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Plot Summary:
About the life and adventures of a gang of abandoned street kids known as "Capitães da Areia" (Captains of the Sands), in Salvador, Bahia, during the 1950s.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure
Country: Brazil, Portugal
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, unusual plot structure, contemplative, independent film
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Marchland (2010)
Plot Summary:
Marchland is a road-trip action-comedy, where two families collide on the Canadian-American border. The Van Jurgens, three brothers burdened with caring for their catatonic father after the recent death of their mother, and facing foreclosure on the family home, embark on a journey to find a fortune. The situation goes from bad to worse, when they end up forced to smuggle narcotics across the American border. Meanwhile, Dale and Charlene are a brother and sister team working for the Canadian Border Patrol. Dale's fragile mental state begins to crack after an accident on patrol, and Charlene struggles to keep his condition a secret from their suspicious father, who happens to be their Chief Officer. These two groups of sibling face their fears, their regrets, their futures and each other in this frantic, desperate and unusual adventure.
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Genere: Adventure
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Golden Goddess of Rio Beni (1964)
Plot Summary:
An aviator of a commercial line disappears in the Brazilian jungle. Two friends organize an expedition to find him. As if there were not enough dangers in the Amazon, three members of the expedition have another goal: to steal a golden goddess.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Adventure
Country: West Germany, France, Spain, Brazil
Duration: 91 min
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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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Settlement of Crows (1978)
Plot Summary:
First movie of the famous Czech adventure trilogy: Osada Havranů Na veliké rece Volání rodu.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Adventure
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags:
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My Lucky Elephant (2013)
Plot Summary:
In a far away land of jungles and wild animals, there lived a little orphan boy who was all alone in the world. But he knew that no matter how hard life can be, it's always better if you can share it with a friend. This is the story of how he found one, an elephant named Lucky. Together they face a changing world, but always manage to triumph. After a series of humorous challenges, they discover the Academy of Art, where elephants learn to paint. And Lucky becomes the star painter, a famous artist and celebrity. Finally, life is good for them, with money and food aplenty. But when Lucky falls in love with another elephant, Candy, and starts his own family, what will the boy do? My Lucky Elephant is an exotic adventure in a magical and beautiful place, and yet it's about what everyone is looking for in life - a true friend, a home, family.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Inseln vor dem Wind (2012)
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Adventure
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: captivating, light, feel good, suspense
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The Great Elephant Escape (1995)
Plot Summary:
Two young boys help an elephant escape from an African animal orphanage when he is bought by a wealthy American. The trio dodge poachers, the police and lions on a journey they'll never forget.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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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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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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Dolphin Kick (2019)
Plot Summary:
On a tropical island vacation, a young boy's friendship with a playful and friendly dolphin helps him find the courage to get back in the water after the sudden loss of his mother.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, sincere, captivating, semi serious, christian film
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Orpheus' Song (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two best friends from Berlin win a trip to Greece. On their excursion, they get lost on an island. They wander in the woods until they find an abandoned village where they encounter a mysterious creature, who calls himself Hercules. They spend the night together in a cave and dream a mystical dream. On the next day, nothing between the two will be like it was before.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 878
Genere: Adventure, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: sexy, captivating, psychological, melancholic, cute, queer cinema, gay cinema
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The Highwayman (2022)
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Famed highway robber Dick Turpin finds himself on the run in the English countryside having accidentally kidnapped the Earl of Pembroke's feisty daughter, Elizabeth. As her fiance Winthroppe attempts to track them down, Elizabeth begins to fall for the dashing highwayman, leaving Turpin with no choice but to face off against Winthroppe in a fight for Elizabeth's heart - and her fortune.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, disturbing
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Smart Cookies (2012)
Plot Summary:
A high-maintenance realtor forced to do community service must lead a group of hopeless girl scouts in the regional cookie drive competition.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 626
Genere: Adventure
Country: Canada
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, captivating, light, humorous, sentimental, realistic
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Prince of Central Park (2000)
Plot Summary:
A young boy sets out to find his mother. After setting up camp in Central Park, he encounters a group of people even needier than himself.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 649
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: touching, psychological, sincere, atmospheric, serious, independent film, emotional, realistic
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Kicks (2016)
Plot Summary:
