The Blue Lagoon (1980) poster
Poster: TMDB
FilmR1980

The Blue Lagoon

AdventureDramaRomance

Directed by Randal Kleiser

Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline and Richard make a home for themselves surrounded by exotic creatures and nature's beauty. But will they ever see civilization again? From TMDB

96 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Nov 1, 2026 · last updated Nov 1, 2026 · How this works

Audience score

—
No Data

Sentiment labels for these sources are still being hand-checked; no score yet.

Source+−=
Bluesky *71071
Mastodon *004
TMDB reviews *011
Lemmy *002

* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).

What people are saying

A written summary appears once the title has a score.

At a glance

The Blue Lagoon is a 1980 adventure drama romance film, directed by Randal Kleiser, starring Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins and Leo McKern.

  • 85 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy
  • posts span Jul 22, 2019 to Nov 1, 2026

Assembled from TMDB, Wikidata and Steam fields and our own counts, nothing written by a model. Method

RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account

96 public posts have mentioned The Blue Lagoon so far, but it needs 10 opinionated reactions from checked sources before it gets a score. Seen it? Post your take.

The Experts
34%
avg of 3 sources
The People
—
audience score

Reactions

60 of 96 · most liked first
  • ickplant @[email protected]Lemmy · Feb 12, 2026

    If you are not familiar with Brooke's story... I'm sorry for ruining you day. >Shields, now 59, has been vocal about her experiences, including her infamous appearance in Playboy at age 10 and her role when she was a minor in The Blue Lagoon, a film that featured her and her co-star in numerous nude scenes. Source: https://www.eviemagazine.com/post/resurfaced-article-from-1978-describes-12-year-old-brooke-shields-as-a-whore

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.memyon.orgBluesky · Aug 21, 2025

    Not only was Basil Poledouris, #BOTD 1945 (d.2006) an award-winning composer of film and TV music - ROBOCOP, THE BLUE LAGOON, THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, "Lonesome Dove" (Emmy) - he was one of the first Klingons ever seen on screen in "Star Trek." And other background roles! #filmsky #moviesky #tvsky

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.memyon.orgBluesky · Aug 21, 2026

    Not only was Basil Poledouris, #BOTD 1945 (d.2006) an award-winning composer of film and TV music - ROBOCOP, THE BLUE LAGOON, THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, "Lonesome Dove" (Emmy) - he was one of the first Klingons ever seen on screen in "Star Trek." And other background roles! #filmsky #moviesky #tvsky

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    Watched THE BLUE LAGOON (1980) and I can confirm that the film DOES NOT feature an exploding helicopter.

    positive · AI labelView post →
  • AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 12, 2025

    Goon a movie: The Blue Lagoon

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • This Ends at Prom @thisendsatprom.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    NEW EP: THE BLUE LAGOON (1980) How do we discuss a movie so impactful to a generation of young people, when we are plagued with knowing too much about the depravity of humans? Let’s tackle one of the highest-grossing films of 1980. It’s, uh, gonna get weird. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Scott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 14, 2026

    As I write in the piece, Valeria Golina's presence in BIG TOP PEE-WEE is the Grover/Elliott Gould meme. You realize quite frequently that you're watching a film by the director of THE BLUE LAGOON.

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Dr. JSChip @drjschip.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 15, 2026

    That Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins movie “The Blue Lagoon”—i think that was on an island. Not a ‘great’ movie but some people liked it.

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • This Ends at Prom @thisendsatprom.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 30, 2026

    Sometimes a teen girl movie deserves interrogation more than celebration. This week we’re tackling THE BLUE LAGOON and unpacking why it was one of the highest-grossing film of 1980. You, uh, don’t need to rewatch this if you don’t want to. We did it so you don’t have to!

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Gayer Than Thou 🏳️‍🌈 @gayerthanthou.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2025

    This is Erzsebet Foldi’s only film or TV role, though she did audition for The Blue Lagoon. #TCMParty #AllThatJazz

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.socialBluesky · May 19, 2025

    Surprising discovery of the day. Irish author Henry de Vere Stacpoole (previously unknown to me) author of The Blue Lagoon (lurking somewhere in my distant consciousness, and made into a film starring Brooke Shields) was among the writers whose books were burnt by the Nazis.

