The River
Dec 01, 1984 | IMDB 6.4
122 min Watch NowDrama
Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Deliverance
Heart of Darkness
Limite
The Notebook
Black Water
Crows
The Host
Maria am Wasser
The River Wild
Suzhou River
The African Queen
Undertow
The Borderline
The Gold Rush
Young Adam
Outbreak
Mountains of the Moon
The First Murder
Unpredictable Nature of the River
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Bridge on the River Kwai
IMDB 7.8 | Oct , 1957
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.Deliverance
IMDB 7.3 | Aug , 1972
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.Heart of Darkness
IMDB 5.8 | Oct , 1993
A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul.Limite
IMDB 7.1 | May , 1931
Adrift in the vast expanse of the ocean, a solitary boat carries three castaways—a man and two women. Stranded and devoid of any glimmer of rescue, they find solace in recounting the tales of their lives to one another. As they delve into their personal narratives, reminiscing about the circumstances that led them to this desolate predicament, they navigate through the depths of three distinct destinies. Bound by the confines of their shared space, every aspect of their existence becomes a boundary, underscoring their plight.The Notebook
IMDB 7.9 | Jun , 2004
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.Black Water
IMDB 5.9 | Feb , 2008
Based on true events, Grace, her boyfriend Adam, and her younger sister, Lee, are on holiday in Northern Australia when they decide to take a tour down a river. As they drift into a swamp, their boat suddenly capsizes. Stranded in the flooded swamp, the three tourists must figure out what to do to survive as they realize they are being watched through the black water.Crows
IMDB 6.2 | May , 1969
A flat broke aging boxer, living on the verge of existence, teams up with the equally desperate people in the city's suburbia to steal, cheat, and even kill for the money.The Host
IMDB 7 | Jul , 2006
A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.Maria am Wasser
IMDB 3.4 | Feb , 2009
"Maria am Wasser" tells a story of the search in symbolic allusions and beautiful, fairytale pictures. The search for love, past, reconciliation and forgiveness. Summer 1983 in Saxony. A tank drives with four children of the orphanage "Frohe Zukunft" through the Elbe. The excursion seems to end fatally for all children, as the tank sinks. 22 years later, organ builder Marcus Lenk returns to his home village of Neusorge and claims to be one of the children. Marcus is perplexed: no one recognizes him. Not even his father Hannes, who lives with a few sheep, nor his mother Mary, who runs the orphanage with a strict hand, believe in his identity.The River Wild
IMDB 6.5 | Sep , 1994
Gail and Tom Hartman are struggling to stay together and decide to take a white-water rafting holiday adventure in Montana for their son Roarke's 10th birthday, only to meet up with a pair of mysterious men whose desperation grows, turning their vacation into a nightmare.Suzhou River
IMDB 7.3 | Apr , 2000
After getting out of prison, small-time crook Mardar stumbles upon a woman who looks exactly like his long-lost lover, who he attempted to kidnap 3 years ago.The African Queen
IMDB 7.4 | Jan , 1952
At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a German warship.Undertow
IMDB 6.1 | Oct , 2004
The Munns, father John and sons Chris and Tim, recede to the woods of rural Georgia. Their life together is forever changed with the arrival of Uncle Deel, though the tragedy that follows forces troubled Chris to become a man.The Borderline
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2022
A man and his dog cross the desert in search of La Frontera, a mighty river that represents the geographical limit with the neighboring territory. Exhausted, they manage to see their goal, but they must cross other obstacles before conquering its waters.The Gold Rush
IMDB 8 | Jul , 1925
A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.Young Adam
IMDB 5.8 | Sep , 2003
A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits.Outbreak
IMDB 6.6 | Mar , 1995
A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col. Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.Mountains of the Moon
IMDB 6.5 | Feb , 1990
The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire.The First Murder
IMDB 5.4 | Jan , 1972
Based on the novel "Šta bi učinio Zobec?" (What Would Zobec Do?) by Svetozar Vlajković. It's a short movie about a young man who is afraid of being turned down by a girl.Unpredictable Nature of the River
IMDB 5.7 | Jan , 1996
Nobleman Jean-Francois de la Plaine is exiled to serve as governor of a West African colony.