Movies like The Hawaiians
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The Hawaiians (1970)
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A wanderer returns home only to find political turmoil, disease and romantic difficulties.
Style:
epic, sincere, serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
sea, adventurer, escapades, society, immigrants, lifestyle, culture clash, rape, burglar, quarantine, rat, boat, fortune teller, revolutionary, getting home, passionate kiss, father son relationship, interracial marriage, drunkenness, ambition, garden, jail, plantation, husband wife relationship, newspaper ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
hawaii, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and sincere films with plots about escapades, society, culture clash, danger, survival, heroes and family relations mostly in Drama, Adventure and Western genres. Some movies like The Hawaiians: Hawaii (1966), Follow the River (1995), Beautiful Wave (2011), Marco Polo (2007), Crusoe (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
Abner Hale, a rigid and humorless New England missionary, marries the beautiful Jerusha Bromley and takes her to the exotic island kingdom of Hawaii, intent on converting the natives. But the clash between the two cultures is too great and instead ...
Style:
serious, captivating, sincere, realistic, inspirational ...
Plot:
missionary, infidelity, state affairs, culture clash, fish out of water, religion, redemption, interracial relations, family relations, religions or cults, mother son relationship, christian ...
Time:
19th century, regency period, 1830s, 1810s, 1820s
Place:
hawaii, usa, connecticut, new hampshire, yale university ...
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95%
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, serious, realistic, suspenseful, epic
Plot:
native american white relationships, kidnapping, wilderness, survival, native american, colonialism, captivity, americana, culture clash, settler, pioneer, escape ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
virginia, usa
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64%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In Santa Cruz for the summer, a young woman discovers the sport of surfing -- and a family secret as well.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
surfing, coming of age, self discovery, youth, escapades, teenage life, friendship, society, on the road, drugs/alcohol
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
Assigned to accompany two priests on a mission to convert the court of Kublai Khan to Christianity, Marco Polo is abandoned in the mountains when the priests, doubting the very existence of China, turn back. Polo eventually pushes bravely forth ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, atmospheric, epic, realistic ...
Plot:
adventurer, heroes, heroic mission, leadership, rivalry, dishonesty, hopes, political unrest, culture clash, society, medieval, priest ...
Time:
13th century, middle ages
Place:
asia, china, venice
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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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:
serious, realistic, captivating, atmospheric, sincere
Plot:
desert island, survival, tropical island, ocean, shipwreck, island, marooned, stranded, isolation, fish out of water, escapades, confined ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Movies similar to The Ghost and the Darkness
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 ⇓
53%
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 ⇓
44%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sport
Country: France, Belgium, Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Yann Madec, long-time best mate of Frank Drevil, the star skipper of Global System Insurance, sees his dream come true when he replaces the injured Frank at the last minute for the start of the Vendée Globe. Nine days into the race and leading, ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, suspenseful, sincere
Plot:
sea, ocean, follow your dream, contests and competitions, rivalry, once in a lifetime opportunity, human spirit, adventurer, escapades, ship, sailing, sport ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
A young Anatolian Greek, entrusted with his family's fortune, loses it en route to Istanbul and dreams of going to America
Style:
road movie, art house, semi autobiographical, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
greek, emigration, immigration, armenian genocide, american dream, boat, migration, poverty, age-gap relationship, city, social injustice, time travel ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s
Place:
greece, ottoman empire, new york, turkey, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
When 17-year-old Ben visits his father Heinrich in Marrakech, it is the start of an adventurous journey through a foreign country with a picturesque charm and a rough beauty where everything appears possible — including the chance that father and ...
Style:
atmospheric, sincere, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
interracial relations, impossible love, defiant, father son relationship, teenage boy, parents and children, self discovery, conflict, prostitute, escapades, family relations, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
morocco, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and demanding taskmaster who is as hard on himself as he is on those who ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, against the odds, on the road, fish out of water, culture clash, americana, obnoxious boss, rivalry, father son relationship, cowboy, native american, settler ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s
Place:
missouri, oregon, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
As a Sikh man with a full beard and turban, AMRIT SINGH is often the target of racial profiling. But when he sees his dreams of becoming Chief of Surgery at a state-of-the-art transplant center dwindle because of his appearance, Amrit goes against a ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
doctors and patients, culture clash, surgeon, discrimination, workplace, parents and children, hospital, ambition, immigrants, hopes, society, family relations ...
Place:
usa, michigan, detroit, toronto ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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, realistic, serious
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
dog, survival, animals, wilderness, inventions and discoveries, friendship, daring rescue, heroes, escapades, adventurer, treasure hunt, contests and competitions ...
