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1. Moana 2 (2024)
Animation, Adventure, Comedy | Filming
After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she has ever faced.
Director: David G. Derrick Jr. | Stars: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Tudyk
2. Moana (I) (2016)
PG | 107 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out Maui to set things right.
Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker, Don Hall, Chris Williams | Stars: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison
Votes: 377,880 | Gross: $248.76M
3. Godzilla (I) (1998)
PG-13 | 139 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that heads off to New York City. The American military must chase the monster across the city to stop it before it reproduces.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria
Votes: 203,498 | Gross: $136.31M
4. Pearl Harbor (2001)
PG-13 | 183 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett, William Lee Scott
Votes: 351,692 | Gross: $198.54M
5. Moana (2026)
Adventure, Comedy, Family | Filming
Live-action adaptation of the 2016 Disney animated film 'Moana'.
Director: Thomas Kail | Star: Dwayne Johnson
6. South Pacific (1958)
Approved | 157 min | Musical, Romance, War
On a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission.
Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr, Ray Walston
Votes: 9,798
7. Young Rock (2021–2023)
TV-PG | Biography, Comedy
A look at the formative years of superstar Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson as he grows up through life.
Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Joseph Lee Anderson, Stacey Leilua, Ana Tuisila
Votes: 30,307
8. Kon-Tiki (2012)
PG-13 | 118 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl's epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg | Stars: Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo, Gustaf Skarsgård, Odd-Magnus Williamson
Votes: 51,948 | Gross: $1.52M
9. In Harm's Way (1965)
Approved | 165 min | Drama, Romance, War
A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal, Tom Tryon
Votes: 10,315 | Gross: $4.20M
10. Blue Hawaii (1961)
Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Musical
After arriving back in Hawaii from the Army, Chad Gates (Elvis Presley) defies his parents' wishes for him to work at the family business and instead goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend's agency.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury, Nancy Walters
Votes: 7,497 | Gross: $10.44M
11. Donovan's Reef (1963)
Approved | 109 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
In an ideal society on a picturesque South Seas isle, diverse people live in harmony until an outsider disrupts the balance.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Elizabeth Allen, Jack Warden
Votes: 9,830
12. Hawaiian Eye (1959–1963)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The cases of Hawaiian Eye Private Investigations and the two handsome, slick, tough-guy detectives who ran the firm, Thomas Jefferson Lopaka, or Tom for short, and Tracy Steele, a Korean War veteran and former city police detective.
Stars: Poncie Ponce, Connie Stevens, Douglas Mossman, Robert Conrad
Votes: 688
13. The Last Kiss (2006)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Michael, at 30, has a great job, still have his four best friends, and has a beautiful girlfriend, but his life seems predictable. Until he meets a college girl. It seems that everybody's having relationship problems.
Director: Tony Goldwyn | Stars: Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett, Rachel Bilson, Casey Affleck
Votes: 42,252 | Gross: $11.60M
14. Bora Bora (1968)
R | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Musical
A Frenchman finds his runaway wife on an island in the Pacific.
Director: Ugo Liberatore | Stars: Haydée Politoff, Corrado Pani, Doris Kunstmann, Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
Votes: 166 | Gross: $0.07M
15. How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Musical
Frankie, on naval-reserve duty in Tahiti, doesn't trust Dee Dee to stay faithful, so he hires Bwana, a witch doctor, to help. Bwana conjures up a floating bikini, "stuffs" it with Cassandra... See full summary »
Director: William Asher | Stars: Annette Funicello, Dwayne Hickman, Brian Donlevy, Harvey Lembeck
Votes: 1,632
16. Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy
The castaways must try to readjust to life in civilization after they are rescued from the island.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer
Votes: 1,995
17. Rapa Nui (1994)
R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Love between the representatives of two warring tribes changes the balance of power on the whole remote island.
Director: Kevin Reynolds | Stars: Jason Scott Lee, Esai Morales, Sandrine Holt, Eru Potaka Dewes
Votes: 5,320 | Gross: $0.31M
18. Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)
TV-PG | 86 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
On the South Pacific island of Bora Bora, a young couple's love is threatened when the tribal chief declares the girl a sacred virgin.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Anne Chevalier, Matahi, Hitu, Bill Bambridge
Votes: 6,383
19. The Hurricane (1937)
Approved | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Polynesian sailor unjustly imprisoned after defending himself against a colonial bully is relentlessly persecuted by his island's martinet French governor.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith
Votes: 3,043
20. Bird of Paradise (1932)
Passed | 80 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A native girl falls for a visitor to her island, but she's chosen to be sacrificed to the volcano god.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Joel McCrea, John Halliday, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Votes: 1,577
21. Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti (2017)
102 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Focused on French painter Paul Gauguin's affair with a younger lady in Tahiti.
