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Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul(2020)

4.0/5 (with 83 votes)

A continuation of the epic adventure of plucky Riko and Reg who are joined by their new friend Nanachi. Together they descend into the Abyss' treacherous fifth layer, the Sea of Corpses, and encounter the mysterious Bondrewd, a legendary White Whistle whose shadow looms over Nanachi's troubled past. Bondrewd is ingratiatingly hospitable, but the brave adventurers know things are not always as they seem in the enigmatic Abyss.

Directed by Masayuki Kojima

Adventure Time: Islands(2017)

4.1/5 (with 16 votes)

Told in eight parts, Islands tells the story of Finn, Jake, BMO and Susan Strong leaving Ooo and traveling across the ocean to solve the mystery of Finn's past. During their trip, they unlock secrets, encounter various creatures, make new friends, and explore a variety of mysterious islands.

Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn(2019)

4.0/5 (with 15 votes)

First compilation movie of the TV series which covers episodes 1-8 with new scenes added for the introduction. It covers the period from when Riko descends into the Abyss with her robot companion Reg, reaching the second layer where they meet the White Whistle Ozen who reveals information about Riko's mother.

Directed by Masayuki Kojima

Dersu Uzala(1975)

FSK: 6+ years
| 2h 21min | Action, Adventure, Drama
4.0/5 (with 209 votes)

A military explorer meets and befriends a Goldi man in Russia’s unmapped forests. A deep and abiding bond evolves between the two men, one civilized in the usual sense, the other at home in the glacial Siberian woods.

A Quiet Place: Day One(2024)

A prequel detailing the origin of the creatures in "A Quiet Place.".

Directed by Michael Sarnoski - With Emily Blunt

Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight(2019)

4.2/5 (with 45 votes)

Second compilation movie of the TV series which covers episodes 9-13. Riko and Reg descend to the third and fourth layer where Riko has her first experience of the Curse.

Directed by Masayuki Kojima

Mad God(2022)

3.5/5 (with 102 votes)

A figure known as "The Assassin" descends from the heavens into a nightmarish pit full of monsters, titans, and cruelty.

Directed by Phil Tippett

AE: Apocalypse Earth(2013)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 27min | TV Movie, Science Fiction
2.1/5 (with 25 votes)

A group of refugees from Earth land on an exotic planet, where they must fight ruthless aliens to survive.

Mountains of the Moon(1990)

2h 16min | Adventure, Drama, History
3.2/5 (with 29 votes)

The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire. The film tells the story of their meeting, their friendship emerging amidst hardship, and then dissolving after their journey.

Libido(1973)

1h 57min | Drama
2.1/5 (with 2 votes)

Scripted by four of Australia’s greatest authors (David Williamson, Thomas Keneally, Hal Porter and Craig McGregor), this quartet of carnal desires explores adultery and jealous fantasies, the end of innocence, the moral and spiritual conflicts of a priest and a nun in love. The stories define the exploration of women and the cultural upheaval of the early 70s.

El Dorado(1988)

2h 29min | Adventure, History, Drama
2.6/5 (with 7 votes)

The story of an expedition down the Orinoco and Amazon rivers in 1560 by Spanish soldiers searching for the fabled city of gold, El Dorado.

Alien Expedition(2018)

1.6/5 (with 20 votes)

After a deep space exploration vessel discovers a potentially habitable planet, a scouting team composed of human and biorobotic individuals is dispatched to investigate the planet's resources. Once on the ground, their reconnaissance mission soon turns into a battle for survival against the planet's hostile alien lifeforms.

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Unknown World(1951)

2.1/5 (with 9 votes)

With the cyclotram, an atomic-powered rock-boring vehicle, Dr. Jerimiah Morley leads an expedition into a subterranean world.

Directed by Terry O. Morse

Who Really Discovered America?(2010)

1h 34min | Documentary, History

Examining theories about the discovery of America long before Christopher Columbus' 1492 voyage by explorers from such places as China, Japan, Wales and Ireland.

Holme Doorstep(2021)

A documentary shot in and around the Holme Valley about the wild and tragedy. The film was shot in one day and edited the next. Beginning with an angelic white bike we soon spot a mast in the sky standing on top of a mountain. We journey towards it as the day reaches dusk, the town gets more dispersed. Reaching the mast - we're overpowered and rushed by a car and a bus, ending with the same bike, then revealed to me a memorial for a cyclist, struck down by traffic.

Sasquatch Hunters(2005)

1h 28min | Horror
2.1/5 (with 4 votes)

Bigfoot... Sasquatch... Some legends never die... They Kill!

Voyage to the Edge of the World(1976)

1h 32min | Documentary
4.2/5 (with 2 votes)

On his ship "Calypso," as well as in a submarine, Jacques Cousteau and his crew sail from South America and travel to Antarctica. They explore islands, reefs, icebergs, fossils, active volcanic craters, and creatures of the ocean never before seen. This voyage took place in 1975, and Captain Cousteau became one of the first explorers ever to dive beneath the waters of the frozen South Pole.

Directed by Jacques Cousteau, Philippe Cousteau, Marshall Flaum

South(1919)

1h 21min | Documentary
3.6/5 (with 9 votes)

The story of the 1914-1916 Antarctic exploration mission of Sir Ernest Shackleton.

