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1. Mad Max (1979)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley
Votes: 222,565 | Gross: $8.75M
2. WALL·E (2008)
G | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
Director: Andrew Stanton | Stars: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard
Votes: 1,201,098 | Gross: $223.81M
3. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community escape a horde of bandits.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston, Max Phipps
Votes: 193,861 | Gross: $12.47M
4. Iron Man Three (2013)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
Director: Shane Black | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Guy Pearce, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle
Votes: 899,619 | Gross: $409.01M
5. Waterworld (1995)
PG-13 | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a future where the polar ice-caps have melted and Earth is almost entirely submerged, a mutated mariner fights starvation and outlaw "smokers," and reluctantly helps a woman and a young girl try to find dry land.
Director: Kevin Reynolds | Stars: Kevin Costner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dennis Hopper, Tina Majorino
Votes: 210,033 | Gross: $88.25M
6. King Kong (1976)
PG | 134 min | Adventure, Horror
A petroleum exploration expedition comes to an isolated island and encounters a colossal giant gorilla.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange, John Randolph
Votes: 35,574 | Gross: $52.61M
7. Hackers (1995)
PG-13 | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Teenage hackers discover a criminal conspiracy with plans to use a computer virus that will capsize five oil tankers.
Director: Iain Softley | Stars: Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Jesse Bradford, Matthew Lillard
Votes: 74,898 | Gross: $7.56M
8. Greyhound (2020)
PG-13 | 91 min | Action, Drama, History
Several months after the U.S. entry into World War II, an inexperienced U.S. Navy commander must lead an Allied convoy being stalked by a German submarine wolf pack.
Director: Aaron Schneider | Stars: Tom Hanks, Elisabeth Shue, Stephen Graham, Matt Helm
Votes: 114,937
9. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
PG | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads, with the help of a K.G.B. agent whose lover he killed.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens, Richard Kiel
Votes: 116,306 | Gross: $46.80M
10. Hidden Strike (2023)
TV-14 | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Two ex-special forces soldiers must escort a group of civilians along Baghdad's "Highway of Death" to the safety of the Green Zone.
Director: Scott Waugh | Stars: Jackie Chan, John Cena, Chunrui Ma, Wenli Jiang
Votes: 18,797
11. Cobra (1986)
R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far-reaching plans.
Director: George P. Cosmatos | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson
Votes: 79,654 | Gross: $49.04M
12. Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
G | 98 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a U.S. spacecraft. They become the toast of society, but one man believes them to be a threat to the human race.
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy
Votes: 39,288 | Gross: $12.30M
13. The Woman Next Door (1981)
R | 106 min | Drama, Romance
Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Henri Garcin, Michèle Baumgartner
Votes: 8,824
14. Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A computer hacker breaks into the computer system of the Seabourn Legend cruise liner and sets it speeding on a collision course into a gigantic oil tanker.
Director: Jan de Bont | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric, Willem Dafoe, Temuera Morrison
Votes: 85,996 | Gross: $48.61M
15. Superman III (1983)
PG | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Synthetic kryptonite laced with tar splits Superman in two: good Clark Kent and bad Man of Steel.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper
Votes: 74,806 | Gross: $59.95M
16. The Finest Hours (2016)
PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Drama, History
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
Director: Craig Gillespie | Stars: Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Eric Bana
Votes: 70,689 | Gross: $27.57M
17. Syriana (2005)
R | 128 min | Drama, Thriller
A politically charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved in and affected by it.
Director: Stephen Gaghan | Stars: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Amanda Peet, Kayvan Novak
Votes: 134,292 | Gross: $50.82M
18. Open Water (2003)
R | 79 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
Based on the true story of two scuba divers accidentally stranded in shark infested waters after their tour boat has left.
Director: Chris Kentis | Stars: Blanchard Ryan, Daniel Travis, Saul Stein, Michael E. Williamson
Votes: 56,473 | Gross: $30.61M
19. American Murder: The Family Next Door (2020)
TV-MA | 83 min | Documentary, Crime
In 2018, 34-year-old Shanann Watts and her two young daughters disappear in Colorado. With the heartbreaking details emerging, the family's story made headlines around the world.
