Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "catalina-island"

1. Step Brothers (2008)

R | 98 min | Comedy

Two aimless middle-aged losers still living at home are forced against their will to become roommates when their parents marry.

Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen, Richard Jenkins

Votes: 318,934 | Gross: $100.47M

2. Crank: High Voltage (2009)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker which requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.

Directors: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor | Stars: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Clifton Collins Jr., Dwight Yoakam

Votes: 158,925 | Gross: $13.63M

3. The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)

Approved | 110 min | Comedy, Romance

After a series of misunderstandings, the head of an aerospace research laboratory begins to suspect that his new girlfriend is a Russian spy.

Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Arthur Godfrey, John McGiver

Votes: 5,236

4. The Divorcee (1930)

Passed | 84 min | Romance, Drama

When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful to her, she decides to respond to his infidelities in kind.

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Chester Morris, Conrad Nagel

Votes: 3,653

5. Catalina Caper (1967)

G | 84 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery

A group of swingin' teens take time out from having fun in the sun to try to foil a group of crooks searching for a stolen scroll.

Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Tommy Kirk, Del Moore, Peter Duryea, Robert Donner

Votes: 2,239

6. The Impossible Years (1968)

G | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The eldest daughter of a Professor of Psychology at a large conservative university causes havoc, and great embarrassment, for her father with her free-willed and uninhibited lifestyle.

Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: David Niven, Lola Albright, Chad Everett, Ozzie Nelson

Votes: 800

7. Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Romance

Billy is a gay fine-arts photographer who falls in love with straight coffee-shop waiter Gabriel.

Director: Tommy O'Haver | Stars: Sean Hayes, Brad Rowe, Armando Valdes-Kennedy, Mr. Dan

Votes: 3,987 | Gross: $2.02M

8. Murder on a Honeymoon (1935)

Approved | 74 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

A schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a sea-plane gets sick and dies.

Director: Lloyd Corrigan | Stars: Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Lola Lane, George Meeker

Votes: 896

9. Sherlock: Undercover Dog (1994)

PG | 78 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Billy, 10, a dreamer, wants to be taken seriously so he can live with his toy-designer father on Catalina Island. Billy's plans get seriously spoilt when Sherlock, a talking police dog, ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Harding Gardner | Stars: Benjamin Eroen, Anthony Simmons, Cooper Cameron, Sharon Cameron

Votes: 524

10. You Said a Mouthful (1932)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy

Shipping clerk Joe Holt is mistaken for a swimming champion and expected to compete in a long-distance swim race off Catalina Island.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Ginger Rogers, Preston Foster, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

Votes: 537

11. Dancing in the Dark (1949)

Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Conceited actor Emery Slade, on a mission to recruit a Broadway star for Fox, picks unknown Julie Clarke instead.

Director: Irving Reis | Stars: William Powell, Mark Stevens, Betsy Drake, Adolphe Menjou

Votes: 227

12. You're Only Young Once (1937)

Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

On vacation with his family on California's Catalina Island, Andy Hardy falls head over swim fins for a sophisticated young beauty. Judge Hardy warns his son that she is too fast for him.

Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden

Votes: 557

13. Summer Children (1965)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A brooding adonis, driven by his jealous infatuation for an ethereal beauty competes for alpha male dominance in this stylistic 1960's neo-noir (B&W) European style film.

Director: James Bruner | Stars: Stuart Anderson, Valora Noland, John Hanek, Sandy Gabriel

Votes: 51

14. The Black Coin (1936)

Approved | 323 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Federal agents and smugglers battle it out over lost secret papers.

Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Ralph Graves, Ruth Mix, Dave O'Brien, Constance Bergen

Votes: 81

15. Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935)

Passed | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Music

Various Hollywood performers put on a pirate-themed variety show on Catalina Island, with a number of amiable stars in the audience.

Director: Gene Burdette | Stars: Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Sterling Young, The Fanchonettes, Robert Armstrong

Votes: 311

16. Hollywood My Home Town (1965)

Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary

Ken Murray hosts his own behind-the-scenes home movies of some of Hollywood's greatest stars in candid moments.

