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1. Planet of the Apes (2001)
PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In 2029, an Air Force astronaut crash-lands on a mysterious planet where evolved, talking apes dominate a race of primitive humans.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Roth, Michael Clarke Duncan
Votes: 230,266 | Gross: $180.01M
2. Wake in Fright (1971)
R | 109 min | Drama, Thriller
After a bad gambling bet, a schoolteacher is marooned in a town full of crazy, drunk, violent men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay
Votes: 14,034 | Gross: $0.05M
3. The Mosquito Coast (1986)
PG | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix, Jadrien Steele
Votes: 31,245 | Gross: $14.30M
4. Hard to Be a God (2013)
Not Rated | 177 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In the distant future, a space traveler from Earth breaks a special law and interferes with the history of another, Medieval-like planet.
Director: Aleksey German | Stars: Leonid Yarmolnik, Aleksandr Chutko, Yuriy Tsurilo, Evgeniy Gerchakov
Votes: 6,382
5. Early Man (2018)
PG | 89 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, Early Man tells the story of Dug, along with sidekick Hognob as they unite his tribe against a mighty enemy Lord Nooth and his Bronze Age City to save their home.
Director: Nick Park | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, Timothy Spall
Votes: 23,830 | Gross: $8.27M
6. Plank Face (2016)
TV-MA | 91 min | Horror
A man is taken captive by a feral family in the deep woods. They are determined to transform him, body and mind, into one of their own -- whether he likes it or not.
Director: Scott Schirmer | Stars: Nathan Barrett, Susan M. Martin, Brigid Macaulay, Alyss Winkler
Votes: 705
7. Adam and Eve (1983)
TV-MA | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
God casts Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden because Eve decided to eat a forbidden apple that a talking snake told her to eat. The disgraced couple find themselves battling a coterie of various creatures.
Directors: Enzo Doria, Luigi Russo | Stars: Mark Gregory, Andrea Goldman, Ángel Alcázar, Costantino Rossi
Votes: 372
8. Human Planet (2011)
TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary
A cinematic experience bringing you the most amazing human stories in the world. Humans and wildlife surviving in the most extreme environments on Earth
Stars: John Hurt, Roger Munns
Votes: 27,825
9. Ironmaster (1983)
98 min | Action, Adventure
A violent man is ejected from his tribe after killing two of its elders, but he discovers a way to make weapons out of iron, and begins waging war against all the tribes in the region. His arch rival manages to escape and vows to stop him.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Sam Pasco, Elvire Audray, George Eastman, Pamela Prati
Votes: 1,057
10. How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1971)
Not Rated | 84 min | Adventure, Comedy
In 1594 in Brazil, the Tupinambás Indians are friends of the French and their enemies are the Tupiniquins, friends of the Portuguese. A Frenchman (Arduíno Colassanti) is captured by the ... See full summary »
Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Stars: Arduíno Colassanti, Ana Maria Magalhães, Eduardo Imbassahy Filho, Manfredo Colassanti
Votes: 1,177
11. Master of the World (1983)
Not Rated | 105 min | Adventure
Primitive humans had to adapt to their brutal and savage environment or disappear into oblivion. For Bog, a great warrior, this struggle means conquering the land and gaining supremacy over his rivals.
Director: Alberto Cavallone | Stars: Sven Kruger, Sasha D'Arc, Viviana Maria Rispoli, Maria Vittoria Garlanda
Votes: 223
12. Primitif (1978)
Not Rated | 90 min | Adventure, Horror
After a raft accident in the jungle, three anthropology students and their guides attempt to escape from a primitive cannibal tribe that has hunted them down.
Director: Sisworo Gautama Putra | Stars: Enny Haryono, Barry Prima, Johann Mardjono, Rukman Herman
Votes: 807
13. Recep Ivedik 6 (2019)
110 min | Comedy
Surprisingly Recep founds himself in Kenya instead of Konya (an Anatolian city of Turkey) and the adventure begins.
Director: Togan Gökbakar | Stars: Sahan Gökbakar, Nurullah Celebi, Somer Karvan, Chidi Benjamin John
Votes: 9,039
14. Shocking Africa (1982)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
A look at the fast disappearing tribal customs of North Africa.
Directors: Alfredo Castiglioni, Angelo Castiglioni | Star: Kenneth Belton
Votes: 130
15. Karzan, il favoloso uomo della jungla (1972)
Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An expedition, financed by Lord Carter and led by Captain Fox, have as a goal to find and capture a jungle-man who lives in Africa.
