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51. 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: 13,504
52. Born American (1986)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A trio of vacationing American students cross the border from Finland to the USSR during the Cold War and are soon imprisoned after a skirmish with Soviet soldiers.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Mike Norris, Steve Durham, David Coburn, Thalmus Rasulala
Votes: 2,196 | Gross: $3.39M
53. World War III (1982)
200 min | Drama, Thriller, War
In 1987, Soviet paratroopers drop into Alaska to sabotage the oil pipeline in retaliation against a United States grain embargo. A skirmish occurs at a pumping station, lightly defended by ... See full summary »
Stars: David Soul, Brian Keith, Cathy Lee Crosby, Jeroen Krabbé
Votes: 796
54. The Red Tent (1969)
G | 158 min | Adventure, Drama
Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his failed 1928 Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov | Stars: Sean Connery, Peter Finch, Claudia Cardinale, Hardy Krüger
Votes: 2,425
55. Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007 Video)
Not Rated | 88 min | Animation, Comedy, Musical
Planet Express sees a hostile takeover and Bender falls into the hands of criminals where he is used to fulfill their schemes.
Director: Dwayne Carey-Hill | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille
Votes: 35,572
56. Eskimo (1933)
Passed | 117 min | Drama
The happy life of an Eskimo is disastrously changed when he mingles with an unscrupulous white trader.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Edgar Dearing, Peter Freuchen, Edward Hearn, Lotus Long
Votes: 610
57. Deep (II) (2017)
PG | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In 2100, when humanity has abandoned the Earth, a colony of extravagant creatures still thrives in the deepest abyss of the ocean. Deep, an adventurous "dumbo" octopus and the last one of ... See full summary »
Director: Julio Soto Gurpide | Stars: Justin Felbinger, Stephen Hughes, Lindsey Alena, Elisabeth Gray
Votes: 1,643
58. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)
R | 172 min | Drama
The telling of an Inuit legend of an evil spirit causing strife in the community and one warrior's endurance and battle of its menace.
Director: Zacharias Kunuk | Stars: Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Lucy Tulugarjuk
Votes: 6,873 | Gross: $3.79M
59. North of the Sun (2012)
46 min | Documentary, Adventure, Sport
Two young men decide to spend an archive circle Norwegian winter in the isolated and uninhabited bay of Norway. Their home is built from salvaged material washed up onshore. They surf every day with much time for self reflection.
Directors: Jørn Nyseth Ranum, Inge Wegge | Stars: Jørn Nyseth Ranum, Inge Wegge
Votes: 1,041
60. North of North
Comedy | Filming
A young Inuit woman in a tiny Arctic village strives to forge her own path, defying societal expectations and gossip in her tightknit community.
Stars: Anna Lambe, Keira Cooper, Jay Ryan, Mary Lynn Rajskub
61. Winged Migration (2001)
G | 89 min | Documentary
Documentary on the migratory patterns of birds, shot over the course of three years on all seven continents.
Directors: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud, Michel Debats | Stars: Jacques Perrin, Philippe Labro
Votes: 12,382 | Gross: $10.76M
62. Bog (1979)
PG | 86 min | Horror
Dynamite fishing in a rural swamp revives a prehistoric gill monster that must have the blood of human females in order to survive.
Director: Don Keeslar | Stars: Gloria DeHaven, Aldo Ray, Marshall Thompson, Leo Gordon
Votes: 924
63. The Intruder Within (1981 TV Movie)
Unrated | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Drillers on an oil rig near Antarctica discover that they have accidentally brought up several prehistoric eggs. One egg hatches and becomes an unstoppable creature. Chad Everett and Jennifer Warren risk their lives to stop it.
Director: Peter Carter | Stars: Chad Everett, Joseph Bottoms, Jennifer Warren, Rockne Tarkington
Votes: 532
64. The Land Unknown (1957)
Passed | 78 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Three men and a woman crash-land in a deep crater in Antarctica, where they find a prehistoric world.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Jock Mahoney, Shirley Patterson, William Reynolds, Henry Brandon
Votes: 2,060
65. Two Lovers and a Bear (2016)
R | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Set in a small town near the North Pole where roads lead to nowhere, the story follows Roman and Lucy, two burning souls who come together to make a leap for life and inner peace.
Director: Kim Nguyen | Stars: Dane DeHaan, Tatiana Maslany, Gordon Pinsent, John Ralston
Votes: 2,168
66. Thin Ice (2020– )
44 min | Drama, Thriller
A research vessel disappears in the waters off Greenland. Pure coincidence or dirty conspiracy?
Stars: Lena Endre, Bianca Kronlöf, Angunnguaq Larsen, Nukâka
Votes: 1,423
67. 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: 3,248
68. Soundtrack (II) (2017)
112 min | Drama
The Soundtrack of a life. Cris ( Selton Mello) , a young artist still trying to find his place on the tough world of arts, gets from Brazilian Government special permit to stay a month in ... See full summary »
Directors: Bernardo Dutra, Manitou Felipe | Stars: Selton Mello, Ralph Ineson, Seu Jorge, Thomas Chaanhing
Votes: 306
69. Long Way North (2015)
PG | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
In 1882, a young Russian aristocrat goes on an epic adventure to find out what happened to her grandfather and save her family's reputation.
