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Films Shot in Alaska (USA)

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The Thing(1982)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 49min | Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
4.0/5 (with 2,949 votes)

A team of American scientists investigate the empty, destroyed base of their Norwegian counterparts in Antarctica, only to discover a terrifying life force that can take the form of its prey.

The Hunt for Red October(1990)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 15min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 1,492 votes)

A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find him, too. The hunt is on!

Into the Wild(2007)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 28min | Adventure, Drama
3.9/5 (with 4,357 votes)

After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.

Insomnia(2002)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 58min | Thriller, Crime
3.5/5 (with 2,180 votes)

Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

Dr. Dolittle 2(2001)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 27min | Comedy, Kids & Family, Romance / Love, Fantasy
2.6/5 (with 748 votes)

A group of beavers ask Dr. Dolittle to save their habitat from loggers. The only hope is to get the forest preserved because it's the home of a protected bear, but there's a problem: the bear's the only bear in the forest, so she can't reproduce. Undaunted, Dolittle persuades a circus bear to help out, but he has to teach him not just the ways of the wild, but the wiles of lady bears too.

White Fang(1991)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 47min | Action, Adventure, Drama, Kids & Family
3.4/5 (with 260 votes)

Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.

Walking with Dinosaurs(2013)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 27min | Animation, Kids & Family, Adventure
3.0/5 (with 209 votes)

Walking with Dinosaurs 3D is a film depicting life-like 3D dinosaur characters set in photo-real landscapes that transports audiences to the prehistoric world as it existed 70 million years ago. The film is based on the 1999 documentary television miniseries Walking with Dinosaurs, produced by the BBC. Walking with Dinosaurs 3D is being produced by Evergreen Studios, the company that produced Happy Feet, and it is was released on October 11, 2013.

On Deadly Ground(1994)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 42min | Action, Thriller
2.6/5 (with 198 votes)

Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO is the kind of person who doesn't care whether or not oil spills into the ocean or onto the land—just as long as it's making money for him.

Virus(1980)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 36min | Horror, Science Fiction, Drama
3.2/5 (with 24 votes)

Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world.

Runaway Train(1985)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 51min | Action, Thriller, Drama, Adventure
3.5/5 (with 229 votes)

A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security.

Grizzly Man(2005)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 43min | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 360 votes)

Werner Herzog's documentary film about the "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska were like in one man's attempt to protect the grizzly bears. The film is full of unique images and a look into the spirit of a man who sacrificed himself for nature.

Big Miracle(2012)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 47min | Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 215 votes)

A small-town news reporter and a Greenpeace volunteer enlist the help of rival superpowers to save three majestic gray whales trapped under the ice of the Arctic Circle.

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The Frozen Ground(2013)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 45min | Thriller, Crime
3.1/5 (with 645 votes)

An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.

Arizona Dream(1993)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 22min | Fantasy, Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 286 votes)

An Innuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist's gofer. He's happy there, but a messenger arrives to bring him to Arizona for his uncle's wedding. It's a ruse to get Axel into the family business. In Arizona, Axel meets two odd women: vivacious, needy, and plagued by neuroses and familial discord. He gets romantically involved with one, while the other, rich but depressed, plays accordion tunes to a gaggle of pet turtles.

North to Alaska(1960)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 2min | Western, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 43 votes)

Sam and George strike gold in Alaska. George sends Sam to Seattle to bring George's fiancé back to Alaska. Sam finds she is already married, and returns instead with Angel. Sam, after trying to get George and Angel together, finally romances Angel, who, in the meantime, is busy fighting off the advances of George's younger brother, Billy.

The Big Year(2011)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 40min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 344 votes)

Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than coming out on top of the competition.

Raise the Titanic(1980)

1h 55min | Adventure
2.7/5 (with 38 votes)

To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known source, the Titanic.

Out Cold(2001)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 29min | Comedy
2.9/5 (with 75 votes)

Rick Rambis and his friends are having the time of their lives on Bull Mountain—until the legendary Papa Muntz' son decides to sell the mountain to a sleazy land developer, have the staff fired and turn Bull Mountain into 'Yuppieville'.

