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1. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Jack Hall, paleoclimatologist, must make a daring trek from Washington, D.C. to New York City to reach his son, trapped in the cross-hairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok
Votes: 476,583 | Gross: $186.74M
2. The Deadly Mantis (1957)
Approved | 79 min | Family, Horror, Sci-Fi
A giant prehistoric praying mantis, recently freed from the Arctic ice, voraciously preys on American military at the DEW Line and works its way south.
Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Craig Stevens, William Hopper, Alix Talton, Donald Randolph
Votes: 4,105
3. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
Approved | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and, ultimately, New York City.
Director: Eugène Lourié | Stars: Paul Hubschmid, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey
Votes: 8,740 | Gross: $5.00M
4. Frozen Planet (2011–2012)
TV-PG | 33 min | Documentary
Focuses on life and the environment in both the Arctic and Antarctic.
Stars: David Attenborough, Alec Baldwin, Chadden Hunter, Michael Kelem
Votes: 33,027
5. Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
G | 99 min | Documentary
Film-maker Werner Herzog travels to the McMurdo Station in Antarctica, looking to capture the continent's beauty and investigate the characters living there.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Werner Herzog, Scott Rowland, Stefan Pashov, Doug MacAyeal
Votes: 19,270 | Gross: $0.94M
6. The Atomic Submarine (1959)
Not Rated | 72 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Ships mysteriously disappear on route across the Arctic Sea, and a specially-equipped submarine is sent to investigate.
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Arthur Franz, Dick Foran, Brett Halsey, Tom Conway
Votes: 1,841
7. Shackleton and Scott: Rivals for the Pole (2001 Video)
53 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Shackleton and Scott were men with a common goal: the South Pole. However, divisions between them grew as jealousy and intrigue intensified their rivalry. The consequence of their polar ... See full summary »
Directors: John Murray, Donnacha O'Briain | Stars: Caroline Alexander, Ranulph Fiennes, David Hempleman-Adams, Diana Preston
9. Southward on the Quest (1922)
20 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Record of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic expedition in 1921.
Star: Ernest Shackleton
10. Escape from Antarctica: On the Trail of Shackleton (1999 Video)
54 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
A team of Irish adventurers attempts to follow in the footsteps of Antarctic adventurer Ernest Shackleton, who, in 1914, tried to cross the polar continent.
Directors: Donnacha O'Briain, Mick O'Rourke | Stars: John Murray, Donagh Deeney, Mike Barry, Paddy Barry
11. Antarctica 1948 (1949)
24 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
This black-and-white film was made as a record of operations of the Australian National Research Expedition to Antarctica, from November 1947 to April 1948. It follows the journeys of two ... See full summary »
Stars: Phillip Garth Law, Fritz Loewe, Stuart Campbell, Alan Campbell-Drury
13. Mawson: Science and Survival (2012 TV Special)
53 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
'Mawson: Science and Survival' is the epic and relatively untold story of one of the Antarctic's most incredible stories of survival - the remarkable ill-fated trek of Douglas Mawson in ... See full summary »
Stars: Jack Thompson, Geoff Moxham, Douglas Mawson, Quentin Bryce
14. Sir Hubert Wilkins (1938)
1 min | Short, Biography, News
Sir Hubert Wilkins gives his views and hopes about his forthcoming submarine expedition to the North Pole.
16. The Last Husky (1993 Video)
54 min | Documentary, Adventure
Director: Chris Hilton | Stars: Guy Blackmore, Phillip Hinton
17. Aerial Antarctic Discoveries (1930)
1 min | Short, Adventure, News
Stars: Hubert Wilkins, Carl Ben Eielson
18. Mawson Base: Face to Face (1984 Video)
27 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Directors: Rob McCubbin, Ian Toohill | Stars: Phillip Garth Law, Douglas Mawson
20. Sir Hubert Wilkins Describes His Recent Antarctic Expedition (1930)
3 min | Short, Adventure, News
The distinguished explorer tells of recent expedition.
Star: Hubert Wilkins
21. Expedition South (1961)
25 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Stars: Ron Haddrick, Douglas Mawson
22. The Official Film of the Mawson Antarctic Expedition (1949)
68 min | Documentary, Adventure
Director: Frank Hurley | Stars: Douglas Mawson, Xavier Guillaume Mertz, Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis
23. Surviving Extremes (2006 TV Special)
52 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Stars: Bill Garner, Andrew S.W. Thomas, Douglas Mawson
24.
Predators (2022– )
Episode:
Polar Bear
(2022)
TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary
On Canada's shores, a unique community of polar bears dominate the frozen wilderness. Every year hunger drives them to make an epic journey, following the freezing and melting of the sea ice as they hunt their prey of choice, seals.
Directors: Emma Brennand, Dan Smith, Vanessa Coates | Star: Tom Hardy
Votes: 57
25.
Atlas Pro (2018– )
Episode:
What's Under Antarctica's Ice Sheets?
(2018)
8 min | Documentary
If you take away all Antarctica's ice you first might consider, where would it go? Then let's see what the continent would look like. But don't expect it to be pretty.
26.
Limitless (2015–2016)
Episode:
Finale: Part Two!!
(2016)
TV-14 | 42 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Brian attempts to stop "The Legion of Whom" and find Piper as the side effects of NZT start to get to him.
Director: Douglas Aarniokoski | Stars: Jake McDorman, Jennifer Carpenter, Hill Harper, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Votes: 905