Canoe movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant canoe movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, suspense, independent film, intense and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with canoe, chase, river, boat, storytelling, dialogue, catastrophe, survival, destiny and mentor plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and Comedy genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as canoe: Deliverance (1972), Backcountry (2014), Without a Paddle (2004), The Green Inferno (2013), White Water Summer (1987), The Zone of Interest (2023), Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare (2010), Pocahontas (1995), The River Wild (1994), Whale Rider (2002).
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128K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, gothic ...
Plot:
wilderness, rape, survival, friendship, canoe, rape and revenge, nature, forest, river, nightmare, camping, revenge ...
Time:
70s, year 1972, 20th century
Place:
georgia, southern usa, usa, appalachia
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A couple on a deep-wilderness hike become hopelessly lost within an aggressive black bear's territory.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, natural horror, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, woods, nature, camping, bear, lost in the woods, dangerous animal, danger, bear attack, forest, lost ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, ontario canada, canada
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three friends, whose lives have been drifting apart, reunite for the funeral of a fourth childhood friend. When looking through their childhood belongings, they discover a trunk which contained details on a quest their friend was attempting. It ...
Style:
funny, hilarious, humorous, not serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
treasure hunt, wilderness, river, friendship, escapades, hippie, camp, homoeroticism, friendship between men, campfire story, camping, grizzly bear ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
oregon, washington state, usa, costa rica, mexico
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Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: Chile, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A group of student activists travel from New York City to the Amazon to save the rainforest. However, once they arrive in this vast green landscape, they soon discover that they are not alone… and that no good deed goes unpunished.
Style:
bloody, scary, disturbing, brutal, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
jungle, cannibal, cannibalism, torture, gory, eating human flesh, sadistic horror, survival, ant, decapitation, sadistic violence, amazon ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
south america, peru, america, chile, latin america ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Victor Sluzhkin signs on as a teacher of geography in a secondary school in his native Perm (in the Urals) and gets lost in a haze of hard vodka, desperate love for a nymphet-like student and the stress of educating teenagers. Geographer, as the ...
Style:
realistic, gloomy, cynical, psychological, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
teacher, adultery, teachers and students, alcohol abuse, school, friendship, youth, introspection, hopes, rafting, flirting, infatuation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, ussr
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When the experienced guide Vic accompanies the city boy Alan and his three friends on their first wilderness experience, he not only hope to teach the four boys lessons about the wilderness, but about themselves. Vic pushes them to the limit. Soon ...
Style:
intense, sincere, exciting, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
wilderness, river, coming of age, friendship, survival, summer, nature, camping, youth, camp, mountain climbing, chess ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
manhattan new york city, usa, new york, new jersey, california
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Poland, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
Style:
captivating, psychological, experimental, crying, period drama
Plot:
garden, auschwitz, holocaust, world war two, ss officer, nazi germany, husband wife relationship, concentration camp, swimming pool, nazi, genocide, nazi officer ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, year 1944, 20th century, year 1942 ...
Place:
poland, berlin germany, hungary
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Scooby and the gang experience outdoor fun as they go back to Fred's old summer camp.
Style:
exciting, humorous, semi serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, horror for children
Plot:
scooby doo, summer camp, campfire story, lake, flood, amateur detective, canoe, dog, cartoon dog, camp counselor, dam, supernatural ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
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216K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
History comes gloriously to life in Disney's epic animated tale about love and adventure in the New World. Pocahontas is a Native American woman whose father has arranged for her to marry her village's best warrior. But a vision tells her ...
Style:
romantic, touching, sweet, cute, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family outing, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
princess, native american, interracial romance, disney princess, forbidden love, raccoon, culture clash, tragic love, native american tribe, female protagonist, tribe, enemies to lovers ...
Time:
17th century, 90s, year 1995
Place:
virginia, usa, london, england, europe ...
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
While on a family vacation, rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, exciting, psychological, dark ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
wilderness, hostage, family in danger, survival, river, nature, boat, danger, rafting, child in peril, criminal, bank robber ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
boston, montana, usa, idaho
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, ...
Style:
touching, emotional, thought provoking, inspirational, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
whale, tradition, coming of age, sexism, childhood, female protagonist, culture clash, girl, legend, empowerment, youth, loss of son ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new zealand, oceania, australia
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Sopernitsy (aka The Rivals) is about coaching a winner. Two young ladies are competing in a canoe race. The more experienced girl always wins every competition. But the ladies are not just competitors in sport but are also competitors for the ...
Style:
period drama
Plot:
competition, rivalry, canoe, personal growth, determination, resilience, perseverance, training, inspiration, kayaking, female empowerment, female friendship ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
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Story:
As counselors in a lakeside sleepaway camp, Scooby and Shaggy don’t know much about canoes and archery, but they do know how to solve a mystery!
Style:
detective, light, feel good, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
scooby doo, dog, boy and dog, children, camp, adventure hero, puzzle, adventurer, riddles and clues, mysterious character, boy dog relationship, summer ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Andersson's boatyard remains after 25 years, still chased by the same stringent, but misfortuned debt collector. TV producer Vonna Jigert wants Andersson to compete against an Italian company and their boat Fortuna in a race on Göta Kanal – ...
Style:
slapstick, light hearted, feel good, family comedy, fast paced ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
competition, rivalry, racing, canoe, media satire, underdog, boat, water, nostalgia, mishap, small town, fish out of water ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
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Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Two childhood sweethearts, now both widowed, share a night by a lake in the mountains.
