Movies and TV Shows Based on Works by Jules Verne
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1. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
G | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre
Votes: 37,171 | Gross: $28.20M
78 (4) Blu-ray (DMC exclusive) DVD (Audio commentary, extras)
2. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
Approved | 129 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: James Mason, Pat Boone, Arlene Dahl, Diane Baker
Votes: 19,568 | Gross: $10.00M
77 (4) Blu-ray (UK Eureka Entertainment: Region B) Blu-ray (Twilight Time Remastered: Out of print)
3. Mysterious Island (1961)
Not Rated | 101 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
During the Civil War a group of Union soldiers, a Confederate and a civilian escape the stockade using a hot-air balloon and end up on a strange Pacific island.
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan, Gary Merrill
Votes: 8,540
77 (3) Blu-ray (UK Powerhouse Films/Indicator: Region free) Blu-ray (Twilight Time: Out of print)
4. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
G | 175 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.
Directors: Michael Anderson, John Farrow | Stars: David Niven, Cantinflas, Finlay Currie, Robert Morley
Votes: 29,691 | Gross: $42.00M
68 (4) DVD (Warner Bros.)
5. Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
PG | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Family
On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.
Director: Eric Brevig | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Aníta Briem, Seth Meyers
Votes: 131,797 | Gross: $101.70M
59 (5), 3D: 5/5 Blu-ray 3D (Warner Bros.)
6. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
PG | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Sean Anderson partners with his mom's husband on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.
Director: Brad Peyton | Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Luis Guzmán
Votes: 112,112 | Gross: $103.86M
51 (5), 3D: 3.5/5 Blu-ray 3D (Warner Bros.)
7. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990–2003)
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A teen acrobat of mysterious origins and a young inventor find themselves entangled in a sinister plot that involves the fate of the world.
Stars: Noriko Hidaka, Nathan Parsons, James Arnold Taylor, Guy Roberts
Votes: 2,045
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
85 (2)
Blu-ray (Sentai Filmworks: Out of print)
Blu-ray (UK Animatsu: Out of print)
8. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - The Motion Picture (1991)
85 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
A teen acrobat of mysterious origins and a young inventor find themselves entangled in a sinister plot that involves the fate of the world.
Director: Masa Aono | Stars: Yoshino Takamori, Noriko Hidaka, Kumiko Takizawa, Ken'yû Horiuchi
Votes: 211
42 (1) DVD (ADV Films)
9. Around the World with Willy Fog (1983)
TV-G | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A furry version of Jules Verne's classic adventure story of a British gentleman's challenge to circumnavigate the world in 80 days.
Stars: Tom Wyner, Gregory Snegoff, Ken'ichi Ogata, Banjô Ginga
Votes: 3,510
Around the World in 80 Days
75 (1)
DVD
10. Around the World in 80 Days (2021– )
PG | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, History
Gentleman adventurer Phileas Fogg sets out on a quest to travel around the world and back home in a period of 80 days.
Stars: David Tennant, Ibrahim Koma, Leonie Benesch, Jason Watkins
Votes: 12,141
71 (1) Blu-ray (UK Dazzler Media)
11. Around the World in 80 Days (I) (1989)
PG | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A Victorian Age English gentleman takes a wager that he can circle the globe in the unprecedented time of just eighty days.
Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Eric Idle, Julia Nickson, Peter Ustinov
Votes: 3,493
71 (1) DVD
12. Invention for Destruction (1958)
Unrated | 83 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
An evil millionaire named Artigas plans to use a super-explosive device to conquer the world from his headquarters inside an enormous volcano.
Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Lubor Tokos, Arnost Navrátil, Miroslav Holub, Frantisek Slégr
Votes: 2,795
Blu-ray (Criterion)
13. Ukradená vzducholod (1967)
84 min | Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Five young boys take off in a lighter-than-air machine from the Centenary Exposition in Prague.
Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Hanus Bor, Jan Cizek, Jan Malát, Michal Pospísil
Votes: 662
14. On the Comet (1970)
74 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
When a comet passes the earth very closely, it pulls a small part of North Africa with it. Carried along is a bunch of people. Among them Angelika, who just escaped from a ruthless weapon ... See full summary »
Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Magda Vásáryová, Emil Horváth, Frantisek Filipovský, Cestmír Randa
Votes: 688
15. The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (1981)
97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
In 1897, in a castle near the town of Werewolfville in the Carpathians, a slightly deranged Professor Orfanik experiments with his new inventions which include, even at this early date, television and a film camera.
Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Michal Docolomanský, Evelyna Steimarová, Vlastimil Brodský, Milos Kopecký
Votes: 1,420
16. Master of the World (1961)
Approved | 102 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
In 1868, an American scientist and his team become hostages of fanatical pacifist Robur who uses his airship Albatross to destroy military targets on Earth.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Vincent Price, Charles Bronson, Henry Hull, Mary Webster
Votes: 3,520
63 (2) Blu-ray (Kino Lorber) Blu-ray (Shour Factory Vincent Price III Collection)
17. The Light at the Edge of the World (1971)
GP | 128 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A ruthless pirate captures the keeper of a lighthouse, in the most southern city in Argentina. His goal is obvious and horrific. He plans to control the lighthouses signals in a way that the passing ships will be crushed on the rocks.
Director: Kevin Billington | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Yul Brynner, Samantha Eggar, Jean-Claude Drouot
Votes: 1,837
The Lighthouse at the End of the World
65 (2)
Blu-ray (Kino Lorber)
18. In Search of the Castaways (1962)
Approved | 98 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
In 19th century England, young Mary Grant and her brother, Robert, embark on a dangerous quest to find their missing father, a sea captain who vanished somewhere along the Chilean coast.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Hayley Mills, Maurice Chevalier, George Sanders, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Votes: 3,454 | Gross: $21.75M
65 (1) Blu-ray (DMC exclusive)
19. Up to His Ears (1965)
Not Rated | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy
The farcical adventures of unhappy suicidal billionaire Arthur Lempereur.
Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Ursula Andress, Maria Pacôme, Valérie Lagrange
Votes: 2,297
Blu-ray (Cohen Media Group)
20. Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
PG | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
To win a bet, an eccentric British inventor embarks, with his Chinese valet and an aspiring French artist, on a trip full of adventures and dangers around the world in exactly 80 days.
Director: Frank Coraci | Stars: Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Jim Broadbent, Kathy Bates
Votes: 94,759 | Gross: $24.01M
49 (4) Blu-ray (DE: Region B)
21. Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
PG | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
In 1862, the British commission inventor Fergusson to claim uncharted land in West Africa for Britain by flying his giant hot air balloon there.
Director: Irwin Allen | Stars: Red Buttons, Fabian, Barbara Eden, Cedric Hardwicke
Votes: 1,393
57 (1) Blu-ray (UK 101 Films: Region free)
22. From the Earth to the Moon (1958)
Approved | 101 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In 1868, American inventor Victor Barbicane develops a powerful military explosive that he also uses as fuel for a moon-bound rocket manned by himself and a motley crew.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget, Don Dubbins
Votes: 1,758
45 (2)
23. V poiskakh kapitana Granta (1986)
459 min | Adventure
Scottish nobles lead a search party for Cpt. Grant along the 37th parallel in Patagonia and Australia, with a French polymath and Grant's children, sailing and facing adventures on land, while Jules Verne shares his thoughts on his novel.
Stars: Vladimir Smirnov, Lembit Ulfsak, Nikolay Yeryomenko, Tamara Akulova
Votes: 1,041
24. Michael Strogoff (1956)
111 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 19th century Russia, a Tartar rebellion led by Feofar Khan separates Russia from Siberia where the Tsar's brother and his troops are making a last stand. The Tsar entrusts Captain Michel Strogoff to deliver a vital message to them.