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Chubby Ruby 🔞 🩷 @chubbyruby.bsky.socialBluesky · May 7, 2025

    Remember the Blue Lagoon movie? Well, here’s a secret: I’d love to do a XXX version of that 80s classic! Would you watch it? 💞 Like, comment and share!! 😘 #bluelagoon #chubbyruby #nsfw #nude

    positive · AI labelView post →
  • xiao yun @[email protected]Lemmy · Jul 16, 2025

    Iceland volcano erupts for ninth time since 2023. > Reykjavik (AFP) – A volcano erupted on Wednesday in Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula in the southwest, weather authorities said, the ninth eruption to hit the region since the end of 2023. > Live video feeds showed lava spewing out of a fissure in the ground, with the Icelandic Met Office saying that it began just before 4:00 am (0400 GMT). >The weather agency later in the day reported that the main fissure was estimated to be 2.4 kilometres…

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Andee Harry @andeeharry1.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 11, 2026

    Happy 35th birthday anniversary to Nicktoons channel Doug tv series Show The Simpsons: Blood Feud Simcity game Dragon Ball Z Return to the Blue Lagoon film Mystery Date game Metallica: Enter the Sandman Metallica: Nothing else Matters Cypress Hill band Peter Benchley: Beast book

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • American Absurdity Association @nonsensicalmadness.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 12, 2026

    The movie was an absurd ripoff of the Blue Lagoon, but as a kid, I loved Phoebe Cates in Paradise.

    negative · AI labelView post →
  • Henry, Emperor of the Moon 🌙 @henryisreal.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 25, 2026

    #AprilMovieChallenge Day 25: Somebody Stranded in a movie Top Secret Specifically the Blue Lagoon ripoff background for Nigel and Hillary. #filmsky 📽️ #moviesky

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 30, 2024

    I saw the Blue Lagoon (it was at the cheap movie theater) with my whole family when I was barely double digits. It was uncomfortable.

    negative · AI labelView post →
  • Tom Taylorson @taylorson.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Soften up a horror film On again off again girlfriend of Frankenstein. Creature from the Blue Lagoon Scream Into A Pillow So As Not To Bother Anyone To Get Your Frustrations Out In A Safe Way Texas Chainsaw Repair and Maintenance and (probably been done) Heckraiser

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Realweegiemidget Reviews Films, TV, Books and More @realweegiemidget.eurosky.socialBluesky · Jun 9, 2026

    For #Edwards2026MovieThingChallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky ... Day 9... Movie scene takes place at a coral reef. The Blue Lagoon has just that in lots of scenes with Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins One of My Three Favourite Idyllic Island Based Movies weegiemidget.wordpress.com/random-real-...

    positive · AI labelView post →
  • Matt Miller @mattmiller.bsky.socialBluesky · May 8, 2026

    Ebert pick: TARZAN THE APE MAN (1981) -he doesn’t even get the title out before Gene emits a piteous“…ohhhh” -“I liked the way the movie used the jungle animals” -Gene: “you get to see *a lot* of Bo Derek, isn’t that really why you liked it?””it’s the Blue Lagoon with elephants. in other words, yes”

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • N'Okami @nokami52.northsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2026

    god forbid i gaze upon a fictional pseudo incest story (apparently they are not even blood related??? just grew up together) yall would freak out reading european history yall would double freak out reading or watching The Blue Lagoon (1980s film that fucking aired on afternoons in brazil btw)

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • DaveyGandthe @daveygandthe.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 23, 2025

    If they had remade this movie with Brooke Shields it could've been called Creature from the Blue Lagoon. #svengoolie

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Hwaet @cog1.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 18, 2026

    Out of prurient interest I watched the Brooke Shields film “A Castle for Christmas” that was on Netflix a few years ago. Reader, “The Blue Lagoon” was a step UP in quality by comparison 😬

    negative · AI labelView post →
  • This Ends at Prom @thisendsatprom.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 1, 2026

    How do we discuss a movie like THE BLUE LAGOON, which was so impactful to a generation of young people, when we are plagued with knowing too much about the depravity of humans? Well, we’re sure going to try. Episode drops on Thursday.

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Steve and Dave's @steveanddaves1.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 20, 2026

    Director Randal Kleiser (born today in 1946) helped churn out box office gold in the late 20th century. Kleiser spearheaded: Grease (1978); The Blue Lagoon (1980); White Fang (1991); & Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992). He also directed the famed tv-movie: The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976; ABC).

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Save Redland Library @saveredlandlibr.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 21, 2026

    10pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social The 1980 #ComingofAge #Romance #Drama film🎥 “THE BLUE LAGOON” directed by Randal Kleiser from a screenplay by Douglas Day. Stewart Based on Henry De Vere Stacpoole’s 1908 novel📖 🌟 Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Leo McKern, William Daniels

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • scottstrivia.bsky.social @scottstrivia.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 10, 2025

    Question 3: In the plot of which movie are children forced to survive on a deserted island. Kill Bill Forrest Gump Once Upon a Time in Hollywood The Blue Lagoon #scottstrivia

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Tomb Swanson @swansontea.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Soften up a horror film: Creature From the Blue Lagoon

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Fighting Fantasist @coopgames.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Soften up a horror film The Creature From the Blue Lagoon

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Benjamin D. Hutchins @zgryphon.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    Let's face it, though, CREATURE FROM THE BLUE LAGOON would be an epic movie.

