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1	Last of the Dogmen (1995) more movies like this directed by Tab Murphy featuring Tom Berenger, Barbara Hershey, Kurtwood Smith A mountain man goes on a routine manhunt and finds himself embroiled in solving a supernatural mystery in this fantasy/adventure. The tale is set in the wilds of Montana. Lewis Gates is a heavy-drinking tracker who is called to sober up and hit the backcountry to find three murderous fugitives from the local prison. For him it is a routine ... see all copies from £21.48! new only from £21.48!
2	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) more movies like this directed by Peter Weir featuring Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd, James D'Arcy, Lee Ingleby Director Peter Weir's first turn behind the camera since 1998's critically acclaimed The Truman Show, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is based on two Napoleanic War-era adventure novels in author Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series, Master and Commander and The Far Side of the World. Russell Crowe stars as Captain Jack Aubrey, ... see all copies from £3.06! new only from £5.54!
3	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) more movies like this directed by Steven Spielberg featuring Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Cary Guffey, Bob Balaban Steven Spielberg followed Jaws (1975), his first major box-office success, with this epic science fiction adventure about a disparate group of people who attempt to contact alien intelligence. Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) is an electrical lineman who, while sent out on emergency repairs, witnesses an unidentified flying object, and even has a ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £6.90!
4	Apollo 13 (1995) more movies like this directed by Ron Howard featuring Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan "Houston, we have a problem." Those words were immortalized during the tense days of the Apollo 13 lunar mission crisis, and the suspense, fear, and excitement of those days are captured in Ron Howard's epic recreation of the 1970 crisis. When the commander of the original mission Ken Mattingly (Gary Sinise), bows out due to possible exposure to ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £3.46!
5	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) more movies like this directed by Ang Lee featuring Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Sihung Lung, Cheng Pei-Pei Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee took a break from making Western period dramas to fashion this wild and woolly martial arts spectacular featuring special effects and action sequences courtesy of the choreographer of The Matrix (1999), Yuen Woo Ping. In the early 19th century, martial arts master Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-Fat) is about to retire and enter a ... see all copies from £1.64! new only from £2.84!
6	Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955) more movies like this directed by Norman Foster featuring Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, Basil Ruysdael, Hans Conried Cashing in on the surprise success of his 1954 Davy Crockett TV miniseries (first presented on the weekly anthology Disneyland ), Walt Disney assembled the three hour-long "Crockett" episodes into a 93 minute theatrical feature. While the re-editing process has created a few noticeable continuity gaps, the results are by and large satisfying: ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £3.43!
7	Planet of the Apes (2001) more movies like this directed by Tim Burton featuring Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kris Kristofferson, Estella Warren, Paul Giamatti, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa This big budget "re-imagining" of the 1968 original departs somewhat from both that classic science fiction film and the source novel by author Pierre Boulle. Mark Wahlberg stars as Leo Davidson, an astronaut of the early 21st century whose unauthorized mission to rescue a chimp companion from a mysterious space storm goes awry when he and his ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £2.77!
8	Fly Away Home (1996) more movies like this directed by Carroll Ballard featuring Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin, Dana Delany, Terry Kinney, Holter Graham Inspired by a true story, Fly Away Home is a family drama about Amy Alden (Anna Paquin), a 13-year-old girl who, after the tragic death of her mother, is sent to live with her father Thomas (Jeff Daniels), a sculptor. Amy misses her mother and has never enjoyed a very warm relationship with her father, so the first few months in her new home are ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £3.46!
9	Lost: Season 01 (2004) more movies like this A passenger jet breaks apart in mid-air, crash-landing on a tropical island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Left without the creature comforts and basic necessities of civilization, the 48 survivors are forced to rely upon one another to stay alive -- and given the personality quirks of these survivors, this won't be easy during the first season ... see all copies from £8.03! new only from £8.03!
