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1. Northern Exposure (1990–1995)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Drama

A city doctor is forced to work in the remote Alaskan town of Cicely, where he encounters peculiar locals, including a former astronaut, as he adjusts to small-town life.

Stars: Rob Morrow, Janine Turner, Barry Corbin, John Cullum

Votes: 21,862

2. Brother Bear (2003)

G | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

When a young Inuit hunter needlessly kills a bear, he is magically changed into a bear himself as punishment with a talkative cub being his only guide to changing back.

Directors: Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Suarez, Rick Moranis, Jason Raize

Votes: 124,284 | Gross: $85.34M

3. The Simpsons Movie (2007)

PG-13 | 87 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

After Homer pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.

Director: David Silverman | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 350,493 | Gross: $183.14M

4. The Invention of Lying (2009)

PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

A comedy set in a world where no one has ever lied, until a writer seizes the opportunity for personal gain.

Directors: Ricky Gervais, Matthew Robinson | Stars: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K.

Votes: 149,193 | Gross: $18.44M

5. Arizona Dream (1993)

R | 142 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A young New Yorker goes to Arizona where he finds freedom to both love and dream.

Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis, Faye Dunaway, Lili Taylor

Votes: 45,738 | Gross: $0.11M

6. On Deadly Ground (1994)

R | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A blowout firefighter takes on an environmentally destructive oil corporation by causing many deaths and explosions in Alaska.

Director: Steven Seagal | Stars: Steven Seagal, Michael Caine, Joan Chen, John C. McGinley

Votes: 25,542 | Gross: $38.59M

7. The Day of the Locust (1975)

R | 144 min | Drama, Thriller

An art director in the 1930s falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite Hollywood who wants nothing to do with her because of her problems with an estranged man and her alcoholic father.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton

Votes: 6,390 | Gross: $17.79M

8. 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: 15,237 | Gross: $2.22M

9. The Snow Walker (2003)

PG | 103 min | Adventure, Drama

A pilot and his passenger struggle for survival after crashing in the Arctic tundra.

Director: Charles Martin Smith | Stars: Barry Pepper, Annabella Piugattuk, James Cromwell, Kiersten Warren

Votes: 11,399

10. 49th Parallel (1941)

Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, Thriller, War

A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.

Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier, Richard George, Eric Portman

Votes: 7,693

11. Dear Lemon Lima (2009)

PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Drama

After being dumped by Philip, her one true love, the infatuated Nessa enrolls at his private school in the hopes of winning him back.

Director: Suzi Yoonessi | Stars: Savanah Wiltfong, Shayne Topp, Eleanor Hutchins, Kari Nissena

Votes: 1,264

12. The Call of Cthulhu (2005)

Not Rated | 47 min | Horror, Mystery

While sorting the affairs of his late Uncle, a man accidentally stumbles across a series of dark secrets connected to an ancient horror waiting to be freed.

Director: Andrew Leman | Stars: Matt Foyer, John Bolen, Ralph Lucas, Chad Fifer

Votes: 8,920

13. Nanook of the North (1922)

Passed | 78 min | Documentary

In this silent predecessor to the modern documentary, film-maker Robert J. Flaherty spends one year following the lives of Nanook and his family, Inuits living in the Arctic Circle.

Director: Robert J. Flaherty | Stars: Allakariallak, Alice Nevalinga, Cunayou, Allegoo

Votes: 13,488

14. Gamera: The Giant Monster (1964)

Not Rated | 81 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

From out of the arctic comes a gigantic flying, fire-breathing turtle that sets its sights on destroying Tokyo.

Director: Noriaki Yuasa | Stars: Eiji Funakoshi, Harumi Kiritachi, Junichiro Yamashita, Yoshiro Uchida

Votes: 3,824

15. Map of the Human Heart (1992)

R | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Arctic, 1965: Avik tells his story starting in 1931. A mapmaker flies Avik, then a preteen Eskimo boy with TB, to a hospital in Montreal where he meets Albertine. They meet again when Avik joins World War II in the UK.

