Movies like Oasis (1955)
The best movies like Oasis (1955) are Legend of the Lost (1957), Tarzan and His Mate (1934) and Road to Morocco (1942). If Oasis hooked you with its adventure, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedTwo Women (1960)7.8/10 from 589 votes
- NewestOASIS (2023)Released 2023
- In FrenchAli Baba and the Forty Thieves (1954)Also in French
Legend of the Lost (1957)
American ne'er-do-well Joe January is hired to take Paul Bonnard on an expedition into the desert in search of treasure.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTarzan and His Mate (1934)
Harry Holt returns to Africa with his friend Martin Arlington to head up a large ivory expedition.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRoad to Morocco (1942)
Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHatari! (1962)
A female wildlife photographer arrives on an East African reservation where a group of men trap wild animals for zoos and circuses.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSahara (1983)
Intent on winning a competition in place of her distinguished late father, beautiful young heiress Dale takes on the guise of a man and competes in his spot, embarking on a car race that crosses the unforgiving Sahara desert.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisAli Baba and the Forty Thieves (1954)
A lord’s servant, Ali Baba, is sent to retrieve a slave for his master, but ends up on an adventure filled with gold, mischief, love, and forty famous thieves instead.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDouble Threat (2022)
With ruthless mobsters on her tail, a young woman with a split personality becomes entangled with a man on a pilgrimage across the country to scatter his brother's ashes.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Jungle Bunch (2017)
Maurice may look like a penguin - but he's a real tiger inside! Raised by a tigress, he's the clumsiest kung-fu master ever. Along with his friends, The Jungle Bunch, he intends to maintain order and justice in the jungle, as his mother did before he. But Igor, an evil koala, wants to destroy the jungle once and for all—helped by his army of silly baboons.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSahara (2017)
A young cobra and his scorpion best friend go on a journey across the Sahara desert to save a new-found love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpycies (2020)
Vladimir and Hector, two secret agents opposed in every way, are trying to recover a top secret material stolen by unknown intruders.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGreed in the Sun (1964)
A truck driver ventures into the Moroccan desert to retrieve a stolen truck, facing danger, bad luck, and uneasy alliances. Chaos builds to a climactic showdown.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSupercross (2005)
Faced with the suspicious death of their father, two brothers must motivate one another to get back on their bikes and take the Las Vegas Motocross Championships by storm.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMoney Money Money (1972)
When they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to personality abductions.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTwo by Two: Overboard! (2020)
Two misfit castaways struggle to reunite an unorthodox family, out-run a volcano, and negotiate a peace deal on a creaking Ark.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Lion Guard: Return of the Roar (2016)
Set in the African savannah, the film follows Kion as he assembles the members of the 'Lion Guard'. Throughout the film, the diverse team of young animals will learn how to utilize each of their unique abilities to solve problems and accomplish tasks to maintain balance within the Circle of Life, while also introducing viewers to the vast array of animals that populate the prodigious African landscape.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMythica: A Quest for Heroes (2014)
Stuck in a life of indentured servitude, Marek dreams of becoming a wizard. When she meets the beautiful priestess Teela in need of help, she offers her assistance and provides a motley troupe. Together they go in search of Teela's sister, who was kidnapped by a wild ogre.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisWhite Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994)
A boy and his dog, White Fang, must try to save the noble Haida tribe from evil white men in turn-of-the-century Alaska.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Big Sky (1952)
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 much more than the elements to contend with.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIce Cold in Alex (1958)
A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams of his ice cold beer when he reaches Alexandria.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShimajiro and the Rainbow Oasis (2017)
Shimajiro and friends embark on a journey through the desert to help young Coco reunite with her mother after being separated in a fierce sandstorm.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
Rage Killers - Sterminatori sociali (2017)
In a post apocalyptic world, divided in small areas dominated by various local gangs, the most diffused job is the killer. The area 201 is governed by Oxon, for whom many killers work. Rexon, one of them, starts to work by his own so Oxon unleashes his killers to eliminate him.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
Uncle (1974)
The story of a university lecturer from a poor background, fighting injustice.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
Jab! the Return (TBA)
A journey to escape dopamine addiction turns into a disastrous camping trip.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
Two Women (1960)
A young widow flees from Rome during WWII and takes her lonely twelve-year-old-daughter to her rural hometown but the horrors of war soon catch up with them.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOASIS (2023)
The stress, pressure, and fast pace that we experience daily make us overlook our well-being. We live immersed in a constant fleetingness that wreaks havoc on our way of life. Oasis is a critique of the overwhelming mass society that consumes us and emphasizes the need to stop, to find calm: an oasis in the midst of the desert.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Hot Stuff (1979)
A thirsty man searches for water in the desert.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
The Lost Patrol (1934)
A World War I British Army patrol is crossing the Mesopotamian desert when their commanding officer, the only one who knows their destination, is killed by the bullet of unseen bandits. The patrol's sergeant keeps them heading north on the assumption that they will hit their brigade. They stop for the night at an oasis and awaken the next morning to find their horses stolen, their sentry dead, the oasis surrounded and survival difficult.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Lion and the Song (1959)
A musician is playing his music to some animals, when a hungry lion shows up.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Oasis?
The closest matches to Oasis are Legend of the Lost (1957), Tarzan and His Mate (1934) and Road to Morocco (1942). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Oasis?
Start with Legend of the Lost (1957), the closest match to Oasis.
What is the highest-rated movie like Oasis?
Two Women (1960), rated 7.8/10 by 589 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Oasis?
OASIS (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like Oasis?
Yes: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1954), The Jungle Bunch (2017) and Sahara (2017).
How are movies similar to Oasis chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Oasis, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.