Tag Archives: shipwreck

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

IMDB Rating: 6.00
5423 votes

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A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captaine Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.
Actors
The Sixth Earl of GreystokeRalph Richardson
Capitaine Phillippe D'ArnotIan Holm
Lord Charles EskerJames Fox
Also posted in 1984, Adventure, Drama, Family, Romance | Comments (0)

Road to Bali

IMDB Rating: 6.80
1498 votes

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Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers. This takes them to an idyllic island on the way to Bali where they vie with each other for the favours of Princess Lala. The hazardous dive produces a chest of priceless jewels which arouses the less romantic interest of some shady locals.
Actors
George CochranBing Crosby
Harold GridleyBob Hope
Princess LalaDorothy Lamour
Also posted in 1952, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Musical | Comments (0)

Into the Blue

IMDB Rating: 5.50
9113 votes

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Jared Cole and his girlfriend Sam Nicholson are a young couple living in the Caribbean. Jared is an unemployed diver whose dream is to find treasure in the Caribbean Sea and Sam works at a local resort as a shark handler. When Jared's best friend Bryce Dunn, a selfish New York lawyer and his new girlfriend Amanda Collins arrive, the two couples spend a couple of days experiencing paradise. But, they discover an airplane on the sea floor that crashed during a hurricane and they find the cargo on-board the airplane is cocaine. Jared and Sam's lives are in danger, when Bryce and Amanda make a deal with a dangerous drug lord who wants the cocaine. Jared's rival, Treasure Hunter Derek Bates learns what they are doing and tries to negotiate the cocaine to raise money for a expedition where he intends to find a sunken boat with treasure. Jared, Sam, Bryce, and Amanda find themselves racing against time to find the shipwreck before somebody else does.
Actors
JaredPaul Walker
SamJessica Alba
BryceScott Caan
Also posted in 2005, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

IMDB Rating: 7.20
30608 votes

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Steve Zissou, sea-film auteur a la Jacques Cousteau, has reason to be melancholy: his partner has been eaten, perhaps by a mythic jaguar shark, his wife may be taking up with her ex-husband, a young man appears claiming Steve is his father (Steve hates fathers), his most recent films have tanked, he's having trouble raising money for his venture to revenge his partner, and he's attracted to a pregnant reporter who prefers the pretender. At sea, in pursuit of the shark, will he escape pirates and mutiny, forge the bonds of fatherhood, place his arm around his wife, find the monster of the deep, re-establish box office hegemony, and discover a reason to smile?
Actors
Steve ZissouBill Murray
Ned PlimptonOwen Wilson
Jane Winslett-RichardsonCate Blanchett
Also posted in 2004, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (1)

Shark Tale

IMDB Rating: 5.90
18021 votes

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The sea underworld is shaken up when the son of the shark mob boss is found dead and a young fish named Oscar is found at the scene. Being a bottom feeder, Oscar takes advantage of the situation and makes himself look like he killed the finned mobster. Oscar soon comes to realize that his claim may have serious consequences.
Actors
OscarWill Smith
Don LinoRobert De Niro
AngieRenée Zellweger
Also posted in 2004, Animation, Comedy, Family | Comments (1)

National Treasure

IMDB Rating: 6.80
35933 votes

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Benjamin Franklin Gates descends from a family of treasure-seekers who've all hunted for the same thing: a war chest hidden by the Founding Fathers after the Revolutionary War. Ben's close to discovering its whereabouts, as is his competition, but the FBI is also hip to the hunt.
Actors
Ben GatesNicolas Cage
Abigail ChaseDiane Kruger
Riley PooleJustin Bartha
Also posted in 2004, Action, Adventure, High IMDB rating | Comments (5)

After the Sunset

IMDB Rating: 6.20
9824 votes

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After a successful last score, a master thief retires to an island paradise. His lifelong nemesis, a crafty FBI agent, washes ashore to ensure he's making good on his promise. The pair soon enters into a new game of cat-and-mouse.
Actors
Max BurdettPierce Brosnan
Lola CirilloSalma Hayek
Stan LloydWoody Harrelson
Also posted in 2004, Action, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating | Comments (1)

Ghost Ship

IMDB Rating: 5.20
13511 votes

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After discovering a passenger ship missing since 1962 floating adrift on the Bering Sea, salvagers claim the vessel as their own. Once they begin towing the ghost ship towards harbor, a series of bizarre ocurrences happen and the group becomes trapped inside the ship, which they soon learn is inhabited by a demonic creature.
Actors
Captain Sean MurphyGabriel Byrne
Maureen EppsJulianna Margulies
DodgeRon Eldard
Also posted in 2002, Adventure, Horror, Thriller | Comments (4)

What Dreams May Come

IMDB Rating: 6.30
13496 votes

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Soul mates Chris ('Robin Williams (I)' (qv)) and Annie ('Annabella Sciorra' (qv)) couldn't be happier, having married each other and had two wonderful children. Unforutnately, tragedy strikes when they lose them both in a car accident, and then again for Annie many years later when Chris is killed in another accident. What Chris finds is a Paradise unlike anything he ever imagined, where he is guided by Albert ('Cuba Gooding Jr.' (qv)), the first doctor he interned under and is helped to see his children once again. Unfortunately, when Annie takes her life in despair, she does not venture to the same plane of existence. Taking it upon himself to rescue her, Chris ventures into the pit of Hell with Albert and a Tracker ('Max von Sydow' (qv)) to save his wife from the damnation she doesn't even know she is forcing on herself. This is a beautiful story that reminds us that love is stronger than death.
Actors
Chris NielsenRobin Williams
Albert LewisCuba Gooding Jr.
Annie Collins-NielsenAnnabella Sciorra
Also posted in 1998, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (3)

The 007 Man with the Golden Gun

IMDB Rating: 6.60
12137 votes

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Scaramanga is a hit-man who charges a million dollars per job. He becomes linked to the death of a scientist working on a powerful solar cell, and James Bond is called in to investigate. As he tracks down Scaramanga, he realises that he is highly respected by the killer, but will this prove to be an advantage in the final showdown?
Actors
James BondRoger Moore
Francisco ScaramangaChristopher Lee
Mary GoodnightBritt Ekland
Also posted in 1974, Action, Adventure, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)