Expedition movies and TV shows – page 2

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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Sean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.
Style: entertaining, exciting, feel good, semi serious, stylized ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: island, jungle, lost city, expedition, fantasy world, lost world, atlantis, legends and myths, giant lizard, beautiful scenery, treasure, chase ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 19th century
Place: hawaii, fictional island
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Wes Anderson’s incisive quirky comedy build up stars complex characters like in ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ with Bill Murray on in the leading role. An ocean adventure documentary film maker Zissou is put in all imaginable life situations and a ...
Style: stylized, humorous, surreal, visual, dark comedy ...
Audience: family friendly, date night
Plot: ocean, submarine, revenge, expedition, dysfunctional family, eccentricity, shark, filmmaking, vengeance, rivalry, magic realism, marijuana ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: italy, fictional island
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 5.8
 14K
Sea Fever (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, Sweden, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The crew of a West of Ireland trawler—marooned at sea—struggle for their lives against a growing parasite in their water supply.
Style: bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting ...
Plot: sea, beast, expedition, biologist, sea monster, ship, crew, creature, rescue from drowning, forces of nature, underwater, victim ...
Place: ireland
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 5.2
 13K
The Thaw (2009)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: At a remote Arctic research station, four ecology students discover the real horror of global warming is not the melting ice, but what's frozen within it. A prehistoric parasite is released from the carcass of a Woolly Mammoth upon the ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: parasite, quarantine, plague, expedition, infected, deadly creature, scientist, beast, disaster, danger, epidemic, infection ...
Time: prehistory, 21st century
Place: canada
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Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In 1979, a young soldier is working in China's snowcapped mountains when an explosion reveals bizarre fossils hidden deep in the mountain caverns. What they discover next will change his life and human history forever.
Style: tense, captivating, exciting, romantic, scenic
Plot: creature, giant monster, monster, soldier, expedition, medieval, abandoned city, lost city, underground city, kaiju, burned alive, self sacrifice ...
Place: china
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 7.1
 231K
Everest (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Iceland
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one ...
Style: realistic, scenic, dramatic, breathtaking, suspenseful ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: survival, mountain climbing, climbing, mountain, natural disaster, snow, mountaineer, stranded, forces of nature, man versus nature, beautiful scenery, wilderness ...
Time: year 1996, year 2015, 2010s, 90s, 20th century
Place: mount everest, himalaya, nepal, asia, texas
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Mojin: The Worm Valley (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Legendary tomb explorer Hu Bayi is on a dangerous mission as he seeks out the Tomb of Emperor Xian, located on an island of monstrous creatures in this mystical action-adventure.
Style: tense, serious, suspense, rough
Plot: tomb, giant snake, expedition, monster, curse, mountain, danger, snake, treasure hunt, mission, crocodile, crab ...
Place: china
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Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The world's most highly qualified crew of archaeologists and explorers is led by historian Milo Thatch as they board the incredible 1,000-foot submarine Ulysses and head deep into the mysteries of the sea.
Style: fairy tale, exciting, stylized, atmospheric, anime ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, toddlers, teen drama ...
Plot: steampunk, princess, treasure hunt, underwater, adventurer, expedition, ancient civilization, fantasy world, beast, lost world, atlantis, ancient mystery ...
Time: 1910s, year 2001, 20th century, year 1914
Place: atlantic ocean, washington d.c., iceland
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 7.1
 2K
Xingu (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In the '40s, three brothers decide to live a great adventure and enlisting in the Roncador-Xingu Expedition, which has a mission to tame the Central Brazil. The Villas Boas brothers: Orlando, 27, Claudius, 25, and Leonardo, 23, engage in a ...
Style: atmospheric, stylized, captivating, exciting, spectacular ...
Plot: native, expedition, family relations, escapades, indian tribe, tribe, society, jungle, travel, biopic, siblings relations, journey ...
Time: 1940s
Place: brazil, latin america
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Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught ...
