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1. 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: 376,677 | Gross: $100.48M

2. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

In an alternate Victorian Age world, a group of famous contemporary fantasy, science fiction, and adventure characters team up on a secret mission.

Director: Stephen Norrington | Stars: Sean Connery, Stuart Townsend, Peta Wilson, Jason Flemyng

Votes: 183,917 | Gross: $66.47M

3. Out of Africa (1985)

PG | 161 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.

Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen

Votes: 86,323 | Gross: $87.10M

4. Hatari! (1962)

Approved | 157 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos before the arrival of a female wildlife photographer threatens to change their ways.

Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: John Wayne, Elsa Martinelli, Hardy Krüger, Red Buttons

Votes: 14,231 | Gross: $14.00M

5. Mogambo (1953)

Passed | 116 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley's cheating wife Linda.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Clark Gable, Grace Kelly, Ava Gardner, Donald Sinden

Votes: 9,172

6. King Solomon's Mines (1950)

Passed | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

Adventurer Allan Quartermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his search for the fabled diamond mines of King Solomon.

Directors: Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson, Hugo Haas

Votes: 7,008

7. White Hunter Black Heart (1990)

PG | 112 min | Adventure, Drama

A thinly fictionalized account of a legendary movie director, whose desire to hunt down an animal turns into a grim situation with his movie crew in Africa.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Fahey, Charlotte Cornwell, Norman Lumsden

Votes: 13,212 | Gross: $2.32M

8. The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)

Approved | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilamanjaro.

Directors: Henry King, Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Hildegard Knef

Votes: 5,901 | Gross: $18.05M

9. The Naked Prey (1965)

Approved | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

During the 1800s, a safari guide, two elephant hunters and their crew run into trouble with the natives in the South African veld when they refuse to offer gifts to the tribesmen.

Director: Cornel Wilde | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Gert van den Bergh, Ken Gampu, Patrick Mynhardt

Votes: 5,876

10. Rope of Sand (1949)

Approved | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A man abused by a sadistic mining company cop before he could tell where on their desert property he'd found diamonds decides to steal them instead.

Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre

Votes: 1,796

11. Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953)

Passed | 75 min | Action, Adventure

Ivory poachers, headed by Lyra the She-Devil, Vargo and Fidel, capture a native tribe to carry their loot. Tarzan intervenes and is captured.

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Lex Barker, Joyce Mackenzie, Raymond Burr, Monique van Vooren

Votes: 584

12. Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982–1983)

60 min | Adventure

Pith-helmeted Buck is a Great White Hunter who here (unlike the real one from the 1940s) works out of the Raffles Hotel bar in Singapore during the 1930s fighting all kinds of bad guys in pre-war Malaya.

Stars: Bruce Boxleitner, Clyde Kusatsu, Ron O'Neal, John A. Zee

Votes: 465

13. King Solomon's Mines (1937)

Not Rated | 77 min | Action, Adventure, Family

White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.

Directors: Robert Stevenson, Geoffrey Barkas | Stars: Paul Robeson, Cedric Hardwicke, Roland Young, John Loder

Votes: 1,446

14. The Leech Woman (1960)

Not Rated | 77 min | Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi

An endocrinologist in a dysfunctional marriage with an aging, alcoholic wife journeys to Africa seeking a drug that will restore youth.

Director: Edward Dein | Stars: Coleen Gray, Grant Williams, Phillip Terry, Gloria Talbott

Votes: 2,144

15. Call Me Bwana (1963)

Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy

A returning moon capsule with vital information goes off-course and lands in Africa, where the little-known Ekele tribesmen find it. Washington orders African expert, Matthew Merriwether - ... See full summary »

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Bob Hope, Anita Ekberg, Edie Adams, Lionel Jeffries

Votes: 879

16. The Macomber Affair (1947)

Approved | 89 min | Adventure, Drama

In British East Africa, a fatal triangle develops involving a frustrated wife, a weak and coward husband, and an English big-game hunter who comes between the couple.

