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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle(2017)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 59min | Adventure, Action, Comedy, Fantasy
3.4/5 (with 6,194 votes)

Four teenagers in detention discover an old video game console with a game they’ve never heard of. When they decide to play, they are immediately sucked into the jungle world of Jumanji in the bodies of their avatars. They’ll have to complete the adventure of their lives filled with fun, thrills and danger or be stuck in the game forever!

Strange World(2022)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 42min | Animation, Kids & Family, Adventure, Science Fiction
3.3/5 (with 471 votes)

A journey deep into an uncharted and treacherous land, where fantastical creatures await the legendary Clades—a family of explorers whose differences threaten to topple their latest, and by far most crucial, mission.

Directed by Don Hall

Sahara(2005)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 4min | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery
2.9/5 (with 629 votes)

Scouring the ocean depths for treasure-laden shipwrecks is business as usual for a thrill-seeking underwater adventurer and his wisecracking buddy. But when these two cross paths with a beautiful doctor, they find themselves on the ultimate treasure hunt.

Tad, the Lost Explorer(2012)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 30min | Animation, Comedy, Adventure, Kids & Family
3.1/5 (with 249 votes)

Tad is a celebrity archaeologist and adventurer just like his hero Max Mordon... in his dreams! In reality, Tad is a Chicago construction worker. One day, however, he is mistaken for a real professor and takes his place on a flight to Peru in search of the lost city of Paititi.

Directed by Enrique Gato

Amundsen(2019)

2h 5min | Drama, History, Adventure
3.1/5 (with 74 votes)

The story of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, the leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole in 1911, and the first person to reach both the North and South Poles in 1926. Follows his all-consuming drive as a polar explorer and the tragedy he brought on himself and others by sacrificing everything in the icy wastelands to achieve his dream.

Tad, the Lost Explorer, and the Secret of King Midas(2017)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 25min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Kids & Family
3.3/5 (with 180 votes)

Tad dreams of becoming an archaeologist traveling the world, uncovering hidden secrets and lost treasure, but his job working construction keeps him daydreaming instead of exploring. The chance of a lifetime comes when he is invited to attend archaeologist Sara Lavrof's presentation of her latest discovery - the papyrus that proves the existence of the Necklace of Midas, the legendary King who turned everything he touched into solid gold.

Directed by Enrique Gato

Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham(2023)

3.4/5 (with 77 votes)

Explorer Bruce Wayne accidentally unleashes an ancient evil, and returns to Gotham after being away for two decades. There, Batman battles Lovecraftian supernatural forces and encounters allies and enemies such as Green Arrow, Ra's al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Killer Croc, Two-Face and James Gordon.

The Lost City of Z(2017)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 21min | Adventure, Drama, History
3.2/5 (with 1,284 votes)

A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.

Measuring the World(2012)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 7min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 51 votes)

Germany in the early 19th century. "Die Vermessung der Welt" follows the two brilliant and eccentric scientists Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Friedrich Gauss on their life paths.

The Legend of Sarila(2013)

2.4/5 (with 9 votes)

Three young Inuits set off in search of a promised land to save their clan from starvation.

Directed by Nancy Florence Savard - With Christopher Plummer

Slow Burn(2000)

1h 37min | Adventure, Thriller
2.6/5 (with 7 votes)

A woman's lifelong pursuit of lost family diamonds is interrupted by the appearance of two escaped convicts.

Directed by Christian Ford - With Minnie Driver, Stuart Wilson, Chris Mulkey, James Spader, Josh Brolin

The Flight of the Eagle(1982)

3.6/5 (with 9 votes)

The Swedish 19th century engineer Salomon August Andrée sets out to become the first man on the north pole. His idea is to launch a polar expedition using a hydrogen balloon, together with two friends. The balloon, "The Eagle", takes off from Svalbard in 1897, but the three men are not heard of again.

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White Cannibal Queen(1980)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 30min | Drama, Horror
2.3/5 (with 10 votes)

A man is on safari in the jungle with his wife and daughter when the wife gets eaten and the daughter is captured by cannibals. Several years later he goes back to see if his daughter is still alive.

Man to Man(2005)

2h 2min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 15 votes)

An epic about anthropologists who hunt and capture pygmies for study back in Europe, in an attempt to illustrate the link between man and ape.

Buddymoon(2016)

1h 20min | Comedy
3.1/5 (with 15 votes)

When David is left by his fiancé just days before the wedding, his relentlessly upbeat best man, Flula, insists that the pair go on David's previously planned honeymoon: a seven-day backpacking trip through the breathtaking mountains of Oregon. Their adventures are bookended with passages from William Clark's diary describing his friendship with Meriwether Lewis and the terrain they crossed during their expedition.

