Jules Verne Movies
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1. Michael Strogoff (1914)
Drama
The Russian Czar sends his trusted confidant, Michael Strogoff, to warn his brother the Grand Duke of a Tartar rebellion that will be led by Feofar Khan and Ivan Ogareff. Calling himself ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd B. Carleton | Stars: Jacob P. Adler, Daniel Makarenko, Eleanor Barry, Betty Brice
Votes: 44
2. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
Passed | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A French professor and his daughter accompany Captain Nemo on an adventure aboard a submarine.
Director: Stuart Paton | Stars: Allen Holubar, Dan Hanlon, Edna Pendleton, Curtis Benton
Votes: 1,986 | Gross: $8.00M
3. Michel Strogoff (1926)
168 min | Adventure
In 1860s Russia, a young officer is sent on a mission to save his country from invaders.
Director: Viktor Tourjansky | Stars: Ivan Mozzhukhin, Nathalie Kovanko, Acho Chakatouny, Jeanne Brindeau
Votes: 132
4. The Mysterious Island (1929)
Passed | 95 min | Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi
On a volcanic island near the kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the island's inhabitants. Dakkar, his ... See full summary »
Directors: Lucien Hubbard, Benjamin Christensen, Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Jacqueline Gadsdon, Lloyd Hughes, Montagu Love
Votes: 848 | Gross: $0.06M
5. Capt. Grant's Family (1936)
83 min | Adventure, Family
The son and daughter of a lost-at-sea captain recruit help to find him on the basis of an incomplete note found in a bottle, and encounter adventures in Patagonia, Australia, and New Zealand...
Directors: Vladimir Vaynshtok, David Gutman | Stars: Nikolay Cherkasov, Yakov Segel, Olga Bazanova, David Gutman
Votes: 322
6. The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
Passed | 85 min | Adventure, History, Romance
A Russian courier struggles to deliver a message to the troops fighting Tartar invaders.
Director: George Nicholls Jr. | Stars: Anton Walbrook, Elizabeth Allan, Akim Tamiroff, Margot Grahame
Votes: 265
7. Mysterious Island (1951)
Approved | 252 min | Action, Family, Sci-Fi
Union prisoners use a balloon to escape a Southern prison camp near the end of the Civil War and end up marooned on a mysterious volcanic island with very unusual inhabitants.
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Richard Crane, Marshall Reed, Karen Randle, Ralph Hodges
Votes: 234
8. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
G | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre
Votes: 37,155 | Gross: $28.20M
9. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
G | 175 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.
Directors: Michael Anderson, John Farrow | Stars: David Niven, Cantinflas, Finlay Currie, Robert Morley
Votes: 29,680 | Gross: $42.00M
10. Michael Strogoff (1956)
111 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 19th century Russia, a Tartar rebellion led by Feofar Khan separates Russia from Siberia where the Tsar's brother and his troops are making a last stand. The Tsar entrusts Captain Michel Strogoff to deliver a vital message to them.
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Geneviève Page, Jacques Dacqmine, Sylva Koscina
Votes: 604
11. Invention for Destruction (1958)
Unrated | 83 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
An evil millionaire named Artigas plans to use a super-explosive device to conquer the world from his headquarters inside an enormous volcano.
Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Lubor Tokos, Arnost Navrátil, Miroslav Holub, Frantisek Slégr
Votes: 2,794
12. From the Earth to the Moon (1958)
Approved | 101 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In 1868, American inventor Victor Barbicane develops a powerful military explosive that he also uses as fuel for a moon-bound rocket manned by himself and a motley crew.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget, Don Dubbins
Votes: 1,755
13. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
Approved | 129 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: James Mason, Pat Boone, Arlene Dahl, Diane Baker
Votes: 19,554 | Gross: $10.00M
14. Master of the World (1961)
Approved | 102 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
In 1868, an American scientist and his team become hostages of fanatical pacifist Robur who uses his airship Albatross to destroy military targets on Earth.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Vincent Price, Charles Bronson, Henry Hull, Mary Webster
Votes: 3,520
15. Mysterious Island (1961)
Not Rated | 101 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
During the Civil War a group of Union soldiers, a Confederate and a civilian escape the stockade using a hot-air balloon and end up on a strange Pacific island.
