Highest-Rated Movies about 'Polar'

The Red Tent (1971), The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (2000), Long Way North (2015), Eight Below (2006), Scott of the Antarctic (1948), The Savage Innocents (1959), Arctic (2018), When the Season Is Good: Artists of Arctic Alaska (2005) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Polar movies.

#2. The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (2000)

Storyline: A retelling of Sir Ernest Shackleton 's ill-fated expedition to Antarctica in 1914-1916, featuring new footage of the actual locations and interviews with surviving relatives of key expedition members, plus archived audio interviews with expedition members, and a generous helping of the footage and still photos shot on the expedition.—Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>

Plot Keywords: adventure, documentary, history, survival, legendary, expedition, courage ...

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#3. Long Way North (2015)

Storyline: 1882, Saint Petersburg. Sasha, a young Russian aristocrat, has always been fascinated by her grandfather's life as an adventurer. A renowned explorer, he designed a magnificent arctic ship, but he hasn't returned from his last expedition to the North Pole. To save her family's honor, Sasha runs away. Headed towards the Great North, she follows her grandfather's trail in search of his famous ship.—pump11

Plot Keywords: animation, adventure, family, drama, coming of age, arctic, exploration ...

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#4. Eight Below (2006)

Storyline: 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 rescued after, but the mission is called-off and the dogs are left alone at their own fortune. For six months, Jerry tries to find a sponsor for a rescue mission while his dogs fight for survival.

Plot Keywords: adventure, drama, family, animals, snow, survival, dogs ...

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#5. Scott of the Antarctic (1948)

Storyline: The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole, only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers conspire against him.—Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>

Plot Keywords: adventure, history, biography, exploration, british, true story, survival ...

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#8. When the Season Is Good: Artists of Arctic Alaska (2005)

Storyline: Irene is on tour with her one-woman-show "Sale Affaire" in the north of France. When she runs into Dries, who carries giants in fairs, it's the beginning of a love story that bears an uncanny resemblance to the show performed by Irene on stage.—argentronic

Plot Keywords: documentary, alaska, arctic, art, artists, culture, tradition ...

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#9. The Secret of Life on Earth (1993)

Storyline: Breathtaking in its scope, "The Secret Of Life On Earth" celebrates life from its origins four billion years ago. Brilliant use of micro, macro, and time-lapse photography, coupled with a remarkable music score, reinforces the film's message: the beauty, fragility and interdependence of all forms of life, and our crucial role in their survival.

Plot Keywords: documentary, nature, earth, science, exploration, life, ecology ...

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#10. Ice Station Zebra (1968)

Storyline: Commander James Ferraday, USN, has new orders: get David Jones, a British civilian, Captain Anders, a tough Marine with a platoon of troops, Boris Vasilov, a friendly Russian, and the crew of the nuclear sub USS Tigerfish to the North Pole to rescue the crew of Drift Ice Station Zebra, a weather station at the top of the world. The mission takes on new and dangerous twists as the crew finds out that all is not as it seems at Zebra, and that someone will stop at nothing to prevent the mission from being completed.—Steve Fenwick <scf@w0x0f.com>

Plot Keywords: war, spy, cold war, submarine, arctic, military, mystery ...

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#12. Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)

Storyline: Based on Peter Hoeg's bestseller, this film is set in snowy Copenhagen where a small boy is found dead after he fell off a roof. Smilla Jasperson, a close friend who lives in the same house begins to suspect murder because she knows that the boy was afraid of heights and would not have played on the roof. As she begins to investigate, she is pulled deeper and deeper into a conspiracy that could very well mean her death.

Plot Keywords: mystery, crime, drama, thriller, detective, snow, denmark ...

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#14. The Thing (2011)

Storyline: Paleontologist Kate Lloyd is invited by Dr. Sandor Halvorson to join his team who have found something extraordinary. Deep below the Arctic ice, they have found an alien spacecraft that has been there for perhaps 100,000 years. Not far from where the craft landed, they find the remains of the occupant. It's cut out of the ice and taken back to their camp but as the ice melts, the creature reanimates and not only begins to attack them but manages to infect them, with team members devolving into the alien creature.

Plot Keywords: sci-fi, horror, thriller, alien creature, isolated setting, remake, polar ...

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#15. Operation Arctic (2014)

Storyline: Julia and her twin siblings Sindre and Ida have moved to a small town with their mother. Desperate to reach their father, who is working in southern Norway, they secretly jump aboard a helicopter flying in his direction. Unfortunately, the helicopter changes its route, and soon they find themselves lost and alone on a deserted island. Now the three are forced to face the epic powers of nature, as both blizzards and hungry polar bears threaten their very existence.

Plot Keywords: adventure, family, norway, survival, children, arctic, snow ...

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