Style:
romantic comedy, romantic, slow cinema, independent film
Plot:
widow, loneliness, lake, mountain, radio, widower, canoe, lost love, grief, nomad, childhood love, marriage proposal ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
colorado
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Lou Diamond Phillips and Fred Gwynne team up with a gang of professional criminals who have everything it takes to rob a bank. The only things they do have going for them are a cop and his partner, who are dumber than they are! By the time the gang ...
Style:
parody, black comedy, humorous, independent film, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small town, lost in the woods, on the run, bank, heist, robbery, caper, sheriff, sabotage, river, law enforcement, chase ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
montana, new jersey, usa, las vegas
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, grindhouse, cult classic, gothic ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, backwoods, swamp, lost in the woods, ambush, poacher, murder, american south, dog attack, pursuit, on the run ...
Time:
year 1981, year 1973, 70s
Place:
louisiana, southern usa, usa, vietnam, texas ...
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216K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and Olaf are going far in the forest to know the truth about an ancient mystery of their kingdom.
Style:
fairy tale, 3d animation, touching, feel good, anime ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, family friendly, toddlers ...
Plot:
disney princess, princess, magic, female protagonist, magical, sister sister relationship, autumn, kingdom, ice, sister, love and romance, castle ...
Time:
year 2019, 1840s, 19th century
Place:
scandinavia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Scott Calvin is an ordinary man, who accidentally causes Santa Claus to fall from his roof on Christmas Eve and is knocked unconscious. When he and his young son finish Santa's trip and deliveries, they go to the North Pole, where Scott learns ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, touching, christmas classics, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, christmas season, childhood, father son relationship, christmas eve, christmas time, child custody, saving christmas, thanksgiving, toys ...
Time:
90s
Place:
illinois, chicago, north america
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24K
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A taciturn loner and skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon Territory, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune; soon the two collaborate on a successful business, ...
Style:
costume drama, stylized, atmospheric, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
cow, friendship, friendship between men, chinese immigrant, river, immigrant, raven, boat, food, forest, baker, get rich quick scheme ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, 2010s
Place:
oregon, usa, london, san francisco, boston ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A sled dog struggles for survival in the wilds of the Yukon.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, sincere, inspirational, period piece ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
dog, dog sled, survival, wolf, gold rush, danger, snow, wolf pack, friendship, medieval, grizzly bear, gold ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, 20th century, victorian era, 2020s
Place:
alaska, canada, north america, yukon
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583
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
Amitabh Bachchan in a triple role as father with twin sons. The standard plot of families separated then united many years later with a string of coincidences. Throw in a diamond necklace and Amjad Khan playing the bad guy, some musical numbers, ...
Style:
weeping, crying
Plot:
aspiring actor, drug dealer, husband wife relationship, single mother, police inspector, husband wife reunion, presumed dead, canoe, drug smuggling, grandfather granddaughter relationship, lawyer, husband wife separation ...
Place:
delhi
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A group of students on an archaeology assignment in the Everglades decide to throw a dance party one night.
Style:
independent film, sexy, suspense, psychotronic, weird
Plot:
revenge, swimming, dancing, murder, canoe, animal attack, alligator, snake, machete, skull, crocodile, corpse ...
Place:
everglades, florida
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Henry Graham lives the life of a playboy. When his lawyer tells him one day that his lifestyle has consumed all his funds, he needs an idea to avoid climbing down the social ladder.
Style:
dark comedy, light, funny, neo noir, comedy drama ...
Plot:
camping, murder, marriage proposal, marriage of convenience, rescue from drowning, bachelor, mansion, private club, playboy, lawyer, bankruptcy, love and romance ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa, new york state
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145K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Style:
inspirational, psychological, visually stunning, grim, mind twisting ...
Plot:
prison escape, prison, life philosophy, escape, prison break, runaway, prison life, jail, protector, human spirit, escape attempt, escape plan ...
Time:
year 1973, 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, 70s
Place:
south america, persia, guyana, latin america, atlantic ocean
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to ...
Style:
epic, christian film, thought provoking, breathtaking, visually stunning ...
Plot:
jungle, slavery, clergy, redemption, colonialism, missionary, massacre, river, native american, jesuit, genocide, religion ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 1986
Place:
south america, portugal, argentina, brazil, latin america ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
Style:
exciting, epic, intense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
old west, native american, wilderness, american civil war, civil war, usa history, small town, gold, marriage proposal, native american attack, train, outlaw ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s, 1880s, 1840s, 1870s ...
Place:
california, missouri, arizona, ohio, usa ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Music
Country: West Germany, Peru
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Fitzcarraldo, a dreamer who plans to bring opera and Enrico Caruso to the South American jungles. With limited funding, he must figure out how to finance the opera house, and ultimately decides to capitalize on South America's rubber ...
Style:
cerebral, surreal, visually appealing, visual, tense ...
Plot:
jungle, steamship, boat, opera, obsession, river, ambition, colonialism, amazon river, surrealism, dream, forest ...
Time:
20th century, 1900s, year 1982, 19th century, turn of the century
Place:
south america, peru, germany, latin america, andes mountains ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A caretaker at a summer camp is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years of intensive treatment at hospital, he is released back into society, albeit missing some social skills. What follows is a bloody killing spree with the ...
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, cult horror, creepy, terrifying ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
prank, revenge, summer camp, stalking, serial killer, lake, survival, disfigurement, evil man, forest, fear, killer ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york state, new york, canada
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually ...
Style:
suspense, political thriller, clever, tense, political ...
Plot:
conspiracy, gulf war, political conspiracy, brainwashing, mind control, political corruption, assassin, politics, covert operation, senator, corporation, sniper ...
Time:
20th century, 2000s, year 2004, future, 90s ...
Place:
iraq, usa, new york, washington d.c.
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