Movies Like Emile the African

If you liked Emile the African (1948), a adventure movie directed by Robert Vernay, 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
Little Indian, Big City (1994)
★ 6/10Also adventure
Stephen, an international trader, tracks down his ex-wife Patricia in some Amazonian backwater. He needs her consent to a divorce so that he can marry Charlotte. Unfortunately, he discovers a son he didn’t know he had…
2
Dragonheart: Vengeance (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure
Lukas, a young farmer whose family is killed by savage raiders in the countryside, sets out on an epic quest for revenge, forming an unlikely trio with a majestic dragon and a swashbuckling, sword-fighting mercenary…
3
Survive (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure
A couple celebrates their son’s birthday in the middle of the ocean on their boat. A violent storm hits and it brings up hungry creatures from the depths and they fight for their survival.
4
Come Away (2020)
★ 5.8/10Also adventure
Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies in a tragic accident, they each seek to save their parents from their downward spirals of…
5
Stolen Girl (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure
In 1993, Maureen’s six-year-old daughter Amina is snuck out of the country by her ex-husband, Karim. After years of unsuccessful attempts to find her, Maureen intersects with a professional retriever of internationally…
6
Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight (2002)
★ 6/10Also adventure
After being punished for retreat from combat, Ranger David Martel is given command of the Liandra, a haunted 20-year old Minbari fighting ship. He's escorting ambassadors to a secret archaeological site, the oldest…
7
The 355 (2022)
★ 6/10Also adventure
A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Colombian, and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.
8
Black Gold (2011)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure
On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay…
9
Prince Charming (2001)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure
After an extramarital indiscretion, a fairy-tale prince and his sidekick are turned into frogs for all eternity or until the prince can convince a maiden to kiss and then marry him.
10
Remi, Nobody's Boy (2018)
★ 7.9/10Also adventure
At the age of 10 years, young Rémi is snatched from his adoptive mother and entrusted to the signor Vitalis, a mysterious itinerant musician. Has its hard sides - he will learn the harsh life of acrobat and sing to win…
11
A Monster in Paris (2011)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure
Paris, 1910. Emile, a shy movie projectionist, and Raoul, a colourful inventor, find themselves embarked on the hunt for a monster terrorizing citizens. They join forces with Lucille, the big-hearted star of the Bird…
12
Halo: Nightfall (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure
Set between the events of Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians… Halo: Nightfall tells the dramatic story of legendary man hunter and Naval Intelligence Officer Jameson Locke and his team as they are caught in a horrific…
13
Largo Winch: The Price of Money (2024)
★ 5.8/10Also adventure
Largo Winch, devastated by the kidnapping of his son, realizes that if he finds those responsible for his bankruptcy, maybe he'll see his son again.
14
Primeval (2007)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure
A news team is sent to Burundi to capture and bring home a legendary 25-foot crocodile. Their difficult task turns potentially deadly when a warlord targets them for death.
15
Scaramouche (1952)
★ 7/10Also adventure
In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
16
My Mother's Castle (1990)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure
To his chagrin, young Marcel Pagnol and his family move back to their home in Marseille, France, far from their pastoral holiday cottage in the hills. Determined, Marcel makes the long voyage back to the cottage on…
17
The Odyssey (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure
The aquatic adventure of the highly influential and fearlessly ambitious pioneer, innovator, filmmaker, researcher, and conservationist, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, covers roughly thirty years of an inarguably rich in…
18
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure
Adventurer Jack Hunter sets off in pursuit of a legendary tomb, meeting dangerous old adversaries, and even more dangerous old flames, along the way.
19
Sahara (1983)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure
Intent on winning a competition in place of her distinguished late father, beautiful young heiress Dale takes on the guise of a man and competes in his spot, embarking on a car race that crosses the unforgiving Sahara…
20
Slumberland (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure
A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.