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10 Best Movies Like Fitzcarraldo

If you loved Fitzcarraldo, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Jungle Cruise

Jungle Cruise

2021★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fitzcarraldo for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Dr. Lily Houghton enlists the aid of wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff to take her down the Amazon in his dilapidated boat. Together, they search for an ancient tree that holds the ...

#2
Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

1972★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fitzcarraldo for fans of Drama & Adventure. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon River in search of th...

#3
The Mosquito Coast

The Mosquito Coast

1986★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fitzcarraldo for fans of Drama & Adventure. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia....

#4
The African Queen

The African Queen

1952★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fitzcarraldo for fans of Drama & Adventure. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a Ge...

#5
The Big Sky

The Big Sky

1952★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fitzcarraldo for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

Two tough Kentucky mountaineers join a trading expedition from St. Louis up the Missouri River to trade whisky for furs with the Blackfoot Indians. They soon discover that there is...

#6
The Rundown

The Rundown

2003★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fitzcarraldo for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When Travis, the mouthy son of a criminal, disappears in the Amazon in search of a treasured artifact, his father sends in Beck, who becomes Travis's rival for the affections of Ma...

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