Directed by Frank Hurley

Vikings: Journey to New Worlds(2004)

3.2/5 (with 3 votes)

Filmmaker Marc Fafard examines the historical and cultural significance of the seafaring Vikings.

The Land That Devours Ships(1984)

58min | Documentary

For almost a century and a half, Her Majesty's Ship Breadalbane lay wrecked and forgotten under the Arctic ice. In the spring of 1983, noted undersea explorer Dr. Joseph MacInnis led a team of twenty men on one of the most difficult, dangerous and unforgettable undersea adventures of the century--to put a diver on board the sunken vessel and recover some artifacts. This film, introduced by H.R.H. Prince Charles, provides a stunning visual account of this historic expedition.

Hum(2015)

8min | Comedy, Drama
3.6/5 (with 2 votes)

A solitary dish washing robot living out his life in the back room of a restaurant is enlightened to the world that exists beyond his four walls, with the help of a small friend he breaks free of confinement to pursue his dream of exploration.

Antarctica: A Frozen History(2002)

1h 32min | Documentary, History

Antarctica: A Frozen History takes a look at the history and stories of the human explorations in the Antarctic. Although quite slow paced and relatively old, the documentary film successfully incorporates reconstructed film material and original Antarctic expedition footage to fully illustrate the hardships of the heroic and extreme arctic explorations. Human endurance is tested to the maximum, as the documentary takes a look back at those who have tried, failed and conquered this most unforgiving landscape. Some of these stories entail Robert Falcon Scott, a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery expedition of 1901–1904 and the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition of 1910–1913. Scott reached the South Pole in January 1912 only to find he had been beaten to the spot by 33 days. His entire party died on the return journey; eight months later, a search party discovered some of their bodies, diaries and photographs.

Into the Amazon(2018)

1h 54min | Documentary
3.9/5 (with 2 votes)

A documentary re-telling of the remarkable and dangerous journey taken by President Theodore Roosevelt and legendary Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon into the heart of the South American rainforest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon.

Antarctica, in the footsteps of the Emperor(2016)

1h 30min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Protected by an international treaty Antarctica has been spared the effects of hunting and fishing. But signs in ice’s cyclical patterns and its biodiversity have become worrying. Connected to the planet’s global ecosystem via atmospheric circulation and ocean currents, this white haven is suffering the effects of human activities. To document and explain what is unfolding in Antarctica, photographer, diver, and marine biologist Laurent Ballesta and photographer of extreme environments Vincent Munier will be blending their artistic perspectives of a rapidly changing continent. Laurent will tackle technical and human prowess below the ice to bear witness to its remarkable underwater life. His photographs will advance knowledge on Antarctica’s unique and little-known biodiversity. On land, his eye riveted to the lens of his camera, Vincent captures snapshots of life in an Emperor Penguin colony.

The Last Apostle: Journies in the Holy Land(2020)

2h 5min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

The Last Apostle follows real-life Indiana Jones and world-renowned archeologist, Dr. Mark Fairchild, as he travels the historic route of Saint Paul the Apostle. Over the course of two weeks, Fairchild travels from the ancient city of Istanbul to the wild.

Lewis and Clark: Great Journey West(2002)

2.9/5 (with 4 votes)

National Geographic’s New Large-Format Film With stunning aerial cinematography and meticulous recreations, Lewis & Clark dramatizes the legendary early 19th-century expedition that crossed the uncharted North American West. Relive one of the greatest tales of adventure and exploration in history, as National Geographic brings to life the epic journey of Lewis, Clark, their guide Sacagawea and the brave Corps of Discovery across the land that would become the United States. Now, two hundred years after the launch of this ambitious expedition, experience first-hand the danger and breathtaking beauty of the unknown West as it unfolded before the eyes of Lewis & Clark.

Directed by Bruce Neibaur

The Tigris Expedition(1983)

4.5/5 (with 2 votes)

In 1977, Thor Heyerdahl built a reed boat, the Tigris (the name for the Tiger in Latin), whose task was to demonstrate that trade and migration contacts could exist between Mesopotamia and Indian civilization as represented by modern Pakistan. The Tigris was built in Iraq and set sail with an international crew of 11 on board across the Persian Gulf to Pakistan, and from there to the Red Sea. After about five months of sailing, the Tigris, which retained its seaworthiness, was burned in Djibouti on April 3, 1978 in protest against the wars that erupted in the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa.

August(2015)

15min | Drama

Two children in the countryside. Time lazily goes by on a hot month of August as they long for adventure.

Darkside(2022)

When an unthinkable tragedy disrupts the lives of astronaut Sam Bowman and his wife Sarah, Sam accepts an interstellar mission to save the lives of a missing crew on a deep space voyage, abandoning his life on Earth in the process. But when a critical failure leaves him without a crew, and without hope, he's forced to reckon with a harrowing guilt he can no longer avoid.

Big Bird in Japan(1988)

4.6/5 (with 3 votes)

While visiting Japan, Big Bird wanders off from a guided tour bus in Tokyo, and is lost until a Japanese woman helps him get to where he needs to go. The woman, however, is hiding a secret.

Directed by Jon Stone - With Caroll Spinney
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