If you loved Kon-Tiki, try Amundsen

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Amundsen has roughly 4.4× fewer votes than Kon-Tiki — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Espen Sandberg, and they both carry the slow burn mood tag, and they sit in Adventure / History territory. If that's the register that drew you to Kon-Tiki, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Amundsen is

Roald Amundsen meets The Revenant if ambition froze its own grave. A Norwegian explorer’s 1911 South Pole obsession consumes everything, including his crew’s survival. One man’s dream supercools into a cautionary tale carried by harsh beauty and reluctant consequences.

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