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan, Gary Merrill
Votes: 8,538
16. Valley of the Dragons (1961)
Approved | 82 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In 1881, in Algeria, Michael Denning and Hector Servadac are fighting a duel when a comet brushing Earth takes the two men to the Moon where they discover a prehistoric civilization.
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Cesare Danova, Sean McClory, Joan Staley, Danielle De Metz
Votes: 761
17. Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
PG | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
In 1862, the British commission inventor Fergusson to claim uncharted land in West Africa for Britain by flying his giant hot air balloon there.
Director: Irwin Allen | Stars: Red Buttons, Fabian, Barbara Eden, Cedric Hardwicke
Votes: 1,393
18. 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: 3,452 | Gross: $21.75M
19. Up to His Ears (1965)
Not Rated | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy
The farcical adventures of unhappy suicidal billionaire Arthur Lempereur.
Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Ursula Andress, Maria Pacôme, Valérie Lagrange
Votes: 2,298
20. Ukradená vzducholod (1967)
84 min | Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Five young boys take off in a lighter-than-air machine from the Centenary Exposition in Prague.
Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Hanus Bor, Jan Cizek, Jan Malát, Michal Pospísil
Votes: 661
21. Those Fantastic Flying Fools (1967)
Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
In Victorian England, an American showman uses a wealthy Frenchman's finances to build a German explosives expert's giant cannon designed to fire a people-filled projectile to the Moon, but spies and saboteurs endanger the project.
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Burl Ives, Jimmy Clitheroe, Terry-Thomas, Graham Stark
Votes: 939
22. The Southern Star (1969)
M/PG | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
In 1912 West Africa, diamond tycoon Kramer hires penniless American fortune hunter Dan Rockland, who's posing as a geologist, but when a huge diamond is found, everyone wants to steal it.
Directors: Sidney Hayers, Orson Welles | Stars: George Segal, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles, Ian Hendry
Votes: 609
23. Strogoff (1970)
109 min | Adventure
A captain in the Czar's army encounters danger and romance while carrying a secret message across 19th-century Russia.
Director: Eriprando Visconti | Stars: John Phillip Law, Mimsy Farmer, Hiram Keller, Delia Boccardo
Votes: 118
24. The Light at the Edge of the World (1971)
GP | 128 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A ruthless pirate captures the keeper of a lighthouse, in the most southern city in Argentina. His goal is obvious and horrific. He plans to control the lighthouses signals in a way that the passing ships will be crushed on the rocks.
Director: Kevin Billington | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Yul Brynner, Samantha Eggar, Jean-Claude Drouot
Votes: 1,835
25. Un capitán de quince años (1973)
88 min | Action, Adventure
Dick Sand travels aboard the "Pilgrim" when, following dramatic events, the ship becomes without a captain. Fate has it so that, to keep all sailors in peace, he shall command the ship. All... See full summary »
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: José Manuel Marcos, Edmund Purdom, Marc Cassot, Doris Thomas
Votes: 83
26. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1972)
60 min | Animation, Family
Animated version of Jules Verne's classic. Teacher and sailor, hired by US Government to destroy a submarine monster, are captured by Captain Nemo and taken to a fantastic adventure underseas on Nautilus submarine.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Star: Bernard Cowan
Votes: 123
27. Viaje fantástico en globo (1975)
G | 86 min | Adventure, Family
A professor in Africa crosses the globe from East to West with his servant and a bold Scottish hunter.
Director: René Cardona Jr. | Stars: Carlos Camacho, René Cardona, Jeff Cooper, Carlos East
Votes: 63
28. Where Time Began (1977)
PG | 87 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Also known as "The Fabulous Journey to the Centre of the Earth" in the UK. The film is partially dubbed in English, but it has good cinematography.
Director: Juan Piquer Simón | Stars: Kenneth More, Pep Munné, Ivonne Sentis, Frank Braña
Votes: 732
29. Mystery on Monster Island (1981)
TV-PG | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Horror
A young man and his traveling buddy embark on a global journey onboard their ship, only to be shipwrecked on a desolate island teeming with prehistoric creatures and gold-hunting bandits.
