Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "africa", "lion-cub"

1. The Lion King (1994)

G | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Lion prince Simba and his father are targeted by his bitter uncle, who wants to ascend the throne himself.

Directors: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Whoopi Goldberg

Votes: 1,147,634 | Gross: $422.78M

2. Blended (2014)

PG-13 | 117 min | Comedy, Romance

After a bad blind date, a man and woman find themselves stuck together at a resort for families, where their attraction grows as their respective kids benefit from the burgeoning relationship.

Director: Frank Coraci | Stars: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kevin Nealon

Votes: 144,888 | Gross: $46.29M

3. The Lion King (2019)

PG | 118 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.

Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Donald Glover, Beyoncé, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor

Votes: 268,212 | Gross: $543.64M

4. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)

PG | 89 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The Madagascar animals fly back to New York City, but crash-land on an African nature reserve in Kenya, where they meet others of their own kind, and Alex especially discovers his royal heritage as prince of a lion pride.

Directors: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath | Stars: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith

Votes: 248,639 | Gross: $180.01M

5. Rogue (I) (2020)

R | 105 min | Action, Horror, Thriller

O'Hara is a mercenary leading a squad of soldiers on their mission to rescue hostages in a remote part of Africa. Unfortunately, the mission goes awry and the team is stranded and forced to survive against the local rebels.

Director: M.J. Bassett | Stars: Megan Fox, Philip Winchester, Greg Kriek, Brandon Auret

Votes: 9,809

6. Roar (1981)

PG | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Thriller

A naturalist living with big cats in East Africa expects a visit by his family of four from Chicago. A mix-up leaves him searching for his family, who have been left in the clutches of wild lions.

Director: Noel Marshall | Stars: Tippi Hedren, Noel Marshall, Melanie Griffith, John Marshall

Votes: 4,588

7. Tarzan and His Mate (1934)

Passed | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

The idyllic life of Tarzan and Jane is challenged by men on safari who come seeking ivory, and come seeking Jane as well.

Directors: Cedric Gibbons, James C. McKay, Jack Conway | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton, Paul Cavanagh

Votes: 5,629

8. Born Free (1966)

PG | 95 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

The story of George and Joy Adamson and the orphaned lion cub, Elsa, they adopt.

Directors: James Hill, Tom McGowan | Stars: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen, Peter Lukoye

Votes: 7,068

9. Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)

Passed | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Tarzan finds a boy from a crashed plane and raises him with Jane in the jungle. A search party comes looking for the plane.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Ian Hunter

Votes: 3,646 | Gross: $2.27M

10. Lil Dicky: Earth (2019 Music Video)

TV-14 | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Lil Dicky leads an all-star cast with top-artists in his new music video, "Earth" which really supports nature.

Directors: Federico Heller, Nigel W. Tierney | Stars: Dave Burd, Backstreet Boys, Justin Bieber, Zac Brown

Votes: 1,026

11. Liane, Jungle Goddess (1956)

Not Rated | 88 min | Adventure

When Liane, a lost girl worshiped by an African tribe, is returned to her native Hamburg, she becomes the center of a love quadrangle and a deadly tug-of-war over her grandfather's inheritance.

Director: Eduard von Borsody | Stars: Marion Michael, Hardy Krüger, Irene Galter, Peter Mosbacher

Votes: 468

12. Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)

Passed | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

Tarzan's jungle home, and his family, Jane and Boy, are threatened by men greedy for gold.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Reginald Owen

Votes: 3,192

13. Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946)

Passed | 72 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

As a spate of leopard attacks causes panic, a sceptical Tarzan joins a hunting expedition, only to face a pagan cult of leopard-god worshippers and their fiendish high priestess. Can he escape the sharp claws of the savage Leopard Woman?

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield, Acquanetta

Votes: 2,454

14. Wild Babies (2022– )

TV-PG | 30 min | Documentary

Follow the adventures of baby lions, elephants, penguins, pangolins and more as they learn to navigate the highs lows of life in the wild.

Star: Helena Bonham Carter

Votes: 953

15. Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)

Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Mystery, War

With Jane still away for the war effort, Tarzan and Boy set off to retrieve rare medicinal herbs, only to run into an American messenger, German spies, and the mysterious desert's treacherous fauna and flora.

Director: Wilhelm Thiele | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Nancy Kelly, Johnny Sheffield, Otto Kruger

Votes: 2,260

16. African Cats (2010)

G | 89 min | Documentary, Adventure

Meet Mara, an endearing lion cub striving to be like her mother; Sita, a cheetah and single mother of five; and Fang, a proud leader of the pride who must defend his family from a rival lion.

