Movies like Alpha
If Alpha's mix of wolf, ice age and human animal relationship stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Alpha's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Dances with Wolves
1990 · Directed by Kevin Costner · 181 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: wolf, snow, bison · Also adventure and drama
Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with…
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The Revenant
2015 · Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu · 157 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: wilderness, survival, snow · Also drama and adventure · From the same decade (2010s)
In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
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Balto
1995 · Directed by Simon Wells · 78 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: wolf, pets · Also adventure and drama
An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.
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Walkabout
1971 · Directed by Nicolas Roeg · 95 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: wilderness, survival · Also adventure and drama
Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them.
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Eight Below
2006 · Directed by Frank Marshall · 120 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: survival, pets · Also adventure and drama
In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm.
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The Edge
1997 · Directed by Lee Tamahori · 117 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: wilderness, survival · Also adventure and drama
The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them reach…
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White Fang
1991 · Directed by Randal Kleiser · 107 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: human animal relationship, pets · Also adventure and drama
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.
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Into the Wild
2007 · Directed by Sean Penn · 148 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: wilderness · Also adventure and drama
After graduating from Emory University in 1992, 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…
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The Wolf and the Lion
2021 · Directed by Gilles de Maistre · 99 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: wolf · Also adventure and drama
After her grandfather's death, 20-year-old Alma decides to go back to her childhood home - a little island in the heart of the majestic Canadian forest. Whilst there, she rescues two helpless cubs: a wolf and a lion.
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A Dog's Way Home
2019 · Directed by Charles Martin Smith · 96 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: pets · Also drama and adventure · From the same decade (2010s)
The adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey home after she is separated from her beloved human.
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The Fox and the Hound
1981 · Directed by Richard Rich · 82 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: pets · Also adventure and drama
When a feisty little fox named Tod is adopted into a farm family, he quickly becomes friends with a fun and adorable hound puppy named Copper.
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Swapped
2026 · Directed by Nathan Greno · 102 min8.9
Why you'll like itShares: wolf
A small woodland creature and a majestic bird, two natural sworn enemies of the Valley, magically trade places and set off on an adventure of a lifetime to switch back.