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Plot Summary:
John Baxter (Giuliano Gemma) is a freewheeling trader of goods in Africa with a pet chimpanzee and one dream: to save enough money to buy a gas station in Detroit. Ursula Andress is Madeleine Cooper, the lady of mystery he runs into as she flees from the hunter played by Jack Palance.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Adventure
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags:
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What Taiga Was Silent About (1965)
Plot Summary:
Ad ventures of a few brave boys deep in Russian taiga.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Adventure
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags:
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The Southern Star (1969)
Plot Summary:
Comedy adventure based on a Jules Verne novel about the ups and downs of jewel thieves in the wilds of Africa circa 1900. George Segal is the appealing hero-heel and Ursula Andress is visually stunning as the lady in the proceedings. Orson Welles has a small role.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 594
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags:
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Falcon's Gold (1982)
Plot Summary:
An archaeologist travels to Mexico to investigate rumors of the discovery of the ancient statue of a fertility goddess.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Adventure
Country: Canada, Mexico
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Daughter of the Jungle (1982)
Plot Summary:
Two college students decide to take a vacation to the Amazon. While in a small village getting supplies, they provoke the anger of a local scoundrel, whose ruffians beat them up. After renting a boat and sailing down the river in search of some good scenery, the two kids become lost and are forced to jump in the water to avoid a cascade. Now totally lost, they enter a small village, where the natives eye them mysteriously. It is here that they meet a bizarre jungle female, who happens to be the last survivor of a helicopter crash that occurred years ago. She soon develops a bond with the two adventurers.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sexy
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Flight of the Lost Balloon (1961)
Plot Summary:
Period adventure tale about an expedition using a hot-air balloon to rescue an explorer lost in Africa.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Ivory Hunters (1990)
Plot Summary:
Ruthless elephant killers are confronted by determined conservationists.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Terror of the Bloodhunters (1962)
Plot Summary:
An escaped prisoner flees to the South American jungle, where he must survive not only wild animals and disease but also a ferocious Indian tribe.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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A Boy Ten Feet Tall (1963)
Plot Summary:
After he is orphaned by an air raid on Port Said during the Suez Crisis, a young boy attempts to go by himself from the Suez Canal to Durban in South Africa where his nearest relative, Aunt Jane, lives. On the way he meets a variety of different people who help or hinder his journey - including an ageing diamond smuggler.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 633
Genere: Adventure
Country: UK
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: esoteric, crying, cult film
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Taur the Mighty (1963)
Plot Summary:
The warlike men of Kixos murder the king of Surupak and abduct his two daughters, Jia and Tuja. Jia's bridegroom Syros asks the mighty warrior Taurus for assistance. Taurus faithful companion Ubaratuta will give Taurus a hand to defeat the warlike tribe.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Adventure
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: campy
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Golden Temple Amazons (1986)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 579
Genere: Adventure
Country: France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: naughty, erotic
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Flight to Fury (1964)
Plot Summary:
This adventure is set in the Philippines and chronicles the exploits of two men who survive a plane crash in the jungle. One of the men is an avaricious killer who has come to the islands to search for a fortune in diamonds. The other is an international adventurer. Now they must somehow overcome their vast personal differences and desires to survive in the steamy wilderness.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 293
Genere: Adventure
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: exciting, thought provoking, captivating, psychological, psychotronic, independent film
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Tusks (1988)
Plot Summary:
Roger Singh is an animal poacher with hate in his heart, and revenge on his mind. Embittered by a recent stint in prison, Singh returns to the forbidden ivory trade only to lock horns with new game warden and former friend Mark Smith, whose testimony years before helped put Singh away.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Mister Moses (1965)
Plot Summary:
A con man on the run in Africa aids a minister's daughter by helping lead a local tribe to their new homeland.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Adventure, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun (1964)
Plot Summary:
Hercules, after sailing global waters is eventually shipwrecked in South America. After losing his Greek shipmates, Hercules is enlisted to overthrow a tyrannical king int he land of the Incas. Featuring scenic views of the mountains of the Andes.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Adventure
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, campy
