Media set in the forest
by serge_elia | created - 15 Oct 2017 | updated - 4 months ago | PublicPlease note that these various media are set in temperate forests, like the coniferous ones in Europe and North America, and not tropical rainforests (ie, jungles).
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1. Bambi (1942)
G | 69 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
The story of a young deer growing up in the forest.
Directors: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, David Hand, Graham Heid, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Norman Wright, Arthur Davis, Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Hardie Albright, Stan Alexander, Bobette Audrey, Peter Behn
Votes: 154,945 | Gross: $102.80M
2. Red Dead Redemption II (2018 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
Amidst the decline of the Wild West at the turn of the 20th century, outlaw Arthur Morgan and his gang struggle to cope with the loss of their way of life.
Stars: Benjamin Byron Davis, Roger Clark, Rob Wiethoff, Cali Elizabeth Moore
Votes: 54,590
3. In the Forests of Siberia (2016)
105 min | Adventure, Drama
Before the vastness of the Siberian Taiga, at the shores of the frozen Lake Baikal, a Parisian executive fleeing from the city, will find everything he has ever dreamed of: to profoundly experience the silence, the solitude and the space.
Director: Safy Nebbou | Stars: Raphaël Personnaz, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Vladimir Demtchikov, Alexander Doulov
Votes: 1,442
4. Far Cry Primal (2016 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, History
Set during the Stone Age, Far Cry Primal follows Takkar, who rises from an unarmed hunter to the leader of his tribe.
Director: Jean-Christophe Guyot | Stars: Elias Toufexis, Terrence 'T.C.' Carson, Debra Wilson, DeLaRosa Rivera
Votes: 4,083
5. The Revenant (I) (2015)
R | 156 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domhnall Gleeson
Votes: 878,861 | Gross: $183.64M
6. Brother Bear (2003)
G | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When a young Inuit hunter needlessly kills a bear, he is magically changed into a bear himself as punishment with a talkative cub being his only guide to changing back.
Directors: Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Suarez, Rick Moranis, Jason Raize
Votes: 124,383 | Gross: $85.34M
7. The Fox and the Hound (1981)
G | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A fox named Tod and a hound named Copper vow to be best friends forever. But as Copper grows into a hunting dog, their unlikely friendship faces the ultimate test.
Directors: Ted Berman, Richard Rich, Art Stevens, David Hand, Wolfgang Reitherman | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Pearl Bailey, Jack Albertson
Votes: 102,455 | Gross: $63.46M
8. Benji the Hunted (1987)
G | 88 min | Adventure, Family
Benji is left in the wilderness after an accident. Can he survive?
Director: Joe Camp | Stars: Red Steagall, Frank Inn, Benjean, Nancy Francis
Votes: 3,390 | Gross: $22.26M
9. Into the Wild (2007)
R | 148 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
Director: Sean Penn | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener, Marcia Gay Harden
Votes: 661,640 | Gross: $18.35M
10. Wild (I) (2014)
R | 115 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Gaby Hoffmann, Michiel Huisman
Votes: 139,768 | Gross: $37.88M
11. Far Cry 5 (2018 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
A deputy is sent to the town of Hope County to arrest Joseph Seed, a corrupt evangelical religious leader who rules the town with the help of his disturbed followers.
Director: Patrick Methe | Stars: Greg Bryk, Mark Pellegrino, Seamus Dever, Jenessa Grant
Votes: 9,082
In this game, players explore the backcountry of the USA, filled with coniferous forests, in which, much like the other FAR CRY games, they must watch out for bears and other dangerous animals while exploring. Not only that, you can also TAME some of them!
12. Bears (I) (2014)
G | 78 min | Documentary, Family
A documentary that follows an Alaskan bear family as its young cubs are taught life's most important lessons.
Directors: Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey, Adam Chapman | Star: John C. Reilly
Votes: 7,151 | Gross: $17.77M
13. White Fang (I) (1991)
PG | 107 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.
Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Jed, Seymour Cassel
Votes: 22,522 | Gross: $34.79M
14. Bear Country (1953)
Not Rated | 33 min | Short, Documentary, Family
The lives of black bears in Yellowstone National Park.
Director: James Algar | Stars: Winston Hibler, Kjeld Jacobsen
Votes: 174
15. Backcountry (I) (2014)
R | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
An urban couple goes camping in the woods and find themselves lost in the territory of a predatory black bear.
Director: Adam MacDonald | Stars: Jeff Roop, Missy Peregrym, Nicholas Campbell, Eric Balfour
Votes: 24,341
16. A Walk in the Woods (2015)
R | 104 min | Adventure, Biography, Comedy
After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson (Robert Redford) returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends, Stephen Katz (Nick Nolte).
