Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Jules Verne

1. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

In an alternate Victorian Age world, a group of famous contemporary fantasy, science fiction, and adventure characters team up on a secret mission.

Director: Stephen Norrington | Stars: Sean Connery, Stuart Townsend, Peta Wilson, Jason Flemyng

Votes: 184,233 | Gross: $66.47M

2. Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)

PG | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Family

On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.

Director: Eric Brevig | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Aníta Briem, Seth Meyers

Votes: 132,070 | Gross: $101.70M

3. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)

PG | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Sean Anderson partners with his mom's husband on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.

Director: Brad Peyton | Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Luis Guzmán

Votes: 112,453 | Gross: $103.86M

4. Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963)

Approved | 25 min | Western

The adventures of a gentlemanly gunfighter-for-hire.

Stars: Richard Boone, Kam Tong, Hal Needham, Stewart East

Votes: 3,350

5. Around the World in 80 Days (2021– )

PG | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, History

Gentleman adventurer Phileas Fogg sets out on a quest to travel around the world and back home in a period of 80 days.

Stars: David Tennant, Ibrahim Koma, Leonie Benesch, Jason Watkins

Votes: 12,195

6. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

G | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre

Votes: 37,279 | Gross: $28.20M

7. Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

PG | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

To win a bet, an eccentric British inventor embarks, with his Chinese valet and an aspiring French artist, on a trip full of adventures and dangers around the world in exactly 80 days.

Director: Frank Coraci | Stars: Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Jim Broadbent, Kathy Bates

Votes: 94,891 | Gross: $24.01M

8. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

Approved | 129 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.

Director: Henry Levin | Stars: James Mason, Pat Boone, Arlene Dahl, Diane Baker

Votes: 19,634 | Gross: $10.00M

9. The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)

TV-G | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A Disney-produced anthology covering many different genres.

Stars: Walt Disney, Paul Frees, Clarence Nash, Slim Pickens

Votes: 2,299

10. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

G | 175 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.

Directors: Michael Anderson, John Farrow | Stars: David Niven, Cantinflas, Finlay Currie, Robert Morley

Votes: 29,764 | Gross: $42.00M

11. Wishbone (1995–1998)

TV-Y | 30 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

An intelligent and witty dog imagines himself in the role of characters from classic books and gets involved in similar real-life adventures.

Stars: Larry Brantley, Jordan Wall, Christie Abbott, Adam Springfield

Votes: 4,403

12. A Trip to the Moon (1902)

TV-G | 13 min | Short, Action, Adventure

A group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.

Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Georges Méliès, Victor André, Bleuette Bernon, Brunnet

Votes: 55,953

13. Mysterious Island (1961)

Not Rated | 101 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

During the Civil War a group of Union soldiers, a Confederate and a civilian escape the stockade using a hot-air balloon and end up on a strange Pacific island.

Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan, Gary Merrill

Votes: 8,569

14. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

In the 19th century, an expert marine biologist is hired by the government to determine what's sinking ships all over the ocean. His daughter follows him. They are intercepted by a mysterious captain Nemo and his incredible submarine.

Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Richard Crenna, Ben Cross, Julie Cox, Paul Gross

Votes: 1,055

15. Up to His Ears (1965)

Not Rated | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy

The farcical adventures of an unhappy, sometimes suicidal, billionaire Arthur Lempereur in Hong Kong and the Himalayas.

Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Ursula Andress, Maria Pacôme, Valérie Lagrange

Votes: 2,349

16. Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008 TV Movie)

90 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Set in the late 1870's - A woman hires an anthropologist/adventurer to track down her husband, who has disappeared while searching for an elusive passage to the center of the earth.

Director: T.J. Scott | Stars: Ricky Schroder, Victoria Pratt, Peter Fonda, Steven Grayhm

Votes: 1,899

17. 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2007 Video)

Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Sci-Fi

Captain Nemo goes even deeper into insanity in this mesmerizing fantasy tale. Once again at the helm of his fearsome, wildly advanced vessel, the nautical madman endeavors to turn the world above the waves upside down.

Director: Gabriel Bologna | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Sean Lawlor, Natalie Stone, Kim Little

Votes: 1,794

18. Nautilus

50 min | Action, Adventure, Drama | Completed

Based on Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, this action series will tell the origin story of Captain Nemo.

Stars: Shazad Latif, Jacob Collins-Levy, Cameron Cuffe, Benedict Hardie

19. Where Time Began (1977)

PG | 87 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

Also known as "The Fabulous Journey to the Centre of the Earth" in the UK. The film is partially dubbed in English, but it has good cinematography.

Director: Juan Piquer Simón | Stars: Kenneth More, Pep Munné, Ivonne Sentis, Frank Braña

Votes: 743

20. Around the World in 80 Days (2021)

PG | 82 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A bookish marmoset embarks on a wild adventure to travel around the planet in 80 days after accepting a challenge from a greedy frog.

Director: Samuel Tourneux | Stars: Damien Frette, Julien Crampon, Kaycie Chase, Céline Ronté

Votes: 933

21. From the Earth to the Moon (1958)

Approved | 101 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

In 1868, American inventor Victor Barbicane develops a powerful military explosive that he also uses as fuel for a moon-bound rocket manned by himself and a motley crew.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget, Don Dubbins

Votes: 1,796

22. 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: 3,462 | Gross: $21.75M

23. Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958–1961)

60 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

This was a US children's anthology series hosted and narrated by actress Shirley Temple.

Stars: Shirley Temple, Pernell Roberts, Agnes Moorehead, Jonathan Harris

Votes: 232

24. Around the World in 80 Days (I) (1989)

PG | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A Victorian Age English gentleman takes a wager that he can circle the globe in the unprecedented time of just eighty days.

Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Eric Idle, Julia Nickson, Peter Ustinov

Votes: 3,495

25. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990–2003)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A teen acrobat of mysterious origins and a young inventor find themselves entangled in a sinister plot that involves the fate of the world.

Stars: Noriko Hidaka, Nathan Parsons, James Arnold Taylor, Guy Roberts

Votes: 2,061

26. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999)

Unrated | 94 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy

Remake of Jules Verne's classic story finds adventurers seeking a mysterious hidden land. They are joined by the wife of another man, who had previously gone on a similar expedition and disappeared.

Stars: Treat Williams, Jeremy London, Tushka Bergen, Hugh Keays-Byrne

Votes: 2,807

27. Mysterious Island (2005 TV Movie)

172 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

To escape evils of the Civil War, Cyrus removes his small family and random war prisoners by way of hot air balloon. Once landing on an island, the group finds they are surrounded by danger... See full summary »

Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Danielle Calvert, Gabrielle Anwar, Patrick Stewart

Votes: 2,333

28. Tales of Tomorrow (1951–1953)

TV-G | 25 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

"Tales of Tomorrow" was a hosted science fiction anthology series running from 1951 until 1953.

Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Cameron Prud'Homme, Edgar Stehli, Theo Goetz

Votes: 457

29. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997)

TV-PG | 158 min | Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi

In 1886, a French marine biologist aboard an American warship is scouring the Atlantic Ocean in search of a sea monster that routinely attacks and sinks passing ships.

Stars: Michael Caine, Patrick Dempsey, Mia Sara, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Votes: 1,684

30. Josie and the Pussycats (1970–1972)

TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

An up-and-coming pop-music group and its entourage get involved with strange mysteries while touring the world.

Stars: Sherry Alberoni, Jerry Dexter, Cathy Douglas, Patrice Holloway

Votes: 2,340

31. Dante's Inferno (2024)

111 min | Adventure, Drama, Family | Post-production

Dante goes on a journey through the first and worst part of the afterlife, Hell. Virgil guides and protects Dante on his dark journey descending circle-by-circle to the center of the Earth, and out into Purgatory (sequel).

Director: Boris Acosta | Stars: Eric Roberts, Vittorio Gassman, Jeff Conaway, Franco Nero

32. Master of the World (1961)

Approved | 102 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

In 1868, an American scientist and his team become hostages of fanatical pacifist Robur who uses his airship Albatross to destroy military targets on Earth.

Director: William Witney | Stars: Vincent Price, Charles Bronson, Henry Hull, Mary Webster

Votes: 3,528

33. The Light at the Edge of the World (1971)

GP | 128 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

A ruthless pirate captures the keeper of a lighthouse, in the most southern city in Argentina. His goal is obvious and horrific. He plans to control the lighthouses signals in a way that the passing ships will be crushed on the rocks.

Director: Kevin Billington | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Yul Brynner, Samantha Eggar, Jean-Claude Drouot

Votes: 1,841

34. The Southern Star (1969)

M/PG | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

In 1912 West Africa, diamond tycoon Kramer hires penniless American fortune hunter Dan Rockland, who's posing as a geologist, but when a huge diamond is found, everyone wants to steal it.

Directors: Sidney Hayers, Orson Welles | Stars: George Segal, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles, Ian Hendry

Votes: 611

35. Jules Verne's Mysterious Island (2010)

91 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror

March 1865. A group of Union soldiers escape from Confederate hands in a balloon, accompanied by their former Confederate captor. The balloon crashes on a sinister island where they encounter all manner of oddities and dangers.

Director: Mark Sheppard | Stars: Gina Holden, Lochlyn Munro, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Susie Abromeit

Votes: 1,223

36. Lolita from Interstellar Space (2014 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 81 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A lovely alien co-ed is sent to Earth to study human mating rituals in this steamy erotic fantasy.