Director: Juan Piquer Simón | Stars: Terence Stamp, Peter Cushing, Ian Serra, David Hatton
Votes: 1,032
30. The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (1981)
97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
In 1897, in a castle near the town of Werewolfville in the Carpathians, a slightly deranged Professor Orfanik experiments with his new inventions which include, even at this early date, television and a film camera.
Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Michal Docolomanský, Evelyna Steimarová, Vlastimil Brodský, Milos Kopecký
Votes: 1,420
31. Fifteen Boys Adrift (1982)
85 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A troop of children from eight to thirteen, abandoned on an island, struggling for life in the midst of passion fueled by the differences of nationalities. A story in the style of Robinson Crusoe revisited by Jules Verne.
Director: Masayuki Akehi
Votes: 41
32. Los diablos del mar (1982)
85 min | Adventure
A slave hunter attacks a ship on sea in which six girls are on their way to Australia. They succeed in escaping and are being picked up by a whaler.
Director: Juan Piquer Simón | Stars: Ian Serra, Patty Shepard, Frank Braña, Aldo Sambrell
Votes: 100
33. Mysterious Planet (1982)
71 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
A spaceship crash-lands on a planet, and the crew is astonished to find that it holds a beautiful woman who can heal the sick and injured and a race of super-intelligent beings.
Director: Brett Piper | Stars: Paula Taupier, Boydd Piper, Michael Quigley, Bruce E. Nadeau Jr.
Votes: 223
34. The Story of Fifteen Boys (1987)
85 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Cast ashore on a desert island after a fierce ocean storm, fifteen school boys find their lives changed forever. Who cut the lines that sent their ship to sea with no captain or crew ? Why ... See full summary »
Directors: Yoshio Kuroda, Tom Wyner | Stars: Shinobu Adachi, Runa Akiyama, Kazuyo Aoki, Frank Catalano
Votes: 36
35. Tajomstvo alchymistu Storitza (1991)
84 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
An adventurous story about the famous alchemist Wilhelm Storitz. He dislikes the idea of the marriage of Marc and the local beauty Mira and so he uses his ability of being invisible to stand in the way of their wedding.
Director: Pawel Trzaska | Stars: Henryk Talar, Vladimír Kratina, Marián Labuda, Milan Lasica
Votes: 24
36. Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon (1993)
PG-13 | 85 min | Action, Adventure
Outlaw Joam Garral makes a clandestine journey down the crocodile and piranha infested Amazon river to attend his daughter's marriage. Not only must he brave the dangers of the Amazonian ... See full summary »
Director: Luis Llosa | Stars: Daphne Zuniga, Tom Verica, Barry Bostwick, Adam Baldwin
Votes: 230
37. Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
PG | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Family
On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.
Director: Eric Brevig | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Aníta Briem, Seth Meyers
Votes: 131,769 | Gross: $101.70M
38. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
PG | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Sean Anderson partners with his mom's husband on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.
Director: Brad Peyton | Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Luis Guzmán
Votes: 112,093 | Gross: $103.86M
39. Jules Verne's Mysterious Island (2010)
91 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
March 1865. A group of Union soldiers escape from Confederate hands in a balloon, accompanied by their former Confederate captor. The balloon crashes on a sinister island where they encounter all manner of oddities and dangers.
Director: Mark Sheppard | Stars: Gina Holden, Lochlyn Munro, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Susie Abromeit
Votes: 1,222
40. From the Earth to the Moon (2013)
Not Rated | 87 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
In America, 100 years before the moon landing of Apollo 11, the bellicose bemoan their fates because the federal War is over and they all have fallen into inaction. They are reminiscent of ... See full summary »
Director: Angelos Spartalis | Stars: Manos Vakousis, Alexandros Logothetis, Stratos Tzortzoglou, Dimitris Starovas
Votes: 46
41. Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
PG | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
To win a bet, an eccentric British inventor embarks, with his Chinese valet and an aspiring French artist, on a trip full of adventures and dangers around the world in exactly 80 days.
Director: Frank Coraci | Stars: Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Jim Broadbent, Kathy Bates
Votes: 94,736 | Gross: $24.01M
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