Movies and TvShows featuring "going-native" theme.

In The Emerald Forest, a teenage boy named Tommy is abducted while traveling with his family in the Amazon rainforest. He is raised by an indigenous tribe, learning their language and customs. Years later, Tommy's father, engineer Bill Markham, discovers that his son is still alive and embarks on a mission to find him. The film explores themes of deforestation, the clash of cultures, and the bond between a father and his son.

While on vacation in Thailand, Richard discovers a map to a secret island paradise. Accompanied by Françoise and Étienne, he swims across to the island and becomes a part of the beach community. However, the idyllic island and its community start to unravel, leading to betrayal, violence, and ultimately, an escape back to the mainland.

Stolen Women, Captured Hearts (1997) is a powerful drama based on a true story. It follows the life of Anna Morgan, a courageous woman who is taken captive by the Sioux tribe. As Anna adjusts to her new life and falls in love with her captor, she faces a difficult choice between loyalty and freedom. This emotional tale explores themes of race relations, love, and the resilience of the human spirit.

A woman tracks down the three men who raped her, helped by an Apache. Traveling through the Old West to her new home, young schoolteacher Alice McAndrew is abducted by five outlaws headed by robber Pudge Elliott. The thugs rape Alice before leaving her for dead, but she is rescued by Chatto, an Apache chief. He restores her health and aids her in her bloodthirsty quest for revenge. With her sanity wavering, will Alice be able to find the men who tortured her?

Trooper Hook is a movie set in the Old West where a white woman named Cora Du Bois is captured by a Chiricahua Apache tribe after her stagecoach is attacked. She is then saved by Sergeant Hook, a cavalry officer, who takes her back to the white settlement. As Cora struggles with her identity and the prejudice of those around her, she forms a bond with Sergeant Hook. The movie explores themes of cultural clash, identity, and acceptance.

In the 1870s, a half-breed renegade named Horse, with long blonde hair, finds himself caught between two worlds. As he tries to bridge the gap between Native Americans and the government, he faces racial prejudice, battles with Native American tribes, and struggles with his own identity. Horse learns the ways of the Native Americans, becomes a respected member of the tribe, and fights for justice and equality. However, the conflicts and hardship ultimately lead to his tragic demise.

In 18th-century America, a Caucasian boy is abducted by Native Americans and raised as one of their own. He faces racial prejudice and falls in love with a Native American girl, challenging the societal norms of the time.

A former slave affects peace between Indian tribes and homesteaders in 1860s West Texas.

Against a Crooked Sky is a 1975 Western film about a young girl who is abducted by Native Americans and her brother's journey to rescue her.

Bird of Paradise is a romantic adventure film set on an exotic island. It tells the story of a German man who falls in love with a Polynesian woman and must overcome cultural differences and superstitions.

The true story of explorer, journalist and writer Isabelle Eberhardt, originally from Switzerland. She moved to Annaba in Algeria in 1897 with her mother, who preferred to live in the Algerian neighborhoods rather than the European neighborhoods that she hated, and converted to Islam. Her lifestyle shocked the French colonialists: she dressed like a man, frequented cafes and smoke shops. Fascinated by the desert, she traveled the Sahara under the identity of Si Mahmoud, she published articles and books on the world she discovered in southern Algeria, strongly criticizing the colonial authorities. Arriving in El Oued, the soldiers prevent him from continuing his journey. She disobeys and overhears officers shooting Arab prisoners. Arrested, she was accused of espionage and was expelled from Algeria. She married Slimane, a Muslim non-commissioned officer in 1901. Having become French through this marriage, she could now reside in Algeria.

Nicholas is a young cinematographer, shooting a documentary about the ancient tribal ritual in an Indian village near the Amazon, where he fell in love with the daughter of a chief, at the same time more and more like the side of the original dailylife, and a more in-depth understanding of their ancient customs, however, he found where deforestation has become increasingly serious ......