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Movies Like Timon & Pumba's Virtual Safari

If you liked Timon & Pumba's Virtual Safari (2003), a movie directed by Gary Katona and Ed Wexler, 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. 1Hatari!

    Hatari! (1962)

    ★ 6.8/10

    A female wildlife photographer arrives on an East African reservation where a group of men trap wild animals for zoos and circuses.

  2. 2Tarzan and His Mate

    Tarzan and His Mate (1934)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Harry Holt returns to Africa with his friend Martin Arlington to head up a large ivory expedition.

  3. 3The African Queen

    The African Queen (1952)

    ★ 7.3/10

    At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a German warship.

  4. 4Roar

    Roar (1981)

    ★ 5.8/10

    Roar follows a family who are attacked by various African animals at the secluded home of their keeper.

  5. 5Hollywood or Bust

    Hollywood or Bust (1956)

    ★ 6.2/10

    The last movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin together, is a satire of the life in Hollywood. Steve Wiley is a deceiver who cheats Malcolm Smith when he wins a car, claiming that he won it too. Trying to steal the…

  6. 6Carry On Up the Jungle

    Carry On Up the Jungle (1970)

    ★ 5.9/10

    The Carry On team send up the Tarzan tradition in great style. Lady Evelyn Bagley mounts an expedition to find her long-lost baby. Bill Boosey is the fearless hunter and guide. Prof. Tinkle is searching for the rare…

  7. 7Khumba

    Khumba (2013)

    ★ 6/10

    A half-striped zebra is blamed for the drought and leaves his herd in search of his missing stripes. He is joined on his quest by an overprotective wildebeest and a flamboyant ostrich; they defeat the tyrannical…

  8. 8Holiday on the Buses

    Holiday on the Buses (1973)

    ★ 7.4/10

    Due to a female passenger falling out of her top whilst running for the bus Stan is distracted and crashes the bus resulting in the depot managers car being written off. As a result Stan, Jack and Blakey are fired…

  9. 9Curious George

    Curious George (2006)

    ★ 6.5/10

    When The Man in the Yellow Hat befriends Curious George in the jungle, they set off on a non-stop, fun-filled journey through the wonders of the big city toward the warmth of true friendship.

  10. 10Holiday in the Wild

    Holiday in the Wild (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10

    When her husband abruptly ends their marriage, empty nester Kate embarks on a solo second honeymoon in Africa, finding purpose and potential romance.

  11. 11Mogambo

    Mogambo (1953)

    ★ 6.4/10

    On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley's cheating wife Linda.

  12. 12The Last Bus

    The Last Bus (2021)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Widower Tom, on the recent passing of his wife Mary, uses his free bus pass to travel the length of Britain from John O'Groats in Caithness to Land's End in Cornwall, their shared birthplace, using only local buses…

  13. 13The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar

    The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar (2016)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Set in the African savannah, the film follows Kion as he assembles the members of the 'Lion Guard'. Throughout the film, the diverse team of young animals will learn how to utilize each of their unique abilities to…

  14. 14Bicentennial Man

    Bicentennial Man (1999)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance…

  15. 15Harry and the Hendersons

    Harry and the Hendersons (1987)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family's car hits an animal in the road. At first they fear it was a man, but when they examine the "body" they find it's a "bigfoot". They think it's dead so…

  16. 16Blended

    Blended (2014)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Recently divorced mom Lauren and widowed dad Jim let their friends push them into a blind date, which goes disastrously wrong. Unsurprisingly, neither wants to see the other ever again. However, fate intervenes when…

  17. 17The Jewel of the Nile

    The Jewel of the Nile (1985)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who brings her to the Middle East, ostensibly to write a book about his…

  18. 182010

    2010 (1984)

    ★ 6.7/10

    While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known…

  19. 19Virunga

    Virunga (2014)

    ★ 7.9/10

    Virunga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is Africa's oldest national park, a UNESCO world heritage site, and a contested ground among insurgencies seeking to topple the government that see untold profits in the…

  20. 20Around the World in 80 Days

    Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

    ★ 6/10

    A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.

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