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1. Shackleton (2002)
103 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The true story of Shackleton's 1914 Endurance expedition to the South Pole, and his epic struggle to lead his twenty-eight man crew to safety after his ship was crushed in the pack ice.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Eve Best, Mark Tandy, Embeth Davidtz
Votes: 3,098
2. 200 Proofs Earth Is Not a Spinning Ball (2015 Video)
119 min | Documentary, Comedy, Fantasy
Stars: Cabbage, Eric Dubay
Votes: 169
3. With Byrd at the South Pole (1930)
Passed | 82 min | Documentary, Adventure
Account of Admiral Byrd's 1928 expedition to the South Pole. Academy award winning cinematography.
Stars: Richard E. Byrd, Clair D. Alexander, Bernt Balchen, George H. Black
Votes: 398
4. The Lost Zeppelin (1929)
Passed | 72 min | Adventure
Right before embarking on his South Pole mission Commander Hall hears his wife's confession that she loves his co-explorer Tom. Hall remains silent, they crash their zeppelin and only one of the two can be picked up by the rescue plane.
Director: Edward Sloman | Stars: Conway Tearle, Virginia Valli, Ricardo Cortez, Duke Martin
Votes: 156
5. Antarctica: Ice and Sky (2015)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
A documentary about global warming.
Director: Luc Jacquet | Stars: Claude Lorius, Michel Papineschi, Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Votes: 591
6. The Perfect Shot: Antarctica (2023)
10 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
"The Perfect Shot" is a captivating documentary about the environment that profiles award-winning fine art photographer Artem Shestakov as he attempts to photograph the most remote locations on the planet affected by the climate crisis.
Director: Quinn Halleck | Star: Artem Shestakov
Votes: 6
7. Selma - an adventure from the edge of the world (2020)
92 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
In April 2014. S/Y Selma Expeditions sailed off for a trip called 'Selma - Antarctica - Perservance'. This one year-long trip started by sailing around Cape Horn from the Atlantic to the ... See full synopsis »
Director: Maciej Jablonski | Stars: Michal Gawron, Marta Grabowska, Dusan Jamny, Jasica Krzysztof
Votes: 9
8. 72 gradusa nizhe nulya (1977)
81 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A mission to save Antarctic station "Vostok" faces deadly cold and fuel freezes. Despite despair and desertion, perseverance and a heroic act of redemption guide the team to safety against all odds in polar autumn.
Directors: Sergei Danilin, Yevgeni Tatarsky | Stars: Nikolay Kryuchkov, Aleksandr Abdulov, Oleg Korchikov, Yuriy Demich
Votes: 79
9. Nankyoku tairiku: Kami no ryouiki ni idonda otoko to inu no monogatari (2011– )
Adventure, Drama
Set in the 1950's, a Japanese Antarctic research exploration team and 19 dogs that accompanied the team are stationed at the Showa Base in Antarctica. After a year, the exploration team is ... See full summary »
Stars: Takuya Kimura, Haruka Ayase, Masato Sakai, Teruyuki Kagawa
Votes: 289
10. 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
11. 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
12. Skrøner om en slædehund (1997– )
25 min | Documentary
During the winter of 95/96 a team of 5 expeditioners traveled in the footsteps of Amundsen, Cook and the other arctic pioneers.
Star: Niels Hausgaard
13. Mawson Base: Face to Face (1984 Video)
27 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Directors: Rob McCubbin, Ian Toohill | Stars: Phillip Garth Law, Douglas Mawson
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.
15. Durch die Heimat des Eises und der Stürme (1990)
130 min | Documentary, Adventure
In 1989, the German polar explorer Arved Fuchs and the South Tyrolean mountaineer Reinhold Messner set out together to reach the South Pole on skis without sled dogs or motorized technology... See full summary »
Stars: Reinhold Messner, Arved Fuchs
16. Aerial Antarctic Discoveries (1930)
1 min | Short, Adventure, News
Stars: Hubert Wilkins, Carl Ben Eielson
17. Antarkticheskaya povest (1980 TV Movie)
219 min | Adventure, Drama
Director: Sergey Tarasov | Stars: Konstantin Grígoryev, Anatoliy Romashin, Aleksandr Vdovin, Aleksandr Belyavskiy
Votes: 21
19. Sir Hubert Wilkins: Polar Explorer and Aviator (2015)
37 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
The true and extraordinary life of Hubert Wilkins. He was compared to Lawrence of Arabia by Australian General John Monash who said he was "the bravest man I have ever seen".
Stars: Brian Hernan, Hubert Wilkins
20. Mawson in the Mirror (2014 Video)
77 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Stars: Michael Brooks, Karin Barovich, Alan Collins, Douglas Mawson
21. 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
22. Antarctica: Physical Geography (1991 Video)
25 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Director: Christopher McCullough | Star: John Flynn
23. 12 Flags South (1963 TV Special)
53 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
A documentary about Antarctica.
Director: Lionel Hudson | Stars: James Condon, Richard E. Byrd, Douglas Mawson, Ernest Shackleton
24. The Mawson Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1913 (2011 Video)
20 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
A reconstruction of two lectures given by Sir Douglas Mawson between 1914-1916 of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1913. Using a combination of film and lantern slides of the ... See full summary »
Stars: Vincent Plush, Andrew Pike
26. Southward on the Quest (1922)
20 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Record of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic expedition in 1921.
Star: Ernest Shackleton
27. Surviving Extremes (2006 TV Special)
52 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Stars: Bill Garner, Andrew S.W. Thomas, Douglas Mawson
28. Sir Hubert Wilkins Describes His Recent Antarctic Expedition (1930)
3 min | Short, Adventure, News
The distinguished explorer tells of recent expedition.
Star: Hubert Wilkins
29. Douglas Mawson and Edgar P. Waite: Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1913 (1967)
17 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
[Shot List:] Ship at a wharf, huts in background, furry animal(?) on board, freight on deck, 'Aurora' on stern, ship departs from dock, shots on board, men climb mast rigging, 3 mast ship ... See full summary »
Director: John Heyer
30.
The Last Explorers (2011)
Episode:
William Speirs Bruce
(2011)
Documentary, Biography, History
Following in the footsteps of a scientific explorer who has become all but lost to history, Neil charts the remarkable story of William Speirs Bruce, one of Britain's greatest, but ... See full summary »
Director: Colin Murray | Stars: Neil Oliver, Simon Tait, Klaus Dodds, Derren Fox
Votes: 8
31.
American old west facts (2023– )
Episode:
10 Facts About Wyatt Earp You May Not Know
(2024)
32 min | Documentary, History
A biography of Wyatt Earp in the top ten list format. Raised in a farming family Earp soon found law enforcement more to his liking serving as a lawman, and professional gambler, in several towns in the American West.