20 best movies like Amazon (2000)


List of the best movies like Amazon (2000): Meet Dave, Race to Witch Mountain, Nate and Hayes, Little Indian, Big City, Howard the Duck, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, Another Time, A Trip to the Moon, Minutemen, My Donkey, My Lover & I.

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Markimdb: 5
Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

A crew of miniature aliens operate a spaceship that has a human form. While trying to save their planet, the aliens encounter a new problem, as their ship becomes smitten with an Earth woman.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, adventure, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:38

    A taxi driver gets more than he bargained for when he picks up two teen runaways. Not only does the pair possess supernatural powers, but they're also trying desperately to escape people who have made them their targets.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, adventure
    CountryNew Zealand, USA
    Duration01:39

    Nathaniel Williamsen is taken to an island mission with his fiancee Sophie. Their ship, the Rona, is captained by the roguish Bully Hayes, who also takes a liking to Sophie. When Sophie is kidnapped by slave trader Ben Pease "Nate" teams with Hayes in order to find her.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, adventure
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:30

    Stephen, an international trader, tracks down his ex-wife Patricia in some Amazonian backwater. He needs her consent to a divorce so that he can marry Charlotte. Unfortunately, he discovers a son he didn’t know he had – Mimi-Siku. The young jungle boy yearns to see Paris so Stephen reluctantly agrees to take him back home with him for a few days. How will Mimi-Siku react to life in the great metropolis?

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:50

    A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar smoking drake Howard from the duck's planet. A few kids try to keep him from the greedy scientists and help him back to his planet. But then a much less friendly being arrives through the beam...

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:43

    Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, adventure
    CountryUSA

    Just because a journey leads you somewhere you didn't expect, doesn't mean you ended up in the wrong place.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, short
    CountryFrance
    Duration00:16

    Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious satellite.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family
    CountryUSA

    When three high-school friends invent a time-machine, they decide to use it to go back in time and prevent other youngsters from making humiliating mistakes.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, adventure
    CountryFrance, Belgium

    Antoinette, a school teacher, is looking forward to her long planned summer holidays with her secret lover Vladimir, the father of one of her pupils. When learning that Vladimir cannot come because his wife organized a surprise trekking holiday in the Cévennes National Park with their daughter and a donkey to carry their load, Antoinette decides to follow their track, by herself, with Patrick, a protective donkey.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, melodrama, drama, adventure, military
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Mexico, Guatemala
    Duration01:59

    Seven years on from the events of Monsters, and the ‘Infected Zones’ have spread worldwide. Humans have been knocked off the top of the food chain, with disparate communities struggling for survival. American soldiers are being sent abroad to protect US interests from the Monsters, but the war is far from being won.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:49

    The visionary dreams of three curious and adventuresome young boys become an exciting reality in Explorers, the action-fantasy from director Joe Dante, who combines keen humor, warmth and fantasy with unexpected twists. In their makeshift laboratory, the boys use an amazing discovery and their ingenuity to build their own spaceship and launch themselves on a fantastic interplanetary journey.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:44

    For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing uncomfortably close, Paul escapes on the first RV that passes by his compound in Area 51. Fortunately, it contains the two earthlings who are most likely to rescue and harbor an alien on the run.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrefantastic, action, comedy, melodrama, adventure
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:40

    Black Lightning is a Russian superhero film about a Moscow University student who discovers that his otherwise unremarkable car can fly. After his father is attacked, he decides to use the car to fight crime and becomes the city's defender against an evil millionaire.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, adventure, family
    CountryUSA, Hungary, France
    Duration01:44

      Three young women vacationing in Paris find themselves whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken for a British heiress.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, adventure
      CountryRussia
      Duration01:20

        A comedy about funny adventures of the married couple on the remote island.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, adventure
        CountryFrance
        Duration01:41

        Successful woman in love tries to break her family curse of every first marriage ending in divorce, by dashing to the alter with a random stranger before marrying her boyfriend.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, melodrama, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:05

        Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.

        Markimdb: 4.4
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
        CountryUSA

        Lovely and resourceful Daria and Tisa escape a space gulag only to crash land on a nearby world where a guy in tight pants named Zed is playing The Most Dangerous Game. Zed turns the girls and another guest loose in his jungle preserve to serve as the prey in a mad hunt. Armed only with knives and their wits, the girls must battle their way across the jungle to a hidden arms cache before Zed catches and kills them.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure, music
        CountryUSA, Bahamas

        Yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, the now middle-aged best friends Bill and Ted set out on a new adventure when a visitor from the future warns them that only their song can save life as we know it. Along the way, they are helped by their daughters, a new batch of historical figures and a few music legends—to seek the song that will set their world right and bring harmony to the universe.

