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Plot Summary:
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?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, black and white, feel good, realistic, semi serious, surprise ending, tense, funny, light
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Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
Plot Summary:
The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: road movie, action comedy, spectacular, exciting, humorous, realistic, not serious, fast, crying, weeping
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At World's End (2009)
Plot Summary:
An english tv-team discovers a special white flower in the indonesian rainforest, but they never get to investegate it further, before the danish recluse Severin has shot them down. A danish special enforcement with a psychiatrist in front is sent off, and they find out, that Severin claims, that he is 129 years old, and it's the flower, which keeps him young. Soon all hunts the white flower, which apparently gives eternal life.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, stylized, offbeat
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$50K and a Call Girl: A Love Story (2014)
Plot Summary:
When Ross is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and given six weeks to live, his newly engaged older brother Seth offers to spend his $50,000 wedding fund on a final trip of a lifetime. Their plans are complicated when Ross invites a call girl to join the group and Seth’s uptight fiancée insists on tagging along. This raucous road trip comedy features hip-hop star Asher Roth.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, tragicomedy, semi serious, road movie, captivating, sincere, touching, realistic, independent film, mockumentary
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Shaft in Africa (1973)
Plot Summary:
Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: hood, exciting, rough, feel good, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, poliziottesco, sexy
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Shout at the Devil (1976)
Plot Summary:
During World War One an English adventurer, an American elephant poacher and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battle-cruiser which is awaiting repairs in an inlet just off Zanzibar. The story is based on a novel by Wilbur Smith, which in turn is very loosely based on events involving the light cruiser SMS Königsberg, which was sunk after taking refuge in Rufigi delta in 1915.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Roar (1981)
Plot Summary:
Roar follows a family who are attacked by various African animals at the secluded home of their keeper.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: surreal, disturbing, mondo, creepy, independent film, exciting, realistic, semi serious, psychotronic, weird
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The Train Robbers (1973)
Plot Summary:
A gunhand named Lane is hired by a widow, Mrs. Lowe, to find gold stolen by her husband so that she may return it and start fresh.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, tense, surprise ending, wild
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Holiday in the Wild (2019)
Plot Summary:
When her husband abruptly ends their marriage, empty nester Kate embarks on a solo second honeymoon in Africa, finding purpose and potential romance.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sweet, light, sincere, touching, scenic, colorful, romantic, colourful
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Safari 3000 (1982)
Plot Summary:
Reporter J.J. wants to write a story about an Afrika rallye, 3000 km across desert and steppe. Unfortunately her driver and car get lost only days before the start, so she hires ex-stuntman Eddie and buys a wreck of a car from her last money. Eddie can help her to a new motor - by stealing it from the ruthless count Borgia, who from now on is their hardest and meanest competitor in the rallye.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 423
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: road movie, independent film, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, cult film
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An Elephant Called Slowly (1970)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Comedy, Action, Adventure, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, feel good, humorous, epic, semi serious
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Paiyaa (2010)
Plot Summary:
Shiva, an engineering graduate, is not serious about his job or future even when his friends advise him about life. He falls in love with a girl he saw at a bus stop and finally gets to ride with her in a car.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, exciting, tense, feel good, humorous, realistic, action packed, road movie
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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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Elephant Tales (2006)
Plot Summary:
A tale of two elephant brothers, Tutu and Zef, in search of their mother, and the menagerie of wild creatures they encounter along the way. Just days after the birth of baby elephant Tutu, human hunters arrive late at night and decimate the herd. Faced with the loss of their family, Tutu and Zef set off across the African plain in search of a future.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family
Country: Australia, France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, sincere, touching, fairy tale
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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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Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion (1965)
Plot Summary:
When a native village is apparently terrorized by a Lion, the local sergeant enlists the help of a veterinarian working at a nearby animal study center. It is soon discovered that the Lion has a unique problem, it has double vision due to the fact that it is cross eyed and therefore cannot hunt. The Lion is taken back to the study center and is soon adopted by the vet's daughter. Meanwhile, a dangerous criminal is planning to capture young Gorillas and sell them on the black market.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 721
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: captivating, realistic, semi serious
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The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
Plot Summary:
Misery is brought to a small group of Sho in the Kalahari desert in the form of a cola bottle. In his quest to throw the evil object over the edge of the earth, Xixo encounters Western "civilization," a haphazard doctor and a tyranical despot.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: South Africa, Botswana
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, feel good, intellectual, cult classic, slapstick, independent film, mockumentary, spectacular
