Castaway movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant castaway movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, suspense, exciting, serious, psychological and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with castaway, survival, shipwreck, island, isolation, rescue, sea, ship, ocean and seafaring plots mostly in Adventure, Drama and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Australia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as castaway: The Sea Gypsies (1978), Cast Away (2000), The New Swiss Family Robinson (1998), The Adventures of Eliza Fraser (1976), Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012), Castaway on the Moon (2009), Six Days Seven Nights (1998), Everywhere But Here (2008), The Perfect Storm (2000), Triangle (2009).
Best films
New films
| Castaway Diva (2023) | 7.8 | |
| Shōgun (2024) | 8.6 | |
| The Loch Ness Horror (2023) | 2.3 | |
| Blood Vessel (2019) | 5.4 | |
| Wakefield (2016) | 6.3 |
List of castaway movies
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A man and a woman and 3 children start to sail around the world. They are shipwrecked near an uninhabited isle. This island is full of wild animals and it is very dangerous for them in the begining. They live through a lot of wonderful adventure ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
ocean, sailing, stowaway, sea, castaway, sea voyage, pelican, shipwreck, survival, wilderness, island, sailboat ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
alaska, usa, seattle
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Chuck, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia ditches at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and he washes up on a tiny ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, emotional, inspirational ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
survival, loneliness, isolation, island, desert island, stranded on an island, courage, determination, solitude, lost at sea, air disaster, survivor ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, y2k, year 1999, 2000s ...
Place:
fictional island, moscow russia, persia, america, pacific ocean ...
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Angelino Jack Robinson gets a new job in Australia, he decides to take his sissy wife Ann, brave sons Shane and Todd and wining daughter Elisabeth 'Lizzy' by sailing yacht from Hong Kong to Syndney. The gun he gets thrown in by ...
Style:
romantic, independent film, serious
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
exotic island, sailing, castaway, ocean, sea voyage, pirate, survival, rescue, treasure hunt, family life, isolation, fish out of water ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
fictional island, singapore, australia
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
An old captain & his young wife share a lot of adventures after they're shipwrecked and captured by Aborigines on an island near Australia.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
erotica, remote island, colonization, castaway, historical figure, female nudity, sex scene, wife, shipwreck, unfaithful wife, male nudity, cannibalism ...
Time:
1800s, 19th century
Place:
australia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two high school students become stranded on a tropical island and must rely on each other for survival. They learn more about themselves and each other while falling in love.
Style:
touching, romantic, sexy, sexual, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
teenage love, marooned, true love, love and romance, island, stranded, teenage life, high school student, lost at sea, tropical island, youth, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
caribbean
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Mr. Kim is jobless, lost in debt and has been dumped by his girlfriend. He decides to end it all by jumping into the Han River - only to find himself washed up on a small, mid-river island. He soon abandons thoughts of suicide or rescue and begins a ...
Style:
philosophical, touching, cerebral, romantic, psychological ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
loneliness, isolation, survival, suicide attempt, love story, society, castaway, wilderness, redemption, suicide, self discovery, discovery ...
Time:
y2k, 21st century
Place:
south korea, east asia, seoul, asia, korea ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When Quinn, a grouchy pilot living the good life in the South Pacific, agrees to transfer a savvy fashion editor, Robin, to Tahiti, he ends up stranded on a deserted island with her after their plane crashes. The pair avoid each other at first, ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, sexy, cute, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
island, survival, stranded, jungle, desert island, love and romance, opposites attract, battle of the sexes, disaster, couples, initially antagonists, fall in love ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hawaii, tahiti, fictional island, pacific ocean, usa ...
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Jeff is an entrepreneur with an unrelenting drive to succeed. His dream is to revolutionize the cell phone industry with his new invention called 'Everywhere', a mobile phone that presumably works everywhere in the world. His ambitions ...
Style:
light, exciting, visually appealing, sincere, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, teen drama
Plot:
child, children, survival, shipwreck, marooned, teenage boy, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, invention, castaway, spoiled brat, nature, island ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail. Magnificent foreshadowing and anticipation fill this true-life drama while minute ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, sexy, emotional ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
disaster, ship, natural disaster, catastrophe, storm at sea, survival, storm, boat, fish, forces of nature, shipwreck, sea ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, y2k, 90s
Place:
atlantic ocean, boston, new england, nova scotia, portugal
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Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story revolves around the passengers of a yachting trip in the Atlantic Ocean who, when struck by mysterious weather conditions, jump to another ship only to experience greater havoc on the open seas.
