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The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1975)
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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, exciting, sentimental, uplifting, touching, feel good, serious, realistic, independent film
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: nature, wilderness, bear, survival, treasure hunt, animal, wolf, youth, camp, treasure hunter, real life, camping, camping trip, rocky mountains, scenery, wanderlust, mountain, family relations, wild animal, family life, escapades, danger, animal life, small town, siblings relations ...
Time: year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place: fictional island

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Most similar movies to The Adventures of the Wilderness Family

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and exciting films with plots about escapades, wilderness, danger, survival, animal, family relations and heroes mostly in Adventure, Family and Drama genres. Some movies like The Adventures of the Wilderness Family: Mountain Family Robinson (1979), Across the Great Divide (1976), The Bears and I (1974), The Sea Gypsies (1978), Those Calloways (1965). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
Across the Great Divide (1976)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Two orphans set out to claim their inheritance - a 400 acre plot of land in Salem Oregon. To Do so they must cross the rugged snow covered Rocky Mountains in the year 1876.
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, exciting, atmospheric ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: rocky mountains, wilderness, youth, wolf, gambler, orphan, on the run, winter, snow, mountain lion, family relations, inheritance ...
Time: 1870s, 19th century, 70s
Place: oregon, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1974)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After fleeing into the mountains after he is wrongly accused of murder, woodsman "Grizzly Adams" discovers an uncanny bond to the indigenous wildlife of the region after rescuing an orphaned grizzly bear cub whom he adopts and calls ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, exciting
Audience: pre-teens, family outing
Plot: mountain, grizzly bear, bear, animal, wild man, cowboy, wilderness, survival, heroes, dishonesty, chases and races, escapades ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Bears and I (1974)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a man adopts three bears, he faces one of the hardest decisions of his life.
Style: realistic, semi serious, uplifting, exciting, feel good
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: bear, native american, human animal relationship, animal, vietnam war, camp, camping trip, camping, interracial relations, wilderness, heroes, military ...
Time: 50s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Sea Gypsies (1978)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A man and a woman and 3 children start to sail around the world. They are shipwrecked near an uninhabited isle. This island is full of wild animals and it is very dangerous for them in the begining. They live through a lot of wonderful adventure ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot: ocean, sailing, stowaway, sea, sea voyage, castaway, pelican, shipwreck, survival, island, wilderness, sailboat ...
Time: year 1978, 70s
Place: alaska, usa, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Those Calloways (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Story of Cam Calloway and his family, who live in a densely wooded area in New England. Cam dreams of building a sanctuary for the geese that fly over the area each year, and he tries several schemes to buy a nearby lake for this santuary. He is ...
Style: juvenile, serious, realistic, touching
Audience: pre-teens, family outing
Plot: animal, camping trip, camping, nature, marriage, camp, bird, family relations, wilderness, violent content, rally, environmentalism ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 1920s
Place: new england, vermont
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Alaska (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Jake Barnes and his two kids, Sean and Jessie, have moved to Alaska after his wife died. He is a former airline pilot now delivering toilet paper across the mountains. During an emergency delivery in a storm his plane goes down somewhere in the ...
Style: light, feel good, captivating, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: childhood, missing person, family relations, rescue, danger, wilderness, escapades, parents and children, mountain, survival, winter, coming of age ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: alaska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ⇓
100%
Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar (1967)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: A heartwarming Disney classic in which a cougar, who was rescued as a cub and raised by a group of loggers in the Pacific Northwest, reverts back to his natural instincts, leading to hilarious (and dangerous) consequences.
Style: semi serious, feel good, touching
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, adult
Plot: cougar, animal, friendship, wilderness, cat, survival, orphan, pets, bear, wild animal, heroes, danger ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: washington state
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ⇓
100%
The Maiden and the Wolves (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Not long before World War I, in a French Alpine town near the Italian border, a pack of slaughtered wolves is delivered to local taxidermist Leon (Patrick Chesnais). A surviving black cub comes down from the mountains looking for his family, and is ...
Style: emotional, serious, disturbing, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: wolf, survival, mountain, escapades, beast, danger, wilderness, world war one, female protagonist, forest, great war, nature ...
Time: 1910s, 1920s, post world war one
Place: alps, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Bear (1988)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.
Style: touching, scenic, uplifting, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, adult
Plot: wilderness, bear, nature, dog, animal, survival, hunting, friendship, bear cub, rocky mountains, environmental, environment ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 1880s
Place: canada, persia, british columbia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Silver Wolf (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A ranger (Michael Biehn) and his 16 year old nephew (Shane Meier) struggle to save a wolf from a rancher (Roy Scheider), who is out to kill it.