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No Stars in the Jungle (1967)
Plot Summary:
A white man searches for a legendary gold mine in the depths of the Peruvian jungle.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Adventure
Country: Argentina, Peru
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: art house
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Luana, the Girl Tarzan (1968)
Plot Summary:
A girl searching a forbidding jungle for her missing father stumbles upon a savage jungle girl.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Adventure
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exotic
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Escape from Angola (1976)
Plot Summary:
Adventure - Moving to the unspoiled terrain of Africa was a risk the Mallory family survived. This family of animal trainers soon find themselves in a desperate struggle for their lives after their truck breaks down deep in the African bush. They split up to search for help, only to find themselves face to face with some of the most dangerous wild animals in Africa: crocodiles, cobras and other deadly beasts. - Stan Brock, Anne Collings, Steven Tors.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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An Elephant's Journey (2017)
Plot Summary:
A lost orphan boy and a giant elephant team up to take down an elephant poaching syndicate.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 614
Genere: Adventure
Country: Canada, South Africa
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Mistress of the Apes (1979)
Plot Summary:
Jenny Neumann takes a group of men into the jungles of Kenya to look for her husband, and instead finds a tribe of caveman-looking "Near-Men" who all seem terribly attracted to her beautiful blond hair.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychotronic, independent film
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The Lion (1962)
Plot Summary:
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 reinforced when it is revealed that her daughter's best friend in the whole world is a fully grown lion. Worried that her daughter may be turning into a savage, she sends for her former husband, Tina's biological father, in the hope that he can take her back to civilization (in this case rural Connecticut). But it seems as though Tina's mother wants something more than a civilized upbringing for her daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 746
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: romantic drama
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Tarzan in Manhattan (1989)
Plot Summary:
Tarzan goes to New York to rescue the chimp Cheetah, who has been captured by an evil animal experimenter. There, he teams up with Jane, a cab driver and daughter of an ex-cop private eye, who help Tarzan free Cheetah and his friends.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 527
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Tarzan and the Great River (1967)
Plot Summary:
Tarzan is summoned to Brazil by an old friend to stop an evil tribal cult from destroying native villages and enslaving the survivors. The Lord of the Jungle is accompanied on his quest by a pretty blonde doctor, a boy and a grizzled sea captain.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 427
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Switzerland, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966)
Plot Summary:
The international criminal Vinaro enjoys sending explosive wristwatches to his enemies.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 571
Genere: Adventure
Country: Switzerland, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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In Gold We Trust (2010)
Plot Summary:
A group of adventurers make off with 600 kilograms of gold in Guyana, but when their helicopter crashes in the jungle, gold fever takes over.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic
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Lost in Africa (1994)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 252
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo (1998)
Plot Summary:
In this globe-trotting adventure, Marco Polo (Don Diamont) plays the famous 13th Century explorer who sets out from Italy to find his missing father, and along the way finds danger, excitement, and amazing discoveries at every turn. The supporting cast includes Oliver Reed, Jack Palance, and Herbert Lom.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 546
Genere: Adventure
Country: Ukraine, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, sentimental, epic, serious, captivating
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Master of the World (1983)
Plot Summary:
Conqueror of the World, a thrilling and explosive story of violence...of human drama, of a rare man, strong and primitive. Set two hundred thousand years ago, when the human race had to adapt to their brutal, savage environment or disappear into oblivion.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Adventure
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: fantasy adventure, psychotronic
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The Last Safari (1967)
Plot Summary:
A hunter stalks a killer elephant.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Adventure
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags:
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Rampage (1963)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 736
Genere: Adventure, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: retro, independent film, serious
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Where the River Runs Black (1986)
Plot Summary:
An orphaned boy who was raised in the Amazon jungle is brought back to civilization by a priest who knows his father.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful