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8.0

Amy Schatz Director

Joel Parrott as Self

Katy Payne as Self

Rose McCoy as Self

Lily Tomlin as Self - Narrator

Elephants are among the most majestic and intelligent creatures on Earth--but for hundreds of years, they have suffered at the hands of humans. Narrated by Lily Tomlin, this documentary short traces our long history with elephants and explores the many problems that arise when they are brought to live in captivity in zoos and circuses.

In the Footsteps of Elephant

2020

observational documentary

7.2

♡ 9

wildlife

Vanessa Berlowitz Director

Jeremy Sisto as Narrator

Presley Mbeha as Self

Graham McCulloch as Self

Duncan Rowles as Self

Follow filmmakers as they capture the epic journey of African elephants across the Kalahari desert. The team faces extreme weather, inaccessible terrain, crocodile-infested waters and close encounters with lions in order to shine a light on these remarkable creatures and their ancient migrations.

Elephant

2020

7.3

♡ 38

Alastair Fothergill Director

Meghan Markle as Narrator

Disneynature’s Elephant follows African elephant Shani and her spirited son Jomo as their herd make an epic journey hundreds of miles across the vast Kalahari Desert. Led by their great matriarch, Gaia, the family faces brutal heat, dwindling resources and persistent predators, as they follow in their ancestors’ footsteps on a quest to reach a lush, green paradise.

The Jungle Book

2016

7.3

♡ 647

94%

Jon Favreau Director

Garry Shandling as Ikki

Scarlett Johansson as Kaa

Jon Favreau as Pygmy Hog

Idris Elba as Shere Khan

A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.

Water for Elephants

2011

6.9

♡ 69

60%

70%

Francis Lawrence Director

Christoph Waltz as August

Jim Jansen as Dean Wilkins

Robert Pattinson as Jacob

John Aylward as Mr. Erwin

In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.

The Valley of Gwangi

1969

stop motion (some scenes)

6.2

♡ 11

73%

Thriller

Western

Jim O'Connolly Director

Richard Carlson as Champ Connors

Laurence Naismith as Professor Bromley

Gila Golan as T.J. Breckenridge

James Franciscus as Tuck Kirby

A turn of the century wild west show struggling to make a living in Mexico comes into the possession of a tiny prehistoric horse. This leads to an expedition to the Forbidden Valley where they discover living dinosaurs. They capture one and take it back to be put on display, leading to inevitable mayhem.

Holiday in the Wild

2019

6.2

♡ 35

43%

Ernie Barbarash Director

Rob Lowe as Derek

Keeno Lee Hector as Doorman

Colin Moss as Drew

Thandi Puren as Trish

When her husband abruptly ends their marriage, empty nester Kate embarks on a solo second honeymoon in Africa, finding purpose and potential romance.

Zoo

2017

♡ 12

88%

63%

Adventure

based on a true story

Colin McIvor Director

Damian O'Hare as George Hall

Ian McElhinney as Mr. Shawcross

Toby Jones as Security Guard Charlie

Art Parkinson as Tom Hall

Young Tom and his misfit friends fight to save 'Buster' the baby elephant during the German air raid bombings of Belfast in 1941.

Operation Dumbo Drop

1995

5.2

♡ 22

26%

29%

Adventure

based on a true story

Simon Wincer Director

Ray Liotta as Capt. T.C. Doyle

Marshall Bell as Col. Pederson

Tchéky Karyo as Goddard

Corin Nemec as Sp5 Lawrence Farley

Five Green Berets stationed in Vietnam in 1968 grudgingly undertake the mission of a lifetime -- to secretly transport an 8,000-pound elephant through 200 miles of rough jungle terrain. High jinks prevail when Capt. Sam Cahill promises the Montagnard villagers of Dak Nhe that he'll replace their prized elephant in time for an important ritual. But for Capt. T.C. Doyle, the mission becomes a jumbo-sized headache!