Never Cry Wolf(1983)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 45min | Adventure, Drama, Action
3.5/5 (with 51 votes)

A scientific researcher, sent on a government study: The Lupus Project, must investigate the possible "menace" of wolves in the north. To do so, he must survive in the wilderness for six months on his own. In the course of these events, he learns about the true beneficial and positive nature of the wolf species. Based on the book and true story by Farley Mowat.

Sugar Mountain(2016)

1h 46min | Drama, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 49 votes)

Two brothers, down on their luck, fake a disappearance in the Alaskan wilderness so they'll have a great survival story to sell, but the hoax turns out to be more real than they planned.

The Big White(2005)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 40min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
3.2/5 (with 126 votes)

To remedy his financial problems, a travel agent has his eye on a frozen corpse, which just happens to be sought after by two hitmen.

North(1994)

2.6/5 (with 107 votes)

Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus North starts off on a journey around the world to find parents that really care about him.

Bears(2014)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 18min | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 69 votes)

Filmmakers Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey chronicle a year in the lives of an Alaskan brown bear named Sky and her cubs, Scout and Amber. Their saga begins as the bears emerge from hibernation at the end of winter. As time passes, the bear family must work together to find food and stay safe from other predators, especially other bears. Although their world is exciting, it is also risky, and the cubs' survival hinges on family togetherness.

Directed by Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey, Adam Chapman - With John C. Reilly

Alaska(1996)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 49min | Adventure, Kids & Family
3.0/5 (with 58 votes)

Jake Barnes and his two kids, Sean and Jessie, have moved to Alaska after his wife died. He is a former airline pilot now delivering toilet paper across the mountains. During an emergency delivery in a storm his plane goes down somewhere in the mountains. Annoyed that the authorities aren't doing enough, Jessie and Sean set out on an adventure to find their father with the help of a polar bear which they have saved from a ferocious poacher. Conflict ensues.

Wildlike(2015)

1h 44min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 51 votes)

Fourteen-year-old Mackenzie is sent to live with her uncle in Juneau when her mother can’t care for her anymore. The living situation quickly takes a turn for the worse, and she runs away to rejoin her mother in Seattle. While on her dangerous journey of sleeping in cars and breaking into hotel rooms, she’s drawn to Rene, a lonesome backpacker looking for tranquility in the wilderness.

Directed by Frank Hall Green

The Last Winter(2006)

1h 41min | Horror, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 81 votes)

In the Arctic region of Northern Alaska, an oil company's advance team struggles to establish a drilling base that will forever alter the pristine land. After one team member is found dead, a disorientation slowly claims the sanity of the others as each of them succumbs to a mysterious fear.

The Art of Flight(2011)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 20min | Adventure, Documentary
4.0/5 (with 70 votes)

Iconic snowboarder Travis Rice and friends redefine what is possible in the mountains. Experience the highs, as new tricks are landed and new zones opened, alongside the lows, where avalanches, accidents, and wrong-turns strike.

Directed by Curt Morgan - With Mark McMorris, Scotty Lago, Travis Rice

Limbo(1999)

3.4/5 (with 30 votes)

Unconventional narrative about the interactions amongst a group of people in a small town in Alaska, each of whom guards a secret.

Leaving Normal(1992)

1h 50min | Drama, Comedy
3.3/5 (with 10 votes)

Darly, a waitress with a past that's weighing her down, decides to drive to Alaska to try and come to terms with her unfortunate history. Along the way, she meets Marianne, an impulsive young woman leaving an abusive relationship. The two hit the road together and keep driving north, bonding over the hardships that they have endured and meeting a number of eccentric characters as they get closer to their destination.

Chilly Dogs(2001)

1h 26min | Adventure, Action, Comedy
2.9/5 (with 17 votes)

A man must participate in the Iditarod dog race across Alaska to inherit property from his legendary grandfather, but ends up getting much more than he bargained for.

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