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1. Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

PG-13 | 192 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang

Votes: 494,930 | Gross: $659.68M

2. Planet of the Apes (1968)

G | 112 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans

Votes: 193,549 | Gross: $33.40M

3. No Time to Die (2021)

PG-13 | 163 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

James Bond has left active service. His peace is short-lived when Felix Leiter, an old friend from the CIA, turns up asking for help, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux

Votes: 445,022 | Gross: $160.87M

4. Triangle of Sadness (2022)

R | 147 min | Comedy, Drama

A fashion model celebrity couple join an eventful cruise for the super-rich.

Director: Ruben Östlund | Stars: Thobias Thorwid, Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Jiannis Moustos

Votes: 178,541

5. Deepwater Horizon (2016)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, History

A dramatization of the disaster in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in American history.

Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Douglas M. Griffin, James DuMont

Votes: 182,615 | Gross: $61.43M

6. Midway (2019)

PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Drama, History

The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans

Votes: 94,522 | Gross: $56.85M

7. Cast Away (2000)

PG-13 | 143 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

A FedEx executive undergoes a physical and emotional transformation after crash landing on a deserted island.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Paul Sanchez, Lari White

Votes: 639,111 | Gross: $233.63M

8. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure

In 1935, Indiana Jones is tasked by Indian villagers with reclaiming a rock stolen from them by a secret cult beneath the catacombs of an ancient palace.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri

Votes: 535,503 | Gross: $179.87M

9. Lord of the Flies (1990)

R | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Stranded on an island, a group of schoolboys degenerate into savagery.

Director: Harry Hook | Stars: Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Danuel Pipoly, James Badge Dale

Votes: 33,636 | Gross: $13.99M

10. Jaws 2 (1978)

PG | 116 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller

Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.

Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Joseph Mascolo

Votes: 84,524 | Gross: $102.92M

11. Titanic II (2010 Video)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A century after the fateful voyage of the original, modern luxury liner Titanic II sets sail. Will this ship suffer the same fate as her namesake?

Director: Shane Van Dyke | Stars: Shane Van Dyke, Marie Westbrook, Bruce Davison, Brooke Burns

Votes: 12,888

12. Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

PG | 92 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.

Directors: Eric Darnell, Simon J. Smith | Stars: Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Christopher Knights, Conrad Vernon

Votes: 102,264 | Gross: $83.35M

13. Richie Rich (1994)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Family

A rich young boy finds his family the target of an inside job, and must use his cunning to save them.

Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Edward Herrmann, John Larroquette, Christine Ebersole

Votes: 73,612 | Gross: $38.09M

14. Catch-22 (1970)

R | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, War

A man is trying desperately to be certified insane during World War II, so he can stop flying missions.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel

Votes: 26,511 | Gross: $24.91M

15. USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016)

R | 128 min | Action, Drama, History

During World War II, an American navy ship is sunk by a Japanese submarine leaving 890 crewmen stranded in shark infested waters.

Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Tom Sizemore, Thomas Jane, Matt Lanter

Votes: 14,340

16. 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: 83,836 | Gross: $6.26M

17. Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

Approved | 101 min | Comedy, Romance

A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.

Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, Reginald Gardiner

Votes: 12,032

18. Lovewrecked (2005)

PG | 87 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

On a Caribbean cruise, Jenny is marooned on a beach with her rock and roll idol. Deliriously in love with the idea of time alone with him, she manages to hide the fact that they're a stone's throw away from their resort.

Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Amanda Bynes, Chris Carmack, Jonathan Bennett, Jamie-Lynn Sigler

Votes: 15,493 | Gross: $0.48M

19. Operation Petticoat (1959)

Approved | 124 min | Comedy, Romance, War

During World War II, a commander finds himself stuck with a decrepit (and pink) submarine, a con man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.

Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien, Dina Merrill

Votes: 15,884 | Gross: $23.30M

20. Boat Trip (2002)

R | 94 min | Comedy

Two straight men mistakenly end up on a "gays only" cruise.

Director: Mort Nathan | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Horatio Sanz, Roselyn Sanchez, Vivica A. Fox

Votes: 32,377 | Gross: $8.59M

21. Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)

PG | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Mothra and her fairies return to Japan to warn mankind that they must return Kiryu to the sea, for the dead must not be disturbed. However Godzilla has survived to menace Japan leaving Kiryu as the nation's only defense.

Directors: Masaaki Tezuka, Koji Hashimoto, Takao Okawara, Kazuki Ômori | Stars: Noboru Kaneko, Miho Yoshioka, Mickey Koga, Hiroshi Koizumi

Votes: 5,117

22. Mr. Magoo (1997)

PG | 87 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

The myopic millionaire defeats jewel smugglers in his usual bumbling manner.

