Stranded
"stranded" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Society of the Snow
Synopsis:
On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.
Starring:
Enzo Vogrincic,
Agustín Pardella,
Matías Recalt
Plot:
snow,
chile,
locker room,
survival,
1970s,
airplane crash,
airplane accident,
uruguay,
andes mountains,
male nudity
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#2
Triangle of Sadness
Synopsis:
A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged, alcoholic captain. What first appears Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island in a struggle of hierarchy.
Starring:
Woody Harrelson,
Harris Dickinson,
Henrik Dorsin
Plot:
satire,
stranded,
dark comedy,
survival,
cruise ship,
yacht,
vomiting,
male model,
stranded on an island,
jealousy
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#3
Kandahar
Synopsis:
After his mission is exposed, an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.
Starring:
Navid Negahban,
Gerard Butler,
Ali Fazal
#4
Tremors
Synopsis:
Hick handymen Val McKee and Earl Bassett can barely eke out a living in the Nevada hamlet of Perfection, so they decide to leave town -- despite an admonition from a shapely seismology coed who's picking up odd readings on her equipment. Before long, Val and Earl discover what's responsible for those readings: 30-foot-long carnivorous worms with a proclivity for sucking their prey underground.
Starring:
Fred Ward,
Michael Gross,
Kevin Bacon
Plot:
desert,
monster,
giant worm,
stranded on rooftop,
first part,
survivalist,
black comedy,
horse,
creature feature,
small town
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#5
The Wages of Fear
Synopsis:
In the South American jungle, supplies of nitroglycerine are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers on the rough remote roads where the slightest jolt can result in death.
Starring:
Yves Montand,
Véra Clouzot,
Charles Vanel
Plot:
oil company,
unemployment,
oil,
risk,
vibration,
explosion,
nitroglycerin,
risk taking,
shifting gears,
mountain road
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#6
The Game
Synopsis:
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.
Starring:
Armin Mueller-Stahl,
Michael Douglas,
Spike Jonze
#7
The English Patient
Synopsis:
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.
Starring:
Colin Firth,
Willem Dafoe,
Ralph Fiennes
#8
The Blue Lagoon
Synopsis:
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?
Starring:
Brooke Shields,
William Daniels,
Leo McKern
#9
Swiss Family Robinson
Synopsis:
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 Mo…
Starring:
John Mills,
Tommy Kirk,
Dorothy McGuire
#10
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Synopsis:
It is the 23rd century. The Federation Starship U.S.S. Enterprise is on routine training maneuvers and Admiral James T. Kirk seems resigned to the fact that this inspection may well be the last space mission of his career. But Khan is back. Aided by his exiled band of genetic supermen, Khan - brilliant renegade of 20th century Earth - has raided Space Station Regula One, stolen a top secret devic…
Starring:
Nichelle Nichols,
Ricardo Montalban,
Leonard Nimoy
#11
Six Days Seven Nights
Synopsis:
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.
Starring:
Danny Trejo,
Temuera Morrison,
Cliff Curtis
Plot:
pilot,
thunderstorm,
floatplane,
snow adventure,
island,
storm,
airplane,
jungle,
storm at sea,
cell phone
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#12
Planet of the Apes
Synopsis:
Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.
Starring:
Charlton Heston,
James Whitmore,
Kim Hunter
#13
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Synopsis:
An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower ring curtain salesman, Del Griffith.
Starring:
Michael McKean,
Kevin Bacon,
Steve Martin
Plot:
thanksgiving,
airport,
road movie,
on the road,
train,
airplane,
buddy movie,
car on fire,
driving,
motel
...
#14
Melody Time
Synopsis:
In the grand tradition of Disney's great musical classics, Melody Time features seven timeless stories, each enhanced with high-spirited music and unforgettable characters. You'll be sure to tap your toes and clap your hands in this witty feast for the eyes and ears.
Starring:
Bobby Driscoll,
Luana Patten,
Roy Rogers
#15
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Synopsis:
Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.
Starring:
Mel Gibson,
Frank Thring,
Bruce Spence
#16
Lord of the Flies
Synopsis:
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 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 c…
Starring:
James Aubrey,
Tom Chapin,
Hugh Edwards
Plot:
deserted island,
children,
all male cast,
airplane,
smoking plane,
walking,
airplane crash,
pacific island,
school boy,
schoolboy
...
#17
Identity
Synopsis:
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
Starring:
John Cusack,
Amanda Peet,
Jake Busey
#18
Holes
Synopsis:
Stanley's family is cursed with bad luck. Unfairly sentenced to months of detention at Camp Green Lake, he and his campmates are forced by the warden to dig holes in order to build character. What they don't know is that they are digging holes in order to search for a lost treasure hidden somewhere in the camp.
Starring:
Sigourney Weaver,
Jon Voight,
Tim Blake Nelson
Plot:
19th century,
hole,
camp,
stealing,
digging,
bad luck,
treasure,
shoe,
curse,
boys' dormitory
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#19
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Synopsis:
After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott. Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother and his little sister, Gertie, and the children decide to keep its existence a secret. Soon, however, E.T. falls ill, resulting in government interventi…
Starring:
David M. O'Dell,
Peter Coyote,
Drew Barrymore
Plot:
alien,
friendship,
extraterrestrial,
friendly alien,
california,
bicycle,
halloween,
suburb,
1980s,
empathy
...
#20
Don't Torture a Duckling
Synopsis:
A reporter and a promiscuous young woman try to solve a series of child killings in a remote southern Italian town rife with superstition and a distrust of outsiders.
Starring:
Florinda Bolkan,
Barbara Bouchet,
Tomas Milian
Plot:
giallo,
gore,
sacrilege,
unknown murderer,
murder of a child,
murder,
brutality,
death,
reference to donald duck,
lynch mob
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