Movies like The Lost City of Z

While Apocalypse Now is firmly rooted in war rather than exploration, the themes of madness and the unknown are akin to The Lost City of Z. The harrowing journey into the depths of the Cambodian jungle echoes the dark, psychological twists of Fawcett's Amazonian adventures.

Just like The Lost City of Z, Into the Wild serves an intoxicating blend of adventure and human ambition. Following the tragic true story of Christopher McCandless, this film captures the essence of one man's quest to break free from society and find himself in the raw wilderness of Alaska.

Fans of The Lost City of Z will likely be absorbed by Fitzcarraldo, another Herzog epic. The film chronicles a rubber baron's audacious effort to transport a steamship over a hill in the Amazon for the sake of accessing a rich rubber territory, a tale of obsession mirroring Fawcett's.

For those struck by wanderlust after watching The Lost City of Z, The Motorcycle Diaries offers a similar odyssey of discovery, following young Ernesto 'Che' Guevara on a profound journey across South America, which shapes his future as a revolutionary leader.

Another historical drama, Mountains of the Moon, captures the risky pursuit of discovery as it retraces the journey of Sir Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke in their quest to find the source of the Nile, resonating with the same thirst for knowledge that drives The Lost City of Z.