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The Tale of King Crab (2021)
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Original name: Re Granchio
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Small town in Italy, end of the 19th century. Luciano, a drunk, accidentally kills his lover during a revolt against the local Prince. To pay for his crime, he is forced into exile on the most remote island in the world, Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego. The hunt for the shipwreck treasure hidden on the island becomes his opportunity for redemption.
Plot:
skinny dipping, treasure hunt, sea, village, island, golddigger, female nudity, death, beach, priest, fire, male nudity, fisherman, singing, boat, river, blood, sheep, crab, waterfall, poisoned, shootout, drinking, voice over narration, bare chested male ...
Time:
19th century
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, atmospheric and weird films with plots about boat, beach, death, blood, bare chested male, river and female nudity mostly in Drama, Adventure and History genres. Some movies like The Tale of King Crab: Godland (2022), The Return (2024), Robinson Crusoe (1997), Fortitude (2020), Amazon (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Iceland, France, Sweden
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, the mission and morality.
Plot:
priest, journey, male nudity, missionary, photographer, death, nordic, bare chested male, volcanic eruption, guide, photography, cultural conflict ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Italy, Greece, UK, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
After twenty years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The king has finally returned home, but much has changed in his kingdom since he left to fight in the Trojan war.
Plot:
male nudity, bare chested male, male pubic hair, island, antiquity, husband wife relationship, prince, queen, suitor, bow and arrow, greek mythology, odyssey ...
Place:
ancient greece, greece, europe
Similarity:
41%
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:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
shipwreck, survival, desert island, island, ocean, stranded on an island, friendship, passionate kiss, destiny, stranded, female nudity, ship ...
Time:
year 1997, 18th century
Place:
fictional island, oceania, pacific ocean, scotland, london
Similarity:
39%
210
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Venezuela, Colombia, France, Netherlands
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
To escape the crisis in Venezuela, and his alcoholism, Roque retreats into the Amazon jungle to renovate a cabin he built during happier times. He struggles with feverish visions caused by alcohol abstinence, and his desire for redemption becomes ...
Plot:
jungle adventure, bat, night, gold, cell phone, boat, pig, thunderstorm, amazon jungle, man in underwear, contaminated water, water ...
Place:
venezuela
Similarity:
36%
621
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, France, Finland, Germany, Brazil, Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Widowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bush pilot introduces him to the idea of gold mining in the jungle, but a beautiful and educated local woman warns him about the possible consequences ...
Style:
semi serious, independent film
Plot:
rain forest, skinny dipping, indigenous people, tribe, environmental, love affair, culture clash, destiny, heist, survival, escapades, treasure hunt ...
Time:
80s
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil, finland
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Grazia is a free-spirited mother-of-three married to shy fisherman Pietro and living on the idyllic but isolated island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean Sea. She shows signs of manic depressive behavior — one moment she's laughing wildly and ...
Style:
sincere, talky, thought provoking, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
skinny dipping, coming of age, beach, island, teenage boy, teenage girl, villager, swimming, mentally unstable, human nature, family life, injustice ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
italy, sicily, europe, milan italy, mediterranean sea ...
Similarity:
36%
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, intense, meditative, harsh, serious ...
Plot:
slave trade, culture clash, treasure hunt, slavery, female warrior, character study, rescue, complex characters, survival, political unrest, master and servant, rebelliousness ...
Time:
19th century, year 1987
Place:
africa, brazil, latin america, west africa, germany ...
Similarity:
36%
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:
costume drama, sexy, touching, harsh, serious ...
Plot:
tarzan, jungle, adventurer, culture clash, stranded, orphan, feral man, unrequited love, ape, animal cruelty, justice, rescue ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, turn of the century, 1890s, 1900s ...
Place:
africa, england, london, united kingdom, europe ...
Similarity:
35%
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329
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
They come from all over the world but they have one thing in common : The Foreign Legion, their new family. Our Men tells these stories : stories of women who struggle to keep their love fire burning; stories of men who leave for battle; stories of ...
