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1. The Bounty (1984)

PG | 132 min | Adventure, Drama, History

Fed up with their Captain's harsh discipline, a sailing ship's crew decides to take action.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox

Votes: 30,731 | Gross: $8.60M

2. Barbie as the Island Princess (2007 Video)

TV-Y | 86 min | Animation, Family

Marooned on an idyllic islet, the beautiful young woman, Ro, sees her world turn upside down, when an adventurous prince takes her and her furry friends to explore civilisation. Could Ro be Rosella, the missing Island Princess?

Director: Greg Richardson | Stars: Kelly Sheridan, Melissa Lyons, Alessandro Juliani, Christopher Gaze

Votes: 4,838

3. Island of Terror (1966)

Unrated | 89 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

An isolated remote island community is threatened by an attack by tentacled silicates which liquefy and digest bone and tissue.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, Edward Judd, Carole Gray, Eddie Byrne

Votes: 3,998

4. Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)

PG | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Four men searching for one's brother are shipwrecked on Letchi Island, where they encounter Godzilla, a monstrous lobster, and terrorists who have enslaved the natives of Infant Island.

Director: Jun Fukuda | Stars: Akira Takarada, Kumi Mizuno, Chôtarô Tôgin, Hideo Sunazuka

Votes: 6,451

5. PT 109 (1963)

Approved | 140 min | Biography, Drama, War

President John F. Kennedy kept a unique inauguration gift on his desk: a plastic-encased coconut. The tale of that coconut is the heroic story of PT 109.

Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Robert Culp, Ty Hardin, James Gregory

Votes: 3,002

6. Stromboli (1950)

Approved | 81 min | Drama

Karin, a young woman from the Baltic countries, marries fisherman Antonio to escape from a prison camp. But she cannot get used to the tough life in Antonio's volcano-threatened village, Stromboli.

Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Mario Vitale, Renzo Cesana, Mario Sponzo

Votes: 8,017

7. Mothra (1961)

Passed | 101 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

An expedition to Infant Island uncovers a native tribe and twin tiny fairy priestesses of a mythical deity, who sets out to rescue the pair after they are kidnapped by a greedy businessman.

Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Furankî Sakai, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kyôko Kagawa, Yumi Itô

Votes: 5,336

8. Space Amoeba (1970)

G | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A space probe is infiltrated by alien beings and then crashes on a remote Pacific atoll. A group of people discover it to be inhabited by giant mutant monsters, created by the aliens in an attempt to conquer the world.

Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Akira Kubo, Atsuko Takahashi, Yukiko Kobayashi, Kenji Sahara

Votes: 1,505

9. Gorgones kai mages (1968)

90 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Flora and Petros are competitors who try to buy cheap land on a Greek island and sell it to foreigner investors. During their stay comic things take place ending to find true love in the local residents.

Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Mary Hronopoulou, Faidon Georgitsis, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Vagelis Seilinos

Votes: 840

10. Widow of St. Pierre (2000)

R | 112 min | Drama, History, Romance

In a small French colony, a drunken man kills someone. While a guillotine is being shipped in, he changes, becoming a good and popular man.

Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Emir Kusturica, Michel Duchaussoy

Votes: 5,740 | Gross: $3.06M

11. A Girl in Black (1956)

100 min | Drama, Romance

Against the backdrop of a cloudless summer, love's unforeseen complications will entwine an Athenian writer, a morosely beautiful daughter, and a scorned local suitor. And then, calamity strikes. Can love redeem the sad girl in black?

Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Ellie Lambeti, Dimitris Horn, Eleni Zafeiriou, Stefanos Stratigos

Votes: 1,129

12. Lesviakos Avgoustos (1974)

92 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

A young girl goes with her father and stepmother, with whom she has a lesbian affair, for vacation on a small island and a local fisherman gets between the two lovers.

Director: Errikos Andreou | Stars: Giorgos Hristodoulou, Katia Dandoulaki, Rena Kosmidou, Joanna Papa

Votes: 108

13. Dinosaurus! (1960)

Unrated | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

After undersea explosions near a Caribbean island, prehistoric creatures are unleashed on the population. A boy teams up with a Neanderthal and an irritated dinosaur try to stop the dinosaurs.

Director: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. | Stars: Ward Ramsey, Kristina Hanson, Paul Lukather, Alan Roberts

Votes: 1,705

14. Bordello (1985)

130 min | Drama, History

In 1897 Crete, as the armies of the Great Powers jockey for position, the French madam, Rosa Bonaparte, arrives in Chania escorted by twelve of her girls to start a brothel. All that she wants is a peaceful life. Will her dream come true?

