Island Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 45 films set in island environments, spanning 1960–2024. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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• 2021

  A Quiet Place Part II

  New York State — 2020s
  Rural · Islanddir. John Krasinski
• 2000

  Battle Royale

  Japan — Near Future
  Island · Wildernessdir. Kinji Fukasaku
• 2012

  Beasts of the Southern Wild

  Louisiana — Near Future
  Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Benh Zeitlin
• 2000

  Cast Away

  Memphis — 1990s · 2000s
  Island · Coastal Seadir. Robert Zemeckis
• 2009

  Castaway on the Moon

  Seoul — 2000s
  Island · Urbandir. Lee Hae-jun
• 1986

  Castle in the Sky

  1800s
  Underground · Island · Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki
• 2012

  Cloud Atlas

  San Francisco · London · Hawaii · Chatham Islands — 1800s · 1930s · 1970s · 2010s · Far Future
  Urban · Island · Coastal Sea · Off Worlddir. Lilly Wachowski
• 1995

  Dolores Claiborne

  Maine — 1990s · 1970s
  Island · Ruraldir. Taylor Hackford
• 1973

  Enter the Dragon

  Hong Kong — 1970s
  Island · Undergrounddir. Robert Clouse
• 1979

  Escape from Alcatraz

  San Francisco — 1960s
  Island · Coastal Seadir. Don Siegel
• 1970

  Five Easy Pieces

  Los Angeles · Washington (state) — 1970s
  Rural · Island · Coastal Seadir. Bob Rafelson
• 2008

  Forgetting Sarah Marshall

  Hawaii · Los Angeles — 2000s
  Islanddir. Nicholas Stoller
• 2018

  Isle of Dogs

  Japan — Near Future
  Island · Urbandir. Wes Anderson
• 1975

  Jaws

  1970s
  Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Steven Spielberg
• 1993

  Jurassic Park

  Costa Rica — 1990s
  Islanddir. Steven Spielberg
• 2019

  Klaus

  Norway — 1800s
  Island · Coastal Seadir. Sergio Pablos
• 1960

  L'Avventura

  Sicily — 1960s
  Island · Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Michelangelo Antonioni
• 2012

  Life of Pi

  Pondicherry · Montreal — 1970s
  Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Ang Lee
• 2002

  Lilo & Stitch

  Hawaii — 2000s
  Island · Coastal Seadir. Dean DeBlois
• 1990

  Lord of the Flies

  Pacific Ocean — 1990s
  Island · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Harry Hook
• 2012

  Moonrise Kingdom

  New England — 1960s
  Island · Wildernessdir. Wes Anderson
• 2013

  Mud

  Arkansas — 2010s
  Rural · Islanddir. Jeff Nichols
• 1973

  Papillon

  French Guiana — 1930s · 1940s
  Island · Wildernessdir. Franklin J. Schaffner
• 1992

  Porco Rosso

  Milan · Italy — 1920s · 1930s
  Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Hayao Miyazaki
• 2019

  Portrait of a Lady on Fire

  Brittany — 1700s
  Island · Coastal Seadir. Céline Sciamma
• 1998

  Ring

  Japan — 1990s
  Urban · Islanddir. Hideo Nakata
• 2010

  Shutter Island

  Boston — 1950s
  Islanddir. Martin Scorsese
• 2016

  Silence

  Japan · Macau — Early Modern
  Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Martin Scorsese
• 2016

  Swiss Army Man

  2010s
  Island · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Daniel Kwan
• 2022

  The Banshees of Inisherin

  1920s
  Island · Ruraldir. Martin McDonagh
• 2000

  The Beach

  Thailand · Bangkok — 1990s
  Island · Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Danny Boyle
• 2011

  The Descendants

  Hawaii — 2010s
  Island · Coastal Seadir. Alexander Payne
• 2009

  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

  Sweden — 2000s
  Island · Ruraldir. Niels Arden Oplev
• 2004

  The Incredibles

  Timeless
  Suburban · Islanddir. Brad Bird
• 2019

  The Lighthouse

  New England — 1800s
  Island · Coastal Seadir. Robert Eggers
• 2022

  The Menu

  2020s
  Islanddir. Mark Mylod
• 2022

  The Northman

  Iceland — Medieval
  Island · Rural · Wildernessdir. Robert Eggers
• 2001

  The Others

  1940s
  Rural · Islanddir. Alejandro Amenábar
• 1994

  The Postman

  Italy — 1950s
  Island · Coastal Seadir. Michael Radford
• 1998

  The Thin Red Line

  Guadalcanal — 1940s
  Wilderness · Island · Coastal Seadir. Terrence Malick
• 1998

  The Truman Show

  1990s
  Island · Coastal Seadir. Peter Weir
• 1973

  The Wicker Man

  Scotland — 1970s
  Island · Ruraldir. Robin Hardy
• 2024

  The Wild Robot

  Near Future
  Island · Wildernessdir. Chris Sanders
• 2022

  Triangle of Sadness

  2020s
  Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Ruben Östlund
• 2018

  Utøya: July 22

  Norway — 2010s
  Island · Wildernessdir. Erik Poppe