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51. Frozen Planet (2011–2012)
TV-PG | 33 min | Documentary
Focuses on life and the environment in both the Arctic and Antarctic.
Stars: David Attenborough, Alec Baldwin, Chadden Hunter, Michael Kelem
Votes: 33,060
52. Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A 6 y.o. Inuit boy runs off a snowy roof in Copenhagen and dies. Smilla, a half Inuit who lives in the building and knows the boy, looks into it. What makes an acrophobic boy run up on the roof? The clues take her to Greenland.
Director: Bille August | Stars: Julia Ormond, Jens Jørgen Fleischer, Agga Olsen, Patrick Field
Votes: 15,233 | Gross: $2.22M
53. March of the Penguins (2005)
G | 80 min | Documentary, Family
In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family.
Director: Luc Jacquet | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Romane Bohringer, Charles Berling, Jules Sitruk
Votes: 60,193 | Gross: $77.44M
54. Virus (1980)
PG | 108 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
After a virus devastates the global human population, survivors in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure and save the human race.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Masao Kusakari, Tsunehiko Watase, Isao Natsuyagi, Shin'ichi Chiba
Votes: 3,056
55. JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time (2014 Video)
TV-Y7 | 52 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Lex Luthor is frozen during a battle with the Justice League. He thaws out in the 31st century, discovers Time Trapper and prevents Superman's arrival to Earth as a baby. Future teen heroes Karate Kid and Dawnstar must stop him.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe | Stars: Diedrich Bader, Laura Bailey, Dante Basco, Corey Burton
Votes: 4,414
56. 2012: Ice Age (2011 Video)
PG | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A volcanic eruption in Iceland sends a glacier towards North America, causing everything in it's path to freeze. A family man struggles to escape the onslaught of the coming ice age.
Director: Travis Fort | Stars: Patrick Labyorteaux, Julie McCullough, Katie Wilson, Nick Afanasiev
Votes: 6,334
57. In Search of the Castaways (1962)
Approved | 98 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
In 19th century England, young Mary Grant and her brother, Robert, embark on a dangerous quest to find their missing father, a sea captain who vanished somewhere along the Chilean coast.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Hayley Mills, Maurice Chevalier, George Sanders, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Votes: 3,463 | Gross: $21.75M
58. Love on Iceland (2020 TV Movie)
TV-G | 83 min | Comedy, Romance
Seeking inspiration for work, Chloe gathers her college travel group back together for a trip to Iceland. When her ex, a member of the group, shows up uninvited, sparks fly.
Director: Clare Niederpruem | Stars: Kaitlin Doubleday, Colin Donnell, Preston Sadleir, Kate Easton
Votes: 1,442
59. Kona fer í stríð (2018)
Not Rated | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Halla becomes a determined environmental activist, but this threatens a long-held hope of hers.
Director: Benedikt Erlingsson | Stars: Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Juan Camilo Román Estrada, Jörundur Ragnarsson
Votes: 11,329 | Gross: $0.85M
60. The Endurance (2000)
G | 97 min | Documentary, History
In December, 1914, the Endurance encountered ice packs before reaching 60º South - 400 miles north of Antarctica; an omen. The plan was to land at Vahsel Bay, which had never been done.
Director: George Butler | Stars: Liam Neeson, Julian Ayer, John Blackborow, David Cale
Votes: 2,201 | Gross: $2.45M
61. Quintet (1979)
R | 118 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called "Quintet." For one small group, this obsession is not enough; they play the game with living pieces ... and only the winner survives.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Paul Newman, Vittorio Gassman, Fernando Rey, Bibi Andersson
Votes: 3,589
62. The Last Winter (2006)
Not Rated | 101 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Sent to evaluate the environmental impact of oil drilling in the Arctic, James Hoffman clashes with the drilling crew's chief, who wants to get the job done.
Director: Larry Fessenden | Stars: Ron Perlman, James Le Gros, Connie Britton, Zach Gilford
Votes: 9,860 | Gross: $0.03M
63. An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
PG | 96 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.
