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1. Papillon (I) (2017)
R | 133 min | Adventure, Biography, Crime
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter, Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
Director: Michael Noer | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Damijan Oklopdzic, Christopher Fairbank, Jason Ryan
Votes: 86,437 | Gross: $2.34M
2. Jungle Cruise (2021)
PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Based on Disneyland's theme park ride where a small riverboat takes a group of travelers through a jungle filled with dangerous animals and reptiles but with a supernatural element.
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Edgar Ramírez, Jack Whitehall
Votes: 212,880 | Gross: $116.99M
3. Papillon (1973)
R | 151 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A French convict in the 1930s befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence in the South American penal colony on Devil's Island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon
Votes: 138,515 | Gross: $53.27M
4. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Ruy Guerra, Helena Rojo, Del Negro
Votes: 62,413
5. Sniper (1993)
R | 98 min | Action, Thriller, War
A veteran US Marine sniper is partnered with a rookie sniper as his spotter to take out a politician and a rebel leader in the jungles of Panama.
Director: Luis Llosa | Stars: Tom Berenger, Billy Zane, J.T. Walsh, Aden Young
Votes: 25,497 | Gross: $18.99M
6. Hell of the Living Dead (1980)
Unrated | 99 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After an experiment gone wrong, a virus that turns people into zombies spreads throughout New Guinea. A female reporter and her cameraman, and a team of four commandos sent to investigate try to survive the onslaught.
Directors: Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso | Stars: Margie Newton, Franco Garofalo, Selan Karay, José Gras
Votes: 5,943
7. White Mischief (1987)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1940s Kenya, a married couple join other affluent British expatriates in a lifestyle of recklessness and excess, but soon find themselves in a troubling situation.
Director: Michael Radford | Stars: Sarah Miles, Joss Ackland, John Hurt, Greta Scacchi
Votes: 3,225 | Gross: $3.11M
8. The Believers (1987)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Cal Jamison, a police psychologist, is forced to deal with a series of ritualistic murders and a malevolent cult.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Harley Cross, Robert Loggia
Votes: 8,121 | Gross: $18.75M
9. The Ugly American (1963)
Approved | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
An ambitious American scholar becomes the ambassador to Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war is brewing.
Director: George Englund | Stars: Marlon Brando, Eiji Okada, Sandra Church, Pat Hingle
Votes: 2,471
10. A Town Like Alice (1956)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Romance, War
A newly wealthy English woman returns to Malaya to build a well for the villagers who helped her during war. Thinking back, she recalls the Australian man who made a great sacrifice to aid her and her fellow prisoners of war.
Director: Jack Lee | Stars: Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch, Kenji Takaki, Tran Van Khe
Votes: 1,912
11. The Hurricane (1937)
Approved | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Polynesian sailor unjustly imprisoned after defending himself against a colonial bully is relentlessly persecuted by his island's martinet French governor.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith
Votes: 3,044
12. Merrill's Marauders (I) (1962)
Approved | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, War
During WW2, a 3000-strong American unit, known as Merrill's Marauders, battles the Japanese forces in Burma.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Jeff Chandler, Ty Hardin, Peter Brown, Andrew Duggan
Votes: 2,782
13. The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942)
Passed | 61 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A mad scientist is forced to leave San Francisco when his experiments become known. He lands on a tropical island, takes control and terrorizes the local populace. The survivor of a ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Una Merkel, Lionel Atwill, Nat Pendleton, Claire Dodd
Votes: 553
14. Soul Mate (2005– )
60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A ballerina is murdered and reincarnates as an indigenous woman. Her journey for spiritual justice takes her back to her past family and romance.
Stars: Eduardo Moscovis, Flávia Alessandra, Priscila Fantin, Drica Moraes
Votes: 317
15. On an Island with You (1948)
Passed | 107 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
While shooting on location in the South Pacific, a movie star is pursued by a handsome Naval officer who is convinced she is the girl for him.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Ricardo Montalban, Jimmy Durante
Votes: 1,047
16. Voodoo Woman (1957)
Approved | 77 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Deep in the jungles a mad scientist is using the natives' voodoo for his experiments to create an indestructible being to serve his will. When a party of gold seekers stumbles upon his ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Marla English, Tom Conway, Mike Connors, Lance Fuller
Votes: 660
17. Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955)
Passed | 72 min | Action, Adventure
Tarzan fights White poachers who trespass on his domain and on lands belonging to the native Sukulu tribe.
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Gordon Scott, Vera Miles, Peter van Eyck, Jack Elam
Votes: 602
18. In the Spider's Web (2007 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In India, the backpacker American friends Gina, John, Stacy, Geraldine and Phil hike in the woods with their guide Brian. When Geraldine is bitten by a poisonous spider, the group decides ... See full summary »
Director: Terry Winsor | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Emma Catherwood, Lisa Livingstone, Cian Barry
Votes: 1,239
19. Amazon (1990)
R | 96 min | Adventure, Drama
Widowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bush pilot introduces him to the idea of gold mining in the jungle, but a beautiful and ... See full summary »
Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Kari Väänänen, Robert Davi, Rae Dawn Chong, Minna Sovio
Votes: 561
20. OSS 117: Mission for a Killer (1965)
99 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Agent OSS 117 is dispatched to Rio de Janeiro to investigate an organization developing a mysterious drug which is capable of completely controlling anyone injected with it.
