Movies like Life of Pi
Life of Pi (2012) is a adventure movie directed by Ang Lee. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
★ 8.3 · 5,106 votes · Drama, Family, Fantasy
George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
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2. The Perfect Storm (2000)
★ 6.5 · 2,691 votes · Drama, Adventure, Action
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.
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3. Spider-Man (2002)
★ 7.4 · 21,572 votes · Action, Sci-Fi
After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to become the superhero known as Spider-Man.
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4. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
★ 6.8 · 19,233 votes · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A teenage Peter Parker grapples with both high school and amazing super-human crises as his alter-ego Spider-Man.
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5. Children of Men (2006)
★ 7.6 · 8,194 votes · Sci-Fi, Thriller, Action
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
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6. The Book of Eli (2010)
★ 6.8 · 6,947 votes · Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
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7. War of the Worlds (2005)
★ 6.6 · 9,625 votes · Adventure, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
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8. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
★ 7.2 · 1,068 votes · Adventure, Drama, Thriller
When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
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9. Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
★ 6.5 · 2,086 votes · Adventure, Drama, Family
Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.
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10. Moby Dick (1956)
★ 7.1 · 493 votes · Adventure, Drama
In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale. Ahab lost his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.
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11. Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
★ 6.8 · 1,187 votes · Drama, Fantasy, Adventure
Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink, in 'the Bathtub', a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink’s tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe—for a time when he’s no longer there to protect her. When Wink contracts a mysterious illness, nature flies out of whack—temperatures rise and the ice caps melt, unleashing an army of prehistoric creatures called aurochs. With the waters rising, the aurochs coming, and Wink’s health fading, Hushpuppy goes in search of her lost mother.
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12. Eight Below (2006)
★ 7.0 · 1,878 votes · Adventure, Drama, Family
In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm. He ties his dogs to be rescued after, but the mission is called-off and the dogs are left alone at their own fortune. For six months, Jerry tries to find a sponsor for a rescue mission.
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13. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
★ 6.4 · 514 votes · Adventure, Drama
A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captain Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.
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