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1. The Thing (1982)
R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Richard Masur
Votes: 468,072 | Gross: $13.78M
2. The Thing (I) (2011)
R | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
At an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between graduate student Kate Lloyd and scientist Dr. Sander Halvorson.
Director: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. | Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen
Votes: 145,821 | Gross: $16.93M
3. The Thing from Another World (1951)
Approved | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Scientists and American Air Force officials fend off a bloodthirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost.
Directors: Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks | Stars: Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, James Arness, Robert Cornthwaite
Votes: 33,486
4. Whiteout (2009)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko tracks a killer in Antarctica as the sun is about to set for six months.
Director: Dominic Sena | Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Tom Skerritt, Columbus Short
Votes: 40,936 | Gross: $10.28M
5. The Thaw (2009)
R | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A research expedition to the Arctic discovers that a melting polar ice cap has released a deadly prehistoric parasite.
Director: Mark A. Lewis | Stars: Val Kilmer, Martha MacIsaac, Aaron Ashmore, Kyle Schmid
Votes: 12,904
6. 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: 1,084
7. Wende im Eis - Die Geschichte der letzten DDR-Antarktisforscher (2020 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, History
In 1989, thirteen GDR scientists and technicians set off from East Berlin to the Georg Forster research station in the Antarctic. During their expedition the Berlin Wall fell on November ... See full summary »
Director: Anna Schmidt | Stars: Hans Henrik Wöhler, Jean-Baptiste Marcenac, Norbert Flaake, Thomas Gerloff
Votes: 12
8.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Tenth Planet: Episode 1
(1966)
TV-PG | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In December 1986, a new planet appears in the Solar System which turns out to be a long-lost twin of Earth's named Mondas. Its inhabitants are the Cybermen.
Director: Derek Martinus | Stars: William Hartnell, Robert Beatty, Dudley Jones, David Dodimead
Votes: 633
9.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Tenth Planet: Episode 2
(1966)
TV-PG | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor's warnings are ignored and the Cybermen take over the base, hampering the crew's efforts to help Zeus IV.
Director: Derek Martinus | Stars: William Hartnell, David Dodimead, Dudley Jones, Robert Beatty
Votes: 573
10.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Tenth Planet: Episode 3
(1966)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
With the Doctor out of action, it is up to Polly, Ben and Barclay to stop Cutler using the Z-Bomb and devastating half the world.
Director: Derek Martinus | Stars: William Hartnell, Robert Beatty, Christopher Matthews, Christopher Dunham
Votes: 569
11.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Tenth Planet: Episode 4
(1966)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Cybermen take over the base again, apparently to stop the humans using the Z-Bomb, but then the Doctor realises they intend to use it themselves to destroy Earth.
Director: Derek Martinus | Stars: William Hartnell, Anneke Wills, Michael Craze, Robert Beatty
Votes: 596
12.
Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode:
Last Christmas
(2014)
TV-PG | 61 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
The Doctor and Clara face their Last Christmas. Trapped on an Arctic base, under attack from terrifying creatures, who are you going to call? Santa Claus!
Director: Paul Wilmshurst | Stars: Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, Nick Frost, Samuel Anderson
Votes: 6,388