When his hard-earned kicks get snatched by a local hood, fifteen-year old Brandon and his two best friends go on an ill-advised mission across the Bay Area to retrieve the stolen sneakers.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, hood, action adventure, suspense, social, mind blowing, aesthetic
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Catherine Called Birdy (2022)
Plot Summary:
A teenage girl in Medieval England navigates life and tries to avoid the arranged marriages her father maps out for her.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Adventure
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: period piece, costume drama
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Huck and the King of Hearts (1994)
Plot Summary:
Taking place in the 1990's, Huck and his card shark friend, Jim, travel from California to Nevada searching for Huck's long-lost grandpa. Along the way, a deceived card player chases the two across the states with his two, less intelligent, sidekicks.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, feel good, humorous, emotional, realistic, semi serious
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The Islands (2019)
Plot Summary:
Based on the incredible true-life story of Chiefess Kapiolani who descended into an active volcano to demonstrate her new-found faith and ushered in a new beginning in Hawaii.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: christian film, psychological, serious, stylized, independent film
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My Uncle Killed a Guy (2004)
Plot Summary:
Eder (Lázaro Ramos) is arrested after confessing the murder of a man. Duca (Darlan Cunha), a 15 years old boy who is Eder's nephew, wants to prove the innocence of his uncle, he's sure that his uncle confessed the crime to protect his girlfriend, Soraya (Deborah Secco), ex-wife of the deceased. Duca also wants to win the heart of Isa (Sophia Reis), a classmate who seems more interested in his best friend, Kid (Renan Gioelli). To be able to prove his theory, Duca gets help from Isa and Kid.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, realistic, detective
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Shandra: The Jungle Girl (1999)
Plot Summary:
Deep in the heart of the South American jungle, a legendary creature known only as “Shandra” has been attacking men by the light of the full moon. But this extraordinary invader inflicts pleasure rather than pain!.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: erotic, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, sexual, sexy, campy
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Up & Away (2012)
Plot Summary:
This is a story about two homeless brothers (Zana, 7) and (Dana, 10) who live on the edge of survival. In the beginning of the story they catch a glimpse of Superman through a hole in the wall at the local cinema. Zana and Dana decide that they want to go to America and live with Superman. Once they get there he can solve all their problems, make their lives easy and punish everyone that has been mean to them. Zana, the younger brother, starts to make a list of all people he is going to tell Superman to punish. On top of the list is Saddam Hussein. Dana on the other hand makes a concrete plan for what they need to get there; money, passports, transportation and a way to get across the boarder. Unfortunately they have neither of those. But in spite of everything they decide to follow the dream. Written by Karzan Kader.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Sweden, Finland
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: road movie, realistic, sincere, serious, inspirational, thought provoking, sad, tear jerker, independent film, islamic
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The Bosses (2015)
Plot Summary:
Poncho is a student at a prestigious college in northern Mexico who is immersed along a single day on a whirlwind adventure through the various levels of the narc world after accepting the help of "Greñas", a guy working in the parking lot of his college, who will explain him how to buy marijuana on the campus for the first time.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 452
Genere: Adventure
Country: Mexico
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing, hood, crime thriller, road movie
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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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The Master of Ballantrae (1984)
Plot Summary:
The story of two brothers, Scottish noblemen whose family is torn apart by the Jacobite rising of 1745.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Adventure
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: period piece, costume drama, period drama
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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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Mara of the Wilderness (1965)
Plot Summary:
An altruistic park ranger stumbles upon a beautiful but feral young girl who spent most of her life being raised by a pack of white wolves. But his plans to tame her wild ways are cut short when an enterprising trapper hears about her story and sets out to sell her as a freak to a traveling side show.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious
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Cold River (1982)
Plot Summary:
Based on the novel Winterkill, by William Judson, Cold River is the story of an Adirondack guide who takes his young daughter and step-son on a long camping trip in the fall of 1932. When winter strikes unexpectedly early (a natural phenomenon known as a 'winterkill' - so named because the animals are totally unprepared for a sudden, early winter, and many freeze or starve to death), a disastrous turn of events leaves the two children to find their own way home without food, or protection from the elements.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 166
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film
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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
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Treasure Island (2007)
Plot Summary:
A terrible storm is raging the night it all begins - with a knock on the door. 17-year-old Jim Hawkins helps his widowed mother run their little tavern on the coast of 19th century England. When the door is opened they are startled by a sight that makes their blood run cold.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 439
Genere: Adventure
Country: Germany
Duration: 186 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, captivating, intense, talky