Movies Like Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
If you liked Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984), a adventure and drama movie directed by Hugh Hudson, 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.
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The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also adventureTarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
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King Kong (2005)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and dramaIn 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.
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Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
★ 6.6/10Also adventureHarry Holt returns to Africa with his friend Martin Arlington to head up a large ivory expedition.
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Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
★ 6.1/10Also adventureThe sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission lands on the planet of the apes, and uncovers a horrible secret beneath the surface.
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When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)
★ 6.2/10Also adventureAn ancient tribe attempts to sacrifice Sanna as an offering to the Sun god to save their tribe from dinosaurs. Tara, a young man from another tribe, saves Sanna and takes her along with him.
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White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and dramaRenowned filmmaker John Wilson travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to hunt elephants and other game, to the dismay of his cast and crew. He eventually becomes obsessed with hunting down and…
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Hereafter (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaThree people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways.
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also adventureA teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.
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The Lost World (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also adventureThis Lost World is a splendid BBC TV dramatisation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous adventure story. Bob Hoskins makes an unusually genial Professor Challenger, far less of a bully than Doyle's character, but his…
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Planet of the Apes (1968)
★ 7.7/10Also adventure and dramaAstronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent…
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Black Panther (2018)
★ 7.4/10Also adventureKing T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within…
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The Perfect Storm (2000)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and adventureIn October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.
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Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure and dramaA human child raised by wolves, must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.
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The Golden Compass (2007)
★ 6.1/10Also adventureIn a parallel universe, after overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware…
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The Edge (1997)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and dramaThe plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them reach…
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Willow (1988)
★ 7/10Also adventureThe evil Queen Bavmorda hunts the newborn princess Elora Danan, a child prophesied to bring about her downfall. When the royal infant is found by Willow, a timid farmer and aspiring sorcerer, he's entrusted with…
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Lord of the Flies (1963)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and adventureFollowing a plane crash a group of schoolboys find themselves on a deserted island. They appoint a leader and attempt to create an organized society for the sake of their survival. Democracy and order soon begin to…
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The Postman (1997)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and dramaIn 2013, there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the United States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a…
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
★ 7.3/10Also adventureAfter losing Captain Jack Sparrow to the locker of Davy Jones, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and Captain Barbossa journey to the ends of the earth to rescue him. And as the East India Trading Company tightens its grip…
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Poseidon (2006)
★ 5.9/10Also adventureA packed cruise ship traveling the Atlantic is hit and overturned by a massive wave, compelling the passengers to begin a dramatic fight for their lives.