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1. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.
Director: George Lucas | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness
Votes: 1,449,365 | Gross: $322.74M
2. Holes (2003)
PG | 117 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he joins the job of digging holes for some mysterious reason.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Tim Blake Nelson
Votes: 100,191 | Gross: $67.41M
3. Silverado (1985)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A misfit bunch of friends comes together to right the injustices which exist in a small town.
Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Rosanna Arquette
Votes: 49,429 | Gross: $33.20M
4. Quantum of Solace (2008)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
James Bond descends into mystery as he tries to stop a mysterious organisation from eliminating a country's most valuable resource.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench
Votes: 470,721 | Gross: $168.37M
5. G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.
Director: Jon M. Chu | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Channing Tatum, Adrianne Palicki, Lee Byung-hun
Votes: 187,316 | Gross: $122.52M
6. The Bad Batch (2016)
R | 118 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
In a desert dystopia, a young woman is kidnapped by cannibals.
Director: Ana Lily Amirpour | Stars: Suki Waterhouse, Jason Momoa, Jayda Fink, Keanu Reeves
Votes: 35,491 | Gross: $0.18M
7. Yellow Sky (1948)
Approved | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Western
A pistol-packing tomboy and her grandfather discover a band of bank robbing bandits taking refuge in the neighboring ghost town.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark, Robert Arthur
Votes: 5,760
8. Automata (I) (2014)
R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Human race is at edge of the end. Robot race is at edge of the beginning.
Director: Gabe Ibáñez | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Dylan McDermott, Melanie Griffith
Votes: 59,392
9. The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Approved | 142 min | Adventure, Drama
After an oil company plane crashes in the Sahara, the survivors are buoyed with hope by one of the passengers, an airplane designer who plans for them to build a flyable plane from the wreckage.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger
Votes: 22,409
10. Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Survivors of a plane crash in the Mongolian desert work together to build a new plane.
Director: John Moore | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Miranda Otto, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese Gibson
Votes: 56,746 | Gross: $21.01M
11. Bagdad Cafe (1987)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A lonely German woman ends up in the most desolate motel on Earth and decides to make it brighter.
Director: Percy Adlon | Stars: Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance, Christine Kaufmann
Votes: 15,192 | Gross: $3.59M
12. Hostile (I) (2017)
TV-MA | 83 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
Juliette, a lone survivor of an apocalyptic era, fights to survive against hunger, thirst, a broken leg and strange, disturbing creatures that only come out at nighttime.
Director: Mathieu Turi | Stars: Brittany Ashworth, Grégory Fitoussi, Javier Botet, Jay Benedict
Votes: 7,213
13. Desierto (2015)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A group of people trying to cross the border from Mexico into the United States encounter a racist man who has taken border patrol duties into his own hands.
Director: Jonás Cuarón | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Alondra Hidalgo, Diego Cataño
Votes: 10,757 | Gross: $1.83M
14. The Chosen (1977)
R | 105 min | Horror
Robert's in charge of constructing a nuclear power plant in the Middle East. Will it be instrumental in prophecies of antichrist's apocalypse?
Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Simon Ward, Agostina Belli, Anthony Quayle
Votes: 1,600
15. From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (1999 Video)
R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller, Western
Set 100 years ago in Mexico, this horror/western is the story of the birth of the vampire princess Santanico Pandemonium.
Director: P.J. Pesce | Stars: Marco Leonardi, Michael Parks, Ara Celi, Jordana Spiro
Votes: 12,600
16. Firewalker (1986)
PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache hoard of gold.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett Jr., Melody Anderson, Will Sampson
Votes: 7,667 | Gross: $11.83M
17. Sahara (I) (1943)
Approved | 97 min | Action, Drama, War
After the fall of Tobruk in 1942, during the Allied retreat in the Libyan desert, an American tank picks-up a motley group of survivors but they face advancing Germans and a lack of water.
Director: Zoltan Korda | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, J. Carrol Naish, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 9,751
18. I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998)
PG | 86 min | Comedy, Family
A college student faces an impossible journey when he is left stranded in the desert, thousands of miles from home, with no money and only a few days left until Christmas.
Director: Arlene Sanford | Stars: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Jessica Biel, Adam LaVorgna, Gary Cole
Votes: 11,916 | Gross: $12.21M
19. Salt and Fire (2016)
98 min | Thriller
A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when a volcano begins to show signs of erupting, they must unite to avoid a disaster.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Veronica Ferres, Michael Shannon, Gael García Bernal, Volker Zack
Votes: 2,991
20. Sole Survivor (1970 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy
This story is loosely based on the discovery of the B-24 "Liberator" bomber the "Lady Be Good" that was found in the Libyan desert after the crew got lost on their 1st bombing mission to Italy.