Director: Zoltan Korda | Stars: Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett, Robert Preston, Reginald Denny

Votes: 929

17. 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: 3,607

18. Rampage (1963)

Approved | 98 min | Adventure, Romance

In colonial Malaysia, British big game-hunter Otto Abbot and American trapper Harry Stanton clash over the ethics of catching versus killing animals and over Abbot's mistress, Anna.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Elsa Martinelli, Jack Hawkins, Sabu

Votes: 807

19. Africa Screams (1949)

Passed | 79 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Two booksellers search for diamonds in Africa, along the way meeting a visually-impaired gunner, a hungry lion, and a tribe of cannibals.

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Clyde Beatty, Frank Buck

Votes: 4,056

20. The Last Safari (1967)

Not Rated | 110 min | Adventure

Miles Gilchrist is a big game hunter in Africa. He goes on a safari to shoot an elephant who killed his friend.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Kaz Garas, Stewart Granger, Gabriella Licudi, Johnny Sekka

Votes: 281

21. 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: 664

22. Virgin Sacrifice (1960)

Approved | 67 min | Action, Adventure

A white hunter in South America falls in love with a native girl and must save her from becoming a virgin sacrifice.

Director: Fernando Wagner | Stars: David DaLie, Antonio Gutiérrez, Angélica Morales, Fernando Wagner

Votes: 149

23. Drums of Africa (1963)

Approved | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

David Moore is in East Africa to get to his employer's railway construction site. He's accompanied by the owner's son Brian and they've lined up Jack Cuortemayn, reputedly the best guide ... See full summary »

Director: James B. Clark | Stars: Frankie Avalon, Mariette Hartley, Lloyd Bochner, Torin Thatcher

Votes: 185

24. Elephant Gun (1958)

84 min | Adventure, Drama

Brothers compete for a woman's affection while danger lurks at every turn in an African wild game park.

Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Belinda Lee, Michael Craig, Patrick McGoohan, Anna Gaylor

Votes: 193

25. Africa Speaks! (1930)

Passed | 75 min | Documentary, Adventure, History

Explorer Paul Hoefler leads a safari into central Africa and what was then called the Belgian Congo, in the regions inhabited by the Wassara and the famous Ubangi tribes.

Director: Walter Futter | Stars: Harald Austin, Paul L. Hoefler, Lowell Thomas, Charles Gemora

Votes: 137

26. Cannibal Attack (1954)

Approved | 69 min | Adventure, Family

Johnny Weissmuller fights enemy agents who are trying to steal cobalt while disguised as crocodiles.

Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Judy Walsh, David Bruce, Bruce Cowling

Votes: 266

27. Killer Ape (1953)

Approved | 68 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

Nasty white hunters are testing out their germ warfare weapons using wild animals in Africa ... until they run into Jungle Jim.

Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Carol Thurston, Max Palmer, Burt Wenland

Votes: 290

28. Devil Goddess (1955)

Approved | 70 min | Adventure

Jungle Jim type Johnny Weissmuller helps Professor Blakely look for a missing colleague who is now playing "god" for a bunch of natives.

Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Angela Stevens, Selmer Jackson, William Tannen

Votes: 252

29. Fury of the Congo (1951)

Passed | 69 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Jungle Jim must protect rare pony-like animals whose glands produce a powerful narcotic. On the way, he fights a giant spider.

Director: William Berke | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Sherry Moreland, William Henry, Lyle Talbot

Votes: 306

30. Jungle Menace (1937)

Passed | 308 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

In the Asian province of Seemang where the Bay of Bengal meets the jungle, Chandler Elliott (John St. Polis) owns a large and prosperous rubber plantation. His attractive daughter, Dorothy (... See full summary »

Directors: Harry L. Fraser, George Melford | Stars: Frank Buck, Sasha Siemel, Reginald Denny, Esther Ralston

Votes: 45

31. China: The Panda Adventure (2001)

48 min | Drama

Follows the narrative of the book "The Lady and the Panda, An Adventure" by Ruth Harkness, published in New York, in 1938, as the author learns the true nature of a shy, fit and docile animal by observing the rare and unstudied panda bear.

