Movies Like Wind Across the Everglades (1958)

Wind Across the Everglades is a 1958 adventure, drama film from Nicholas Ray with a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Seminole and Distant Drums.

Adventure Drama

Seminole

1953

Lance Caldwell, a cavalry lieutenant, recounts his efforts to make peace with the Seminole Indian tribe, under an evil major.

5.4

MagicScore

Distant Drums

1951

After destroying a Seminole fort, American soldiers and their rescued companions must face the dangerous Everglades and hostile Indians in order to reach safety

6.2

MagicScore

The Creature Walks Among Us

1956

Scientists surgically transform the Creature into an air-breather, but being able to live on land is not enough to make him comfortable with humans. Enraged, he turns his wrath on anyone who comes near as he desperately tries to return to the deep-water world where he truly belongs.

5.3

MagicScore

Empire of the Ants

1977

A Florida real estate developer and her captain lure investors to a property in the Everglades called Dreamland Shores, under false pretenses that the swampland will soon be developed. After the group arrives on a small island, they find it has been overrun by giant mutated ants, brought on by the dumping of toxic waste in the area.

4.9

MagicScore

Invasion U.S.A.

1985

A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.

5.7

MagicScore

Frogs

1972

Jason Crockett is an aging, grumpy, physically disabled millionaire who invites his family to his island estate for his birthday celebration. Pickett Smith is a free-lance photographer who is doing a pollution layout for an ecology magazine. Jason Crockett hates nature, poisoning anything that crawls on his property. On the night of his birthday the frogs and other members of nature begin to pay Crockett back.

4.7

MagicScore

Mega Python vs. Gatoroid

2011

A fanatical animal rights activist releases giant pythons into the Everglades, believing the wild animals should be set free. When they start decimating the native animal population, an over-zealous park ranger feeds experimental steroids to wild alligators so they can fight back. The giant pythons and gargantuan alligators go on a killing spree, and it is now left up to the two feuding women to put aside their differences to put a stop to the creatures and the destruction.

4.1

MagicScore

Day of the Dead

1985

As the world is overrun by zombies, scientists and military personnel in an underground Florida bunker must decide on how they should deal with the undead.

7.0

MagicScore

Thelma

2017

A college student starts to experience extreme seizures. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable abilities.

6.8

MagicScore

#10

The Rescuers Down Under

1990

A lawless poacher wants to capture a majestic and rare golden eagle, so he kidnaps the boy who knows where to find the bird. Not to worry -- the Rescue Aid Society's top agents, heroic mice Miss Bianca and Bernard, fly to Australia to save the day. Accompanying the fearless duo are bumbling albatross Wilbur and local field operative Jake the Kangaroo Rat.

6.6

MagicScore

#11

Wild Things

1998

When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, rejected by the town, and fighting to get his life back. One cop suspects conspiracy, but nothing is what it seems...

6.4

MagicScore

#12

River of Grass

1995

Cozy, a dissatisfied housewife, meets Lee at a bar. A drink turns into a home break-in, and a gunshot sends them on the run together, thinking they've committed murder.

6.2

MagicScore

#13

The Paperboy

2012

A reporter returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a case involving a death row inmate.

5.6

MagicScore

#14

Porky's

1981

In 1954 Florida, a group of high school boys head to a strip club in the Everglades in an attempt to lose their collective virginity. When the club's owner and his sheriff brother swindle them out of their money and embarrass them, the boys plan revenge.

6.4

MagicScore

#15

'Gator Bait

1974

Desirée lives deep in the swamp and supports herself and her siblings by poaching. After an accident involving Deputy Billy and a friend, the Sheriff, Deputy and a family of locals go after Desirée. Soon the hunters become the hunted as she exacts her revenge for their violence against her family.

5.0

MagicScore

#16

Nickel Boys

2024

Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

6.6

MagicScore

#17

Moonlight

2016

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

7.4

MagicScore

#18

Out of Time

2003

Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he's trusted in order to find out the truth.

6.3

MagicScore

#19

Boa vs. Python

2004

After an overly ambitious businessman transports an 80-foot python to the United States, the beast escapes and starts to leave behind a trail of human victims. An FBI agent and a snake specialist come up with a plot to combat the creature by pitting it against a bioengineered, 70-foot boa constrictor. It's two great snakes that snake great together!

4.5

MagicScore

#20

The Beach Bum

2019

An irreverent comedy about the misadventures of Moondog, a rebellious stoner and lovable rogue who lives large.

5.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Wind Across the Everglades?

The top films similar to Wind Across the Everglades by MovieMagicScore are Seminole (5.4), Distant Drums (6.2), The Creature Walks Among Us (5.3). Each shares adventure/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Wind Across the Everglades worth watching?

Wind Across the Everglades holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10 from 27 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Wind Across the Everglades?

Wind Across the Everglades (1958) is a adventure, drama film directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Burl Ives, Christopher Plummer, Chana Eden.

Where can I find more recommendations like Wind Across the Everglades?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more adventure recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Wind Across the Everglades

This ranked list pairs Wind Across the Everglades (1958), a adventure and drama film from Nicholas Ray, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Burl Ives 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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