6 Best Big Game Hunting Movies

By Vlad Zakh · May 4, 2026

Hunting dangerous game is thrilling and morally murky, and these films know it. The Ghost and the Darkness pairs an engineer with a hunter against two man-eating lions, White Hunter, Black Heart has a filmmaker abandoning his shoot to chase an elephant, and Hatari! mixes romance with trapping wild animals for zoos. King Solomon’s Mines, The Naked Prey and The Most Dangerous Game round out the six.

The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)

TMDB ★ 6.5

An engineer and a big-game hunter join forces to stop two man-eating lions terrorising a railway camp.

Directed by Stephen Hopkins · 1h 49m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)

TMDB ★ 6.4

An obsessive film director's pursuit of a legendary elephant threatens to derail his production in Africa.

Directed by Clint Eastwood · 1h 52m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Hatari! (1962)

TMDB ★ 6.7

A team of big-game trappers captures wild African animals for zoos while dealing with romance and rivalry.

Directed by Howard Hawks · 2h 37m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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King Solomon's Mines (1950)

TMDB ★ 6.4

A rugged hunting guide leads an expedition through dangerous African territory in search of a lost husband.

Directed by Compton Bennett & Andrew Marton · 1h 43m

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Naked Prey (1965)

TMDB ★ 7.0

A safari guide is stripped and released into the African wilderness, hunted for sport by tribal warriors.

Directed by Cornel Wilde · 1h 36m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

TMDB ★ 6.7

A shipwrecked big-game hunter becomes the prey of a deranged aristocrat who hunts humans for sport.

Directed by Irving Pichel & Ernest B. Schoedsack · 1h 03m

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, HBO Max Amazon Channel, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, YouTube TV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Big Game Hunting Movies

The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)

White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)

Hatari! (1962)

King Solomon's Mines (1950)

The Naked Prey (1965)

The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

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