10	Felicity: An American Girl Adventure (2005) more movies like this directed by Nadia Tass featuring Shailene Woodley, Katie Henney, Marcia Gay Harden, David Gardner Everyone's favorite doll comes to life in this feature based on the best-selling books about a nine-year-old, pre-American Revolution Virginian girl whose love for the outdoors leads to the friendship of a lifetime. Felicity (Shailene Woodley) loves horses, and though her parents plead with her to remain indoors, she years to ride the open plains. ... see all copies from £5.56! new only from £5.56!
11 view cover	Pollyanna (1960) more movies like this directed by David Swift featuring Jane Wyman, Hayley Mills, Richard Egan, Karl Malden, Nancy Olson, Adolphe Menjou Eleanor H. Porter's story of Pollyanna, "The Glad Girl," was first filmed in 1920 by Mary Pickford. While entertaining, the Pickford version tended to reduce the supporting characters to stereotypes. Disney's 1960 remake of Pollyanna wisely offers three-dimensional characterizations, enhancing the charm and believability of the story. In her first ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £12.25!
12 view cover	Congo (1995) more movies like this directed by Frank Marshall featuring Dylan Walsh, Laura Linney, Ernie Hudson, Tim Curry, Grant Heslov Good gorillas meet bad gorillas while human beings search for treasure in this jungle advnture saga. R.B. Travis (Joe Don Baker) is the ruthless head of Travi-Com, a telecommunications firm on the cusp of a major breakthrough in laser communications technology. However, Travis needs diamonds to finish the project, so he sends a group of men to ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £3.37!
13 view cover	Cast Away (2000) more movies like this directed by Robert Zemeckis featuring Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Chris Noth An exploration of human survival and the ability of fate to alter even the tidiest of lives with one major event, Cast Away tells the story of Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks), a Federal Express engineer who devotes most of his life to his troubleshooting job. His girlfriend Kelly (Helen Hunt) is often neglected by his dedication to work, and his ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £3.46!
14 view cover	Das Boot (1981) more movies like this directed by Wolfgang Petersen featuring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Gronemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge Das Boot is one of the most gripping and authentic war movies ever made. Based on an autobiographical novel by German World War II photographer Lothar-Guenther Buchheim, the film follows the lives of a fearless U-Boat captain (Jurgen Prochnow) and his inexperienced crew as they patrol the Atlantic and Mediterranean in search of Allied vessels, ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £7.61!
15 view cover	Blood Diamond (2006) more movies like this directed by Edward Zwick featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou, Jimi Mistry, Michael Sheen A South African mercenary and a Mende fisherman find their fates forever intertwined as they embark on a quest to obtain a rare and highly coveted pink diamond in director Edward Zwick's frantic adventure drama. Ripped from his family farm and forced to toil away in the sweltering South African diamond fields, Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £3.69!
16 view cover	The 13th Warrior (1999) more movies like this directed by John McTiernan featuring Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Dennis Storhoi, Vladimir Kulich, Omar Sharif A cultured diplomat joins a band of savage warriors in time to meet an even more fearsome enemy in this historical adventure. In 922 A.D., Ibn Fadlan (Antonio Banderas) is a Muslim emissary from Baghdad en route to meet with the King of Saqaliba when he is captured by a gang of Vikings. While Ibn and his people are intelligent and well-mannered, ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £3.43!
17 view cover	The Count of Monte Cristo (1974) more movies like this directed by David Green, David Greene featuring Richard Chamberlain, Tony Curtis, Trevor Howard, Louis Jourdan, Donald Pleasence Richard Chamberlain stars in this lavishly appointed adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas adventure story. When Count Edmond Dantes (Richard Chamberlain) is stripped of his wealth and sent to prison for crimes he did not commit, he swears to get revenge against those who wronged him. With the help of Abbe (Trevor Howard), a fellow prisoner, ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £11.75!