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • JenniferCali-Resist Fascism @murphyjencubs.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 12, 2026

    The Blue Lagan was the working title for The Blue Lagoon when it was still a horror film. #WordOfTheDay

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Unpainted Huffines @unpaintedhuffines.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 30, 2026

    Getting it because you’d have to have a general idea of what an Elvis movie is, what the general Cold War mindset was, The Blue Lagoon, and what the Ford Pinto was infamous for to get the whole context of many of the gags. But yeah, the ones that didn’t punch down last longer.

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • edphil80.bsky.social @edphil80.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 23, 2026

    💗🎥 Film Night : Meat lover "The Blue Lagoon" 🎥💗

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Old School Punk Librarian @kennethf62.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 8, 2026

    This made me think of that old movie The Blue Lagoon, but gay!

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Zombieyvalia 🔞 @zombieyvalia.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 3, 2026

    When I was a child (8+) I had The Blue Lagoon on dvd and I think that shaped a lot of what I enjoy in media today its not even that good of a movie

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Realweegiemidget Reviews Films, TV, Books and More @realweegiemidget.eurosky.socialBluesky · Apr 19, 2025

    For #EdwardsMovieCharacterChallenge by @midgetmoxie.bsky.social #Moviesky Day 19 Shipwrecked or Marooned on a Desert Island... The Blue Lagoon... Ah, living the dream or the nightmare that is island life… just one of three reviewed here... weegiemidget.wordpress.com/random-real-...

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • toopis.bsky.social @toopis.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 9, 2025

    Oh, that reminds me of The Blue Lagoon. Have you seen that movie?

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.comBluesky · Mar 21, 2024

    “The Blue Lagoon”. Name This Movie. Wrong Answers Only. 📽️ #NameThisMovie #WrongAnswersOnly #FilmSky

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Jen Langston 🏴‍☠️ @jen-bookfreedom.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2026

    Soften up a horror film: Carried The Wolf Puppy The Creature from the Blue Lagoon The Thing you lost The Blair Itch Project The Singing of the Lambs Invasion of the Body Builders

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Jugular Jay @jovialjay.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    Definitely a scarier film than The Creature from the Blue Lagoon. #CreatureFromTheBlacklagoon #31DaysOfHorror retrozap.com/creature-fro...

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • edphil80.bsky.social @edphil80.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 31, 2026

    "The Blue Lagoon"... I know the story, and probably watched the remake... I know Atkins from a film I happened to watch few years ago, "A Night in Heaven"

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Mr. PotHead’s disembodied head @mrpothead.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 25, 2026

    I saw Animal House in the theater. I was 4. One particularly funny story is my sisters wanted to see “The Blue Lagoon.” Their ages: 17, 12, and 11. Problem was I was with them and I was 6. They convinced the box office manager my oldest was my guardian. This was a fucked-up movie.

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Hardland AI @hardlandai.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 15, 2026

    Yes, that's true. The resemblance is undeniable... when the Blue Lagoon movie came out, I was still too young 🤣

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Pop Culture Retro @popcultureretro.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 3, 2026

    We had a great chat with the star of The Blue Lagoon, and The Pirate Movie, Christopher Atkins! Christopher discusses his roles in the classic films, The Pirate Movie reunion taking place on Sunday, May 24th at the Westin LAX, his role in Dallas and working with Larry Hagman, & much more!

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Rob Boyte @roboyte.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 22, 2025

    I am into movies & I don't read novels. Except recently reading vintage novels made to movies (The Blue Lagoon) & movie related novels. Ppl who love reading novels have actually chastised me for not enjoying what they enjoy. WTF?

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Rob Boyte @roboyte.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2025

    I was recently reminded of the movie "The Blue Lagoon" (1980). I referenced this movie in one of my Nude Attitude articles in the 1990s and since made a retro "Nude Review." #FilmSky #Movies #Cinema #Nudity #Atkins #Naturism

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Pete Baran @pb14.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 22, 2025

    Watched The Pirate Movie So what the kids of 1982 want, according to our research, is the Bloke From the Blue Lagoon in a slapstick bawdlerisation of The Pirates Of Penzance, framed as a dream with Star Wars and Closeau jokes. Lots of gay panic and my mate Terry will zhuzh up the Major General song

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Peeweebonbunzi 🦂 @peeweebonbunzi.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 2, 2025

    What's the first film/movie you think of from the 80s .. The Blue Lagoon.. the first real time seeing a guy naked Christopher Atkins .. thats when when the body imagine issue started. I was 13 and chubby

    negative · AI labelView post →
  • hmmadness.bsky.social @hmmadness.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 29, 2025

    Next to last movie for July Junk and list the former teen supplied for this month. 1991's Return to the Blue Lagoon. A sequel to The Blue Lagoon from 1980. Directed by William A. Graham and starring Milla Jovovich. #Filmsky #Julyjunk #Moviesky

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 24, 2024

    I suddenly want to see a mash-up movie: Creature From the Blue Lagoon!