Director: Ken Kwapis | Stars: Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Emma Thompson, Mary Steenburgen
Votes: 29,977 | Gross: $29.47M
17. The Edge (1997)
R | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An intellectual billionaire and two other men struggle to band together and survive after getting stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with a blood-thirsty Kodiak Bear hunting them down.
Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson, Harold Perrineau
Votes: 79,429 | Gross: $27.78M
18. Never Cry Wolf (1983)
PG | 105 min | Adventure, Drama
A government researcher, sent to research the "menace" of wolves in the north, learns about the true beneficial and positive nature of the species.
Director: Carroll Ballard | Stars: Charles Martin Smith, Brian Dennehy, Zachary Ittimangnaq, Samson Jorah
Votes: 8,821 | Gross: $29.60M
19. The Bear (1988)
PG | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Tchéky Karyo, Bart the Bear, Youk the Bear, Jack Wallace
Votes: 19,174 | Gross: $31.75M
20. Living with Wolves (2005 TV Movie)
95 min | Documentary
During centuries wolves were characterized as blood-thirsty beasts, enemies of owners of ranch and killer of helpless live-stock. Adjusted to overcome this misunderstanding, the ... See full summary »
Stars: Liev Schreiber, Jamie Dutcher, Jim Dutcher
Votes: 359
21. Grizzly Man (2005)
R | 103 min | Documentary, Biography
A devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzly bears in Alaska.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Timothy Treadwell, Amie Huguenard, Werner Herzog, Carol Dexter
Votes: 62,267 | Gross: $3.17M
22. Bambi II (2006 Video)
G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
The story of Bambi growing up in the care of his father, The Great Prince of the Forest.
Director: Brian Pimental | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Alexander Gould, Keith Ferguson, Brendon Baerg
Votes: 12,077
23. Red Dead Redemption (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
A former outlaw is forced by the federal government to hunt down the members of his old gang.
Stars: Rob Wiethoff, Josh Blaylock, Sophia Marzocchi, Spider Madison
Votes: 30,622
When the game draws to an end, it involves John Marston returning to his home range in Beecher's Hope in the north of the map. Out there, you can explore the vast forest of Tall Trees, in which you must watch out for bears, wolves, cougars and various wildlife.
24. The Legend of Lobo (1962)
Approved | 67 min | Adventure, Family
When both parents are killed by man, the wolf Lobo learns the ways of the hunter.
Director: James Algar | Stars: Rex Allen, Ingvald Lieberkind, Robert Dalban
Votes: 576
25. Surviving with Wolves (2007)
118 min | Drama
In 1942, the young Jewish girl Misha, her Russian mother Gerusha and her German father Reuven hide from the Germans in a small house in Ardennes, Belgium. Misha is very connected to her ... See full summary »
Director: Véra Belmont | Stars: Mathilde Goffart, Yaël Abecassis, Guy Bedos, Michèle Bernier
Votes: 1,183
26. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
PG | 142 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Harry Potter, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for their third year of study, where they delve into the mystery surrounding an escaped prisoner who poses a dangerous threat to the young wizard.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Richard Griffiths
Votes: 695,005 | Gross: $249.36M
Though all of the HARRY POTTER films, much like the books, have their climaxes set in the forest, it is the third film that seems to focus all of its efforts on the perfect climax set in a forest, especially the werewolf scene.
27. The Maiden and the Wolves (2008)
110 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
At the end of World War I, 20 year-old Angèle is determined to become the first woman veterinarian. Her life is an adventurous one and she becomes the object of ruthless rivalry between the... See full summary »
Director: Gilles Legrand | Stars: Laetitia Casta, Jean-Paul Rouve, Stefano Accorsi, Miglen Mirtchev
Votes: 612
28. The Fox and the Child (2007)
G | 92 min | Drama, Family
It has been described as both a nature documentary and a "fairy tale" look at the story of young girl and her friendship with a fox.
Director: Luc Jacquet | Stars: Bertille Noël-Bruneau, Isabelle Carré, Thomas Laliberté, Camille Lambert
Votes: 4,373
29. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
G | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A captured mustang remains determined to return to his herd no matter what.
Directors: Kelly Asbury, Lorna Cook | Stars: Matt Damon, James Cromwell, Daniel Studi, Chopper Bernet
Votes: 85,675 | Gross: $73.28M
30. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
PG-13 | 146 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
As Harry, Ron and Hermione race against time and evil to destroy the Horcruxes, they uncover the existence of the three most powerful objects in the wizarding world: the Deathly Hallows.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Bill Nighy
Votes: 602,228 | Gross: $295.98M
All the scenes that involve a forest in them are probably the best scenes in this perfect movie.
