20 movies like The Shepherd of the Hills, ordered by similarity : Papillon(2017), The Emerald Forest(1985), Iceman(2017), Back to the Future(1985), National Lampoon's Vacation(1983), Early Man(2018), Third Man on the Mountain(1959), Thunder Road(1958), Batman vs. Robin(2015), Track of the Cat(1954), Swiss Family Robinson(1940), The Red Turtle(2016) ...
Adventure
USA
1941
98 Minutes
John Wayne Betty Field Harry Carey James Barton Beulah Bondi Samuel S. Hinds Marjorie Main Ward Bond Marc Lawrence John Qualen Fuzzy Knight
stranger moonshiner daughter son uncle aunt bleak melodramatic fascinating ozark mountains small town forest cabin family helping others rural life superstition suicide father/son relationship revenge
A mysterious but pleasant stranger arrives in the Missouri hills and befriends a young backwoods girl, which doesn't sit well with her moonshiner fiancé who has vowed to find and kill his own father.
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
convict innocent man prison guard prisoner escape artist friend tense bleak thrilling suspenseful incredible intricate prison island prison cell paris french guiana apartment prison prison break
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
Adventure
UK
1985
113 Minutes
Powers Boothe Charley Boorman Meg Foster William Rodriquez Yara Vaneau Estee Chandler
father son tribal leader wife daughter engineer striking gripping amazon brazil jungle rainforest kidnapping father/son relationship obsession culture shock native people quest rescue transformation
After the son of engineer Bill Markham is abducted by an aboriginal tribe on the edge of the rain forest, the engineer spends the next 10 years searching for him.
Adventure, Drama
2017
96 Minutes
Jürgen Vogel André Hennicke Sabin Tambrea Susanne Wuest Violetta Schurawlow Axel Stein Franco Nero Paula Renzler
clansman father son murderer hunter bleak brash gripping intense powerful striking suspenseful alps camp mountain prehistoric times revenge atrocities tribal life mission
A Neolithic clan leader seeks vengeance for the brutal massacre of his clan and the desecration of the group's holy shrine.
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
USA
1985
116 Minutes
Michael J. Fox Christopher Lloyd Crispin Glover Lea Thompson Wendie Jo Sperber Marc McClure Claudia Wells Thomas F. Wilson James Tolkan Casey Siemaszko Billy Zane
son mother father scientist teenager bully endearing engaging incredible california small town hill valley time travel daunting task romance weird science experiments family history adventure discovery
Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the eccentric scientist Doc Brown.
Adventure, Comedy
USA
1983
98 Minutes
Chevy Chase Beverly D'Angelo Christie Brinkley Anthony Michael Hall Imogene Coca Randy Quaid Dana Barron John Candy Eddie Bracken Brian Doyle Murray Eugene Levy
father wife son daughter aunt beautiful woman hilarious madcap chicago car los angeles hotel amusement park grand canyon travel family road trip vacation quest adventure
The Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
UK|USA|France|Australia|Japan|Ireland|Germany|Finland|China|Belgium
2018
89 Minutes
caveman pig tribal leader tribesman conquistador prisoner amusing lighthearted emotional cheeky cheery charming forest village woods stadium city prison camp conquest saving the day
Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, Early Man tells the story of Dug, along with sidekick Hognob as they unite his tribe against a mighty enemy Lord Nooth and his Bronze Age City to save their home.
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA|UK
1959
107 Minutes
James MacArthur Michael Rennie Janet Munro James Donald Walter Fitzgerald Helen Hayes Herbert Lom Ferdinand Mayne Laurence Naismith Lee Patterson Nora Swinburne
mountain climber mother father son captain teammate inspiring winsome heartwarming swiss alps switzerland village the matterhorn family honor father/son relationship mountain climbing determination dangerous mission quest growing up
A boy attempts to realize his father's dream of climbing an alpine peak known as the Citadel.
Adventure, Drama, Action
USA
1958
92 Minutes
Robert Mitchum Gene Barry Jacques Aubuchon Keely Smith James Mitchum Trevor Bardette Sandra Knight Betsy Holt Mitchell Ryan Peter Breck
moonshiner driver mechanic treasury agent mobster father cool confident tense tennessee small town family home church hideout moonshine organized crime culture clash family brother relationship illicit business
A veteran comes home from the Korean War to the mountains and takes over the family moonshining business. He has to battle big-city gangsters who are trying to take over the business and the police who are trying to put him in prison.
Adventure, Action, Animation
2015
79 Minutes
batman robin child father son enemy confident fascinating spirited engaging cool gotham city fictional city city theater street saving the day heroes secret identity secret life
Damian Wayne has a hard time accepting his father's no-killing rule, and soon starts to believe his destiny lies within a secret society.
