20 movies like Operation Arctic, ordered by similarity : Mia and the White Lion(2018), Walking Out(2017), Saving Flora(2018), Lore(2012), The Confirmation(2016), The Tiger: An Old Hunter's Tale(2015), Everest(2015), Shoplifters(2018), The Mountain Between Us(2017), Swallows and Amazons(2016), Shaun the Sheep Movie(2015), The White King(2016) ...
Drama, Adventure
Norway
2014
89 Minutes
Kaisa Gurine Antonsen Lars Arentz Hansen Nicolai Cleve Broch Leonard Valestrand Eike Kristofer Hivju Per Kjerstad Evy Kasseth Røsten Oddrun Valestrand Line Verndal Ida Leonora Valestrand Eike
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Accidentally, three sibling children are left alone in a winter storm on the island of Spitsbergen. No-one on the main land, an ocean apart, knows where they are. It's a dramatic fight for survival.
Kids & Family, Adventure, Drama
France|Germany|South Africa|Switzerland|Monaco|USA
2018
98 Minutes
Mélanie Laurent Daniah De Villiers Langley Kirkwood Ryan Mac Lennan Brandon Auret Lillian Dube Lionel Newton Tessa Jubber
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A young girl from London moves to Africa with her parents where she befriends a lion cub.
Adventure, Drama
USA
2017
95 Minutes
Matt Bomer Andrew J. Smith Josh Wiggins Bill Pullman Alex Neustaedter Lily Gladstone Ken White
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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.
Kids & Family, Adventure, Drama
USA
2018
96 Minutes
Jenna Ortega David Arquette Tom Arnold Rhea Perlman Leonor Varela Terry Moore Michael Patrick McGill Massi Furlan Eddie Alfano Martin Martinez Galen Howard
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Flora is a circus elephant who can no longer perform her tricks. The night before she's scheduled to be euthanized, the circus owner's 14-year old daughter, Dawn, sneaks Flora from the ... See full summary »
Drama, War
Australia|Germany|UK
2012
109 Minutes
Mika Nilson Seidel Ursina Lardi Hans-Jochen Wagner Sven Pippig Philip Wiegratz Katrin Pollitt Hendrik Arnst Claudia Geisler Saskia Rosendahl Nele Trebs André Frid
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As the Allies sweep across Germany, Lore leads her siblings on a journey that exposes them to the truth of their parents' beliefs. An encounter with a mysterious refugee forces Lore to rely on a person she has always been taught to hate.
Comedy, Drama
Canada
2016
101 Minutes
Clive Owen Jaeden Martell Maria Bello Robert Forster Tim Blake Nelson Patton Oswalt Matthew Modine Stephen Tobolowsky
carpenter thief son father family mother charming endearing heartwarming lighthearted moving playful canada small town home father/son relationship fatherhood bonding life lessons growing up
A divorced father and his eight-year-old son are about to spend a somewhat predictable weekend together, nevertheless, when a valuable toolbox gets stolen, the search for the thieves will soon turn into a true family bonding.
Drama, History, Action, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
South Korea
2015
139 Minutes
Min-sik Choi Man-sik Jeong Sang-ho Kim Eun-woo Lee Jung Suk Won Ren Ôsugi Hyun Seung-min Yoo-Bin Sung
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While the Kingdom of Korea is under occupation by the Japanese, an old and experienced hunter is challenged by the hunt of the last tiger.
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Drama
UK|USA|Iceland
2015
121 Minutes
Jason Clarke Josh Brolin John Hawkes Robin Wright Emily Watson Michael Kelly Keira Knightley Sam Worthington Martin Henderson Elizabeth Debicki Ingvar Sigurdsson
mountain climber sherpa team leader survivor friend family member bleak emotional gripping tense intense mount everest base camp house trail helicopter hospital mountain climbing storm danger
The story of New Zealand's Robert "Rob" Edwin Hall, who on May 10, 1996, together with Scott Fischer, teamed up on a joint expedition to ascend Mount Everest.
