Here we've displayed a list of the best Oil films : Sorcerer(1977), Mad Max 2(1981), Who Killed the Electric Car?(2006), Iraq in Fragments(2006), Khodorkovsky(2011), The Kingdom(2007), Terror in a Texas Town(1958), Susanna Pass(1949), Flowing Gold(1940), Louisiana Story(1948), Headhunter(2009), Thunder Bay(1953) ... ...
Adventure, Drama
USA
1977
121 Minutes
Roy Scheider Bruno Cremer Francisco Rabal Amidou Ramon Bieri Peter Capell Karl John Friedrich Ledebur Chico Martinez Joe Spinell Rosario Almontes
assassin terrorist bank robber banker guerrilla fighter truck driver bleak suspenseful intense dark south america forest bridge oil field new york city jerusalem big business oil dangerous assignment explosion
Four unfortunate men from different parts of the globe agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of nitroglycerin across dangerous Latin American jungle.
Action, Adventure
Australia
1981
95 Minutes
Mel Gibson Bruce Spence Emil Minty Vernon Wells Mike Preston Kjell Nilsson Virginia Hey Syd Heylen Moria Claux David Slingsby
mad max vigilante tribal leader enemy brash creepy unrestrained australia highway camp oil field survival violence oil road trip transformation rescue revenge future
In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community escape a horde of bandits.
Documentary
USA
2006
92 Minutes
Reverend Gadget Ed Begley Jr. Phyllis Diller Colette Divine Mel Gibson
narrator ed begley jr. mel gibson george w. bush profound rousing california washington, d.c. global warming automotive industry hybrid electric car oil environmental consciousness politics quest 2000s
A documentary that investigates the birth and death of the electric car, as well as the role of renewable energy and sustainable living in the future.
Documentary, Biography, Drama
Germany
2011
111 Minutes
Mikhail Khodorkovsky Joschka Fischer Anatoliy Chubays Andrei V. Vasilyev
tycoon criminal president engaging jet berlin storm oil corruption rise
Khodorkovsky, the richest Russian, challenges President Putin. A fight of the titans begins. Putin warns him. But Khodorkovsky comes back to Russia knowing that he will be imprisoned, once ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
USA|Germany|United Arab Emirates
2007
110 Minutes
Jamie Foxx Chris Cooper Jennifer Garner Jason Bateman Ashraf Barhoum Ali Suliman Jeremy Piven Richard Jenkins Tim McGraw Kyle Chandler Frances Fisher
special agent fbi agent forensic expert technician reporter police officer tense frenetic thrilling intense emotional saudi arabia oil field washington, d.c. war zone foreign relations oil bombing investigation unlikely allies
A team of U.S. government agents are sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
Western
USA
1958
80 Minutes
Sterling Hayden Sebastian Cabot Carol Kelly Eugene Martin Ned Young Victor Millan Frank Ferguson Marilee Earle Tyler McVey
whaler land baron sheriff gunslinger father gutsy raw prairie city, tex. saloon american west oil speculation intimidation murder police corruption immigrants revenge 1880s
A Swedish whaler is out for revenge when he finds out that a greedy oil man murdered his father for their land.
Western
USA
1949
67 Minutes
Roy Rogers Dale Evans Estelita Rodriguez Douglas Fowley Lucien Littlefield Robert Emmett Keane
engineer sheriff newspaper owner ichthyologist business owner deputy spirited suspenseful positive lake countryside office animal reserve oil deception land grab murder sabotage pursuit rivalry
The bad guys dynamite a fish hatchery. They're trying to put the hatchery out of business so they can get possession of oil underneath the lake. Roy is a game warden investigating the dynamiting.
Adventure
USA
1940
82 Minutes
John Garfield Frances Farmer Pat O'Brien Raymond Walburn Cliff Edwards Tom Kennedy
fugitive foreman friend girlfriend enemy police officer uneasy thrilling united states small town oil field household bar oil murder love triangle loyalty running away jealousy escape
In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and the misfortunes of a small oil company that hires him as a roughneck.
Documentary
USA
1948
77 Minutes
Joseph Boudreaux Lionel Le Blanc Mrs. E. Bienvenu Frank Hardy C.P. Guedry
young boy father mother oil driller calm louisiana bayou oil drilling platform family home oil family childhood business growing up transformation 1940s
The idyllic life of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon is disrupted when the tranquility of the bayou is broken by an oil well drilling near his home.
