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Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone (1997)
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Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone (1997)
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, slavery, imperialism, belgian history, jungle adventure, war, survival, missing person, human spirit, interracial relations, adventurer, journalism, self discovery, escapades, society, media, danger, wilderness, culture clash, amateur detective, idealism, against the odds, obsessive quest, hopes, unlikely partners ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: africa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and exciting films with plots about escapades, danger, survival, society, heroes, wilderness and hopes mostly in Drama, Adventure and History genres. Some movies like Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone: The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), Crusoe (1988), The Four Feathers (1978), Ephraim's Rescue (2013), Zulu Dawn (1979). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
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, suspense, suspenseful, tense, scenic ...
Plot: survival, jungle, animal attack, dangerous animal, colonialism, adventurer, lion, danger, hunting, obsessive quest, heroes, creature feature ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, ancient times, 90s, 1890s
Place: africa, kenya, south africa, london
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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
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The Four Feathers (1978)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: They made him a hero by branding him a coward . . . the story of a man who conquered fear.
Plot: british empire, men's rights, revolution, combat, conservative, islam, religious, military, historical event, arab, cowardice, disguise ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: sudan
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Ephraim's Rescue (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: From T.C. Christensen, director of the sensational pioneer film, 17 Miracles, comes the heroic true story of a simple man who was called to do the work of angels. Ephraim’s Rescue relates the story of Ephraim Hanks: a rescuer of the Martin ...
Style: captivating, emotional, serious, realistic, independent film
Plot: religious conversion, rescue, human spirit, idealism, heroic mission, optimism, society, escapades, hopes, destiny, church, christian ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, 1850s
Place: utah, salt lake city utah, usa, ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: An unexpectedly modern take on a tale of two Viking warriors abandoned on the American coast. Warning – contains a graphic answer to the question: do Vikings sh*t in the woods?
Style: stylized, atmospheric, epic, serious, offbeat
Plot: viking, rivalry, survival, human spirit, medieval, human nature, obsessive quest, escapades, hopes, danger, adventurer, good versus evil ...
Time: middle ages, 11th century
Place: newfoundland, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Zulu Dawn (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership. Cy Endfield co-wrote the epic prequel Zulu Dawn 15 years after his enormously popular Zulu. Set in 1879, this film depicts the catastrophic Battle of ...
Style: action adventure, historical drama, cult classic, realistic, serious ...
Plot: imperialism, battles, british empire, war, colonialism, zulu, medieval, revolution, death, victory, army life, european history ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 1979, 1870s
Place: africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Marco Polo (2007)
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, serious ...
Plot: adventurer, medieval, heroes, heroic mission, hopes, dishonesty, danger, rivalry, culture clash, political unrest, society, priest ...
Time: 13th century, middle ages
Place: asia, china, italy, venice
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Follow the River (1995)
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, realistic, serious, suspenseful, epic
Audience: adult
Plot: native american white relationships, colonialism, kidnapping, wilderness, native american, survival, danger, captivity, native, culture clash, settler, colonial america ...
Time: 18th century
Place: virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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The White Dawn (1974)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Three stranded 1890s whalers (Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, Louis Gossett Jr.) corrupt the culture of their Eskimo saviors.
Style: realistic, serious, vintage
Plot: wilderness, survival, arctic, snow, winter, wilderness survival, culture clash, seafaring, landscape, hiking, nature, frozen ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Mountains of the Moon (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire. The film tells the story of their meeting, their friendship ...
Style: captivating, atmospheric, serious, realistic, costume drama ...
Plot: wilderness, expedition, survival, british empire, betrayal, friendship, heroic mission, escapades, danger, gay, colonialism, exploration ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 1850s
Place: africa, south africa, london, cairo egypt, brazil ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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
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26%
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
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, costume drama ...
Plot: tarzan, jungle, culture clash, adventurer, stranded, monkey, orphan, feral man, adoption, justice, ape, rescue ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 20th century, 1880s, 1910s
Place: africa, england, scotland, london, united kingdom ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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The Mission (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story: When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to ...
Style: epic, thought provoking, christian film, harsh, spiritual ...
Plot: jungle, clergy, slavery, native american, mission, slave, jesuit, religion, conquistador, christian, slave trader, christianity ...
Time: 18th century, year 1986, ancient times
Place: south america, argentina, portugal, latin america, america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Kon-Tiki (2012)
Genre: 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, inspirational, epic, exciting ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: ocean, survival, sea voyage, shark, boat, expedition, raft, obsessive quest, adventurer, sailing, travel, lost at sea ...
Time: 1940s, year 1947, 20th century, year 2012, 2010s ...