Director: Edouard Deluc | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Tuheï Adams, Malik Zidi, Pua-Taï Hikutini
Votes: 2,379 | Gross: $0.20M
22. Kon-Tiki (1950)
Approved | 77 min | Documentary
A documentary about the Kon-Tiki expedition of the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl.
Director: Thor Heyerdahl | Stars: Thor Heyerdahl, Herman Watzinger, Erik Hesselberg, Knut Haugland
Votes: 2,808
23. South Pacific (2001 TV Movie)
135 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
During World War II, love is found between a career Navy nurse (Glenn Close) and an enigmatic French plantation owner (Rade Serbedzija), while a Princeton-educated marine (Harry Connick, Jr... See full summary »
Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Glenn Close, Harry Connick Jr., Rade Serbedzija, Jack Thompson
Votes: 1,006
24. Utopia (1950)
82 min | Comedy
Stan inherits a yacht and a South Pacific island. Ollie and Stan sail there with 2 other men. They shipwreck on a new atoll and settle there. An ex-fiancee joins them. They declare an independent nation and problems arise.
Directors: Léo Joannon, John Berry, Alfred J. Goulding, Tim Whelan | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Suzy Delair, Max Elloy
Votes: 2,221
25. Johnny Lingo (1969)
Not Rated | 25 min | Drama, Family, Short
Johnny Lingo, one of the sharpest traders in the south pacific islands decides to bargain for a wife, and offers a record price of eight cows for Mahana, a plain girl who shuns contact. ... See full summary »
Director: Judge Whitaker | Stars: Makee K. Blaisdell, Naomi Kahoilua, Francis L. Urry, Joseph R. TeNgaio
Votes: 280
26. Dangerous Money (1946)
Approved | 66 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A treasury agent on the trail of counterfeit money confides to fellow ocean liner passenger Charlie Chan that there have been two attempts on his life.
Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: Sidney Toler, Gloria Warren, Victor Sen Yung, Rick Vallin
Votes: 1,279
27. White Shadows in the South Seas (1928)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Romance
An alcoholic doctor on a Polynesian island, disgusted by white exploitation of the natives, finds himself marooned on a pristinely beautiful island.
Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Robert J. Flaherty | Stars: Monte Blue, Raquel Torres, Robert Anderson, Renee Bush
Votes: 962
28. The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy
A bumbling, long-winded and crooked Southern senator, considered by some as a dark horse for the Presidency, panics his party when his tell-all diary is stolen.
Director: George S. Kaufman | Stars: William Powell, Ella Raines, Peter Lind Hayes, Arleen Whelan
Votes: 707
29. Hawaiian Holiday (1937)
G | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Pluto experience all that Hawaii has to offer. Donald tries hula dancing, Pluto explores the beach and Goofy takes up surfing.
Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, Clarence Nash
Votes: 1,759
30. Waikiki Wedding (1937)
Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A beauty contest winner of the "Miss Pineapple Princess" pageant takes part in a publicity scheme in Hawaii, and is pursued by an advertising executive for the agency doing the promotion.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Bing Crosby, Bob Burns, Martha Raye, Shirley Ross
Votes: 401
31. Gone Fishing (2017 Video)
Not Rated | 2 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
On Motunui, Maui tries to catch a fish with his magical fishhook, only to be comically foiled by the ocean.
Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker, Don Hall, Chris Williams | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Auli'i Cravalho
Votes: 489
32. Call of the Sea (2020 Video Game)
T | Adventure
It is an otherworldly tale of mystery and love set in the 1930s South Pacific. Explore a lush island paradise, solve puzzles and unlock secrets in the hunt for your husband's missing expedition.
Director: Tatiana Delgado Yunquera | Stars: Cissy Jones, Yuri Lowenthal, Stephen Hughes, Yves-Édouard Malakai
Votes: 232
33. The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942)
Approved | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
After a long absence from the island, Chester Tuttle returns to Tahiti to find that little has changed. His large family, particularly his scheming Uncle Jonas, would rather dance and ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Charles Laughton, Jon Hall, Peggy Drake, Victor Francen
Votes: 393
34. Teine Sa (2021– )
Drama, Horror
The ancient female spirits of the Pacific are stirring. Revered and feared, these sacred goddesses have crept back into the modern world to engage with five women each facing their own demons.
Stars: Frankie Adams, Dominic Ona-Ariki, Elsie Polosovai, Joseph Naufahu
Votes: 11
35. Legong: Dance of the Virgins (1935)
Passed | 65 min | Drama, Romance
In Bali, a young woman falls in love with a musician, but he may have eyes for her half-sister.
