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1. Kong: Skull Island (2017)

PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

After the Vietnam war, a team of scientists explores an uncharted island in the Pacific, venturing into the domain of the mighty Kong and must fight to escape a primal Eden.

Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts | Stars: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, John C. Reilly

Votes: 348,478 | Gross: $168.05M

2. The Thin Red Line (1998)

R | 170 min | Drama, History, War

Adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.

Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Kirk Acevedo

Votes: 199,658 | Gross: $36.40M

3. King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)

Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A UN reporter broadcasts a report on the appearance of a prehistoric monster that emerges from hibernation while a pharmaceutical company seeks publicity with a monster of their own. (US Version)

Directors: Ishirô Honda, Tom Montgomery | Stars: Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Yû Fujiki, Michael Keith

Votes: 11,235 | Gross: $2.73M

4. Tanna (2015)

Not Rated | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Set on a remote Pacific island, covered in rain forest and dominated by an active volcano, this heartfelt story, enacted by the Yakel tribe, tells of a sister's loyalty, a forbidden love affair and the pact between the old ways and the new.

Directors: Martin Butler, Bentley Dean | Stars: Mungau Dain, Marie Wawa, Marceline Rofit, Charlie Kahla

Votes: 4,685 | Gross: $0.01M

5. My Blue Heaven (1950)

Approved | 96 min | Drama, Musical

Betty Grable and Dan Dailey are a married song and dance team who cannot have children. The movie follows the travails as they try and adopt and keep the kids they adopt while performing on their TV show.

Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, David Wayne, Jane Wyatt

Votes: 566

6. Bare Essentials (1991 TV Movie)

PG | 94 min | Comedy, Romance

An engaged couple leaves for an exotic vacation on a tropical island and finds happiness and love--just not with each other.

Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Gregory Harrison, Mark Linn-Baker, Lisa Hartman, Charlotte Lewis

Votes: 245

7. Island of Doomed Men (1940)

Passed | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Undercover agent Mark Sheldon gets paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine manned by slave labor run by sadistic Stephen Danel.

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Peter Lorre, Rochelle Hudson, Robert Wilcox, Don Beddoe

Votes: 627

8. Battle Stations (1956)

Approved | 81 min | Drama, War

The crew of a U.S. Navy ship in World War II goes into battle against the Japanese fleet.

Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: John Lund, William Bendix, Keefe Brasselle, Richard Boone

Votes: 298

9. South Sea Woman (1953)

Passed | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

AWOL marine Sgt. Jim O'Hearn is court-martialed for a variety of offenses that carry 143 years in the stockade or the death penalty but refuses to aid in his own defense.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Chuck Connors, Arthur Shields

Votes: 875

10. Tatau (2015)

Mystery, Sci-Fi

Supernatural murder mystery set on the Cook Islands. Kyle and Budgie arrive in paradise, but not everything is as it seems.

Stars: Joe Layton, Theo Barklem-Biggs, Cian Elyse White, Shushila Takao

Votes: 625

11. Two-Man Submarine (1944)

Passed | 62 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Medical researchers find mold on a remote South Pacific Island and develop penicillin in their secret laboratory.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, J. Carrol Naish, Robert B. Williams

Votes: 34

12. Isle of Fury (1936)

Passed | 60 min | Adventure, Romance

In the South Seas, Val Stevens and Lucille Gordon are getting married when a ship goes down offshore. Val rescues Captain Deever and passenger Eric Blake. Later Eric saves Val from an ... See full summary »

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Woods, E.E. Clive

Votes: 750

13. It's Great to Be Alive (1933)

Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

An aviator who crash-landed on an island in the South Pacific returns home to find that he is the last fertile man left on Earth after an epidemic of masculitus.

Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Raul Roulien, Gloria Stuart, Edna May Oliver, Herbert Mundin

Votes: 87

14. Forbidden Island (1959)

Approved | 66 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A skindiver tries to recover sunken treasure before a group of thieves learn of its existence.

