Nanook of the North (1922), Walkabout (1971), Atanarjuat the Fast Runner (2001), Man of Aran (1934), Quest for Fire (1981), The Emerald Forest (1985), The Savage Innocents (1959), Masters of the Congo Jungle (1958) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Primitive Life movies.
Storyline: Documents one year in the life of Nanook, an Eskimo (Inuit), and his family. Describes the trading, hunting, fishing and migrations of a group barely touched by industrial technology. Nanook of the North was widely shown and praised as the first full-length, anthropological documentary in cinematographic history.—<xaviermartin@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: documentary, silent film, arctic, expedition, survival, nature, hunting ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A privileged British family consisting of a mother, a geologist father and an adolescent daughter and son, live in Sydney, Australia. Out of circumstance, the siblings, not knowing exactly where they are, get stranded in the Outback by themselves while on a picnic. They only have with them the clothes on their backs - their school uniforms - some meagre rations of nonperishable food, a battery-powered transistor radio, the son's satchel primarily containing his toys, and a small piece of cloth they used as their picnic drop-cloth. While they walk through the Outback, sometimes looking as though near death, they come across an Australian boy who is on his walkabout, a rite of passage into manhood where he spends months on end on his own living off the land. Their largest problem is not being able to verbally communicate. The boy does help them to survive, but doesn't understand their need to return to civilization, which may or may not happen based on what the Australian boy ends up ...
Plot Keywords: adventure, survival, australia, wilderness, coming of age, cultural clash, isolation ...
Movie Details Click Here !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: epic, folklore, survival, betrayal, revenge, tradition, arctic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In this blend of documentary and fictional narrative from pioneering filmmaker Robert Flaherty, the everyday trials of life on Ireland's unforgiving Aran Islands are captured with attention to naturalistic beauty and historical detail.
Plot Keywords: documentary, ireland, 1930s, black and white, survival, nature, silent film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Anthony Burgess created the primitive language for the early humans in this prehistoric adventure about a trio of warriors who travel the savanna, encountering sabre-toothed tigers, mammoths and cannibalistic tribes in search of a flame that would replace the fire their tribe has lost.
Plot Keywords: adventure, survival, fire, wilderness survival, struggle for survival, prehistoric, tribal conflict ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Based on a true story, Powers Boothe plays an American dam engineer in Brazil. Boothe's son (played by Charlie Boorman - son of director John Boorman) is kidnapped by a rain forest tribe, and raised as one of their own. Boothe continues to look for him and after many trials and adventures, stumbles upon him.—A. Felhofer <valmytrailslodge@itol.com>
Plot Keywords: adventure, drama, amazon, father-son relationship, disappearance, coming of age, cultural clash ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An Eskimo (Anthony Quinn) goes about his business until an accident makes him a fugitive hunted by Mounties.
Plot Keywords: adventure, drama, survival, arctic, cultural clash, human nature, isolation ...
Movie Details Click Here !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: adventure, africa, jungle, wildlife, documentary, expedition, nature ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 35,000 BC, the tribe of the Dirty Hairs is in war against the tribe of the Clean Hairs for eight hundred years, trying to get their shampoo. The chief of the Dirty Hairs sends his daughter Guy disguised to the enemy tribe to get some shampoo for his tribe. When the healer of the Clean Hairs tribe surprisingly kills two cavemen of his tribe, their imbecile chief assigns Pierre with curled hair and Pierre blonde to investigate the murder and find the criminal.
Plot Keywords: comedy, adventure, french film, humorous, absurd, parody, cultural clash ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In the Stone Age, strong caveman Tonda is the leader of a hostile tribe and the outcast Atouk feels unrequited desire for Tonda's mate Lana. One day, Atouk is walking with his best friend Lar (Dennis Quaid) and they meet the cavewoman Tala. They save her blind father Gog from a tar pit and Tala fells unrequited affection for Atouk. Soon the smart Atouk becomes the leader of the misfit tribe and dispute the leadership of the whole clan and Lana with Tonda. But in the end, the leader needs a worthwhile mate.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Plot Keywords: comedy, adventure, romance, humor, absurd, survival, fighting ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In the African Jungle, a group of Europeans come across the fabled white man who was raised by apes. Tarzan takes an immediate liking to the blond Mary Brooks and rescues her during a nasty storm. Not everyone in the party sees Tarzan as a friend and one of the safari guides, Jeff Herbert, has a written offer of £10,000 for anyone who can confirm that the ape man is dead. Mary's father disappears however, taken prisoner by those who guard the treasure of Zar. It's left to Tarzan to rescue him and the others who have been taken prisoner.—garykmcd
Plot Keywords: adventure, action, jungle, classic, black and white, 1930s, wildlife ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The Tarzan story from Jane's point of view. Jane Parker visits her father in Africa where she joins him on an expedition. A couple of brief encounters with Tarzan establish a (sexual) bond between her and Tarzan. When the expedition is captured by savages, Tarzan comes to the rescue.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: adventure, action, romance, drama, jungle, wildlife, exploration ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An African-jungle lord (Johnny Weissmuller) meets Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan), an English trader's (C. Aubrey Smith) daughter, and sweeps her off her feet.
Plot Keywords: adventure, action, romance, jungle, wildlife, classic, black and white ...
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