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List
[edit]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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feature | Jungle Cruise (film) | 2021 | Jaume Collet-Serra | Dwayne Johnson,Emily Blunt | Amazon River fantasy adventure | |
| TV Series | The River (American TV series) | 2012 | USA | Jaume Collet-Serra | Bruce Greenwald,Joe Anderson,Leslie Hope | Amazon River horror adventure supernatural |
| Independent film | Big River Man | 2009 | John Maringouin | Martin Strel, Borut Strel, Matthew Mohlke | Amazon River documentary | |
| Independent film | The African Queen (film) | 1951 | USA | John Huston | Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley | Adventure film |
| TV Series | Nile (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 Hawkins | Based on a novel by Pierre Boulle; won seven Academy Awards |
| Film | Mystic River | 2003 | USA | Clint Eastwood, Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon | Based on a novel by Dennis Lehane; won two Academy Awards | |
| Film | A River Runs Through It | 1992 | USA | 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 victims |
| Wind River | 2017 | USA | 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[1] | 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[2] | 2010 | USA | Peter McBride[3] | Peter McBride | A photographic and film journey down the Colorado River from source to sea |
| Documentary | Rivers of Life | 2019 | UK/USA | Various | David Oyelowo | 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
[edit]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
