Movies like The Lion 1962
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The Lion (1962)
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Young Tina lives with her mother and stepfather on a wildlife reserve in Kenya. While her stepfather believes this is a wonderful environment for her to grow up in, her mother becomes increasingly concerned by her behaviour. These concerns are reinforced when it is revealed that her daughter's best friend in the whole world is a fully grown lion. Worried that her daughter may be turning into a savage, she sends for her former husband, Tina's biological father, in the hope that he can take her back to civilization (in this case rural Connecticut). But it seems as though Tina's mother wants something more than a civilized upbringing for her daughter.
Plot:
youth, lion, wilderness, human animal relationship, teenager, jungle, lawyer, hunter, warrior, murder, predator, family relations, sick, girl, stepfather, african tribe, elephant, husband wife relationship, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, big game hunter, sexual tension, ex husband ex wife relationship, child custody, father daughter estrangement, romantic rivalry ...
Place:
africa, kenya, east africa
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Most similar movies to The Lion
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and captivating films with plots about wilderness, escapades, danger, lion, animals, nature and family relations mostly in Adventure, Drama and Family genres. Some movies like The Lion: Visit to a Chief's Son (1974), The 7th Dawn (1964), Africa (1999), The Great Elephant Escape (1995), The Last Safari (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An American anthropologist and his son benefit from their experiences with an East African tribe.
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, touching, offbeat
Plot:
african tribe, anthropologist, youth, friendship, parent child relationship, friends, solar eclipse, family relations, human nature, society, culture clash, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
70s
Place:
africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of the Second World War.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
world war two, jungle, military, politics, british empire, wilderness, battles, british colonialism, psychopath, friends, soldier, betrayal ...
Place:
asia, russia, malaysia
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
137
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: South Africa, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
While in South Africa a troubled fashion model must struggle to survive after a car accident leaves her stranded in the African bush. When she wakes up, she fights her way through the wilderness, struggling to survive the harsh conditions.
Plot:
cobra, fashion, manager, lion, elephant, lost, model, fashion model, dinner party, wilderness, female nudity, flashback ...
Place:
africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two young boys help an elephant escape from an African animal orphanage when he is bought by a wealthy American. The trio dodge poachers, the police and lions on a journey they'll never forget.
Plot:
youth, guide, lion, child protagonist, hyena, boy, human animal relationship, ranch, interracial friendship, american abroad, elephant, poacher ...
Place:
africa, kenya
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Genre: Adventure
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A hunter stalks a killer elephant.
Plot:
hunter, colonialism, elephant, safari, big game hunter, rhinoceros, photographer, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, hunting, village, american abroad, animal attack ...
Place:
africa, kenya
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two young children, who, rather than part with an old pet lion who was once a circus performer, go on a perilous mountain trek to stay with a recluse friend.
Style:
semi serious, touching, emotional, feel good, cult film
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
disney, youth, aging, runaway, camp, family relations, mountain lion, animal life, friends, adventurer, heroes, escapades ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Patrick Foley has been on the move all his live. Tired of drifting, he wants to spend his last days in an isolated Australian valley where he grew up. On his difficult journey he meets Shawn, a little desperate city-boy whose parents were killed in ...
Style:
surreal, serious
Plot:
coming of age, survival, youth, tragedy, homeless, nature, wilderness, orphan, culture clash, isolation, human nature, heroes ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Young women have an adventure in the African jungle - where they are harassed by gentle men, and wild monkeys.
Style:
erotic
Plot:
jungle adventure, jungle, sex orgy, nude, older man younger woman sex, nudism, male full rear nudity, animals, nude dance, erotica, female nudity, sexploitation ...
Place:
africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both ...
Style:
touching, harsh, serious, stylized, anthropological ...
Plot:
tarzan, culture clash, jungle, survival, stranded, orphan, feral man, monkey, adventurer, justice, rescue, fish out of water ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1910s, 20th century, 1880s
Place:
africa, england, scotland, london, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, manhunt, wilderness, tribe, hunter, on the run, adventurer, cannibalism, culture clash, nature, desert, chase ...
Time:
19th century, 60s
Place:
africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The Tarzan story from Jane's point of view. Jane Parker visits her father in Africa where she joins him on an expedition. A couple of brief encounters with Tarzan establish a (sexual) bond between her and Tarzan. When the expedition is captured ...
Style:
sexy, humorous, fairy tale, campy, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
jungle, tarzan, female protagonist, nude, death of father, female nudity, father daughter relationship, nude bathing, lion, monkey, treasure hunt, kidnapping ...
Time:
80s, future
Place:
africa, west africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An American boy and girl, spending six months in Kenya with their scientist parents adopt a cheetah, only to realize that they must set it loose so that it can learn to hunt and be free. However, when the animal is captured by poachers planning to ...
Style:
humorous, sweet, touching, melancholic, clever ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
disney, poacher, children, animals, cheetah, coming of age, teenage life, runaway, human animal relationship, multiple storylines, cat, disaster ...
Time:
80s
Place:
africa, kenya, california, usa, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An orphaned cheetah becomes the best friend and pet of a young boy living in South Africa.
Style:
sweet, touching, sentimental, captivating, sexy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers, teens, girls' night
Plot:
wild animal, animals, lion, rescue, adolescence, youth, bully, coming of age, desert, childhood, cheetah, wilderness ...
