15 Movies Like Sandokan the Great
Loved Sandokan the Great? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
The Jungle Book
After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli, a man-cub fostered by wolves, is forced to flee the jungle, and he embarks on a journey of self-discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera, and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Sandokan the Great.
Rio 2
It's a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three kids after they're hurtled from Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel, and meets the most fearsome adversary of all: his father-in-law.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Sandokan the Great.
Epic
A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their world—and ours.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Sandokan the Great.
Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado
Dora, Diego, and their new friends trek through the perilous dangers of the Amazonian jungle in search of the ancient and powerful treasure of Sol Dorado to keep it out of enemy hands.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Sandokan the Great.
Buen Camino
Checco's life is a comfortable and luxurious one, and it couldn't be otherwise, considering he's the only son of Eugenio Zalone, a wealthy sofa manufacturer. Stranded by the pool in his luxurious villas, with an unspecified number of Filipinos serving him, a very young Mexican model as a girlfriend, and vacationing on his yacht with friends who share his passion for not wanting to work; it seems like a truly enviable life, considering he lacks nothing, absolutely nothing. Actually, no. Something is missing. It's his underage daughter, Cristal, named after the famous French sparkling wine, who has suddenly disappeared without a trace. Urgently summoned to Rome by his ex-wife, Linda, he finds himself facing the responsibilities of fatherhood for the first time, trying to find the girl—a very complicated task, considering he knows absolutely nothing about Cristal and her life.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Sandokan the Great.
Cannibal Ferox
Three friends out to disprove cannibalism meet two men on the run who tortured and enslaved a cannibal tribe to find emeralds, and now the tribe is out for revenge.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Sandokan the Great.
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Sandokan the Great.
Tarzan & Jane
With the first anniversary of her wedding to Tarzan beckoning, Jane ponders how to make it the perfect English celebration.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Sandokan the Great.
The Howl
A young bride flees the ceremony with a stranger and, together, they set off on an epic journey though increasingly bizarre lands. They encounter talking animals and mournful exhibitionists, converse with a discoursing rock, journey through a surrealist's psychedelic hotel, instigate a prison riot, escape from naked cannibals living in a tree, and battle a wind-up midget dictator!
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Sandokan the Great.
Black Emanuelle
Internationally-renowned photographer Mae Jordan, professionally known as 'Emanuelle', is hired by a wealthy British expat to go to Nairobi to shoot the ruins and wildlife. While there, she explores sexual situations with her hosts and their friends.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Sandokan the Great.
Return to Never Land
In 1940, the world is besieged by World War II. Wendy, all grown up, has two children; including Jane, who does not believe Wendy's stories about Peter Pan.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Sandokan the Great.
Ulysses
A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that talks about Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Sandokan the Great.
Slumberland
A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Sandokan the Great.
Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure
Alan gets a map to some war treasure which the Japanese army left behind on a small Pacific island at the end of World War II. But some gangsters try to steal the map from him and so he hides on Charlie's boat which just leaves the harbor. He manipulates the ship's compass so that Charlie is not aware that he is sailing to the treasure island. But when they step on the island, they discover that it is not as abandoned as they believed: there are some natives - and a Japanese soldier still defending the treasure
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Sandokan the Great.
Eaten Alive!
A woman's search for her missing sister leads her to the jungles of New Guinea, where she and an expatriate guide encounter a cult leader and flesh-hungry natives.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Sandokan the Great.