18 view cover	White Fang (1991) more movies like this directed by Randal Kleiser featuring Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ethan Hawke, Seymour Cassel, Susan Hogan, James Remar In Randal Kleiser's entertaining adaptation of Jack London's classic novel White Fang, Ethan Hawke plays Jack Conroy, a young man who travels to Alaska with the intent of finding his father's lost gold mine. During the course of his travels, he's accompanied by a big white wolf that he rescued from a professional dog fight promoter. Conroy and the ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £4.86!
19 view cover	The Perfect Storm (2000) more movies like this directed by Wolfgang Petersen featuring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, John C. Reilly, Diane Lane, William Fichtner, John Hawkes In October 1991, a dying tropical hurricane from Bermuda collided with a cold front from the Great Lakes, resulting in a "perfect storm" of previously unknown destructive impact that resulted in 100-foot waves; tragically, the crew of a fishing boat was lost in the midst of the fearsome storm. Based on the best-selling book by Sebastian Junger, ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £3.02!
20 view cover	The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) more movies like this directed by Stephen Hopkins featuring Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani, Om Puri, Bernard Hill A man bringing modern transportation to the ancient jungles of Africa discovers one of man's oldest enemies lays in wait for him in this period adventure drama. John Beaumont (Tom Wilkinson) is the owner of a British railroad firm who is building a rail line through Uganda. A bridge is needed so that the tracks may cross a large river, and ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £5.98!
21 view cover	The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) more movies like this directed by Kevin Reynolds featuring James Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Dagmara Dominczyk, Richard Harris, Luis Guzman The classic tale of swashbuckling adventure by the senior Alexandre Dumas comes to the screen in its umpteenth incarnation, this time from Kevin Reynolds, directing his first feature in five years. James Caviezel stars as Edmond Dantes, an honest sailor who plans to marry his beautiful lover Mercedes (Dagmara Dominczyk). Edmond doesn't know that ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £7.56!
22 view cover	New Moon (1940) more movies like this directed by Robert Z. Leonard featuring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Mary Boland, George Zucco, H.B. Warner Previously filmed in 1930 with Lawrence Tibbett and Grace Moore, the robust Sigmund Romberg operetta New Moon was given another airing in 1940 as Nelson Eddy-Jeanette MacDonald vehicle. Set in 18th century Louisiana, the story concerns the relationship between haughty plantation owner Marianne de Beaumanoir (MacDonald) and her handsome bondservant ... see all copies from £53.36!
23 view cover	The Edge (1997) more movies like this directed by Lee Tamahori featuring Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle MacPherson, Harold Perrineau, Jr., L.Q. Jones Billionaire Charles Morse (Anthony Hopkins) accompanies his much-younger wife Mickey (Elle Macpherson) and a fashion photography team headed by Bob Green (Alec Baldwin) to a remote lodge in Alaska. Charles is a quiet, introspective man, fond of accumulating trivia and other facts in his encyclopedic mind; he is also troubled with the idea that Bob ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £2.78!
24 view cover	Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) more movies like this directed by Frank Lloyd featuring Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Dudley Digges, Herbert Mundin, Donald Crisp, Eddie Quillan The 1932 publication of Charles Nordhoff and James Norton Hall's Mutiny on the Bounty sparked a revival of interest in the titular 1789 ship mutiny, and this 1935 MGM movie version won the Oscar for Best Picture. Clark Gable stars as Fletcher Christian, first mate of the infamous HMS Bounty, skippered by Captain William Bligh (Charles Laughton), ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £5.76!
25 view cover	The Bear (1989) more movies like this directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud featuring Douce the Bear, Bart the Bear, Tchéky Karyo, Jack Wallace, André Lacombe Jean-Jacques Annaud directed this unusual and compelling tale of animals in the wild, which tells its tale from the bears' point of view. A pair of carefully-trained bruins deliver remarkably effective "performances" (aided by clever editing and, in some sequences, the use of realistic animated models). A infant bear cub (Douce the Bear) witnesses ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £5.14!

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