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1. The Abyss (1989)
PG-13 | 140 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
A civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and faces danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester
Votes: 194,352 | Gross: $54.46M
2. Red Rocket (2021)
R | 130 min | Comedy, Drama
Mikey Saber is a washed-up porn star who returns to his small Texas hometown, not that anyone really wants him back.
Director: Sean Baker | Stars: Simon Rex, Bree Elrod, Suzanna Son, Brenda Deiss
Votes: 33,618
3. The Grey (2011)
R | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After their plane crashes in Alaska, six oil workers are led by a skilled huntsman to survival, but a pack of merciless wolves haunts their every step.
Director: Joe Carnahan | Stars: Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo, Dallas Roberts
Votes: 263,745 | Gross: $51.58M
4. Five Easy Pieces (1970)
R | 98 min | Drama
A dropout from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.
Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Billy Green Bush, Fannie Flagg
Votes: 40,683 | Gross: $19.40M
5. Monster Trucks (2016)
PG | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A young man working at a small town junkyard discovers and befriends a creature which feeds on oil being sought by a fracking company.
Director: Chris Wedge | Stars: Lucas Till, Jane Levy, Thomas Lennon, Barry Pepper
Votes: 18,993 | Gross: $33.37M
6. On Deadly Ground (1994)
R | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A blowout firefighter takes on an environmentally destructive oil corporation by causing many deaths and explosions in Alaska.
Director: Steven Seagal | Stars: Steven Seagal, Michael Caine, Joan Chen, John C. McGinley
Votes: 25,548 | Gross: $38.59M
7. Grace Under Fire (1993–1998)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Romance
Grace is a recovering alcoholic, now divorced from an abusive husband, struggling to bring up three children on her own.
Stars: Brett Butler, Casey Sander, Kaitlin Cullum, Dylan Sprouse
Votes: 4,525
8. City on Fire (1979)
R | 106 min | Action, Drama
A pyromaniac, ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reaction of fires that engulf the entire city.
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Barry Newman, Susan Clark, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen
Votes: 1,602
9. Vigilante Force (1976)
PG | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
After oil is found in a small town and local factory shut down, violent crime skyrockets. A young man has had enough and calls in his older brother, a cynical Vietnam vet, who cleans the streets but then tries to take over the town.
Director: George Armitage | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Victoria Principal, Bernadette Peters
Votes: 1,085
10. The Secret Life of Words (2005)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance
A hearing impaired factory worker gives up her first holiday in years and instead travels out to an oil rig, where she cares for a man suffering from severe burns.
Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Javier Cámara
Votes: 13,175 | Gross: $0.02M
11. Daddy's Deadly Darling (1973)
R | 80 min | Horror
The owner of a roadside diner, and his new helper, kill people and feed them to pigs.
Director: Marc Lawrence | Stars: Toni Lawrence, Jesse Vint, Catherine Ross, Paul Hickey
Votes: 1,488
12. Hurricane Smith (1992)
R | 86 min | Action, Drama
An oil-field worker from Texas journeys to Australia to look for his missing sister, and his search winds up getting him involved with a violent drug-smuggling gang.
Director: Colin Budds | Stars: Carl Weathers, Jürgen Prochnow, Cassandra Delaney, Tony Bonner
Votes: 527
13. Fubar: Balls to the Wall (2010)
R | 85 min | Comedy
Terry and Dean head north to make sweet cash in the oil patch.
Director: Michael Dowse | Stars: David Lawrence, Jamil Jabril, Terra Hazelton, Paul Spence
Votes: 1,761
14. Escape from Zahrain (1962)
Approved | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A hunted revolutionary leads a rag tag group of individuals through the desert in an attempt to elude the security forces and escape the fictitious Arab country of Zahrain.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Yul Brynner, Sal Mineo, Jack Warden, Madlyn Rhue
Votes: 831
15. El niño y la niebla (1953)
TV-14 | 111 min | Drama, Mystery
Marta (Dolores del Río) es una mujer que vive obsesionada, ya que su madre y su hermano murieron de esquizofrenia. Temerosa de que la enfermedad sea congénita, sobreprotege hasta el extremo... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Pedro López Lagar, Eduardo Noriega, Alejandro Ciangherotti
Votes: 114
16. The Houston Story (1956)
Approved | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In Houston, a man working as an oil driller comes up with a scheme for stealing millions of dollars worth of oil from the fields. He insinuates himself with a local mobster in order to get financing for his scheme.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Gene Barry, Barbara Hale, Edward Arnold, Paul Richards
Votes: 430
18. Justin Bieber Feat. Chance the Rapper: Holy (2020 Music Video)
5 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Official music video for "Holy" by Justin Bieber.
Director: Colin Tilley | Stars: Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper, Jayla Cabrera, Maylah Chanel
Votes: 68
20. Black Sea Files (2005 Video)
43 min | Documentary, Short
An investigation into the human impact of the construction of the BTC oil pipeline connecting Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey.
Director: Ursula Biemann | Stars: Ursula Biemann, Bill Clinton
21. The Oil Symphony (1933)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Heroic Azerbaijani oil workers strike oil.
Director: Boris Pumpiansky
23.
The Transformers (1984–1987)
Episode:
More Than Meets the Eye: Part 2
(1984)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The Decepticons try to gather every bit of energy that they can, from Earth, in order to get back to Cybertron. The Autobots, along with their new human allies, try to stop them.
Director: John Gibbs | Stars: Michael Bell, Corey Burton, Victor Caroli, Christopher Collins
Votes: 297
24.
The Transformers (1984–1987)
Episode:
More Than Meets the Eye: Part 1
(1984)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
As the Energon supply runs low on the planet Cybertron, the Autobots leave to find a new energy source. Their enemies, the Decepticons, follow. After a vicious battle in space, both of their ships crash land on Earth.
Director: John Gibbs | Stars: Michael Bell, Corey Burton, Victor Caroli, Christopher Collins
Votes: 389
25.
Primeval: New World (2012–2013)
Episode:
Sisiutl
(2012)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Evan and Mac investigate a prehistoric sea-serpent terrorizing the waters near disputed First-Nations territory. Dylan faces a crossroads when Evan recruits her to join his team.
Director: Andy Mikita | Stars: Niall Matter, Sara Canning, Danny Rahim, Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe
Votes: 175
26.
Power Play with Vassy Kapelos (2023– )
Episode:
Episode dated 15 June 2023
(2023)
Stars: Vassy Kapelos, Christy Clark, Darrell Dexter, David Herle
27.
Island Medics (2017– )
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2017)
44 min | Documentary
An oil worker with a badly injured back is airlifted to the hospital. Cameras follow a GP with an unusual commute, as he flies out to remote Fair Isle. Keen motorcyclist Eddie comes in after colliding with a seagull at high speed.
Directors: Iain Robson, Steven Todd | Star: Kevin Whately