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1. The White Lotus (2021–2025)

TV-MA | 353 min | Comedy, Drama

The exploits of various guests and employees of a luxury resort over the span of a week.

Stars: Jennifer Coolidge, Jon Gries, F. Murray Abraham, Adam DiMarco

Votes: 207,796

2. NCIS: Hawai'i (2021–2024)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

Follow a team of Naval criminal investigators who operate on the Hawaiian islands.

Stars: Vanessa Lachey, Alex Tarrant, Noah Mills, Jason Antoon

Votes: 9,397

3. Hawaii Five-0 (2010–2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu to find his father's killer, the Governor offers him the chance to run his own task force: Five-0.

Stars: Alex O'Loughlin, Scott Caan, Taylor Wily, Daniel Dae Kim

Votes: 78,655

4. Godzilla (2014)

PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The world is beset by the appearance of monstrous creatures, but one of them may be the only one who can save humanity.

Director: Gareth Edwards | Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, Ken Watanabe

Votes: 440,745 | Gross: $200.68M

5. Baywatch (1989–2001)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

At a Los Angeles beach, a team of lifeguards led by Lieutenant Mitch Buchannon save lives, deal with personal dramas, fight crime and participate in over the top adventures on a daily basis.

Stars: David Hasselhoff, Pamela Anderson, Yasmine Bleeth, Jeremy Jackson

Votes: 30,324

6. Superbad (2007)

R | 113 min | Comedy

Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.

Director: Greg Mottola | Stars: Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bill Hader

Votes: 632,506 | Gross: $121.46M

7. Just Go with It (2011)

PG-13 | 117 min | Comedy, Romance

On a weekend trip to Hawaii, a plastic surgeon convinces his loyal assistant to pose as his soon-to-be-divorced wife in order to cover up a careless lie he told to his much-younger girlfriend.

Director: Dennis Dugan | Stars: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Brooklyn Decker, Nicole Kidman

Votes: 265,432 | Gross: $103.03M

8. Midway (2019)

PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Drama, History

The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans

Votes: 94,434 | Gross: $56.85M

9. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)

PG | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

When the manic Dr. Robotnik returns to Earth with a new ally, Knuckles the Echidna, Sonic and his new friend Tails is all that stands in their way.

Director: Jeff Fowler | Stars: James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, Tika Sumpter

Votes: 87,181 | Gross: $190.87M

10. Magnum, P.I. (1980–1988)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The adventures of a Hawaii-based private investigator.

Stars: Tom Selleck, John Hillerman, Roger E. Mosley, Larry Manetti

Votes: 28,929

11. Knock at the Cabin (2023)

R | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

While vacationing, a girl and her parents are taken hostage by armed strangers who demand that the family make a choice to avert the apocalypse.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Nikki Amuka-Bird

Votes: 115,248

12. Battleship (2012)

PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals.

Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker, Liam Neeson, Rihanna

Votes: 257,326 | Gross: $65.42M

13. Magnum P.I. (2018–2024)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

An ex-Navy SEAL returns from Afghanistan and uses his military skills to become a private investigator in Hawaii.

Stars: Jay Hernandez, Perdita Weeks, Zachary Knighton, Stephen Hill

Votes: 17,478

14. Pearl Harbor (2001)

PG-13 | 183 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett, William Lee Scott

Votes: 351,742 | Gross: $198.54M

15. Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The investigations of Hawaii Five-0, an elite branch of the Hawaii State Police answerable only to the governor and headed by stalwart Steve McGarrett.

Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Kam Fong, Herman Wedemeyer

Votes: 8,181

16. 50 First Dates (2004)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Henry Roth is a man afraid of commitment until he meets the beautiful Lucy. They hit it off and Henry think he's finally found the girl of his dreams until discovering she has short-term memory loss and forgets him the next day.

Director: Peter Segal | Stars: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider, Sean Astin

Votes: 382,085 | Gross: $120.91M

17. Hotel Transylvania (2012)

PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Dracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count's teenaged daughter.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky | Stars: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez

Votes: 280,970 | Gross: $148.31M

18. Jarhead (2005)

R | 125 min | Biography, Drama, War

A psychological study of Marine's state of mind during the Gulf War. Told through the eyes of a U.S. Marine sniper who struggles to cope with boredom, a sense of isolation, and other issues back home.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Lucas Black, Scott MacDonald

Votes: 206,483 | Gross: $62.66M

19. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)

R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Devastated Peter takes a Hawaiian vacation in order to deal with the recent break-up with his TV star girlfriend, Sarah. Little does he know, Sarah's traveling to the same resort as her ex - and she's bringing along her new boyfriend.

