Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)

A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captain Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.

Genres: Adventure, Drama

What to watch after Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

• Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) — Same subject: tarzan
• I Dreamed of Africa (2000) — Same feel: dramatic, reflective
• Mogambo (1953) — Same feel: dramatic, emotional
• Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
• 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
• A Passage to India (1984) — Same feel: dramatic, complex