Island Movies
Kinora's catalogue lists 76 films set in island environments, spanning 1940–2024. 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.
- 1954
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Richard Fleischer - 2021
A Quiet Place Part II
Rural · Islanddir. John Krasinski - 1945
And Then There Were None
Islanddir. René Clair - 2000
Battle Royale
Island · Wildernessdir. Kinji Fukasaku - 2012
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Benh Zeitlin - 1962
Birdman of Alcatraz
Islanddir. John Frankenheimer - 1993
Caro diario
Urban · Islanddir. Nanni Moretti - 2000
Cast Away
Island · Coastal Seadir. Robert Zemeckis - 2009
Castaway on the Moon
Island · Urbandir. Lee Hae-jun - 1986
Castle in the Sky
Underground · Island · Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 1970
Catch-22
Island · Coastal Seadir. Mike Nichols - 2012
Cloud Atlas
Urban · Island · Coastal Sea · Off Worlddir. Lilly Wachowski - 1993
Cool Runnings
Island · Urbandir. Jon Turteltaub - 1995
Dolores Claiborne
Island · Ruraldir. Taylor Hackford - 1962
Dr. No
Island · Coastal Seadir. Terence Young - 1973
Enter the Dragon
Island · Undergrounddir. Robert Clouse - 1979
Escape from Alcatraz
Island · Coastal Seadir. Don Siegel - 1970
Five Easy Pieces
Rural · Island · Coastal Seadir. Bob Rafelson - 2008
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Islanddir. Nicholas Stoller - 1953
From Here to Eternity
Islanddir. Fred Zinnemann - 1954
Godzilla
Urban · Island · Coastal Seadir. Ishirō Honda - 1991
Hook
Islanddir. Steven Spielberg - 1968
Hour of the Wolf
Islanddir. Ingmar Bergman - 1998
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Islanddir. Kevin Rodney Sullivan - 1943
I Walked with a Zombie
Island · Ruraldir. Jacques Tourneur - 2018
Isle of Dogs
Island · Urbandir. Wes Anderson - 1963
Jason and the Argonauts
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Don Chaffey - 1975
Jaws
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Steven Spielberg - 1978
Jaws 2
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Jeannot Szwarc - 1993
Jurassic Park
Islanddir. Steven Spielberg - 1948
Key Largo
Island · Coastal Seadir. John Huston - 2019
Klaus
Island · Coastal Seadir. Sergio Pablos - 1960
L'Avventura
Island · Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Michelangelo Antonioni - 2012
Life of Pi
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Ang Lee - 2002
Lilo & Stitch
Island · Coastal Seadir. Dean DeBlois - 1990
Lord of the Flies
Island · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Harry Hook - 1991
Mediterraneo
Island · Coastal Seadir. Gabriele Salvatores - 2012
Moonrise Kingdom
Island · Wildernessdir. Wes Anderson - 2013
Mud
Rural · Islanddir. Jeff Nichols - 1962
Mutiny on the Bounty
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Lewis Milestone - 1973
Papillon
Island · Wildernessdir. Franklin J. Schaffner - 1987
Pelle the Conqueror
Rural · Islanddir. Bille August - 1953
Peter Pan
Urban · Islanddir. Clyde Geronimi - 1940
Pinocchio
Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Hamilton Luske - 1992
Porco Rosso
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Hayao Miyazaki - 2019
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Island · Coastal Seadir. Céline Sciamma - 1998
Ring
Urban · Islanddir. Hideo Nakata - 2010
Shutter Island
Islanddir. Martin Scorsese - 2016
Silence
Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Martin Scorsese - 1953
Summer with Monika
Urban · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Ingmar Bergman - 1974
Swept Away
Island · Coastal Seadir. Lina Wertmüller - 2016
Swiss Army Man
Island · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Daniel Kwan - 2022
The Banshees of Inisherin
Island · Ruraldir. Martin McDonagh - 2000
The Beach
Island · Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Danny Boyle - 1988
The Big Blue
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Luc Besson - 1979
The Black Stallion
Island · Coastal Sea · Suburbandir. Carroll Ballard - 2011
The Descendants
Island · Coastal Seadir. Alexander Payne - 2009
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Island · Ruraldir. Niels Arden Oplev - 1961
The Guns of Navarone
Island · Coastal Sea · Mountaindir. J. Lee Thompson - 1973
The Holy Mountain
Desert · Urban · Island · Mountaindir. Alejandro Jodorowsky - 2004
The Incredibles
Suburban · Islanddir. Brad Bird - 2019
The Lighthouse
Island · Coastal Seadir. Robert Eggers - 2022
The Menu
Islanddir. Mark Mylod - 2022
The Northman
Island · Rural · Wildernessdir. Robert Eggers - 2001
The Others
Rural · Islanddir. Alejandro Amenábar - 1994
The Postman
Island · Coastal Seadir. Michael Radford - 1996
The Rock
Islanddir. Michael Bay - 2011
The Rum Diary
Urban · Islanddir. Bruce Robinson - 1998
The Thin Red Line
Wilderness · Island · Coastal Seadir. Terrence Malick - 1998
The Truman Show
Island · Coastal Seadir. Peter Weir - 1973
The Wicker Man
Island · Ruraldir. Robin Hardy - 2024
The Wild Robot
Island · Wildernessdir. Chris Sanders - 1961
Through a Glass Darkly
Island · Coastal Seadir. Ingmar Bergman - 1945
To Have and Have Not
Island · Coastal Seadir. Howard Hawks - 2022
Triangle of Sadness
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Ruben Östlund - 2018
Utøya: July 22
Island · Wildernessdir. Erik Poppe
Frequently asked
How many movies are set in island environments?
Kinora's catalogue lists 76 films set in island environments, spanning 1940–2024.
What are some movies set in island environments?
Films set in island environments in our catalogue include 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), A Quiet Place Part II (2021), And Then There Were None (1945), Battle Royale (2000), and Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012).
What is the oldest movie set in island environments?
Pinocchio (1940) is the earliest film set in island environments in our catalogue; the most recent is The Wild Robot (2024).