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Plot Summary:
When Elsa's three mischievious cubs begin wreaking havok on the nearby villages, Joy and her husband are forced to move them hundreds of miles to a game preserve.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 623
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, independent film, wild
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Pride (2004)
Plot Summary:
The story of Suki, a lioness cub, who rebels against her mother and her Pride to mate with an unsuitable lion from the other side of the river.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 818
Genere: Family, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, semi serious, sincere, colorful, colourful
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The Sage Hunter (2005)
Plot Summary:
THE SAGE HUNTER chronicles the real life adventures of the Taiwanese indigenous hero, Sakinu, a forest ranger who is determined to protect his family's and community's rich traditions. We take in the magnificent panorama of the lush forest in Eastern Taiwan with this motorcycle-clad hero as he was called upon by his tribe, to go to the city to halt the building of an expressway through their sacred land. Destiny plays its hand and the key official for the building project accepts, although begrudgingly, Sakinu's invitation to visit the tribal community. Sakinu hopes that once the officer experiences the beauty of nature and the bond his community shares, he will not pursue the plans for the freeway. THE SAGE HUNTER ensembles an exceptional cast of first-time Taiwanese indigenous actors, examines the importance of nature, spirituality and family, showing us simplicity and commitment to kin, which are often ignored in the fast-paced lives we live, are fundamental to our well-being.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, captivating, realistic, independent film
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The Bears and I (1974)
Plot Summary:
When a man adopts three bears, he faces one of the hardest decisions of his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 554
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, uplifting, feel good, realistic, semi serious, cult film
Similar in 78%
Lassie's Great Adventure (1963)
Plot Summary:
While in Canada Timmy and Lassie encounter a downed hot air ballonist. By accident they end up in the balloon which takes them into the wilderness. The young boy and his dog must find a way to survive even fending off a wild pig.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, independent film, psychotronic
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The Belstone Fox (1973)
Plot Summary:
Based on the novel "The Ballad of the Belstone Fox", this heartwarming film chronicles the life of a fox much smarter than the dogs that hunt him. In fact, they never could catch him!.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: wild
Similar in 76%
Born Free: A New Adventure (1996)
Plot Summary:
Another thrilling adventure for Elsa the lioness as she works her magic on two teenagers struggling with changes in their life.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Born Free (1974)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of two married game wardens in Kenya. George Adamson and Diana Muldaur live with their adopted lioness Elsa the Lioness, where they protect the animals in the surrounding area from all sorts of danger, both natural and human.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: wild
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To Walk with Lions (1999)
Plot Summary:
Drama based loosely on the final years of Kenya game warden and lion-raiser George Adamson's life. An unofficial sequel to 'Born Free' (1966) and 'Living Free' (1972), which also dramatised the life of Adamson, this film picks up the life of George (Richard Harris) on the African wildlife preserve he runs with the help of his brother Terrence (Ian Bannen). When drifter Tony Fitzjohn (John Michie) arrives to work for the old men he initially takes poorly to the task, almost savaged by a lion on his first day and on the verge of leaving when he hears that his predecessor was killed in a similar incident. The arrival of a lion cub that Fitzjohn must care for and raise changes everything. Soon he finds himself helping the brothers in their fight to save lions - and, ultimately, the park itself - from the poachers, soldiers and corrupt government officials that threaten them.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 919
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, UK, Kenya
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: independent film, sincere, serious, realistic
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White Lion (2010)
Plot Summary:
According to the legend of the Shangaan, white lions are the messengers of the gods, but it has been years since one has been seen in their remote African valley. When a white lion is miraculously born into that valley, a young Shangaan named Gisani, finds himself destined to protect this rare and magnificent creature at all costs. This young lion, whom will be known as Letsatsi, is cast from his pride and forced to embark upon a perilous journey of survival.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: South Africa
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sincere, emotional, exciting, colorful, serious, captivating, realistic, independent film, colourful
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The Flight of the Grey Wolf (1976)
Plot Summary:
A youth (Russ Hanson) attempts to re-introduce a domesticated wolf to the wild.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating
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Mountain Family Robinson (1979)
Plot Summary:
A family goes "back to nature" by homesteading in the Colorado Rockies.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 610
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: action adventure, independent film, realistic, semi serious
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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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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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Those Calloways (1965)
Plot Summary:
Story of Cam Calloway and his family, who live in a densely wooded area in New England. Cam dreams of building a sanctuary for the geese that fly over the area each year, and he tries several schemes to buy a nearby lake for this santuary. He is thwarted at every attempt, it seems; he and his son try to get enough furs from their trapping venture to get the money, but the bottom falls out of the fur market. He uses the little money they get for a down payment on the lake, thereby losing their house when he can't make the mortgage payment. They move to the lake, where their friends help them build a cabin. A salesman stops in town, and tries to get the people to sell their land for a tourist venture; Cam is outraged at his tactics and takes desperate measures after he himself is tricked.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 816
