Movies about a desert island

Movies about a desert island
List of the best movies about an uninhabited island, selected by visitors to our site: Survival Island, Six Days Seven Nights, Blue Lagoon: The Awakening, Cast Away, Swept Away, Lost Together, Stranded, Robinson Crusoe, The Blue Lagoon, Swiss Army Man.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Genre
Country
Markimdb: 4.9
Genrethriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Luxembourg
Duration01:35

    A millionaire and his wife are shipwrecked after a yachting accident with their former servant, Manuel.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:38

    When Quinn, a grouchy pilot living the good life in the South Pacific, agrees to transfer a savvy fashion editor, Robin, to Tahiti, he ends up stranded on a deserted island with her after their plane crashes. The pair avoid each other at first, until they're forced to team up to escape from the island -- and some pirates who want their heads.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

    Two high school students become stranded on a tropical island and must rely on each other for survival. They learn more about themselves and each other while falling in love.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genremelodrama, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:23

    Chuck, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia ditches at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and he washes up on a tiny island with nothing but some flotsam and jetsam from the aircraft's cargo.

    Markimdb: 3.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy
    Duration01:29

    Stranded and alone on a desert island during a cruise, a spoiled rich woman and a deckhand fall in love and make a date to reunite after their rescue.

    Markimdb: 3.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryRussia
    Duration02:20

    Novice journalist Nina, in pursuit of a sensation, goes to an uninhabited island where, according to rumors, a millionaire lives a reclusive. The launch with a film crew falls into a terrible storm, and Nina regains consciousness on the deserted shore. Fortunately, this is the island that she needed, which means that she was in the safe hands of the young and handsome hero of her report. But only Nina still does not suspect that in fact it is her colleague, a local journalist who just needed a hot topic, and he invented it. And he doesn’t understand anything about survival ...

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama, adventure
    CountryUSA

    A retelling of the classic Swiss Family Robinson story.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genredrama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    Robinson Crusoe flees Britain on a ship after killing his friend over the love of Mary. A fierce ocean storm wrecks his ship and leaves him stranded by himself on an uncharted island. Left to fend for himself, Crusoe seeks out a tentative survival on the island, until he meets Friday, a tribesman whom he saves from being sacrificed. Initially, Crusoe is thrilled to finally have a friend, but he has to defend himself against the tribe who uses the island to sacrifice tribesman to their gods. During time their relationship changes from master-slave to a mutual respected friendship despite their difference in culture and religion.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genremelodrama, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline (Brooke Shields) and Richard (Christopher Atkins) make a home for themselves surrounded by exotic creatures and nature's beauty. But will they ever see civilization again?

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, Sweden
    Duration01:55

      Alone on a tiny deserted island, Hank has given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one day everything changes when a dead body washes ashore, and he soon realizes it may be his last opportunity to escape certain death. Armed with his new “friend” and an unusual bag of tricks, the duo go on an epic adventure to bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:20

      Stranded after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across the wilderness.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genreadventure, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      When Angelino Jack Robinson gets a new job in Australia, he decides to take his sissy wife Ann, brave sons Shane and Todd and wining daughter Elisabeth 'Lizzy' by sailing yacht from Hong Kong to Syndney. The gun he gets thrown in by Sheldon Blake proves disabled, and for a sinister reason: near Borneo, Blake's men turn up to capture them. The family escapes but loses the yacht on a reef. They build a cool camp on an island. But the pirates keep coming back, and the boys discover why: he hid a treasure in the yacht. Shane is also discovered and captured in more then one way by French plane wreck survivor Françoise, who later teams up with the family.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrecomedy, adventure, family
      CountryRussia

      After the plane crashes to the remote island the pilot must survive... And not alone.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, adventure
      CountryItaly

      Robbie is a rich and wealthy man who is married to a woman called Magda. One day, they decide to go on holiday. Magda suggests via ferry, despite the fact that Robbie HATES sea travel. He suggests via airplane, but Magda has a fear of heights. During a routine emergency training exercise, Robbie accidentally takes it seriously. That night, a genuine emergency arises, but Robbie thinks it's just a drill. This foolish act leaves Magda no option but to leave the ship alone, making Robbie the only person aboard the ship when it sinks. Upon waking up, Robbie thinks everything is normal, but he soon discovers he is the one remaining person on board the entire ship, which is now at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. He escapes and arrives on a desert island, forced to live á la "Robinson Crusoe". Robbie must now survive until ...

