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The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1964)
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Original name: Les aventures de Robinson Crusoë
Genre: Adventure
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 85 min.
TV show
Story:
Shipwrecked on an uninhabited island, Robinson Crusoe fills his time in either building a shelter for himself, or by reminiscing about the years he spent at sea and the adventures that led him to where he is. The months roll by and the hardships become easier, especially with his herd of wild goats, the ship's dog and a friendly parrot to keep him company. But one day he comes across a strange footprint - friend or foe?
Style:
sentimental, serious, captivating, realistic
Audience:
kids
Plot:
desert island, survival, island, stranded on an island, beach, marooned, pets, isolation, escapades, confined, sea disaster, castaway, coast, danger, adventure, deserted island
Time:
17th century
Place:
fictional island
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, serious, captivating and realistic films and TV series with plots about escapades, survival, danger, island, heroes, isolation and ocean mostly in Adventure, Drama and Family genres. Some movies like The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: Mysterious Island (1995), Robinson Crusoe (2003), Crusoe (1988), Man Friday (1975), Crusoe (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, New Zealand
Duration: 85 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: France, Canada, UK
Duration: 192 min.
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The classical story of Robinson Crusoe, a man who is dragged to a desert island after a shipwreck.
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Time:
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Place:
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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
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Time:
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Place:
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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 ...
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Place:
fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Canada, South Africa
Duration: 60 min.
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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 ...
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realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, baroque
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Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
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Flight 29 Down is a television series about a group of teenagers who are stranded on an island. It was produced by Discovery Kids. The show was created by Stan Rogow and D. J. MacHale. The executive producers are Rogow, MacHale, Shauna Shapiro ...
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Country: Spain
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Single-camera comedy centering on a diverse group of survivors adjusting to being stranded on an uninhabited island, a dangerous new world where they must face many threats – mostly brought on by themselves. No longer plugged into the rest of the ...
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Genre: Adventure, Family
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Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A ripping adventure yarn about teenage boys who join the crew of a ship of the Dutch East India Company in the 17th century. After a dramatic shipwreck and escape from an attack by natives, they must make their way to safety by themselves.
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Genre: Adventure
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Duration: 60 min.
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Genre: Adventure, Mystery
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
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Duration: 184 min.
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Duration: 40 min.
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Duration: 60 min.
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Genre: Adventure, Family
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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