20 best movies like King Kong (1933)


List of the best movies like King Kong (1933): Rampage, Monstrum, King Kong, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Troll Hunter, Black Water: Abyss, Kon-Tiki, Rogue, Killer Mountain.

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Markimdb: 6.1
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:25

Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered animals. As these newly created alpha predators tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, detective
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:00

Ancient Korea, 1506. The tyrannical King Yeonsan-gun of Joseon is overthrown by his half-brother Jung-jong, whose reign begins with a blood bath. Over the years, traitors plot against him, sinking the kingdom into chaos. In 1528, frightened rumors come to royal palace, regarding a mysterious creature, known as Monstrum by the peasants.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genreaction, fantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure
CountryNew Zealand, USA, Germany
Duration03:07

In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrehorror, fantastic
CountryUSA
Duration01:20

An atomic bomb test in the Arctic Circle unfreezes a hibernating fictional dinosaur, a Rhedosaurus, that begins to wreak havoc in New York City.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:34

Sean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.

Markimdb: 7
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure
CountryNorway
Duration01:39

    A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, drama, adventure
    CountryAustralia

    An adventure-loving couple convince their friends to explore a remote, uncharted cave system in the forests of Northern Australia. With a tropical storm approaching, they abseil into the mouth of the cave, but when the caves start to flood, tensions rise as oxygen levels fall and the friends find themselves trapped. Unknown to them, the storm has also brought in a pack of dangerous and hungry crocodiles.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, adventure, biography, history
    CountryNorway, United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany, Sweden
    Duration01:49

    The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, drama, adventure
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:39

    From the director of Wolf Creek comes this terrifying look at nature's perfect killing machine. When a group of tourists stumble into the remote Australian river territory of an enormous crocodile, the deadly creature traps them on a tiny mud island with the tide quickly rising and darkness descending. As the hungry predator closes in, they must fight for survival against all odds.

    Markimdb: 3.5
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:25

    A team of climbers is assembled by a rich and eccentric man to rescue a missing expedition he sent up to a forbidden mountain who disappeared after sending out one last disturbing radio message.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, adventure
    CountryUSA

    The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.

    Markimdb: 4
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
    CountryUSA

    During their search for a habitable planet the last living humans crash-land on a barren world, inhabited by bloodthirsty aliens and mysterious post-apocalyptic warriors.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrethriller, drama, adventure
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Russia, USA
    Duration01:50

      A rogue submarine captain pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As greed and desperation take control on-board their claustrophobic vessel, the increasing uncertainty of the mission causes the men to turn on each other to fight for their own survival.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genredrama, adventure, family, detective
      CountryCanada, USA

      Sent to spend the summer with their uncle on a remote island, young brothers Andy and Mark learn that their eccentric grandfather once owned the island, but vanished without a trace…taking with him the secret to a vast fortune. Delving into the mysterious past of the island, the brothers discover that their grandfather designed a complex treasure hunt, a hunt that could lead to unimaginable wealth and heal their broken family – if they can find it in time. Sinister forces also search for the money and will stop at nothing to keep the boys from their quest. As the adventure unfolds, the boys learn that the bonds of family are the most valuable riches of all, and that some family secrets can’t stay buried forever.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:30

      The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
      CountrySpain, France
      Duration02:38

      A young man who arrives at a remote island finds himself trapped in a battle for his life.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller
      CountryUSA

      A group of wayward teens at a wilderness boot camp must fight for their lives against the attacks of a ruthless blood-sucking alien. The attacks begin after they discover a strange "orb" in the middle of the desert. With no communication, and nowhere to hide, they realize their only chance for survival is to fight.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrehorror
      CountryCanada
      Duration02:10

      Samantha has lived her whole life in different foster homes. Now living in a small town, she never feels like she quite fits in, even with her own current foster family who might adopt her, or the boy who follows her around doing her classwork. So, it’s perhaps natural that she doesn’t know what to do with a curious tagalong little sister named Olivia. One day, Sam callously ditches Olivia, who wanders off into the woods on her own and disappears.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genremelodrama, drama, adventure, biography, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:12

      Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on avenging his captors.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:52

      Scientist Bruce Banner scours the planet for an antidote to the unbridled force of rage within him: the Hulk. But when the military masterminds who dream of exploiting his powers force him back to civilization, he finds himself coming face to face with a new, deadly foe.

