Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "killing-an-elephant"

1. Tarzan and His Mate (1934)

Passed | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

The idyllic life of Tarzan and Jane is challenged by men on safari who come seeking ivory, and come seeking Jane as well.

Directors: Cedric Gibbons, James C. McKay, Jack Conway | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton, Paul Cavanagh

Votes: 5,586

2. Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)

PG | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

To keep the loyalty of a village during the Vietnam war, a U.S. Army officer and his unit struggle to deliver it a live elephant.

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Danny Glover, Ray Liotta, Denis Leary, Doug E. Doug

Votes: 9,733 | Gross: $24.70M

3. King Solomon's Mines (1950)

Passed | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

Adventurer Allan Quartermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his search for the fabled diamond mines of King Solomon.

Directors: Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson, Hugo Haas

Votes: 7,046

4. The Naked Prey (1965)

Approved | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

During the 1800s, a safari guide, two elephant hunters and their crew run into trouble with the natives in the South African veld when they refuse to offer gifts to the tribesmen.

Director: Cornel Wilde | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Gert van den Bergh, Ken Gampu, Patrick Mynhardt

Votes: 5,896

5. Tarzan and the Trappers (1960 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 70 min | Action, Adventure

After dispatching a ruthless hunter who traps animals for gain, Tarzan must contend with his brother who is out for revenge.

Directors: Charles F. Haas, Sandy Howard, H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Gordon Scott, Eve Brent, Rickie Sorensen, Cheta

Votes: 669

6. 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: 641

7. Savage Man Savage Beast (1975)

Unrated | 94 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama

A notorious mondo film depicting unbelievable and bizarre rituals, animal killing and cruelty, and people being killed and eaten, all by either animals or humans against each other or themselves.

Directors: Antonio Climati, Mario Morra | Stars: Giuseppe Rinaldi, Pit Dernitz, Ilona Staller, Michele Starck

Votes: 397

8. Electrocuting an Elephant (1903)

Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short, Horror

The execution of Topsy, a female elephant, in a publicity stunt advertising the opening of Luna Park on Coney Island. Topsy was originally owned by Forepaugh Circus where she killed a ... See full summary »

Director: Edwin S. Porter | Stars: Carl Goliath, Topsy

Votes: 1,936

9. Mondo Magic (1975)

X | 100 min | Documentary

This film is about tribes in Africa and South America who turn toward magic as a means of survival and way of life. The Mundari tribe in Africa herd cattle but do not slaughter them for ... See full summary »

Directors: Alfredo Castiglioni, Angelo Castiglioni, Guido Guerrasio | Stars: Riccardo Cucciolla, Mac Mauro Smith

Votes: 223

10. Watusi (1959)

Approved | 85 min | Adventure

Alan Quartermain's son comes to Africa to find the treasure his father was unable to bring home.

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: George Montgomery, Taina Elg, David Farrar, Rex Ingram

Votes: 359

11. Trader Horn (1973)

PG | 101 min | Adventure, Romance, War

During the First World War a Hunter and trader in Africa joins forces with a couple looking for a source of platinum try to survive while fleeing British soldiers, dealing with German slavers and troops, natives and cannibals.

Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: Rod Taylor, Anne Heywood, Jean Sorel, Don Knight

Votes: 187

12. Tyke: Elephant Outlaw (2015)

78 min | Documentary

This is the gripping and emotionally charged story of Tyke, a circus elephant that went on a rampage in Honolulu in 1994, killed her trainer in front of thousands of spectators and died in ... See full summary »

Directors: Susan Lambert, Stefan Moore | Stars: Pam Burns, Bryan Akita, Cathy Goeggel, Sally Joseph

Votes: 684

13. The Plot Sickens (1961)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A nebbish plots to murder his overbearing wife.

Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Irv Spector | Stars: Eddie Lawrence, Corinne Orr

Votes: 23

14. The Vanishing Giants (2004)

5 min | Documentary, Short

The documentary exposes the cruel and outdated methods used to trap protected and endangered species of animals. It is critical of these methods while simultaneously emphasizing the urgent ... See full summary »

Director: Ritambra Rana | Star: Mike Pandey

15. 1923 (2022–2023)
Episode: The War Has Come Home (2022)

TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, Western

Jacob, Cara, and the Duttons go into town to take care of some business, and pleasure. Spencer and Alexandra decide they won't waste any time, and later find new danger. The Duttons realize the feud with the sheepherders is far from over.

Director: Ben Richardson | Stars: Helen Mirren, Harrison Ford, Brandon Sklenar, Julia Schlaepfer

Votes: 2,770

16. The Occult (2014– )
Episode: Sometimes You Just Have to Trust Eternity (2017)

10 min | Talk-Show

One needs a faith in something, argues Styx, and it doesn't have to be a deity.

Star: Styxhexenhammer666