Director: Davis Guggenheim | Stars: Al Gore, Billy West, George Bush, George W. Bush
Votes: 85,287 | Gross: $23.81M
64. Bear Island (1979)
PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
On the remote Norwegian Bear Island, used as a submarine base by the Germans during World War II, U.N. scientist Larsen sends a distress signal using an emergency N.A.T.O. frequency, and is received by scientific vessel Morning Rose.
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee
Votes: 2,747
65. The 11th Hour (I) (2007)
PG | 95 min | Documentary
A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems.
Directors: Leila Conners, Nadia Conners | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kenny Ausubel, Thom Hartmann, Wangari Maathai
Votes: 5,910 | Gross: $0.70M
66. Winged Migration (2001)
G | 89 min | Documentary
Documentary on the migratory patterns of birds, shot over the course of three years on all seven continents.
Directors: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud, Michel Debats | Stars: Jacques Perrin, Philippe Labro
Votes: 12,381 | Gross: $10.76M
67. The Mole People (1956)
Approved | 77 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
A party of archaeologists discovers the remnants of a mutant five-millennia-old Sumerian civilization living beneath a glacier atop a mountain in Mesopotamia.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: John Agar, Cynthia Patrick, Hugh Beaumont, Alan Napier
Votes: 4,012
68. Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009 Video)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The California coast is terrorized by two enormous prehistoric sea creatures as they battle each other for supremacy of the sea.
Director: Jack Perez | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Debbie Gibson, Vic Chao, Jonathan Nation
Votes: 11,312
69. She (1935)
Passed | 101 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
A group of explorers search of the legendary "flame of life," a mysterious force that bestows immortality.
Directors: Lansing C. Holden, Irving Pichel | Stars: Helen Gahagan, Randolph Scott, Helen Mack, Nigel Bruce
Votes: 1,919
70. Blood Glacier (2013)
Not Rated | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Scientists working in the Austrian Alps discover that a glacier is leaking a liquid that appears to be affecting local wildlife.
Director: Marvin Kren | Stars: Gerhard Liebmann, Edita Malovcic, Santos, Hille Beseler
Votes: 4,124
71. Five Days One Summer (1982)
PG | 108 min | Drama
Sir Sean Connery stars in Fred Zinnemann's haunting tale of incestuous love set against a magnificent background of the Swiss Alps.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Sean Connery, Betsy Brantley, Lambert Wilson, Jennifer Hilary
Votes: 1,335 | Gross: $0.20M
72. Far North (2007)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A soldier's unexpected arrival affects two women's simple existence.
Director: Asif Kapadia | Stars: Michelle Yeoh, Michelle Krusiec, Sean Bean, Gary Pillai
Votes: 3,246
73. The Second Hundred Years (1967–1968)
30 min | Comedy, Fantasy
The misadventures of a man who is revived out of decades of accidental suspended animation and is still physically half the age of his own son and matches the age of his grandson.
Stars: Monte Markham, Arthur O'Connell, Frank Maxwell, Bridget Hanley
Votes: 201
74. Into the Ice (2022)
54 min | Documentary
A grand, cinematic adventure on the Greenland ice sheet with three leading scientists in search of what the ice can tell us about our climate, our past and possible future. Epic and thought-provoking.
Director: Lars Ostenfeld | Stars: Jason Box, Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, Alun Hubbard
Votes: 266
75. It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1988)
85 min | Drama
A nameless young character goes into travels to the country, meeting some acquaintances and strangers as well, having banal conversations, dedicating his existence into daily mundane ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Richard Linklater, James Goodwin, Dan Kratochvil, Linda Finney
Votes: 944
76. Antarctica (1983)
G | 143 min | Adventure, Drama
Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica. Ushioda and Ochi eventually leave Antarctica, only to return to search for the dogs inadvertently marooned there.
