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Top 10 Desert Island Movies


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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
Desert Island movies kicks other Westry
contenders for this list we’re choosing
films in which an island with few or no
inhabitants is a major factor in the
plot
you’re gonna let me tell the story or
what sure tell it number 10
Hell in the Pacific okay yeah now this
is a map of the Pacific Ocean
the iconic Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune
starred opposite Lee Marvin a classic
American tough guy for this stripped
down drama
set during World War two the film sees
the two men relying on each other for
survival on an island with no other
human beings with the absence of
subtitles reflecting the psychological
burdens of the characters nothing will
do huh
didn’t that gonna tell us anyway who’s
already done the casting of Mifune was a
wonder in itself and English director
John Gorman managed to team up the
former member of the Japanese Imperial
Army with Marvin the recipient of a
Purple Heart as a u.s. Marine 50/50
right or is it for kuzzik controversial
and thrilling hell in the Pacific left
viewers gasping I said God come on
watch are you talking to me number nine
the condemned are we the condemned Stone
Cold Steve Austin was still breaking
necks and cashing checks for the WWE in
2007 and his star appeal landed him a
role in this Scott ypur film
after being locked up in a Central
American hellhole for blowing up a
building Jack Conrad and nine other
killers receive an offer they can’t
refute and are swiftly transported to a
deserted island for a most dangerous
game of survival
although the hunger games went up the
ante a few years later the condemned
offered ankle bracelet bombs and grown
men duking it out for freedom number 8
the beach she’s on an island and the
island this is perfect I mean I mean
real perfection yeah I’m not just
talking about oh that’s nice
based on the 1996 Alex Garland novel
this danny boyle classic unleashed the
charms of leonardo dicaprio and the
beauty of Thailand’s Maya Bay
seeking a wild adventure during a summer
abroad an American college student
learns of a secret paradise containing
of marijuana for the ultimate Purple
Haze and sets off with an equally
excited French couple do you have a
girlfriend here anywhere well however
the colorful characters of the island to
defend their gift from Mother Nature
with vigor and the island dreams soon
become a horrific nightmare
number seven robinson crusoe my only
possession my only weapon the legendary
Spanish director Luis buñuel gave the
world this thrilling adaptation of the
Daniel Defoe novel Robinson Crusoe was a
character born to rebell but his
vivacious demeanor lands him alone on a
deserted island with plenty of time to
reflect 28 years on the island the
desire to escape still burned within me
many years after his arrival and several
beards later a group of cannibals shows
up and friends to eat mr. Koo so for
lunch
literally and figured I wish actor Dan
O’Herlihy earned an Academy Award
nomination for his performance and 1950s
America trembled while viewing Bunuel’s
unforgettable images you will die like a
dog you will die number 6 six days seven
nights six days and seven nights on the
secluded tropical island paradise of
McAteer a New York City journalist
played by Anne Heche finds herself
chased by pirates and her own pilot in
this ivan reitman comedy cal the gown
that’s what being here Christina
Harrison Ford co-stars as the handsy but
hilarious Quinn Harris a man who
experiences a different side of island
life after crash-landing with his blonde
soon-to-be love interest he’s taken our
one good chance of being found in mr.
doe is you dabbling this on me if you
were have a pilot we wouldn’t be on this
island claim the best goddamn pilot you
ever gonna meet I’ve flown with your
twice you’ve crashed half the time the
snarky banter and sexual tension kept
audiences cackling and the film’s
vibrant backdrop had them dreaming of a
dangerous island excursion booze
explosions and beautiful visuals winning
number five mud
you know why you stuck off in that
Island yeah you shot somebody
backwards thrills and brilliant
nicknames made this Jeff Nichols film a
cinematic gem while most country
teenagers seek outdoor excitement they
don’t typically expect to find a boat in
the trees with a man named mud living in
it never said your name mud and gommi
mud in this drama thriller Matthew
McConaughey stars as a convict on the
run and his poignant life lessons are
embraced by two arkansas boys navigating
their own turbulent worlds Ellis I’m
serious we don’t know who this guy is he
loves her neck as mud depicts two
separate visual landscapes audiences
were mesmerized by mr. mud and his
questionable but endearing demeanor shot
a man guilty so I didn’t tell you boys
sooner that I was hoping to be long gone
or anything came of it number four Swiss
Family Robinson suppose it’s a deserted
island now I can work out right where we
are soon as I learned how to use this
family bickering reached new heights
when these European travelers failed to
find New Guinea and found instead danger
pirates if they come here I’ll shoot
them audience has slowly clapped in
amazement at the innovative techniques
of the stranded family and laughed
hysterically when the two rambunctious
boys discovered the true identity of the
character known as Bertie shaken
it’s a girl the dialogue may cause
modern viewers to snicker but once upon
a time the Swiss Family Robinson was
truly the cat’s ass they came they saw
and they figuratively inspired a
brilliant young mind named Angus
MacGyver see how it works have a look
people just a little wheel up there that
pours the water to the shell it runs
down the bamboo and seems to sink and
the cooler number three the Blue Lagoon
what are you doing what do you want
well this Randal Kleiser classic failed
to impress critics the world was
enraptured by a young actress named
Brooke Shields and her characters pure
innocence what are you doing trying to
cheer you up as two cousins who survived
a shipwreck
Emeline and Richard grow to love their
tropical island along with the company
of each other the best everything rich
in that can ah it’s true sure they don’t
understand the difference between
pregnancy and becoming fat but then
again they don’t actually know many
other human beings stop eating it
getting fat the controversial images of
the Blue Lagoon earned fulfillment our
rating but just as the main characters
attempted to defy the odds so too did
curious teenagers by searching for their
own VHS copies you’re not so perfect
either mr. Richard Lestrange I’ve seen
you playing with it and I’ll tell your
father
if he ever gets here you I hate you
number two Lord of the Flies do you
think anybody else is here sir it’s just
an island there’s nothing here if
there’s a film meant to scare
troublemaking children Peter Brooks is
1963 drama is it
after a group of rambunctious British
adolescents survives a plane crash they
quickly learned that a new order is
essential for survival on the remote
island that’s to be their new home it’s
not long until an impaled hog head
appears and the group chief goes buck
wild and crazy’
the film’s dissection of the human
element stunned audiences along with the
lush visuals of the tropical location
while this adaptation of William
Golding’s novel was applauded the 1990
remake also scared the living daylights
out of schoolyard bullies the beasts
will get you before we unveil our top
hit here are a few honorable mentions
are you okay so so thank you for asking
in hey what was that for
oh just for getting us stranded on the
island metal it’s fair it’s fair number
one castaway
well salario welcome
well Zach Oh Wilson Tom Hanks formed a
fond friendship with a smiling
volleyball in Robertson Mecca says
Academy award-nominated bill after a
Pacific Ocean plunge Chuck Noland
discovers that his background in systems
analysis may not protect him from the
mental trappings of a desert island all
this left checked over the whole island
and that is all this left so we’re gonna
be short the gut-wrenching performance
and physical transformation of Hanks
thrilled viewers along with the
blossoming bromance with the unlikeliest
of characters
I know castaway showed us that a road to
redemption always exists even if you’re
not sure which way to go
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