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
time loop, twists and turns, ship, time travel, supernatural, ghost ship, isolation, ocean, insanity, paradox, gory, shipwreck ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1932 ...
Place:
oceania, miami, florida, caribbean
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Four beauty pageant contestants, who are vying for the coveted title of "Miss Manila Sunshine", set sail on a yacht. They ended up stranded on a deserted island after their vessel got caught up on fire. Together with an attractive young ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, feel good, disturbing, humorous ...
Plot:
shipwreck, hallucination, castaway, birthday party, model, yacht, birthday, photographer, seduction, mother daughter relationship, flirting, dancing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Searching for the lost world of Atlantis, Prof. Aitken, his son Charles and Greg Collinson are betrayed by the crew of their expedition's ship, attracted by the fabulous treasures of Atlantis. The diving bell disabled, a deep sea monster ...
Style:
retro, psychotronic
Plot:
octopus, atlantis, castaway, sword and sorcery, creature feature, giant monster, monster, underwater, sorcery, dinosaur, alien, archaeologist ...
Time:
year 1978, 1890s
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Genre: Animation, Adventure
Country: UK, Luxembourg, France, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young boy Michael is taken by his family on a round-the-world sailing trip. But when a storm strikes, Michael and his dog Stella are swept overboard and washed up on a remote island. They struggle to survive, but one day Michael wakes to find ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, captivating, retro, interesting
Plot:
castaway, pacifism, island, remote island, exotic island, tropical island, wilderness survival, survival, shipwreck, survivalist, stranded on an island, struggle for survival ...
Time:
1940s
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Robbie is a rich and wealthy man who is married to a woman called Magda. One day, they decide to go on holiday. Magda suggests via ferry, despite the fact that Robbie HATES sea travel. He suggests via airplane, but Magda has a fear of heights. ...
Style:
humorous, funny, entertaining, light
Plot:
stranded on an island, survival, desert island, castaway, stranded, interracial relations, culture clash, friendship, man-woman relation, interracial romance, island, bird ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In this sequel to the 1980 classic, two children are stranded on a beautiful island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together and eventually become tanned teenagers in love.
Style:
sexy, teen, erotic, melancholic, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
island, children, tropical island, love affair, coming of age, teenage sex, desert island, bare chested male, teenage pregnancy, stranded on an island, teen romance, survival ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, victorian era, 19th century
Place:
fictional island, pacific ocean
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain, France, Italy, Cameroon
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
1865, The American Civil War: Five POW manage to escape by balloon from Fort Richmond. Caught in a storm and with the balloon damaged they find themselves 'shipwrecked' on a volcanic desert island somewhere in the Pacific. Just before ...
Style:
suspenseful, nautical, exciting, serious, psychotronic ...
Plot:
submarine, castaway, island, pirate, survival, escape, balloon, adaptation, heroism, isolation, exploration, friendship ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
fictional island
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Australia, Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s ...
Style:
scenic, realistic, suspenseful, emotional, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
survival, ocean, ship, sea, boat, disaster, man versus nature, starvation, whale, whaling, shipwreck, hunting ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 2015, 1800s, 1820s ...
Place:
ecuador, pacific ocean, new england, america, massachusetts ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1905, on a rescue mission to the North Pole to retrieve an old friend and his lost expedition crew, Captain Mortimer gets more than he bargained for when his ship is frozen into the ice sheet and set upon by bloodthirsty fish-creatures. Mortimer ...
Style:
lovecraft, harsh, bleak, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
north pole, shipwreck, creature feature, creature, monster, rescue mission, castaway, survival horror, isolation, survival, monster attack, cold ...
Time:
1900s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
June, 1816. A French navy frigate ran aground on a sandbar off the coast of Senegal. Attempts to free the board were futile - the crew had no choice but to abandon ship. Since the available boats were not enough to accommodate the entire crew, the ...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
ocean, sea, struggle for survival, raft, storm at sea, survival, skinny dipping, male nudity, drowning, male pubic hair, madness, cannibalism ...