Adventure
USA
1954
103 Minutes
Robert Mitchum Teresa Wright Tab Hunter Diana Lynn Beulah Bondi Philip Tonge William Hopper Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer
mother alcoholic son father brother neighbor tense brooding dark northern california ranch mountain family home family dysfunction killer animals frontier life hunting love triangle rivalry quest
Around the turn of the 20th century, during a harsh northern California winter, members of a ranching family are squabbling among themselves while the two oldest sons go hunting for a panther that is killing their livestock.
Adventure
USA
1940
92 Minutes
Thomas Mitchell Edna Best Freddie Bartholomew Terry Kilburn Tim Holt Baby Bobby Quillan Christian Rub John Wray Herbert Rawlinson
mother father son brother sailor heartwarming london ship deserted island family home stranded survival family shipwreck isolation adventure quest 1810s
A family setting out for a new life across the sea is shipwrecked on a deserted island. The family members collaborate to create a home for themselves in the jungle environment.
Animation, Adventure
France|Belgium|Japan|USA
2016
80 Minutes
castaway man turtle woman lover son charming creative emotional melodramatic fascinating heartwarming island shipwreck ship beach cave love relationships island life
A man is shipwrecked on a deserted island and encounters a red turtle, which changes his life.
Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
UK|USA|France
2011
126 Minutes
Ben Kingsley Sacha Baron Cohen Asa Butterfield Chloë Grace Moretz Ray Winstone Emily Mortimer Christopher Lee Helen McCrory Michael Stuhlbarg Frances de la Tour Richard Griffiths
orphan uncle georges méliès inspector god-daughter father heartwarming dreamy spectacular train station museum paris toy shop movie set father/son relationship filmmaking imagination loneliness growing up quest
In 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
Adventure
USA
1959
102 Minutes
Susan Hayward Stephen Boyd Barbara Nichols Dennis Holmes Theodore Bikel Ken Scott James Philbrook Florence MacMichael
widow farmhand son store clerk doctor moving melodramatic wilderness small town ranch canada mother/son relationship remarriage family dysfunction domestic violence second chance pregnancy love transformation growing up
On a farm in the Canadian North-West, a young widow becomes the source of a jealous rivalry between her little son and her new husband.
Adventure, Drama
USA
2017
95 Minutes
Matt Bomer Andrew J. Smith Josh Wiggins Bill Pullman Alex Neustaedter Lily Gladstone Ken White
father son grandfather bear brutal eerie gripping inspiring tense united states montana house woods mountain survival father/son relationship growing up journey adventure discovery
An urban teenager journeys to Montana to hunt big game with his estranged father. Father and son struggle to connect, until a brutal encounter in the heart of the wilderness changes everything.
Adventure, Drama, Action
India
2015
159 Minutes
Prabhas Rana Daggubati Anushka Shetty Tamannaah Sathyaraj Nassar Ramya Krishnan Subbaraju Adivi Sesh
young man prince mother brother mentor lover intense powerful fascinating confident passionate emotional india kingdom village town house mansion good vs. evil family ties
In ancient India, an adventurous and daring man becomes involved in a decades-old feud between two warring peoples.
Adventure, Western
USA
1941
55 Minutes
Denny Meadows Luana Walters George Chesebro Steve Clark Jack Ingram Robert Frazer Jimmy Aubrey
brother convict police officer killer investor rin tin tin melodramatic intense rousing prison cabin lake forest cell brotherhood prison break chase framed for murder vengeance on the run
The telegram that Jim Comway receives states that the woman he was to marry, Laura, could not move to a country she didn't know, and marry a man she felt she no longer knew
Kids & Family, Adventure, Other
USA
2012
84 Minutes
Tom Arnold C. Thomas Howell Brooke Langton Karan Brar Andy Pandini Jonathan Kowalsky Casey Graf Bryson Sams Cassidy Mack
dog animal boy dog owner father son best friend puppy single father police detective amusing hilarious lighthearted playful positive uplifting united states beach house home
It's the closing night at the last drive-in theatre in America, and manager, Cecil Kaufman's planned to show 4 movies; films so rare, they've never been exhibited publicly on American soil, until tonight.
Adventure, Drama
Philippines
2001
113 Minutes
Armando Goyena Danilo Barrios Vic Diaz Bearwin Meilly Rustom Padilla Camille Prats
old man grandson son friend crime boss government official spirited emotional suspenseful intricate manila, philippines family home treasure aging family secrets world war ii race against time storytelling quest rivalry
Aging Carmelo likes telling his grandson, Jobert about his youth in the Philippines. Jobert especially likes the stories about Carmelo's time in World War II, where he helped bury the ... See full summary »
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
USA|China
2008
91 Minutes
panda kung fu master mentor bad guy father townsperson hilarious playful intense china valley of peace noodle shop training area prison kung fu prophecy dreams showdown quest underdog
The Dragon Warrior has to clash against the savage Tai Lung as China's fate hangs in the balance. However, the Dragon Warrior mantle is supposedly mistaken to be bestowed upon an obese panda who is a novice in martial arts.