Style: exciting, tense, talky, epic, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: greek mythology, mythology, giant monster, monster, skeleton, prophecy, dragon, adventurer, ancient world, stop motion, kaiju, treasure hunt ...
Time: ancient times, year 1963
Place: greece, ancient greece, rome italy, hellas
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 6.6
 211K
Jungle Cruise (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, UK, Hungary, Thailand, Italy, Czech Republic
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Disney’s live-action adaptation of its iconic theme park ride.
Style: scenic, captivating, funny, light, colorful ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, family friendly
Plot: jungle, treasure, amazon river, myth, snake, amazon jungle, danger, dangerous animal, artifact, expedition, amazon rainforest, explorer ...
Time: 1910s, 2020s, future, year 1916, 16th century ...
Place: brazil, london, spain, europe, south america
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Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.
Style: brutal, bloody, disturbing, controversial, scary ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cannibalism, torture, jungle, rape, gory, cannibal, found footage, amazon rainforest, animal cruelty, sadism, violence, african tribe ...
Time: year 1980, 20th century
Place: south america, latin america, north america, usa, new york
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The Dinosaur Project (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Found footage of an expedition into the Congo jungle where a team of explorers stumbles upon a colony of Dinosaurs.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, mockumentary, natural horror ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: dinosaur, jungle, cryptozoology, dangerous animal, found footage, survival, adventurer, lost world, scientist, discovery, escapades, creature feature ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: congo, africa, somalia
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The Lost World (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World is a syndicated television series loosely based on the 1912 novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World. Premiered in the fall of 1999, it ran for three seasons before it was cancelled on a ...
Style: scary, serious, stylized, suspenseful, sexy ...
Plot: lost world, dinosaur, dangerous animal, jungle, expedition, exploration, adventurer, time travel, monster, supernatural, stranded, imaginary ...
Time: prehistory
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 7.3
 3K
The Tracker (2002)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Somewhere in Australia in the early 20th century outback, an Aboriginal man is accused of murdering a white woman. Three white men are on a mission to capture him with the help of an experienced Indigenous man.
Style: disturbing, serious, bleak, rough, realistic ...
Plot: aborigine, australian aboriginal, fanatic, outback, racism, murder, australian outback, expedition, injustice, vigilantism, life is a bitch, society ...
Time: 1920s, 2000s, 20th century
Place: australia, oceania
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Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Finland, Norway, France, Sweden
Duration: 84 min.
Story: It's the eve of Christmas in northern Finland and an "archeological" dig has just unearthed the real Santa Claus. But this particular Santa isn't the one you want coming to town. When all the local children begin mysteriously ...
Style: christmas horror, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: christmas, holiday, ancient mystery, snow, winter, beast, hidden truth, young heroes, legends and myths, expedition, holiday horror, xmas ...
Time: year 2010, future, 21st century
Place: finland, europe
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The Descent: Part 2 (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she's covered in her ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, scary, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cave, monster, survival, creature, sole survivor, deadly creature, supernatural, survival horror, gory, expedition, claustrophobia, missing person ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
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 7.2
 245K
The Descent (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep underground and they find themselves pursued by bloodthirsty creatures. As their friendships deteriorate, ...
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, dark, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: monster, cave, survival horror, creature, trapped, survival, expedition, claustrophobia, fear, gory, group of friends, woman in danger ...
Time: year 2005, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place: north carolina, appalachia
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 5.9
 79K
Into the Blue (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When they take some friends on an extreme sport adventure, the last thing Jared and Sam expect to see below the shark-infested waters is a legendary pirate ship rumored to contain millions of dollars in gold. But their good fortune is short-lived, ...
Style: exciting, sexy, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: diving, treasure hunt, shark, underwater, ocean, shipwreck, island, expedition, cocaine, sunken treasure, scuba diving, danger ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: bahamas
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing that Hammond has been breeding more beasties at a secret location. Malcolm, his paleontologist ...
Style: suspense, scenic, suspenseful, saga, exciting ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: dinosaur, giant monster, island, jungle, tyrannosaurus rex, dangerous animal, jurassic park, survival, animal, lost world, monster, predator ...
