Safari movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant safari movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, suspense and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with safari, jungle, elephant, lion, survival, escapades, danger, wildlife, animal attack and rhinoceros plots mostly in Adventure, Drama and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, South Africa and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as safari: Love on Safari (2018), Safari (2013), Endangered Species (2021), The Last Safari (1967), Holiday in the Wild (2019), Heatstroke (2013), Lost in Africa (1994), The Lion (1962), The 7th Dawn (1964), Zulu (1964).

List of safari movies

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Love on Safari (2018)
Genre: Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: An American web designer inherits an animal reserve in South Africa. A no-nonsense ranger takes her on a safari in hopes that she will fall in love with the land, the animals and him.
Style: funny, entertaining, light, humorous, visually appealing ...
Plot: safari, happy ending, inheritance, opposites attract, unlikely couple, transformation, initially antagonists, animal life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, wilderness, fall in love, moral dilemma ...
Place: south africa, africa, chicago
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 4.3
 242
Safari (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Safari is an American, found footage thriller film, set in South African wild, where animals and poachers rule the land. Two worlds collide when Mbali, a young zulu girl, meets an American tourist group who have come to explore and go on safari in ...
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot: wild animal, animal attack, found footage, lion, safari, poaching, animal, dangerous animal, poacher, nature, wildlife, survival ...
Place: south africa, africa
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Endangered Species (2021)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Kenya, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Jack Halsey takes his wife, their adult kids, and a friend for a dream vacation in Kenya. But as they venture off alone into a wilderness park, their safari van is flipped over by an angry rhino, leaving them injured and desperate. Then, as two of ...
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, psychological
Plot: dangerous animal, animal attack, wild animal, vacation, stupidity, animal, monster, wildlife, safari, wilderness, struggle for survival, survival ...
Place: africa, kenya
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The Last Safari (1967)
Genre: Adventure
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A hunter stalks a killer elephant.
Plot: safari, hunter, elephant, colonialism, explorer, lost world, big game hunter, male bonding, photographer, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, death of friend, village ...
Time: year 1967
Place: africa, kenya
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Holiday in the Wild (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When her husband abruptly ends their marriage, empty nester Kate embarks on a solo second honeymoon in Africa, finding purpose and potential romance.
Style: sweet, light, sincere, touching, scenic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: christmas, animal rescue, elephant, safari, love interest, savannah, male female relationship, veterinarian, journey, introspection, animal, nature ...
Place: africa, new york, manhattan new york city
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 4.8
 3K
Heatstroke (2013)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: On a family trip in the African desert, a research scientist unintentionally travels off course and is brutally murdered by an arms dealer. His girlfriend is put to the ultimate survival test as she attempts to evade the killers and protect his ...
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: survival, desert, father daughter relationship, woman in danger, pursuit, wilderness, on the run, murder, manhunt, poacher, death of father, teenage girl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, south africa
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 5.2
 257
Lost in Africa (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A young American and a young English woman are kidnapped by a tribe in Africa. They manage to escape but the leader of the tribe is killed in the process. There's a whole jungle between them and civilization and chief's son wants revenge.
Style: independent film
Plot: jungle, wildlife, jungle adventure, public nudity, skinny dipping, nudity, bare butt, woman, son, escape, crocodile, safari ...
Place: africa
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 6.1
 754
The Lion (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Young Tina lives with her mother and stepfather on a wildlife reserve in Kenya. While her stepfather believes this is a wonderful environment for her to grow up in, her mother becomes increasingly concerned by her behaviour. These concerns are ...
Style: romantic drama
Plot: jungle, lion, lost world, safari, youth, explorer, wilderness, human animal relationship, stepfather, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, husband wife relationship, girl ...
Place: africa, kenya, east africa
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 6.4
 1K
The 7th Dawn (1964)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of the Second World War.
Style: independent film, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, military, politics, wilderness, british empire, world war, safari, battles, british colonialism, artificial intelligence, war, heroes ...
Place: asia, malaysia, russia
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 7.7
 42K
Zulu (1964)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 138 min.
