Favorite Robinson Crusoe Film

by penchofifteenpolls | created - 20 Apr 2019 | updated - 30 Apr 2019 | Public

April 25 of 2019 marks the 300th anniversary of the publication of Robinson Crusoe, the most famous novel of Daniel Defoe.

It tells the story of a man's shipwreck on a desert island and his adventures during the 28 years he spent there until he was rescued.

Considered one of the first novels of literary fiction, Robinson Crusoe not only got two sequels, but has been adapted to film and television numerous times.

Celebrating Robinson Crusoe's 300th anniversary, which is your favorite film version or which one would you like to watch the most?

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1. Robinson Crusoe (1997)

PG-13 | 105 min | Adventure, Drama

1703: Robinson Crusoe has to leave Scotland for a year, but after months sailing, a storm wrecks his ship. He ends up as only survivor on a desolate island.

Directors: Rod Hardy, George Miller | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, William Takaku, Polly Walker, Ian Hart

Votes: 13,221

2. Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)

Not Rated | 110 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin, Adam West, The Woolly Monkey

Votes: 7,164

3. The Wild Life (2016)

PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

36 Metascore

A daring parrot recounts how Robinson Crusoe came to be stranded on a tropical island.

Directors: Vincent Kesteloot, Mimi Maynard | Stars: Matthias Schweighöfer, Kaya Yanar, Ilka Bessin, Dieter Hallervorden

Votes: 6,650 | Gross: $7.97M

4. Robinson Crusoe (1954)

Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The classic story of Robinson Crusoe, a man who is dragged to a desert island after a shipwreck.

Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Dan O'Herlihy, Jaime Fernández, Felipe de Alba, Chel López

Votes: 4,510

5. Crusoe (2008–2009)

60 min | Adventure, Drama

The story follows the escapades of Crusoe, who embarks on a high-seas adventure and gets shipwrecked on a remote tropical island.

Stars: Sam Neill, Philip Winchester, Tongayi Chirisa, Anna Walton

Votes: 2,667

6. Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966)

G | 110 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

A Navy pilot is marooned on an island with a headhunter's daughter and outcast tribal women.

Director: Byron Paul | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Nancy Kwan, Akim Tamiroff, Arthur Malet

Votes: 1,564 | Gross: $22.57M

7. Il signor Robinson, mostruosa storia d'amore e d'avventure (1976)

107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

A shipwreck strands a modern Italian businessman on a desert island. Like Robinson Crusoe he must find a way to return to civilization; unlike him--he's a 20th-century man, a totally different case.

Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Paolo Villaggio, Zeudi Araya Cristaldi, Anna Nogara, Percy Hogan

Votes: 1,557

8. Crusoe (1988)

PG-13 | 91 min | Adventure, Drama

Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked and he finds himself all alone on a tropical island. With a few tools he manages to rescue from the wreck he has to learn to support himself until help arrives.

Director: Caleb Deschanel | Stars: Aidan Quinn, Ade Sapara, Elvis Payne, Richard D. Sharp

Votes: 1,176 | Gross: $0.32M

9. Man Friday (1975)

PG | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

During the 17th century, shipwrecked English seaman Robinson Crusoe, after years of solitude, spots natives on his deserted Pacific island and befriends one who he names Friday.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Richard Roundtree, Peter Cellier, Christopher Cabot

Votes: 1,083

10. Robinson Crusoé (2003)

PG-13 | 192 min | Adventure, Drama

A man struggles to survive after being shipwrecked on a deserted island.

Stars: Pierre Richard, Nicolas Cazalé, Jean-Claude Leguay, Marie Béraud

Votes: 443

11. The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1964)

85 min | Adventure

After shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe survives alone on island, building shelter, reminiscing about past. With wildlife as company, months pass. One day he discovers footprint, making him wonder if he's still alone.

Stars: Robert Hoffmann, Fabian Cevallos, Erich Bludau, Oskar von Schab

Votes: 342

12. Mickey's Man Friday (1935)

8 min | Family, Animation, Short

Mickey is stranded on an island. He runs into some cannibals who are about to cook a fellow cannibal. Mickey scares them off and makes friends with the cannibal whom he calls Friday. ... See full summary »

Director: David Hand | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney

Votes: 322

13. Robinson Crusoe (1902)

14 min | Short, Drama

Robinson Crusoe and Friday fight with hostile natives, and eventually retire to their jungle cottage to relax.

Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: André Deed, Georges Méliès

Votes: 456

14. Robinson Crusoe (1973)

G | 92 min | Adventure

Sailor is stranded on a desert island.

Director: Stanislav Govorukhin | Stars: Leonid Kuravlyov, Irakli Khizanishvili, Evgeniy Zharikov, Aleksey Safonov

Votes: 303

15. Miss Robin Crusoe (1953)

Approved | 75 min | Adventure, Comedy

A shipwrecked lass sets up housekeeping on a desert island and rescues a female native from certain doom, thereby winning herself a Girl Friday.