Place: pacific ocean, polynesia, peru, usa, south america ...
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White Hunter Black Heart (1990)
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, melancholic, enigmatic, exciting, serious ...
Plot: filmmaking, obsession, wilderness, hunting, movie business, elephant, storytelling, obsessive quest, friendship, danger, friends, racial slur ...
Time: 50s, year 1990, 20th century, 1950s
Place: africa, uganda, london
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Last Flight Out (2004)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Hot-shot pilot Dan Hogan is sent deep into the Colombian jungle to rescue missionary doctor Ann Williams. Caught between innocent villagers and a ruthless drug lord, Ann won't abandon the people she has come to love.
Style: uplifting, serious, emotional, suspenseful, cliffhanger ...
Plot: faith, jungle, daring rescue, human spirit, hopes, escapades, redemption, society, danger, missionary, evacuation, pilot ...
Time: 21st century
Place: colombia, south america, latin america
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23%
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 ⇓
22%
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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
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Heart of Darkness (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Style: cult classic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: survival, greed, insanity, community, manhunt, wilderness, narration, belgian history, ivory, boat, nature, apocalypse ...
Time: victorian era, 90s
Place: congo, africa
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22%
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El Dorado (1988)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 149 min.
Story: The story of an expedition down the Orinoco and Amazon rivers in 1560 by Spanish soldiers searching for the fabled city of gold, El Dorado.
Style: rough, disturbing, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot: conquistador, spanish conquest, adventurer, amazon rainforest, conquering, treasure hunt, colonial america, biopic, myth, colonialism, traveler, explorer ...
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Man to Man (2005)
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Country: France, South Africa, UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story: An epic about anthropologists who hunt and capture pygmies for study back in Europe, in an attempt to illustrate the link between man and ape.
Style: disturbing, captivating, realistic, serious
Plot: explorer, culture clash, moral dilemma, uncover truth, dehumanization, obsessive quest, ambition, society, against humanity, escapades, hidden truth, exploitation ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: africa, europe, edinburgh scotland, scottish highlands, scotland
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21%
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
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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 ⇓
21%
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Slave Coast (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: West Germany, Ghana
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A fearsome 19th century bandit, Cobra Verde cuts a swath through Brazil until he arrives at the sugar plantation of Don Octávio Countinho. Not knowing that his new guest is the notorious bandit and impressed by his ruthless ways, Don Octávio hires ...
Style: surreal, atmospheric, intense, harsh, meditative ...
Plot: slave trade, culture clash, slavery, treasure hunt, character study, rescue, complex characters, survival, political unrest, female warrior, master and servant, danger ...
Time: 19th century, year 1987
Place: africa, brazil, latin america, west africa
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10 Days in a Madhouse (2015)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Nellie Bly, a 23 year-old reporter for Joseph Pulitzer, goes undercover in the notorious Blackwell's Island women's insane asylum in order to expose corruption, abuse and murder.
Style: tense, realistic, serious, bleak, independent film
Plot: uncover truth, reporter, life is a bitch, journalism, working undercover, mental institution, doctors and patients, women, spy, feminist, psychology, destruction ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s
Place: new york, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Greece, Russia
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The true-life, stranger-than-fiction tale of eighteenth-century Greek pirate turned merchant Ioannis Varvakis, who rose from humble beginnings to become the head of one of the largest mercantile empires in Europe.
Style: captivating, serious, stylized, realistic, social ...
Plot: revolution, pirate, ambition, political intrigue, political unrest, state affairs, rise to the top, idealism, dishonesty, imperialism, greek, economist ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century, 2010s
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Dreaming Lhasa (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, India
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Karma, a Tibetan filmmaker from New York, goes to Dharamsala, the Dalai Lama's exile headquarters in northern India, to make a documentary about former political prisoners who have escaped from Tibet. She wants to reconnect with her roots but ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, enigmatic, spiritual ...
Plot: adventurer, missing person, injustice, self discovery, fighting the system, society, hopes, life is a bitch, escapades, fall in love, political unrest, homecoming ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tibet, india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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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
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20%
Varian's War: The Forgotten Hero (2001)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Varian Fry rescues more than 2,000 artists from Nazi persecution during World War II.
Style: emotional, sincere, tense, serious, realistic
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Time: 20th century
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Atlantic. (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Morocco, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A Moroccan fisherman sets off on an epic journey towards Europe on his wind surfboard. But the pursuit of dreams does not come without sacrifice.
Style: realistic, serious, atmospheric
Plot: starting over, human spirit, hopes, family life, danger, escapades, ocean, survival, sea, nature, climbing, rock climbing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, morocco
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20%
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