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:52

      A Harvard Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genrehorror, thriller, adventure, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:00

      After being put on a supposedly uninhabited island as a form of behavioral rehabilitation, a high school senior finds that he's not alone on the island, and that getting discovered could be deadly.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:52

      Single-camera comedy centering on a diverse group of survivors adjusting to being stranded on an uninhabited island, a dangerous new world where they must face many threats – mostly brought on by themselves. No longer plugged into the rest of the world, the group struggles to navigate their makeshift society while also learning to live without such modern comforts as indoor plumbing, Wi-Fi, social media and Chipotle.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrecomedy
      CountryGermany
      Duration01:45

      During an emergency landing on a deserted island suddenly traumatized by antiauthoritarian education Lena Schneider (Josefine Preuss) together with the Turkish Super Macho Cem Öztürk (Elyas M'Barek) must fight for survival. After initially Cem macho repulsive acts on Lena, a jellyfish in the water and sand in a bikini, she recognizes the time the romantic core behind his cool facade. Meanwhile, meet also their parents, who obdurate psychologist Doris (Anna Stieblich) and Metin Öztürk (Adnan Maral) to work together to find their missing children. So both generations take an involuntary Turkish Basic Course for beginners.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:59

      Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrethriller, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

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

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genredrama, adventure
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa

      Crusoe is a television adventure drama based loosely on the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes aired on NBC during the first half of the 2008–2009 television season. It follows the adventures of Robinson Crusoe: a man who has been shipwrecked on an island for six years and is desperate to return home to his wife and children. His lone companion is Friday, a native whom Crusoe rescued and taught English.

      Markimdb: 3.9
      Genrefantastic, thriller, adventure
      CountryChina, Malaysia

      The passengers of a luxury airliner become stranded on a remote, mysterious island after an emergency landing. They soon realize the island holds a dark, deadly secret.

      Markimdb: 4.9
      Genreaction, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom
      Duration01:34

      A company retreat on a tropical island goes terribly awry.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, biography, history
      CountryUSA, Australia, Spain
      Duration02:10

      In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s Moby Dick.  But that told only half the story.  “Heart of the Sea” reveals the encounter’s harrowing aftermath, as the ship’s surviving crew is pushed to their limits and forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive.  Braving storms, starvation, panic and despair, the men will call into question their deepest beliefs, from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade, as their captain searches for direction on the open sea and his first mate still seeks to bring the great whale down.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrehorror
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:30

      Jenn has washed ashore a small tropical island and it doesn’t take her long to realize she’s completely alone. She must spend her days not only surviving the elements, but must also fend off the malevolent force that comes out each night.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genreaction, fantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure
      CountryNew Zealand, USA, Germany
      Duration03:07

      In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, comedy
      CountryGermany, South Africa, USA
      Duration01:31

      Brothers John and Matt have inherited an island cabin from their recently deceased uncle. Along with Matt's girlfriend, Nicki, and other mutual friends, the siblings travel to the cabin for a relaxing weekend getaway. But, not long after arriving, the group is besieged by ravenous dogs. They watch in horror as another vacationer, Luke, is eaten alive. Soon, they discover a training facility where the dogs have been bred to kill.

      Markimdb: 2.5
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:28

      A Semester at Sea ship is attacked and sunk by a mutated two-headed shark, and the survivors seek refuge on a deserted atoll. The coeds, however, are no longer safe when the atoll starts flooding.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genreadventure, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:06

      After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife. In true pioneer spirit, they quickly make themselves at home but soon face a danger even greater than nature: dastardly pirates. A rousing adventure suitable for the whole family, this Disney adaptation of the classic Johann Wyss novel stars Dorothy McGuire and John Mills as Mother and Father Robinson.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrefantasy, family, cartoon
      CountryFrance, Belgium, Japan
      Duration01:44

      The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryJapan

      A man brutally murders a married couple and leaves the word “ikari” (“rage”) written with their blood. The killer undergoes plastic surgery and flees. At three different locations in Japan, a male stranger appears. People suspect that the stranger might be the murderer.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrethriller, drama, adventure
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:32

      Amidst a nuclear war, a plane carrying a group of schoolboys crash lands on a deserted island. With no adult survivors, the boys are forced to fend for themselves. At first they cooperate, but when the they split into two separate camps -- one led by the pragmatic Ralph and the other by militaristic Jack -- their society falls into disarray, leading to a disturbing examination of human nature and a chilling conclusion.