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The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1989)
Plot Summary:
Xixo is back again. This time, his children accidentally stow away on a fast-moving poachers' truck, unable to get off, and Xixo sets out to rescue them. Along the way, he encounters a couple of soldiers trying to capture each other and a pilot and passenger of a small plane, who are each having a few problems of their own.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy
Country: South Africa, Botswana, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, feel good, entertaining, light, talky, semi serious, slapstick, parody, mockumentary
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I Dreamed of Africa (2000)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by the true story of indomitable Kuki Gallmann, the film tells of a beautiful and inquisitive woman who had the courage to escape from her comfortable yet monotonous life in Italy to start anew in the African wilderness with her son, Emanuele, and her new husband, Paolo. Gallmann faces great danger there but eventually becomes a celebrated conservationist.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, scenic, atmospheric, gloomy, crying
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White Hunter Black Heart (1990)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, melancholic, talky, exciting, serious, touching, realistic, meta, thought provoking, bleak
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Condorman (1981)
Plot Summary:
Comic artist and writer Woody performs a simple courier operation for his friend Harry who works for the CIA. But when he successfully fends off hostile agents, he earns the respect of the beautiful Natalia, who requests his assistance for her defection. Woody uses this request as leverage to use the CIA's resources to bring his comic book creation, Condorman, to life to battle the evil Krokov.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: spoof, humorous, spy comedy, cult classic, exciting, feel good, semi serious, fast, parody, psychotronic
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Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
Plot Summary:
Australian outback expert protects his New York love from gangsters who've followed her down under.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: funny, exciting, feel good, humorous, cult classic, realistic, semi serious, independent film, romantic, clever
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Crocodile Dundee (1986)
Plot Summary:
When a New York reporter plucks crocodile hunter Dundee from the Australian Outback for a visit to the Big Apple, it's a clash of cultures and a recipe for good-natured comedy as naïve Dundee negotiates the concrete jungle. Dundee proves that his instincts are quite useful in the city and adeptly handles everything from wily muggers to high-society snoots without breaking a sweat.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 113000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, humorous, funny, exciting, light, entertaining, uplifting, grindhouse, cult classic
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The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2006)
Plot Summary:
After retrieving the Crystal Skull in Utah, Flynn Carsen receives a map in the mail with the secret location of King Solomon's Mines. When the scroll is stolen, Judson explains the power of the Key of Solomon's book and assigns Flynn to retrieve the map. The map is useless without the legend piece to decipher it, which is located in Volubilis near the Roman ruins in Morocco. Flynn heads to Casablanca to the ruins where he is chased by a group of mercenaries leaded by General Samir. They too want to find the location of King Solomon's mines. Flynn teams-up with Professor Emily Davenport working in the dig and they escape from General Samir and his men. While traveling to Gedi, they save the local Jomo from death and the trio faces a dangerous journey through the wild Africa.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, mythical, parody, spoof
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Tarzan and the Lost City (1998)
Plot Summary:
Tarzan returns to his homeland of Africa to save his home from destruction.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany, Australia
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: exciting, fairy tale, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, road movie, unusual plot structure, entertaining, melancholic, visually appealing
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Six Days Seven Nights (1998)
Plot Summary:
When Quinn, a grouchy pilot living the good life in the South Pacific, agrees to transfer a savvy fashion editor, Robin, to Tahiti, he ends up stranded on a deserted island with her after their plane crashes. The pair avoid each other at first, until they're forced to team up to escape from the island -- and some pirates who want their heads.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 82000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, funny, light, sexy, entertaining, humorous, romantic comedy, cute, psychological
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Romancing the Stone (1984)
Plot Summary:
Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 101000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: feel good, exciting, light, romantic, entertaining, sexy, romantic comedy, funny, breathtaking, action adventure
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Congo (1995)
Plot Summary:
Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa where human greed and the laws of nature have gone berserk. When the thrill-seekers -- some with ulterior motives -- stumble across a race of killer apes.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: exciting, melancholic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, horror comedy, cult classic, natural horror, humorous, entertaining
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The Naked Prey (1965)
Plot Summary:
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 surviving member is given "The Lion's Chance" by the tribal leader to be hunted down by a party of tribal warriors.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, retro, fast paced, independent film, realistic, psychotronic
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The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
Plot Summary:
Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 185000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, USA, Australia
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: scenic, exciting, absurd, visually stunning, fairy tale, tense, romantic, action adventure, thought provoking, captivating
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The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
Plot Summary:
Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, tense, scenic, dramatic, natural horror, atmospheric, anamorphic, serious