31. Wolves Unleashed (2011)
Unrated | 89 min | Documentary, Adventure, Family
This film follows world renowned animal trainer Andrew Simpson as he travels to the other side of the world to make the biggest wolf film ever attempted. Battling temperatures of -60C the ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Simpson | Stars: Andrew Simpson, Nicolas Brioudes, Pom Klementieff
Votes: 49
32. A Cry in the Wild (1990)
PG | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Adapted from Gary Paulsen's novel "Hatchet", a boy crash-lands in Canada's bear country and survives with a hatchet his divorced mother gave him.
Director: Mark Griffiths | Stars: Jared Rushton, Ned Beatty, Pamela Sue Martin, Stephen Meadows
Votes: 1,166 | Gross: $1.49M
33. Dances with Wolves (1990)
PG-13 | 181 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Lieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, finds himself engaging with a neighbouring Sioux settlement, causing him to question his own purpose.
Director: Kevin Costner | Stars: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant
Votes: 291,978 | Gross: $184.21M
34. Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
R | 142 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In 18th-century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent to the Gevaudan province at the king's behest to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.
Director: Christophe Gans | Stars: Samuel Le Bihan, Mark Dacascos, Jérémie Renier, Vincent Cassel
Votes: 71,843 | Gross: $11.26M
35. White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994)
PG | 106 min | Adventure, Family
In order to rescue one of the last surviving Alaskan Native tribes, Fang joins in with a friend of his master to stop miners from destroying an ancient sacred land.
Director: Ken Olin | Stars: Scott Bairstow, Charmaine Craig, Al Harrington, Anthony Ruivivar
Votes: 2,535 | Gross: $8.88M
36. The Call of the Wild (1972)
PG | 100 min | Adventure, Family, Western
A house dog is abducted and brought to the north as a sled dog.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Charlton Heston, Michèle Mercier, Raimund Harmstorf, George Eastman
Votes: 1,980
37. The Animals of Farthing Wood (1993–1995)
TV-Y7 | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A group of wild animal friends are forced to move to a park after humans drive them away from their old home.
Stars: Ron Moody, Stacey Gregg, Rupert Farley, Sally Grace
Votes: 3,655
38. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The fragile peace between apes and humans is threatened as mistrust and betrayal threaten to plunge both tribes into a war for dominance over the Earth.
Director: Matt Reeves | Stars: Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Andy Serkis, Kodi Smit-McPhee
Votes: 471,366 | Gross: $208.55M
39. Biya el-Khawatim (1965)
95 min | Comedy, Musical
In a peaceful village, the mayor, seeing that the population is bored with tranquility, invents the mystical figure of Rajeh, and tells stories to villagers about the exploits of Rajeh, who... See full summary »
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Fairuz, Nasri Shamseddine, Joseph Azar, Phelemone Wehbe
Votes: 193
40. War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind.
Director: Matt Reeves | Stars: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Karin Konoval
Votes: 284,108 | Gross: $146.88M
41. Safar barlek (1966)
115 min | Musical, Drama
During the war in 1914, the Ottoman Empire forbade wheat to enter the lands of Lebanon in order to make the Lebanese people starve. In addition to that, the Ottoman Empire was taking men to... See full summary »
Director: Henry Barakat | Stars: Fairuz, Elie Choueiri, Berj Fazlian, Salwa Haddad
Votes: 198
42. True Grit (2010)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Western
A stubborn teenager enlists the help of a tough U.S. Marshal to track down her father's murderer.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld, Josh Brolin
Votes: 359,636 | Gross: $171.24M
43. Grizzly Falls (1999)
PG | 94 min | Adventure, Drama
When a young boy is captured by a grizzly bear, he begins the most incredible journey of a lifetime, full of breathtaking excitement, harrowing danger and thrilling surprises.
Director: Stewart Raffill | Stars: Bryan Brown, Tom Jackson, Oliver Tobias, Richard Harris
Votes: 668 | Gross: $0.16M
44. The Tiger's Nest (2022)
94 min | Adventure, Drama
A live-action fantasy adventure film set in the tropical forests of Himalayas.
Director: Brando Quilici | Stars: Claudia Gerini, Sunny Pawar, Amandeep Singh, Yoon C. Joyce
Votes: 444
45. Vicky and Her Mystery (2021)
TV-PG | 84 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Victoria, 8 year old girl whose mother just passed away, relocates with her father in a small mountain village. She finds solace in the adoption of a puppy of unknown origin found in an isolated farm.
Director: Denis Imbert | Stars: Vincent Elbaz, Shanna Keil, Marie Gillain, Eric Elmosnino
Votes: 2,684
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