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Near the end of World War II, the survivors of a torpedoed hospital ship cling to life aboard a crowded lifeboat. With no food, water, or shelter, all seems lost – until an eerily silent German minesweeper drifts ominously towards them, giving ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, crying, weird
Plot:
vampire, fascist, world war two, supernatural, ship, unhappy ending, little girl, military, isolation, survival, macabre, violence ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
oceania, atlantic ocean
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Marooned on a mysterious lighthouse island during a storm, five friends are forced to reveal their secrets and face their darkest fears.
Style:
bleak, psychotronic, scary, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
darkness, island, betrayal, storm, death, supernatural power, castaway, lighthouse, isolation, supernatural, fear, haunted ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Puerto Rico, USA, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A company retreat on a tropical island goes terribly awry.
Style:
not serious, humorous, witty, feel good, perverse ...
Plot:
island, jungle, rescue, castaway, danger, wilderness, instructor, isolation, workplace intrigue, stranded, desert island, buddies ...
Time:
year 2013, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Adventure
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Robinson Crusoe teaches children Viernes the principles of the white man's culture and build a raft to leave the island to calling "of despair". Shortly before finishing rescue a white men and the father Friday when they will be ...
Style:
suspense, tense, period piece, atmospheric
Plot:
robinson crusoe, castaway, desert island, survival, friendship, cannibal, escape, tropical island, mutiny, danger, isolation, man versus nature ...
Time:
year 1970, 17th century
Place:
fictional island
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story:
Fifteen years after being stranded on a remote island, an aspiring singer reenters society — stopping at nothing to pursue her dream of becoming a diva.
Style:
inspirational, thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
musician, female protagonist, desert island, friendship, stranded, isolation, ambition, dream, castaway, resilience, remote island, perseverance ...
Place:
korea
Is relevant?
188
Genre: Mystery
Country: Italy, France, Germany
TV show
Story:
It follows Luca, one of the shipwrecks of the boat Arianna whose traces have been lost for a year.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
shipwreck, investigation, boat, survival, castaway, problem, sinking ship, secret, ship, undercover, isolation, disappearance ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina, Portugal
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Galicia, northern Spain, January 2, 1921. The steamship Santa Isabel, sailing towards Argentina with more than two hundred emigrants on board, sinks off the coast of Sálvora Island. Three island women, María, Josefa and Cipriana, who have bravely ...
Style:
historical drama, captivating, disturbing, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
castaway, problem, saving a life, secret, ship, sinking ship, island life, rescue, survival, resilience, moving, emigration ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
galicia
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A plane carrying beauty contestants crash lands on a deserted island. Captain Maximus Powers (Roberts) and co-pilot Mike Saunders (Schlatter) have to take care of their passengers, while avoiding the dangers of Jurassic Pork (a giant prehistoric ...
Style:
parody, humorous, not serious, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, date night, family outing
Plot:
fish out of water, survival, heroic mission, isolation, disorder, escapades, race against time, misfit, save the day, rescue, forces of nature, absurd humor ...
Time:
20th century
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
A retelling of the classic Swiss Family Robinson story.
Style:
exciting, atmospheric, captivating, serious, period drama
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
pirate, danger, island, daring rescue, family relations, family in danger, estrangement, confined, isolation, family life, father son relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
19th century, 21st century
Place:
thailand
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Genre: History
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
So much more than simply the story of the Thanksgiving meal, the epic saga of the Pilgrims is one of the fundamental narratives of our nation. This ambitious documentary presents the definitive history of the Pilgrims and their journey to and ...
Style:
educational, serious, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
american history, colonial america, colonialism, tomb raider, thanksgiving, water, castaway, shipwreck, sea, ship, colonization, new world ...
Time:
17th century
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Genre: History
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
Dedicated investigators uncover the devastating chain of circumstances that caused a maritime disaster. With the evidence at the bottom of the sea, ingenuity is required to find the cause – whether it is human error or the uncontrollable ocean.
Style:
exciting, disturbing, serious, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
shipwreck, investigation, marine, castaway, sea, catastrophe, ship, seafaring, storm at sea, natural disaster, investigative journalism, cautionary tale ...
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