Highest-Rated Movies about 'Shaman', Sort by Popularity

The Wild Hunt (2009), Atanarjuat the Fast Runner (2001), The Last Shaman (2017), Rapa Nui (1994), Toby McTeague (1986), The Missing (2003), Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986), The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Shaman movies.

#2. Atanarjuat the Fast Runner (2001)

Storyline: Centuries ago, in what would become the Canadian Arctic, Atuat is promised to the malevolent Oki, son of the leader of their tribe. But Atuat loves the good-natured Atanarjuat, who ultimately finds a way to marry her. Oki's sister, Puja also fancies Atanarjuat, and when she causes strife between him and his brother Amaqjuaq, Oki seizes the opportunity to wreak a terrible revenge on Atanarjuat.—Shannon Patrick Sullivan <shannon@mun.ca>

Plot Keywords: brother, wife, tribal leader, shaman, gritty, emotional, canada ...

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#3. The Last Shaman (2017)

Storyline: James is an all American boy whose promising life is brought to a halt by acute depression. Turning his back on the most progressive western treatments and medicines, James discovers ayahuasca in search of healing in the Peruvian jungle. Over the course of 10 months venturing from Shaman to Shaman, James finds friendship, answers and a kind of redemption hidden deep in the Peruvian amazon.

Plot Keywords: young man, mother, friend, doctor, shaman, chilling, emotional ...

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#4. Rapa Nui (1994)

Storyline: Tenuously based on the legends of Easter Island, Chile, this story details a civil war between the two tribes on the island: the Long Ears and the Short Ears. A warrior from the ruling class falls in love with a girl from the lower class, and must decide on his position in a time of great civil unrest. The ruling class are demanding larger and larger Moai (stone statues), a task which the lower class and the island ecology are more and more reluctant to provide.—Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>

Plot Keywords: king, shaman, rival, tribal leader, young man, love interest, brutal ...

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#6. The Missing (2003)

Storyline: When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson (Cate Blanchett) sees her teenage daughter, Lily (Evan Rachel Wood), kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of her estranged father, Samuel (Tommy Lee Jones), in tracking down the kidnappers. Along the way, the two must learn to reconcile the past and work together if they are going to have any hope of getting Lily back before she is taken over the border and forced to become a prostitute.

Plot Keywords: father, daughter, grandchild, kidnapper, apache, shaman, bleak ...

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#7. Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)

Storyline: The Freeling family move in with Diane's mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne's abduction by the Beast. But the Beast is not to be put off so easily and appears in a ghostly apparition as the Reverend Kane, a religeous zealot responsible for the deaths of his many followers. His goal is simple - he wants the angelic Carol Anne; but the love of her family and the power of psychic Tangina once again unite, along with an elderly native American, to fight for her life.

Plot Keywords: shaman, reverend, creature, daughter, grandmother, father, frightening ...

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#8. The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002)

Storyline: On an African safari, 12-year-old Eliza Thornberry discovers that thanks to a shaman, she can now talk to animals. When Eliza discovers that poachers in the Serengeti plan to kill an elephant herd with an electrified fence, she and her chimpanzee friend Darwin must somehow find a way to stop them.

Plot Keywords: young girl, sister, animal, shaman, chimpanzee, witty, airy ...

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#9. Spell (2020)

Storyline: While flying to his father's funeral in rural Appalachia, an intense storm causes Marquis (Omari Hardwick) to lose control of the plane carrying him and his family. He awakens wounded, alone and trapped in Ms. Eloise's (Loretta Devine) attic, who claims she can nurse him back to health with the Boogity, a Hoodoo figure she has made from his blood and skin. Unable to call for help, Marquis desperately tries to outwit and break free from her dark magic and save his family from a sinister ritual before the rise of the blood moon.

Plot Keywords: pilot, son, father, shaman, thrilling, bleak, disturbing ...

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#11. Little John (2001)

Storyline: When a foreign researcher, who got captured mistakenly by police for stealing a valuable ornament from a temple in India, desperately tries to escape from police by taking the help of the Swamiji of the temple, bizarre things happen to him.—Samuel Tatipamula (samueliitg.ep@gmail.com)

Plot Keywords: student, shaman, young woman, father, mother, caretaker, amusing ...

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#14. Year One (2009)

Storyline: Zed, a prehistoric would-be hunter, eats from a tree of forbidden fruit and is banished from his tribe, accompanied by Oh, a shy gatherer. On their travels, they meet Cain and Abel on a fateful day, stop Abraham from killing Isaac, become slaves, and reach the city of Sodom where their tribe is now enslaved. Zed and Oh are determined to rescue the women they love, Maya and Eema. Standing in their way is Sodom's high priest and the omnipresent Cain. Zed tries to form an alliance with Princess Innana, which may backfire. Can an inept hunter and a smart but slender and diffident gatherer become heroes and make a difference?

Plot Keywords: hunter, neanderthal, shaman, princess, playful, madcap, hysterical ...

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#15. Sheena (1984)

Storyline: Sheena's white parents are killed while on Safari. She is raised by the mystical witch woman of an African tribe. When her foster mother is framed for the murder of a political leader, Sheena and a newsman, Vic Casey are forced to flee while pursued by the mercenaries hired by the real killer, who hopes to assume power. Sheena's ability to talk to the animals and knowledge of jungle lore give them a chance against the high tech weapons of the mercenaries.—John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>

Plot Keywords: shaman, reporter, warrior woman, prince, countess, cameraman, melodramatic ...

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