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Vince Edwards, Richard Basehart, William Shatner, Lou Antonio
Votes: 984
21. Sam Was Here (II) (2016)
Not Rated | 75 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A door-to-door salesman questions his sanity when stranded in a deserted town and threatened by residents who mistake him for a killer.
Director: Christophe Deroo | Stars: Rusty Joiner, Sigrid La Chapelle, Rhoda Pell, Hassan Galedary
Votes: 2,596
22. Deserted (I) (2016)
Not Rated | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
When 24-year-old Jae is released from prison for killing her mother, she returns to her childhood home in small-town Ridgecrest. The desire to go anywhere but there prompts her to agree to ... See full summary »
Director: Ashley Avis | Stars: Mischa Barton, Jackson Davis, Winter Ave Zoli, Trent Ford
Votes: 748
23. It Stains the Sands Red (2016)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
In the throes of a zombie apocalypse, a troubled woman from Las Vegas with a dark past finds herself stranded in the desert with a lone and ravenous zombie on her tail.
Director: Colin Minihan | Stars: Brittany Allen, Juan Riedinger, Merwin Mondesir, Kristopher Higgins
Votes: 5,542
24. Delusion (1991)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man who has just embezzled money from his company is driving through the Nevada desert. He picks up a pretty girl and her seemingly goofy boyfriend. The girl is a Las Vegas showgirl and ... See full summary »
Director: Carl Colpaert | Stars: Jim Metzler, Jennifer Rubin, Kyle Secor, Jerry Orbach
Votes: 765 | Gross: $0.23M
25. Death Race (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Drama, War
In the North African desert in World War II, a damaged American fighter plane that is unable to take off tries to evade and destroy a pursuing Nazi tank.
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Roy Thinnes, Eric Braeden, Doug McClure
Votes: 354
26. Heatstroke (2013)
TV-14 | 92 min | Action, Thriller
An accidental detour during a vacation in the African desert pits a research scientist and his family against a group of dangerous arms dealers.
Director: Evelyn Purcell | Stars: Stephen Dorff, Svetlana Metkina, Maisie Williams, Peter Stormare
Votes: 3,362
27. Red Sands (2009)
R | 89 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
During a mission in the Middle East, a group of US soldiers destroy a statue out of boredom only to then be visited by something the next day.
Director: Alex Turner | Stars: Shane West, Leonard Roberts, Aldis Hodge, Callum Blue
Votes: 3,649
28. Inferno (1953)
Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A tough, hard-driving business tycoon suffers a broken leg and is left to die in the desert by his scheming wife and her greedy lover.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Robert Ryan, Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, Larry Keating
Votes: 1,799
29. Thirst (I) (2010 Video)
R | 91 min | Drama, Horror
Two couples roll their truck in the desert 80 miles away from anywhere.
Director: Jeffery Scott Lando | Stars: Lacey Chabert, Tygh Runyan, Mercedes McNab, Brandon Quinn
Votes: 865
30. Red Sundown (1956)
Passed | 81 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A gunfighter takes a deputy sheriff job in a town caught in a feud between a powerful rancher and small farmers.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Martha Hyer, Dean Jagger, Robert Middleton
Votes: 727
31. W pustyni i w puszczy (2001)
111 min | Adventure, Family
Two young children, 14-year-old Stas and 8-year-old Nel, are kidnapped for ransom by Muslim leader called Mahdi.
Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Adam Fidusiewicz, Karolina Sawka, Krzysztof Kowalewski, Artur Zmijewski
Votes: 986
32. Dirkie (1969)
G | 81 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
After a plane crash a young boy and his dog wander through the Kalahari desert.
Director: Jamie Uys | Stars: Wynand Uys, Jamie Uys, Lady Frolic of Belvedale, Wilhelm Esterhuizen
Votes: 480
33. Death Valley (I) (2004)
R | 96 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Four friends head to the desert to attend a winter rave. Instead, it turns into the trip to hell when they meet up with a couple of bad locals.
Directors: David Kebo, Rudi Liden | Stars: Eric Christian Olsen, Dash Mihok, Rider Strong, Vince Vieluf
Votes: 543
34. L'Atlantide (1932)
Not Rated | 89 min | Adventure, Drama
Antinea. the Queen of Atlantis, rules her secret kingdom hidden beneath the Sahara Desert. One day two lost explorers stumble into her kingdom, and soon realize that they haven't really ... See full summary »
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Pierre Blanchar, John Stuart, Tela Tchaï
Votes: 106
35. La Casa Que Arde de Noche (1985)
103 min | Drama
Lalasana commits a crime in self-defense and runs away. She hides in a brothel near to the US border, that is ruled by Celia, an aging woman that suffers from pain. Lalasana fakes that is taking care of her, hiding her true purposes.