Director: Stanley Tong | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Kelly Lynch, Matt Keeslar, Nick Chinlund

Votes: 16,160 | Gross: $21.38M

23. Against the Sun (2014)

PG | 100 min | Biography, Drama, War

A WWII pilot, bombardier, and radioman find themselves adrift on a lifeboat without food or water after being forced to ditch their plane during a scouting mission.

Director: Brian Peter Falk | Stars: Garret Dillahunt, Tom Felton, Jake Abel, Nadia Parra

Votes: 6,477

24. Raw Force (1982)

R | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Martial arts students visit an island with ghosts of dishonored fighters. They encounter a Hitler lookalike running a female slavery operation, leading to encounters with cannibals, piranhas, zombies, and chaos.

Director: Edward D. Murphy | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Geoffrey Binney, Hope Holiday, Jillian Kesner

Votes: 2,293

25. The Island (1980)

R | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A journalist takes his son with him to investigate pirate activity off the coast of Florida. But he gets stranded on a mysterious island--where he might not be alone.

Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Michael Caine, David Warner, Angela Punch McGregor, Frank Middlemass

Votes: 4,727 | Gross: $15.72M

26. Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)

Approved | 107 min | Adventure, Drama, War

During World War II, an American marine and an Irish nun form an unlikely friendship after being stranded on a South Pacific island. They find comfort in one another while hoping for a rescue, as they try to avoid capture by the Japanese.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr

Votes: 9,623

27. The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)

Approved | 99 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Meek and mild mannered bookkeeper Henry Limpet has few passions in life. It's mid-1941 and he would love to join the Navy but has been rated 4F. His friend George Stickle is in the Navy and... See full summary »

Directors: Arthur Lubin, Gerry Chiniquy, Robert McKimson, Hawley Pratt, Bill Tytla | Stars: Don Knotts, Carole Cook, Jack Weston, Andrew Duggan

Votes: 5,969

28. Dark Tide (2012)

PG-13 | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

A professional diver tutor returns to deep waters after 1 year, following an almost fatal encounter with a great white shark. The nightmare from the deep is still lurking - more carnivorous and hungry than ever.

Director: John Stockwell | Stars: Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez, Ralph Brown, Sizwe Msutu

Votes: 9,435

29. City of Ghosts (2002)

R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A con man (Matt Dillon) travels to Cambodia (also on the run from law enforcement in the U.S.) to collect his share in an insurance scam, but discovers more than he bargained for.

Director: Matt Dillon | Stars: Matt Dillon, James Caan, Natascha McElhone, Gérard Depardieu

Votes: 5,819 | Gross: $0.04M

30. Flight from Ashiya (1964)

Not Rated | 100 min | Adventure, Romance, Drama

A flight crew tries to save the survivors of a shipwreck off the coast of Japan during a raging typhoon.

Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Yul Brynner, Richard Widmark, George Chakiris, Suzy Parker

Votes: 716

31. Survive the Savage Sea (1992 TV Movie)

87 min | Adventure, Drama

Jack Carpenter and his wife, Claire, realize his life-long dream by selling the family farm and uprooting their four kids to buy the yacht ''Providence''. Thier sons, Gary, Brian, and Timmy... See full summary »

Director: Kevin James Dobson | Stars: Robert Urich, Ali MacGraw, Danielle von Zerneck, Mark Ballou

Votes: 313

32. Cabeza de Vaca (1991)

R | 111 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

A handful of survivors from a disastrous 1528 Spanish expedition to Florida journey across the coast until they reach Mexico.

Director: Nicolás Echevarría | Stars: Juan Diego, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Roberto Sosa, Carlos Castañón

Votes: 1,201 | Gross: $0.79M

33. A Stranger in My Arms (1959)

Approved | 88 min | Drama, Romance, War

After the Korean War, an Air Force pilot meets the family of his KIA navigator and recalls, in flashbacks, the circumstances of their ordeal after being shot down.

Director: Helmut Käutner | Stars: June Allyson, Jeff Chandler, Sandra Dee, Charles Coburn

Votes: 240

34. Untamed Women (1952)

Approved | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

During World War II, an American bomber pilot is rescued after drifting at sea aboard a raft.

Director: W. Merle Connell | Stars: Mikel Conrad, Doris Merrick, Richard Monahan, Mark Lowell

Votes: 283

35. A Lady Without Passport (1950)

Approved | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

During the 1950s, an undercover U.S. Immigration investigator travels to Cuba to bust a crime ring that smuggles illegal-aliens into the USA but he falls in love with a smuggled woman.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, John Hodiak, James Craig, George Macready

Votes: 918

36. Escapade in Japan (1957)

Approved | 93 min | Adventure, Family

A plane on its way to Japan is forced to land at sea just off the Japanese coast. A small American boy survives the ditching, but is separated from the rest of the passengers and crew and ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Teresa Wright, Cameron Mitchell, Jon Provost, Roger Nakagawa