Director: Nicholas Stoller | Stars: Kristen Bell, Jason Segel, Paul Rudd, Mila Kunis

Votes: 302,429 | Gross: $63.17M

20. Plane (2023)

R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A pilot finds himself caught in a war zone after he's forced to land his commercial aircraft during a terrible storm.

Director: Jean-François Richet | Stars: Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Tony Goldwyn, Yoson An

Votes: 78,323

21. Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Socially frustrated Barry Egan calls a phone-sex line to curb his loneliness. Little does he know it will land him in deep trouble and will jeopardize his burgeoning romance with the mysterious Lena.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jason Andrews

Votes: 177,393 | Gross: $17.84M

22. Lilo & Stitch (2002)

PG | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A young and parentless girl adopts a 'dog' from the local pound, completely unaware that it's supposedly a dangerous scientific experiment that's taken refuge on Earth and is now hiding from its creator and those who see it as a menace.

Directors: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders | Stars: Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere, David Ogden Stiers

Votes: 211,587 | Gross: $145.79M

23. Moon (2009)

R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.

Director: Duncan Jones | Stars: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott, Rosie Shaw

Votes: 376,661 | Gross: $5.01M

24. The Descendants (2011)

R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama

A land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.

Director: Alexander Payne | Stars: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause

Votes: 251,776 | Gross: $82.58M

25. Addams Family Values (1993)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy

The Addams Family try to rescue their beloved Uncle Fester from his gold-digging new love, a black widow named Debbie.

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld | Stars: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Joan Cusack

Votes: 109,565 | Gross: $48.92M

26. The Wrong Missy (2020)

TV-MA | 90 min | Comedy, Romance

Tim thinks he's invited the woman of his dreams on a work retreat to Hawaii, realizing too late he mistakenly texted someone from a nightmare blind date.

Director: Tyler Spindel | Stars: David Spade, Lauren Lapkus, Nick Swardson, Geoff Pierson

Votes: 45,401

27. Under Siege (1992)

R | 103 min | Action, Thriller

An ex-Navy Seal turned cook is the only person who can stop a group of terrorists when they seize control of a U.S. battleship.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Steven Seagal, Gary Busey, Tommy Lee Jones, Erika Eleniak

Votes: 95,480 | Gross: $83.36M

28. Lilo & Stitch (2024)

Action, Adventure, Comedy | Post-production

Live-action remake of Disney's animated classic 'Lilo and Stitch'.

Director: Dean Fleischer Camp | Stars: Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Zach Galifianakis, Courtney B. Vance

29. Snowden (2016)

R | 134 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The NSA's illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency's employees, Edward Snowden, in the form of thousands of classified documents distributed to the press.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto

Votes: 162,946 | Gross: $21.59M

30. From Here to Eternity (1953)

Passed | 118 min | Drama, Romance, War

At a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.

Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed

Votes: 50,801 | Gross: $30.50M

31. 50/50 (2011)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard

Votes: 342,881 | Gross: $35.01M

32. Aloha (I) (2015)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and reconnects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog assigned to him.

Director: Cameron Crowe | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams, Emma Stone, Alec Baldwin

Votes: 71,051 | Gross: $20.99M

33. Soul Surfer (2011)

PG | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Family

Bethany Hamilton, a professional surfer, loses her left arm in a shark attack. Unwilling to pay attention to the gravity of her situation, Bethany decides to get back into the ocean and surf again.

Director: Sean McNamara | Stars: AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, Carrie Underwood

Votes: 52,893 | Gross: $43.85M

34. Eye in the Sky (2015)

R | 102 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Col. Katherine Powell, a military officer in command of an operation to capture terrorists in Kenya, sees her mission escalate when a girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute over the implications of modern warfare.

Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi

Votes: 91,474 | Gross: $18.70M

35. Death Wish (1974)

R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad after his wife is murdered by street punks. In self-defense, the vengeful man kills muggers on the mean streets after dark.

Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats

Votes: 44,031 | Gross: $22.00M

36. Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Romance

Two hard-partying brothers place an online ad to find the perfect dates for their sister's Hawaiian wedding. Hoping for a wild getaway, the boys instead find themselves out-hustled by an uncontrollable duo.

Director: Jake Szymanski | Stars: Zac Efron, Adam Devine, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza

Votes: 95,217 | Gross: $46.01M

37. The Rescuers Down Under (1990)

G | 77 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

R.A.S. agents Miss Bianca and Bernard race to Australia to save a little boy and a rare golden eagle from a murderous poacher.

Directors: Hendel Butoy, Mike Gabriel | Stars: Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, John Candy, Tristan Rogers

Votes: 47,258 | Gross: $27.93M

38. Snakes on a Plane (2006)

R | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

An FBI agent takes on a plane full of deadly venomous snakes, deliberately released to kill a witness being flown from Honolulu to Los Angeles to testify against a mob boss.

Director: David R. Ellis | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips, Rachel Blanchard

Votes: 144,632 | Gross: $34.02M

39. Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987)

R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

In Hawaii, an undercover DEA agent and her civilian friend stumble upon a drug trafficking operation, and have to enlist the help of all their colleagues/friends to go after the vicious drug kingpin.

Director: Andy Sidaris | Stars: Ronn Moss, Dona Speir, Hope Marie Carlton, Harold Diamond

Votes: 5,359

40. Hereafter (2010)

PG-13 | 129 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

An American construction worker, a French journalist and a London school boy set out on a spiritual journey after death touches their lives in different ways.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Matt Damon, Cécile de France, Bryce Dallas Howard, Thierry Neuvic

Votes: 95,475 | Gross: $32.75M

41. Blue Crush (2002)

PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

As a hard-core surfer girl prepares for a big competition, she finds herself falling for a football player.

Director: John Stockwell | Stars: Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, Matthew Davis, Sanoe Lake

Votes: 32,913 | Gross: $40.39M

42. Big Eyes (I) (2014)

PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston, Krysten Ritter

Votes: 99,088 | Gross: $14.48M

43. Throw Momma from the Train (1987)

PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

A bitter ex-husband wants his former spouse dead. A put-upon momma's boy wants his mother dead. Who will pull it off?

Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Kim Greist, Anne Ramsey

Votes: 40,669 | Gross: $57.92M

44. Rachel Getting Married (2008)

R | 113 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.

Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Debra Winger, Sebastian Stan

Votes: 51,219 | Gross: $12.80M

45. A Perfect Getaway (2009)

R | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Two pairs of lovers on a Hawaiian vacation discover that psychopaths are stalking and murdering tourists on the islands.

Director: David Twohy | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant, Kiele Sanchez

Votes: 76,363 | Gross: $15.48M

46. Forces of Nature (1999)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Romance

A soon-to-be-married man encounters an exciting stranger after his plane suffers an accident on takeoff.

Director: Bronwen Hughes | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Ben Affleck, Maura Tierney, Steve Zahn

Votes: 35,944 | Gross: $52.89M

47. Everything, Everything (2017)

PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, Romance

A teenager who's spent her whole life confined to her home falls for the boy next door.

Director: Stella Meghie | Stars: Amandla Stenberg, Nick Robinson, Anika Noni Rose, Ana de la Reguera

Votes: 42,473 | Gross: $34.00M

48. The Informant! (2009)

R | 108 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

The U.S. government decides to go after an agro-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president-turned-informant Mark Whitacre.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Matt Damon, Tony Hale, Patton Oswalt, Lucas McHugh Carroll

Votes: 67,447 | Gross: $33.31M

49. Paradise City (2022)

R | 92 min | Action, Thriller

Ryan Swan must carve his way through the Hawaiian crime world to wreak vengeance on the kingpin who murdered his father.

Director: Chuck Russell | Stars: Bruce Willis, John Travolta, Stephen Dorff, Noel Gugliemi

Votes: 4,207

50. The Edge of Paradise (2018)

TV-MA | 86 min | Documentary | Completed

Howard Taylor bails out a band of mainlanders and invites them to live on his land. As waves of hippies, surfers, and troubled Vietnam vets find their way to this tree house village, the locals decide it's time for them to go.

Director: Robert C. Stone

Votes: 46