Director: Jenny Popplewell | Stars: Nickole Atkinson, Jim Benemann, Luke Epple, Mark Jamieson
Votes: 32,773
20. [REC] 4: Apocalypse (2014)
R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller
An ill-fated television reporter is rescued and sent on a voyage across the ocean, but she is followed by the deadly virus that has plagued her and numerous others.
Director: Jaume Balagueró | Stars: Manuela Velasco, Paco Manzanedo, Héctor Colomé, Ismael Fritschi
Votes: 20,138 | Gross: $0.00M
21. Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)
PG | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Teenager Jesse becomes reunited with Willy two years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from an oil spill.
Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Jason James Richter, Michael Madsen, Francis Capra, Mary Kate Schellhardt
Votes: 19,587 | Gross: $30.08M
22. Delete (2013)
TV-14 | 180 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A reporter and a young hacker uncover an artificial intelligence which has become sentient. It has one goal. Self preservation. Humans are trying to destroy it. So it's 'it' or them.
Stars: Keir Gilchrist, Erin Karpluk, Ryan Robbins, Gil Bellows
Votes: 1,504
23. A Fish Tale (2000)
G | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Three children accidentally get turned into fish after drinking a potion made by an eccentric scientist. When the kids end up in the sea, they must find the antidote within 48 hours or remain as fish forever.
Directors: Stefan Fjeldmark, Greg Manwaring, Michael Donovan, Michael Hegner | Stars: Nis Bank-Mikkelsen, Søren Sætter-Lassen, Morten Kerrn Nielsen, Sebastian Jessen
Votes: 7,337
24. Winter Kills (1979)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and dead ends after learning of a man claiming to be the real shooter.
Director: William Richert | Stars: Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins, Eli Wallach
Votes: 3,502 | Gross: $1.08M
25. Hangar 18 (1980)
PG | 97 min | Sci-Fi
After a UFO crashes in Arizona, due to a space collision with a NASA satellite launch, the U.S. government tries to cover-up the incident for political reasons.
Director: James L. Conway | Stars: Darren McGavin, Robert Vaughn, Gary Collins, James Hampton
Votes: 2,985 | Gross: $6.00M
26. The Street Fighter (1974)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After failing to reach a deal with her enemies, a mercenary karateka protects the daughter of a recently-deceased oil tycoon from the evil conglomerate gunning for her inheritance.
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Goichi Yamada, Yutaka Nakajima, Chiyoko Kazama
Votes: 5,666
27. Docteur Justice (1975)
112 min | Action
Doctor Justice is a crusading physician with the World Health Organization and also a swimming champion, karate expert and philosopher must investigate a series of pirate attacks.
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: John Phillip Law, Gert Fröbe, Nathalie Delon, Roger Paschy
Votes: 149
28. Sangre (2020)
102 min | Drama
Fernando works in an oil tanker that connects two major Argentinian cities. He has a young girlfriend in one and a married lover in the other. As they both become pregnant, his life starts to disintegrate into obsession and violence.
Director: Juan Schnitman | Stars: Juan Barberini, Natalia Tena, Bella Camero, Dirk Martens
Votes: 139
29. The Fighting Seabees (1944)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, Romance, War
During WW2, the U.S. Navy implements a new idea of forming construction battalions that also are fighting units, in case of Japanese attack.
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley
Votes: 3,916
30. Home (I) (2009)
Not Rated | 118 min | Documentary, Family
With aerial footage from fifty-four countries, 'Home' is a depiction of how Earth's problems are all interlinked.
Director: Yann Arthus-Bertrand | Stars: Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Glenn Close, Jacques Gamblin
Votes: 23,053
31. Riffraff (1935)
Passed | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie and quits his poorly paid job to concentrate on getting better working conditions as union leader. Unfortunately, the union members disagree ... See full summary »
Director: J. Walter Ruben | Stars: Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy, Una Merkel, Joseph Calleia
Votes: 1,109
32. The 7 Adventures of Sinbad (2010 Video)
PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Sinbad, the original Prince of Persia, must complete seven tasks in order to save the world from catastrophe.
