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

> A shipwrecked aristocrat’s son becomes an ape-raised man whose return to England exposes the emotional cost of choosing between two worlds.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/6031

## Facts

- Runtime: 143 min
- Genres: Adventure, Drama
- Director: Hugh Hudson
- Cast: Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, James Fox, Cheryl Campbell, Ian Charleson, Nigel Davenport
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087365/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: earnest, romantic, melancholic, classic adventure night, literary adaptation viewing

## Movies like Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

- [Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)](https://ember.film/movie/25547)
- [Tarzan II (2005)](https://ember.film/movie/9372)
- [Tarzan and the Amazons (1945)](https://ember.film/movie/38262)
- [Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946)](https://ember.film/movie/38263)
- [Tarzan and the Huntress (1947)](https://ember.film/movie/58187)
- [Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986)](https://ember.film/movie/4880)
- [Jungle Book (1942)](https://ember.film/movie/13704)
- [The Legend of Tarzan (2016)](https://ember.film/movie/148282)
- [Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)](https://ember.film/movie/16069)
- [Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018)](https://ember.film/movie/271875)

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