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Dune(2021)

Κ-12
| 2h 35min | Science Fiction, Adventure
3.9/5 (with 4,969 votes)

Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

Directed by Denis Villeneuve - With Timothée Hal Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, Javier Bardem, ...

Rango(2011)

1h 47min | Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Western, Adventure
3.4/5 (with 2,870 votes)

When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stands out. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt.

Directed by Gore Verbinski
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Steel Dawn(1987)

1h 37min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
2.6/5 (with 44 votes)

In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by a murderous gang that is after the water they control.

Directed by Lance Hool - With Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi, Anthony Zerbe, Brion James, Christopher Neame, Arnold Vosloo, ...

Even the Rain(2011)

1h 44min | Drama, History
3.5/5 (with 118 votes)

As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.

Directed by Icíar Bollaín - With Luis Tosar, Gael García Bernal, Juan Carlos Aduviri, Karra Elejalde, Raúl Arévalo, Carlos Santos, ...

The Ice Pirates(1984)

1h 31min | Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Comedy
2.9/5 (with 73 votes)

In the not too distant future, where by far the most precious commodity in the galaxy is water. The last surviving water planet was somehow removed to the unreachable centre of the galaxy at the end of the galactic trade wars. The galaxy is ruled by an evil emperor presiding over a trade oligarchy that controls all mining and sale of ice from asteroids and comets.

Directed by Stewart Raffill - With Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D. Roberts, Anjelica Huston, Ron Perlman, Bruce Vilanch, ...

The Wayward Cloud(2005)

1h 54min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
2.9/5 (with 42 votes)

Hsiao-Kang, now working as an adult movie actor, meets Shiang-chyi once again. Meanwhile, the city of Taipei faces a water shortage that makes the sales of watermelons skyrocket.

Directed by Tsai Ming-liang - With Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi, Lu Yi-ching, Yang Kuei-Mei

The Devil Has a Name(2019)

1h 37min | Drama, Comedy, Thriller
2.6/5 (with 22 votes)

An oil baron and a farmer standoff after the water on his farm is poisoned by her company.

Directed by Edward James Olmos

Kiss the Ground(2020)

1h 25min | Documentary
4.0/5 (with 27 votes)

Sheds light on an alternative approach to farming called “regenerative agriculture” that could balance our climate, replenish our vast water supplies, and feed the world.

Directed by Rebecca Harrell Tickell, Josh Tickell - With Gisele Bündchen, Woody Harrelson

Sleep Dealer(2008)

1h 30min | Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 49 votes)

Set in a near-future, militarized world marked by closed borders, virtual labor and a global digital network that joins minds and experiences, three strangers risk their lives to connect with each other and break the barriers of technology.

Directed by Alex Rivera - With Leonor Varela, Jacob Vargas, Ténoch Huerta, Luis Fernando Peña

The Warrior and the Sorceress(1984)

1h 21min | Adventure, Fantasy
2.1/5 (with 17 votes)

The mighty warrior, Kain, crosses the barren wastelands of the planet Ura, where two arch enemies, Zeg and the evil degenerate Balcaz, fight incessantly for control of the village's only well. Kain sees his opportunity and announces that his sword is for hire... but his eyes stay clearly on the beautiful captive sorceress Naja, and his newly awakened purpose.

Directed by John Broderick - With David Carradine, Anthony De Longis, Harry Townes, Luke Askew, María Socas, Guillermo Marín, ...

Memory of Water(2022)

1h 41min | Fantasy, Thriller, Science Fiction
2.8/5 (with 6 votes)

Centuries in the future, world's freshwater supplies are running out. Wars are waged over water, and China rules over Europe, including the Scandinavian Union. Far in the north, young woman, Noria, is learning to become a Tea Master, like her father. Tea Masters alone know the location of hidden water sources, including the natural spring that Noria’s father tends, which once provided water for her whole village. After her father dies, the military moves in to watch over the village -- and Noria. Refusing to give in her freshwater spring, Noria digs in deeper into her family’s secret. Within the Tea Masters’ books, she finds information that the government’s power is based on lies, that there still might be fresh water left for everyone. She risks her own life and sets out on a dangerous journey to find out if this is true.

Directed by Saara Saarela

The Lighthorsemen(1987)

2h 11min | War, Drama, History
3.0/5 (with 15 votes)

Palestine, 1917. The British advance has been stopped by the Turkish line running from Gaza to Beersheba. The latest attack on Gaza has failed. The attacking forces included a regiment of Australian mounted infantry, the Light Horse... Lighthorseman Frank is wounded in a skirmish with Bedouin. He is replaced by a young soldier, Dave, who proves to be a crack shot, but reluctant to fire at the enemy. Dave proves himself during a German biplane attack. Recuperating in hospital, he meets a sympathetic nurse, Anne... The regiment is called upon for a bold flanking attack on Beersheba. But how do you convince the Turks the main attack will come at Gaza? And how do you attack across a desert without water?

