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1. Into the Wild (2007)

R | 148 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.

Director: Sean Penn | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener, Marcia Gay Harden

Votes: 658,835 | Gross: $18.35M

2. Greenland (2020)

PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Thriller

A family struggles for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster.

Director: Ric Roman Waugh | Stars: Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd, Scott Glenn

Votes: 135,026

3. The Last Winter (2006)

Not Rated | 101 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Sent to evaluate the environmental impact of oil drilling in the Arctic, James Hoffman clashes with the drilling crew's chief, who wants to get the job done.

Director: Larry Fessenden | Stars: Ron Perlman, James Le Gros, Connie Britton, Zach Gilford

Votes: 9,849 | Gross: $0.03M

4. Dear Lemon Lima (2009)

PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Drama

After being dumped by Philip, her one true love, the infatuated Nessa enrolls at his private school in the hopes of winning him back.

Director: Suzi Yoonessi | Stars: Savanah Wiltfong, Shayne Topp, Eleanor Hutchins, Kari Nissena

Votes: 1,261

5. Those Redheads from Seattle (1953)

Approved | 90 min | Musical, Western

A woman takes her four beautiful daughters to Dawson City Yukon during the Gold Rush to find their fortune.

Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Rhonda Fleming, Gene Barry, Agnes Moorehead, Teresa Brewer

Votes: 285

6. Top of the World (1955)

Approved | 91 min | Adventure

A jet pilot, Dale Robertson, find himself assigned to the barren wastes of Alaska where it becomes his duty to man an observation post.

Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Dale Robertson, Evelyn Keyes, Frank Lovejoy, Nancy Gates

Votes: 187

7. Goldfathers (2012– )

Adventure

The new series follows three gold-mining "families" as they battle nature, machines and each other in a brutal race against time to get as much gold from the ground as possible before the icy frost of winter returns to shut them down.

Stars: Lauren Reeves, Kinzey Reeves, Jeremy Schwartz, Max Forer

Votes: 71

8. Feels Good (2016)

15 min | Short, Comedy

Sometimes the best day of your life is the worst day of your life.

Director: Andrew Okpeaha MacLean | Stars: Jake Waid, Allan Hayton, Allison Warden, Quannah Chasinghorse

9. Alluring Alaska (1941)

Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short

This entry in the Traveltalks series looks at Alaska. Fairbanks and Skagway are seen, as well as Mount McKinley (now known as Denali).

Star: James A. FitzPatrick

Votes: 70

10. Sourdough (2015)

Not Rated | 10 min | Short

Compiling home video footage (1992-2001), phone conversations and his travels home over the course of a summer in interior Alaska; filmmaker Kirk Rasmussen reflects on his childhood with father, Bruce Rasmussen.

Director: Kirk Rasmussen

11. Matt Ralston's Alaska (2011)

57 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy

A comedian seeks to inspire his stand-up act in his hometown of Fairbanks Alaska. Matt Ralston, who had never addressed his Alaskan roots from the stage, finally goes for it in this ... See full summary »

Director: Abdel Tornes | Star: Matthew Ralston

12. The End Is Nye (2022– )
Episode: Ring of Fire (2022)

TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary, History

Bill Nye posits a planetary cataclysm - unprecedented simultaneous seismic activity along the Ring of Fire, unstable areas circling the Pacific Ocean, with virtually all the major tectonic activity of the planet, and the resultant damage.

Director: Brannon Braga | Stars: Bill Nye, Deena Aziz, Joanna Mandap, Kwasi Songui

Votes: 30

13. Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023– )
Episode: Will the Real May Please Stand Up? (2023)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

May finally faces her past. Duvall and Shaw follow traces of Godzilla and Hiroshi.

Director: Hiromi Kamata | Stars: Anna Sawai, Kiersey Clemons, Ren Watabe, Joe Tippett

Votes: 2,209

14. The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
The Entertainment Industry Is Collapsing, Thank God (2023 Podcast Episode)

News, Talk-Show

Hollywood actors join writers on strike, raising concerns about the collapse of the entertainment industry. The Pentagon explains its stance on abortions for female military members. A Johnny the Walrus parade float stirs chaos in Alaska.

Star: Matt Walsh

15. Alaska State Troopers (2009– )
Episode: In the Line of Duty (2014)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Western

Follow the Alaska State Troopers as they help save lives in danger, from a father nearly stabbing his own son to death, to a man attempting to brave the negative winter temperatures in a ... See full summary »

Stars: Timothy Cronin, Marc Graue, Brian Haley, Ethan Norwood

Votes: 8