Director: William Martin | Stars: Ken Murray, Ben Alexander, Richard Arlen, Mary Astor

Votes: 528

17. The Unwritten Law (1932)

Passed | 66 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

A film producer is found murdered on a ship, and among the suspects are a young woman whose mother was mistreated by him and his recently fired electrician.

Directors: Christy Cabanne, Wilfred Lucas | Stars: Greta Nissen, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Mary Brian, Lew Cody

Votes: 9

18. Life's a Dive (2014)

10 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure

Historic and archival footage, old home movies, and beautiful high definition underwater photography brilliantly shot in Hawaii and the Pacific by acclaimed filmmaker John Taschner, who ... See full summary »

Director: John Taschner | Stars: Carole Lombard, Douglas MacArthur, Groucho Marx, Robert L. Ripley

Votes: 15

19. The Unknown Masterpiece (2023)

Documentary

In the early 70's emerging artists Michael and Nancy fell in love. After five years of being together, Michael ended the relationship to focus on his career. Forty years later, the duo ... See full summary »

Director: Max Clendaniel | Stars: Michelan Sisti, Nancy Clendaniel, David Alan Barclay, Kevin Carlson

20. John Wayne: On Board with the Duke (1997 Video)

Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary

An intimate look at John Wayne seen through home movies taken aboard his yacht the Wild Goose, a converted minesweeper.

Director: Shannon Clark | Stars: Scott Carpenter, Carol Channing, James Coburn, Ron Ely

21. Strange Birds (1930)

10 min | Short, Comedy

A tour of Catalina Bird Park, then the world's largest aviary park located on Catalina Island in an early full-color film. Marjorie Beebe and friends see rare and beautiful birds and meet a talking and singing cockatoo.

Stars: Marjorie Beebe, Luis Alberni, Frank Eastman, E.H. Lewis

Votes: 14

22. Cannon (1971–1976)
Episode: The Island Caper (1972)

Not Rated | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Cannon attempts to help the reformed ex-con he put away years before when the man is coerced into masterminding a bank heist.

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: William Conrad, Keenan Wynn, James Olson, Jacqueline Scott

Votes: 114

23. UFO Hunters (2008–2009)
Episode: USOs (2008)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History, Sci-Fi

In 1980, a plane crashed into the water near Catalina Island. The pilot reported that it was caused by a strange craft in the water. UFO magazine investigates this case of a USO, or Unidentified Submerged Object.

Stars: Patrick Uskert, Jeff Tomlinson, Ted Acworth, Bill Birnes

Votes: 38

24. Andiamo! Uptown (2006– )
Episode: Catalina Island (2006)

TV-G | Documentary, Adventure, Family

Catalina Island, California is a unique island off the coast of California, and Donna will take you on a journey there to revel in the island's history, art, cuisine, and have some fun horseback riding.

Director: Jason E. Gordon | Stars: Jim Amoroso, Steve Bray, Rusty Connelly, Stacey Otte

25. Hell's Kitchen (2005– )
Episode: 17 Chefs Compete (2012)

TV-14 | 44 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV

The chefs continue to feel the heat of the competition.

Director: Sharon Trojan Hollinger | Stars: Gordon Ramsay, James Lukanik, Scott Leibfried, Andi Van Willigan

Votes: 108

26. Wings to Adventure (2005– )
Episode: Catalina Island (2005)

30 min

Add a Plot

Director: Scott Guyette | Stars: Tom Gresham, Dave Riggs, Kermit Weeks

27. BuzzFeed Unsolved: True Crime (2016–2021)
Episode: The Strange Drowning of Natalie Wood (2017)

TV-MA | 20 min | Documentary, Comedy, Crime

Did Natalie Wood really drown? Ryan and Shane discuss the events surrounding the fateful night that killed a Hollywood starlet.

Director: Ryan Bergara | Stars: Ryan Bergara, Shane Madej

Votes: 79