Movies like The White Dawn

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The White Dawn (1974)
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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: serious, realistic, vintage
Plot: wilderness, survival, arctic, snow, winter, wilderness survival, culture clash, nature, shipwreck, hiking, landscape, frozen, seafaring, gambling, village, forbidden love, soldier, racism, rescue, destiny, village life, sexual relations, isolation, escapades, social differences ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s
Place: canada
Keyword: americana

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Most similar movies to The White Dawn

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and atmospheric films with plots about survival, escapades, wilderness, danger, winter, nature and snow mostly in Drama, Adventure and History genres. Some movies like The White Dawn: Lost in the Barrens (1990), 17 Miracles (2011), Black Robe (1991), Never Cry Wolf (1983), Follow the River (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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
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100%
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17 Miracles (2011)
Genre: Adventure, History
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: As part of the Willie Handcart Company, Levi Savage (Jasen Wade) feared that leaving late in the season would lead to despair and death. What he came to find out is that for every tragedy, there is a multitude of miracles. Based on unbelievable ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful, christian film ...
Plot: miraculous event, hardship, religions or cults, society, hopes, immigrant, journey, hunger, religion, latter day saints, emigration, christian ...
Time: 19th century, 1850s
Place: utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Black Robe (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Canada, Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In the 17th century a Jesuit priest and a young companion are escorted through the wilderness of Quebec by Algonquin Indians to find a distant mission in the dead of winter. The Jesuit experiences a spiritual journey while his young companion falls ...
Style: realistic, bleak, historically accurate, period piece, sad ...
Plot: native american, wilderness, indians, shaman, christian, religion, colonialism, christianity, jesuit, nature, snow, church ...
Time: 17th century, year 1991
Place: canada, quebec, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Never Cry Wolf (1983)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: This film dramatizes the true story of Farley Mowat, when he was sent to the Canadian tundra area to collect evidence of the grievous harm the wolf population was allegedly doing to the caribou herds. In his struggle to survive in that difficult ...
Style: scenic, semi autobiographical, philosophical, offbeat, anthropological ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: wilderness, nature, wolf, snow, scientist, survival, mountain, arctic, camping, environment, environmental, voice over narration ...
Time: year 1983, 1940s, 80s
Place: alaska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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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 ⇓
42%
Shadow of the Wolf (1992)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In the 1930's, Agaguk lives his traditional Inuit life. But one day, there is a murder in the tribe and Agaguk becomes a suspect. Soon he becomes persecuted by Henderson, a mean mountie, and he must flee through the cold winter of Northen ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Plot: village, survival, murder, wilderness, on the run, danger, eskimo indian, native american, shaman, winter, village life, false accusation ...
Time: 1930s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 5.5
 1K
The Aviator (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A 1920s mail pilot and a rich man's daughter crash-land on a mountain full of hungry wolves.
Style: melancholic, inspirational, serious, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: wilderness, aviation, rescue, courage, loneliness, human spirit, airplane, opposites attract, danger, daring rescue, save the day, against the odds ...
Time: 1920s, year 1985, 80s, year 1918
Place: texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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The Donner Party (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Based on the real events of The Donner Party tragedy. The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the western expansion of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846-1847, a ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, realistic, serious, mysterious ...
Plot: wilderness, hunger, human nature, cannibalism, moral dilemma, danger, isolation, hopes, snow, mountain, wilderness survival, winter ...
Time: 19th century, 1840s
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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, belgian history, imperialism, slavery, jungle adventure, interracial relations, culture clash, against the odds, missing person, wilderness, adventurer, survival ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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The Way Back (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Poland, India
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Peter Weir's follow-up to Master & Commander (2003) is the stark & brilliant The Way Back, which takes on the theme of man's struggle for freedom. At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag. The film ...
Style: epic, realistic, inspirational, road movie, rough ...
Plot: survival, escape, prison escape, wilderness, war, freedom, journey, world war two, desert, gulag, pow, convict ...
Time: 2010s, 1940s, 20th century
Place: himalaya, russia, soviet union, asia, mongolia ...
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41%
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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 ⇓
40%
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 ⇓
40%
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 ⇓
40%
Anything to Survive (1990)
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: semi serious, realistic
Plot: island, survival, wilderness, sailboat, shipwreck, rescue, family relations, disaster, escapades, danger, confined, getting home ...
Time: 80s
Place: alaska, british columbia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Arctic (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Iceland
