Movies and TV shows like Shackleton
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Shackleton (2002)
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 206 min.
TV show
Story:
The true story of Shackleton's 1914 Endurance expedition to the the South Pole and his epic struggle to lead his 28 man crew to safety after his ship was crushed in the pack ice.
Style:
epic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
Plot:
survival, expedition, adventurer, endurance, human spirit, against the odds, nature, leadership, ambition, forces of nature, explorer, sea, disaster, world war one, ship, ocean, winter, climbing, man versus nature, seafaring, ice, cold the temperature, cold weather, heroes, escapades ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1914
Place:
antarctica, south pole, england
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Most similar movies to Shackleton
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, exciting and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about escapades, danger, survival, ocean, heroes, sea and adventurer mostly in Drama, Adventure and History genres. Some movies like Shackleton: Amundsen (2019), Everest (2015), The Terror (2018), Kon-Tiki (2012), Christopher Columbus (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Norway, Sweden, Czech Republic
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of polar explorer, Roald Amundsen, this movie covers his life and the dangerous way to the pole.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, sincere, tense
Plot:
explorer, survival, north pole, brother brother relationship, escapades, disaster, dream, heroes, ambition, love and romance, couples, airplane ...
Time:
1910s, 1920s
Place:
south pole, oslo norway, antarctica
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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, breathtaking, dramatic, scenic, tense ...
Plot:
survival, mountain, mountaineer, climbing, mountain climbing, natural disaster, stranded, snow, beautiful scenery, man versus nature, forces of nature, disaster ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 20th century
Place:
mount everest, himalaya, nepal, asia, texas
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
The crew of a Royal Naval expedition searching for the Arctic's treacherous Northwest Passage discovers instead a monstrous predator.
Style:
twist ending, psychological, suspenseful, bleak, slasher ...
Plot:
arctic, expedition, cannibalism, starvation, insanity, violence, british navy, paranoia, leadership, animal attack, delusion, corpse ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1940s
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75%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
Style:
harsh, realistic, exciting, epic, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
ocean, survival, shark, boat, adventurer, raft, sea voyage, obsessive quest, expedition, travel, fish, diary ...
Time:
1940s, year 1947, 20th century, 1930s, 1920s ...
Place:
pacific ocean, polynesia, peru, usa, south america ...
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100%
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, West Germany, USA
Duration: 360 min.
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Story:
The epic mini-series tells the story of the legendary Italian-born explorer Diego de Geona Taino, later known as Christopher Columbus, from his birth in c.1450 Genoa, Italy, to his young adult years as an expert sailor and navigator who, with money ...
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, captivating, factual ...
Plot:
expedition, conquistador, native americans, ambition, adventurer, inventions and discoveries, ocean, tragic hero, political intrigue, new world, discovery, father son relationship ...
Time:
15th century
Place:
portugal, spain, europe, iceland, cuba ...
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100%
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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:
depressing, suspenseful, realistic, serious
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dog sled, survival, dog, nature, animals, expedition, animal life, human spirit, rescue, daring rescue, pets, hopes ...
Time:
50s
Place:
antarctica, japan, asia, antarctic, hokkaido
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100%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
Parallel stories: 18th century Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea; 20th century Gould is obsessed with restoring it.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
inventor, sea, british navy, sailboat, ocean, military life, against the odds, escapades, sea disaster, father son relationship, sailing, seafaring ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, victorian era, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
england, jamaica
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
Style:
exciting, serious, tense, suspenseful, epic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
ship, sea, ocean, dangerous animal, obsessive quest, whale, captain, friendship, shipwreck, suspense, revenge, hunting ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
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Story:
In the Golden Age of Piracy, at the dawn of the 18th century, Blackbeard stood out among the lawless rogues as the most fearsome and notorious seafarer of them all. He killed for the reputation, and his reputation has become legend. Now, for the ...
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
pirate, treasure hunt, heroes, daring rescue, rescue, adventurer, rebelliousness, good versus evil, escapades, uninhibited rivalry, intrigue, male female relationship ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
caribbean, west indies, bahamas
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Western
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 274 min.
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Story:
The story centers on the friendship of two adventurers, Bill Haskell and Byron Epstein, as they travel west during the Klondike Gold Rush. Along the way they "must navigate harsh conditions, unpredictable weather and desperate, dangerous ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, stylized, atmospheric ...
Plot:
gold rush, treasure hunt, gold, intrigue, friendship, greed, escapades, businessman, wilderness, murder, adventurer, snow ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
yukon, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like Everest
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, USA, Japan, China
Duration: 504 min.
TV show
Story:
The life and experiences of the 13th-century explorer, who sought to connect the civilizations of China and Europe through trade.
Style:
exciting, epic, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
explorer, medieval, historical event, white man asian woman relationship, islam, ancient, battles, ambition, heroes, society, obsessive quest, adventurer ...
Time:
13th century, middle ages
Place:
persia, venice, mongolia, tibet, china
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45%
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, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious
Plot:
mountaineer, disaster, mountain, climbing, survival, winter, forces of nature, rock climbing, camp, hiker, mountain climbing, adventurer ...
Place:
himalaya, mount everest, asia
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42%
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:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
disaster, survival, aviation, arctic, interwar period, nature, space, rescue attempt, heroes, leadership, daring rescue, ghost ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
russia, ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Canada, South Africa
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Crusoe is a television adventure drama based loosely on the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes aired on NBC during the first half of the 2008–2009 television season. It follows the adventures of Robinson Crusoe: a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, baroque
Plot:
island, survival, ocean, wise man, friends, wisdom of life, storm, sea disaster, friendship, isolation, escapades, shipwreck ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
england, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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:
sincere, bleak, epic, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
explorer, north pole, survival, zeppelin, aviation, nature, ice, exploration, polar bear, arctic, flying, island ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s
Place:
sweden, europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Canada, Hungary
Duration: 190 min.
