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1. The Lion King (2019)

PG | 118 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.

Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Donald Glover, Beyoncé, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor

Votes: 267,851 | Gross: $543.64M

2. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

PG-13 | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel

Votes: 433,026 | Gross: $352.39M

3. Coming 2 America (2021)

PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Music

The African monarch Akeem learns he has a long-lost son in the United States and must return to America to meet this unexpected heir and build a relationship with his son.

Director: Craig Brewer | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley, Jermaine Fowler

Votes: 75,707

4. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)

PG | 89 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The Madagascar animals fly back to New York City, but crash-land on an African nature reserve in Kenya, where they meet others of their own kind, and Alex especially discovers his royal heritage as prince of a lion pride.

Directors: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath | Stars: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith

Votes: 248,457 | Gross: $180.01M

5. The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)

R | 83 min | Comedy

The daily programming of a fictional local TV channel presented as a series of highly irreverent skits.

Director: John Landis | Stars: Evan C. Kim, Bong Soo Han, Bill Bixby, George Lazenby

Votes: 20,322

6. Hatari! (1962)

Approved | 157 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos before the arrival of a female wildlife photographer threatens to change their ways.

Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: John Wayne, Elsa Martinelli, Hardy Krüger, Red Buttons

Votes: 14,322 | Gross: $14.00M

7. Jane and the Lost City (1987)

PG | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Jane and the colonel must journey to Africa to the lost city to retrieve the diamonds before the Germans do. Based on the classic adult UK comic strip "Jane," especially popular during World War II for its strong pin-up elements.

Director: Terry Marcel | Stars: Sam J. Jones, Maud Adams, Jasper Carrott, Kirsten Hughes

Votes: 630

8. The Roots of Heaven (1958)

Not Rated | 126 min | Adventure, Drama

In French Equatorial Africa, an idealist ecologist starts a campaign of public awareness to help save the African elephants from extinction.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Errol Flynn, Juliette Gréco, Trevor Howard, Eddie Albert

Votes: 1,138

9. An Elephant's Journey (2017)

PG | 87 min | Adventure

A lost orphan boy and a giant elephant team up to take down an elephant poaching syndicate.

Director: Richard Boddington | Stars: Elizabeth Hurley, Sam Ashe Arnold, Tertius Meintjes, Hlomla Dandala

Votes: 640

10. Prehistoric Park (2006)

60 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama

Nigel Marven travels back in time to rescue exotic creatures on the brink of extinction. CGI is used to create animals no longer seen on earth, from woolly mammoths, and T Rex, to dinosaur-eating crocodiles.

Stars: Rod Arthur, Suzanne McNabb, Nigel Marven, David Jason

Votes: 1,786

11. Kwagga Strikes Back (1990)

92 min | Comedy

Kwagga Robbertse owns a farm shop in the fictional Southern African country of Nambabwe and usually cons foreign tourists by pretending to kill a lion, thus earning him the nickname 'Urumbo... See full summary »

Director: David Lister | Stars: Leon Schuster, Bill Flynn, Casper de Vries, Michelle Bestbier

Votes: 375

12. Le monde selon Tippi (1997 TV Movie)

54 min | Documentary

Tippie Degré was born in Namibia, to wildlife photographer-filmmaker parents and was raised in the bush for the first ten years of her life in Southern Africa.

Director: Christian Crye | Star: Tippi Degre

Votes: 89

13. Malaika (1998)

PG | 93 min | Adventure, Family

An African elephant wanders into the lives of four wide-eyed children and all pandemonium breaks loose.

Director: Marina Martins | Stars: John Laughlin, R.D. Call, Lee Purcell, Keli Daniels

Votes: 133

14. Sophie & Sheba (II) (2010)

PG | 100 min | Family

A seventeen year old girl growing up in the zoo her family operates, focuses on her love of ballet and animals. Her parents are forced to sell Sheba the elephant to a traveling circus in ... See full summary »

Director: Leif Bristow | Stars: John Rhys-Davies, Erica Durance, Augustus Prew, Deborah Kara Unger

Votes: 324

15. Noah's Ark (2007)

Not Rated | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Noah is building a whale of a boat in order to save two of every species from a flood that will cover the entire world. Pretty soon, animals are lining up to board the Ark two by two.

Director: Juan Pablo Buscarini | Stars: Juan Carlos Mesa, Jorge Guinzburg, Mariana Fabbiani, Alejandro Fantino

Votes: 551

16. Planet Earth Live (2012– )

Documentary

The lives of various kinds of animals shown live from different locations around the world.

Stars: Julia Bradbury, Richard Hammond, Lynn Rogers, Gavin Thurston

Votes: 61

17. Tippi en Afrique (2002)

52 min | Documentary

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Director: Jeanne Mascolo de Filippis | Stars: Tippi Degre, Audrey Delsink, Rory Hensman, Ian Sussens

18. Last of the Big Tuskers (2018)

59 min | Documentary

Last of the Big Tuskers focuses on the last supertusker elephants of Africa and what is being done to keep them safe.

Director: James Currie

19. Below the Sahara (1953)

Approved | 65 min | Documentary

The photographic record of an African expedition led by producer-explorer Armand Denis and his (very) photogenic and camera-toting wife Michaela, who goes bird-riding at an ostrich farm. ... See full summary »

Director: Armand Denis | Stars: Armand Denis, Michaela Denis, Carr Hartley, Raymond Hook

Votes: 93

20. SimpliZoo (Video Game)

Animation | Filming

3D zoo building game heavily inspired by the Zoo Tycoon series.