Mystery & Thriller
Denmark
2009
108 Minutes
Troels Lyby Henning Moritzen Lars Mikkelsen Charlotte Munck Charlotte Fich Henrik Ipsen Burkhard Forstreuter David Bateson Preben Harris Flemming Enevold Kjeld Nørgaard
journalist successor talent scout thrilling denmark money oil corruption mystery
Martin Vinge, (35), former notorious journalist, now successful headhunter with a complicated personal life, is in all confidentiality contacted by 85 year-old N.F. Sieger, S.E.O. of ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1953
102 Minutes
James Stewart Joanne Dru Dan Duryea Gilbert Roland Marcia Henderson Robert Monet Jay C. Flippen Antonio Moreno Harry Morgan Fortunio Bonanova
oil driller oil worker fisherman daughter sister love interest engaging spirited louisiana coast oil drilling platform fishing boat family home small town prospecting oil culture clash fishing small-town life rivalry
Shrimpers and oilmen clash when an ambitious wildcatter begins constructing an off-shore oilrig.
Drama
USA
1935
110 Minutes
businessman boss wife friend customer soldier profound engaging emotional china siberia office ambition oil business communism values family discovery sacrifice
An American, working for his oil company in China, disregards all but the company's interests. " The characters and the institution portrayed in the story are not actual but the product of ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1953
90 Minutes
Gary Cooper Barbara Stanwyck Anthony Quinn Ruth Roman Ward Bond Ian MacDonald Richard Karlan Juan Garcia
oil driller bandit couple former lover partner bleak brash melodramatic gritty south america oil field love triangle oil bandits extortion adventure forbidden love temptation underdog 20th century
In South America, when Jeff Dawson and Dutch Peterson's oil rigs are dynamited by local bandits, the two partners resort to risky transportation of nitroglycerin to raise money.
Documentary
Germany
2010
108 Minutes
Ferran Adrià Christian Rioux
chef star charming restaurant kitchen cooking water oil transformation
Chef Ferran Adrià spends half the year making new culinary creations for his restaurant.
Crime, Drama
UK
1967
98 Minutes
Richard Johnson Elke Sommer Sylva Koscina Nigel Green Suzanna Leigh Steve Carlson
investigator nephew businessman executive assassin sexy woman lighthearted london europe airplane investigation chase assassination corruption oil adventure pursuit 1960s
British agent Bulldog Drummond is assigned to stop a master criminal who uses beautiful women to do his killings.
Western
USA
1978
118 Minutes
Jane Fonda James Caan Jason Robards George Grizzard Richard Farnsworth Jim Davis Mark Harmon Macon McCalman Basil Hoffman James Kline James Keach
rancher veteran nemesis henchman ranch hand love interest brash gritty spirited american west ranch house plains woods cattle oil land ownership violence feud determination
Ella Connors is a single woman who gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her corrupt ex suitor, Jacob Ewing. She asks for help from her neighbor, Frank Athearn. As Ella and ... See full summary »
Action
USA
1949
90 Minutes
Susan Hayward Robert Preston Pedro Armendáriz Harry Shannon Ed Begley Jimmy Conlin Paul E. Burns Lloyd Gough Roland Jack Chief Yowlachie Pierre Watkin
rancher oil baron daughter emotional powerful oklahoma oil field ranch revenge death oil betrayal wealth greed fall rise rivalry 1940s
In Tulsa, after a rancher dies during a feud with a major oil company, his daughter, driven by revenge, starts digging for oil herself.
Mystery & Thriller
Norway|Germany|Sweden|France|Finland
2013
106 Minutes
Wes Bentley Stephen Lang Aksel Hennie Jonathan LaPaglia Stephanie Sigman Jørgen Langhelle Ane Dahl Torp André Eriksen
diver suspenseful norway experiments oil business ethics pursuit 1980s
A thriller set at the beginning of the 1980's Norwegian Oil Boom and centered on a diver whose obsession with reaching the bottom of the Norwegian Sea leads to tragedy.
