Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "explorer", "mother-son-relationship"

1. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Four teenagers are sucked into a magical video game, and the only way they can escape is to work together to finish the game.

Director: Jake Kasdan | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart, Jack Black

Votes: 450,234 | Gross: $404.52M

2. Transformers (2007)

PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

An ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson

Votes: 675,383 | Gross: $319.25M

3. Jumanji (1995)

PG | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

When two kids find and play a magical board game, they release a man trapped in it for decades - and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing the game.

Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Bonnie Hunt, Jonathan Hyde

Votes: 377,325 | Gross: $100.48M

4. Apocalypto (2006)

R | 139 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, a young man is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression.

Director: Mel Gibson | Stars: Gerardo Taracena, Raoul Max Trujillo, Dalia Hernández, Rudy Youngblood

Votes: 331,578 | Gross: $50.87M

5. Up (2009)

PG | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

78-year-old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his house equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.

Directors: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson | Stars: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger, Christopher Plummer

Votes: 1,126,147 | Gross: $293.00M

6. The New World (2005)

PG-13 | 135 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.

Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale

Votes: 89,953 | Gross: $12.71M

7. Tarzan (1999)

G | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A man raised by gorillas must decide where he really belongs when he discovers he is a human.

Directors: Chris Buck, Kevin Lima | Stars: Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Brian Blessed, Glenn Close

Votes: 247,529 | Gross: $171.09M

8. The Lost City of Z (2016)

PG-13 | 141 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

A true-life drama, centering on British explorer Major Percival Fawcett, who disappeared whilst searching for a mysterious city in the Amazon in the 1920s.

Director: James Gray | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland

Votes: 99,550 | Gross: $8.58M

9. Strange World (2022)

PG | 102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The legendary Clades are a family of explorers whose differences threaten to topple their latest and most crucial mission.

Directors: Don Hall, Qui Nguyen | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jaboukie Young-White, Gabrielle Union, Dennis Quaid

Votes: 45,929

10. Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)

PG | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Ten-year-old Arthur, in a bid to save his grandfather's house from being demolished, goes looking for some much-fabled hidden treasure in the land of the Minimoys, tiny people living in harmony with nature.

Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Freddie Highmore, Mia Farrow, Madonna, Ron Crawford

Votes: 40,920 | Gross: $15.13M

11. The Aeronauts (2019)

PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A balloon pilot and a scientist find themselves in a fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon in the 1860s.

Director: Tom Harper | Stars: Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne, Himesh Patel, Vincent Perez

Votes: 37,447

12. The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)

R | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

A young Cro-Magnon woman is raised by Neanderthals.

Director: Michael Chapman | Stars: Daryl Hannah, Pamela Reed, James Remar, Thomas G. Waites

Votes: 6,967 | Gross: $1.95M

13. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)

PG | 143 min | Adventure, Drama

A missing heir of respected Scottish family, raised in African jungles by animals, finally returns to his estate only to realize that difference between the two worlds is really significant.

Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm

Votes: 21,267 | Gross: $45.90M

14. Mountains of the Moon (1990)

R | 136 min | Adventure, Drama, History

The legendary true-story of Capt. Richard Francis Burton and Lt. John Hanning Speke's tumultuous expedition to find the source of the Nile river.

Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Patrick Bergin, Iain Glen, Richard E. Grant, Fiona Shaw

Votes: 4,256 | Gross: $4.01M

15. At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)

R | 189 min | Drama, Romance

Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote mission was previously run by the Catholics, ... See full summary »

Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: Tom Berenger, John Lithgow, Daryl Hannah, Aidan Quinn

Votes: 3,543 | Gross: $1.34M

16. The Flight of the Eagle (1982)

140 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

In 1897 Swedish engineer S. A. Andrée with 2 colleagues prepares to fly over the North Pole in his balloon "Eagle".

Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Max von Sydow, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Göran Stangertz, Eva von Hanno

Votes: 1,221

17. Uga Uga (2000–2001)

60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

An orphaned young man raised in the wild by an indigenous shaman is found by his grandfather and returned to his estranged family, where he finds himself as heir to their wealth.

Stars: Lima Duarte, Humberto Martins, Vivianne Pasmanter, Marcello Novaes

Votes: 288

18. The Secret of the Ice Cave (1989)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure

A group of treasure-seekers embark on a expedition into high adventure as they race to discover what's really located in the mysterious ice cave.

Director: Radu Gabrea | Stars: Sally Kellerman, Michael Moriarty, David Mendenhall, Marcia Christie

Votes: 122

19. Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale (2000)

R | 93 min | Documentary, Adventure, Romance

A retired gay anthropologist revisits the native cultures he studied in his youth.

Directors: David Shapiro, Laurie Gwen Shapiro | Stars: Tobias Schneebaum, Norman Mailer, Michael Rockefeller

Votes: 850 | Gross: $0.35M

20. Hawk of the Wilderness (1938)

Approved | 213 min | Adventure

An expedition arrives on an uncharted jungle island to rescue the local natives, led by a jungle boy, from a volcano that is about to erupt.

Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Bruce Bennett, Mala, Monte Blue, Harley Wood

Votes: 88

21. Perils of the Jungle (1927)

Passed | 200 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A young woman and her father search for hidden treasure in the African jungle.

Director: Jack Nelson | Stars: Eugenia Gilbert, Frank Merrill, Bobby Nelson, Milburn Morante

Votes: 20

22. Nancy Drew: Tomb of the Lost Queen (2012 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery, Romance

Teen detective Nancy Drew joins a team of archaeologists and explores the mysteries of an ancient Egyptian tomb.

Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Dave Rivas, Marianna de Fazio, Gabriel Wolf

Votes: 50

23. La farce du château (1961 TV Movie)

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Director: François Gir | Stars: Blanchette Brunoy, Raymond Gérôme, Arlette Bora, Jean-Louis Bras

24. Night Gallery (1969–1973)
Episode: The Different Ones/Tell David.../Logoda's Heads (1971)

TV-PG | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Paul Koch agrees to a unique solution that might help his hideously ugly son find acceptance. / A woman asks a couple for directions only to realize they represent her future. / A witch doctor is suspected of murdering an explorer.

Directors: John Meredyth Lucas, Jeff Corey, Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Dana Andrews, Sandra Dee, Patrick Macnee, Monica Lewis

Votes: 336

25. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Margical History Tour (2004)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Marge tells Lisa, Bart and Millhouse three history stories because the library doesn't have any.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Mike B. Anderson | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,594

26. The Dangerous Book for Boys (2018)
Episode: How to Be an Explorer (2018)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

With both his mom and his teachers concerned about him, Wyatt is sent to a therapist, where he struggles with the idea that he might be crazy. Meanwhile, Beth tries to keep the family's ... See full summary »

Director: Luke Matheny | Stars: Chris Diamantopoulos, Gabriel Bateman, Drew Powell, Kyan Zielinski

Votes: 38

27. His Dark Materials (2019–2022)
Episode: Lyra's Jordan (2019)

TV-14 | 55 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Orphan Lyra Belacqua's world is turned upside-down by her long-absent uncle's return from the north, while the glamorous Mrs Coulter visits.

Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: James McAvoy, Clarke Peters, Dafne Keen, Lewin Lloyd

Votes: 5,605