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1. The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

PG | 107 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Intrepid reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg

Votes: 243,304 | Gross: $77.59M

2. The Lost City of Z (2016)

PG-13 | 141 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

A true-life drama, centering on British explorer Major Percival Fawcett, who disappeared whilst searching for a mysterious city in the Amazon in the 1920s.

Director: James Gray | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland

Votes: 99,501 | Gross: $8.58M

3. Escape Plan (2013)

R | 115 min | Action, Thriller

When a structural-security authority finds himself set up and incarcerated in the world's most secret and secure prison, he has to use his skills to escape with help from the inside.

Director: Mikael Håfström | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 50 Cent, Vincent D'Onofrio

Votes: 257,533 | Gross: $25.13M

4. Nim's Island (2008)

PG | 96 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Imagination and reality collide when young Nim's father goes missing at sea. Fate brings to her the author of the Alex Rover series, her favorite books, and together they try to find Nim's father.

Directors: Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin | Stars: Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler, Abigail Breslin, Michael Carman

Votes: 36,893 | Gross: $48.01M

5. Kon-Tiki (2012)

PG-13 | 118 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl's epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.

Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg | Stars: Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo, Gustaf Skarsgård, Odd-Magnus Williamson

Votes: 51,981 | Gross: $1.52M

6. Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

Not Rated | 178 min | Adventure, Drama, History

In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by officer Fletcher Christian.

Directors: Lewis Milestone, Carol Reed, George Seaton | Stars: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith

Votes: 17,890 | Gross: $13.68M

7. The Raven (I) (2012)

R | 110 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality.

Director: James McTeigue | Stars: John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans, Brendan Gleeson

Votes: 88,301 | Gross: $16.01M

8. All Is Lost (2013)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face.

Director: J.C. Chandor | Star: Robert Redford

Votes: 83,835 | Gross: $6.26M

9. Renegade (2004)

R | 124 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Western

In 1870, after a brutal run-in with an outlaw in a brothel, Mike Blueberry becomes marshal in Arizona where he keeps the peace between whites and Apaches, but an influx of gold-hunters threatens to lead to violence.

Director: Jan Kounen | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Michael Madsen, Juliette Lewis, Temuera Morrison

Votes: 12,336

10. The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976)

R | 105 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

After his father dies, a disturbed young boy plots to take revenge on the new man in his mother's life.

Director: Lewis John Carlino | Stars: Sarah Miles, Kris Kristofferson, Jonathan Kahn, Margo Cunningham

Votes: 1,644

11. In Search of the Castaways (1962)

Approved | 98 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

In 19th century England, young Mary Grant and her brother, Robert, embark on a dangerous quest to find their missing father, a sea captain who vanished somewhere along the Chilean coast.

Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Hayley Mills, Maurice Chevalier, George Sanders, Wilfrid Hyde-White

Votes: 3,456 | Gross: $21.75M

12. John Paul Jones (1959)

126 min | Action, Biography, History

The career of Revolutionary War naval hero from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: Robert Stack, Marisa Pavan, Charles Coburn, Erin O'Brien

Votes: 1,436

13. Legend of the Lost (1957)

Approved | 109 min | Adventure, Drama

American ne'er-do-well Joe January is hired to take Paul Bonnard on an expedition into the desert in search of treasure.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: John Wayne, Sophia Loren, Rossano Brazzi, Kurt Kasznar

Votes: 3,750

14. Yankee Buccaneer (1952)

Approved | 86 min | Adventure, History, Romance

Captain David Porter of the fledgling American Navy receives orders to masquerade as a privateer in order to corral some Caribbean pirates.

Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Jeff Chandler, Scott Brady, Suzan Ball, Joseph Calleia

Votes: 365

15. The Disciple (2013)

93 min | Drama

In 1939 the 13-year-old Carl arrives at the lighthouse Lågskär in the Åland Islands, for a position as lighthouse disciple. He is trained by the demanding lighthouse keeper.

Director: Ulrika Bengts | Stars: Erik Enge, Patrik Kumpulainen, Niklas Groundstroem, Amanda Ooms

Votes: 468

16. The Man Who Sails with the Stars (2016)

3 min | Documentary, Short

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Director: Antonina Obrador | Stars: Kenneth Perdigón, Antonina Obrador

17. The Addams Family (1964–1966)
Episode: The Great Treasure Hunt (1966)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Horror

Discovering a treasure map in the sea chest of Great Grandfather Peg-Leg Addams the pirate, Gomez and Morticia decide to hire a boat to go look for it.

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy

Votes: 205

18. Black Books (2000–2004)
Episode: Travel Writer (2004)

TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy

Fran & Manny become enamored with a dashing travel writer giving a talk at the shop, while Bernard contends with a most unorthodox new landlord.

Director: Martin Dennis | Stars: Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey, Tamsin Greig, Julian Rhind-Tutt

Votes: 581

19. The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968–1970)
Episode: Chowderhead (1969)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy, Fantasy

The Captain's face is being used on the label of a new brand of chowder, and both he and Mrs. Muir are annoyed but for different reasons.

Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Hope Lange, Edward Mulhare, Reta Shaw, Charles Nelson Reilly

Votes: 38

20. The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968–1970)
Episode: Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow (1968)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Fantasy

The local historical society wants to erect a statue of legendary local Navy hero Captain Figg. Captain Gregg is insulted that he wasn't chosen and wants Mrs. Muir to expose Figg as the coward he was, but Mrs. Muir must have proof.

Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Hope Lange, Edward Mulhare, Reta Shaw, Harlen Carraher

Votes: 39

21. The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968–1970)
Episode: It's a Gift! (1969)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy, Fantasy

The Captain's attempt to make up for interfering in Jonathan's education involves scrimshaw, a parasol, a loan from Claymore, and a lot of regrettable secrecy.

Director: Lee Philips | Stars: Hope Lange, Edward Mulhare, Reta Shaw, Charles Nelson Reilly

Votes: 34

22. SeaQuest 2032 (1993–1996)
Episode: The Last Lap at Luxury (1994)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Family

While attending a conference at an underwater resort, several leaders including Lucas are kidnapped. The kidnapping is used as an excuse for a coup d'état by the head of the UEO.

Director: Bryan Spicer | Stars: Roy Scheider, Stacy Haiduk, Don Franklin, Jonathan Brandis

Votes: 139

23. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode: Lessons (1993)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Picard falls for the new head of the stellar science services department, but has feelings of misgivings when he's forced to assign her to a dangerous mission.

Director: Robert Wiemer | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn

Votes: 3,209

24. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode: Suddenly Human (1990)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

On a rescue mission to an alien shipwrecked training mission, they discover one of its trainees to be a human.

Director: Gabrielle Beaumont | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn

Votes: 3,275

25. Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000)
Episode: Where There's Smoke (1998)

Unrated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

While hunting the pyrokinetic supervillainess Volcana, Superman learns of a mysterious organization seeking her as well.

Director: Dan Riba | Stars: Tim Daly, Dana Delany, Peri Gilpin, William H. Macy

Votes: 400

26. Land of the Lost (1974–1977)
Episode: Flying Dutchman (1976)

TV-G | 24 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

A mysterious Captain tries to take Holly away on his flying ship.

Director: Joseph L. Scanlan | Stars: Wesley Eure, Kathy Coleman, Phillip Paley, Ron Harper

Votes: 48

27. The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968–1970)
Episode: Curious Cousin (1970)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Carolyn's cousin Harriet comes for a visit and somehow jumps to the conclusion that Carolyn and the Captain are an item, not knowing that the Captain has been dead a hundred years.

Director: Lee Philips | Stars: Hope Lange, Edward Mulhare, Reta Shaw, Charles Nelson Reilly

Votes: 27

28. Jason of Star Command (1978–1981)
Episode: Attack of the Dragons (1978)

12 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Professor Parsafoot manages to repair the Starfire and he and his friends take off from the "Limbo of the Lost" planet. Having rescued Captain Kidd from Dragos' booby trap, the pirate ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur H. Nadel | Stars: Craig Littler, Sid Haig, Susan Pratt, Charlie Dell

Votes: 14

29. The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1995–2002)
Episode: Venice, Anyone?/The Fifty Karat Furball (1999)

TV-G | 11 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

In The Fifty-Karat Furball, gangsters Rocky and Mugsy pursue Sylvester when the clumsy cat swallows a valuable stolen gem. / In Venice, Anyone?, Granny must catch the sock puppet extortionist who's threatening to drain the city's canals.

Directors: Karl Toerge, Charles Visser | Stars: Joe Alaskey, June Foray, Frank Welker, Jeff Bennett

Votes: 22

30. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: Constellations (2008)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

In this program the constellations serve as a backdrop for the diversity of stellar objects and for a few very special stars that serve as navigation aids for sailors, seasonal markers for farmers or distance milestones for astronomers.

Director: Louis Tarantino | Stars: Erik Thompson, Michio Kaku, Amy Mainzer, Matt Malkan

Votes: 92

31. The Shadow of the Tower (1972)
Episode: The Princely Gift (1972)

50 min | Biography, Drama, History

Visionary Italian navigator John Cabot has a difficult time convincing Bristol businessmen and the King that his Western voyage to China is practical and profitable.

Director: Keith Williams | Stars: James Maxwell, Derek Smith, Katharine Blake, John Bennett

Votes: 17

32. Antiques Road Trip (2010– )
Episode: Episode #24.8 (2022)

44 min | Reality-TV

Izzie and David are making their way around Edinburgh and the surrounding tons on the 3rd leg of their trip. Before going to auction, they learn about the Calcutta Cup and the first all-female Himalayan trip.

Directors: Amy Harrison, Dominic Horner, Sam Hughes | Stars: Tim Wonnacott, Izzie Balmer, David Harper

33. White Collar (2009–2014)
Episode: On Guard (2011)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Despite successfully escaping after having robbed the Federal Reserve, a notorious thief returns to retrieve the stash he left behind. Peter and Neal must put their differences aside to capture the criminal before he disappears for good.