Director: Charles B. Griffith | Stars: Jon Hall, Nan Adams, John Farrow, Jonathan Haze

Votes: 73

15. Gallant Bess (1946)

Passed | 100 min | Drama, War

An orphaned young man, Tex, has loved and trained his loyal horse, keeping alive his father's dream of starting a ranch. He decides to put his life on hold to serve the United States during... See full summary »

Director: Andrew Marton | Stars: Marshall Thompson, George Tobias, Clem Bevans, Donald Curtis

Votes: 219

16. South of Pago Pago (1940)

Approved | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The son of an island chieftain, young Kehane defiantly opposes the efforts by crooked pearl hunter Bucko Larson to invade his domain. Larson and his minions hope to dissuade our hero by introducing him to seductive Ruby.

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Jon Hall, Frances Farmer, Olympe Bradna

Votes: 163

17. The Love Flower (1920)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

A man murders his wife's lovers, escapes with his daughter to the South Pacific. A detective pursues him, joined by a young man who eventually falls in love with the daughter.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Carol Dempster, Richard Barthelmess, George MacQuarrie, Anders Randolf

Votes: 185

18. Isle of Missing Men (1942)

Approved | 67 min | Drama, Romance

A penal colony governor invites a ravishing blond vagabond to join him for a week on his island prison grounds, unaware that she has manipulated their meeting for ulterior motives.

Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: John Howard, Helen Gilbert, Gilbert Roland, Alan Mowbray

Votes: 178

19. The Love Trader (1930)

Passed | 48 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

A woman raised in the strictest New England atmosphere marries a stern, God-fearing sea captain and is suddenly thrown into the romantic, colorful, and licentious atmosphere of a South Sea ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Leatrice Joy, Roland Drew, Henry B. Walthall, Barbara Bedford

Votes: 22

20. Inspector Gadget (1983–2023)
Episode: A Bad Altitude (1983)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

There are undersea explosions near Everest Island in the South Pacific. M.A.D. agents are suspected to threaten island resorts and demand protection money. Inspector Gadget gives up his ... See full summary »

Directors: Dave Cox, Edouard David, Raymond Jafelice, Ken Stephenson, Bruno Bianchi | Stars: Don Adams, Cree Summer, Frank Welker, Don Francks

Votes: 76

21. Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982–1983)
Episode: Black Pearl (1982)

47 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

The Nazis are building a super bomb on an island near Bora Gora. Jake finds a part of the bomb on the body of an escaped native slave, so he decides to investigate.

Director: Victor Lobl | Stars: Stephen Collins, Jeff MacKay, Caitlin O'Heaney, Marta DuBois

Votes: 64

22. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Hidden Volcano Abyss

TV-PG | Documentary

Geologists investigate the January 2022 volcanic eruption that rocked the Pacific islands of Tonga and sent shock waves around the world.

Director: Duncan Bulling | Stars: Mercer Boffey, Ana Akauola, Jose Borrero, Shane Cronin

23. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Topsy Turvy World: Parts 5-6 (1962)

TV-G | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Topsy Turvy World" Part 5, Fractured Fairy Tales "Tale of a Frog", Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties "Marigolds", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Topsy Turvy World" Part 6.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried

Votes: 15

24. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Topsy Turvy World: Parts 7-8 (1962)

TV-G | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Topsy Turvy World" Part 7, Fractured Fairy Tales "The Teeth of Baghdad", Peabody's Improbable History "The Marquis of Queensbury", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Topsy Turvy World" Part 8.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried

Votes: 16

25. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Topsy Turvy World: Parts 9-10 (1962)

TV-G | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Topsy Turvy World" Part 9, Aesop and Son "The Bears and the Dragon", Peabody's Improbable History "Jim Bowie", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Topsy Turvy World" Part 10.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried

Votes: 16

26. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Topsy Turvy World: Parts 11-12 (1962)

TV-G | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Topsy Turvy World" Part 11, Aesop and Son "The Fox and the Woodman", Peabody's Improbable History "Edgar Allan Poe", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Topsy Turvy World" Part 12.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried

Votes: 16

27. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Topsy Turvy World: Parts 13-14 (1962)

TV-G | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Topsy Turvy World" Part 13, Fractured Fairy Tales "The Little Man in the Boat", Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties "Trading Paces", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Topsy Turvy World" Part 14.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried

Votes: 15