Director: Robert M. Young | Stars: Maria Bello, Yu Xia, Xander Berkeley, Bill Hayes

Votes: 227 | Gross: $3.71M

32. 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

33. The Devil Tiger (1934)

Approved | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

Africa's fiercest jungle beasts clash in mortal combat in this wild animal adventure thriller. A story of white hunters and a Chinese boy hunting the title beast, that takes a back seat to ... See full summary »

Director: Clyde E. Elliott | Stars: Marion Burns, Kane Richmond, Harry Woods, Ah Lee

Votes: 19

34. Drums of the Congo (1942)

Approved | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A safari sets out to find a meteorite that fell in the African jungle.

Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Ona Munson, Stuart Erwin, Peggy Moran, Don Terry

Votes: 67

35. Hell's Headquarters (1932)

Passed | 63 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Doctor Smith and his wife, Mary,depart a riverboat and are met by Phil Talbot. Phil informs Dr. Smith that Jessup, the only other white man in the village, has died while the doctor and his... See full summary »

Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Jack Mulhall, Barbara Weeks, Frank Mayo, Phillips Smalley

Votes: 67

36. The Gorilla Hunt (1926)

Passed | 65 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure

Another in the seemingly-endless run of the Darkest-Africa exposed genre of documentary features, some of which weren't filmed in Africa. This one was, but the hand-to-hand combat between ... See full summary »

Director: Ben Burbridge | Star: Ben Burbridge

37. The Man Hunter (1930)

Passed | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Family

A dramatic story of love and intrigue in Darkest Africa along the Ivory Coast, where all the dangers of the tropics beset the white man and the white man's dog. Once Rinty gets acclimated ... See full summary »

Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Rin Tin Tin, Charles Delaney, Nora Lane, John Loder

Votes: 39

38. Phantom of the Jungle (1955)

Approved | 75 min | Adventure, Romance

Three episodes (40,41,42) of the TV series "Ramar of the Jungle" edited together and released as a feature.

Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Jon Hall, Anne Gwynne, Ray Montgomery, Nick Stewart

Votes: 9

39. Black Pongo (2021)

9 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy

Deep into the Sacred Mountains of Wanganga, near the Zulu Territorries, Dr. Archie Badminton and Pr. Sarah Billbockett start to explore the unknown 'tabu' land of the King Gorilla, the 'Black Pongo'.

Directors: Achille Brunet, Claire Masip, Ewen Reboulet | Stars: Claire Masip, Ewen Reboulet, Achille Brunet

Votes: 6

40. Thunder Over Sangoland (1955)

73 min | Adventure

Three episodes (27,28,29) of the TV series Ramar of the Jungle (1952) edited together and released as a feature.

Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Jon Hall, Ray Montgomery, Marjorie Lord, House Peters Jr.

Votes: 14

41. Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
Episode: The Jungle Trap (1954)

30 min | Comedy, Drama

While leading a safari, a professional hunter encounters the judge who sentenced his innocent brother to death for a crime he did not commit.

Director: Justus Addiss | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Barbara Billingsley, Lewis Martin, Herb Vigran

Votes: 27

42. Fantasy Island (1977–1984)
Episode: Jungle Man/Mary Ann and Miss Sophisticate (1980)

TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Unemployed actor David Farley gets to reprise his signature role of Jungle Man. Acclaimed ventriloquist Mary Ann Carlin is afraid that her marionette Valerie has taken over some of her personality traits.

Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Hervé Villechaize, Dick Butkus, Dennis Cole

Votes: 73

43. 1923 (2022–2023)
Episode: Nature's Empty Throne (2022)

TV-MA | 48 min | Drama, Western

Jacob and the Yellowstone cowboys save one of their own before deciding their next move. Teonna continues to endure at the hands of Sister Mary. Cara and Emma discuss Elizabeth and Jack. Alexandra makes a bold decision.

Director: Ben Richardson | Stars: Helen Mirren, Harrison Ford, Brandon Sklenar, Julia Schlaepfer

Votes: 2,480

44. The American Buffalo (2023– )
Episode: Blood Memory (2023)

Documentary, History

America's national mammal, once numbering millions, is driven to near extinction.

Stars: Peter Coyote, Gerard Baker, George Horse Capture Jr., Tantoo Cardinal

Votes: 72