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Plot Summary:
The wolf dog, White Fang, aids a reporter, a fur trapper, a nun, a young Eskimo boy and his father of ridding a gold mining town of a sleazy crime lord in 1896 Yukon, Canada.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 904
Genere: Adventure, Family, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, serious, captivating, realistic, euro western
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Challenge to White Fang (1974)
Plot Summary:
Sequel to Lucio Fulci's first 'White Fang' has the wolf-dog once again trying to stop the villainous Beauty Smith from claiming a recently discovered gold mine in 1899 Yukon, Canada.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 464
Genere: Adventure, Western
Country: Italy, West Germany, France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, perverse, euro western
Similar in 85%
Belle and Sebastian: The Adventure Continues (2015)
Plot Summary:
September, 1945. Sebastian impatiently waits for the return of his friend Angelina, whom he has not seen for two years. When the plane carrying the young woman to her small village in the Alps is reported to have crashed in the mountains, Sebastian is convinced that Angelina is still alive. Along with his faithful dog Belle, Sebastian embarks on the most dangerous adventure of his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, exciting, light, feel good, captivating
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Tom Sawyer (2011)
Plot Summary:
Tom Sawyer (LOUIS HOFMANN) has a head full of pranks and drives when he invents is not just a new adventure, preferably around with his best buddy Huck Finn (LEON SEIDEL) - much to the chagrin of his Aunt Polly (HEIKE MAKATSCH) with Tom and his half-brother Sid (ANDREAS WARM Brunn) in the town of St. Petersburg on the Mississippi river (excerpt from http://tomsawyer-film.de).
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 937
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany, Romania
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, educational
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White Fang to the Rescue (1975)
Plot Summary:
Set at the end of the 19th century in Canada's gold rush Klondike area, wolf-dog White Fang teams up with a prospector when his master is killed. Together they try to avenge his death.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, semi serious, spaghetti western
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K-9 Adventures: Legend of the Lost Gold (2014)
Plot Summary:
When Kassie and her friends stumble across an old, broken pocket watch they begin an unexpected journey to unlock the secret of the legendary Garrison Gold. They'll have to solve riddles and follow clues to find the lost treasure. With the help of her faithful dog, Scoot and her gang of misfit friends, Kassie is about to go on the adventure of a lifetime! - Written by BigK509.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, light, realistic, independent film
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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 Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1978)
Plot Summary:
The Wilderness Family now face terrifying times in fierce winter storms, an avalanche, and being attacked by a ferocious pack of hungry wolves. Watch as America's favorite family stands strong together to prove that the best things in life are really free.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 743
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, independent film
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Against the Wild (2013)
Plot Summary:
The action-packed feature film tells the dramatic tale of two siblings and their Alaskan Malamute, who must make an emergency landing when their small plane has engine problems. They find themselves in a beautiful but potentially dangerous natural environment that they must overcome together.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, sentimental, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Seven Alone (1974)
Plot Summary:
A fictionalized account of the real-life adventure of the Sager family. Travelling with a wagon train from Missouri to Oregon, things are going well for the Sagers, until father Sager dies from blood poisoning following an Indian attack, and mother Sager dies soon afterward from pneumonia. The leaders of the wagon train decide to send the children back, but the oldest, John (who had been described by all the adults as lazy and worthless), decides to lead his siblings through the wilderness to complete the journey their parents started.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 592
Genere: Adventure, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, sincere, uplifting, touching, serious, emotional, realistic
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The Call of the Wild (1972)
Plot Summary:
Academy Award winner Charlton Heston plays John Thornton, a fearless man who's after more than gold; he wants to do what's right. Thornton works for the U.S. mail and is the only person daring and smart enough to figure out how to travel the deadly 600 miles from Skagway to Dawson, Alaska in the icy winter. His incredibly dog Buck is by his side and part of how he survives. Call of the Wild is stunning entertainment and a superb adventure film classic.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Western
Country: UK, France, Norway, West Germany, Italy, Spain
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, touching, bleak, realistic, semi serious, wild
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Benji the Hunted (1987)
Plot Summary:
Benji has become stranded on a remote island after a boating accident. He finds himself struggling to survive in the wilderness, avoiding close encounters with a wolf, a bear, and a territorial female cougar with her cub.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, light, inspirational, sexy, touching, feel good, unusual plot structure
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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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White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994)
Plot Summary:
A boy and his dog, White Fang, must try to save the noble Haida tribe from evil white men in turn-of-the-century Alaska.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, sexy, enigmatic, feel good, unusual plot structure, entertaining, melancholic, surreal
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My Side of the Mountain (1969)
Plot Summary:
Film adaption of the novel by Jean Craighead George. A family movie made by Paramount Studios, the story revolves around thirteen-year old Sam Gribley (Teddy Eccles), a devotee of Thoreau, as many were back in the in 1960's. Sam decides to leave the city (set in Toronto) to spend a sabbatical in the Canadian woods and see if he can make it as a self-sufficient spirit after his parents promise a summer trip that doesn't pan out.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, serious, realistic