Something Wicked This Way Comes

1983

6.7

♡ 16

63%

64%

Jack Clayton Director

Phil Fondacaro as Demon Clown

Mary Grace Canfield as Miss Foley

Richard Davalos as Mr. Crosetti

Jonathan Pryce as Mr. Dark

In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out?

Hatari!

1962

7.1

♡ 37

65%

Howard Hawks Director

Hardy Krüger as Kurt Muller

Valentin de Vargas as Luis Francisco Garcia Lopez

Jack Williams as Man

Queenie Leonard as Nurse

John Wayne as Sean Mercer

A female wildlife photographer arrives on an East African reservation where a group of men trap wild animals for zoos and circuses.

Horton Hears a Who!

2008

6.8

♡ 80

Jimmy Hayward Director

Isla Fisher as Dr. Mary Lou Larue

Jim Carrey as Horton

Joey King as Katie

Jaime Pressly as Mrs. Quilligan

The classic and beloved story from Dr. Seuss is now a CG animated film from 20th Century Fox Animation, the makers of the Ice Age films. An imaginative elephant named Horton (Jim Carrey) hears a faint cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Horton suspects there may be life on that speck and despite a surrounding community, which thinks he has lost his mind, he is determined to save the tiny particle! Jim Carrey and Steve Carell lead an all-star cast in bringing this wonderful family picture to life!

Saving Flora

2018

200 miles = 321 kilometers

5.8

♡ 22

46%

Mark Drury Taylor Director

Jenna Ortega as Dawn

Eddie Alfano as Javier Suarez

Frank Gallegos as Matias

Terry Moore as Sylvia

Flora is a circus elephant who can no longer perform her tricks. The night before she's scheduled to be euthanized, the circus owner's 14-year old daughter, Dawn, sneaks Flora from the circus. All that stands between them and the safety of the elephant preserve is two hundred kilometers of woods, one raging river, two elephant hunters and the fear of not making it.

Dumbo

2019

live action and animation

6.2

♡ 279

46%

missouri

remake

Tim Burton Director

Eva Green as Colette Marchant

Lars Eidinger as Hans Brugelbecker

Colin Farrell as Holt Farrier

Nico Parker as Milly Farrier

A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer.

White Hunter Black Heart

1990

6.5

♡ 20

84%

based on a true story

Clint Eastwood Director

Clint Eastwood as John Wilson

Marisa Berenson as Kay Gibson, Film Star

Jeff Fahey as Pete Verrill

Geoffrey Hutchings as Squadron Leader Alec Laing

Renowned filmmaker John Wilson travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to hunt elephants and other game, to the dismay of his cast and crew. He eventually becomes obsessed with hunting down and killing one specific elephant.

Babylon

2022

7.1

♡ 201

57%

Damien Chazelle Director

Samara Weaving as Constance Moore

Brad Pitt as Jack Conrad

Tobey Maguire as James McKay

Margot Robbie as Nellie LaRoy

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s.

The Elephant Queen

2018

parent child relationship

7.8

♡ 1

91%

Mark Deeble Director

Chiwetel Ejiofor as Self - Narrator

Embark on an epic journey of family, courage, and coming home in this feature-length documentary. Join Athena, the majestic matriarch, as she leads her elephant herd across an unforgiving African landscape filled with vibrant wildlife.

Hannibal

2006

6.7

♡ 1

Edward Bazalgette Director

Tristan Gemmill as Gaius Terentius Varro

Alexander Siddig as Hannibal

Teodora Duhovnikova as Imilce

Kenneth Cranham as Self - Narrator

It is 200 years before the birth of Christ and Rome is the new superpower of the ancient world. She believes she is invincible - but one man is destined to change that. He is a man bound by oath to avenge the wrongs inflicted on his home and, in pursuit of revenge, he will stop at nothing. Hannibal explores the man behind the myth, revealing what drove the 26-year-old to mastermind one of the most audacious military moves in history. With 40,000 soldiers and 37 elephants, he marched 1,500 miles to challenge his enemies on their own soil. It was an act so daring that few people believed it possible.

Alexander

2004