Loner Zack Mayo (Richard Gere) enters Officer Candidate School to become a Navy pilot and in 13 weeks he learns the importance of discipline, love, teamwork, and friendship. Gossett is the drill instructor who guides his growth.
A small boy and girl and the ship's cook survive a shipwreck and wash up on a tropical island. When the cook dies, the children are left on their own to survive and grow to adulthood.
Blue lagoon: Two shipwrecked children grow to adulthood and fall in love on a South Pacific island.
Return to the blue lagoon: A young woman abandoned on a South Pacific island finds romance and adventure with an orphan boy living there.