      Markimdb: 2.9
      Genrecomedy
      CountryRussia
      Duration01:53

      Three young men suddenly find themselves with two girls on ... inhabited island.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, music
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:36

      After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA, Mexico, United Kingdom
      Duration01:30

      Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone-tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness of space. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA, Japan, China
      Duration02:17

      Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryThailand

      Jane lives with her brother Chut with her being the only one doing everything around the house. But Chut will need to learn to take care of himself when Jane becomes involved romantically with a Japanese coworker.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, China, United Kingdom, Japan

      After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria’s England, hermits himself away behind the high walls of Dolittle Manor with only his menagerie of exotic animals for company. But when the young queen falls gravely ill, a reluctant Dolittle is forced to set sail on an epic adventure to a mythical island in search of a cure, regaining his wit and courage as he crosses old adversaries and discovers wondrous creatures.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrehorror
      CountryUSA

      On a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over the family.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
      CountryCanada, USA, Australia

      Seven years after the Monsterpocalypse, Joel Dawson, along with the rest of humanity, has been living underground ever since giant creatures took control of the land. After reconnecting over radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee, who is now 80 miles away at a coastal colony, Joel begins to fall for her again. As Joel realizes that there’s nothing left for him underground, he decides against all logic to venture out to Aimee, despite all the dangerous monsters that stand in his way.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, South Africa, Germany
      Duration01:45

        A lethal virus spreads throughout the British isles,infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. To contain the threat, acting authorities brutally quarantine the country as it succumbs to fear and chaos. The quarantine is successful. Three decades later, the Reaper virus violently resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means necessary. Shut off from the rest of the world, the unit must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrefantastic, fantasy, melodrama
        CountryFrance, Italy, United Kingdom
        Duration01:43

        New York City in the year 2095 where genetically altered humans live side by side with unaltered men and women.

        Markimdb: 8.2
        Genrefantasy, drama, military
        CountrySpain, Mexico, USA, France
        Duration01:58

          Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real father, Ofelia must complete three terrifying tasks.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime
          CountryAustralia
          Duration01:36

          In Sydney, the newly married Midori is honeymooning with her husband, Yukio. She does not love him and fakes her own kidnapping to escape the marriage. Her lover is supposed to meet her, but fails to appear. She goes to a bank to get some cash, only to become a hostage in an unfolding robbery, until the getaway driver, Colin, saves her from his fellow robbers. They hit the road together, with the cops, her husband and the robbers in pursuit.

          Markimdb: 4.3
          Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy
          CountryUSA

          Nine friends take a holiday at a Victorian home on a private island and uncover a game that when played brings out the worst in each of them. Jealously, greed, hatred, lust, all of the things they keep buried deep inside themselves rise to the surface and come to a boil.

          Markimdb: 3.1
          Genrehorror, thriller
          CountryUSA

          After an accident during their vacations on a paradisiac island, a group of friends is stalked by a large shark.

          Markimdb: 5
          Genrehorror, thriller, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:48

          A troubled young woman who, in a last-ditch effort at getting her life together, takes a job working nights as a security guard at an abandoned luxury apartment building. Stuck with a brusque rent-a-cop as her partner, she tries to not let her mind play tricks on her while she patrols the empty halls. But as the night progresses strange things begin to happen - and she realizes it may not all be in her head.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration02:16

          Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past, and he's not sure if it's love -- or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard, Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:13

          Two best friends, Red and Blue, risk everything to find the greatest treasure of all time.

          Markimdb: 4.6
          Genrehorror, fantastic
          CountryUSA

          It has been over one year since the start of the outbreak. Our society has collapsed and the world has descended into chaos. Elvis and Tweeter are two of the last people left alive, and band together to flee the United States for a remote island somewhere in the Caribbean. On the island, they find a new community struggling to hold out against an army of corpses. They can join this band of survivors-- but only if they can do what must be done for the good of the group.




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