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A man stranded in the Arctic is finally about to receive his long awaited rescue. However, after a tragic accident, his opportunity is lost and he must then decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his camp or embark on a deadly trek ...
Style: minimal cast, suspense, touching, disturbing, uplifting ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, snow, arctic, helicopter crash, man versus nature, polar bear, fish, very little dialogue, ice, snowstorm, struggle for survival, winter ...
Time: year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place: antarctica
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
When the Light Comes (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A young woman spends an adventurous winter with a trapper on Spitsbergen.
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, serious, humorous ...
Audience: date night
Plot: winter, snow, arctic, landscape, opposites attract, island, couples, friendship, survival, love and romance, escapades, unlikely couple ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: europe, amsterdam
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Snow Walker (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A bush pilot in nothern Canada who with the aid of modernity thinks he can handle it all & knows it all. After reluctantly agreeing to transport a local indian girl to a medical facility his light plane crashes & they have to survive whilst ...
Style: emotional, serious, sentimental, realistic, compassionate ...
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, nature, wilderness, arctic, airplane, human spirit, friendship, rescue, hunter, isolation, friends, hopes ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, year 1953, post world war two, 1950s
Place: canada, antarctic, persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Robinson Crusoe (1997)
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, independent film ...
Plot: shipwreck, survival, desert island, island, ocean, friendship, stranded on an island, destiny, stranded, jungle, adventurer, passionate kiss ...
Time: year 1997, 18th century
Place: fictional island, london, scotland, oceania, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Wolf Totem (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: China, France
Duration: 121 min.
Story: In 1969, a young Beijing student, Chen Zhen, is sent to live among the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Mongolia. Caught between the advance of civilization from the south and the nomads' traditional enemies - the marauding wolves - to the north; ...
Style: captivating, exciting, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot: forces of nature, wolf, survival, dog, wilderness, tradition versus modernity, medieval, danger, society, wolf pack, disaster, wild animal ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1967, year 1969
Place: china, mongolia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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 ⇓
38%
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The Old Man (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Kazakhstan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: This is a survival story - a Hemingway's 'Old Man and the Sea' as if written for our days.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, serious, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: wilderness, danger, family relations, farm, nature, wilderness survival, isolation, survival, arctic, landscape, mountain, winter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: kazakhstan
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Denmark, Greenland
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Based on the journal of Knud Rasmussen's "Great Sled Journey" of 1922 across arctic Canada. The film is shot from the perspective of the Inuit, showing their traditional beliefs and lifestyle. It tells the story of the last great ...
Style: captivating, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, philosophical ...
Plot: spirit, shaman, culture clash, native american, family relations, religions or cults, couples, clergy, society, hopes, husky dog, tradition ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century, 1910s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 172 min.
Story: Based on a local legend and set in an unknown era, it deals with universal themes of love, possessiveness, family, jealousy and power. Beautifully shot, and acted by Inuit people, it portrays a time when people fought duels by taking turns to punch ...
Style: bleak, tense, harsh, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Plot: survival, native american, revenge, betrayal, wilderness, native, jealousy, dog sled, love triangle, running, tragic love, intrigue ...
Time: 2000s, year 2001, middle ages
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Two thousand miles from home, Jim and Jennifer Stolpa (with baby Clayton) lose their way and are stranded in an endless wilderness of deep snow, battling for survival against the elements. Using only meager supplies and resourcefulness, the young ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological
Plot: snowstorm, survival, frostbite, hypothermia, rescue, wilderness, babies and infants, danger, heroes, isolation, forces of nature, family life ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-to-one combat on the early frontier.
Style: atmospheric, epic, realistic, scenic, meditative ...
Audience: manly
Plot: wilderness, survival, native american, native, hunting, mountain man, indians, rocky mountains, snow, revenge, grizzly bear, mountain ...
Time: 19th century, year 1972, 1850s
Place: colorado, persia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Stranded (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A retelling of the classic Swiss Family Robinson story.
Style: exciting, atmospheric, captivating, serious, period drama
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: pirate, island, danger, daring rescue, family relations, family in danger, estrangement, confined, family life, isolation, father son relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 19th century, 21st century
Place: thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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 ⇓
38%
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Rugged Gold (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A woman struggles to survive in the Alaskan frontier after separating from her family because of an earthquake.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating
Plot: survival, nature, golddigger, wilderness, isolation, missing child, remarry, child in peril, disaster, heroic mission, parents and children, forces of nature ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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