Director: Nikos Koundouros | Stars: Marina Vlady, Eleonora Stathopoulou, Vasilis Laggos, Aris Retsos

Votes: 144

15. Twilight for the Gods (1958)

Approved | 120 min | Adventure, Drama

The sailing vessel Cannibal has a leaking hull. The captain (Rock Hudson) reluctantly changes course for Honolulu, where one passenger (Cyd Charisse) is wanted by the law. The water rising, everyone struggles against nature to survive.

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Rock Hudson, Cyd Charisse, Arthur Kennedy, Leif Erickson

Votes: 306

16. Omorfes meres (1970)

100 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Carrying the unbearable burden of a terrible secret, a young and affluent entrepreneur arrives at the sun-kissed island of Patmos to live life to the fullest, and to help those in need, of course, in secret. Is this life's true meaning?

Director: Kostas Asimakopoulos | Stars: Alexandra Ladikou, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Vilma Kirou, Eleni Anousaki

Votes: 46

17. Koritsia ston ilio (1968)

80 min | Drama, Romance

A shepherd falls in love with an English tourist in Greece.

Director: Vasilis Georgiadis | Stars: Giannis Voglis, Anne Lonnberg, Kostas Bakas, Miranta Myrat

Votes: 636

18. Jenny Jenny (1966)

103 min | Comedy, Romance

In order to help her father who has financial problems, Tzeni agrees to a fake marriage with his political rival.

Director: Dinos Dimopoulos | Stars: Jenny Karezi, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Andreas Barkoulis, Mary Lalopoulou

Votes: 1,377

19. L'éternel retour (1943)

107 min | Drama, Romance

This is a retelling of Tristan and Isolde, set in 1940s France. The script was written by Jean Cocteau.

Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Madeleine Sologne, Jean Marais, Jean Murat, Junie Astor

Votes: 623

20. Megane (2007)

106 min | Comedy, Drama

Taeko is a stressed career woman who leaves her life in the city for an island vacation. The vacation does not become what she expected as everyone on the island is strange.

Director: Naoko Ogigami | Stars: Satomi Kobayashi, Mikako Ichikawa, Ryô Kase, Ken Mitsuishi

Votes: 1,895

21. WrestleMania V (1989 TV Special)

TV-PG | 163 min | Action, Sport

Fifth WrestleMania on April 2nd, 1989 at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. A total of fourteen matches are contested at the event with the main event being Hulk Hogan versus Randy Savage for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.

Director: Kerwin Silfies | Stars: Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan, Jim Hellwig, Rick Rude

Votes: 1,120

22. Madalena (1960)

91 min | Drama, Romance

A tenacious daughter and an expert boatman are more than eager to prolong their parents' irreconcilable feud. However, an untimely demise will only make things worse. Can a humble priest help them bury the hatchet and, maybe, find love?

Director: Dinos Dimopoulos | Stars: Aliki Vougiouklaki, Dimitris Papamichael, Pantelis Zervos, Thodoros Moridis

Votes: 1,230

23. Hell Harbor (1930)

Passed | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Lovely Anita dreams of escaping the monotony of her island home and sailing to bustling Havana. But when her abusive father promises her to the greasy local merchant, Anita does everything in her power to make her dream a reality.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Lupe Velez, Jean Hersholt, John Holland, Gibson Gowland

Votes: 268

24. Journey to Mytilene (2010)

105 min | Drama

As Kostas returns from Paris to his hometown of Mytilene after nearly two long decades of absence, the familiar but changed island evokes dear memories. But, what drove him away? Can he face the truth and the pale ghosts of the past?

Director: Lakis Papastathis | Stars: Hristos Hatzipanagiotis, Maria Zorba, Dimitris Katalifos, Loukia Michalopoulou

Votes: 157

25. WCW Starrcade 1996 (1996 TV Special)

180 min | Sport

WCW World Champion Hollywood Hogan vs. Roddy Piper (non-title match), WCW United States Title: Eddie Guerrero vs. Dallas Page, WCW Cruiserweight/Super J Cup Titles: Ultimo Dragon vs. Dean ... See full summary »

Stars: Hulk Hogan, Roddy Piper, Larry Pfohl, Paul Wight

Votes: 112

26. Leaving on the 15th Spring (2013)

114 min | Drama

A minor island of Okinawa in Southern Japan has limited technology and no high school. When teenagers reach the age of 15, they have to decide to stay on the island or leave for higher education.