Time: jurassic, 90s, year 1997, prehistoric times, 20th century
Place: fictional island, costa rica, caribbean, california, san diego california ...
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Treasure Island (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Treasure Island is a two-part British television miniseries adaptation of the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was made by BSkyB and first shown in the United Kingdom on Sky1 on 1–2 January 2012. The screenplay was by Stewart ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric, epic, costume drama ...
Plot: treasure hunt, pirate, expedition, treasure map, island, ship, treasure, adventurer, heroes, rivalry, escapades, danger ...
Time: 18th century
Place: england, fictional island, caribbean
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In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Australia, Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s ...
Style: scenic, suspense, exciting, realistic, inspirational ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: survival, ocean, ship, whale, sea, boat, disaster, whaling, starvation, man versus nature, shipwreck, dangerous animal ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 2015, 1800s, future ...
Place: new england, america, pacific ocean, ecuador, massachusetts ...
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.
Style: exciting, teen, breathtaking, psychotronic, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, girls' night, family outing
Plot: dinosaur, obsessive quest, fantasy world, imaginary, lost world, adventurer, mysterious place, twists and turns, expedition, cave, danger, rescue ...
Time: year 2008, prehistoric times, prehistory, 19th century, 2000s ...
Place: iceland, italy, europe
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 6.3
 1K
Sea Wolf (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: A young man is taken aboard a seal-hunting vessel helmed by the cruel captain Wolf Larsen.
Style: realistic, psychological, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Plot: captain, ship, ocean, survival, expedition, danger, sea disaster, isolation, escapades, writer's life, self discovery, sailing ...
Time: 20th century, 1900s
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 6.4
 69K
City of Ember (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers, ...
Style: exciting, dark fantasy, apocalyptic, visually stunning, visual ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, girls' night, teens, family outing ...
Plot: steampunk, post apocalypse, save the day, danger, survival, puzzle, underground, underground city, ancient mystery, girl, uncover truth, dystopia ...
Time: future, year 2008, 20th century, distant future
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Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The blood orchid - A rare flower that holds the secret of eternal life and a fortune to the pharmaceutical company that finds it. Led by a two-fisted soldier of fortune, a scientific expedition is sent deep into the jungles of Borneo to locate and ...
Style: suspense, scary, intense, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, boys' night
Plot: jungle, snake, treasure hunt, animal attack, survival, expedition, monster, killer animal, dangerous animal, creature, eaten alive, greed ...
Time: jurassic, year 2004, 2000s
Place: borneo, new york, usa, indonesia
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Columbus The Lost Voyage (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Columbus' 4th voyage has been a total failure: he has not found the westward passage, he has no gold to show, he has lost men and ships and his efforts to build a colony have fallen through. The monarchs of Spain are not going to restore the ...
Style: psychological, period piece, captivating, thrilling
Plot: expedition, american history, christopher columbus, shipwreck, discovery, seafaring, ancient, sea voyage, problem, travel, historical figure, storm at sea ...
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 6.2
 145K
The Thing (2011)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, serious ...
Audience: date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: monster, alien, gory, alien invasion, deadly creature, evil alien, chase, alien encounter, survival, apocalypse, danger, transformation ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, future, 80s, year 1982 ...
Place: antarctica
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 6.4
 302K
Alien: Covenant (2017)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship 'Covenant' discovers what is thought to be an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world – which has its sole inhabitant the ...
Style: bad ending, futuristic, suspense, enigmatic, dark ...
Plot: alien, creature, space travel, outer space, extraterrestrial, robot, alien life-form, androids, monster, human versus alien, space exploration, survival ...
Time: future, year 2017, 2010s, near future, 22nd century
Place: space western
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 4.9
 111K
Anaconda (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Brazil, Peru
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A "National Geographic" film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest - and deadliest - snake.
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: jungle, snake, boat, animal attack, survival, dangerous animal, killer animal, danger, river, strong violent content, giant snake, amazon river ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: latin america, ecuador, brazil, south america
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