Director: Vincent Ward | Stars: Jason Scott Lee, Anne Parillaud, Patrick Bergin, Robert Joamie

Votes: 3,437 | Gross: $2.81M

16. Leaving Normal (1992)

R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama

Two contrasting women, one optimistic and the other cynical, embark on a life-changing road trip to Alaska, where an unexpected inheritance awaits one of them, leading to a series of adventures that challenge their perspectives.

Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Christine Lahti, Meg Tilly, Patrika Darbo, Lenny von Dohlen

Votes: 1,612 | Gross: $1.51M

17. 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

18. Shadow of the Wolf (1992)

PG-13 | 112 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

In Canada's North during the 1930s, a young Inuit kills a White trader and is pursued by the police but his father is determined to protect his fugitive son at any cost.

Directors: Jacques Dorfmann, Pierre Magny | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Toshirô Mifune, Jennifer Tilly, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu

Votes: 1,057 | Gross: $1.45M

19. As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)

TV-G | 158 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A German Army officer is captured by the Soviets in World War II and sent to a labor camp in Eastern Siberia. After five years of enormous hardship he escapes, commencing an incredible, arduous, danger-filled journey.

Director: Hardy Martins | Stars: Bernhard Bettermann, Iris Böhm, Anatoliy Kotenyov, Michael Mendl

Votes: 8,106

20. Ice Palace (1960)

Approved | 143 min | Adventure, Drama, History

After WW1, Zeb and Thor start a cannery business in Alaska but eventually they drift apart with Zeb becoming unscrupulous and Thor becoming involved in Alaskan politics.

Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Richard Burton, Robert Ryan, Martha Hyer, Jim Backus

Votes: 409

21. The Savage Innocents (1960)

Not Rated | 110 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

An Eskimo who has had little contact with white men goes to a trading post where he accidentally kills a missionary and finds himself being pursued by the police.

Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Yôko Tani, Peter O'Toole, Carlo Giustini

Votes: 2,044

22. The White Dawn (1974)

PG | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, History

In 1896, three survivors of a whaling ship-wreck in the Canadian Arctic are saved and adopted by an Eskimo tribe but frictions arise when the three start misbehaving.

Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, Louis Gossett Jr., Joanasie Salamonie

Votes: 897 | Gross: $0.40M

23. Kelly (1981)

94 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A young girl from a broken home who is having problems in school and her personal life decides to run away and live with her father in the wilderness.

Director: Christopher Chapman | Stars: Robert Logan, Twyla-Dawn Vokins, George Clutesi, Elaine Nalee

Votes: 60

24. Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale (2006 TV Special)

TV-14 | 72 min | Comedy

In this brand-new comedy performance, he's more hilarious than ever with his unique style of self-deprecating observations and catty audience commentary.

Director: Michael Drumm | Stars: Jim Gaffigan, Jeannie Gaffigan

Votes: 4,249

25. Kodiak (1974)

30 min | Drama, Action, Adventure

The adventures of Alaska State Patrolman Cal "Kodiak" McKay.

Stars: Clint Walker, Margaret Blye, Richard Bradford, Abner Biberman

Votes: 57

26. Guy X (2005)

R | 101 min | Comedy, War

A black comedy set in 1979, about a soldier mistakenly posted to an Arctic military base.

Director: Saul Metzstein | Stars: Jason Biggs, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Northam, Sean Tucker

Votes: 2,089

27. The Legend of Bigfoot (1975)

PG | 76 min | Documentary

A documentary about the legendary creature, Bigfoot, with emphasis on him being the missing link.