Director: Yasuhiro Yoshida | Stars: Kaoru Kobayashi, Toshihito Kokubo, Ayaka Miyoshi, Saori

Votes: 186

27. I sfragida tou Theou (1969)

117 min | Drama

A sailor returns to his island and takes over the debts and the boat of his dead father. But the girl who knows and falls in love is the daughter of the enemy of her family.

Director: Apostolos Tegopoulos | Stars: Nikos Xanthopoulos, Katerina Vasilakou, Stefanos Stratigos, Anestis Vlahos

Votes: 73

28. Summerslam (1994 TV Special)

169 min | Sport

WWF title (steel cage match): Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart, WWF Intercontinental title: Diesel vs. Razor Ramon, WWF Women's title: Alundra Blayze vs. Bull Nakano, Undertaker vs. Undertaker, ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Dunn | Stars: Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Mark Calaway, Brian Harris

Votes: 362

29. Muchacho (1970)

TV-14 | 100 min | Musical, Drama, Romance

A young man falls in love with a high society girl, but her father doesn't approve of their love.

Director: Leo Fleider | Stars: Sandro, Olinda Bozán, Diana Ingro, Francisco de Paula

Votes: 75

30. Trumpet on the Cliff (2016)

102 min | Drama

Aoi studies photography at a school in Tokyo. She undergoes a heart transplant operation and goes to the island of Okinawa to recover. Her uncle lives on the island. There, she holds a ... See full summary »

Director: Sun-Hee Han | Stars: Minami Sakuraba, Nanami Sakuraba, Nene Ôtsuka, Takurô Tatsumi

Votes: 120

31. Survivor Series (1989 TV Special)

TV-PG | 159 min | Action, Sport

The Ultimate Warrior, The Rockers and Jim Neidhart vs.Andre the Giant, Bobby Heenan, Arn Anderson & Haku, Hulk Hogan, Jake Roberts & Demolition vs. Ted DiBiase, The Powers of Pain & Zeus, ... See full summary »

Stars: Hulk Hogan, Jake Roberts, Bill Eadie, Barry Darsow

Votes: 449

32. Erotiki symfonia (1972)

109 min | Drama, Romance

A distinguished classical pianist reunites with her twin sister and her ill father after ten years, only to face an irrevocable tragedy and an equally doomed clandestine affair. But, even in the name of love, can one go on living a lie?

Director: Kostas Kazakos | Stars: Jenny Karezi, Kostas Kazakos, Andreas Filippides, Notis Peryalis

Votes: 160

33. Last Mermaids (2013 TV Movie)

52 min | Documentary

A look at the life of the last generation of Jeju Island's haenyeo: female free-divers, most of them now ranging in age from their 60s to their 80s, who brave the sea to harvest seafood from the sea floor.

Director: Sagan Kim | Stars: Ok-sun Hyeon, Yeong-ja Kang

Votes: 8

34. A Tough Guy in the Salons (1969)

96 min | Drama

A statuesque but spoiled Athenian heiress who is used to buying whatever her heart desires, tries to enchant the betrothed and proud islander who saved her from certain death. Nevertheless, can money buy his respect?

Director: Kostas Karagiannis | Stars: Giannis Voglis, Mema Stathopoulou, Thanasis Mylonas, Lavrentis Dianellos

Votes: 125

35. Black Soil (1952)

75 min | Drama

A young emerald miner is in love with a girl but doesn't ask her to marry him because he cannot support her financially.

Director: Stelios Tatasopoulos | Stars: Giorgos Foundas, Sofi Lila, Tassos Kyriakopoulos, Manolis Spyropoulos

Votes: 41

36. B.B. Fish (1994 Video)

29 min | Animation, Short, Drama

Ushio is a freediver with strange powers. He and his friends are at a tropical land in search of a rare fish, the Blue Butterfly. This pursuit leads them to Ayuuru, a local girl who might know where to find the legendary fish.

Director: Mamoru Hamatsu | Stars: Nobutoshi Canna, Emi Shinohara, Masashi Sugawara, Ai Orikasa

Votes: 27

37. He and She (1967)

95 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

He is an innocent recluse. She is an irresistible young temptress. Their union unlocks the abundant gifts of love; but, it will also bring to light the intruder's hidden side. Can lambs coexist with wolves?

Director: Errikos Andreou | Stars: Jenny Karezi, Faidon Georgitsis, Takis Emmanuel, Vangelis Kazan

Votes: 87

38. Paradise Bent: Boys Will Be Girls in Samoa (1999)

51 min | Documentary

An exploration of the Samoan fa'afafine, boys who are raised as girls, fulfilling a traditional role in Samoan culture.