        Markimdb: 3.3
        Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family
        CountryUSA, Australia

        George and Ursula now have a son, George Junior, so Ursula's mother arrives to try and take them back to "civilization".

        Markimdb: 4.9
        Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryHong Kong, China
        Duration01:42

        The young monk Taka and his three disciples are captured by a demonic tree. Taka manages to escape thanks to the magic stick of Monkey King and decided to go free his companions. En route, he encounters a strange ally called Meiyan, a girl who is half-human and half monster. As Taka and his new friend set off on a fantastic adventure they will face many hardships and battles and may very well decide the fate of humanity and the entire universe...

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:30

        This 1986 Disney adventure tells the story of 12-year-old David who lives with his family in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. When he awakens from being accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, he finds that eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but just as perplexed as he is by the fact that he hasn't aged. When a NASA scientist discovers a UFO nearby, David gets the chance to unravel the mystery and recover the life he lost.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:28

        Emperor Spengo sees Marge Nelson and using a giant magnet, kidnaps her and her husband Dick, hoping to make Marge his before blowing up the Earth. The Emperor and other inhabitants of his planet are somewhat less than bright, and Dick begins reliving episodes of Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers in order to rescue Marge, save the Earth, and restore the rightful emperor to the throne.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, adventure
        CountryFrance
        Duration01:37

        In this 2003 remake of the classic 1952 French film, Fanfan la Tulipe is a swashbuckling lover who is tricked into joining the army of King Louis XV by Adeline La Franchise, who tells Fanfan that by doing so, he will eventually marry one of the king's daughters

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
        CountryGermany

        A scientist discovers that there's gold on the moon, he builds a rocket to fly there, but there's too much rivalry among the crew to have a successful expedition.

        Markimdb: 3.8
        Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure
        CountryUSA, France, Denmark
        Duration01:36

        Two brothers have half of a powerful ancient Chinese talisman. An evil gang leader has the other half, and determines to get the brothers' half and have a complete medallion so he can gain absolute power.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:49

        Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, adventure
        CountryFrance
        Duration01:41

        Charlotte (Catherine Deneuve) flies to East-Africa in order to build a touristic center near the Lake Williams where the pygmys live. Here she meets her husband Victor (Philippe Noiret), a devoted conservationist who left her three years ago to live in the jungle. Can you imagine his enthusiasm when she arrives at the conclusion that the ideal place to built this holiday resort is his kitchen garden?

        Markimdb: 5
        Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
        CountryFinland, Germany, Australia, France, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, United Kingdom
        Duration02:23

        Twenty years after the events of Iron Sky, the former Nazi Moonbase has become the last refuge of mankind. Earth was devastated by a nuclear war, but buried deep under the wasteland lies a power that could save the last of humanity - or destroy it once and for all. The truth behind the creation of mankind will be revealed when an old enemy leads our heroes on an adventure into the Hollow Earth. To save humanity they must fight the Vril, an ancient shapeshifting reptilian race and their army of dinosaurs.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:38

        When Quinn, a grouchy pilot living the good life in the South Pacific, agrees to transfer a savvy fashion editor, Robin, to Tahiti, he ends up stranded on a deserted island with her after their plane crashes. The pair avoid each other at first, until they're forced to team up to escape from the island -- and some pirates who want their heads.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure, military
        CountryCzechoslovakia

        The 20th century's first man lands on the moon and discovers - that Baron Munchausen has already beaten him to it, along with Cyrano and characters from Jules Verne's lunar-landing novel. The Baron spirits the young cosmonaut by horse-drawn ship back to an ancient "Earth", where they insult a sultan, rescue a princess, fall in love with the princess, and then as a trio have further experiences in a world of pastel colors, ornate dreamlike settings, and the inevitable angry disrupters of peacefulness and love.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
        CountrySpain, Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Portugal
        Duration02:16

        Toby, a cynical advertising director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic and increasingly surreal adventures, Toby is forced to confront the tragic repercussions of a film he made in his idealistic youth.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, France, Netherlands, USA
        Duration01:36

          In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical, adventure, family
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:32

          A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:30

          When Ross is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and given six weeks to live, his newly engaged older brother Seth offers to spend his $50,000 wedding fund on a final trip of a lifetime. Their plans are complicated when Ross invites a call girl to join the group and Seth’s uptight fiancée insists on tagging along. This raucous road trip comedy features hip-hop star Asher Roth.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genrecomedy, adventure
          CountryFrance, Belgium

          French Guyana, not so long ago. Eliott, a young and naive anthropology researcher, goes on an expedition to study the Otopis, a mysterious tribe from the Amazon rainforest. It is also an opportunity for him to get away from the grip of his possessive mother, Chantal de Bellabre, an ethnologist hated by the profession for her biased and cold-hearted practices. Arriving in the forest Elliot realizes the Otopis are not the “good savages” he had imagined. Alcoholic, violent, crooked: they will turn his expedition into real hell in the jungle. Fortunately, Chantal, consumed by remorse and worried about her son, decides to abandon her own expedition and goes looking for him in the jungle, with the help of the not so helpful Lieutenant-Commander Raspailles and his men.

