and his family to Russia. A few acts of clumsiness puts Indy at odds with his father who is greatly displeased with Indy. Indy runs away into the Russian ...
Plot: indiana jones, treasure hunt, archaeologist, youth, lost world, treasure hunter, writers, archaeology, baseball, father, mother, adventurer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.2
 80K
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 ⇓
35%
White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A two-week trek through the Cascade Mountains tries the survival instincts of five adventurous teenagers. At first, it's all a good time. Shooting the rapids, exploring caves and making new friends. But when an accident occurs, Mother Nature ...
Style: independent film, exciting, semi serious, suspenseful
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: wolf, camp, dog, camping trip, nature, wilderness survival, camping, hiking, cave, wilderness, mountain, animal life ...
Time: 90s
Place: oregon, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Cry from the Mountain (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: The film centers on an emotional kayaking trip between a father and a son. The father has taken his boy into the deep Alaskan wilderness to tell him that he is divorcing the boy's mother, who is pregnant and waiting for them back home. While on ...
Style: independent film, christian film
Plot: christian, faith, youth, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, bear, river, wilderness, hospital, radio, nature, religious conversion ...
Place: alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Huck and the King of Hearts (1994)
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Taking place in the 1990's, Huck and his card shark friend, Jim, travel from California to Nevada searching for Huck's long-lost grandpa. Along the way, a deceived card player chases the two across the states with his two, less ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot: youth, native, disorder, optimism, animal life, friends, family relations, cons and scams, family life, interracial relations, on the road, chases and races ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: mississippi, las vegas, nevada, missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.7
 22K
White Fang (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.
Style: touching, sentimental, sincere, captivating, epic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: dog, survival, human animal relationship, wilderness, treasure, pets, friendship, animal, dog sled, unlikely friendships, daring rescue, winter ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, year 1991, 1890s
Place: alaska, yukon, america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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