Directors: Keith Scholey, Alastair Fothergill | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Stewart

Votes: 6,785 | Gross: $15.42M

17. Born Free (1974)

60 min | Adventure, Family

The adventures of two married game wardens in Kenya.

Stars: Gary Collins, Diana Muldaur, Hal Frederick, Joseph De Craft

Votes: 195

18. Tarzan Escapes (1936)

Passed | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Family

An expedition seeking to bring Jane back to civilization, and Tarzan into captivity, gets more than it's bargained for.

Directors: Richard Thorpe, John Farrow, James C. McKay, George B. Seitz, William A. Wellman | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, John Buckler, Benita Hume

Votes: 3,626

19. Tarzan and the Huntress (1947)

Passed | 72 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

To equip the American zoos with as many animals as possible, a cruel trio of big game hunters team up with an unexpected ally, threatening the African fauna. Will Tarzan allow the fiendish huntress to pillage the jungle?

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield, Patricia Morison

Votes: 2,247

20. Trader Horn (1931)

Passed | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Two white traders in the darkest Africa of the 1870s find a missionary's daughter, who was captured as a child by a savage tribe and now worshiped as a goddess.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Harry Carey, Edwina Booth, Duncan Renaldo, Mutia Omoolu

Votes: 1,120

21. Tarzan and the Amazons (1945)

Passed | 76 min | Action, Adventure

A group of archaeologists asks Tarzan to help them find an ancient city in a hidden valley of women. He refuses, but Boy is tricked into doing the job. The queen of the women asks Tarzan to help them.

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield, Henry Stephenson

Votes: 2,604

22. Born Free: A New Adventure (1996 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Another thrilling adventure for Elsa the lioness as she works her magic on two teenagers struggling with changes in their life

Director: Tommy Lee Wallace | Stars: Jonathan Brandis, Ariana Richards, Chris Noth, Lea Moreno

Votes: 332

23. Tarzan and the Trappers (1960 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 70 min | Action, Adventure

After dispatching a ruthless hunter who traps animals for gain, Tarzan must contend with his brother who is out for revenge.

Directors: Charles F. Haas, Sandy Howard, H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Gordon Scott, Eve Brent, Rickie Sorensen, Cheta

Votes: 666

24. Maciste in King Solomon's Mines (1964)

92 min | Action

Maciste is captured and forced to work as a slave in an African mine.

Director: Piero Regnoli | Stars: Reg Park, Wandisa Guida, Bruno Piergentili, Eleonora Bianchi

Votes: 187

25. Living Free (1972)

G | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

When Elsa's three mischievous cubs begin wreaking havoc on the nearby villages, Joy and her husband are forced to move them hundreds of miles to a game preserve.

Director: Jack Couffer | Stars: Nigel Davenport, Susan Hampshire, Geoffrey Keen, Edward Judd

Votes: 641 | Gross: $0.19M

26. To Walk with Lions (1999)

PG-13 | 108 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

George Adamson fights to save Kenya's wildlife. Together with his young assistant Tony Fitzjohn, he battles to keep the animals on his game reserve, and "Kora", from dangerous poachers.

Director: Carl Schultz | Stars: Richard Harris, John Michie, Kerry Fox, Ian Bannen

Votes: 942

27. Pride (2004 TV Movie)

90 min | Family, Comedy, Drama

The story of Suki (Kate Winslet), a lioness cub, who rebels against her mother and her pride to mate with an unsuitable lion from the other side of the river. Her journey to less than a ... See full summary »

Director: John Downer | Stars: Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren, Rupert Graves, Sean Bean

Votes: 831

28. L'enfant lion (1993)

86 min | Family

Set in the past, follows young African boy who uses his friends, the wild animals, to defend his village from Arab slave traders.

Director: Patrick Grandperret | Stars: Wéré Wéré Liking, Souleyman Koli, Salif Keïta, Mathurin Sinze

Votes: 319 | Gross: $0.11M

29. Bamse (1966)
Episode: Afrikaresan (1966)

Animation, Short, Family

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Director: Rune Andréasson | Star: Rolf Lundgren

30. Savage Kingdom (2016–2020)
Episode: Queen of the North (2016)

TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary, Drama

On a forsaken ridge of sand that skirts the edge of the Savage Kingdom, a hyena queen, Zalika, plots her revenge on the Marsh Lions who keep her clan in exile. Zalika is building an army ... See full summary »

Director: Brad Bestelink | Star: Charles Dance

Votes: 29