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara | Stars: Ken Takakura, Tsunehiko Watase, Eiji Okada, Masako Natsume
Votes: 1,770
77. Planet of the Sharks (2016 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In the near future, glacial melting has covered ninety-eight percent of Earth's landmass. Sharks have flourished, and now dominate the planet, operating as one massive school led by a mutated alpha shark.
Director: Mark Atkins | Stars: Brandon Auret, Stephanie Beran, Lindsay Sullivan, Lauren Joseph
Votes: 1,597
78. The Mountain (1956)
Approved | 105 min | Adventure, Drama
Selfish Chris Teller pressures his older brother, a retired climber, to accompany him on a treacherous Alpine climb to loot the bodies of plane crash victims.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Claire Trevor, William Demarest
Votes: 2,260
79. Crackerjack (1994)
R | 96 min | Action, Thriller
A cop on vacation at a mountain resort comes to the rescue when the resort is taken over by violent criminals.
Director: Michael Mazo | Stars: Thomas Ian Griffith, Nastassja Kinski, Christopher Plummer, George Touliatos
Votes: 875
80. Chasing Ice (2012)
PG-13 | 75 min | Documentary, Biography
Follow National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers.
Director: Jeff Orlowski-Yang | Stars: James Balog, Svavar Jónatansson, Louie Psihoyos, Kitty Boone
Votes: 8,872 | Gross: $1.33M
81. The Mountain (2022)
113 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Pierre, a Parisian engineer, goes up in the Alps for his work. Irresistibly attracted by what surrounds him, he camps out alone high in the mountains and leaves behind his everyday life.
Director: Thomas Salvador | Stars: Thomas Salvador, Louise Bourgoin, Martine Chevallier, Laurent Poitrenaux
Votes: 553
82. The Pearl Button (2015)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
Delving into the nearly-religious significance of water, this profound rumination on memory and loss bridges the gap between its mystical origins, Pinochet's coup d'état, and the secret of a mother-of-pearl button at the bottom of the sea.
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Martín Calderón, Cristina, Patricio Guzmán, Ema Malig
Votes: 2,914
83. The Great White Silence (1922)
80 min | Documentary
In 1910 the British Antarctic Expedition, led by Capt. Robert F. Scott, embarks from Lyttleton, NZ on a quest to become the first to reach the South Pole.
Director: Herbert G. Ponting | Stars: Robert Falcon Scott, Herbert G. Ponting, Henry R. Bowers, Edgar Evans
Votes: 1,696
84. Ivalu (2023)
16 min | Short, Drama
Ivalu is gone. Her little sister is desperate to find her. Her father does not care. The vast Greenlandic nature holds secrets. The search for Ivalu is on.
Directors: Anders Walter, Pipaluk K. Jørgensen | Stars: Mila Heilmann Kreutzmann, Nivi Larsen, Angunnguaq Larsen, Tuperna Mette Larsen
Votes: 1,342
85. North Star (1996)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Set during the Alaskan gold rush of the late 1800s. In his efforts to gain control of a small mining town, Sean McLennon is buying up every mining claim that becomes available, usually ... See full summary »
Director: Nils Gaup | Stars: James Caan, Christopher Lambert, Catherine McCormack, Burt Young
Votes: 1,360
86. Nine Lives (1957)
96 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
During World War II, nine members of the Norwegian Resistance are trapped by the Germans in a deadly ambush. Only one escapes, and a fierce hunt through the ice desert has begun.
Director: Arne Skouen | Stars: Jack Fjeldstad, Henny Moan, Alf Malland, Joachim Holst-Jensen
Votes: 1,898
87. Pokémon the Movie: Black - Victini and Reshiram (2011)
Not Rated | 88 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Victini, a legendary Pokémon, unable to leave the boundaries of its hometown, is targeted by a determined villager to restore the homelands of his ancestors.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Sarah Natochenny, Eileen Stevens, Jason Griffith, James Carter Cathcart
Votes: 1,365
88. What Killed the Mega Beasts? (2002 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 92 min | Documentary, Animation
Paleontologists seek evidence to determine which of the three competing theories - kill, chill or ill - best account for the disappearance of all the large animals at the end of the last ice age.