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Geneviève Page, Jacques Dacqmine, Sylva Koscina
Votes: 604
25. Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)
G | 105 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
When Captain Nemo saves the passengers of a sinking ship and takes them to his Utopian underwater city he discovers that not all of his guests agree to remain there forever.
Director: James Hill | Stars: Robert Ryan, Chuck Connors, Nanette Newman, Luciana Paluzzi
Votes: 1,806
26. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
Passed | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A French professor and his daughter accompany Captain Nemo on an adventure aboard a submarine.
Director: Stuart Paton | Stars: Allen Holubar, Dan Hanlon, Edna Pendleton, Curtis Benton
Votes: 1,987 | Gross: $8.00M
Blu-ray (Kino Lorber)
27. The Mysterious Island (1929)
Passed | 95 min | Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi
On a volcanic island near the kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the island's inhabitants. Dakkar, his ... See full summary »
Directors: Lucien Hubbard, Benjamin Christensen, Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Jacqueline Gadsdon, Lloyd Hughes, Montagu Love
Votes: 847 | Gross: $0.06M
28. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999)
Unrated | 94 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Remake of Jules Verne's classic story finds adventurers seeking a mysterious hidden land. They are joined by the wife of another man, who had previously gone on a similar expedition and disappeared.
Stars: Treat Williams, Jeremy London, Tushka Bergen, Hugh Keays-Byrne
Votes: 2,802
29. The Mysterious Island (1973)
PG | 96 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
A group of escaped prisoners, traveling in a hot air balloon, have to land on a remote islands and must try to survive there. They encounter a castaway, pirates, and captain Nemo with his ... See full summary »
Directors: Juan Antonio Bardem, Henri Colpi | Stars: Omar Sharif, Gérard Tichy, Jess Hahn, Gabriele Tinti
Votes: 656
30. The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze (1963)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Family
The Three Stooges play servants to an ancestor of Phileas Fogg and embark on a trip around the world.
Director: Norman Maurer | Stars: Joe DeRita, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Jay Sheffield
Votes: 824 | Gross: $2.18M
Blu-ray (Mill Creek Entertainment)
31. The Southern Star (1969)
M/PG | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
In 1912 West Africa, diamond tycoon Kramer hires penniless American fortune hunter Dan Rockland, who's posing as a geologist, but when a huge diamond is found, everyone wants to steal it.
Directors: Sidney Hayers, Orson Welles | Stars: George Segal, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles, Ian Hendry
Votes: 610
32. Those Fantastic Flying Fools (1967)
Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
In Victorian England, an American showman uses a wealthy Frenchman's finances to build a German explosives expert's giant cannon designed to fire a people-filled projectile to the Moon, but spies and saboteurs endanger the project.
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Burl Ives, Jimmy Clitheroe, Terry-Thomas, Graham Stark
Votes: 940
Blu-ray (Olive Films)
33. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
In the 19th century, an expert marine biologist is hired by the government to determine what's sinking ships all over the ocean. His daughter follows him. They are intercepted by a mysterious captain Nemo and his incredible submarine.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Richard Crenna, Ben Cross, Julie Cox, Paul Gross
Votes: 1,043
34. Valley of the Dragons (1961)
Approved | 82 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In 1881, in Algeria, Michael Denning and Hector Servadac are fighting a duel when a comet brushing Earth takes the two men to the Moon where they discover a prehistoric civilization.
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Cesare Danova, Sean McClory, Joan Staley, Danielle De Metz
Votes: 762
35. Where Time Began (1977)
PG | 87 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Also known as "The Fabulous Journey to the Centre of the Earth" in the UK. The film is partially dubbed in English, but it has good cinematography.
Director: Juan Piquer Simón | Stars: Kenneth More, Pep Munné, Ivonne Sentis, Frank Braña
Votes: 733
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