Director: Demofilo Fidani | Stars: Armando Bottin, Simonetta Vitelli, Ettore Manni, Gerardo Rossi
Votes: 119
16. Dark Ages (1999)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
People in England are worried about the coming millennium. The year is A.D. 999.
Stars: Phill Jupitus, Alistair McGowan, Pauline McLynn, Dave Lamb
Votes: 53
17. Stark Love (1927)
70 min | Drama
A literate young hillbilly plans to attend college to learn about chivalry and escape the brutal, rigid mountain society with the love of his life, but his tyrannical father interferes.
Director: Karl Brown | Stars: Helen Mundy, Forrest James, Reb Grogan, Silas Miracle
Votes: 159
18. Rites of Passage (1983)
15 min | Short
A disillusioned modern man is haunted by memories of a previous life as a primitive caveman who lived in a hostile past world. The caveman walks across a harsh landscape, hunts animals for ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Stanley | Stars: Roderick Harrison, Richard Stanley
Votes: 81
19. The Family That Walks on All Fours (2006 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
A documentary about the five members of the Ulas family in Turkey who walk on all fours.
Director: Jemima Harrison | Stars: Greg Chopoorian, Nicholas Humphrey
Votes: 50
20. A penny weighs more than a soul
90 min | Documentary | Post-production
Ulrich Senoner, a former Berlin architect, leaves his old life behind to live in a remote hut at 2000m, without basic amenities like water and electricity. His biggest challenge? The hut's ... See full summary »
Director: Tobias Demetz | Stars: Ulrich Senoner, Ismaele Riccadonna, Gian Domenico Riccadonna, Linus Senoner
21. Breath of the Gods (2013)
7 min | Short, Thriller
The Wise Woman sees a threat of a powerful weapon being used by the Shedoc warriors. Greybeard is sent, along with his son K'nalp, to recover it. But the Shedocs won't give up their precious technology without a fight.
Director: Jarrod Coburn | Stars: Jillian Morris, Jeanmarie Savage, Jeremy Harper, Kelvin Bayley
22. Are We Alone: Behind the Scenes (2011)
4 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
A group of people travel towards another planet in attempt of a rescue mission and to also retrieve water from that water rich environment.
Director: Lenny Lenox | Stars: Joel Diaz, Rick Kennedy, Mike Orie, Chele André
23. Insel der Dämonen (1933)
60 min | Drama
Wajan, the son of Nudonk,a witch, is beset with difficulties. His mother is in ill favor with the Balinese natives who want to get rid of her, and the hand of Sari, a native chieftain's ... See full summary »
Director: Friedrich Dalsheim | Stars: Lombos, Sari, Nodonk, Wajan
Votes: 21
24. Zmowa (1990 TV Movie)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Based on true story. Christmas Eve, 1976. Bus drives into a young couple and a teenager in front of dozens of people, killing them on spot. The police investigates, but witnesses remain silent.
Director: Janusz Petelski | Stars: Jerzy Lapinski, Artur Pontek, Stanislawa Celinska, Danuta Kowalska
Votes: 86
25. Monkey Man: In the Covid World (2022)
6 min | Short, Comedy
A short mockumentary that explores the life of Monkey Man, a fish out of water who is forced to adapt to a new dark world.
Director: Manuel Alejandro Vargas | Stars: Mick Primmer, Manuel Alejandro Vargas, Laith Wallschleger
26. Flint Miners of the Nullarbor (1967)
28 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Director: R.J. Edwards | Stars: Barry Pitman, R.J. Edwards, R.M. Frank, Alexander Gallus
27. Keeper of the Folkways: John Rice Irwin and the Museum of Appalachia (2007)
50 min | Documentary
A documentary celebrating John Rice Irwin and his life's commitment to the preservation of Appalachian folkways. "Keeper of the Folkways" highlights the story of the Museum of Appalachia ... See full summary »
Director: Heavenly Littleton | Stars: John Rice Irwin, Ralph Stanley
28. Øyne (2011)
1 min | Animation, Short, Horror
An experimental short film.
Director: Christian Thomas Roaas
29. One Way to the Sea (2013)
31 min | Short
Tom O'Halloran's Christchurch-shot, silent Super 8 film One Way to the Sea posits a dystopian nightmare in the earthquake-struck city. Featuring a man enslaved to a depressingly quotidian ... See full summary »
Director: Tom O'Halloran | Stars: Roslyn Clarke, Tom O'Halloran, Stewart Quigg
31. Prehistoric Rock Art of the Cleland Hills (1968)
16 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Director: R.J. Edwards | Stars: Douglas Banneaf, Harry Bousheall, R.J. Edwards, Mitukradjeri
32. Magicians of the Earth: A Young Man's Dream and a Woman's Secret (1990 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary
On the southernmost tip of Madagascar lives Efiaimbelo, a man in his sixties who works as a funerary sculptor. To ornament local tombs honoring the dead, he carves and paints wooden poles ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Haas
33. The Many Faces of Papua New Guinea (1999)
21 min | Short
Papua New Guinea is a photographer's paradise, extending from the colorful tribes that populate the highlands to the colorful reefs off New Britain Island.