Director: Victor D. Goossens

21. The Wild Thornberrys (1998–2004)
Episode: Forget Me Not (2000)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

When the Thornberrys visit Nigel's friend Jomo, they search for an elephant, Rebecca, that Nigel saved twenty years ago. As the family attends to an elephant stuck in a mudhole, Eliza bonds... See full summary »

Director: Mark Risley | Stars: Lacey Chabert, Jodi Carlisle, Tim Curry, Flea

Votes: 52

22. The Zoo: San Diego (2019– )
Episode: Mkhaya Discovers Her Trunk (2019)

TV-PG | 41 min | Reality-TV

At the Safari Park, snake wrangler Jeff searches for the coastal patch noses snake and baby elephant Mkhaya learns how to use her trunk; at the Zoo, Alba the Andean bear is monitored for pregnancy while Mandazzi the gorilla is examined.

Stars: Evan Miracle, Hali O'Connor, Melissa Nau, Jeff Lemm

Votes: 9

23. Wild China (2008)
Episode: Shangri-La (2008)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary

Beneath billowing clouds, in China's far South West, rich jungles nestle below towering peaks. Jewel-coloured birds and ancient tribes share forested valleys where wild elephants still roam... See full summary »

Director: Kathryn Jeffs | Star: Bernard Hill

Votes: 114

24. Megaprojects (2020– )
Episode: Boeing X-37: America's Secret Space Plane (2021)

15 min | Documentary

After ten years in service virtually nothing is publicly known about DARPA's Boeing X-37 Orbital Test Vehicle or it's Air Force variant the X-37B. While this unmanned space plane is highly ... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

25. Atlas Pro (2018– )
Episode: The Biogeography of the Ice Age (2020)

14 min | Documentary

During the last ice the Earth was cooler, of course, but also dryer and virtually every region of the world had a different environment than it does today. While this lead to deserts near ... See full summary »

Star: Caelan Kelley

26. PBS Terra (2020– )
Episode: Elephants: Do Giant Brains Mean More Smarts? Animal IQ (2021)

12 min | Documentary

Elephants have huge brains with more neurons that people. But how smart are they? Since they look at the world in a different way than people we'll have to be a little bit clever to figure that out.

Stars: Natalia Borrego, Trace Dominguez, Jashua Plotnik

27. Animal Kingdom (2011)
Episode: Crocodiles and Elephants (2011)

Documentary

In the first episode, Steve gets hands-on with five Nile crocodiles which need relocating to a new waterhole. He also has a close encounter with some unruly bull elephants which live on the reserve.

Stars: Steve Leonard, Ruan Cloete, Rodney Hall

28. Ecotasia (2014– )
Episode: What is an Umbrella Species? Can it Save Wildlife? (2021)

6 min | Documentary

One approach to ecological conservation involves identifying umbrella, keystone, indicator and flagship species. These designations run the gambit from measuring the health of a habit to ... See full summary »

Star: John Jackson

29. PBS Eons (2017– )
Episode: The Rise and Fall of the Tallest Mammal to Walk the Earth (2020)

9 min | Documentary

Paraceratherium is an extinct member of the same order as the rhinoceros. Scientists believe it was very close to the size limit for terrestrial mammals due to the lengthy gestation period required.

Star: Blake de Pastino

30. Extant (2014–2015)
Episode: Extinct (2014)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

After Molly collapses and experiences a vision of her encounter on the Seraphim, Sam agrees to give her an ultrasound so she can learn more about her mysterious pregnancy. Also, Molly ... See full summary »

Director: Matt Earl Beesley | Stars: Halle Berry, Goran Visnjic, Pierce Gagnon, Hiroyuki Sanada

Votes: 678

31. Hawaii Five-0 (2010–2020)
Episode: Ka Haunaele (2016)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The team discovers that the prototype for a high-tech body armor suit has been stolen, and Jerry finds out that his sister is involved with the release of an elephant that is still on the loose.

Director: Jerry Levine | Stars: Alex O'Loughlin, Scott Caan, Daniel Dae Kim, Grace Park

Votes: 488

32. Planet Earth II (2016)
Episode: Grasslands (2016)

TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary

Grasslands cover one quarter of all land and support the vast gatherings of wildlife, but to survive here animals must endure the most hostile seasonal changes on the planet. From Asia's ... See full summary »

Director: Chadden Hunter | Stars: David Attenborough, Chadden Hunter, Sandesh Kadur

Votes: 2,882

33. World of the Wild (2016–2017)
Episode: African Savannah (2016)

21 min | Documentary

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Directors: Bettina Dalton, Max Serio | Star: Jacqueline Cloake

34. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode: Hannibal in the Alps (2018)

TV-PG | Documentary, History, War

Explorers, archaeologists and scientists combine technology and ancient texts to prove that Hannibal's army crossed the Alps to launch an attack on Rome.

Stars: Chris Allen, Stephanie Carter, Randy Dirszowsky, Victoria Herridge

Votes: 59

35. Our Planet (2019–2023)
Episode: Jungles (2019)

TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary

Jungles and rainforests are home to an incredible variety of species like preening birds, intelligent orangutans and remarkably ambitious ants.

Director: Huw Cordey | Star: David Attenborough

Votes: 1,933

36. Our Planet (2019–2023)
Episode: Fresh Water (2019)

TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary

The need for fresh water is as strong as ever. However, the supply is becoming increasingly unpredictable for all manner of species.

Director: Mandi Stark | Star: David Attenborough

Votes: 1,445