Tropical island movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant tropical island movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, tense, sexy, entertaining, feel good and psychological films and TV shows about / with tropical island, island, beach, female nudity, survival, bare chested male, sex, love, death and isolation plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as tropical island: Emmanuelle on Taboo Island (1976), Swept Away (2002), Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012), Bora Bora (1968), Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991), The White Lotus (2021), The Big Bird Cage (1972), Private Collections (1979), Treasure Hunt (2003), Sweetheart (2019).
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Venezuela
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Daniel is washed ashore after a shipwreck and discovers the beautiful Haydee in a tropical island paradise. However, Haydee's father and brother aren't as willing to accept their romance.
Style:
sensual, erotic
Plot:
erotica, father daughter incest, incest, emmanuelle, brother sister sex, tropical island, female nudity, voyeur, sexual attraction, island, sex with brother, brother sister relationship ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Stranded and alone on a desert island during a cruise, a spoiled rich woman and a deckhand fall in love and make a date to reunite after their rescue.
Style:
sexy, humorous, melancholic, romantic, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
island, tropical island, stranded on an island, sexual relations, stranded, stockholm syndrome, rich woman, love story, beautiful scenery, shipwreck, octopus, life philosophy ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
greece, europe, italy, mediterranean sea, london
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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: Adventure, Drama, Musical
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Frenchman finds his runaway wife on an island in the Pacific.
Style:
sexy, hot, sexploitation film
Plot:
cheating wife, female nudity, sex scene, mistress, marital infidelity, erotica, infidelity, tropical island, wife, bare breasts, unfaithful husband, open marriage ...
Place:
polynesia, oceania
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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: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow the exploits of various guests and employees at an exclusive tropical resort over the span of a week as with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees and the idyllic ...
Style:
dark comedy, anthology, captivating, funny, psychological ...
Plot:
resort, satire, tropical island, vacation, social commentary, social satire, beach resort, gay lead character, exotic island, toxic relationship, female nudity, coworker ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, sicily, thailand, italy, oceania
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Grier and Haig are thieving mercenaries who engineer a prison break from the outside.
Style:
grindhouse, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
prison, women in prison, sexploitation, blaxploitation, exploitation, women's prison, sleaze, woman with a gun, voyeur, tropical island, gang rape, escape ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s
Place:
the philippines, asia
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Three stories. A solitary sailor falls from his boat and washes ashore on a tropical island. While seeking rescue, he's found by a nearly naked woman who is playful and compliant. He decides to erase his signs of distress and remain on the ...
Style:
anthology, erotic, sensual, allegory
Plot:
tropical island, nymphomaniac, sailor, erotica, sex scene, mother child relationship, sex with multiple partners, paranoia, prostitute, female nudity, flashback, lust ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A tropical island is the setting for television's hottest new reality show, "Treasure Hunt," where 10 sexy contestants are competing for $10 million in hidden cash. Their celebration of fun, sun and seduction turns to panic when the ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, disturbing, independent film, sex comedy
Plot:
lesbianism, survivor, tropical island, sex, erotica, sexploitation, lust, money, rivalry, ambition, seductress, escapades ...
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Genre: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Jenn has washed ashore a small tropical island and it doesn’t take her long to realize she’s completely alone. She must spend her days not only surviving the elements, but must also fend off the malevolent force that comes out each night.
Style:
scary, disturbing, suspense, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
creature, desert island, shipwreck, sea monster, survival horror, stranded on an island, monster, creature feature, tropical island, water, sinking boat, trapped ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Cayman Islands
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Eve was promised a few months on a tropical island for her husband’s work... but years later, unable to build the family they wanted, she has given up on any of her own desires. As island fever intensifies, reality unravels around Eve as a strange ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, psychological thriller, atmospheric ...
Plot:
tropical island, female protagonist, island, reality versus fantasy, problem, loneliness, isolation, intimate, mysterious stranger, slow burn, emotional manipulation, female rivalry ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.
Style:
psychological, scenic, tense, sexy, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
island, adventurer, tourist, jungle, drug, travel, beach, utopia, desire, hippie, marijuana, survival ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand, southeast asia
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Mr. Roarke and his three assistants run a tropical paradise where guests come in to have their wildest dreams and fantasies come true.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, offbeat
Plot:
psychology, escapades, tropical island, island, hopes, imaginary, resort, supernatural, hotel, supernatural ability, wish come true, dream come true ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
hawaii
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The scene is a remote tropical island, where several top swimsuit models converge for a magazine photo shoot, orchestrated by publisher Lee Majors. The girls are lovely, the scenery gorgeous, the weather couldn't be pleasanter. Only one hitch: ...
Style:
suspense, tense
Plot:
tropical island, murder mystery, whodunit, exploitation, suspicion, fashion magazine, psychological manipulation, revenge, jealousy, beach, ambition, paranoia ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Animation
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 12 min.
TV show
Story:
When a teen diver Yann and his little sister Marina befriend an intelligent white dolphin, they embark on a series of splashy adventures.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, semi serious, funny, feel good ...
Plot:
tropical island, friendship, teamwork, human animal relationship, sea, sea adventure, animal human communication, island, sea voyage, seaside, nature, children ...
