In a French forest circa 1798, a child–who cannot walk, speak, read or write–is found. A doctor becomes interested in the case and patiently attempts to civilise the boy.

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

1931

English

7.4

♡ 31

92%

F.W. Murnau Director Matahi

Matahi as The Boy

Anne Chevalier as The Girl Hitu

Hitu as The Old Warrior

Bill Bambridge as The Policeman

On the South Pacific island of Bora Bora, a young couple's love is threatened when the tribal chief declares the girl a sacred virgin.

On the Silver Globe

1988

Polish

7.1

♡ 11

destruction of a civilization

Andrzej Zulawski Director

Wieslaw Komasa as Aktor

Jerzy Trela as Jerzy

Henryk Bista as Malahuda

Andrzej Seweryn as Marek

A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to start a new civilization. They do not realize that within themselves they carry the end of their own dream. They die one by one, while their children revert to a primitive native culture, creating new myths and a new god.

The Aftermath

1982

English

♡ 6

16%

post-apocalyptic future

Steve Barkett Director

Dick Miller as Broadcaster

Sid Haig as Cutter

Forrest J. Ackerman as The Curator

Vincent Barbi as Victim

After a lengthy space mission, two astronauts (Steve Barkett and Larry Latham) return to an Earth transformed by nuclear war. As renegade gangs and mutants rule Los Angeles, the astronauts join two pretty women and a couple of kids in a growing resistance movement. This sci-fi adventure follows the men as they battle bell-bottomed biker leader Cutter and his brutal gang.

Tawai: A Voice from the Forest

2017

English

7.3

♡ 8

60%

Bruce Parry Director

Ingrid Lewis as Herself

Bruce Parry as Himself

Jerome Lewis as Himself

Iain Mcgilchrist as Himself

Explorer Bruce Parry visits nomadic tribes in Borneo and the Amazon in hope to better understand humanity's changing relationship with the world around us.

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

1984

English

6.4

♡ 20

79%

Hugh Hudson Director

James Fox as Lord Charles Esker

Andie MacDowell as Miss Jane Porter

Aileen Lewis as Natural History Museum Visitor

John Alexander as White Eyes, Primate Leader

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.

The Gods Must Be Crazy II

1989

English

6.8

♡ 28

50%

Jamie Uys Director

Lesley Fox as Ann's Secretary

Lena Farugia as Dr. Ann Taylor

Simon Sabela as General N!xau

N!xau as Xixo

Xixo is back again. This time, his children accidentally stow away on a fast-moving poachers' truck, unable to get off, and Xixo sets out to rescue them. Along the way, he encounters a couple of soldiers trying to capture each other and a pilot and passenger of a small plane, who are each having a few problems of their own.

Koyaanisqatsi

1982

English

8.2

♡ 36

91%

Godfrey Reggio Director

Sammy Davis Jr. as Self - On TV

Edward Asner as Self - On TV

Peter Sellers as Self - On TV

Dick Cavett as Self - On TV

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.

2012

2009

English

5.8

♡ 211

40%

Roland Emmerich Director

Ron Selmour as Ark Boarding Officer

Woody Harrelson as Charlie Frost

Blu Mankuma as Harry Helmsley

Mary Gillis as Jackson's Neighbor

Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.

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The Wild Child

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

On the Silver Globe

The Aftermath

Tawai: A Voice from the Forest

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

The Gods Must Be Crazy II

Koyaanisqatsi

2012