6 Best Jungle and Safari Adventure Movies

By Vlad Zakh · February 19, 2026

Dense jungles bring adventure, danger and self-discovery. The Lost City of Z follows an explorer obsessed with a legendary civilization, Romancing the Stone has a romance novelist hunting for her kidnapped sister in Colombia, and Jumanji unleashes jungle chaos in a living room. The Emerald Forest, The African Queen and King Solomon’s Mines round out the six.

The Lost City of Z (2016)

TMDB ★ 6.7

A British explorer becomes obsessed with finding a legendary ancient civilisation deep in the Amazon.

Directed by James Gray · 2h 21m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Google Play Movies, YouTube, FlixFling

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Jumanji (1995)

IMDb ★ 7.1 RT 56% Metacritic 41

A board game unleashes decades of jungle chaos into one house at a time.

Directed by Joe Johnston · 1h 44m · Rated PG

4 wins & 11 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Emerald Forest (1985)

TMDB ★ 6.6

An engineer searches the Amazon rainforest for his son, who was kidnapped years earlier by an indigenous tribe.

Directed by John Boorman · 1h 54m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: ScreenPix Apple TV channel, ScreenPix Amazon Channel

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Romancing the Stone (1984)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A romance novelist teams up with a rugged adventurer to find her kidnapped sister in the Colombian jungle.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis · 1h 46m · Rated PG

Where to watch

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

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The African Queen (1951)

TMDB ★ 7.7

A rough riverboat captain and a prim missionary make a dangerous journey down an African river.

Directed by John Huston · 1h 45m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Rent: Google Play Movies, YouTube

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King Solomon's Mines (1950)

TMDB ★ 6.7

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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Streaming availability data from JustWatch, via TMDB. Availability changes often, so check the service before you plan a movie night.

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 Jungle and Safari Adventure Movies

The Lost City of Z (2016)

Jumanji (1995)

The Emerald Forest (1985)

Romancing the Stone (1984)

The African Queen (1951)

King Solomon's Mines (1950)

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