Director: Russell Lee Fine | Stars: Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Willie Garson, Marsha Thomason

Votes: 870

34. White Collar (2009–2014)
Episode: Where There's a Will (2011)

TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Peter and Neal must follow a treasure map will to save a kidnapped daughter.

Director: Sanford Bookstaver | Stars: Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Willie Garson, Marsha Thomason

Votes: 811

35. The Vintage Space (2012– )
Episode: How Apollo Astronauts Didn't Get Lost Going to the Moon (2019)

8 min | Documentary

Rather that relying on mission control for navigation the Apollo spacecraft had on-board navigation. This was the cold war after all and NASA was concerned about Soviet jamming. The ... See full summary »

Star: Amy Shira Teitel

36. Antiques Roadshow Detectives (2015– )
Episode: Episode 9

Documentary

Investigating seafaring heroes, including the captain of the Carpathia, which rescued 703 survivors from the Titanic.

Stars: Marc Allum, Fiona Bruce

37. Weird or What? (2010–2012)
Episode: Premonitions (2012)

51 min | Documentary

Weird or What examines whether we can see into the future. It looks at the case of an Ohio man whose dreams predicted a horrible place crash before it happened. It then looks at how the ... See full summary »

Directors: Stephen Grant, Ryan Marley | Stars: William Shatner, Wayne Green, Jack Barker, Larry Dossey

Votes: 18

38. Pawn Stars (2009– )
Episode: The Offer (2012)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Reality-TV

Start your engines with the Pawn Stars as the guys check out a 1956 Chevy drag racing car. Custom built for the 1/4 mile, will the guys race to make an offer or will negotiations stall before the light turns green?

Directors: Jairus Cobb, Jonathan Wyche | Stars: Corey Harrison, Richard Harrison, Rick Harrison, Danny Koker

Votes: 39

39. Touch (2012–2013)
Episode: Gyre, Part 2 (2012)

TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Jake's voiceover reflects on the constants of motion and change. Child protective services seems intent on taking Jake from Martin; the final decision may depend on Clea's recommendation. A... See full summary »

Director: Greg Beeman | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Mazouz, Maria Bello

Votes: 436

40. Once Upon a Time (2011–2018)
Episode: Good Form (2013)

TV-PG | 44 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

Hook tries to help save David's life as the dreamshade takes its effect, as flashbacks show Hook's first visit to Neverland along with his brother.

Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Josh Dallas

Votes: 1,733

41. Sleepy Hollow (2013–2017)
Episode: The Lesser Key of Solomon (2013)

TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Heeled by members of an ancient conspiracy, Ichabod and Abbie team up with Abbie's estranged sister in the search for an ancient artifact.

Director: Paul A. Edwards | Stars: Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie, Orlando Jones, Katia Winter

Votes: 1,179

42. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode: The Lost Diary of Dr. Livingstone (2014)

Not Rated | 53 min | Documentary, History, War

On his third and final journey to Africa, David Livingstone, one of the greatest explorers in history, kept a diary that's only now being deciphered. It shines a new light on the horrors of slave trade in Africa, and Livingstone himself.

Directors: Melisa Akdogan, Ben Mole | Stars: Peter De Jersey, Jay O. Sanders, Adrian Wisnicki, Neil Wilson

Votes: 70

43. The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode: The Application Deterioration (2016)

TV-14 | 19 min | Comedy, Romance

Leonard, Sheldon, and Howard run into problems when they file for a patent for their infinite persistence gyroscope. Meanwhile, the girls give Raj dating advice when Emily reaches out to him after their breakup.

Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg

Votes: 2,848

44. Impossible Engineering (2015– )
Episode: NASA's Rocket to Mars (2016)

TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary, History

For NASA to send a person Mars, they will need to build the most powerful rocket ever built. Discover inside story behind the Orion Space Craft, an engineering feat designed to sustain ... See full summary »

Director: Matthew Litchfield | Stars: Mike Bratton, Lara Kearney, Amy Shira Teitel, Robert H. Goddard

Votes: 23

45. MacGyver (2016–2021)
Episode: UFO + Area 51 (2018)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Riley and Mac are assigned to investigate a mysterious object at Area 51; Riley discovers top secret information on Mac's father, but is unsure if she should give it to Mac.

Director: Ericson Core | Stars: Lucas Till, George Eads, Tristin Mays, Justin Hires

Votes: 534

46. Good Omens (2019– )
Episode: The Book (2019)

TV-MA | 56 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Having followed the wrong boy for years, Aziraphale and Crowley must now try to locate the whereabouts of real Antichrist. Perhaps the story of Agnes Nutter and her famous prophecies will hold the answer?

Director: Douglas Mackinnon | Stars: Jon Hamm, Paul Chahidi, Michael Sheen, David Tennant

Votes: 5,309

47. Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020–2024)
Episode: Much Ado About Boimler (2020)

TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Mariner tries to impress her best friend from Starfleet Academy who is now a visiting captain. Boimler is sent to a Starfleet medical ship after a transporter accident puts him "out of phase."

Directors: Barry J. Kelly, Juno John Lee | Stars: Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noël Wells, Eugene Cordero

Votes: 1,418