      Markimdb: 4.1
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:30

      Set in the late 1870's - A woman hires an anthropologist/adventurer to track down her husband, who has disappeared while searching for an elusive passage to the center of the earth

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Japan, Germany
      Duration01:50

      A homicide detective and an anthropologist try to destroy a South American lizard-like god, who's on a people eating rampage in a Chicago museum.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, adventure, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:48

      Based on the 1930's comic strip, puts the hero up against his arch enemy, Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "The power to cloud men's minds", the Shadow comes blazing to the city's rescue with explosive results.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrefantastic, fantasy, melodrama, adventure
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:36

      An ancient tribe attempts to sacrifice Sanna as an offering to the Sun god to save their tribe from dinosaurs. Tara, a young man from another tribe, saves Sanna and takes her along with him.

      Markimdb: 4.1
      Genrehorror, fantastic
      CountryUSA

      Deep in the Northern California woods, in the heart of the notorious Emerald Triangle, lies a remote cabin. The residents struggle to fight off the repeated attacks and abductions by mysterious creatures that have plagued them for years. When a local pot farmer is caught up with a wayward group of campers the situation quickly escalates into total carnage.

      Markimdb: 3.4
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy
      CountryUSA, South Africa

      A group of young explorers discover a secret area hidden from all maps and GPS devices. When they reach the center of the lake, they discover an abandoned facility that houses one of the largest, and deadliest apex-predators known to man.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrehorror, fantastic, adventure
      CountryDenmark
      Duration01:28

      Due to climate change a new race of flesh eating predators arise, who invade and eat everything living on earth. In a residential neighbourhood in a Danish suburb nightmare like scenes are being experienced first hand through the eyes of two teenage brothers, who can't stand each other, but are now suddenly forced to barricade themselves in the basement together, to avoid getting eaten. From one day to another, without parents and without electricity, food, water and contact to other people, the brothers have to learn to live together in their vital protection bunker, while monsters move past the basement windows and heavy, sharp claws can be heard moving around upstairs on the wooden floors.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genreadventure
      CountryIndia

      Amazon Obhijaan will see daredevil adventurer Shankar Choudhury traverse the length and breadth of South America, including the legendary Amazon in search of the mythical city of gold.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:33

      Two lovers, driving their Dodge Charger, are ruthlessly chased by the police after robbing a grocery store.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genremelodrama, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA

      Victor Marswell runs a big game trapping company in Kenya. Eloise Kelly is ditched there, and an immediate attraction happens between them. Then Mr. and Mrs. Nordley show up for their gorilla documenting safari. Mrs. Nordley is not infatuated with her husband any more, and takes a liking to Marswell. The two men and two women have some difficulty arranging these emotions to their mutual satisfaction, but eventually succeed.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, adventure, family
      CountryFrance, Belgium
      Duration01:51

      Five kids wake up in a world where everybody has disappeared.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:54

        For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genreaction, fantasy, adventure, detective
        CountryFrance, USA
        Duration01:47

          An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century, focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration02:01

          A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrethriller, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:57

            An oil drilling team struggles to survive after a plane crash strands them in the wilds of Alaska. Hunting them is a pack of wolves that sees them as intruders.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genredrama, adventure, western
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:44

            In the early 1800s, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilization and are making a desperate attempt to beat the oncoming winter. When guide Zachary Bass is injured in a bear attack, they decide he's a goner and leave him behind to die. When he recovers instead, he swears revenge on them and tracks them and their paranoiac expedition leader down.