Plot:
french foreign legion, french soldier, boy girl relationship, french military, french army, boys and girls, sex scene, little boy, desert, driving lesson, tattoo, babysitting ...
Place:
corsica
Similarity:
35%
133
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, Croatia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Homer and Joé trace the rivers of Croatia aboard a small boat. In spite of being fifty years old each one, none of them knew of the existence of the other until the recent death of the father of both. Now, however, they are half brothers. During ...
Plot:
lost dog, barter, monastery, ranger, canyon, half brother half brother relationship, river, search for father, eel, boat, waterfall, dog ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
croatia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot's license. With seeming contrition, the jokesters tell Roland and Manu about a crashed plane lying on the ocean floor off the coast ...
Style:
serious, realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful
Plot:
treasure hunt, treasure, ocean, airplane, buddy, pilot, friends, danger, escapades, friendship, woman in a bikini, artist ...
Time:
60s, year 1967
Place:
africa, france, congo, paris france, europe
Similarity:
33%
754
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The story of the desperate love affair between a young Samoan chief and a beautiful American painter, against the will of her father, the powerful governor of the island. Amid this man-made tension comes a powerful hurricane so devastating, the ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, psychotronic ...
Plot:
beach, forbidden love, disaster, pacific island, natural disaster, island, parent child relationship, escapades, opposites attract, love and romance, danger, injustice ...
Time:
year 1979, 1920s
Place:
pacific ocean
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
nautical, suspense, atmospheric, tension, melancholic ...
Plot:
adventurer, treasure hunt, sea, shipwreck, sailor, rivalry, treasure, mediterranean, obsession, moral ambiguity, auction, exploration ...
Place:
barcelona
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, The Blue Butterfly tells the story of a terminally ill 10-year-old boy whose dream is to catch the most beautiful butterfly on Earth, the mythic and elusive Blue Morpho. His mother persuades a renowned entomologist to take ...
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, realistic, spiritual
Plot:
butterfly, family life, parents and children, family relations, child illness, disability, single parent, tragic hero, rain forest, male female relationship, child in peril, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
latin america, central america, costa rica, canada
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Slovenia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young woman in early-1900s Italy searches for a mystical sanctuary where her stillborn child can be brought back to life long enough to be baptized.
Style:
breathtaking, weird
Plot:
journey, mountain village, miraculous event, birth, cave, mountain, death, priest, childbirth, pregnancy, catholic priest, female exploitation ...
Time:
1900s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Hugo, Stan and Bérénice grew up together then grew apart. They were inseparable. Fifteen years later, they meet again as adults. But life has been tough on them. Will they reignite the crazy sparks of their childhood ?
Style:
non-linear
Plot:
childhood, friendship, mountain village, suicidal thoughts, funeral, schizophrenia, bare breasts, cafe, van, grave, cemetery, taxi ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: France, Germany, Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Nobleman Jean-Francois de la Plaine is exiled to serve as governor of a West African colony.
Plot:
slavery, slave trade, exile, river, colonialism, inheritance, love, governor, horse, doctor, rain, classical music ...
Time:
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Place:
africa
Similarity:
33%
947
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Stranded in New York as a porn actress, Lillian decides to return to her homeland, Russia, on foot. She resolutely sets out on the long journey. A road movie that goes straight across the USA into the cold of Alaska. The chronicle of a slow ...
Style:
road movie, exciting, captivating, tense, touching
Plot:
mountain, walking, journey, female protagonist, tourist, storytelling, map, sea, emigrant, girl, feminist, heat wave ...
Place:
usa, new york, nebraska, iowa, mississippi
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Dauna dared to be different. She faced the ancestral practices of her culture and she paid the price. She made decisions which made herself suffer and others as well. Without giving up before defeats and loses, these led her to reconcile and become ...
Style:
non-linear
Plot:
husband wife conflict, american indian, fire, prison, singing, photograph, priest, female protagonist, beach, teacher, flashback, tradition ...