Director: Heather Croall | Stars: Derek Freeman, Tania Grey, Jeanette Mageo, Tom Pollard

Votes: 25

39. Bakala (2017)

15 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

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Director: Nikolas Lachajczak | Stars: Steve Wurramara, Derek Wurramara, Jeanna Wurramara, Morgan Wurramara

40. Rough Seas (1966)

85 min | Comedy, Romance

After many years at sea, a coarse seaman returns to his home in the beautiful island of Andros, unbeknownst to him that his wife wants to marry their daughters to landsmen. Would the captain ever allow a marriage to a stalwart mariner?

Director: Orestis Laskos | Stars: Mary Aroni, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Andreas Douzos, Ria Deloutsi

Votes: 94

41. Love and Waves (1928)

Drama, Romance

Petros Doukas is a handsome young man from Athens, looking for love in an Aegean island. But he will find love in the eyes of the local Rina, who is engaged to a poor fisherman.

Director: Dimitris Gaziadis | Stars: Miranta Myrat, Nikos Dendramis, Dimitris Tsakiris, Filomila Naoum

Votes: 9

42. Au large d'une vie (2015)

30 min | Short, Drama, Family

Teva, a young Tahitian with a passion for filmmaking, was compelled to leave his homeland to fulfill his ambitions. Having become a director, he returns to Tahiti and is once again ... See full summary »

Director: Claire Schwob | Stars: Raphaëlle Agogué, Tamara Ajuelos, Jean-Baptiste Bouyer, Karl Brillant

43. Stahtopouta (1960)

80 min | Comedy, Romance

An unexpected trip to the sun-kissed island of Corfu, combined with a harmless fabrication, will change forever the life of a live-in housekeeper who has a chance encounter with a handsome young stranger. Is he her Prince Charming?

Director: Hristos Apostolou | Stars: Kakia Analyti, Andreas Barkoulis, Kostas Kakavas, Nikos Xanthopoulos

Votes: 22

44. Gia mia houfta touristries (1971)

80 min | Comedy

In search of the perfect location to start a camping business, a lovely investor visits a sun-kissed Greek island, only to get caught in the middle of a long-standing feud between two antagonistic villages. Can they let bygones be bygones?

Director: Errikos Thalassinos | Stars: Alekos Alexandrakis, Ketty Papanika, Katerina Gioulaki, Sotiris Moustakas

Votes: 70

45. Jordgubbens Möja (2015)

18 min | Documentary, Short

This film is about the cultivation of strawberries on Möja around the Stockholm archipelago. For over a hundred years ago, the residents and islanders began to cultivate strawberries. These... See full summary »

Director: Zayera Khan

46. Uncle TZ's Kitchen (2012– )

Comedy

Uncle TZ, the Narcoleptic Correspondent's Island Uncle. Today he is sharing his favorite dishes and how to fix them. Yum. Todays Menu: Mouse sauteed in a garlic sauce, Tuna fried in ... See full summary »

Star: Dalton Camerone Teczon

47. O alepous (1990 Video)

84 min | Comedy

Fresh out of the joint, a slick and cunning petty crook and his trusted icon forger and former cellmate have set their sights on a rare and inestimable 14-century Byzantine icon as a ruthless criminal kingpin is after the same artefact.

Director: Kostas Karagiannis | Stars: Sotiris Moustakas, Violeta Andoniou, Sasa Kastoura, Thanos Papadopoulos

Votes: 67

48. Kangaroo Island Capers (2006 Video)

66 min | Documentary, Sport

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Directors: Shane Murton, Steve Wade | Stars: Rob Murton, Shane Murton

49. Aloha Daze (2009)

Drama

The film 'Aloha Daze' contrasts the striking natural beauty of the Hawaiian island of Maui, against the "progress" of modern day life, posing the question... Can you be trapped even in ... See full summary »

Director: Dante Parducci | Stars: Pomaika'i Brown, Tess Yong, Matthew Lee Gilman, Melissa McKay

50. Thieves Rejoice Only Once (1960)

87 min | Comedy, Romance

To save himself from a pathologically jealous husband, an ambitious young burglar enters the room of a charming holidaymaker, only to find the love of his life. However, will the beautiful woman fall for the charms of the handsome thief?

Director: Dimitris Ioannopoulos | Stars: Dimitris Horn, Kakia Analyti, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Thodoros Moridis

Votes: 135