            Markimdb: 6.6
            Genredrama, adventure, biography
            CountryFrance, Belgium
            Duration02:12

            Biopic of the great French ocean-going adventurer and filmmaker

            Markimdb: 5.7
            Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, adventure, family
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:54

            As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser. Now an adult, Jill cares for an orphaned gorilla named Joe -- who, due to a genetic anomaly, is 15 feet tall. When Gregg O'Hara arrives from California and sees the animal, he convinces Jill that Joe would be safest at his wildlife refuge. But Strasser follows them to the U.S., intent on capturing Joe for himself.

            Markimdb: 3.9
            Genrehorror, action, fantasy
            CountryUSA, Canada
            Duration01:35

            New York, Christmas Eve, 1999 - at the dawn of the new millennium - a subway construction crew unearths an eight hundred year old Celtic skeleton and a mysterious key. Archeologist Karen Goodleaf is called in to determine the meaning of the discovery. News of the discovery reaches a Middle East monastery where the warrior monks knowns as the Knights Templer - an ancient sect entrusted with protecting holy relics - choose their best pupil, Lukas (Dolph Lundgren) to face the diabolical threat. As Lukas races to New York, an evil Minion seizes Karen and uses its body like a parasite and host. Lukas arrives just in time to rescue Karen and despatch the Minion. The Minion takes hold of another host - revealing that it is immortal. As it cuts a path of destruction through the city, decimating a parking garage and leaving a trail of death, Karen realizes that the Minion can't be killed - but only delayed from finding a new host.

            Markimdb: 6
            Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, adventure
            CountryUSA, China, Canada
            Duration02:32

              The modern world holds many secrets, but by far the most astounding is that witches still live among us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world and putting an end to the human race once and for all. Armies of witch hunters have battled this unnatural enemy for centuries, including Kaulder, a valiant warrior who many years ago slayed the all-powerful Witch Queen, decimating her followers in the process. In the moments right before her death, the Queen cursed Kaulder with immortality, forever separating him from his beloved wife and daughter. Today, Kaulder is the last living hunter who has spent his immortal life tracking down rogue witches, all the while yearning for his long-lost family.

              Markimdb: 7.3
              Genrethriller, drama, biography
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:28

                The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

                Markimdb: 4.1
                Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
                CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Japan, France
                Duration01:44

                Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in hi-tech squalor. They're the only hope to save our universe from invasion by the dino dictator, Koopa.

                Markimdb: 4.6
                Genrehorror, thriller, adventure, detective
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:00

                After being put on a supposedly uninhabited island as a form of behavioral rehabilitation, a high school senior finds that he's not alone on the island, and that getting discovered could be deadly.

                Markimdb: 4.6
                Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
                CountryFrance, Spain

                The story about a group of youths who can't face the thought of growing up because anyone who does becomes a rampaging zombie.

                Markimdb: 6.4
                Genrethriller, drama, crime
                CountryIceland, United Kingdom, Germany

                When his daughter's criminal boyfriend becomes an increasing threat to the family, a father must take action to protect them.

                Markimdb: 7.1
                Genrethriller, drama, detective
                CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Australia
                Duration02:20

                A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.

                Markimdb: 6.1
                Genrefantastic, action, thriller
                CountryIndia

                An ornithologist who commits suicide returns as fifth force to wreack vengeance on mankind for harming birds with mobile phone radiation. The only thing that is standing in his way is 2.0, the upgraded version of Chitti, the robot.

                Markimdb: 5.9
                Genrefantastic, action, cartoon
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:42

                When Amazon princess Diana of Themyscira chooses to save fighter pilot Steve Trevor, it’s a choice that will change her world and ours. Fulfilling the role of both ambassador as well as protector, Diana earns the name Wonder Woman from the gracious people of Earth. But her heart is as strong as her will as she is determined to help a troubled and embittered young girl whom has fallen in with a deadly organization known only as Villainy, Inc! Get ready for an exciting adventure packed with brutal battles, myth and wonder!

                Markimdb: 7
                Genrefantastic, fantasy, drama, adventure
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:24

                A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star.

                Markimdb: 7.1
                Genreaction, drama, military, history
                CountrySouth Korea
                Duration01:55

                During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island (‘Hashima Island’) to mine for coal, attempt to escape.




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