          Markimdb: 4.2
          Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
          CountryUSA

          The Galactic Patrol is back - but they've lost Deputy Rod Allbright's body. It's been stolen by B'KR, the most fiendish villain in the galaxy, which leaves Rod's mind sharing one body with his annoying cousin Elspeth. Stranded on a mysterious alien planet, our young heroes embark on a mission to find the only being who can stop B'KR once and for all, the legendary time-strider himself; Art Allbright - who also happens to be Rod's dad. The Galactic Patrol's high-flying adventures continue in this thrilling second film based on the global best-selling book series from acclaimed author Bruce Coville and Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing. This rip-roaring sequel draws the crew of the Good Ship Ferkel into a web of alien plots that will test their courage to the utmost -- and ultimately bring them face-to-face with one of the galaxy's most guarded secrets.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure, crime
          CountryNew Zealand

          A small-town criminal finds an ancient Chinese time-travel device that can help him pull off a heist and start a new life-but he may not survive the consequences of tampering with time. The Castle meets Looper, Mega Time Squad is a study in high-meets-low, combining elements of the sci-fi, the crime thriller and the comedy to make a comedy heist film with a time-traveling twist.

          Markimdb: 4
          Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
          CountryFrance, United Kingdom
          Duration01:30

          Ben and Bill are the two worst, completely useless agents - real losers. But who else would you send on a super-difficult top-secret mission? The French have just sold a new high-power M51 rocket to the Russians for crazy money. Unfortunately for them, the rocket was hijacked before they could get it of their hands. However, not just any fool is up to neutralizing this threat, but only the craziest and most stupid of them can cope with such a task.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrecomedy, adventure, family
          CountryFrance, Belgium
          Duration01:45

          When reporter Dan Geraldo (Alain Chabat) arrives in Palombia to hunt for a scoop, he never suspects that he is about to make an incredible discovery... With his resourceful local guide Pablito (Jamel Debbouze), D an has one surprise after another during a thrilling adventure that allows him to bring the world some spectacular news: the Marsupilami, a mythical and mischievous animal, really does exist! You too will believe in furry tails!

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:26

          A group of kids must protect their vacation home from invading aliens.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
          CountryFrance
          Duration02:21

          A true story of Samy, native of La Courneuve, who is out of love for Nadia, decides to climb Mount Everest.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, adventure
          CountryFrance, Italy

          French military man Adrien Dufourquet gets an eight-day furlough to visit his fiancée, Agnès. But when he arrives in Paris, he learns that her late father's partner, museum curator Professor Catalan, has just been kidnapped by a group of Amazon tribesmen who have also stolen a priceless statue from the museum. Adrien and Agnès pursue the kidnappers to Brazil, where they learn that the statue is the key to a hidden Amazon treasure.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
          CountryItaly, France
          Duration02:17

          A runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey from Boston to Key West, recapturing their passion for life and their love for each other on a road trip that provides revelation and surprise right up to the very end.

          Markimdb: 3
          Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:21

          A scientist enlists the help of the US army to investigate the mysterious disappearance of her father, deep in the Belizean jungle. Caught in the crossfire between a brutal guerrilla army controlled by a mystical warlord, they are also confronted by an even bigger terror giant mutated wasps that are, for some reason, thirsty for blood.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure
          CountryTurkey

          After 8 years, Arif's old friend 216 from planet GORA pays a visit to Earth.Together they go on a quest where they'll be visiting 60's.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure
          CountryChina
          Duration01:49

          After being defeated by humans centuries ago, the Winged Tribe has lost their ability to fly. Seeking vengeance, a royal descendant of the tribe has begun searching for the magical Naga Pearls, which he plans to use to destroy the humans. When the legendary pearls fall into - and out of - the hands of Heiyu, a wily human street punk, he must join a team of unlikely heroes as they race to prevent the destruction of their people in this magical fantasy adventure.

          Markimdb: 5.6
          Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:24

          Jimmy is young man who was born without an immune system and has lived his life within a plastic bubble in his bedroom... who pines for the sweet caresses of girl-next-door Chloe. But when Chloe decides to marry her high school boyfriend, Jimmy -- bubble suit and all -- treks cross-country to stop her. Swoosie Kurtz, as Jimmy's overprotective mom, co-stars along with Fabio, who portrays the leader of a religious cult.

          Markimdb: 2.4
          Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:32

          When a science experiment goes horribly wrong, gigantic fish gain appetites for human flesh.




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