Lord of the Flies

Movie · 6.4 / 10 · 16 Mar 1990 · English

When their plane crashes, 25 schoolboys find themselves trapped on a tropical island, miles from civilization.

Lord Jim

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 15 Feb 1965 · English

After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2000.

The Blue Lagoon

Movie · 6.1 / 10 · 5 Jul 1980 · English

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 and Richard make a home for themselves surrounded by exotic creatures and nature's beauty. But will they ever see civilization again?

Shout at the Devil

Movie · 6.0 / 10 · 12 Apr 1976 · English

During World War One an English adventurer, an American elephant poacher and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battle-cruiser which is awaiting repairs in an inlet just off Zanzibar. The story is based on a novel by Wilbur Smith, which in turn is very loosely based on events involving the light cruiser SMS Königsberg, which was sunk after taking refuge in Rufigi delta in 1915.

Jaws

Movie · 7.7 / 10 · 20 Jun 1975 · English

When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to kill the beast before it strikes again.

The Beach

Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 3 Feb 2000 · English

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.

The Deep

Movie · 6.1 / 10 · 17 Jun 1977 · English

A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters.

Castaway

Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 5 Mar 1986 · English

Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. Young Lucy Irving takes a chance on contacting him, but once on the island, things prove a lot less idyllic than in the movies. Gradually, it becomes clear that it is Lucy who has the desire and the strength to try and see the year through.

Erik the Viking

Movie · 5.9 / 10 · 1 Sept 1989 · English

Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and allow his people to see sunlight again. A Pythonesque satire of Viking life.

The Lost City of Z

Movie · 6.4 / 10 · 15 Mar 2017 · English

A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.

Mountains of the Moon

Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 16 Feb 1990 · English

The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire.

Timescape

Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 11 Jan 1992 · English

Before they can complete renovations on their new country inn, a widowed father and his young daughter are visited by a strange group of tourists. He soon makes a chilling discovery: they are disaster junkies from the future who visit the past to witness history's greatest catastrophes—and his small town is their next stop.