Story: In 1879, during the Zulu wars, man of the people Lt. John Chard (Stanley Baker) and snooty Lt Gonville Bromhead (Michael Caine) were in charge of defending the isolated Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes, holding out during an ...
Style: realistic, epic, factual, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: military, war, british empire, siege, british colonialism, british army, colonialism, human spirit, battles, zulu, soldier, historical event ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, ancient times, 1870s
Place: africa, south africa, britain, united kingdom
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Dark of the Sun (1968)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through the Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to rescue $25 million in uncut diamonds.
Style: grindhouse, realistic, serious, exciting, political thriller ...
Plot: mercenary, military, soldier, man on a mission, shootout, commando, cold war, world war two, african, colonialism, revolution, crisis ...
Time: 50s, 60s, year 1964
Place: africa, congo
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An Elephant's Journey (2017)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Canada, South Africa
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A lost orphan boy and a giant elephant team up to take down an elephant poaching syndicate.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot: elephant, orphan, poacher, animal human communication, poaching, wild animal, human animal relationship, animal, escapades, missing child, fighting crime, animal attack ...
Place: africa
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Meet the Malawas (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A news anchor, a comedian, an actress, and a soccer player with big egos have to travel across the globe to meet the Malawa tribe for a TV show.
Style: captivating, feel good, humorous, funny, light ...
Plot: beautiful scenery, travel, wildlife, african tribe, nature, nothing goes right, wild animal, news report, danger, survival, peril, friendship ...
Place: africa
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 4.7
 9K
Prey (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An American family on holiday in Africa becomes lost in a game reserve and stalked by lions.
Style: serious, suspenseful, scary, tense, natural horror ...
Plot: animal attack, wilderness, nature, survival horror, survival, stalking, dangerous animal, danger, family life, escapades, poaching, creature ...
Time: jurassic
Place: africa, south africa, johannesburg south africa
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An Elephant Called Slowly (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Action, Adventure, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Bill and Ginny are invited by a naturalist friend to take care of his home in Africa while he is away, and they find themselves adopted by three orphan elephants.
Style: independent film, semi serious, feel good, epic, humorous ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: wildlife, survival, nature, elephant, safari, naturalist, animal life, friends, family relations, escapades, pets, fish out of water ...
Time: 70s
Place: africa, kenya
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The Flame Trees of Thika (1981)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Elspeth and her unconventional parents decide to settle down in Kenya and begin a coffee plantation. This is a time of discovery for Elspeth, as she encounters the incredible beauty and cruelty of nature, and new friendships with both Africans and ...
Style: historical drama, realistic, serious, intercultural, period drama
Plot: world war one, safari, plantation, couples, animal life, dealing with death, hopes, escapades, society, orphan, youth, opposites attract ...
Time: 1910s, edwardian era
Place: kenya, africa, south africa
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 5.6
 40K
Beast (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Iceland, Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A recently widowed man and his two teenage daughters travel to a game reserve in South Africa. However, their journey of healing soon turns into a fight for survival when a bloodthirsty lion starts to stalk them.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: animal attack, killer animal, animal, survival horror, lion, wild animal, father daughter relationship, rescue, wilderness, dangerous animal, monster, wilderness survival ...
Time: 2020s
Place: africa, south africa
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Critter Quest (2007)
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: In this activity based children's nature show, naturalist Peter Schriemer goes in search of amazing critters in different habitats across America.
Style: non fiction
Plot: exploration, nature, wildlife, creature, safari, quest, insect, backyard, bug
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The Uncertain Death (1973)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Italy, India
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A man living in a remote area of India has an affair with a local woman who he leaves in order to marry another. His lover commits suicide after cursing him and his family. Upon returning from London with his new wife he begins to experience strange ...
Plot: extramarital affair, murder, suicide, supernatural, pistol, doctor, funeral, hallucination, blood, flashback, husband wife relationship, fire ...
Time: 1930s
Place: india
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Flight of the Lost Balloon (1961)
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Period adventure tale about an expedition using a hot-air balloon to rescue an explorer lost in Africa.
Style: independent film
Plot: jungle, stop motion, rescue, balloon, kidnapping, villain, cannon, castle, island, mute, machete, canoe ...
