Movies Like King Penguin: Stranded Beyond the Falklands

If you liked King Penguin: Stranded Beyond the Falklands (1983), a movie directed by Colin Willock, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Oceans (2010)
★ 7.5/10
An ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world.
2
Age of Consent (1969)
★ 6/10
An elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent) persuades him to go to an offshore island to try once more. On the island he re-discovers his muse in the form of a young…
3
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
★ 6.9/10
When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very gracious at first…
4
The Perfect Storm (2000)
★ 6.5/10
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.
5
Lifeboat (1944)
★ 7.4/10
During World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship they were traveling on is destroyed by a German U-boat.
6
The Bang Bang Club (2011)
★ 6.6/10
In the early to mid '90s, when the South African system of apartheid was in its death throes, four photographers - Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek and João Silva - bonded by their friendship and a sense…
7
Shark Whisperer (2025)
★ 6.7/10
Marine conservationist and social media activist Ocean Ramsey fearlessly swims with sharks in this documentary about her risky mission to protect them.
8
Six Days Seven Nights (1998)
★ 6.1/10
In the South Pacific, in Polynesia, on the island of Makatea, Quinn Harris, a taciturn pilot, leads a quiet life, content to earn a living by transporting goods in his De Havilland Beaver. His life is exactly as he…
9
Citizen Kane (1941)
★ 8/10
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life…
10
The Wild Robot (2024)
★ 8.3/10
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.
11
The Edge of the World (1937)
★ 7.2/10
A way of life is dying on a remote Scottish island, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.
12
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
★ 7.5/10
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.
13
Eight Below (2006)
★ 7/10
In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm. He ties his dogs to be…
14
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
★ 6.4/10
A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and…
15
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998)
★ 7.7/10
After going their separate ways, Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne, and Fred reunite to investigate the ghost of Moonscar the pirate on a haunted bayou island, but it turns out the swashbuckler's spirit isn't the only…
16
The Lighthouse (2019)
★ 7.5/10
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
17
Aliens of the Deep (2005)
★ 6.1/10
James Cameron teams up with NASA scientists to explore the Mid-Ocean Ridge, a submerged chain of mountains that band the Earth and are home to some of the planet's most unique life forms.
18
Summerland (2020)
★ 7.5/10
A woman during the Second World War opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him.
19
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
★ 6.3/10
The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvagers of Key West, like the intrepid and beautiful Loxi Claiborne and her crew, reap, aboard frail schooners, the harvest…
20
Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
★ 6.4/10
Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world.