Director: Rémi Chayé | Stars: Christa Théret, Féodor Atkine, Thomas Sagols, Rémi Caillebot
Votes: 3,928
70. Amundsen (2019)
125 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The life and adventures of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, the first man to arrive on the South Pole.
Director: Espen Sandberg | Stars: Pål Sverre Hagen, Christian Rubeck, Katherine Waterston, Trond Espen Seim
Votes: 5,008
71. Avalanche (1999)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Thriller
A helicopter pilot work with a husband and his wife in the frozen North tagging foxes for the Environmental Protection Agency. When an avalanche hits the group, the husband is killed and ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Kroschel | Stars: Thomas Ian Griffith, Caroleen Feeney, R. Lee Ermey, C. Thomas Howell
Votes: 709
72. Archangel (1990)
Not Rated | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An amnesiac soldier, seeking his lost love, arrives in Archangel in northern Russia to help the townsfolk in their fight against the Bolsheviks, all quite unaware that the Great War ended three months ago.
Director: Guy Maddin | Stars: Michael Gottli, David Falkenberg, Michael O'Sullivan, Margaret Anne MacLeod
Votes: 1,643 | Gross: $0.03M
73. Earth (2007)
G | 90 min | Documentary
Feature-length version of the documentary TV series Planet Earth (2006), following the migration paths of four animal families.
Directors: Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield | Stars: James Earl Jones, Patrick Stewart, Anggun, Ulrich Tukur
Votes: 14,749 | Gross: $38.05M
74. Ice Soldiers (2013)
R | 95 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A scientist discovers the bodies of three frozen genetically modified Russians buried in the Canadian North. Upon thawing them out he realizes he has unleashed a deadly threat to Western society and must stop them at all costs.
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson | Stars: Dominic Purcell, Adam Beach, Gabriel Hogan, Michael Ironside
Votes: 2,937
75. Absolute Zero (2006 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A shift in the Earth's polarity plunges the equatorial regions of the planet into an ice age of -459 degrees Fahrenheit; a temperature so cold that energy and light doesn't exist.
Director: Robert Lee | Stars: Jeff Fahey, Erika Eleniak, Bill Dow, Jessica Amlee
Votes: 1,759
76. 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: 898 | Gross: $0.40M
77. The Polar Bear King (1991)
PG | 88 min | Family, Adventure, Fantasy
After his father is killed, King Valemon ascends the throne, only to be turned into a polar bear by a bitter witch who wants to be his queen. Valemon must find a bride in the seven year ... See full summary »
Director: Ola Solum | Stars: Jack Fjeldstad, Maria Bonnevie, Tobias Hoesl, Monica Nordquist
Votes: 924
78. Zero Kelvin (1995)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
A young writer whose proposal was recently rejected goes to Greenland to spend a year at an outpost for hunting and trapping animals for furs. At the outpost he meets two men who are none too keen to spend the winter with the newcomer.
Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Gard B. Eidsvold, Bjørn Sundquist, Camilla Martens
Votes: 2,103
79. A Frozen Rooster (2022)
TV-PG | 91 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The movie centers on Toto's family journeying to the South Pole to return a polar bear and Spanish penguins home, facing obstacles that highlight the value of teamwork along the way.
Directors: Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste, Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste | Stars: Bruno Bichir, Maite Perroni, Carlos Espejel, Angélica Vale
Votes: 76
80. Spread Your Wings (2019)
113 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Based on the real story of Christian, a specialist on wild goose migrations, and the adventure he and his son embarked.
Director: Nicolas Vanier | Stars: Jean-Paul Rouve, Mélanie Doutey, Louis Vazquez, Frédéric Saurel
Votes: 2,833
81. Ice on Fire (2019)
TV-PG | 88 min | Documentary
Can we reverse climate change? Ice on Fire explores the many ways we reduce carbon inputs to the atmosphere and, more important, how to "draw" carbon down, bringing CO2 out of the ... See full summary »
Director: Leila Conners | Stars: Raymond Baltar, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ottmar Edenhofer, Linwood Gill
Votes: 1,686
82. A Cold Night's Death (1973 TV Movie)
74 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Two scientists suspect that there is someone other than their research primates inhabiting their polar station.
Director: Jerrold Freedman | Stars: Robert Culp, Eli Wallach, Michael C. Gwynne, Vic Perrin
Votes: 1,083
83. The Night They Saved Christmas (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Santa's home is threatened when an oil company blasts in the North Pole.
Director: Jackie Cooper | Stars: Jaclyn Smith, Art Carney, Paul Le Mat, Mason Adams
Votes: 1,714
84. Norm of the North: Keys to the Kingdom (2018)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When Norm returns to New York, he is falsely accused of a crime and must work with his pals to get the case dismissed while also protecting his kingdom in a winner-take-all hockey tournament.
