Earth (2007), River (2015), Masaan (2015), Ivan's Childhood (1962), Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928), Embrace of the Serpent (2015), The Notebook (2004), The African Queen (1951) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best River movies.
Storyline: A band of drunken thugs overruns a small village in the Indian Nation that is run by Minister Goodnight and his daughter Eula and proceed to violate and kill the villagers. Miss Goodnight teams up with ruthless Marshal Rooster J. Cogburn to go after them and bring them to justice.—Christopher D. Ryan <cryan@direct.ca>
Plot Keywords: western, adventure, sequel, gunfight, 1970s, comedy, drama ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Matt Calder, who lives on a remote farm with his young son Mark, helps two unexpected visitors who lose control of their raft on the nearby river. Harry Weston is a gambler by profession and he is racing to the nearest town to register a mining claim he has won in a poker game. His attractive wife Kay, a former saloon hall girl, is with him. When Calder refuses to let Weston have his only rifle and horse, he simply takes them leaving his wife behind. Unable to defend themselves against a likely Indian attack, Calder, his son and Kay Weston begin the treacherous journey down the river on the raft Weston left behind.—garykmcd
Plot Keywords: adventure, western, drama, romance, action, family, survival ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Join a team of explorers on the expedition of a lifetime as they set off to become the first to navigate the Blue Nile from source to sea. The epic 3,260 mile descent down the world's greatest and deadliest river has eluded humankind for centuries - until now! Ride shotgun on the team's 16-foot rafts as they crash through the rapids in Ethiopia's desert canyons. Battle through some of the world's most extreme whitewater rapids with renowned kayaker, Gordon Brown. Over the arduous, four month journey, the team faces nearly in-surmountable challenges - from crocodile attacks to armed bandits and arrests. Through breathtaking cinematography, Mystery of the Nile reveals a wondrous region and abundant treasures, from Tissisat Falls and the wonders of Egypt to the forgotten black pyramids of Meroe and 12th century churches that were carved into sheer rock.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: adventure, documentary, nature, geography, history, culture, africa ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Sam and Silvy are best friends. One night, as they are watching a falling star while floating on their backs in a lake, Sylvy disappears from his side. Despite his best efforts, he cannot find her under water. Many years later, Sam, now a psychologist, returns to bury his father. Back in his hometown, he meets a woman called Ruby who reminds him in so many ways of his lost love.—Ploy P.
Plot Keywords: romance, drama, mystery, supernatural, memory, australia, childhood ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After serving time for a murder he didn't commit, all Billy wants to do is to reconnect with his daughter. However, some loose ends, like the whereabouts of the stolen loot, just won't let him go.
Plot Keywords: crime, drama, thriller, mystery, revenge, prison, fugitive ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The teacher Gail Hartman is facing problems with her marriage with her husband, the workaholic architect Tom Hartman. On the birthday of their son Roarke, Gail decides to leave her daughter with her parents and take her family to raft down a wild river where she was a guide. On the departure, a young man named Wade befriends Roarke and leaves the place with his friends Terry and Frank. Later the family encounters Wade and Terry, who do not have rafting experience, and Gail helps them to cross a whitewater. They get closer to the family and soon Gail and Tom learn a dark secret about Wade and Terry. What will they do to get rid of the men?
Plot Keywords: adventure, thriller, action, family, crime, mystery, river ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Jake Remy leads a gang of outlaw cutthroats making their escape toward Mexico from a successful robbery. Barring their way is a river--crossable only by means of a ferry barge. The barge operator, Travis, refuses to be bullied into providing transport for the gang and escapes across river with most of the local populace--leaving Remy and his gang behind, desperately seeking a way across. A river-wide stand-off begins between the gang and the townspeople, both groups of which have left people on the wrong side of the river.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: western, action, adventure, drama, crime, violence, revenge ...
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: An experienced guide (Vic) accompanies a city boy (Alan) and his three friends on their first wilderness experience. Hoping to teach the four boys lessons not only about the wilderness, but about themselves, Vic pushes them to the limit. Soon after alienating the boys, Vic finds himself in desperate need of help and must rely on his students in order to survive.—Wayne Coleman <waynecoleman@swbell.net>
Plot Keywords: adventure, coming of age, wilderness, survival, mentor, teenagers, challenge ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Struggling with a tragic past, a man with an urgent calling enlists two friends to help him swim the length of the Hudson River.
Plot Keywords: adventure, drama, biography, sports, true story, inspirational, challenge ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.
Plot Keywords: adventure, family, classic, coming of age, friendship, childhood, 19th century ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The film begins with Magnolia, daughter of Captain Andy Hawks and his domineering wife Parthy, enjoying her childhood aboard her father's show boat. Parthy, irritated over the supposed influence of leading lady Julie (Magnolia's idol and best friend) fires her, despite her husband's objections. Many years later, Magnolia is a young woman and becomes a leading lady. Her leading man is Gaylord Ravenal, a riverboat gambler with whom she falls in love and elopes. But the sudden and unexpected death of Captain Andy forces the couple to leave the boat and move to Chicago rather than endure the disapproving Parthy, and Ravenal's gambling luck soon runs out. Then, Parthy announces she's coming to visit.—Albert Sanchez Moreno
Plot Keywords: musical, romance, drama, racial issues, adaptation, broadway, classic ...
Movie Details Click Here !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: adventure, wildlife, documentary, africa, nature, travel, ecology ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A Wyoming rancher and his foreman journey to Oregon to get breeding cattle in order to raise cattle that can withstand the harsh Wyoming winters. What the rancher doesn't know is that he is the target of a plot to murder him and steal his cattle.—frankfob2@yahoo.com
Plot Keywords: western, revenge, gunfight, american west, black and white, 1950s, independent film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The young son of a missionary and a native Amazonian woman, Lazaro (Alessandro Rabelo) grows up deep within the jungle, raised by his mother after his father dies. When ruthless white men who are searching for gold kill Lazaro's mother, the boy is forced to survive on his own, finding friendship and protection with the dolphins that live in the nearby river. Father O'Reilly (Charles Durning) eventually encounters Lazaro and brings him back to civilization, but his transition is far from easy.
Plot Keywords: adventure, drama, amazon, orphan, jungle, coming of age, cultural conflict ...
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