Movies Like Sands of the Kalahari (1965)

Sands of the Kalahari is a 1965 action, adventure film from Cy Endfield with a MovieMagicScore of 6.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro and The Naked Prey.

Action Adventure

In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro

1986

There's a big drought in Africa. Food and water are scarce. 90,000 wild baboons suddenly start attacking humans and eating them in order to survive. Some people find themselves being hunted by the starving monkeys and must do whatever they can to stay alive.

7.8

MagicScore

The Naked Prey

1965

A group of men are on safari. One of the party refuses to give a gift to a tribe they encounter. The tribe is offended, seizes the party, and one-by-one, kills all but one of the safari members in various creative and horrifying ways. The last surviving member is given "The Lion's Chance" by the tribal leader to be hunted down by a party of tribal warriors.

6.7

MagicScore

A Far Off Place

1993

Thrown together under incredible circumstances, two strangers must discover courage and strength when they begin a journey across the treacherous African desert! Equipped only with their wits and the expertise of a native bushman who befriends them, they are determined to triumph over impossible odds and reach their destination. But along the way, the trio face a primitive desert wilderness.

6.1

MagicScore

Prey

2007

An American family on holiday in Africa becomes lost in a game reserve and stalked by vicious killer lions.

5.8

MagicScore

The Dead

2010

When the last evacuation flight out of war-torn Africa crashes off the coast, American Air Force Engineer Lieutenant Brian Murphy emerges as the sole survivor in a land where the dead are returning to life and attacking the living.

5.5

MagicScore

All the Invisible Children

2005

Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist.

7.0

MagicScore

The Illustrated Man

1969

A man who has a body almost completely covered in tattoos is searching for the woman who cursed him with the "skin illustrations". Each tattoo reveals a bizarre story, which is experienced by staring at the scene depicted. When the illustrated man meets a fellow tramp on the road a strange voyage begins.

5.5

MagicScore

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

1977

Princess Farah refuses to marry Sinbad until Prince Kassim, her brother, is able to give his consent. However, the Prince's wicked stepmother, Queen Zenobia, has changed Kassim into a baboon in order to have her own son crowned as caliph. Sinbad, his crew, the Princess and the transformed Prince travel to a distant land, fighting every obstacle Zenobia places in their path, to seek the advice of a legendary wise man who can possibly tell how to end the spell.

6.5

MagicScore

The Wild Thornberrys Movie

2002

Eliza and Debbie are two sisters who don't always get along. But their relationship is put to the test when Debbie's life is in danger, and Eliza might have to give up her power to talk to animals....

6.4

MagicScore

#10

The Omen

1976

Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.

7.4

MagicScore

#11

Untamed Heart

1993

Caroline, a young waitress who seems to have bad taste in men, is on her way home one night when thugs attempt to rape her. Adam, the mysterious busboy who works at the same diner, helps fight off the assailants, and she begins a relationship with him -- but not all their fellow Minnesotans are happy for them. Meanwhile, the couple face their own difficulties when Caroline finds about Adam's past, including his unique health condition.

6.9

MagicScore

#12

Shakma

1990

A murderous baboon escapes from a laboratory and roams the research building, and begins to kill some teenagers who are also in the building playing a Dungeons-and-Dragons type game.

5.3

MagicScore

#13

Primal Rage

1988

A scientist at a Florida university inadvertently creates a "rage virus" while performing experiments intended to restore dead brain tissue in baboons. When a journalist for the college paper breaks into the campus lab, he's bitten by one of the infected baboons; the virus soon spreads to a trio of rapists and a valley girl, all of whom go on killing sprees.

5.2

MagicScore

#14

Black Panther

2018

King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.

7.4

MagicScore

#15

The Professional

1981

French secret service agent Josselin Beaumont is dispatched to take down African warlord N'Jala. But when his assignment is canceled, he's shocked to learn that his government is surrendering him to local authorities. He is given a mock trial and sentenced to 20 years of hard labor. But Beaumont escapes from prison and vows not only to avenge himself against his betrayers but also to finish his original assignment.

7.2

MagicScore

#16

Who Am I?

1998

A group of covert CIA operatives trailing a potential new energy source are double-crossed by corrupt agent Morgan, who causes a helicopter crash in remote South Africa. The sole survivor, suffering severe amnesia, is nursed to recovery by a kindly native tribe who call him "Whoami" after the question he keeps asking. With the help of a mysterious reporter Christine, Whoami pieces together his past and tracks the turncoat agent and his criminal cohorts.

7.1

MagicScore

#17

Armour of God

1986

Jackie Chan stars as Asian Hawk, an Indiana Jones-style adventurer looking to make a fortune in exotic antiquities. After Hawk discovers a mysterious sword in Africa, a band of Satan-worshipping monks kidnap his ex-girlfriend Lorelei, demanding the sword as ransom as well as other pieces of the legendary Armour of God - a magical outfit dating back to the Crusades.

7.0

MagicScore

#18

Ultimate Avengers 2

2006

Mysterious Wakanda lies in the darkest heart of Africa, unknown to most of the world. An isolated land hidden behind closed borders, fiercely protected by its young king: Black Panther. But when brutal alien invaders attack, the threat leaves Black Panther with no option but to go against the sacred decrees of his people and ask for help from outsiders.

6.8

MagicScore

#19

I'm for the Hippopotamus

1979

In Africa, Slim and Tom don't like it when a German tyrant starts selling all of the African wildlife to Canadian zoos. Slim and Tom must teach this guy a lesson by beating the hell out of him and his gang.

6.8

MagicScore

#20

Hatari!

1962

A female wildlife photographer arrives on an East African reservation where a group of men trap wild animals for zoos and circuses.

6.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Sands of the Kalahari?

The top films similar to Sands of the Kalahari by MovieMagicScore are In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro (7.8), The Naked Prey (6.7), A Far Off Place (6.1). Each shares action/adventure themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Sands of the Kalahari worth watching?

Sands of the Kalahari holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.2/10 from 32 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Sands of the Kalahari?

Sands of the Kalahari (1965) is a action, adventure film directed by Cy Endfield, starring Stuart Whitman, Stanley Baker, Susannah York.

Where can I find more recommendations like Sands of the Kalahari?

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About movies like Sands of the Kalahari

This ranked list pairs Sands of the Kalahari (1965), a action and adventure film from Cy Endfield, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Stuart Whitman take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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