Last Updated on 10 October 2025

The following list is a compilation of the 100 best jungle adventure movies of all time. I found 19 different ranked lists online of “best jungle adventure movies of all time” and pulled them all into Excel and merged them all to get this definitive compilation.  See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including links to all 19 lists that were averaged. Below is a checklist you can print to track which ones you’ve seen, followed by the ranked list with links to IMDb.

Best Jungle Adventure Movies – Viewing ChecklistDownload
  1. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
  2. Predator (1987)
  3. Apocalypse Now (1979)
  4. Jurassic Park (1993)
  5. Platoon (1986)
  6. King Kong (2005)
  7. The Jungle Book (2016)
  8. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
  9. The Jungle Book (1967)
  10. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
  11. Jurassic World (2015)
  12. Tarzan (1999)
  13. Jungle Cruise (2021)
  14. Romancing the Stone (1984)
  15. The Lost City of Z (2016)
  16. Kong: Skull Island (2017)
  17. Tropic Thunder (2008)
  18. The Rundown (2003)
  19. Tomb Raider (2018)
  20. The Lost City (2022)
  21. Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
  22. The Mission (1986)
  23. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  24. Jungle (2017)
  25. Anaconda (1997)
  26. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
  27. Jumanji (1995)
  28. Apocalypto (2006)
  29. The Emerald Forest (1985)
  30. Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
  31. Into the Wild (2007)
  32. Mojin: The Lost Legend (2015)
  33. The Lion King (1994)
  34. Congo (1995)
  35. Jurassic Park III (2001)
  36. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
  37. King Kong (1933)
  38. Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)
  39. The Mosquito Coast (1986)
  40. Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
  41. The African Queen (1951)
  42. Avatar (2009)
  43. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
  44. Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
  45. Rio (2011)
  46. The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
  47. The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
  48. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
  49. Zootopia (2016)
  50. George of the Jungle (1997)
  51. Casualties of War (1989)
  52. Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
  53. Predators (2010)
  54. Uncharted (2022)
  55. Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018)
  56. The Beach (2000)
  57. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
  58. Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
  59. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
  60. Death in the Garden (1956)
  61. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
  62. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
  63. Tropical Malady (2004)
  64. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
  65. Rambo (2008)
  66. Sherlock Jr. (1924)
  67. Cast Away (2000)
  68. Papillon (1973)
  69. At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
  70. Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
  71. Rugrats Go Wild (2003)
  72. Born Free (1966)
  73. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
  74. Tears of the Sun (2003)
  75. Five Came Back (1939)
  76. Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
  77. The Phantom (1996)
  78. Princess Mononoke (1997)
  79. Gold (2016)
  80. Medicine Man (1992)
  81. The Ruins (2008)
  82. Sheena (1984)
  83. 100 Days in the Jungle (2002)
  84. Junglee (2019)
  85. Eastern Condors (1987)
  86. Africa Screams (1949)
  87. Madagascar (2005)
  88. The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
  89. The Thin Red Line (1998)
  90. The Green Inferno (2013)
  91. Jungle Book (1942)
  92. Mighty Joe Young (1998)
  93. Elephant Boy (1937)
  94. Crocodile Dundee (1986)
  95. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
  96. To End All Wars (2001)
  97. Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986)
  98. Planet of the Apes (1968)
  99. Tarzan the Ape Man (1981)
  100. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

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