Highest-Rated Movies about 'Wild Animals', Sort by Popularity

Rogue (2013), The Elephant in the Living Room (2010), The Lions Are Free (1969), Jurassic Park (1993), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Bambi (1942), Growing Up Wild (2016), Koko: A Talking Gorilla (1978) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Wild Animals movies.

#16. Chang (1927)

Storyline: Kru is a pioneer, living deeper in the jungle of northern Siam than any of his predecessors. He solves the problems caused by leopards and tigers attacking his stock by setting traps and killing those beasts. A baby chang (the Siamese word for elephant) is caught in his trap, and thinking he would tame it so it will work for him one day, he tethers it to a post under his house, which is on stilts. Its mother comes and destroys his house. Kru and his family flee to the village, where a mammoth herd of elephants suddenly appear and decimates the buildings in the village. But the villagers fight back.—Arthur Hausner <genart@volcano.net>

Plot Keywords: farmer, wife, son, daughter, villager, elephant, engaging ...

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#18. Sands of the Kalahari (1965)

Storyline: A small airplane crashes in the sweltering deserts of southern Africa hundreds of miles from civilization. As parallels are drawn between the stranded group of seven passengers and a nearby pack of savage baboons, one of the men's survivalist nature gets the better of him, as he decides his chances of survival would be better if the other men were eliminated one-by-one.—Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>

Plot Keywords: engineer, divorcée, pilot, german, leader, survivor, wild ...

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#19. King Solomon's Mines (1950)

Storyline: Guide Allan Quatermain helps a young lady (Beth) find her lost husband somewhere in Africa. It's a spectacular adventure story with romance, because while they fight with wild animals and cannibals, they fall in love. Will they find the lost husband and finish the nice connection?—Kornel Osvart <kornelo@alphanet.hu>

Plot Keywords: explorer, wife, fugitive, tribal leader, thrilling, emotional, africa ...

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#20. Over the Hedge (2006)

Storyline: RJ, a raccoon who needs food, accidentally takes food from a hungry bear named Vincent and he wants his food to be found in exactly the same place in a week. He finally finds that an animal family, with a tortoise named Verne as their leader, could help him restore the food from the suburbia, the gateway to the good life. But little does RJ know, there is a woman who has recently hired an exterminator to try to hunt them down.

Plot Keywords: raccoon, human, hero, villain, cat, con artist, amusing ...

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#21. Heart of the Rockies (1937)

Storyline: The Mesquiteers are supposedly losing cattle to a bear from the adjoining National park. But the culprits are the Dawson clan who kill the cattle and use Davey's pet bear to leave tracks. When Davey breaks his leg, they find a crutch mark along with the bear tracks and head after the Dawson's.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>

Plot Keywords: cattle rancher, cattle rustler, park ranger, partner, stepson, crafty, suspenseful ...

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#22. Sequoia (1934)

Storyline: Toni lives with her father, writer Matthew Martin, in the Sequoia forests of California. While walking, she finds and brings home, a small puma which she calls 'Gato' and a young fawn, called 'Malibu'. The three become friends which violates the normal rules of nature. After a few years, Toni and her dad leave and Gato and Malibu are returned to the wild. They do their animal things, but the two are still friendly. When Toni and Matthew return, they find that logging and hunting have decimated the animals in the area. They also find that their neighbor, Bergman, who has trapped animals for years, is now leading hunting parties and kills even the fawns. It is up to Gato and Malibu if they are to survive.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>

Plot Keywords: young woman, father, hunter, ranger, fawn, heartwarming, uplifting ...

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#23. Masters of the Congo Jungle (1958)

Storyline: This fine, fresh and fascinating picture crafts the parallel cycles of the life of man and beast into a magnificently interwoven drama. Narrated by Orson Welles, and described as "a sprawling, multicoloured mosaic of nature" it unfolds the wonder of the African Jungle in all its majesty.

Plot Keywords: native, tribal leader, animal, tribesman, orson welles, fascinating, wild ...

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#24. Africa Screams (1949)

Storyline: When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking fellow bookseller Stanley knows a great deal about Africa they are abducted and ordered to lead Diana and her henchmen to an African tribe. After encounters with lion tamers, giant apes and a wild river, Buzz returns to America. Stanley finds diamonds and buys the store they once worked for, hiring Buzz as its elevator operator.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

Plot Keywords: hunter, friend, explorer, pretty woman, man, madcap, playful ...

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#25. Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)

Storyline: "Thunderhead," a roving, big white stallion, causes problems for the Wyoming ranchers when he leads their blue-blooded racing mares off to join his wild horse herd in the mountains. Escaping gunfire, he runs off one night with a young rancher;s mare, a possible winner of the Governor's Stake trotting race. The mare is recaptured and entered in the race against the horse owned by the father of the young rancher's sweetheart, and this puts a damper on their romance.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: niece, rancher, son, stallion, heartwarming, uplifting, wyoming ...

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#26. African Safari (2013)

Storyline: Filmmaker Ben Stassen and cinematographer Sean MacLeod Phillips return to southern Africa for a whole new adventure. Animal behaviorist Kevin Richardson - "The Lion Whisperer" - guides audiences on an extraordinary journey across the most spectacular sceneries on earth: from the picturesque coastal desert dunes of Namibia, through the natural wonder of the Ngorongoro crater and then on to the breathtaking Victoria Falls. The film delivers startlingly close encounters with lions, cheetahs, leopards, black rhinoceros and elephants. This is the trek of a lifetime, so get ready to be immersed in the real wild Africa - where there are no fences for your protection.—Ibrahim Marwat

Plot Keywords: filmmaker, cinematographer, fascinating, relaxing, spectacular, africa, namibia ...

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#27. Son of Kong (1933)

Storyline: The showman who brought Kong to New York returns to Skull Island and finds Kong's son, a spunky 12-footer with a winning personality and his dad's awesome strength. The filmmakers who created King Kong kept the excitement going with this sequel, released the same year as the original. Robert Armstrong reprises the role of Carl Denham, and Helen Mack is the damsel in distress. The two rescue Kong Jr. from quicksand and get a devoted protector who defends them from fierce prehistoric monsters. But when a mighty earthquake strikes, even the son of Kong may not be powerful enough to save them.

Plot Keywords: promoter, friend, sea captain, singer, father, gorilla, engaging ...

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#29. Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (1961)

Storyline: In the Canadian Rockies, trapper Andre Dupas (Jean Coutu) and his Alaskan Malemute companion, Nikki, take in a stray bear cub. When a canoe accident separates the animals from their master, Nikki and the bear cub are left to survive the harsh Canadian wilderness on their own. Soon the animals encounter danger from poacher Jacques Lebeau (Emile Genest) and his Native American sidekick, Makoki (Uriel Luft), who want to train Nikki to become a pit-fighting dog.

Plot Keywords: trapper, villain, native american, dog, bear cub, suspenseful, endearing ...

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