Movies Like Crocodile Dreaming

If you liked Crocodile Dreaming (2006), a drama and fantasy movie directed by Darlene Johnson, 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
Walkabout (1971)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred…
2
The Last Wave (1977)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and fantasy
A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal people in a ritualised taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing truths about himself and premonitions.
3
Whale Rider (2003)
★ 7/10Also drama
A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Māori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
4
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
★ 7/10Also drama
In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a trek across the Outback.
5
Lion (2016)
★ 8/10Also drama
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his…
6
The Tree of Life (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and fantasy
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a…
7
The Lion King (1994)
★ 8.3/10Also drama
Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to take the throne for himself. Amid…
8
Two Brothers (2004)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
Two tigers are separated as cubs and taken into captivity, only to be reunited years later as enemies by an explorer (Pearce) who inadvertently forces them to fight each other.
9
The Impossible (2012)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying…
10
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasy
Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
11
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasy
When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.
12
Hereafter (2010)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and fantasy
Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways.
13
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caesar decides to revolt against those who have harmed…
14
Enemy Mine (1985)
★ 7/10Also drama
A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile…
15
The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act (2026)
★ 8.8/10Also drama
With Caine gone and the circus dark, the cast are left with only the mistakes and traumas of their pasts to keep them company. As the prospect of eternity closes in around them, they discover the truth about the…
16
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and fantasy
Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink, in 'the Bathtub', a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink’s tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe—for a time…
17
In the Blink of an Eye (2026)
★ 5.9/10Also drama
Three storylines, spanning thousands of years, intersect and reflect on hope, connection, and the circle of life.
18
Matriculated (2003)
★ 6.6/10Also drama
The human resistance works to convert a sentinel to their side. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.
19
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasy
After a carnival troupe saves his life, a man agrees to help its immortal leader collect five souls and win a bet with the devil.
20
My Zoe (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
Isabelle, a geneticist recovering from a toxic marriage, is raising her only daughter, Zoe, with her contentious ex-husband. Zoe means everything to her mother and so when tragedy strikes the fractured family, Isabelle…