Directed by Simon Wincer - With Peter Phelps, Sigrid Thornton, Tony Bonner, Gary Sweet, John Walton, Tim McKenzie, ...
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Omega Cop(1990)

1h 17min | Action, Science Fiction
1.7/5 (with 4 votes)

The year is 1999. John Travis is the toughest cop alive... In fact the only cop alive. He and his elite force stand between murderous mutants and the remains of humanity...

Directed by Paul Kyriazi - With Adam West, Jennifer Jostyn

Aurora(1998)

1h 27min | Drama, Science Fiction, Adventure
1.3/5 (with 2 votes)

In the 22nd century, seven explorers set out on a mission to earth's nearest sister planet, AURORA. Their mission - to survey and explore for future colonization. When their ship suddenly malfunctions, the crew is forced to crash land on the planet's surface, where crippling heat, poisonous water, and fierce storms threaten their lives at every turn. With a handful of supplies and little hope of rescue, their only option is a grueling four hundred mile trek to their ship's lost supply bunkers. To survive, the men will have to push their endurance to the limit and entrust their lives to a leader who will risk everything to succeed, no matter what the consequences.

Homesteaders of Paradise Valley(1947)

59min | Western
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Red Ryder convinces homesteaders to settle in Paradise Valley. Business men in nearby Central City want control of the valley and water supply and propose to build a dam for half interest in the land. They use Red to generate interest in the dam but when the dam is completed, they rig the stockholder's meeting so Central City will get the water.

Directed by R. G. Springsteen - With Allan Lane, Robert Blake, Martha Wentworth, Gene Roth, Emmett Vogan, Tom London, ...

The Skywalk Is Gone(2002)

22min | Comedy, Drama
2.9/5 (with 12 votes)

A young woman wandering around meets a young man going to a casting call for a pornographic film.

Directed by Tsai Ming-liang - With Chen Shiang-chyi, Lee Kang-sheng

Colt Comrades(1943)

1h 7min | Action, Western, Adventure
2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Hoppy, California and Johnny partner up with brother and sister ranch owners, two of several who are having their access to water blocked by a dam owned by a greedy merchant in town, who is intent on driving them out and taking their land for himself.

Directed by Lesley Selander - With William Boyd

Living Water(2020)

1h 17min | Documentary

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72%(2017)

20min | Drama

The lack of water has changed the rules of society as we knew it. Those who have not yet died try to survive in a hostile and desolate environment.

The Gardens of Murcia(1936)

1h 17min | Drama

Murcia countryside, Spain, at the end of the 19th century. Pencho, a peasant, and Xavier, son of a powerful landowner, get into a bloody fight after arguing over the distribution of irrigation water. When Xavier is injured, Pencho is forced to flee from justice.

Directed by Max Joly - With Annie Toinon, Georges Mauloy, Geymond Vital, Hubert Prelier, Marcel Charvey, Marcel Delaître, ...

Bitter Springs(1950)

1h 29min | Drama, Adventure
3.1/5 (with 3 votes)

A family buy land set around a water hole in a remote location, that is occupied by native Australians. The two groups clash.

Directed by Ralph Smart - With Tommy Trinder, Chips Rafferty, Gordon Jackson

Killing the Colorado(2016)

1h 25min | Documentary, TV Movie
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

The drought in the American West is predicted to be the worst in 1,000 years. Join five Academy Award-winning filmmakers as they explore the environmental crisis of our time and how to fix it before it's too late.

Directed by Barbara Kopple, Jesse Moss, Alan Raymond, Susan Raymond

Indisch für Anfänger(2011)

1h 30min | Adventure, Comedy
2.0/5 (with 3 votes)

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Water and the Dream of the Engineers(1983)

1h 21min | Documentary

Documentary where rich social history frames a spirited debate on the development of water infrastructure throughout the USA.

Gimme Green(2007)

27min | Documentary
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Gimme Green is a humorous look at the American obsession with the residential lawn and the effects it has on our environment, our wallets and our outlook on life. From the limitless subdivisions of Florida to sod farms in the arid southwest, Gimme Green peers behind the curtain of the $40-billion industry that fuels our nation's largest irrigated crop-the lawn.

There Will Be Water(2016)

58min | Documentary

The idea is simple - bring saltwater into the desert -evaporate it by means of the sun and create freshwater, food and energy in desert areas, thus creating the potential to change the lives of millions. But it's 50 degrees in the sun and it seems that every drop of fresh water requires a drop of sweat.

Directed by Per Liebeck