Place:
polynesia
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Amelia, a respected wildlife journalist, is tasked with covering baby manatees in Puerto Rico about to be released into the wild, when she meets a handsome conservationist who helps her discover all the treasures the island has to offer.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, funny, feel good, light ...
Plot:
pet dog, tropical island, interracial romance, female protagonist, female reporter, couples, female journalist, wildlife, journalist, youth, love affair, couple relations ...
Place:
puerto rico, new york
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Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A lonely sailor discovers a mysterious island full of secrets...
Style:
extraordinary
Plot:
exotic island, mermaid, public nudity, drifter, love, patience, island, sea, beach, fisherman, agony, secret revealed ...
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Genre: Adventure, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Tikoyo lives by the Bora Bora lagoon in the South Pacific, where he found a man-eating tiger shark when it was an orphaned baby, just a foot long. He named it Manidu, and it grew to be sixteen feet long. Tikoyo believes that his companion houses the ...
Style:
polynesian
Plot:
shark, underwater, ocean, night, brother sister relationship, fight, human animal relationship, drawing, letter, old man, tragedy, mirror ...
Time:
year 1979
Place:
pacific ocean
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Fiji, Jamaica
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline (Brooke Shields) and Richard ...
Style:
romantic, sexual, erotic, sexy, sensual ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, kids, girls' night ...
Plot:
island, stranded, love and romance, shipwreck, young love, beautiful scenery, coming of age, teenage love, survival, desert island, youth, fall in love ...
Time:
victorian era, turn of the century, 1890s, 19th century, year 1980 ...
Place:
fictional island, pacific ocean, san francisco
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, captivating, sexy, epic ...
Plot:
ship, mutiny, sea, island, sea voyage, colonialism, storm at sea, journey, royal navy, lifeboat, pacific island, captain ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, year 1984, 1780s, 1930s
Place:
england, tahiti, britain, pacific ocean, europe
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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: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.
Style:
mysterious, psychedelic, tense, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
aging, vacation, time, island, rapid aging, island prison, ocean, family vacation, mortality, corpse, race against time, disease ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Four friends head to Hawaii to investigate reports of a haunting at an abandoned resort in hopes of finding the infamous Half-Faced Girl. When they arrive, they soon learn you should be careful what you wish for.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, mystical, captivating, slasher ...
Plot:
tropical island, supernatural, beautiful scenery, travel, haunting, waterfall, save the day, secret, secret place, ancient mystery, good versus evil, evil spirit ...
Place:
hawaii, oceania
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A couple, secretly on the verge of announcing plans to divorce, reluctantly depart for a second honeymoon after their family surprises them with a tropical trip as a gift for their 20th wedding anniversary.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vacation, troubled marriage, stranded, reconciliation, tropical island, island, marriage, anniversary, second chance, beach, resort, divorce ...
Place:
caribbean
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Mexico
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Liviu (Peter O'Toole) and Julia (Charlotte Rampling) decide it's best to hide out on an island of paradise until the war ends. However politics and jealousy ensue when Larsen (Max Von Sydow) enter the mix.
Style:
tense, art house, existential, melancholic, sexual ...
Plot:
world war two, tropical island, jealousy, human nature, isolation, survival, greed, mistrust, claustrophobia, class conflict, aristocracy, luxury ...
Time:
1940s, year 1976
Place:
romania, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 5 min.
TV show
Story:
Actor Christopher Mintz-Plasse goes to Rook Island for the Far Cry Experience, where he meets Vaas and his pirate gang.
Style:
satirical, parody, captivating, humorous, disturbing ...
Plot:
survival, pirate, satire, island, tropical island, battles, bandit, struggle for survival, gang leader, gang, captivity, isolation ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: France, UK, Hungary
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A treasure buried on an island of the Antilles.
A pirate without a straight leg, without a boat, treacherous and bloodthirsty and without the treasure map.
A baroness flamboyant, unscrupulous, praying mantis, penniless, but with a boat.
A young ...
Style:
period piece
Plot:
pirate, treasure map, treasure island, treasure hunt, tropical island, buried treasure, sea voyage, seafaring, quest, map, treachery, mutiny ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
fictional island
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Indonesia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
At an international school in Jakarta, a philosophy teacher challenges his class of twenty graduating seniors to choose which ten of them would take shelter underground and reboot the human race in the event of a nuclear apocalypse.
Style:
psychological, philosophical, thought provoking, captivating, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
youth, teacher, teachers and students, disorder, human nature, social experiment, experiment gone awry, survival, love and romance, danger, bunker, philosophy ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
indonesia, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When a serial killer interrupts the fun at the swanky Coconut Pete's Coconut Beach Resort -- a hedonistic island paradise for swingers --- it's up to the club's staff to stop the violence ... or at least hide it!
Style:
parody, sexy, horror comedy, sex comedy, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, farce, masked killer, machete, resort, nothing goes right, satire, voyeurism, voyeur, oral sex, campfire story, characters killed one by one ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
costa rica, central america
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In this clever cringe comedy, a seemingly happy married couple confronts a test of their marriage when one of them drops a baby while at a destination wedding at a tropical island.
Style:
tense, captivating, satirical, feel good, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
marriage, couples, tropical island, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, couple relations, married couple, marital crisis, family life, satire, island ...
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