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Movies Like The Last Safari

If you liked The Last Safari (1967), a adventure movie directed by Henry Hathaway, 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. 1White Hunter, Black Heart

    White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)

    ★ 6.4/10Also adventure

    Renowned 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…

  2. 2Hatari!

    Hatari! (1962)

    ★ 6.8/10Also adventure

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

  3. 3Tarzan and His Mate

    Tarzan and His Mate (1934)

    ★ 6.5/10Also adventure

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

  4. 4The Jungle Book

    The Jungle Book (2016)

    ★ 6.9/10Also adventure

    After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli, a man-cub fostered by wolves, is forced to flee the jungle, and he embarks on a journey of self-discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera, and the free-spirited…

  5. 5The Jungle Book

    The Jungle Book (1994)

    ★ 6/10Also adventure

    Raised by wild animals since childhood, Mowgli is drawn away from the jungle by the beautiful Kitty. But Mowgli must eventually face corrupt Capt. Boone, who wants both Kitty's hand and the treasures of Monkey City – a…

  6. 6Tarzan Escapes

    Tarzan Escapes (1936)

    ★ 6.9/10Also adventure

    White hunter Captain Fry tries to take Tarzan back to civilization, caged for public display. He arrives in the jungle with Jane's cousins, Eric and Rita, who want Jane's help in claiming a fortune left her.

  7. 7Dumbo

    Dumbo (2019)

    ★ 6.6/10Also adventure

    A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer.

  8. 8Mighty Joe Young

    Mighty Joe Young (1949)

    ★ 6.4/10Also adventure

    A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star.

  9. 9Mighty Joe Young

    Mighty Joe Young (1998)

    ★ 6.3/10Also adventure

    As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser. Now an adult, Jill cares for an orphaned gorilla named Joe -- who, due to a genetic…

  10. 10Where the Wild Things Are

    Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

    ★ 6.5/10Also adventure

    Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret…

  11. 11Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

    Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)

    ★ 6.2/10Also adventure

    Sean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.

  12. 12The Water Man

    The Water Man (2020)

    ★ 6.1/10Also adventure

    Hoping to save his sick mother, a boy named Gunner and his friend Jo venture into the remote Wild Horse forest to search for a mythical figure who possesses the secret to immortality. When they go missing, Gunner's…

  13. 13Khumba

    Khumba (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also adventure

    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…

  14. 14Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of Ugarit

    Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of Ugarit (2010)

    ★ 6.5/10Also adventure

    Jack Hunter, an adventurous treasure seeker, goes to Syria after his mentor and father figure Professor Fredrick Shaffer is killed. Professor Frederick Shaffer believed that the people of Ugarit, a town in Syria that…

  15. 15The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar

    The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar (2016)

    ★ 6.7/10Also adventure

    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…

  16. 16Elephant

    Elephant (2020)

    ★ 7.7/10Also adventure

    Disneynature’s Elephant follows African elephant Shani and her spirited son Jomo as their herd make an epic journey hundreds of miles across the vast Kalahari Desert. Led by their great matriarch, Gaia, the family…

  17. 17Rio 2

    Rio 2 (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10Also adventure

    It's a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three kids after they're hurtled from Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel, and meets the most…

  18. 18Mogambo

    Mogambo (1953)

    ★ 6.4/10Also adventure

    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.

  19. 19Roar

    Roar (1981)

    ★ 5.8/10Also adventure

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

  20. 20Wildwood

    Wildwood (2026)

    ★ 8.5/10Also adventure

    Prue and her classmate Curtis are drawn into a magical forest filled with enchanted creatures, loyal allies, and formidable adversaries as they embark on a desperate quest to rescue Prue's abducted baby brother from a…

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