Director: Dean McKendrick | Stars: Anna Morna, Christine Nguyen, Karlie Montana, Seth Gamble

Votes: 200

37. Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)

G | 105 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

When Captain Nemo saves the passengers of a sinking ship and takes them to his Utopian underwater city he discovers that not all of his guests agree to remain there forever.

Director: James Hill | Stars: Robert Ryan, Chuck Connors, Nanette Newman, Luciana Paluzzi

Votes: 1,808

38. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)

Passed | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A French professor and his daughter accompany Captain Nemo on an adventure aboard a submarine.

Director: Stuart Paton | Stars: Allen Holubar, Dan Hanlon, Edna Pendleton, Curtis Benton

Votes: 2,003 | Gross: $8.00M

39. The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne (2000)

60 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Adventure

The fantastic steampunk adventures of the future science fiction writer and his friends, the Foggs and Passepartout.

Stars: Francesca Hunt, Michel Courtemanche, Chris Demetral, Michael Praed

Votes: 329

40. Around the World with Willy Fog (1983)

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

A furry version of Jules Verne's classic adventure story of a British gentleman's challenge to circumnavigate the world in 80 days.

Stars: Tom Wyner, Gregory Snegoff, Ken'ichi Ogata, Banjô Ginga

Votes: 3,524

41. A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1977 TV Movie)

60 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

A scrap of paper found in an ancient book allows Professor Lidenbrock to prove his theory that life exists deep in the interior of the earth.

Director: Richard Slapczynski | Stars: Ron Haddrick, Alistair Duncan, Bevan Wilson, Lynette Curran

Votes: 117

42. Invention for Destruction (1958)

Unrated | 83 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

An evil millionaire named Artigas plans to use a super-explosive device to conquer the world from his headquarters inside an enormous volcano.

Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Lubor Tokos, Arnost Navrátil, Miroslav Holub, Frantisek Slégr

Votes: 2,806

43. Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008 Video)

PG-13 | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

From the Jules Verne classic, a hi-tech drilling rig must rescue a research team trapped deep below the Earth's surface. There they discover an exotic world -- rich with spectacular flora and fantastical creatures.

Directors: David Jones, Scott Wheeler | Stars: Greg Evigan, Dedee Pfeiffer, Jennifer Dorogi, Sara Tomko

Votes: 966

44. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 90 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

A team of explorers sets on a voyage to the Earth's core with their ship "Avenger". They recruit a yeti that serves as their guide. Meanwhile, a malevolent entity is attempting to recover the pieces of an Atlantean artifact.

Director: William Dear | Stars: David Dundara, Farrah Forke, Kim Miyori, John Neville

Votes: 919

45. Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)

PG | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

In 1862, the British commission inventor Fergusson to claim uncharted land in West Africa for Britain by flying his giant hot air balloon there.

Director: Irwin Allen | Stars: Red Buttons, Fabian, Barbara Eden, Cedric Hardwicke

Votes: 1,396

46. The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1968–1969)

30 min | Adventure, Animation

Huckleberry Finn and his friends, Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher, travel from one animated world to the next, always followed by the same villain, Injun Joe. The gimmick is that Huck, Tom, ... See full summary »

Stars: Michael Shea, Lu Ann Haslam, Kevin Schultz, Ted Cassidy

Votes: 198

47. Those Fantastic Flying Fools (1967)

Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

In Victorian England, an American showman uses a wealthy Frenchman's finances to build a German explosives expert's giant cannon designed to fire a people-filled projectile to the Moon, but spies and saboteurs endanger the project.

Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Burl Ives, Jimmy Clitheroe, Terry-Thomas, Graham Stark

Votes: 945

48. The Mysterious Island (1973)

PG | 96 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

A group of escaped prisoners, traveling in a hot air balloon, have to land on a remote islands and must try to survive there. They encounter a castaway, pirates, and captain Nemo with his ... See full summary »

Directors: Juan Antonio Bardem, Henri Colpi | Stars: Omar Sharif, Gérard Tichy, Jess Hahn, Gabriele Tinti

Votes: 659

49. Mystery on Monster Island (1981)

TV-PG | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Horror

A young man and his traveling buddy embark on a global journey onboard their ship, only to be shipwrecked on a desolate island teeming with prehistoric creatures and gold-hunting bandits.

Director: Juan Piquer Simón | Stars: Terence Stamp, Peter Cushing, Ian Serra, David Hatton

Votes: 1,036

50. Around the World in 80 Days (II) (1989)

49 min | Documentary, Adventure

Michael Palin attempts to copy the exploits of fictional character Phileas Fogg, by trying to travel around the world (without flying) in 80 days.

Stars: Michael Palin, Basil Pao, Chris Collins, Terry Gilliam

Votes: 1,932