Movies Like The Ghost and the Darkness

If you liked The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), a adventure and thriller movie directed by Stephen Hopkins, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
The Naked Prey (1965)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and thriller
A group of men are on safari. One of the party refuses to give a gift to a tribe they encounter. The tribe is offended, seizes the party, and one-by-one, kills all but one of the safari members in various creative and…
2
Shout at the Devil (1976)
★ 6/10Also adventure and history
During World War One an English adventurer, an American elephant poacher and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battle-cruiser which is awaiting repairs in an inlet just off Zanzibar…
3
The Lost City of Z (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and history
A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.
4
Prey (2007)
★ 5.8/10Also adventure and thriller
An American family on holiday in Africa becomes lost in a game reserve and stalked by vicious killer lions.
5
Mountains of the Moon (1990)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and history
The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire.
6
Unconquered (1947)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure and history
England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to escape the gallows, to serve fourteen years as a slave in the colony of Virginia, whose inhabitants begin to hear and…
7
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and thriller
When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for…
8
The Warrior's Way (2010)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and thriller
A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.
9
10 Rillington Place (1971)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller and history
The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.
10
Beast (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure and thriller
A recently widowed man and his two teenage daughters travel to a game reserve in South Africa. However, their journey of healing soon turns into a fight for survival when a bloodthirsty lion starts to stalk them.
11
Jaws (1975)
★ 7.7/10Also thriller and adventure
When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to kill the…
12
End of the Spear (2005)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and history
"End of the Spear" is the story of Mincayani, a Waodani tribesman from the jungles of Ecuador. When five young missionaries, among them Jim Elliot and Nate Saint, are speared to death by the Waodani in 1956, a series…
13
The Dogs of War (1980)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller and adventure
Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an despot. Havoc ensues.
14
Jungle (2017)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and thriller
In 1981, an enthusiastic young adventurer follows his dreams into the Bolivian Amazon jungle with two friends and a guide with a mysterious past. Their journey quickly turns into a terrifying ordeal as the darkest…
15
The King's Man (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and thriller
As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.
16
London Has Fallen (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and thriller
In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.
17
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller and adventure
When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very gracious at first…
18
Deliverance (1972)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure and thriller
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
19
Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and adventure
Arthur Bishop thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life. Now he is forced to travel the globe to complete three impossible assassinations, and do what he…
20
The Man with the Iron Heart (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also history and thriller
With the Third Reich at its peak in 1942, the Czech resistance in London plans the most ambitious military operation of WWII – Anthropoid. Two young recruits are sent to Prague to assassinate the most ruthless Nazi…