Time:
year 1955, year 1973, year 1970, year 1980, year 1985 ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Colombia, Luxembourg, France, Mexico, Norway
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Rá, Culebro, Sere, Winny and Nano. Five boys who live on the streets of Medellín. Five kings with no kingdom, no law, no family, set out on a journey in search of the promised land. A subversive tale told through a wild and endearing clan, ...
Style:
captivating, harsh, dramatic, gloomy, bleak ...
Plot:
friendship, street life, life, friends, youth, society, life is a bitch, adaptation, survival, fight, coming of age, group ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The Tarzan story from Jane's point of view. Jane Parker visits her father in Africa where she joins him on an expedition. A couple of brief encounters with Tarzan establish a (sexual) bond between her and Tarzan. When the expedition is captured ...
Style:
sexy, humorous, fairy tale, semi serious, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
jungle, tarzan, kidnapping, nude bathing, female protagonist, public nudity, sexual awakening, father daughter relationship, skinny dipping, rescue, no bra, voyeur ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, future
Place:
africa, west africa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Mexico, Panama
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Unique story of a village's attempts to solve drought by appealing to the powers of a mysterious mountain-dwelling diviner.
Style:
spiritual, esoteric, mystic, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
myth, jungle, mysticism, occult, native, indigenous people, mountain, survival, village, religions or cults, starvation, adventurer ...
Time:
70s
Place:
mexico, latin america, guatemala, central america
Similarity:
32%
226
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
To be, or not to be a mother, that is the question. A road movie where music, sexuality and contradictions accompany the main characters on a trip through southern Spain in a '67 Corvair. Milagros stretches a carefree youth in her last years of ...
Style:
road movie, semi serious, feel good, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
road trip, gay sex, skinny dipping, gay, male nudity, bare chested male, love story, relationships, grownups, love affair, satire, couple relations ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A study of the friendship between a Chinese woman and a fisherman who came to Italy from Yugoslavia many years ago, who live in a small city-island in the Veneto lagoon.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot:
friendship, hopes, single parent, social relations, life is a bitch, society, workplace, misfit, fish out of water, workplace situations, poet, sailing ...
Time:
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Place:
italy, venice, europe
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Iran, France, India
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A girl believing in God marries an atheist, who is consumed by doubt. They decide to spend their honeymoon in India...
Style:
art house, islamic
Plot:
atheism, skinny dipping, feminist, spirituality, relationships, husband wife relationship, simple man, god, iranian, meaning of life, dalai lama, friend ...
Place:
iran, india, middle east
Similarity:
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211
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A wild beach boy takes a job on a tuna fishing boat.
Plot:
boat, fishing, fishing boat, fisherman, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, troubled youth, dysfunctional family, tuna, young love, rebel, teenage girl, teenager ...
Time:
year 1967
Similarity:
32%
368
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Wet Gold is the story of a young woman (Laura), who works as a waitress in a cafe. Laura stumbles across a drunk elderly man (Sampson), who fills her with exciting stories of a boat that went down with millions in gold. Although Laura's ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
ocean, sailing, scuba diving, bare legs, greed, gold, underwater, jealousy, sailboat, treasure, betrayal, paranoia ...
Time:
80s
Place:
key west florida
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Japan, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Cambodia
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide, stay alive whatever happens, the mission is more important than anything else. Sent to Lubang, a small island in ...
Style:
stylized, crying, weird, beautiful
Plot:
world war two, japanese soldier, river, moon landing, wilderness survival, hunting, world war, realism, biopic, jungle, rain, photography ...
Time:
year 1976, year 1969, year 1973, 1940s, 70s ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
32%
914
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 173 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, danger, island, daring rescue, family relations, family in danger, estrangement, confined, isolation, family life, father son relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
19th century, 21st century
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK, France, Italy, West Germany, Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Young Jim Hawkins finds himself serving with pirate captain Long John Silver in search of a buccaneer's treasure, in this short adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, independent film
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
treasure hunt, treasure island, pirate, ship, treasure, pirate ship, treasure hunter, historical event, treasure map, buried treasure, lost treasure, captain ...
Time:
18th century, year 1972
Place:
caribbean, fictional island
Similarity:
32%
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