There's an indie film I quite enjoyed called The Hunter, starring Willem Dafoe, that fictionalizes the demise of the last remaining tiger. I recommend it highly for the outdoor landscapes and non-traditional plot alone.
The novel, by Julia Leigh [1], is also wonderful. Recommended for fans of minimalist authors such as J. M. Coetzee, Philip Roth and Cormac McCarthy.
I thought the film captured the tone of the book extremely well, perhaps more than any adaptation I've seen. I loved the fact that the film explains very little (and neither does the novel), just lets the story tell itself through images and sound. Both are underappreciated gems.
Ah, the novel had missed my radar entirely until now, thank you!
Recently I've been enjoying films that cover little niches of the world, geographic or otherwise, that I know nothing about. Another good example is Premium Rush (2012). I don't know if there's a name for this genre, as on the surface the films look nothing alike, and can vary wildly in quality, but there's just something engrossing about them.
In that case, check out Rams (2016) [1]. An Icelandic film about two estranged, elderly brothers who work as sheep farmers in a remote location, until a crisis occurs. Beautiful little film; great photography and music.
I thought the film captured the tone of the book extremely well, perhaps more than any adaptation I've seen. I loved the fact that the film explains very little (and neither does the novel), just lets the story tell itself through images and sound. Both are underappreciated gems.
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Hunter-Julia-Leigh/dp/0571200192