Time:
19th century, 90s
Place:
alaska, yukon, london, england, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Englishman Robinson Crusoe, stranded alone on an island for years, is overjoyed to find a fellow man, a black islander whom he names Friday. But Crusoe cannot overcome the shackles of his own heritage and upbringing and is incapable of seeing Friday ...
Style:
captivating, biting, serious, realistic
Plot:
desert island, survival, blaxploitation, anarchist, island, suspense, escapades, confined, buddies, moral dilemma, power relations, fish out of water ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
In 1815, young Jacquou lives an idyllic peasant life with his parents in the Périgord region of France. But one day, his childhood happiness is cruelly ended when his father is arrested, after a dispute with the arrogant Count de Nansac. With ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
forbidden love, young lovers, rivalry, haunted by the past, injustice, love and romance, rebelliousness, orphan, rich and poor, vengeance, peasant, nobility ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, georgian era
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Nigeria, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A story about a woman willing to do anything and risk everything for her marriage.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
immigrants, couple relations, couples, society, lifestyle, trying to get pregnant, cultural difference, relationships, parents and children, changing lives, female protagonist, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, France, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age drama set in contemporary Italy.
Style:
serious, realistic, sexy, captivating, melancholic
Plot:
politics, family problems, parents and children, hopes, misfit, family relations, state affairs, ship, boy, illegal immigration, ocean, racism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, mediterranean sea, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Robinson Crusoe flees Britain on a ship after killing his friend over the love of Mary. A fierce ocean storm wrecks his ship and leaves him stranded by himself on an uncharted island. Left to fend for himself, Crusoe seeks out a tentative survival ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
survival, desert island, shipwreck, friendship, stranded on an island, island, ocean, destiny, jungle, adventurer, passionate kiss, female nudity ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
london, scotland, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The film begins following the British victory of the first Opium War and the seizure of Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and the terrain unfriendly, it has a large port that both the British government and various trading ...
Style:
epic, realistic, serious
Plot:
rivalry, interracial relations, seafaring, historical event, businessman, competition, ocean, betrayal, master warrior, state affairs, adventurer, vengeance ...
Time:
1840s, victorian era, 19th century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia, europe, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but their ship is taken over by pirates, who become fond of the kids.
Style:
exciting, realistic, captivating, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
pirate, pirate ship, sea battle, ocean, stowaway, sailboat, child in peril, sword fight, pirate captain, kidnapping, escapades, ship ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1870s
Place:
jamaica, caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An ancient Indian warrior who has reached the end of his life is brought back from his 'death' to save his family from a raiding party of enemy Indians in this unique story of 'Indians without a single cowboy.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere
Plot:
indigenous people, native american, mountain, wolf, missing son, kidnapping, snow, death, wind, twins, redsploitation, mythology ...
Time:
18th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the 18th-century British Caribbean colony of St. Joseph's, decadent and hedonistic aristocrats rule with an iron fist and terrorize slaves and suspected criminals with a painful whip called the "dragonard."
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, bleak, suspenseful
Plot:
human exploitation, rebellion, adventurer, escapades, heroes, rivalry, island, against the odds, injustice, female nudity, slavery, scot ...
Time:
middle ages, 18th century
Place:
caribbean, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 ⇓
32%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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:
realistic, semi serious
Plot:
survival, rescue, family relations, wilderness, island, disaster, escapades, confined, getting home, environmentalism, siblings relations, battle zone ...
Time:
80s
Place:
british columbia, alaska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, however, and she becomes the new Lady, but despite her new wealthy situation, she gets bored and turns to highway robbery for thrills. ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful
Plot:
highwayman, serial killer, nude, female nudity, girl fight, dishonesty, escapades, adventurer, hidden identity, love and romance, unlikely criminals, social differences ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Spain, France, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
surreal, serious, realistic, atmospheric, stylized ...
Plot:
medieval, immigrants, family relations, on the road, escapades, society, river, traveler, symbolism, mute, journey, deer ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
293
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A look at the bond between an illegal immigrant and a blue-collar Italian-American from Queens.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, humorous
Plot:
friendship, social differences, society, human nature, immigrants, working class, culture clash, unemployment, deportation, interracial friendship, unrequited love, unlikely hero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
517
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:
serious, exciting, captivating, intense, factual ...
Plot:
whale, lost at sea, ship, survival, dangerous animal, ocean, escapades, shipwreck, rescue, hunting, suspense, isolation ...
Time:
19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Through the streets of Jerusalem two teenagers' stories will unite to tell the summer adventure of their lives. Tamar is an amazingly talented but very quiet and insecure girl, who leaves behind her home and all she knows, changing herself ...
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
friendship, teenage life, youth, self discovery, escapades, missing person, track down, coming of age, hopes, judaism, nun, drugs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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