Last Updated on 10 July 2025

Some recommended movies set on uninhabited, deserted, desert islands or otherwise involving people getting marooned on an island. The list is also on IMDb.

Deserted Island

• Attack of the Beast Creatures (1985)
• The Blue Lagoon (1980)
• The Breed (2006)
• Cast Away (2000)
• Dinosaur Island (2014)
• Horrors of Spider Island (1960)
• Humongous (1982)
• Island of Desire (1952)
• Island of the Blue Dolphins (1964)
• Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
• Kong: Skull Island (2017)
• The Little Hut (1957)
• Lord of the Flies (1963)
• Lord of the Flies (1990)
• Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966)
• Many Pirate Movies (link to my Pirate Movies page)
• Paradise Lagoon (1957)
• Rescue from Gilligan’s Island (1978)
• Retreat (2011)
• Robinson Crusoe (1954)
• Robinson Crusoe (1997)
• The Sea Gypsies (1978)
• Shadow Island (2023)
• Shipwrecked (1990)
• Six Days, Seven Nights (1998)
• Stranded (2002)
• Survival Island (2002)
• Survival Island (2005)
• Sweetheart (2019)
• Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
• Uninhabited (2010)
• The Wild Robot (2024)

Trapped, but Others Already There

• And Then There Were None (1945)
• Bloodlust! (1961)
• The Island (1980)
• The Isle (2018)
• The Killer Shrews (1959)
• The Most Dangerous Game (1932)