Director: Chris Lent | Stars: Luis Alberto Borerro, David Burney, Sarah Cleaveland, Tim Flannery
Votes: 44
89. Spawn of the North (1938)
Approved | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Friends since childhood, two men are on opposite sides in a salmon fishing conflict.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: George Raft, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff
Votes: 590
90. High Ice (1980 TV Movie)
104 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A park ranger clashes with an egotistical army officer over how to handle a rescue operation to save three rock climbers stranded on a high elevation ledge of a mountain in Washington state.
Director: Eugene S. Jones | Stars: David Janssen, Tony Musante, Madge Sinclair, Gretchen Corbett
Votes: 162
91. Tube (2003)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
This is a touching action epic about an all-out war between a subway terrorist who holds a city hostage and the detective who risks his life to save everyone. It's the heart-wrenching story... See full summary »
Director: Woon-hak Baek | Stars: Seok-hun Kim, Bae Doona, Park Sang-min, Son Byung-ho
Votes: 1,414
92. Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive (2022)
TV-PG | 40 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
Follow free diver Johanna Nordblad in this documentary as she attempts to break the world record for distance traveled under ice with one breath.
Director: Ian Derry | Stars: Jean-Charles Granjon, Maria Hellinger, Antero Joki, Tapani Launonen
Votes: 1,080
93. March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step (2017)
G | 76 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy
A young penguin, driven by his instinct, embarks on his first major trip to an unknown destination.
Director: Luc Jacquet | Stars: Lambert Wilson, Thomas Acda, Morgan Freeman, Sofie Gråbøl
Votes: 854
94. Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure (2001)
40 min | Documentary, Short
Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure is a giant-screen film that tells the dramatic true story of explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's now-legendary 1914-1916 British Imperial Trans-Antarctic ... See full summary »
Director: George Butler | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Conrad Anker, Iain Fraser, Michael Gambon
Votes: 488 | Gross: $0.16M
95. Dangerous Mission (1954)
Approved | 75 min | Action, Crime, Film-Noir
A policeman tries to protect a young woman against a hit man, when she flees New York after witnessing a mob killing.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Victor Mature, Piper Laurie, William Bendix, Vincent Price
Votes: 923
96. Salt for Svanetia (1930)
TV-14 | 55 min | Documentary
Story of distant mountainous region in Georgia that depicts folklore, lifestyle and daily routines of Svani people, focuses on the scarcity of salt in Svaneti region. Rich with documentary ... See full summary »
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov
Votes: 899
97. Nature Unleashed: Avalanche (2004 Video)
PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Two brothers and an avalanche researcher try to convince villagers that a giant wall of snow will soon destroy their valley.
Director: Mark Roper | Stars: Andrew Lee Potts, Adam Croasdell, Zachary Baharov, Peter Gaitandjiev
Votes: 515
98. South (1919)
TV-G | 88 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
The story of the 1914-1916 Antarctic exploration mission of Sir Ernest Shackleton. The ship sails south, breaking the ice, and ultimately getting trapped by the fast-changing weather. The ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Hurley | Stars: Ernest Shackleton, Frank Worsley, J. Stenhouse, L. Hussey
Votes: 615
99. Les têtes givrées (2022)
102 min | Comedy
Director: Stéphane Cazes | Stars: Clovis Cornillac, Claudia Tagbo, Maïssa Diawara, Louis Durant
Votes: 157
100. The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
Approved | 74 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A medical researcher visits the deserted home of a pioneer in cryogenic science who disappeared 10 years earlier and finds him frozen in ice but still alive.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Boris Karloff, Roger Pryor, Jo Ann Sayers, Stanley Brown
Votes: 1,110