Movies Like Shaawanoki: The Mystery of the Swamp Apes

If you liked Shaawanoki: The Mystery of the Swamp Apes, a movie directed by Peter C. Byrne, 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
King Kong (1976)
★ 6.3/10
An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.
2
Vernon, Florida (1981)
★ 6.8/10
Errol Morris intersplices random chatter he captured on film of the genuinely eccentric residents of Vernon, Florida. A few examples? The preacher giving a sermon on the definition of the word 'Therefore', and the…
3
Distant Drums (1951)
★ 6.3/10
After destroying a Seminole fort, American soldiers and their rescued companions must face the dangerous Everglades and hostile Indians in order to reach safety
4
Hungry (2026)
★ 6.8/10
A group of holidaymakers must fight for their lives against a rampaging hippo on the loose after becoming lost in the Louisiana swamplands.
5
King Kong (2005)
★ 6.9/10
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.
6
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
★ 6.1/10
The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission lands on the planet of the apes, and uncovers a horrible secret beneath the surface.
7
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
★ 6.6/10
He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. The Ace is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos…
8
Dolphin Tale (2011)
★ 6.9/10
A sea of animal rescuers — and a lonely boy in need of a friend – nurse an injured dolphin back to health after it loses its tail in a trap.
9
GoodFellas (1990)
★ 8.5/10
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
10
Day of the Dead (1985)
★ 7/10
As the world is overrun by zombies, scientists and military personnel in an underground Florida bunker must decide on how they should deal with the undead.
11
Koati (2021)
★ 7.1/10
Three unlikely heroes - Nachi, a free-spirited coati; Xochi, a fearless monarch butterfly and Pako, a hyperactive glass frog - embark on an adventure to stop wicked coral snake Zaina from destroying their rain forest…
12
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)
★ 7/10
Several generations following Caesar's reign, apes – now the dominant species – live harmoniously while humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape…
13
The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (2008)
★ 7.3/10
In the remote and forgotten wilderness of Lake Natron, in northern Tanzania, one of nature's last great mysteries unfolds: the birth, life and death of a million crimson-winged flamingos.
14
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
★ 6/10
To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.
15
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
★ 6.6/10
James Parker and Harry Holt are on an expedition in Africa in search of the elephant burial grounds that will provide enough ivory to make them rich. Parker's beautiful daughter Jane arrives unexpectedly to join them…
16
Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
★ 6.3/10
The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the…
17
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009)
★ 6.5/10
The film chronicles George's adventures as he befriends Kayla, a baby elephant, at a magic circus show and helps her travel across the country to be reunited with her family.Accompanied by his friend, the Man with the…
18
The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
★ 5.9/10
When an archaeologist uncovers a strange skull in a foreign land, the residents of a nearby town begin to disappear, leading to further inexplicable occurrences.
19
The Lost City of Z (2017)
★ 6.4/10
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.
20
Indigenous (2014)
★ 5.9/10
A group of five American friends on the cusp of adulthood travel to Panama to relax and reconnect. They befriend a local woman in their hotel bar—and despite some ominous whispers—she goes against the specific…