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A former CIA agent and his friend, operating a charter boat service in Florida, find themselves the target of an eccentric millionaire with a score to settle.

Key West is located near the southern tip of Florida, not far from Key Largo. In contrast to Key Largo (John Huston, USA 1948), Key West has no need of gangsters to reveal this paradise on earth to be an illusion. Looking back from a distance of nearly 50 years, it is sufficient to reconnect those images which – each in itself – represented a longing view of this paradise: images of boat-like cars sailing down the highway, of bikini-clad girls on the beach, of surfers riding the waves. A moral lesson? Possibly.

A group of ordinary, Swedish teenagers is drawn to crime and drug abuse. The main focus is on Jocke, who died of a heroin overdose when he was 17 years old.

Engaging and light-hearted story of how a radical New Deal economic experiment during the Great Depression created an image of Key West in the popular culture and how that image became the island’s destiny. The film features interviews with famous contemporary writers, such as Gore Vidal and Russell Banks, and newly uncovered archival photos and footage, including rare Hemingway home movies.

Enter the ten-year home of, arguably, Key West, Florida’s most famous resident and experience where he penned many of his most notable works.

The Key West Picture Show is a fast-paced satire of the 1950's travelogues, exploring the unconventional island with honesty and humor. Winner of three Gold Medals at the Miami International Film Festival. The Filmax Award from the L.A. International Film Expo. The Cine Golden Eagle award for film excellence.

On a small island, 2 by 4 miles, a missing chapter of history was hidden and acceptance was borne at the end of the world, Key West. This film takes a look at Key West, a small island that is home to a wide variety of races, genders, ages and sexual orientations. The focus of this documentary is the flying of an 8000 foot rainbow flag to celebrate the 25th birthday of the symbol of gay pride and gay/straight harmony.

Ernest Hemmingway lived, fished, and wrote on this island he called home. Join Dive Travel: A Video Adventure Series for its first production, filming the introduction from the front lawn of the famous Hemmingway house in Key West. Then, come along with us as we dive the Atlantic Reef, America's only living coral reef, and much more.

See & Hear the Sights & Sounds of 10 Days & Nights of Outrageous Costumed Craziness!

A heartfelt documentary that invites you to experience a time when the gay community transformed the island into a thriving, joyful sanctuary unlike anywhere else. More than just the clubs—The Copa, The Monster, Delmonico’s—or the guest houses like La Te Da and Atlantic Shores, this film celebrates the spirit of unity, resilience, and celebration that defined life in Gay Key West. Through rare interviews, humor, and nostalgia, revisit the unforgettable stories that shaped this magical era.

A 12-year-old boy comes of age in 1969 Key West against the backdrop of the Apollo moon landing, when he begins to sell cocaine so his mother can stop stripping.

A method soldier boys have for amusing themselves in their leisure moments. New comrades are frequently initiated by the old-fashioned sport of tossing in a blanket. The newly arrived recruit, who is the victim of their sport, enjoys himself, perhaps, less than the other participants.

The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvagers of Key West, like the intrepid and beautiful Loxi Claiborne and her crew, reap, aboard frail schooners, the harvest of the wild wind, facing the shark teeth of the reefs to rescue the sailors and the cargo from the shipwrecks caused by the scavengers of the sea.

An adventurer gets caught up in a plot to kill Fidel Castro.

A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.

Three lifelong friends travel to Key West, Florida to be bridesmaids in the surprise wedding of their college girlfriend Marilyn. Once there, sisterhoods are rekindled, the past rises up again in all its glory, and there’s enough sparks, drinks and romance to change all their lives in ways they never expected.

Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed them in the past.

An irreverent comedy about the misadventures of Moondog, a rebellious stoner and lovable rogue who lives large.

A runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey from Boston to Key West, recapturing their passion for life and their love for each other on a road trip that provides revelation and surprise right up to the very end.

A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie.

A canceled Thanksgiving parade and no options professionally or personally, Kimberly DiPersia and Alex R. Wagner decide it would be a perfect opportunity to travel to Florida.

Two brothers fed up with daily life, quit their blue-collar jobs and with a single-minded determination head off to the paradise promise of Key West! But pool sharks, mermaids, tourist traps, and feisty alligators are just a few of the surprises that threaten to derail their not-so-well made plans.

The first of the modern fishing films, shot in the wild panorama of 1970s Key West. Colorful scenes of Key West from another era - with treasure hunters, smugglers, hippies and eccentrics - are background to stunning cinematography and tarpon fishing at its finest. Authors, Richard Brautigan, Tom McGuane and Jim Harrison join with legendary flats guides, Woody Sexton, Gil Drake and Steve Huff.

Five friends are haunted by an evil spirit while on a ghost hunting tour in Key West.