Director: Henri de la Falaise | Stars: Poetoe Aloes Goesti, Bagus Mara Goesti, Saplak Njoman, Njong Njong Njoman
Votes: 264
36. Last of the Pagans (1935)
Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Romance, Drama
A young Polynesian couple is separated by a mining company which enslaves islanders.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Mala, Lotus Long, Rudolph Anders, Chester Gan
Votes: 209
37. Dernier signal
Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Post-production
On a Pacific small island, as a storm approaches, an air traffic controller is contacted by a plane - that no radar can show.
Director: Benjamin Busnel | Stars: Marie Kauffmann, Alexandra Gentil, Ali-Tiemoko Haidara, Ha'anui Bellais
38. The Real World You Never Saw: Hawaii (1999 Video)
50 min | Reality-TV
Directors: Russell Heldt, Michelle Millard | Stars: Ruthie Alcaide, Kaia Beck, Amaya Brecher, Justin Deabler
Votes: 82
39. The Voyages of Matisse, Chasing Light (2020 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, Biography
How the many voyages of Matisse influenced his artistic vision.
Director: Raphaël Millet | Stars: Stéphanie Fatout, Cathy Smith, Henri Matisse, Olivier Gourmet
Votes: 28
40. Lost Continent of the Pacific (2011 TV Movie)
Documentary
Legends of lost continents and civilizations have captivated people throughout time. Philosophers and astronomers like Aristotle and Ptolemy believed that an unknown continent existed in ... See full summary »
Director: Devon Chivvis
Votes: 23
41. Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession (2013)
54 min | Documentary, History
Plastic Paradise is the first documentary to chronicle the rise, fall, and resurgence of tiki, or Polynesian pop, one of the defining cultural trends of postwar America. Think South Pacific... See full summary »
Director: Brett O'Bourke | Stars: Josh 'Shag' Agle, Jeff 'Beachbum' Berry, Drew Birch, Richard Boccato
Votes: 19
42. Au large d'une vie (2015)
30 min | Short, Drama, Family
Teva, a young Tahitian with a passion for filmmaking, was compelled to leave his homeland to fulfill his ambitions. Having become a director, he returns to Tahiti and is once again ... See full summary »
Director: Claire Schwob | Stars: Raphaëlle Agogué, Tamara Ajuelos, Jean-Baptiste Bouyer, Karl Brillant
43. Castaways (1978– )
60 min | Drama, History
A five part drama series based on historical events in the lives of notable South Pacific castaways.
Stars: Paul Robinson, Terence Cooper, Anthony May, Patrick McCarville
Votes: 8
44. Paradise Bent: Boys Will Be Girls in Samoa (1999)
51 min | Documentary
An exploration of the Samoan fa'afafine, boys who are raised as girls, fulfilling a traditional role in Samoan culture.
Director: Heather Croall | Stars: Derek Freeman, Tania Grey, Jeanette Mageo, Tom Pollard
Votes: 25
45. Aloha Oe (1915)
50 min | Drama
Brilliant but besotted attorney, David Harmon, wins a big case but ends the day in a dingy waterfront flophouse. His fiancée puts him on a sailing ship in an attempt to get him to dry out, ... See full summary »
Directors: Richard Stanton, Charles Swickard, Gilbert P. Hamilton | Stars: Willard Mack, Enid Markey, Margaret Thompson, Frank Borzage
Votes: 16
46. Gaston Méliès and his Wandering Star Film Company (2015)
60 min | Documentary
Gaston Méliès' filmmaking voyage through Asia-Pacific between 1912 and 1913, from California to Polynesia, New Zealand, Australia, Java, Singapore, Cambodia and Japan.
Director: Raphaël Millet | Star: Gaston Méliès
47. 50 Years of Surfing on Film (1996 Video)
240 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Director: Ira Opper | Stars: Robert Weaver, Bruce Brown, Bud Browne, Bill Delaney
48. Talanoa with Tupe (2020– )
Talk-Show
"Talanoa with Tupe" is a new 1-hour TV chat show, hosted by Wellington-based Samoan/Fijian New Zealander Tupe Solomon-Tanoa'i, which explores the lives and careers of Pasifika people who have succeeded in a diverse range of disciplines.
49. Hombo (1985)
93 min
Director: Daniel Ringold | Stars: Igor Hossein, Olivier Pagès, Brigitte Barry, Christophe Lemée
50. Tabu: dernier voyage (1996)
80 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Yves de Peretti | Stars: F.W. Murnau, Rüdiger Vogler, Charles Berling