Movies Like Killers of Kilimanjaro
If you liked Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959), a adventure movie directed by Richard Thorpe, 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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Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
★ 6.5/10Also adventureHarry Holt returns to Africa with his friend Martin Arlington to head up a large ivory expedition.
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Hatari! (1962)
★ 6.8/10Also adventureA female wildlife photographer arrives on an East African reservation where a group of men trap wild animals for zoos and circuses.
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The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
★ 6.9/10Also adventureSir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated…
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The Dogs of War (1980)
★ 5.8/10Also adventureMercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an despot. Havoc ensues.
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Dark of the Sun (1968)
★ 6.6/10Also adventureA band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize…
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King Solomon's Mines (1950)
★ 6.5/10Also adventureFortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing husband lost in the wilds of 1900s Africa while being pursued by hostile tribes and a rival German explorer.
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The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also adventureSet 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…
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Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
★ 6.4/10Also adventureLegends (and myths) from the life of famed American frontiersman Davy Crockett are depicted in this feature film edited from television episodes. Crockett and his friend George Russel fight in the Creek Indian War…
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White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)
★ 6.4/10Also adventureRenowned 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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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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Bhowani Junction (1956)
★ 6.1/10Also adventureAnglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India.
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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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Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
★ 6.6/10Also adventureJames 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…
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The African Queen (1952)
★ 7.3/10Also adventureAt 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.
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Shout at the Devil (1976)
★ 6/10Also adventureDuring 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…
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The Lion King (2019)
★ 7.1/10Also adventureSimba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his…
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North West Frontier (1959)
★ 6.8/10Also adventureIn the rebellious northern frontier province of colonial India, British Army Captain Scott, a young prince and the boy's governess escape by an obsolete train as they are relentlessly pursued by Muslim rebels intent on…
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The Wild Geese (1978)
★ 6.8/10Also adventureA British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader…
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The Call of the Wild (1972)
★ 6.1/10Also adventureJohn Thornton, is a fearless man who's after more than gold; he wants to do what's right. Thornton works for the U.S. mail and is the only person daring and smart enough to figure out how to travel the deadly 600 miles…
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Two by Two: Overboard! (2020)
★ 7.6/10Also adventureTwo misfit castaways struggle to reunite an unorthodox family, out-run a volcano, and negotiate a peace deal on a creaking Ark.