Place: africa, congo, nigeria
Is relevant ?
 5.3
 874
Call Me Bwana (1963)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A returning moon capsule goes off course and lands in Africa where a little-known tribe find it. Washington sends Matthew Merriwether to recover it, thinking he is an expert on the region, when in fact he is no such thing. Meanwhile a foreign power ...
Style: absurd, spy comedy
Plot: spy, jungle, cold war, golf, espionage, organ, fish out of water, coward, hidden identity, dancing, spacecraft, pursuit ...
Time: year 1963, 60s
Place: africa, new york, soviet union, manhattan new york city
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 6.9
 410
Suicide Bus (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A young girl named Mitsuki receives a ticket for a bus tour from her uncle. The tour appears to be normal (expect that everyone appears to be quite sombre), but Mitsuki learns its true purpose: the other passengers and the tour manager have a ...
Style: independent film, slapstick, slapstick comedy
Plot: mass suicide, bus, debt, bus trip, hit and run, sightseeing, bus driver, depression, safari, seaside, suicide, road trip ...
Place: japan
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 5.5
 799
Rampage (1963)
Genre: Adventure, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A German zoo hires two hunters to catch a rare breed of panther in Malaysia. The girlfriend of one of the hunters accompanies them on their hunt.
Style: retro, independent film, serious
Plot: jungle, zoo, love triangle, danger, dangerous animal, escapades, animal life, couples, infidelity, trapper, native tribe, police officer ...
Time: year 1963, 60s
Place: malaysia, asia, west germany, germany
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 2.8
 511
Going Bananas (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An evil circus owner chases a chimp and his friends through Africa. Not necessarily 'Dyn-O-Mite!', but this silly monkey business is decent family fun.
Style: grindhouse, independent film, eighties, neo screwball comedy
Plot: circus, youth, monkey, child protagonist, guardian, safari, giraffe, bonding, chimpanzee, lion, corruption, anthropomorphism ...
Place: africa
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 7.1
 14K
Hatari! (1962)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story: A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos. Will the arrival of a female wildlife photographer change their ways?
Style: exciting, humorous, black and white, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: safari, jungle, hunter, hunting, elephant, colonialism, lost world, older man younger woman relationship, african, age difference, explorer, wild animal ...
Time: year 1962, 20th century, 60s
Place: africa
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 6.5
 143K
Blended (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: After a bad blind date, a man and woman find themselves stuck together at a resort for families, where their attractions grows as their respective kids benefit from the burgeoning relationship.
Style: feel good, funny, romantic, light, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, kids
Plot: single parent, youth, fall in love, parents and children, single father, love story, opposites attract, love and romance, vacation, children, father daughter relationship, happy ending ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: africa, south africa, hawaii, usa
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 4.5
 337
Tropical Heat (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An insurance investigator is hired by the American wife of a maharaja to go to India to investigate the questionable death of her husband. Immediately the two start an affair.
Style: independent film, sexy, mind bending, realistic, serious ...
Plot: strong sexual content, woman seduces a man, nudity, conspiracy, investigation, murder, voodoo, lesbianism, butt, wizards and magicians, couples, danger ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: india, asia
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The Naked Prey (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A group of men are on safari. One of the party refuses to give a gift to a tribe they encounter. The tribe is offended, seizes the party, and one-by-one, kills all but one of the safari members in various creative and horrifying ways. The last ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious, rough, fast paced ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: survival, wilderness, tribe, hunter, manhunt, on the run, cannibalism, native, danger, adventurer, culture clash, desert ...
Time: 19th century, 60s, 1800s
Place: africa, south africa
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Recep Ivedik 6 (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Recep İvedik is at home watching television, when postman brings him a surprise invitation for the annual dried beans festival of Konya province. Very excited with the news, Recep convinces his best friend Nurullah to join him but due to a ...
Style: light, surprise ending
Plot: husband wife relationship, rivalry, topical humor, dark humor, safari, rhinoceros, tribe, friend, african tribe, snake, giraffe, neighborhood ...
Time: 2010s
Place: turkey, africa, kenya
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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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