Movies Like Gorillas in the Mist

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Sometimes in April

2005·2h 20m·★ 7.7·Raoul Peck

Themes: rwanda, africaFans also likedDrama & History

Out of Africa

1985·2h 41m·★ 7.2·Sydney Pollack

Themes: based on memoir or autobiography, africaFans also likedHistory & Drama

The Bang Bang Club

2011·1h 46m·★ 6.9·Steven Silver

Themes: photographer, biographyFans also likedDrama & History

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

2006·2h 2m·★ 6.3·Steven Shainberg

Themes: photographer, biographyFans also likedDrama & History

Tarzan

1999·1h 28m·★ 7.3·Chris Buck

Themes: gorilla, africa, jungle

The Lost City of Z

2017·2h 21m·★ 6.6·James Gray

Themes: jungle, biographyFans also likedDrama & History

Wild

2014·1h 55m·★ 7.1·Jean-Marc Vallée

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Hotel Rwanda

2004·2h 2m·★ 8.1·Terry George

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

Cinderella Man

2005·2h 24m·★ 8.0·Ron Howard

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

The Mountain Between Us

2017·1h 49m·★ 6.4·Hany Abu-Assad

Themes: mountain, photographer

The Pianist

2002·2h 30m·★ 8.5·Roman Polanski

Themes: based on memoir or autobiography, biography

Apocalypse Now

1979·2h 27m·★ 8.4·Francis Ford Coppola

TMDB recommends

The Killing Fields

1984·2h 22m·★ 7.8·Roland Joffé

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Dolls

2002·1h 54m·★ 7.5·Takeshi Kitano

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Shooting Dogs

2006·1h 55m·★ 7.6·Michael Caton-Jones

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Bad Education

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.4·Pedro Almodóvar

TMDB recommends

Dead Man

1995·2h 2m·★ 7.5·Jim Jarmusch

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The Zookeeper's Wife

2017·2h 6m·★ 7.0·Niki Caro

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Tsotsi

2005·1h 34m·★ 7.2·Gavin Hood

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The Way Back

2010·2h 13m·★ 7.3·Peter Weir

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How Good Is Gorillas in the Mist?

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