20 movies like The Emerald Forest, ordered by similarity : Walking Out(2017), The Lost City of Z(2016), After Earth(2013), The Shepherd of the Hills(1941), The Lives of a Bengal Lancer(1935), Batman vs. Robin(2015), National Lampoon's Vacation(1983), Chilly Christmas(2012), Tarzan of the Apes(1918), The Lion King(2019), Third Man on the Mountain(1959), The Flame and the Arrow(1950) ...
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
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, Biography, Drama, History
USA
2016
141 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Robert Pattinson Sienna Miller Tom Holland Edward Ashley Angus Macfadyen Ian McDiarmid Clive Francis Pedro Coello Matthew Sunderland Johann Myers
explorer scientist wife son aide dreamy incredible powerful thrilling amazon brazil jungle rain forest lost tribe lost world ancient civilization missing persons adventure discovery mystery
A true-life drama, centering on British explorer Major Percival Fawcett, who disappeared whilst searching for a mysterious city in the Amazon in the 1920s.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action
USA
2013
99 Minutes
Jaden Smith Will Smith Sophie Okonedo Zoë Kravitz Glenn Morshower Kristofer Hivju Sacha Dhawan Chris Geere Diego Klattenhoff David Denman Lincoln Lewis
space traveler father son alien mother crew member emotional gripping powerful tense spacecraft earth jungle volcano spaceship river father/son relationship survival crash landing alien life-forms
A crash landing leaves Kitai Raige and his father Cypher stranded on Earth, a millennium after events forced humanity's escape. With Cypher injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help.
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
USA
1935
109 Minutes
Gary Cooper Franchot Tone Richard Cromwell Guy Standing C. Aubrey Smith Monte Blue Kathleen Burke Colin Tapley Douglas Dumbrille Akim Tamiroff Jameson Thomas
soldier army colonel spy british soldier father son gutsy inspiring thrilling rousing military base india fort desert armed conflict bravery islam war military life father/son relationship
Jack Kells's bandit gang, the Border Legion, is run out of a mining town and regroups in Utah. News of a gold strike in Arizona City leads the gang there, and they execute stagecoach ... See full summary »
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, 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.
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
USA
1918
55 Minutes
Elmo Lincoln Enid Markey Gordon Griffith True Boardman Kathleen Kirkham George B. French Colin Kenny Thomas Jefferson Bessie Toner Jack Wilson Louis Morrison
wild man mother father gorilla indigenous person sailor thrilling wild striking africa jungle ship tarzan survival outsider's life kidnapping unlikely romance class distinctions rescue love
Reared by a childless ape, the orphaned heir of the Greystokes becomes one of the apes. Then, Dr Porter organises a rescue expedition, and his beautiful daughter, Jane, catches his attention. Has Tarzan of the Apes found the perfect mate?
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA|UK|South Africa
2019
118 Minutes
lion cub lion father son friend uncle charming sad amusing incredible tense cheeky africa plains rock formation jungle wilderness loss of innocence death of father friendship
After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.
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
USA
1950
88 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Virginia Mayo Robert Douglas Aline MacMahon Frank Allenby Nick Cravat Lynne Baggett Gordon Gebert
archer wife leader rebel niece tyrant spirited thrilling melodramatic italy castle village kidnapping rebellion father/son relationship estrangement freedom marriage underdog revenge
Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.
Adventure
1972
94 Minutes
Klaus Kinski Ruy Guerra Helena Rojo Del Negro Cecilia Rivera Peter Berling Danny Ades Edward Roland
conquistador daughter soldier native intense brutal gripping amazon mountain jungle peru ambition expedition exploration madness rebellion obsession quest adventure rivalry
Power-mad Aguirre (Klaus Kinski) leads an ill-fated raft party from Pizarro's 16th-century Amazon expedition.
Adventure
USA
1937
117 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Freddie Bartholomew Lionel Barrymore Melvyn Douglas Charley Grapewin Mickey Rooney John Carradine Oscar O'Shea Jack LaRue Walter Kingsford Sam McDaniel
young boy father fisherman captain friend sailor heartwarming uplifting ship boarding school gloucester, mass. ocean liner troubled youth accident sailors father/son relationship growing up transformation 1890s
A spoiled brat who falls overboard from a steamship gets picked up by a fishing boat, where he's made to earn his keep by joining the crew in their work.
Adventure
Canada
1986
95 Minutes
Yannick Bisson Winston Rekert Stephanie Morgenstern Andrew Bednarski Timothy Webber Liliane Clune Evan Adams George Clutesi Hamish McEwan Tom Rack
son father sled dog shaman young boy love interest emotional endearing uplifting canada woods cabin school outdoors father/son relationship running away dogsledding responsibility reconciliation nature
Toby is a teenager who doesn't care much about school. In fact, he has his eyes on the title of a prestigious dog-sleigh race. He will have to undergo extensive training in order to win it.
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.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
USA
1978
117 Minutes
Roy Scheider Lorraine Gary Murray Hamilton Joseph Mascolo Jeffrey Kramer Collin Wilcox Paxton Ann Dusenberry Mark Gruner Barry Coe Susan French Gary Springer
sheriff mayor real estate developer son father shark tense gory thrilling frightening new england island beach small town amity island animal attack white shark investigation father/son relationship tourism
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
Adventure
UK
1960
91 Minutes
Robert Taylor Anthony Newley Anne Aubrey Gregoire Aslan John Dimech
engineer daughter fiancée young boy father slave trader thrilling intense africa jungle grassland kenya ship exploration missing persons railroad slave trade ethnic tension adventure quest
In the 19th century,during the German colonial rule,railway engineer Robert Adamson arrives in the Kilimanjaro Region to finish building a railroad through hostile territory.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
Canada|USA
2018
98 Minutes
Pedro Pascal Chris Caldwell Sophie Thatcher Jay Duplass Andre Royo Sheila Vand Anwan Glover Trick Danneker Luke Pitzrick Doug Dawson Arthur Deranleau
teen girl father space traveler prospector hostage mercenary thrilling intense engaging uneasy striking gripping alien planet greed survival father/daughter relationship space exploration prospecting science fiction adventure
A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They've secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon's toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive. Forced to contend not only with the forest's other ruthless inhabitants, but with her own ... See full summary »
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.