Adventure, Crime, Drama
Japan
2018
121 Minutes
Lily Franky Sakura Andô Mayu Matsuoka Kirin Kiki Jyo Kairi Miyu Sasaki Sôsuke Ikematsu
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A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find outside in the cold.
Romance, Adventure, Drama
USA
2017
104 Minutes
Kate Winslet Idris Elba Beau Bridges Dermot Mulroney Linda Sorensen Vincent Gale Marci T. House Dania Nassar Lee Majdoub Andres Joseph Nancy Sivak
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Stranded after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow-covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across the wilderness.
Drama, Adventure
UK
2016
97 Minutes
Rafe Spall Andrew Scott Kelly Macdonald Dane Hughes Orla Hill Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen Bobby McCulloch Seren Hawkes Hannah Jayne Thorp Jessica Hynes Harry Enfield
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Four children (the Swallows) on holiday in the Lake District sail on their own to an island and start a war with rival children (the Amazons). In the meantime, a mysterious man on a houseboat accuses them of a crime they did not commit.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
UK|France|USA|Australia|Japan|Germany|Finland|Ireland|China|Belgium
2015
85 Minutes
Richard Starzak
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When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it's up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home.
Sci-Fi, Drama
UK|Germany|Sweden|Hungary
2016
89 Minutes
Jörg Tittel
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Djata is a care-free 12-year-old growing up in a brutal dictatorship shut off from the outside world. When the government imprisons his father, Peter, and Djata and his mother Hannah are ... See full summary »
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
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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, Drama, Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
China|India|Hong Kong|USA
2019
108 Minutes
Kathryn Prescott Betty Gilpin Dennis Quaid Marg Helgenberger Abby Ryder Fortson Henry Lau Ian Chen Conrad Coates Jake Manley Daniela Barbosa Kevin Claydon
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A dog finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he meets.
Adventure, Drama
UK
1937
80 Minutes
Robert Flaherty Sabu Walter Hudd Allan Jeayes W.E. Holloway Bruce Gordon D.J. Williams
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This black and white movie is based on Rudyard Kipling's "Toomai, of the Elephants", in which a small native lad claims he knows the congregating place of the elephant hordes.
Adventure, Drama, Music
France|Greece|Turkey
2017
97 Minutes
Daphne Patakia Simon Abkarian Maryne Cayon Kimon Kouris Solon Lekkas Yannis Bostantzoglou Eleftheria Komi Michalis Iatropoulos
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Djam, a Greek girl, is sent to Istanbul on a mission to find a motor-boat part of her uncle, a former sailor and great fan of the Greek musical style rebetiko. In the city, she meets Avril,... See full summary »
Animation, Adventure, Drama
France|Denmark|Belgium|USA
2015
81 Minutes
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In 1882, a young Russian aristocrat goes on an epic adventure to find out what happened to her grandfather and save her family's reputation.
Adventure, Drama
USA
2017
117 Minutes
Oakes Fegley Julianne Moore Millicent Simmonds Michelle Williams Jaden Michael Tom Noonan James Urbaniak Amy Hargreaves Cory Michael Smith Morgan Turner Damian Young
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Tells the tale of two children separated by fifty years. In 1927, Rose searches for the actress whose life she chronicles in her scrapbook; in 1977, Ben runs away from home to find his father.
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Drama
USA
2013
105 Minutes
sailor dark intense raw thrilling indian ocean boat survival shipwreck sailing danger storm adventure rescue quest 2010s
After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face.
Adventure, Drama
Germany
2013
123 Minutes
Samuel Schneider Ulrich Tukur Hafsia Herzi Josef Bierbichler Marie-Lou Sellem Abdesslam Bouhssini Amine El Bnouhi Stefanie Höner Ronja Jerabek Clara-Marie Pazzini Tom Radisch
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Troubled teenager Ben (16) unintentionally confronts his father Heinrich (Tukur), a successful German theatre director staging a play in Marrakesh, with his past and his neglected ... See full summary »