Movies like Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
The best movies like Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) are Tarzan and His Mate (1934), Tarzan and the Huntress (1947) and Trader Horn (1931). If Tarzan the Ape Man hooked you with its adventure, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedKing Kong (1933)7.6/10 from 1,699 votes
- NewestGreen Mansions (1959)Released 1959
- Same seriesTarzan and His Mate (1934)Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller)
Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
Harry Holt returns to Africa with his friend Martin Arlington to head up a large ivory expedition.
Why it matches: Same series: Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTarzan and the Huntress (1947)
A shortage of zoo animals after World War II brings beautiful animal trainer Tanya, her financial backer and her cruel trail boss to the jungle. After negotiating a quota with the native king, they take more animals than allowed. Tarzan intervenes.
Why it matches: Same series: Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) · both adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisTrader Horn (1931)
While on safari in an unexplored area of Africa, Trader Horn and Peru find missionary Edith Trent killed by natives. They decide to carry on her quest for her lost daughter Nina. They find her as the queen of a particularly savage tribe, and try to bring her back to civilization.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very gracious at first, Zaroff eventually forces Rainsford and two other shipwreck survivors, brother and sister Eve and Martin Towbridge, to participate in a sadistic game of cat and mouse in which they are the prey and he is the hunter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTarzan Finds a Son! (1939)
A young couple die in a plane crash in the jungle. Their son is found by Tarzan and Jane who name him Boy and raise him as their own. Five years later a search party comes to find the young heir to millions of dollars. Jane agrees, against Tarzan's will, to lead them to civilization.
Why it matches: Same series: Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTarzan and the Amazons (1945)
A group of archaeologists asks Tarzan to help them find an ancient city in a hidden valley of women. He refuses, but Boy is tricked into doing the job. The queen of the women asks Tarzan to help them.
Why it matches: Same series: Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTarzan Escapes (1936)
White hunter Captain Fry tries to take Tarzan back to civilization, caged for public display. He arrives in the jungle with Jane's cousins, Eric and Rita, who want Jane's help in claiming a fortune left her.
Why it matches: Same series: Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAfrica Screams (1949)
When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking that his friend Stanley knows all there is to know about Africa, they are abducted and ordered to lead Diana and her henchmen to an African tribe in search of a fortune in jewels.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisTabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)
On the South Pacific island of Bora Bora, a young couple's love is threatened when the tribal chief declares the girl a sacred virgin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)
A letter from Jane, who is nursing British troops, asks Tarzan's help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants. Tarzan and Boy set out across the desert looking for the plants. Along the way they befriend a stranded American lady magician.
Why it matches: Same series: Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMighty Joe Young (1949)
A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Jungle Book (1942)
Mowgli, lost in the jungle when a toddler, raised by wolves, years later happens upon his human village and reconnects with its inhabitants, including his widowed mother. Continuing to maintain a relationship with the jungle, adventures follow.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisElephant Boy (1937)
In India, Toomai, a young mahout, helps lead the British on a large expedition to round up wild elephants.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure
King Kong (1933)
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure
Worth the HypeMovies like thisChang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927)
Elephants disrupt the lives of a family deep in the jungles of Northern Siam, and an entire village.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure
Green Mansions (1959)
A young Venezuelan idealist flees his native land to escape a revolution. Hoping to find peace, he goes to the mountains and the forests of the Amazon. There he encounters Rima, the Bird Girl, an orphan living a life of nature, who is feared by a local jungle tribe.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure
Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)
A high priest tries to force a young beauty to marry a pearl trader who is masquerading as the god Balu.
Why it matches: Same series: Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTarzan the Fearless (1933)
Mary Brooks' father, who has been studying ancient tribes, falls into the hands of "the people of Zar, god of the Emerald Fingers." Tarzan helps Mary locate her father, rescues everyone from the High Priest of Zar, and takes Mary to his cave.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure
Tarzan Triumphs (1943)
Zandra, white princess of a lost civilization, comes to Tarzan for help when Nazis invade the jungle with plans to conquer her people and take their wealth. Tarzan, the isolationist, becomes involved after the Nazis shoot at him and capture Boy: "Now Tarzan make war!"
Why it matches: Same series: Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Hurricane (1937)
A Polynesian sailor is separated from his wife when he's unjustly imprisoned for defending himself against a colonial bully. Members of the community petition the governor for clemency but all pretense of law and order are soon shattered by an incoming tropical storm.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946)
A tribe devoted to the leopard cult is dedicated to preventing civilization from moving further into Africa.
Why it matches: Same series: Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) · both adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Blue Light (1932)
Junta is hated by the people in the village where she lives, especially by the women, who suspect her of being a witch. Only she can climb the nearby mountains to a cave high up, whence a mysterious blue light glows when the moon is full. Many young men of the village have died trying to follow her. She is driven out of town, and takes to living in the mountains. Eventually she shares the secret of the blue light with one man, and he betrays it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure
King Solomon's Mines (1950)
Fortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing husband lost in the wilds of 1900s Africa while being pursued by hostile tribes and a rival German explorer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAnimal Crackers (1930)
The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a valuable painting goes missing. The intrepid Captain Spaulding attempts to solve the crime with the help of his silly secretary Horatio Jamison, while sparring with the anarchic Signor Emanuel Ravelli and his nutty sidekick The Professor.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEmperor Jones (1933)
Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
A scientific expedition happens to discover that gold exists on Tarzan's escarpment. The villainous Medford and Vandermeer kidnap Jane and Boy to extort from Tarzan the location of the gold.
Why it matches: Same series: Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) · both adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Naked Jungle (1954)
The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLost Horizon (1937)
British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash-land in the Himalayas, where they are rescued by the inhabitants of the hidden, idyllic valley of Shangri-La. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-La provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Tiger of Eschnapur (1959)
In Eschnapur, a German architect saves the life of the Maharajah's favorite temple dancer and becomes Maharajah's friend but their friendship is tested when the architect and the dancer fall in-love, triggering the Maharajah's vengeful ire.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Tarzan the Ape Man?
The closest matches to Tarzan the Ape Man are Tarzan and His Mate (1934), Tarzan and the Huntress (1947) and Trader Horn (1931). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Tarzan the Ape Man?
People who watched Tarzan the Ape Man most often go on to Trader Horn (1931), The Most Dangerous Game (1932) and Africa Screams (1949).
What is the highest-rated movie like Tarzan the Ape Man?
King Kong (1933), rated 7.6/10 by 1,699 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Tarzan the Ape Man?
Green Mansions (1959) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Tarzan the Ape Man part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller), which includes Tarzan and His Mate (1934), Tarzan and the Huntress (1947), Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939) and Tarzan and the Amazons (1945).
Are there English movies like Tarzan the Ape Man?
Yes: Tarzan and His Mate (1934), Tarzan and the Huntress (1947) and Trader Horn (1931).
How are movies similar to Tarzan the Ape Man chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Tarzan the Ape Man, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.