Poll: Trouble in Paradise

Results of 870 votes:

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   Cast Away (2000)

    

   Island: UNSPECIFIED DESERTED ISLAND Fight for survival after being stranded on the island as the lone survivor of an airplane crash. starring Tom Hanks
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   King Kong (1933)

    

   Island: SKULL ISLAND A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal gorilla.
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   Papillon (1973)

    

   Island: PRISON ISLAND OFF THE COAST OF FRENCH GUIANA Horrific conditions on the prison island and attempts to escape from there. starring Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman
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   Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)

    

   Island: BORA BORA A young fisherman is in love with Reri. But she is chosen to be the holy maid and therefore becomes "tabu".
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   The Beach (2000)

    

   Island: UNSPECIFIED ISLAND OFF THE COAST OF THAILAND A secret island with an endless supply of marijuana, harbouring parasites of society and surrounded by shark infested waters. starring Leonardo DiC…
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   Lord of the Flies (1963)

    

   Island: UNSPECIFIED DESERTED ISLAND A group of young boys are stranded alone on an island and have to fend for themselves. Two factions form: one group want to build shelters and collect food, the oth…
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   The Blue Lagoon (1980)

    

   Island: UNSPECIFIED DESERTED ISLAND The relationship between brother and sister as they grow up without contact to any other human beings. starring Brooke Shields
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   Swiss Family Robinson (1960)

    

   Island: UNSPECIFIED DESERTED ISLAND Fight for survival and against marauding pirates after being shipwrecked.
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   Nim's Island (2008)

    

   Island: UNSPECIFIED DESERTED ISLAND Nim's father is lost during a tropical storm leaving her completely alone on the island. starring Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler
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    From Here to Eternity (1953)

     

    Island: HAWAII Unhappy love and the threat of war.
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    Father Goose (1964)

     

    Island: MATALAVA During WW2, a man is ordered onto a deserted island in the Pacific to watch out for Japanese war planes. His solitude then gets disturbed by the arrival of a female school teacher and…
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    Club Paradise (1986)

     

    Island: ST NICHOLAS The goings on in a dysfuncional beach resort on an island threatened by international develpers and a local rebellion. starring Robin Williams, Twiggy, Peter O'Toole, directed by H…
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    Treasure Island (1950)

     

    Island: UNSPECIFIED CARIBBEAN ISLAND A hunt for buried treasure complicated by the threat of hostile pirates.
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    The Big Bounce (2004)

     

    Island: HAWAII Scams and shady business in tropical paradise. starring Owen Wilson, Morgan Freeman
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    Princess Kaiulani (2009)

     

    Island: HAWAII The true story of a Hawaiian princess' attempts to maintain the independence of the island against the threat of American colonization.
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    The Hurricane (1937)

     

    Island: MANUKURA A Polynesian sailor -- unjustly imprisoned after defending himself against a colonial bully -- is relentlessly persecuted by his island's martinet French governor. When he finally esc…
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    Pippi in the South Seas (1970)

     

    Island: PORTO PILUSE Adventures fighting pirates in order to free Pippi's father whose held captive by the pirates.
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    Stromboli (1950)

     

    Island: STROMBOLI Karen, a young woman from a Baltic country finds it hard to get used to the hard life in her husband's village on Stromboli, which is continuously threatened by the volcano. starring…
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    Road to Bali (1952)

     

    Island: BALI A hazardous dive produces a chest of priceless jewels which arouses the less romantic interest of some shady locals. starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour
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    The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

     

    Island: DRY TORTUGA The story of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who was imprisoned in Shark Island prison on the infamous pestilence-ridden Dry Tortugas after innocently treating President Lincoln's assassin in 186…
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    Robinson Crusoe (1954)

     

    Island: UNSPECIFIED DESERTED ISLAND Fight for survival after being shipwrecked.
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    We're Not Dressing (1934)

     

    Island: UNSPECIFIED PACIFIC ISLAND A snobbish yacht owner is stranded on island with her socialite friends, a wacky husband and wife research team, and a singing sailor. They all look down on the lowl…
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    The Black Swan (1942)

     

    Island: JAMAICA A notorious pirate is made governor of Jamaica and enlists the help of some of his former partners to get rid of Buccaneers. When one of them apparently abducts the previous governor's…
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    Krakatoa: East of Java (1968)

     

    Island: KRAKATOA A catastrophic volcanic eruption starring Maximilian Schell
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    Shipwrecked (1990)

     

    Island: UNSPECIFIED ISLAND Survival after being shipwrecked and threats from pirates.
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    Lure of the Islands (1942)

     

    Island: UNSPECIFIED SOUTH SEA ISLAND The island is threatened with a Japanese invasion, aided by Commander of the local forces. starring Margie Hart
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    Cobra Woman (1944)

     

    Island: COBRA ISLAND A Pacific isle where all strangers are to be killed on arrival and the inhabitants, who are frequently sacrificed to an angry volcano god, worship the cobra. The island is ruled o…
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    Topaz (1969)

     

    Island: CUBA Events centering around the Cuban missile crisis. directed by Alfred Hitchcock
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    Foxtrot (1976)

     

    Island: UNSPECIFIED DESERTED ISLAND Super rich European aristocrats are settling in luxury on the island to avoid the war in Europe. Things go wrong when they run out of food, all wildlife has been ki…
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    Molokai (1999)

     

    Island: MOLOKAI (HAWAII) Life in a leper colony.
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    The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961)

     

    Island: UNSPECIFIED PACIFIC ISLAND A crusty, eccentric priest recruits three reluctant convicts to help him rescue a children's leper colony from a Pacific island menaced by a smoldering volcano. star…
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    The Comedians (1967)

     

    Island: HAITI Unhappy love and political unrest and rebellion on the island. starring Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov
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    Paradise Lagoon (1957)

     

    Island: UNSPECIFIED DESERTED ISLAND Life and the relationship between master and servants of a household after being shipwrecked on the island.
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    Man Friday (1975)

     

    Island: UNSPECIFIED DESERTED ISLAND Sociocritical view of the story of Robinson Crusoe, told from the point of view of Friday. starring Peter O'Toole