Director: René Cardona Jr. | Stars: Sonia Infante, Salvador Pineda, Carmen Montejo, Araceli Aguilar
Votes: 107
36. The Ride Back (1957)
Not Rated | 79 min | Western
A troubled sheriff, a failure at everything in his life, tries to redeem himself by extraditing a popular gunfighter from Mexico to stand trial for murder.
Directors: Allen H. Miner, Oscar Rudolph | Stars: Anthony Quinn, William Conrad, Lita Milan, Victor Millan
Votes: 937
37. Ordeal (1973 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Left to die in the desert by his wife and her lover, a businessman fights to survive and get his revenge.
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Arthur Hill, Diana Muldaur, James Stacy, Macdonald Carey
Votes: 241
38. Madron (1970)
GP | 90 min | Drama, Western
A nun, the only survivor of an Indian massacre of a wagon train, is taken in by a cantankerous old gunfighter.
Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Richard Boone, Leslie Caron, Gabi Amrani, Mosko Alkalai
Votes: 349
39. Wild Youth (1960)
Approved | 73 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Three teenage criminals break out of juvenile prison and head south to Mexico.
Director: John F. Schreyer | Stars: Robert Hutton, John Goddard, Carol Ohmart, Clancy Cooper
Votes: 144
40. The Craving (2008 Video)
Not Rated | 98 min | Horror
A group of college students embarking on a cross country road trip to the Burning Man Festival find themselves stranded in desert. Come nightfall a vicious predatory monster comes out ... See full summary »
Director: Sean Dillon | Stars: Tricia Allen, Grayson Berry, Jesse C. Boyd, Anselm Clinard
Votes: 276
41. The Good Road (2013)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
A family on vacation lose their son. A truck driver's last ride. A girl chasing hope. This is a life affirming journey, across a local highway, and into the heart of an unseen India, where acts of great compassion are shown to strangers.
Director: Gyan Correa | Stars: Ajay Gehi, Sonali Kulkarni, Shamji Dhana Kerasia, Priyank Upadhyay
Votes: 571
42. Missing Husbands (1921)
Not Rated | 172 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Two men, lost in the desert, meet Queen Antinea, ruler of Atlantis.
Director: Jacques Feyder | Stars: Jean Angelo, Georges Melchior, Marie-Louise Iribe, Stacia Napierkowska
Votes: 426
43. The Oasis (1984)
92 min | Drama
A plane crash in the Mexican desert leaves a small group of survivors who are desperate for food and water. Fearing that they may never be found where they are, they head for where it is ... See full summary »
Director: Sparky Greene | Stars: Chris Makepeace, Scott Hylands, Richard Cox, Dori Brenner
Votes: 100
44. Desert Nights (1929)
Passed | 62 min | Drama
A con man and his beautiful accomplice kidnap a manager and steal $500,000 worth of diamonds, but end up stranded in the desert without water.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: John Gilbert, Ernest Torrence, Mary Nolan, Claude King
Votes: 1,243
45. Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas (2013)
95 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Earlene arrives at Venice Beach after running away from an estranged lover, only to become fast friends with an Australian skater who is also lost. Together, they set out into the desert to find themselves.
Director: Simon Savory | Stars: Cassandra Peterson, Sheena Metal, Ashleigh Sumner, Simon Savory
Votes: 151
46. Aurora (1998)
87 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the 22nd century, seven explorers set out on a mission to Earth.
Director: Christopher Kulikowski | Stars: Christopher Stapleton, Michael Otis, David Jean Thomas, Christopher Heltai
Votes: 219
47. Flat (2018)
10 min | Short, Thriller
Traveling home from a business trip, Rick stops in Joshua Tree to clear his head, but a blown out tire leaves him stranded and yet that's not even the worst part of his day.
Director: Michael Skanes | Stars: Seth Cassell, Julia Aks, Caroline Gottlieb
Votes: 26
48.
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode:
Desert Crossing
(2002)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Enterprise is for the second time on its way to Risa when yet again another urgent matter comes up: a distress call. It comes from a small vessel. The owner, Zobral, is extremely happy with... See full summary »
Director: David Straiton | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating
Votes: 1,683
49.
I Spy (1965–1968)
Episode:
Sparrowhawk
(1966)
60 min | Action, Adventure
Alexander and Kelly receive the unenviable assignment of guarding a spoiled, teenage king.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Robert Culp, Bill Cosby, Clive Clerk, Walter Koenig
Votes: 51
50.
The Invaders (1967–1968)
Episode:
The Mutation
(1967)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a border town, David Vincent meets a stripper who claims to have seen something strange in the desert.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Roy Thinnes, Edward Andrews, Lin McCarthy, Suzanne Pleshette
Votes: 289