Director: André Hunebelle | Stars: Frederick Stafford, Mylène Demongeot, Raymond Pellegrin, Perrette Pradier
Votes: 436
21. Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956)
Approved | 76 min | Adventure, Horror
A doctor and an adventurer journey to the Amazon, where they encounter a man in a bizarre bird costume terrorizing the local indigenous population.
Director: Curt Siodmak | Stars: John Bromfield, Beverly Garland, Tom Payne, Harvey Chalk
Votes: 441
22. Searching for Cannibal Holocaust (2021)
87 min | Documentary
Italian horror fan and academic Calum Waddell speaks with some of the original makers of the controversial horror classic "Cannibal Holocaust" before venturing into the Amazon jungle and ... See full summary »
Director: Calum Waddell | Stars: Danilo Abadia, Madame Blanca, Ronaldo Blanca, Tana Chowning
Votes: 170
23. Legong: Dance of the Virgins (1935)
Passed | 65 min | Drama, Romance
In Bali, a young woman falls in love with a musician, but he may have eyes for her half-sister.
Director: Henri de la Falaise | Stars: Poetoe Aloes Goesti, Bagus Mara Goesti, Saplak Njoman, Njong Njong Njoman
Votes: 264
24. The Diamond of Jeru (2001 TV Movie)
120 min | Adventure, Drama
Based on Louis L'Amour novel, The Diamond of Jeru tells the story of an American scientist and his wife who hire an ex-pat war veteren to act as a guide on a journey up an unchartered Borneo river in search of diamonds.
Directors: Ian Barry, Dick Lowry | Stars: Billy Zane, Paris Jefferson, Keith Carradine, Jackson Raine
Votes: 503
25. Isle of Fury (1936)
Passed | 60 min | Adventure, Romance
In the South Seas, Val Stevens and Lucille Gordon are getting married when a ship goes down offshore. Val rescues Captain Deever and passenger Eric Blake. Later Eric saves Val from an ... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Woods, E.E. Clive
Votes: 750
26. Blood and Steel (1959)
Approved | 63 min | Drama, War
Native girl helps US Seabees free her villagers from Japanese troops.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: John Lupton, James Edwards, Brett Halsey, John Brinkley
Votes: 153
27. Mamba (1930)
Passed | 78 min | Drama
August Bolte, the richest man in a settlement in German East Africa in the period before World War I, is called "Mamba" by the locals, which is the name of a deadly snake. Despised by the ... See full summary »
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Jean Hersholt, Eleanor Boardman, Ralph Forbes, Claude Fleming
Votes: 108
28. East of Sumatra (1953)
Approved | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Tough Duke Mullane tries to open a new mine in the jungle, but the natives turn hostile...except for one lissome dancer.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Jeff Chandler, Marilyn Maxwell, Anthony Quinn, Suzan Ball
Votes: 272
29. Odongo: An Adventure of the African Frontier (1956)
85 min | Adventure, Drama
In Kenya, a white trader of exotic animals is mentoring and caring for an African boy but is annoyed by his new female replacement veterinarian and must deal with a disgruntled former employee.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Rhonda Fleming, Macdonald Carey, Juma, Eleanor Summerfield
Votes: 165
30. Villin Pohjolan salattu laakso (1963)
98 min | Western
The Vorna brothers are scouting for a hidden valley rumored to be bathing in gold. The Vorna's collide with a another gold digger who claims to know about a map of the entrance to the valley.
Director: Aarne Tarkas | Stars: Åke Lindman, Tommi Rinne, Taneli Rinne, Elina Salo
Votes: 35
31. Adventures of Captain Africa: Mighty Jungle Avenger! (1955)
Approved | 225 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Trapper Nat Coleman and government agent Ted Arnold come upon a plot to take over an African nation. Its leader, Caliph Abdul el Hamid, has been exiled from his country and replaced by a ... See full summary »
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: John Hart, Rick Vallin, Ben Welden, June Howard
Votes: 77
32. Voodoo Tiger (1952)
Passed | 67 min | Adventure, Family
Jungle Jim helps an attractive research writer for the British museum clear up the mystery of a tiger cult in Africa while thwarting art thieves and bringing to justice a Nazi war criminal.
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Jean Byron, James Seay, Jean Dean
Votes: 277
33. Isle of Escape (1930)
Passed | 60 min | Drama
A South Seas adventure in which a young miner escapes cannibals, rescues a woman from her abusive husband who also wants to steal the miner's gold, and meets a native girl who desperately tries to win his heart.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Monte Blue, Myrna Loy, Betty Compson, Noah Beery
Votes: 39
34. Mercenary II: Thick & Thin (1998 TV Movie)
R | 100 min | Action
Mercenary Captain "Hawk" is in Acion again to save a hostage. But he and his team are betrayed. Nothing is as it seems...
Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Robert Townsend, Olivier Gruner, Nicholas Turturro, Claudia Christian
Votes: 223
35. Zanzabuku (1956)
Approved | 64 min | Documentary, Adventure
Famed explorer Lewis Cotlow leads a hunting and archaeological expedition into Africa.
Director: Lewis Cotlow | Stars: Lewis Cotlow, Michael Carr Hartley, Carr Hartley, Ronald Davidson
Votes: 12
36. Join the Marines (1937)
Approved | 67 min | Action
A New York City cop leaves the department to join the U.S. Olympic team. He falls for the spoiled daughter of a Marine colonel, and winds up getting kicked off the team. He joins the ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Paul Kelly, June Travis, Purnell Pratt, Reginald Denny
Votes: 37
37. Rhythm of the Islands (1943)
Approved | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
On the only Pacific island untouched by and unaware of World-War-Two, American beachcombers Tommy (Allan Jones) and Eddie Dolan (Andy Devine) sell off Paradise Island to American ... See full summary »
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Allan Jones, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine, Ernest Truex
Votes: 42
38. Drums of Tahiti (1953)
Passed | 73 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
An American living in 19th-century Tahiti gets involved in intrigue against the French colonial government.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Patricia Medina, Francis L. Sullivan, George Keymas
Votes: 130
39. Song of the Sarong (1945)
Approved | 65 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An adventurer is promised $1 million if he can recover a fortune in pearls, but they are guarded by a tribe of fierce natives.
Director: Harold Young | Stars: Nancy Kelly, William Gargan, Eddie Quillan, Fuzzy Knight
Votes: 72
40. Jaguar (1956)
Passed | 66 min | Adventure
In South America, Americans Steve Bailey and Marty Lang, who have been hired by a petroleum company, are planning an expedition into dangerous Motilone Indian country to look for oil. The ... See full synopsis »
Director: George Blair | Stars: Sabu, Chiquita Johnson, Barton MacLane, Jonathan Hale
Votes: 51
41. Jungle Mystery (1932)
Passed | 240 min | Action, Adventure
In Africa, two hunters meet a girl and her father who are searching for her lost brother. Their search is complicated by rival hunters who are after ivory and by a tribe of hostile natives.
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Tom Tyler, Noah Beery Jr., Cecilia Parker, William Desmond
Votes: 39
42. The Claw Monsters (1966 TV Movie)
Approved | 100 min | Action, Sci-Fi
An evil scientist in a remote jungle location cultivates giant crawfish (!) as a means of scaring trespassers away from his diamond mine. Condensed from one of the last Republic serials, "Panther Girl of the Congo". (1955).
Director: Franklin Adreon | Stars: Phyllis Coates, Myron Healey, Arthur Space, John Daheim
Votes: 14
43. Melodía prohibida (1933)
Passed | 76 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: José Mojica, Conchita Montenegro, Mona Maris, Romualdo Tirado
44. Ubangi (1931)
Passed | 59 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure
This travelogue covers the highlights of an expedition into the Belgian Congo---yes, Virginia, there used to be a Belgian Congo--- with scientists Dr. Louis Neuman and Dr. Jacques Maus, ... See full summary »
Directors: Jacques Maus, Louis Neuman | Stars: Louis Neuman, Jacques Maus, Daniel Davenport
45. Land and Live in the Jungle (1944)
60 min | War
In this World War II military training film, a B-25 crew bails out over the jungle, and the pilot is separated from the rest of of his crew. The two groups of soldiers must survive until ... See full summary »
Stars: Mel Ford, Van Heflin, Patrick McVey, Charles Tannen
Votes: 24
46. King of the Islands (1936)
Approved | 20 min | Comedy, Romance, Musical
A shipwrecked sailor, originally from New York, is washed up on the shores of the tropical island of Wally-Wally. The natives of island welcome him with open arms. He immediately falls in ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Wini Shaw, Warren Hymer, Edward McWade, George Beranger
Votes: 102
47. Another World (2012)
97 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Dorota Kedzierzawska | Star: Danuta Szaflarska
Votes: 115
48. Tracking the Sleeping Death (1938)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Mystery
A tale of science's battle with Africa's dread sleeping death that tells the true-life story of Sir David Bruce, a doctor/scientist. who went to Uganda in British Africa in 1900, and after ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Gilbert Emery, Claude King, Doris Lloyd, Hudson Shotwell
50. Isle of Paradise (1932)
Passed | 61 min | Documentary, History
Shot over a period of six months in the island of Bali, in the Dutch East Indies, the film put together by Charles T. Trego, sets out to show that the scenic splendor and the beauty of the ... See full summary »
Director: Charles T. Trego | Star: David Ross