20 movies like Outcast of the Islands, ordered by similarity : Stardust(2007), Swiss Army Man(2016), Shoplifters(2018), Pocahontas(1995), The Sheltering Sky(1990), The Red Turtle(2016), Islands in the Stream(1977), Gran Paradiso(2000), The Last of the Mohicans(1920), Kirikou and the Men and Women(2012), Tarzan Finds a Son!(1939), Allegheny Uprising(1939) ...
Adventure
UK
1952
102 Minutes
Trevor Howard Ralph Richardson Kerima Robert Morley George Coulouris Wilfrid Hyde-White Frederick Valk Betty Ann Davies Peter Illing James Kenney A.V. Bramble
anti-hero native captain trader dreamy emotional melodramatic jungle borneo trading post man vs. nature interracial romance madness fall wretched excess 19th century
A man occupies a position of trust with a merchant in an East Asian port. He's sacked when he's caught stealing, but he pretends to commit suicide, and a Captain he befriended agrees to take him to a secret trading post.
Adventure, Fantasy
UK|USA
2007
128 Minutes
Claire Danes Charlie Cox Robert De Niro Michelle Pfeiffer Sienna Miller Jason Flemyng Rupert Everett Ricky Gervais Peter O'Toole Henry Cavill Jake Curran
man young woman witch pirate mother fairy airy dreamy emotional melodramatic england village fantasy rescue magic witchcraft occult romance adventure love
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm.
Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
USA|Sweden
2016
95 Minutes
Paul Dano Daniel Kwan Daniel Radcliffe Mary Elizabeth Winstead Antonia Ribero Timothy Eulich Richard Gross Marika Casteel Andy Hull Aaron Marshall
man corpse girlfriend father family member friend quirky emotional creative island cave jungle beach ocean hut isolation madness rescue conversation salvation
A hopeless man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body, and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.
Adventure, Crime, Drama
Japan
2018
121 Minutes
Lily Franky Sakura Andô Mayu Matsuoka Kirin Kiki Jyo Kairi Miyu Sasaki Sôsuke Ikematsu
shoplifter man outsider child orphan abusive father engaging playful charming amusing emotional melodramatic japan house prison family happiness shoplifting child abuse crime
A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find outside in the cold.
Animation, Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
1995
87 Minutes
Mike Gabriel John Kassir
native native american chief native american warrior explorer captain love interest emotional uplifting hilarious heartwarming virginia fort settlement woods pocahontas romantic dilemma opposites attract exploitation colonialism love
An English soldier and the daughter of an Algonquin chief share a romance when English colonists invade seventeenth century Virginia.
Romance, Adventure, Drama
UK|Italy
1990
137 Minutes
John Malkovich Debra Winger Campbell Scott Jill Bennett Timothy Spall Eric Vu-An
couple woman man artist friend adventurer engaging emotional charming melodramatic desert sahara sahara desert relationships romance attraction danger happiness lovers love
An American couple travel abroad to revitalize their relationship. But as the trip drags on, their attempt at recovering what they once had seems futile.
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
1977
105 Minutes
George C. Scott David Hemmings Claire Bloom Gilbert Roland Susan Tyrrell Richard Evans Julius Harris Hart Bochner Brad Savage Michael James Wixted Charles Lampkin
man friend son wife refugee dreamy emotional inspiring melancholy moving profound sad uneasy bahamas self-discovery family relationships aging altruism self-sacrifice metamorphosis
A Hemingwayesque artist (George C. Scott) plays and drinks in the 1940s Bahamas, visited by his first wife (Claire Bloom) and three sons.
Adventure, Drama
Germany
2000
106 Minutes
Ken Duken Regula Grauwiller Gregor Torzs Max Herbrechter Frank Giering Erhan Emre Alexander Hörbe Antje Westermann Gerhard Garbers Monika Hackermann Rainer Werner
mountain climber doctor friend adventurer disabled person man intense touching inspiring sad emotional positive mountain hospital village accident mountain climbing paralysis living with disability depression
Three jailers, a wheelchaired man and a mentally handicapped girl climb a mountain in the alps along with their supervisors.
Adventure
USA
1920
90 Minutes
Wallace Beery Clarence Brown Barbara Bedford Albert Roscoe Lillian Hall Henry Woodward James Gordon George Hackathorne Nelson McDowell Harry Lorraine Theodore Lorch
sister captain colonel native american traitor wise man thrilling emotional powerful fort wilderness cave indian village new york state adirondack mountains native americans cross-cultural romance prejudice massacre french and indian war
As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their cohorts, Huron tribesmen led by the evil... See full summary »
Animation, Kids & Family, Adventure
France
2012
85 Minutes
boy sorcerer man woman grandfather old man amusing charming dreamy emotional lighthearted spirited africa village tree senegal hut desert fairy tales magic
Once again, Kirikou's noble Grandfather tell us more of his grandson's untold adventures.