Director: Fred Heiman | Star: Peggy Heiman
34. Rayes Korso (2019– )
40 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The rise of Ottoman sailor Hasan Qorso in Ottoman-Algeria. He started his life as a slave and rose from piracy to commander to the highest rank in the Ottoman-Algerian navy.
Stars: Salah Aougrout, Adel Cheikh, Sid Ahmed Agoumi, Ali Charaf
Votes: 19
35. Magicians of the Earth: Senis Children (1992 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary
Seni Camara believes that through a "gift of God" she has been able to create thousands of bizarre, magnificent creatures - clay sculptures of astonishing originality: strange half-human ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Haas
36. Primitive Pitcairn (1936)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short
This visit to Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific Ocean shows that life for the residents has changed little in the years since Fletcher Christian and his fellow mutineers on HMS Bounty, ... See full summary »
Stars: Carey Wilson, Viola Christian, Edward Christian, William Christian
Votes: 61
37. Munn (2011)
1 min | Animation, Short, Horror
An experimental animated short film.
Director: Christian Thomas Roaas
38.
Northern Exposure (1990–1995)
Episode:
Up River
(1994)
TV-PG | 46 min | Comedy, Drama
Ed tracks Dr. Fleischman up river living a primitive life after Maggie asked him to move out; Chris' inept contractor botches up his trailer renovations & love-struck Ruth-Anne pines over Walt who is out checking traps.
Director: Michael Fresco | Stars: Rob Morrow, Barry Corbin, Janine Turner, John Cullum
Votes: 190
39.
Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode:
The Full Circle
(1975)
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
While exploring an Earth-type world several Alphans, including Commander Koenig and Dr. Russel, disappear after sighting a strange fog. Shortly afterwards a race of primitive humans are encountered.
Director: Bob Kellett | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Prentis Hancock
Votes: 344
40.
Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode:
The Apple
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Primitive inhabitants of Gamma Trianguli VI worship a god who orders them to kill visitors from the Enterprise.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Keith Andes
Votes: 3,460
41.
Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode:
Enigma
(1998)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
On their first visit to a new planet, SG-1 finds it subject to totally destructive volcanic activity and saves ten natives, the Tollan, a far more technologically advanced society. Their ... See full summary »
Director: William Gereghty | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge
Votes: 1,569
42.
The Starlost (1973–1974)
Episode:
Children of Methuselah
(1973)
Sci-Fi
Kept young by an anti-aging serum, a group of almost machine-like human children believe they have been piloting the Ark since it left earth. Rachel tries to introduce the idea of 'playing' to them.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan | Stars: Keir Dullea, Gay Rowan, Robin Ward, David Tyrell
Votes: 40
43.
The Transformers (1984–1987)
Episode:
Call of the Primitives
(1986)
TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Autobots and Decepticons with animal modes are summoned to battle an energy being named Tornedron.
Directors: Andy Kim, Ray Lee | Stars: Jack Angel, Michael Bell, Gregg Berger, Philip L. Clarke
Votes: 121
44.
Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–1975)
Episode:
Bem
(1974)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The Enterprise crew is being observed to evaluate their suitability to meet with advanced civilizations.
Directors: Bill Reed, Hal Sutherland | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei
Votes: 710
45.
Otros pueblos (1983– )
Episode:
Resumen de la primera temporada
(1983)
Documentary
Director: Luis Pancorbo | Star: Luis Pancorbo
46.
New Discourses (2020– )
Critique and the Linguistic Transformation of Society
(2022 Podcast Episode)
77 min
Star: James Lindsay
47.
Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
CWSA 12/23/23 A Shift in Consciousness, German Lessons on American Propaganda, More
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Scott Adams
48.
Amigas y rivales (2001)
Episode:
Episode #1.152
(2001)
43 min | Drama, Romance
Ofelia spends time with Jose. Georgina makes a confession. Don Roberto is shocked. Moncho asks Ernesto for an advice. Roxana and Sebastian plot. Andrea makes a long distance call.
Stars: Michelle Vieth, Angélica Vale, Ludwika Paleta, Arath de la Torre