Directors: Tim Maltby, Lisa Ortiz, Richard Finn | Stars: Andrew Toth, Cole Howard, Maya Kay, Jennifer Cameron
Votes: 945
85. Chasing Ice (2012)
PG-13 | 75 min | Documentary, Biography
Follow National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers.
Director: Jeff Orlowski-Yang | Stars: James Balog, Svavar Jónatansson, Louie Psihoyos, Kitty Boone
Votes: 8,874 | Gross: $1.33M
86. At the Mountains of Madness (I) (2021)
69 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of scientists studying climate change discover untold horrors on a disastrous expedition to the Antarctic in September 1992. Inspired by the H.P. Lovecraft short story.
Director: Matthew Cooper | Stars: Tony Coughlan, Ashe Russell, Gary Geeson
Votes: 37
87. Terra Nova (2008)
119 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
This dystopia takes place in the near future. The death penalty has been abolished throughout the world. The prisons are overcrowded. International organizations decide to conduct an experiment.
Director: Aleksandr Melnik | Stars: Konstantin Lavronenko, Andrey Feskov, Marat Basharov, Pavel Sborshchikov
Votes: 2,074
88. Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.
Director: François Girard | Stars: Colm Feore, Derek Keurvorst, Katya Ladan, Devon Anderson
Votes: 3,922 | Gross: $1.57M
89. Polar Bear (2022)
PG | 84 min | Documentary
Follows a new mother as she prepares to navigate motherhood in the challenging world that polar bears face today.
Directors: Alastair Fothergill, Jeff Wilson | Star: Catherine Keener
Votes: 845
90. Gammera the Invincible (1966)
Unrated | 86 min | Action, Family, Sci-Fi
An atomic explosion awakens Gammera--a giant, fire-breathing turtle monster--from his millions of years of hibernation. Enraged at being roused from such a sound sleep, he takes it out on Tokyo.
Directors: Sandy Howard, Noriaki Yuasa | Stars: Albert Dekker, Brian Donlevy, Diane J. Findlay, John Baragrey
Votes: 1,350
91. Spy Story (1976)
103 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A British spy is framed, so he must evade the KGB, the CIA and the British Intelligence to reach the the heart of the conspiracy in Arctic.
Director: Lindsay Shonteff | Stars: Michael Petrovitch, Philip Latham, Don Fellows, Michael Gwynn
Votes: 68
92. Ice Pilots NWT (2009–2014)
Documentary
Ice Pilots NWT is a reality television documentary series that portrays Buffalo Airways, an airline based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Buffalo flies WWII-era propeller planes year-round in the Canadian North.
Stars: Michael Daingerfield, Mikey McBryan, Joe McBryan, Rod McBryan
Votes: 417
93. How I Ended This Summer (2010)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama
One place. One day. Two men. The place is a polar research station on an island in the Arctic Ocean, inhabited now only by Sergei and Pavel. One day when Sergei is out angling, Pavel picks up a radio message that he daren't communicate.
Director: Alexei Popogrebsky | Stars: Grigoriy Dobrygin, Sergey Puskepalis, Igor Chernevich, Artyom Tsukanov
Votes: 7,005 | Gross: $0.01M
94. The Flight of the Eagle (1982)
140 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
In 1897 Swedish engineer S. A. Andrée with 2 colleagues prepares to fly over the North Pole in his balloon "Eagle".
Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Max von Sydow, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Göran Stangertz, Eva von Hanno
Votes: 1,224
95. Deep Freeze (2001)
R | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An Antarctic drilling station is under attack by a mysterious killer. Will anyone survive?
Director: John Carl Buechler | Stars: Götz Otto, Allen Lee Haff, Alexandra Kamp, Karen Nieci
Votes: 985
96. 200 Proofs Earth Is Not a Spinning Ball (2015 Video)
119 min | Documentary, Comedy, Fantasy
Stars: Cabbage, Eric Dubay
Votes: 168
97. The Great Alone (2015)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
The Great Alone is a feature length independent documentary film that tells the inspiring comeback story of Iditarod Champion Lance Mackey.
Director: Greg Kohs | Stars: Dick Mackey, Lance Mackey
Votes: 465
98. Terror of Frankenstein (1977)
Not Rated | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Victor Frankenstein's search for the secret of life leads to the creation of a monster that consumes his life and family.
Director: Calvin Floyd | Stars: Leon Vitali, Per Oscarsson, Nicholas Clay, Stacy Dorning
Votes: 328
99. Orions belte (1985)
PG | 87 min | Action, Thriller
A group of seamen from Norway find a Soviet listening station and they become targets for both America and Russia. Another cold war takes place.
Directors: Ola Solum, Tristan de Vere Cole | Stars: Helge Jordal, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Hans Ola Sørlie, Kjersti Holmen
Votes: 2,177
100. Barney's Night Before Christmas (1999 Video)
TV-G | 57 min | Family
Barney and friends take a trip to the Norh Pole to meet Santa
Director: Ben Vaughn | Stars: Bob West, David Joyner, Julie Johnson, Jeff Ayers
Votes: 274