Director: Eugene Frenke | Stars: Amanda Blake, George Nader, Rosalind Hayes

Votes: 252

16. Dobrodruzství Robinsona Crusoe, námorníka z Yorku (1982)

68 min | Animation

A full-length picture based on the famous novel by Daniel Defoe. The picture, unlike the other film adaptations of the story, focuses much more on Crusoe's life before and after his stay on... See full summary »

Director: Stanislav Látal | Stars: Václav Postránecký, Jirí Bruder, Stanislav Fiser, Dalimil Klapka

Votes: 137

17. Robinson Crusoe (1970)

G | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A man struggles to survive after being shipwrecked on a deserted island.

Director: René Cardona Jr. | Stars: Hugo Stiglitz, Ahui Camacho, Carlos Agostí, René Cardona III

Votes: 114

18. Robinson Crusoe: The Great Blitzkrieg (2008 Video)

PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Is the year 3089 and technology has exceeded all expectations. Space travel is now common place and humans have met a race of aliens who call themselves Karomingiens. This was an initially ... See full summary »

Director: George Anton | Stars: Kaiwi Lyman, Ivan Salvatore, Kristen Karvouni, Evelyn James

Votes: 76

19. Robinzon Kruzo (1947)

73 min | Adventure, Drama

A man struggles to survive after being shipwrecked on a deserted island.

Director: Aleksandr Andriyevsky | Stars: Pavel Kadochnikov, Yuriy Lyubimov, Anatoliy Smiranin, E. Sanikidze

Votes: 83

20. Robinson Crusoe (1974)

G | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The ship in which Robinson is traveling has been wrecked in one of the seven seas. As the only human survivor, he barely manages to reach an apparently deserted island. Countless adventures... See full summary »

Director: Francesco Maurizio Guido | Stars: Roger Worrod, Charles Borromel, Louise Lambert, Liù Bosisio

Votes: 85

21. Robinson Crusoe (1927)

65 min | Adventure

A shipwrecked man's prolonged stay on a desert island.

Director: M.A. Wetherell | Stars: M.A. Wetherell, Fay Compton, Herbert Waithe, Reginald Fox

Votes: 64

22. Robinson et compagnie (1991)

70 min | Animation

As of his early childhood Robinson Crusoe has wanted to become a sailor. And when he does become one bad luck has it that the vessel he sails on gets shipwrecked. Being the only survivor of... See full summary »

Director: Jacques Colombat | Stars: Jacques François, Rolando Faria, Julien Guiomar, Gérard Hernandez

Votes: 48

23. BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode: Robinson Crusoe (1974)

120 min | Drama

A man struggles to survive after being shipwrecked on a deserted island.

Director: James MacTaggart | Stars: Stanley Baker, Ram John Holder, Jerome Willis

Votes: 29

26. Robinson Crusoe (1916)

Adventure

A man struggles to survive after being shipwrecked on a deserted island.

Director: George F. Marion | Stars: Robert Paton Gibbs, Caesar Dean

Votes: 26

27. The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1922)

360 min | Adventure

A man struggles to survive after being shipwrecked on a deserted island.

Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Harry Myers, Noble Johnson, Gertrude Olmstead, Scott Pembroke

Votes: 31

28. As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé (1978)

90 min | Comedy, Family

Robinson Crusoe spoof, with touches of Peter Pan. Shipwreck victim lands on a desert island, finds a friendly native and has to fight pirates whose leader is Captain Hook himself.

Director: Mozael Silveira | Stars: Costinha, Grande Otelo, Francisco Di Franco, Milton Vilar

Votes: 36

29. Robinson Crusoe (1972 TV Movie)

47 min | Animation

Robinson Crusoe's life is in peril after a storm sinks his ship and strands him on a tropical island. His companions, a dog, a cat and a parrot are joined by a native he names Friday but his life becomes more dangerous and complicated.

Director: Leif Gram | Stars: Alistair Duncan, Ron Haddrick, Mark Kelly, John Llewellyn

Votes: 25

30. Les Aventures de Robinson Crusoé (1922)

Adventure, Drama

Robinson is a student in England, but he loves the ocean. He leaves his family and goes on a voyage to Guinea. Privateers attack the ship. Robinson escapes with the help of a young Moor. ... See full summary »

Directors: Mario Gargiulo, Gaston Leprieur | Stars: Lucio Mario Dani, Claude Mérelle, Armand Numès, Eugénie Nau

Votes: 12

31. Robinson Crusoe (1913)

30 min | Drama, Short

A man struggles to survive after being shipwrecked on a deserted island.

Director: Otis Turner | Stars: Robert Z. Leonard, Edward Alexander, Charles W. Travis, Margarita Fischer

32. His Man Friday (2009)

7 min | Short, Drama

Reveals the harsh truth behind an unusual relationship.

Director: Ammar Rasool | Stars: Tony Williams, Max Wolf

33. Robinson Crusoe (1917)

Drama, Short

Robinson Crusoe's great desire to cross the seas in search of adventure proves too great for him to remain at home, so he runs away and goes to sea. On reaching the South Seas a terrible ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Robert Z. Leonard, Margarita Fischer

34. The Shipwrecked Man (1909)

Short, Drama

Depicts a man who has been shipwrecked, and living on an island until he had forgotten his parents. He is at last picked up by a passing vessel and taken home to where he is recognized by his father.

Stars: Alberto Capozzi, Gigetta Morano



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