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10 Best Movies Like American Wilderness

If you loved American Wilderness, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Open Season

Open Season

2006★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Wilderness for fans of Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Boog, a domesticated 900lb. Grizzly bear finds himself stranded in the woods 3 days before Open Season. Forced to rely on Elliot, a fast-talking mule deer, the two form an unlikely...

#2
Bears

Bears

2014★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Wilderness for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Filmmakers Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey chronicle a year in the lives of an Alaskan brown bear named Sky and her cubs, Scout and Amber. Their saga begins as the bears emer...

#3
Wild America

Wild America

1997★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Wilderness for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Three brothers - Marshall, Marty and Mark dream of becoming naturalists and portraying animal life of America. One summer their dream comes true, they travel through America, filmi...

#4
Earth

Earth

2007★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Wilderness for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An epic story of adventure, starring some of the most magnificent and courageous creatures alive, awaits you in EARTH. Disneynature brings you a remarkable story of three animal fa...

#5
Mountain

Mountain

2017★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Wilderness for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An epic cinematic and musical collaboration between SHERPA filmmaker Jennifer Peedom and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, that explores humankind's fascination with high places....

#6
Balto

Balto

1995★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Wilderness for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska....

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