Place:
africa, south africa, kenya
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1940 Kenya as their country prepares for war, the local aristocratic social set lives a decadent, self-indulgent lifestyle, that leads to murder. The same events were also dramatised in the feature film White Mischief, which was released seven ...
Plot:
corporal punishment, serial killer, girl, racial slur, horse, african, teacher, aristocracy, school, father daughter relationship, marital infidelity, governess ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941
Place:
africa, kenya
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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:
talky, enigmatic, melancholic, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
obsession, wilderness, hunting, movie business, filmmaking, character study, elephant, obsessive quest, friends, friendship, racial slur, actor ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
africa, california, texas, uganda, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Movies similar to The Count of Monte-Cristo
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Another thrilling adventure for Elsa the lioness as she works her magic on two teenagers struggling with changes in their life.
Plot:
animals, family history, lion, family relations, nature, wildlife, zoo, teenage girl, teenage boy, biologist, animal rights, teenager ...
Place:
africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Scottish orphan David Balfour (Lawrence Douglas) is betrayed by his wicked uncle Ebeneezer (Donald Pleasance), who arranges for David to be kidnapped and sold into slavery so that Unk can claim his inheritance. The boy is rescued and befriended by ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, stylized
Plot:
historical event, courage, sea, intrigue, ship, kidnapping, vengeance, orphan, rescue, dishonesty, escapades, rivalry ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
scotland, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true story of indomitable Kuki Gallmann, the film tells of a beautiful and inquisitive woman who had the courage to escape from her comfortable yet monotonous life in Italy to start anew in the African wilderness with her son, ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, touching, realistic, scenic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
husband wife relationship, fighting the system, pregnancy, family problems, family relations, rebellion, wilderness, animal life, society, parents and children, car accident, poacher ...
Place:
africa, kenya, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
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, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
dog, survival, wilderness, animals, human animal relationship, treasure, friendship, pets, beautiful scenery, disney, dog sled, unlikely friendships ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s
Place:
alaska, yukon, canada, san francisco, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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:
christian film
Plot:
christian, faith, youth, husband wife relationship, river, religious conversion, hospital, wilderness, camping, pregnancy, bear, radio ...
Place:
alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Elsa's three mischievious cubs begin wreaking havok on the nearby villages, Joy and her husband are forced to move them hundreds of miles to a game preserve.
Style:
serious, realistic
Audience:
preschoolers, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
lion, animals, pets, lion cub, family relations, animal life, family life, escapades, getting home, hopes, adventurer, heroes ...
Time:
70s
Place:
africa, kenya
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A seventeen-year-old girl is the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Amazon.
Plot:
female protagonist, sole survivor, survival, survivor, jungle, airplane accident, wilderness, children, air disaster, airplane, girl, airport ...
Place:
peru
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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 ⇓
41%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Biopic about Sir James Brooke, the British adventurer who became King of Sarawak in the 1840's and embarked on a lifelong crusade to end piracy and head-hunting - only to face charges of murder and piracy himself.
Style:
captivating, tense
Plot:
pirate, fighting the system, murder, jungle, escapades, fight for supremacy, piracy, showdown, battles, fighting crime, fight, religion ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1930s, 1840s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, The Blue Butterfly tells the story of a terminally ill 10-year-old boy whose dream is to catch the most beautiful butterfly on Earth, the mythic and elusive Blue Morpho. His mother persuades a renowned entomologist to take ...
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, realistic
Plot:
butterfly, jungle, parents and children, family life, family relations, child illness, tragic hero, single parent, disability, child in peril, husband wife relationship, male female relationship ...
Place:
canada, latin america, costa rica, central america
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, UK, Kenya
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Drama based loosely on the final years of Kenya game warden and lion-raiser George Adamson's life. An unofficial sequel to 'Born Free' (1966) and 'Living Free' (1972), which also dramatised the life of Adamson, this film ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere
Plot:
animals, lion cub, poacher, lion, animal life, environmentalism, adoption, captivity, crumbling marriage, politics, misfit, escapades ...
Time:
80s
Place:
africa, east africa, kenya
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
142
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Fourteen-year-old Chris is haunted by the death of his father and resentful of his stepfather Cal. He befriends a lost dog and names it Smoke, but tries to keep it a secret for fear Cal will take the dog away.
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, emotional, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
youth, disney, nature, family relations, animal life, estrangement, remarry, farm, teenage life, coming of age, betrayal, dog ...
Time:
60s, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
793
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A retelling of the classic Swiss Family Robinson story.
Style:
exciting, atmospheric, serious, captivating
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
island, pirate, daring rescue, family relations, family in danger, estrangement, confined, isolation, family life, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, treasure hunt ...
Time:
19th century, 21st century
Place:
thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Life for Richard Forbush, brilliant biology student and conceited philanderer, is one long round of eat, drink and be merry. But his decision to accept a six-month research post in the Antarctic, making the first detailed study of a penguin colony, ...
Plot:
penguins, bird, explorer, obsession, desperation, predator, rescue, helicopter, biologist, womanizer, solitude, wilderness ...
Place:
antarctica, antarctic, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A husband, wife and their son are stranded on a remote island with no way off; as the son grows older, sexual tensions emerge.
Style:
sexual, sexy
Plot:
mother son incest, oedipus complex, island, older woman younger man relationship, mother, survival, sexual tension, teenage boy, sea turtle, strict father, marooned, raft ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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