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: juvenile, touching, serious, realistic
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Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
Plot Summary:
Two young children, who, rather than part with an old pet lion who was once a circus performer, go on a perilous mountain trek to stay with a recluse friend.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, emotional, semi serious, cult film
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Running Free (1999)
Plot Summary:
The tale of the extraordinary life and times of Lucky, a horse that was born in captivity but achieves his dream of running free with the help of a stableboy.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 715
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, History, War
Country: USA, France, South Africa
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: sentimental, uplifting, touching, serious, independent film, realistic, feel good, wild
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White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild (1996)
Plot Summary:
As a plea-bargain to clear their school records, a group of misfit teens ventures into the majestic but unforgiving wilderness to help a young naturalist save the vanishing wolves. After they encountered unexpected incident, they are aided by the mysterious white wolf of myth and legend, who shows up to guide the way throughout the movie.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic
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The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)
Plot Summary:
This is the true story of a little dog that refused to leave his master's graveside in Edinburgh. The dog visited the grave for years.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 657
Genere: Adventure, Family, History
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, serious, realistic
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Cheetah (1989)
Plot Summary:
An American boy and girl, spending six months in Kenya with their scientist parents adopt a cheetah, only to realize that they must set it loose so that it can learn to hunt and be free. However, when the animal is captured by poachers planning to race it against greyhounds, the two city kids, together with a young African goat herder they befriended, head off into the wild to rescue the cheetah.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, romantic, clever, touching, unusual plot structure, sweet, melancholic, twist ending
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Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (1961)
Plot Summary:
A family film about Nikki, a half-wolf, half-dog raised in the Yukon during the gold rush era. After being separated from her master, Nikki must fend for herself amidst bears, the harsh Yukon weather, and a trapper who wants her skin.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 500
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: retro, exciting, serious
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The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1975)
Plot Summary:
The story of a modern family bored with the hassles of the city life in Los Angeles. They head for the wilderness never to return.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: action adventure, exciting, sentimental, uplifting, touching, feel good, serious, realistic, independent film
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The Incredible Journey (1963)
Plot Summary:
The story of three pets, a cat and two dogs, who lose their owners when they are all on vacation. Can they find their way home?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: road movie, touching, exciting, uplifting, feel good, serious, realistic, fairy tale, funny, light
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Owd Bob (1998)
Plot Summary:
Recently orphaned David must move to the Isle of Man to live with his grandfather, Adam, who's a sheep farmer. Both long for the end of the summer, having nothing in common but their love for dogs, notably Adam's precious champion sheepdog Bob. David strikes a friendship with Maggie, the sassy daughter of friendly neighbor Keith Moore, but Adam hates that family on account of an old canine competition-related tragedy. Other neighbors suspect Bob and the Moore's dog of the recent series of nocturnal sheep-kills.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 418
Genere: Family, Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, independent film
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Born Free (1966)
Plot Summary:
Born Free (1966) is an Open Road Films Ltd./Columbia Pictures feature film starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, a real-life couple who raised an orphaned lion cub to adulthood, and released her into the wilds of Kenya.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Family, History
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, emotional, non fiction, uplifting, feel good, serious, realistic, crying, light
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Two Brothers (2004)
Plot Summary:
Two tigers are separated as cubs and taken into captivity, only to be reunited years later as enemies by an explorer (Pearce) who inadvertently forces them to fight each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: emotional, compassionate, scenic, sincere, captivating, sad, juvenile, epic, serious, realistic
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Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove (2010)
Plot Summary:
After young Kirra (Bindi Irwin) leaves her Australian home to summer with her grandfather (Beau Bridges) in South Africa, she soon discovers a baby orca stranded in the lagoon near her grandfather’s rundown seaside amusement park. She names the lonely whale Willy--and embarks on a great quest to lead the little guy back to his anxious pod.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: serious, sentimental, touching, realistic, uplifting
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The Young Black Stallion (2003)
Plot Summary:
When courageous young Neera becomes separated from her family in the desert, she chances upon a wild colt. Together they find friendship, trust, and their way back home only to discover her family is about to lose everything!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic
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Duma (2005)
Plot Summary:
An orphaned cheetah becomes the best friend and pet of a young boy living in South Africa.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sweet, sentimental, touching, captivating, inspirational, sad, atmospheric, realistic, semi serious, romantic
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Andre (1994)
Plot Summary:
The true story of how a marine seal named Andre befriended a little girl and her family, circa 1962.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, sad, feel good, humorous, semi serious, fairy tale, light, inspirational, romantic
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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