Directed by Alex Simmons

Tad Jones and the Basement of Doom(2007)

3.1/5 (with 8 votes)

Tad, a foolish and stubborn adventurer, seeks for a disappeared cute dog and finds a mysterious basement where a terrible secret is hidden.

Directed by Enrique Gato

Shackleton's Captain(2012)

1h 25min | Drama, Documentary
3.3/5 (with 5 votes)

In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans Antarctic Expedition headed for the South Pole and disaster. Shackleton's Captain reveals the truth behind the spectacular survival of all the crew and shows how one man's extraordinary skill and unsung heroism made it possible: Frank Worsley, Captain of the expedition ship, Endurance.

Los conquistadores del Pacífico(1963)

1h 30min | History, Adventure
0.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Frank Latimore is cast as Balboa, the heroic Spanish explorer who discovers the Pacific Ocean. Along the way, he must pacify the wrath of his enemies and battle his way through a forest inhabited by savage natives. This one features some really nice battles, stunning ocean photography, and tolerable reconstruction of historic events.

Adventures of the Polar Cubs(1979)

2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Adventures of the polar cubs is a delightful story of Mushka and Mishka, two polar bear cubs who set out on a series of adventures in the North Pole. Mushka is thoughtful; Mishka is daring. While out on their own Mishka befriends Aura, A prank-playing seal and Mushka stumbles over swan eggs, breaks them and creates havoc in the bird village. The cub's father is Scholar Mu (voice of Joseph Campanella), who is the wise leader of the Great Northern animal kingdom and is in charge of their annual Summer Festival. When Mu is injured by man, the cubs must take on the responsibilities of their father and save the other animals from the hunters.

King of Kong Island(1968)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 32min | Adventure, Science Fiction
1.8/5 (with 8 votes)

Eve is a jungle girl brought up by apes. She is captured with a number of apes by a mad scientist, conducting mind control experiments on them. Eventually she is liberated by a young explorer.

Across the Andes by Frog(1977)

30min | Comedy, TV Movie
2.6/5 (with 2 votes)

Explorer Walter Snetterton and his party travel to the Andes to prove his theory that frogs are able to climb mountains. Due to the Cup Final the only person willing to act as guide is an elderly - but extremely agile - old lady and as Snetterton prepares to strike camp all his men desert him for the charms of the local ladies. Snetterton is never found but the frogs manage to escape and make it to Mexico City,thus proving his theory to be right.

The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo(1998)

1h 37min | Adventure
3.6/5 (with 2 votes)

In this globe-trotting adventure, Marco Polo (Don Diamont) plays the famous 13th Century explorer who sets out from Italy to find his missing father, and along the way finds danger, excitement, and amazing discoveries at every turn. The supporting cast includes Oliver Reed, Jack Palance, and Herbert Lom.

The Strangeness(1985)

1h 33min | Horror
2.4/5 (with 11 votes)

A group of explorers surveying an abandoned goldmine are trapped in a cave in, and find themselves at the mercy of a slimy, mysterious creature.

The Sounding(2017)

1h 33min | Drama, Mystery
4.3/5 (with 1 vote)

On a remote island off the coast of Maine, Liv, after years of silence, begins to weave a language out of Shakespeare's words. A driven neurologist, brought to the island to protect her, commits her to a psychiatric hospital. She becomes a full-blow rebel in the hospital; her increasing violence threatens to keep her locked up for life as she fights for her voice and her freedom.

Tad Jones(2004)

FSK: 6+ years
| 9min | Adventure, Animation
3.2/5 (with 5 votes)

Tadeo is a foolish and stubborn adventurer who explores an old pyramid and comes across a modern family of mummies.

Directed by Enrique Gato

The Legend of Tayos(2021)

1h 26min | Documentary
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A Hungarian explorer claims to have discovered a "Gold Library" inside a cave. Lacking evidence, he tries to get the recognition he believes he deserves but struggles to get support from the local governments and religious leaders.

Directed by Galo Semblantes

Tawai: A Voice from the Forest(2017)

1h 41min | Documentary
3.2/5 (with 3 votes)

Explorer Bruce Parry visits nomadic tribes in Borneo and the Amazon in hope to better understand humanity's changing relationship with the world around us.

Directed by Bruce Parry

Wills & Burke(1985)

1h 38min | Comedy
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Parody of historical epics that focuses on real-life Australian explorers William John Wills and Robert O'Hara Burkes, who tragically tried to cross the Australian continent from the south, to the north, a distance of 3,250 km.

Directed by Bob Weis - With Garry McDonald

RUTZ: Global Generation Travel(2013)

1h 15min | Documentary

A two and half month journey from Buenos Aires (Argentina) to Medellin (Colombia), through some of the most amazing places in South America, immersed in the Backpacker's culture.

By Your Leave(1934)

1h 22min | Comedy
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A bored couple facing middle-age succumbs to wandering eyes.

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