TV show
Story:
An extraordinary re-telling of the doomed voyage that features both fictional and historical characters, ranging from steerage passengers to upper class guests.
Style:
emotional, realistic, epic, serious, stylized
Plot:
titanic, shipwreck, ocean liner, passenger, tragedy, sea disaster, drowning, ocean, ship, sinking ship, ghost ship, castaway ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, edwardian era, year 1912
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
A young man is taken aboard a seal-hunting vessel helmed by the cruel captain Wolf Larsen.
Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, tense, serious ...
Plot:
ship, ocean, survival, expedition, isolation, sea disaster, captain, writer's life, self discovery, escapades, love and romance, sailing ...
Time:
20th century
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40%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
North Face tells the story of two German climbers Toni Kurz and Andreas Hinterstoisser and their attempt to scale the deadly North Face of the Eiger.
Style:
touching, exciting, serious, captivating, breathtaking ...
Plot:
climbing, mountain climbing, mountaineer, disaster, mountain, adventurer, survival, wehrmacht, rivalry, forces of nature, man versus nature, nature ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
switzerland, germany, alps, swiss alps, bavaria
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Australia, Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s ...
Style:
scenic, exciting, inspirational, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
survival, ocean, ship, whale, sea, boat, disaster, starvation, shipwreck, man versus nature, dangerous animal, castaway ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, future, middle ages, georgian era ...
Place:
new england, ecuador, pacific ocean, south america, massachusetts
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39%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 175 min.
TV show
Story:
A true story about the tragic explosion at Halifax Harbour, Canada, in the early hours of December 6, 1917.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, captivating, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war one, daring rescue, survival, heroic mission, against humanity, life is a bitch, escapades, save the day, leadership, race against time, military, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, year 1917
Place:
canada, belgium, nova scotia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Movies similar to Seven Years in Tibet
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 184 min.
TV show
Story:
The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
Style:
realistic, exciting, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
ship, ocean, survival, whale, obsessive quest, hunt down, rivalry, dangerous animal, sea, self destructing, escapades, lost at sea ...
Time:
19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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, survival, escapades, inventions and discoveries, forces of nature, ocean, rescue, coast guard, sea, boat, battles, helicopter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alaska
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38%
Genre: Action, Adventure, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
Treasure Island is a two-part British television miniseries adaptation of the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was made by BSkyB and first shown in the United Kingdom on Sky1 on 1–2 January 2012. The screenplay was by Stewart ...
Style:
captivating, atmospheric, suspenseful, epic, serious ...
Plot:
pirate, expedition, treasure hunt, island, treasure map, ship, adventurer, heroes, escapades, rivalry, medieval, ocean ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
england, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 173 min.
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Story:
A story of the romances of two couples upon the doomed ship. Isabella Paradine (Catherine Zeta Jones) is a wealthy woman mourning the loss of her aunt, who reignites a romance with old flame, Wynn Park (Peter Gallagher). Meanwhile, a charming ...
Style:
fairy tale, sad, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
titanic, disaster, ocean, ocean liner, shipwreck, iceberg, ship, catastrophe, sea, historical event, forces of nature, social differences ...
Time:
1910s, year 1912
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
May 1960. Mount Everest, the second step under the cliff. The four members of the China Everest Climbing Commando are attacking the most difficult and most difficult "second step". This is their fifth assault. The first four failures have ...
Style:
captivating, scenic, suspenseful
Plot:
climbing, mountaineer, mountain climbing, expedition, adventurer, friendship between men, stranded, mountain, tragedy, survival, against the odds, wilderness ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
china
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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In the Heart of the Sea similar movies
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Yachtsman Donald Crowhurst's disastrous attempt to win the 1968 Golden Globe Race ends up with him creating an outrageous account of traveling the world alone by sea.
Style:
captivating, scenic, exciting, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
yacht, sea, inventor, sailing, lost at sea, sea voyage, survival, escapades, against the odds, human spirit, ambition, explorer ...
Time:
60s, year 1968
Place:
england, argentina
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36%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
British explorer Henry Stanley travels to Africa in 1871 seeking missionary David Livingstone.
Style:
serious, realistic
Plot:
jungle, imperialism, interracial relations, missing person, wilderness, against the odds, culture clash, adventurer, unlikely partners, escapades, hopes, idealism ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
africa
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36%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The USS Neptune, a nuclear submarine, is sunk off the coast of Connecticut after a collision with a Norwegian cargo ship. The navy must attempt a potentially dangerous rescue in the hope of saving the lives of the crew.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, u.s. navy, disaster, rescue, drowning, daring rescue, survival, nuclear submarine, heroes, save the day, tough heroes, ocean ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
pentagon
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35%
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:
wolf, forces of nature, survival, nature, dog, animals, wilderness, tradition versus modernity, horse, society, chinese, wolf pack ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1967, year 1969
Place:
china, mongolia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
476
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 119 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the true story of the first Canadians to ever make it to the top of the world's tallest and most historic peak. A proud moment for Canadians and an adventure that is filled with bitterness, broken relationships and the bodies of four ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, inter cultural
Plot:
mountain, survival, climbing, human spirit, forces of nature, rebelliousness, hopes, escapades, heroes, journalism, journey, mountain climbing ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
mount everest, canada, nepal
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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