Director: Harry Winer | Stars: Ivan Marx, Peggy Marx, Yukon Frida, Raymond L. Wallace

Votes: 612

28. Out of This World (1945)

Approved | 96 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

After struggling to become a success, Betty Miller and her all-girl orchestra finally hit pay dirt when crooner Herbie Fenton comes on board. Problems arise when Betty and her girls try to ... See full summary »

Director: Hal Walker | Stars: Eddie Bracken, Veronica Lake, Diana Lynn, Cass Daley

Votes: 171

29. Salmonberries (1991)

R | 95 min | Drama

A woman who grew up in a small town in Alaska goes to the public library to try and find out who her parents were. She was brought to town as a baby in a cardboard box with "Kotzebue" on it... See full summary »

Director: Percy Adlon | Stars: Rosel Zech, k.d. lang, Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley, Eugene Omiak

Votes: 758 | Gross: $0.10M

30. Ce qu'il faut pour vivre (2008)

PG | 102 min | Drama

In 1952, an Inuit hunter named Tivii with tuberculosis leaves his northern home and family to go recuperate at a sanatorium in Quebec City. Uprooted, far from his loved ones, unable to ... See full summary »

Director: Benoit Pilon | Stars: Natar Ungalaaq, Éveline Gélinas, Paul-André Brasseur, Louise Marleau

Votes: 1,022

31. Our Mr. Sun (1956 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 57 min | Animation

One entry in a series of films produced to make science accessible to the masses--especially children--this film describes the sun in scientific but entertaining terms.

Directors: Frank Capra, William T. Hurtz | Stars: Eddie Albert, Lionel Barrymore, Frank Baxter, Marvin Miller

Votes: 208

32. Red Snow (1952)

Passed | 75 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Lieutenant Johnson, a U. S. Air Force pilot, on the tip of Alaska, a few miles from the Bering Straits from Siberia, helps foil a Soviet plot to test a new secret weapon by loyal Alaskan ... See full summary »

Directors: Harry S. Franklin, Boris Petroff | Stars: Guy Madison, Mala, Carole Mathews, Gloria Saunders

Votes: 79

33. Call of the Yukon (1938)

Passed | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A fur trader guides a writer and her animals to safety in the Yukon territory when wolves are about to attack.

Directors: B. Reeves Eason, John T. Coyle | Stars: Richard Arlen, Beverly Roberts, Lyle Talbot, Mala

Votes: 157

34. Luna Park (1992)

Not Rated | 111 min | Drama

Andrei leads a group of nationalist skinheads. They've taken over a Luna Park depot. They indulge in violence and racketeering against Jews, homosexuals and the marginalized.

Director: Pavel Lungin | Stars: Oleg Borisov, Andrei Gutin, Natalya Egorova, Nonna Mordyukova

Votes: 529

35. Legend of the Spirit Dog (1997)

PG | 86 min | Drama

A young boy in Alaska becomes involved with the legendary battle between a raven and a wolf.

Directors: Martin Goldman, Michael Spence | Stars: Morgan Brittany, David Richards, George Charles, Jon Paul Nicoll

Votes: 71

36. Kabloonak (1994)

103 min | Adventure, Drama

In 1922 the first documentary came on the big screen: Nanook of the North (1922). Kabloonak is the story of the making of this movie.

Director: Claude Massot | Stars: Charles Dance, Adamie Quasiak Inukpuk, Seporah Q. Ungalaq, Bernard Bloch

Votes: 127

37. Tundra (1936)

Passed | 75 min | Adventure

After a plane crash, a doctor treks 400 miles into the Alaskan wilderness. Based on a true story.

Director: Norman Dawn | Stars: Alfred Delcambre, Merrill McCormick, Jack Santos, Frank Baker

Votes: 45

38. River's End (1930)

Passed | 75 min | Western

Sgt. Conniston and his alcoholic guide O'Toole are on the trail of an escaped murderer named Keith. When they catch up with him in the farthest reaches of Northern Canada, Keith turns out ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Charles Bickford, Evalyn Knapp, J. Farrell MacDonald, Zasu Pitts

Votes: 170

39. Arctic Flight (1952)

Approved | 78 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Mike Wien, an Alaskan bush pilot operating the the Bering Sea area, makes friends with John W. Wetherby, posing as a wealthy American businessman. But, in reality, he is a Russian spy on ... See full summary »

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Wayne Morris, Lola Albright, Alan Hale Jr., Carol Thurston

Votes: 163

40. Glory & Honor (1998 TV Movie)

94 min | Biography, Drama

The true story about Robert Peary's forgotten African American employee Mathew Henson who proved crucial in their race to North Pole.

Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Delroy Lindo, Henry Czerny, Bronwen Booth, Kim Staunton

Votes: 127

41. I've Got to Sing a Torch Song (1933)

TV-G | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

A series of celebrity sketches set at a radio station. Some unorthodox calisthenics (including corset tightening, cradle rocking, and stock ticker reading) start the action. Bing Crosby (OK... See full summary »

Directors: Bernard B. Brown, Tom Palmer | Stars: Bernard B. Brown, Bud Duncan, Noreen Gammill, Selmer Jackson

Votes: 415

42. Ice Climber (I) (1985 Video Game)

E | Action, Family

The Ice Climbers Popo and Nana venture up 32 ice-covered mountains to recover stolen vegetables from a giant condor.

Director: Kenji Miki

Votes: 380

43. Tell (2007)

96 min | Comedy

William Tell, the number one "Swiss" hero is about to rock the screens. In reality, he's an Austrian dreaming of the Swiss passport. When noblemen send him on a mission to free the country ... See full summary »

Director: Mike Eschmann | Stars: Mike Müller, Axel Stein, Christian Tramitz, Ellenie Salvo González

Votes: 261

44. Frigid Hare (1949)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Bugs rescues a penguin from an Inuit hunter at the South Pole and becomes obligated to it beyond his wildest dreams.

Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 1,356

45. Trial at Fortitude Bay (1994 TV Movie)

96 min | Drama

Defence attorney Gina Antonelli is sent to an Arctic village to defend 19 year-old Pauloosie, accused of committing a violent crime. Her rival, prosecutor Daniel Metz seeks the maximum ... See full summary »

Director: Vic Sarin | Stars: Lolita Davidovich, Henry Czerny, Raoul Max Trujillo, Robert Ito

Votes: 72

46. The Forbidden Quest (1993)

75 min | Adventure

1941: in Ireland, a film maker hears of an aged ship's carpenter who knows the fate of the Hollandia, a Norse ship that set sail in 1905 and vanished. The old salt has canisters of film to ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Delpeut | Stars: Joseph O'Conor, Roy Ward

Votes: 271 | Gross: $0.02M

47. Eskimo (1930)

86 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Jack Norton is a careless gambler, until his father turns his back on him. Dead drunk he winds up on a boat going far up North, where he leaves the boat, only to be saved by Eskimos, where he soon falls in love.

Director: George Schnéevoigt | Stars: Mona Mårtenson, Paul Richter, Ada Kramm, Knut Langgaard

Votes: 35

48. Snowdrift (1923)

Passed | 50 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Renegade mining engineer Carter Brent loses his money gambling in the Yukon. He falls in love with Snowdrift, a reputed "half-breed" who is actually a Caucasian orphan reared by a Native ... See full summary »

Director: Scott R. Dunlap | Stars: Buck Jones, Bert Sprotte, Gertrude Ryan, Colin Chase

49. Man of Two Worlds (1934)

92 min | Drama

A British explorer brings an Eskimo hunter to London, where he misreads a woman.

Director: J. Walter Ruben | Stars: Francis Lederer, Elissa Landi, Henry Stephenson, J. Farrell MacDonald

Votes: 68

50. Detouring America (1939)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Short

This travelogue across America is filled with sight gags such as the 'Old Reliable' geyser spitting into a spittoon, cliff-dwelling Indians who walk horizontally up and down the faces of ... See full summary »

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce

Votes: 357