Western
USA
1941
70 Minutes
Wallace Beery Lionel Barrymore Laraine Day Ronald Reagan Henry Travers Chris-Pin Martin Tom Conway Chill Wills Nydia Westman Charles Stevens
rancher uncle bandit banker old flame husband positive frenetic striking mexico ranch old west theft oil foreclosure redemption kidnapping transformation love 19th century
Lopez is a bandit who has stolen the herd at Gil's ranch, so Hardy is about to foreclose. But Lucia has come back from New York and Gil is happy until he meets her husband, Morgan. Saying ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1931
131 Minutes
Richard Dix Irene Dunne Estelle Taylor Nance O'Neil William Collier Jr. Roscoe Ates George E. Stone Robert McWade Edna May Oliver Frank Darien Eugene Jackson
editor wife prostitute servant outlaw native american rousing wild oklahoma oil field courtroom gambling house abandonment trial oil newspapers marriage land rush adventure love
A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1965
102 Minutes
Cliff Robertson Jack Hawkins Marisa Mell Michel Piccoli Bill Fraser Christopher Witty Tutte Lemkow Keith Pyott Jose Burgos Charles Gray John Le Mesurier
colonel american prince woman accomplice amusing madcap spirited canyon spain duplicity oil kidnapping political intrigue negotiation temptation adventure rescue escape 1960s
The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
Comedy
USA
1936
66 Minutes
Ole Olsen Chic Johnson Lila Lee Joyce Compton Pierre Watkin Donald Kirke Ray Corrigan Sammy McKim Wade Boteler Ivan Miller Olin Howland
con artist secretary hotel owner deputy partner investor cheeky spirited playful amusing small town field hotel car chesterville oil kidnapping deception money crime
McAllister (Ole Olsen and Hamilton (Chic Johnson)are a couple of con-men who travel about the country selling worthless stock to small town citizens. They come to Chesterville where they ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1953
156 Minutes
Yves Montand Charles Vanel Peter Van Eyck Vera Clouzot Folco Lulli William Tubbs Dario Moreno Jo Dest Antonio Centa Luis de Lima
driver worker tense gritty south america oil field mountain truck cantina daunting task oil exploitation death dangerous assignment rivalry quest 1950s
Four men take on the dangerous mission of driving two nitroglycerin-laden trucks through harsh terrain.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2006
107 Minutes
Ron Perlman James LeGros Connie Britton Zach Gilford Kevin Corrigan Jamie Harrold Pato Hoffmann Joanne Shenandoah Larry Fessenden Oscar Miller Halfdan Theodorsson
drillmaster monster worker doctor dark suspenseful alaska hospital hallucinations oil death illness insanity weird science mystery fall 2000s
An environmental-impact officer (James Le Gros) and members (Ron Perlman, Connie Britton) of an oil-drilling team feel Mother Nature's wrath at an Arctic outpost.
Mystery & Thriller
2003
96 Minutes
Lou Diamond Phillips Kristy Swanson Coolio Jaimz Woolvett Rob Boltin Langley Kirkwood Dennis Haskins Gideon Emery Charles Dumas Clive Scott Nicholas Andrews
fisherman ex-wife henchman gangster ex-convict sheriff campy rousing thrilling louisiana bayou oil drilling platform oil shark attack hostage situation treasure greed violence adventure love
A shark terrorizes a divorced couple (Lou Diamond Phillips, Kristy Swanson) and three boat hijackers on a Louisiana river.
Drama
1936
82 Minutes
Frankie Darro Gloria Shea Roy Mason Berton Churchill Stanley Fields Frank Shannon George Cleveland
oil driller father geologist money lender schoolteacher melodramatic intense fascinating oil field family home countryside office classroom small town oil father/son relationship sabotage abduction family business greed
Clifford "Fishtail" Riley (Frankie Darro) is stunned when his hardworking father, Daniel (Frank Shannon), plummets to his doom at the bottom of their nascent oil well, and decides to sell the business.
Western
1933
60 Minutes
Rex Bell Luana Walters Betty Mack Gordon De Main Lafe McKee Alan Bridge George Nash George "Gabby" Hayes Wally Wales Yakima Canutt Anne Howard
salesman secretary rival boss sheriff daughter spirited intense fort worth, texas shop office oil well ranch oil embezzlement false accusations employment kidnapping frame-up quest
A prolific oil well means riches for 1800s Texas townspeople and the oil man (Rex Bell) who persuaded them to invest in it.