Adventure
USA
1939
90 Minutes
Johnny Weissmuller Maureen O'Sullivan John Sheffield Ian Hunter Henry Stephenson Frieda Inescort Henry Wilcoxon Laraine Day Morton Lowry Gavin Muir
baby tarzan wife ape animal intense emotional melodramatic suspenseful thrilling jungle airplane tree treehouse wildlife tarzan adoption airplane crash adventure discovery
Tarzan finds a boy from a crashed plane and raises him with Jane in the jungle. A search party comes looking for the plane.
Adventure
USA
1939
81 Minutes
John Wayne Claire Trevor George Sanders Brian Donlevy Robert Barrat Moroni Olsen Chill Wills Wilfrid Lawson John Hamilton Eddie Quillan Ian Wolfe
soldier professor trader captain love interest general patriotic rousing charming fiery pennsylvania small town trading post philadelphia jail treason battle native americans abuse of power false accusations
In 1759, in Pennsylvania's Allegheny Valley, local settlers and Indian fighters try to persuade the British authorities to ban the trading of alcohol and arms with the marauding Indians.
Romance, Adventure, Drama, History
USA|UK
2005
149 Minutes
Colin Farrell Christian Bale Q'orianka Kilcher Jason Aaron Baca Greg Cooper Michael Greyeyes Jamie Harris Eddie Marsan Ben Mendelsohn Christopher Plummer Kalani Queypo
captain native american settler chief profound dreamy virginia england forest river colonialism native americans love triangle pocahontas love sacrifice transformation 17th century
The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.
Adventure
USA
1951
78 Minutes
Clark Gable Ricardo Montalban John Hodiak Adolphe Menjou María Elena Marqués J. Carrol Naish Jack Holt Alan Napier George Chandler Richard Anderson
trapper native american warrior native american woman beautiful woman friend spirited emotional wild west wilderness interracial romance culture clash exploitation marriage confrontation survival forbidden love rivalry transformation 1830s
Trapper Flint Mitchell and other mountain men from the Rendezvous join forces to enter virgin trapping territory but must contend with a resentful Blackfoot chief.
Adventure
USA
1954
103 Minutes
Elizabeth Taylor Dana Andrews Peter Finch Abraham Sofaer Abner Biberman Noel Drayton Rosalind Ivan Barry Bernard Philip Tonge Edward Ashley Leo Britt
plantation owner wife foreman friend emotional playful melodramatic ceylon mansion plantation jungle love triangle wealth loneliness drought cholera outbreak fire wretched excess love rivalry
The young bride of a rich planter finds herself the only white woman at Elephant Walk tea plantation, British Ceylon.
Adventure
USA
1930
76 Minutes
fisherman love interest romantic rival man young woman businesswoman emotional engaging gripping alaska family home small town fishing village romance love triangle class distinctions fishing schemes employment rivalry
A salmon fisherman has to choose between a bad girl and a society doll.
Adventure, Action
Japan
1962
96 Minutes
Toshirô Mifune Tatsuya Nakadai Takashi Shimura Yûzô Kayama Reiko Dan Masao Shimizu Yunosuke Ito Takako Irie Kamatari Fujiwara Keiju Kobayashi
samurai uncle warrior anti-hero gang member intricate suspenseful small town barn japan corruption revenge rescue disillusionment loyalty tradition fall rise 19th century
A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.
Adventure
1932
99 Minutes
Johnny Weissmuller Maureen O'Sullivan C. Aubrey Smith Neil Hamilton Doris Lloyd Forrester Harvey Ivory Williams
gorilla beautiful woman explorer father chimpanzee melodramatic spirited africa jungle human-animal friendship animal kingdom expedition abduction romance tarzan adventure love discovery 1930s
An African-jungle lord (Johnny Weissmuller) meets Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan), an English trader's (C. Aubrey Smith) daughter, and sweeps her off her feet.
Comedy, Adventure
2018
134 Minutes
Huang Bo Qi Shu Wang Baoqiang Zhang Yixing Hewei Yu Wang Xun
man colleague castaway coworker survivor amusing hilarious dark tense emotional uneasy island forest beach cave post-apocalypse stranded irony relationships friendship
After a meteorite strikes the planet, a man and some of his odd co-workers become shipwrecked on an island.
Adventure
USA
1952
104 Minutes
Gregory Peck Ann Blyth Anthony Quinn John McIntire Carl Esmond Andrea King Eugenie Leontovich Hans Conried Rhys Williams Sig Ruman Gregory Gaye
captain first mate pilot countess merchant prince gripping spirited melodramatic san francisco ship alaska sea island fur trade impersonation forced marriage romance wager seduction
In San Francisco in 1850, a Russian Countess runs away from an arranged marriage to a Russian Prince and falls into the arms of an American sea captain who occasionally poaches seals in Russian Alaska.