Style: uplifting, sentimental, touching, feel good, independent film ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: wolf, snowboarding, survival, death of father, uncle nephew relationship, teenage life, human spirit, friendship, wilderness, pets, danger, daring rescue ...
Time: 90s
Place: british columbia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Wolf Summer (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The young Norwegian girl Kim almost gets killed after falling from a hillside. She finds shelter and stumbles upon the territory of a wolf and her puppy. She barricades herself, but as time passes she finds the wolf less and less frightening. When ...
Style: touching, serious, sincere, realistic
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: wolf, poaching, mountain climbing, rescue, courage, friendship, parents and children, escapades, children, danger, female protagonist, strong female character ...
Time: 21st century
Place: montana, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Flight of the Grey Wolf (1976)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A youth (Russ Hanson) attempts to re-introduce a domesticated wolf to the wild.
Style: captivating, serious
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: wolf, wilderness, fish out of water, mistaken identity, animal life, heroes, misfit, survival, escapades, on the run, danger, animal ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (1961)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: A family film about Nikki, a half-wolf, half-dog raised in the Yukon during the gold rush era. After being separated from her master, Nikki must fend for herself amidst bears, the harsh Yukon weather, and a trapper who wants her skin.
Style: retro, exciting, serious
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: gold rush, dog, wilderness, survival, animal, wolf, nordic, puppy love, landscape, nature, trapper, animal life ...
Time: year 1961, 60s
Place: yukon, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Young Black Stallion (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story: When courageous young Neera becomes separated from her family in the desert, she chances upon a wild colt. Together they find friendship, trust, and their way back home only to discover her family is about to lose everything!
Style: serious, touching, realistic
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: horse, black horse, desert, human animal relationship, girl horse relationship, friendship, girl, world war two, young heroes, rescue, survival, family relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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
Place: alaska, canada, england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
Walking Thunder (1995)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the 1850's, a young boy and his family on their way West become stranded in the Rockies. With the help of a local mountain man, a Sioux medicine man, and a legendary bear knows as "Walking Thunder," the boy learns to become a man, ...
Style: independent film, exciting, realistic, serious
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
Plot: youth, mountain, old west, family relations, coming of age, parents and children, family life, wilderness, forces of nature, teenage life, animal life, heroes ...
Time: 19th century
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100%
Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
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: feel good, touching, emotional, semi serious
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot: aging, youth, animal, runaway, motorcycle, camp, camping trip, camping, child, grief, wildlife, family relations ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
67%
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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 ⇓
100%
Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Somewhere in England, in the Autumn of 1955, a widowed father and his son live an idyllic life together. Only their gas station happens to sit on a piece of land that a local developer wants to buy. And when he won't take no for an answer, and ...
Style: humorous, feel good, touching, semi serious
Audience: family outing
Plot: father son relationship, single father, poacher, poaching, landowner, hunting, english countryside, real life father and son playing father and son, gypsy, family relations, social differences, parents and children ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 1955
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Incredible Journey (1963)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: The story of three pets, a cat and two dogs, who lose their owners when they are all on vacation. Can they find their way home?
Style: road movie, touching, serious, realistic, uplifting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: dog, cat, wilderness, animal, friendship, pets, bear, camp, puppy love, camping trip, canine, wildlife ...
Time: year 1963, 60s
Place: canada, ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Benji the Hunted (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Benji has become stranded on a remote island after a boating accident. He finds himself struggling to survive in the wilderness, avoiding close encounters with a wolf, a bear, and a territorial female cougar with her cub.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, independent film
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot: dog, animal, wilderness, fox, camp, forest, survival, hunter, lost at sea, canine, camping trip, wildlife ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: oregon, astoria oregon, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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 ⇓
22%
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Big Red (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Wealthy sportsman James Haggin (Walter Pidgeon) lives on a Quebec estate called Wintapi. Émile Fornet (Émile Genest), handler of Haggin's hunting dogs, and Émile's wife Therese (Janette Bertrand), Haggin's cook and housekeeper, ...
Style: serious, touching, sentimental, feel good
Audience: family outing
Plot: dog, animal, animal life, youth, camping, camping trip, canine, nature, puppy love, countryside, camp, orphan ...
Time: 60s
Place: canada, quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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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 ⇓
21%
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