Directors: Ben Hayflick, Adam Silver | Stars: Patrick Muldoon, Sarah Desage, Bo Svenson, Kelly O'Leary
Votes: 1,428
33. Um Filme Falado (2003)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Lisbon, Marseilles, Naples, Athens, Istanbul, Cairo, Aden and Bombay. Along with a university teacher and her little daughter, we embark on a long journey, experiencing different cultures and civilizations.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Leonor Silveira, Filipa de Almeida, John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve
Votes: 2,091 | Gross: $0.01M
34. Havarie (2006 TV Movie)
90 min | Thriller
Jens Lienhart is an ambitious business student at St.Gallen University, researching his thesis at Refine Trading, an international oil trading company. Then Beatrice, a Greenpeace ... See full summary »
Director: Xavier Koller | Stars: Ralph Gassmann, Johanna Bantzer, Hans Schenker, Peter Jecklin
Votes: 42
35. Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards! (1963)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Police detective Tajima, tasked with tracking down stolen firearms, turns an underworld grudge into a blood-bath. Suzuki transforms a colorful pot-boiler into an on-target send-up of cultural colonialism and post-war greed.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Jô Shishido, Tamio Kawaji, Reiko Sasamori, Nobuo Kaneko
Votes: 985
36. Iron Island (2005)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Some poor people in the Southern coasts of Iran do not have any place to live, and thus, they reside on an old, abandoned ship in the sea. Captain Nemat, their chief, tries to persuade the ... See full summary »
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof | Stars: Ali Nasirian, Hossein Farzizade, Neda Pakdaman, Didar Razzaghi Shirazi
Votes: 1,000 | Gross: $0.02M
37. Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster (1992 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama
The real-life struggle to contain the environmental and financial damage caused to Alaska by the oil spill from the Exxon Valdez is dramatized.
Director: Paul Seed | Stars: John Heard, Bob Gunton, Mark Metcalf, Bruce Gray
Votes: 288
38. GG Bond: Ocean Mission (2022)
85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Agent Team releases a mission of searching for a dangerous weapon lost in the vast sea. The Star Agent, GG Bond, volunteers to take up the task alone.
Director: Zhong Yu | Stars: Wenxian Bai, Zhirong Chen, Shuang Lu
Votes: 17
39. Tampico (1944)
Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
During World War II, a female survivor of a German U-boat attack marries the skipper of the American merchant ship that saved her but is suspected of being a spy who sends secret data about Allied ship movements to the Germans.
Director: Lothar Mendes | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Lynn Bari, Victor McLaglen, Robert Bailey
Votes: 297
40. Talk About a Stranger (1952)
Passed | 65 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
In an idyllic setting, a likable but dangerously volatile twelve-year-old boy tries to settle a score with his disagreeable, mysterious neighbor.
Director: David Bradley | Stars: George Murphy, Nancy Reagan, Billy Gray, Lewis Stone
Votes: 735
41. Cargo to Capetown (1950)
Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
The plot involves Ireland, captain of a tired oil tanker, and Crawford, the ship's engineer. The pair soon find themselves at odds over their mutual affection for Drew (who happens to be Crawford's fiancee).
Director: Earl McEvoy | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Ellen Drew, John Ireland, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 144
42. La via del petrolio (1967– )
45 min | Documentary
Stars: Nino Castelnuovo, Riccardo Cucciolla, Mario Feliciani, Giulio Bosetti
Votes: 60
43. Valparaiso (2011 TV Movie)
97 min | Thriller
21:07 GMT, somewhere in the English Channel: a supertanker, the "Magnificent", 400,000 tonnes of crude oil, 350 meters long, runs aground on the Casquets reef. The rocks tear through the ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Christophe Delpias | Stars: Jean-François Stévenin, Peter Coyote, Héléna Noguerra, François Caron
Votes: 87
44. Oil Spill: The Exxon Valdez Disaster (2009 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: John Akomfrah | Stars: Colin Salmon, Don Cornett, Steve Cowper, Mark Delozier
Votes: 14
45. We've Come a Long Way (1951)
10 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Directors: Allan Crick, Bob Privett
46. Black Sea Files (2005 Video)
43 min | Documentary, Short
An investigation into the human impact of the construction of the BTC oil pipeline connecting Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey.
Director: Ursula Biemann | Stars: Ursula Biemann, Bill Clinton
48. Die Reederei Waried - ein Kapitel der deutschen Technikgeschichte (2011)
68 min | History
In the 1930s, the director of the Waried shipping company took a movie camera with him on his travels. It was the era of the Great Depression - and it was also the early days of the ... See full summary »
49. Castelporziano, ostia dei poeti (1980 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
Director: Andrea Andermann | Stars: Amiri Baraka, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Yevgeniy Yevtushenko