This is a List of river films and television series. The list includes films, TV series, and documentaries that take place on a river or are about rivers and river explorers.
Media Title Released Country Director Notable cast Notes FeatureJungle Cruise (film)2021Jaume Collet-SerraDwayne Johnson, Emily BluntAmazon River fantasy adventure TV seriesThe River (American TV series)2012 United StatesJaume Collet-SerraBruce Greenwald, Joe Anderson, Leslie Hope Amazon River horror adventure supernatural Independent filmBig River Man2009 John Maringouin Martin Strel, Borut Strel, Matthew Mohlke Amazon River documentary Independent filmThe African Queen (film)1951 United StatesJohn Huston Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley Adventure film TV seriesNile (TV series)2004 UK Mike Gunton Catherine Schell, Kenneth Haigh, Michael Gough Documentary film Film The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 UK/USA David Lean Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack HawkinsBased on a novel by Pierre Boulle; won seven Academy AwardsFilmApocalypse Now1979USAFrancis Ford CoppolaMarlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin SheenLoosely based on the 1899 novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, with the setting changed from late 19th-century Congo to the Vietnam War.FilmAguirre, the Wrath of God1972West Germany, Mexico, PeruWerner HerzogKlaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Del NegroAfter reading a half-page devoted to Lope de Aguirre, the filmmaker became inspired and immediately devised the story. FilmFitzcarraldo1982West Germany, PeruWerner HerzogKlaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoyinspired by Peruvian rubber baron Carlos Fitzcarrald, who once transported a disassembled steamboat over the Isthmus of FitzcarraldFilmDeliverance1972USAJohn BoormanJon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beattyadapted by James Dickey from his 1970 novel of the same name. FilmThe River Wild1994USACurtis HansonMeryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn Streep was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award while Bacon received a Golden Globe nomination. Film Mystic River 2003 United States Clint EastwoodSean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon Based on a novel by Dennis Lehane; won two Academy Awards Film The River 1984 USA Mark RydellMel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Shane Bailey Film A River Runs Through It 1992 United States Robert Redford Brad Pitt, Craig Sheffer, Tom Skerritt Based on a novella by Norman Maclean; won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography TV series River 2015 UK Abi Morgan Stellan Skarsgård, Nicola Walker A police procedural about a detective who is haunted by murder victimsFilm Wind River 2017 United States Taylor Sheridan Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen A thriller about a murder investigation on an Indian reservation Documentary FLOW: For the Love Of Water 2008 USA/France/Canada Irena Salina Maude Barlow, Vandana Shiva, Erik D. Olson An investigation into the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply Documentary River 2022 Australia/UK/France/Germany/USA Jennifer Peedom Willem Dafoe, Robert Macfarlane A cinematic journey through the world's great waterways and their cultural and ecological significance Documentary The Colorado River: Running Near Empty 2010 USA Peter McBride Peter McBride A photographic and film journey down the Colorado River from source to seaDocumentary TV seriesDer Rhein von oben2013Germany??A documentary series about the river Rhine Documentary Rivers of Life (TV series) 2019 UK/USA Mark Flowers, Simon Blakeney Michael J Hayes Series exploring the natural history and cultural importance of the Nile, the Amazon, and the Yukon (The category country refers to country of film or show production facilities)
See also
Films titled 'River' River disambiguation page that lists the River titles: River (2007 film), a Canadian film by Mark Wihak River (2011 film), a Japanese film River (2015 Canadian film), a Canadian film by Jamie M. Dagg River (2015 Tibetan film), a Tibetan film River (TV series), a British television series River, a 2022 Australian film by Jennifer Peedom
Films titled 'The River' The River (1929 film), an American film by Frank Borzage The River (1933 film), a Czech film by Josef Rovenský The River (1938 film), an American film by Pare Lorentz The River (1951 film), a French film by Jean Renoir Nehir or The River, a 1977 Turkish film by Şerif Gören The River (1984 film), an American film by Mark Rydell The River (1997 film), a Taiwanese film by Tsai Ming-liang The River (2001 film), a Finnish film by Jarmo Lampela Reka (2002 film), a Russian film by Aleksey Balabanov The River (2018 film), a Kazakhstani film by Emir Baigazin
River Information Lists of rivers List of river systems by length
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