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Call of the Wild (1992)
Plot Summary:
A young boy heads off to the Yukon after hearing tales about the Gold Rush, and he forms an unwavering friendship with a heroic Alsatian dog called Buck.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 422
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic
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The Amazing Panda Adventure (1995)
Plot Summary:
Far from home in the lush bamboo forests of China, ten-year-old Ryan Tyler, with the help of a young girl, goes on a wonderful journey to rescue a baby panda taken by poachers.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, scary, exciting, romantic, feel good, unusual plot structure, sweet, entertaining, melancholic
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Belle & Sebastian (2013)
Plot Summary:
Belle and Sebastian is set high in the snowy Alps during the Second World War. The resourceful Sebastian is a lonely boy who tames and befriends a giant, wild mountain dog, Belle – even though the villagers believe her to be ‘the beast’ that has been killing their sheep.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, stylized, educational, realistic
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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
Similar in 76%
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1982)
Plot Summary:
The screen version of the most famous novel by American writer Mark Twain "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". Without a book about the adventures of Tom and his friends Huckleberry Finn and Becky Thatcher, one can not imagine the childhood of a child! The small but brave heroes Tom and Huck search for the treasure, become "pirates", enter into a dangerous battle with the Indian Joe.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 411
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 225 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, serious, realistic
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Savage Sam (1963)
Plot Summary:
Travis, Arliss, and Lisbeth are captured by Apaches while Old Yeller's son, Sam, tracks their trail.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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The Call of the Wild (2020)
Plot Summary:
A sled dog struggles for survival in the wilds of the Yukon.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, sincere, inspirational, fairy tale, period piece, tense
Similar in 82%
Across the Great Divide (1976)
Plot Summary:
Two orphans set out to claim their inheritance - a 400 acre plot of land in Salem Oregon. To Do so they must cross the rugged snow covered Rocky Mountains in the year 1876.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 830
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, sentimental, atmospheric, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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White Fang (1991)
Plot Summary:
Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, sincere, captivating, retro, epic, serious, realistic, black comedy, dark comedy
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Beethoven's 5th (2003)
Plot Summary:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. When Sara takes Beethoven to spend summer vacation with wacky Uncle Freddie in an old mining town, the mischievous canine "digs up" the missing clue to a legendary hidden fortune of Rita and Moe Selig. Now everybody wants to be the dog's best friend as his discovery unleashes a frenzy of treasure hunting among the community's cast of kooky creatures. With help from Uncle Freddie and Garrett (a friend or maybe more), Sara and Beethoven try to help uncover a secret that has been in the crazy little town for years. Description above from the Wikipedia article Beethoven's 5th (film), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, entertaining, light
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Call of the Wild (2009)
Plot Summary:
Self-centered and status-conscious, ten year old Ryann Hale journeys to Montana to visit her down-to-earth grandpa, Bill Hale. Ryann bonds with a wolf-dog, Buck, and schemes to save him from a cruel dogsledder.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 881
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, captivating, contemplative
Similar in 78%
Lassie (1994)
Plot Summary:
An update of the Lassie legend stars Thomas Guiry as a troubled city kid whose family retreats to the country, where he befriends the famous collie and changes for the better. Conflict develops when a ruthless sheep rancher causes trouble for everyone.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Family, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, sweet, light, emotional, melancholic, semi serious, tear jerker, epic
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The Bear (1988)
Plot Summary:
An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: touching, scenic, uplifting, sentimental, captivating, visually stunning, inspirational, thought provoking, exciting, feel good
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Alaska (1996)
Plot Summary:
Jake Barnes and his two kids, Sean and Jessie, have moved to Alaska after his wife died. He is a former airline pilot now delivering toilet paper across the mountains. During an emergency delivery in a storm his plane goes down somewhere in the mountains. Annoyed that the authorities aren't doing enough, Jessie and Sean set out on an adventure to find their father with the help of a polar bear which they have saved from a ferocious poacher. Conflict ensues.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, captivating, sentimental, sweet, semi serious, exciting, enigmatic, breathtaking, unusual plot structure
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Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995)
Plot Summary:
Teenager Angus adopts a stray dog and names him Yellow. Several days later, while travelling along the coast of British Columbia with Angus's father, John, the boy and dog become stranded when turbulent waters capsize their boat. Angus's parents relentlessly badger rescue teams. Angus, schooled by his father in wilderness survival skills, and assisted by the intelligent Yellow Dog, tries to attract rescuers.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: sentimental, emotional, touching, exciting, serious, light, romantic, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous
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Iron Will (1994)
Plot Summary:
When Will Stoneman's father dies, he is left alone to take care of his mother and their land. Needing money to maintain it, he decides to join a cross country dogsled race. This race will require days of racing for long hours, through harsh weather and terrain. This young man will need a lot of courage and a strong will to complete this race.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: inspirational, feel good, uplifting, touching, serious, captivating, realistic, exciting, sentimental, romantic