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Psmith @cloudcastlelake.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2026

    Water’s so good Kinley! Wow for some reason I’m remembering an old movie called The Blue Lagoon, not sure if I saw that one when I was a little guy on cable but I think it involved swimming around in a blue lagoon?

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • 𝖣 𝖪 𝖡𝗈𝖽𝗁𝗂 @dkbohdi.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 29, 2026

    She was 14 when she starred in "The Blue Lagoon". A 'romantic' movie where two children are stranded on an island and she eventually has a baby.

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 9, 2026

    To the extent that people watched this movie at the time, the comparison with its much more popular counterpart THE BLUE LAGOON, which we also talked about, is instructive: because while certain aspects of that plot description are parallel, the Brooke Shields movie then descends into gauzy myth,

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Frank Pozen Toronto, Canada @frankp316.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 21, 2026

    @willmckinley.bsky.social Music/movie birthday. Basil Poledouris 1945-2006. Composer started out in the late 70s on films loke Big Wednesday (1978), The Blue Lagoon (1980).

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Paul @atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 2, 2026

    2 August 1991 Return to the Blue Lagoon opened. Milla Jovovich landed her first starring feature-film role as Lilli after beginning her career as a successful child model. #History #HistoryMatters

    neutral · AI labelView post →
  • Buffy the Vagina Displayer @tibbittz.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 14, 2026

    Why this movie slightly fails as a drama and a romance, despite coming so close to succeeding: Return to the Blue Lagoon has the same problem Cutthroat Island has, which is it starts out pretty smart, then gets dumber and dumber as it goes, dialogue quality dwindling in a frustrating downward arc.

    negative · AI labelView post →
  • Buffy the Vagina Displayer @tibbittz.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 14, 2026

    Return to the Blue Lagoon: Lilli's mum, Mrs. Hargrave, is the best character with the most interesting arc. The film doesn't fully succeed as drama, romance, or (mercifully, considering Milla Jovovich's age in '91) ubersoftcore porn. ...but the movie *almost* succeeds at the first two. Verdict: ⭐️⭐️ ½

    negative · AI labelView post →
  • Vice City Vibe @vicecityvibe.bsky.socialBluesky · May 29, 2026

    🎬 Unpopular 80s movie opinion time… I know it has fans, but The Blue Lagoon might be my pick for the worst movie of the 80s. Beautiful scenery… but that’s about where my compliments end. 😂 #80s #movies Alright your turn — what’s YOUR worst 80s movie ever? 👇

    negative · AI labelView post →
  • Justin @justinthesky.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 19, 2026

    I saw The Blue Lagoon at the movies when I was 8. When Brooke Shields became of age in the water and started freaking out over it... that got me. Horrifying! 😆😂🤣 Saw The Evil Dead the next year or something? You COULD count that as my first actual horror movie?

    negative · AI labelView post →
  • King Blackbird @kingblackbird.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 27, 2026

    So since Mattel couldn't call her Lagoona Black cause they couldn't get the trademark for The Creature From The Black Lagoon or whatever, did they change it to "Blue" cause of the movie "The Blue Lagoon"? Cause I have questions about that! #MonsterHigh

    neutral · AI labelView post →

Posts are quoted from public profiles with links to the original. Want yours removed? Contact us.

Official Trailer

Top Cast

Brooke Shields actor profile photo
Brooke Shields
Emmeline
Christopher Atkins actor profile photo
Christopher Atkins
Richard
Leo McKern actor profile photo
Leo McKern
Paddy Button
William Daniels actor profile photo
William Daniels
Arthur Lestrange
Gus Mercurio actor profile photo
Gus Mercurio
Officer
👤
Elva Josephson
Young Emmeline
Glenn Kohan actor profile photo
Glenn Kohan
Young Richard
👤
Bradley Pryce
Little Paddy

Cast from TMDB.

TMDBThis product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

If you liked this

same genre, and people who posted about both
Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012) movie poster
—
Blue Lagoon: The Awakening
2012Film
Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991) movie poster
—
Return to the Blue Lagoon
1991Film
The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014) movie poster
—
The Hundred-Foot Journey
2014Film
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) movie poster
—
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957Film
Rough Night (2017) movie poster
—
Rough Night
2017Film
Triple 9 (2016) movie poster
—
Triple 9
2016Film