Votes: 560

37. Sea Wife (1957)

Approved | 81 min | Drama, Thriller, War

In 1942, a cargo ship jammed with British evacuees from Singapore is sunk by a Japanese sub. A small lifeboat carries a beautiful woman, an army officer, a bigoted administrator and a black... See full summary »

Director: Bob McNaught | Stars: Joan Collins, Richard Burton, Basil Sydney, Cy Grant

Votes: 715

38. The Landing (2017)

83 min | Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi

An investigation into the tragic end of Apollo 18, the last US mission to the moon in 1973. In interviews conducted in 1998, on the 25th anniversary of the incident, witnesses and ... See full summary »

Directors: David Dodson, Mark Dodson | Stars: Cindy Lou Adkins, Warren Farina, Don Hannah, Page Hannah

Votes: 148

39. Let Me Survive (2013)

Drama

A mother and young daughter are coerced into joining her ex-husband on a stolen yacht bound for the west coast of Africa. Five days into the journey a raging storm engulfs them, forcing the... See full summary »

Director: Eduardo Rossoff | Stars: Craig Fairbrass, Kierston Wareing, Isabella Blake-Thomas, Maaike Neuville

Votes: 34

40. Tillie and Gus (1933)

Passed | 58 min | Comedy

Tillie and Augustus Winterbottom are thought to be missionaries when they arrive to find Phineas Pratt trying cheat the Sheridans out of her father's inheritance, including a ferry ... See full summary »

Director: Francis Martin | Stars: W.C. Fields, Alison Skipworth, Baby LeRoy, Julie Bishop

Votes: 535

41. Paramount Victory Short No. T2-3: The Price of Victory (1942)

14 min | Documentary, Short, War

Vice-President narrates a patriotic, propaganda short designed to boost morale in the the early days of World War II.

Director: William H. Pine | Star: Henry Wallace

Votes: 43

42. Border Patrol (1959)
Episode: Night Target (1959)

26 min | Adventure

In New Orleans Jagger investigates a boat service that charters fishing trips which may be connected to a gang smuggling illegal aliens from South America.

Director: Samuel Gallu | Stars: Richard Webb, Dean Fredericks, Rico Alaniz, Roy Engel

43. Flipper (1995–2000)
Episode: Fish out of Water (1996)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Pam tries to help an amnesiac plane-crash victim using Flipper and Aphrodite for dolphin therapy.

Director: Rob Stewart | Stars: Brian Wimmer, Colleen Flynn, Payton Haas, Jessica Alba

Votes: 21

44. Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
Episode: Heads, You're Dead (1976)

Not Rated | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A gang of hijackers sign on as crew members of luxury yachts, then murder the owners and steal the boats to sell in South America. Danno and Sandi Welles go undercover to track them down, ... See full summary »

Director: Bruce Bilson | Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Kam Fong, Herman Wedemeyer

Votes: 90

45. Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
Episode: Anchors Aweigh, Men of Stalag 13 (1965)

TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy, War

Hogan talks Klink into building an officers' club, whereby a boat can be built to sail away with an escaped British POW and the German gunsight he snagged while escaping.

Director: Howard Morris | Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary

Votes: 242

46. The Outer Limits (1963–1965)
Episode: The Probe (1965)

TV-14 | 51 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

When an airplane crashes into the sea, its crew awakes to find themselves inside a large plastic chamber. Soon their bewilderment is replaced by fear when they come under attack by a huge machine and large blob-like creature.

Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Peter Mark Richman, Peggy Ann Garner, Ron Hayes, William Stevens

Votes: 421

47. Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
Episode: The General's Boots (1954)

30 min | Comedy, Drama

A martinet of a general, one of his former officers, and a middle aged plane passenger find themselves in a liferaft with only one canteen of water.

Director: Roy Kellino | Stars: Basil Rathbone, John Dehner, Melville Cooper, Robin Hughes

Votes: 16

48. Sea Hunt (1958–1961)
Episode: The Shipwreck (1958)

30 min | Action, Adventure

An unexpected storm capsizes a boat.

Director: Leon Benson | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Russ Conway, Nancy Hale, Leonard Nimoy

Votes: 38

49. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)
Episode: Operation Crash-Dive (1965)

TV-G | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Family

When Fireflash airliners start inexplicably crashing with all crew and passengers in the same area, International Rescue volunteers to assist in the investigation.

Director: Desmond Saunders | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn

Votes: 151

50. Lost (2004–2010)
Episode: There's No Place Like Home: Part 2 (2008)

TV-14 | 40 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Ben tries to escape Keamy's custody so that he and Locke can follow through with Jacob's request to move the island. Michael tries to neutralize the explosives on the boat, while the "Oceanic 6" move closer to rescue.

Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Naveen Andrews, Henry Ian Cusick, Jeremy Davies, Emilie de Ravin

Votes: 7,005