Drowning movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant drowning movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, psychological and realistic films and TV shows about / with drowning, danger, death, boat, swimming, underwater scene, water, family relations, love and friendship plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Horror genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as drowning: Drowning by Numbers (1988), Bag of Bones (2011), Mean Creek (2004), A Killer Among Friends (1992), Lake Mungo (2008), You Should Have Left (2020), Don't Look Now (1973), Matador (1986), Open Water 2: Adrift (2006), Resurrection (2013).

List of drowning movies

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Drowning by Numbers (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Netherlands
Duration: 118 min.
Story: An ironic black comedy of love and death that takes place an a lyrically beautiful landscape. Three related women, all named Cissie Colpitts share a solidarity for one another which brings about three copy-cat drownings. The local coroner is in love ...
Style: surreal, black comedy, dark comedy, art house, humorous ...
Plot: surrealism, drowning, friendship, murder, investigation, sex, satire, murder by drowning, murder mystery, coroner, mathematics, unlikely criminals ...
Time: 80s
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 5.7
 9K
Bag of Bones (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
TV show
Story: Bestselling novelist Mike Noonan, unable to cope after his wife's sudden death, returns to the couple's lakeside retreat in Maine, where he becomes involved in a custody battle between a young widow and her child's enormously wealthy ...
Style: tense, atmospheric, stylized, scary, grindhouse ...
Plot: ghost, curse, stephen king, supernatural, writers, murder, drowning, writer's life, supernatural horror, rape, novelist, paranormal activity ...
Time: year 2000, 21st century
Place: maine, nova scotia, usa
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 7.1
 33K
Mean Creek (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Teenagers living in small-town Oregon take a boat trip for a birthday celebration. When they get an idea to play a mean trick on the town bully, it suddenly goes too far. Soon they're forced to deal with the unexpected consequences of their ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, intense ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: prank, friendship, kids in trouble, small town, vengeance, coming of age, teenager, bullying, revenge, bully, guilt, childhood ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: oregon
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A Killer Among Friends (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The film tells why a girl was killed by two of her best friends.
Style: unusual plot structure, suspense, enigmatic, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience: teens, toddlers
Plot: true crime, murder, drowning, family relations, grief, lie, killer, false friend, investigation, rivalry, teenager, rivals ...
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 6.3
 28K
Lake Mungo (2008)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story: 16 year old Alice Palmer drowns in a local dam. When her body is recovered and, her grieving family buries her. The family experiences a series of strange, inexplicable events centered in and around their home. Unsettled, the Palmers seek the help ...
Style: mockumentary, creepy, tense, suspenseful, psychological horror ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, supernatural, found footage, drowning, slow burn, investigation, uncover truth, teenage life, danger, paranormal activity, family life, haunted house ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: oceania, australia, usa
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You Should Have Left (2020)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In an effort to repair their relationship, a couple books a vacation in the countryside for themselves and their daughter. What starts as a perfect retreat begins to fall apart as one loses their grip on reality, and a sinister force tries to tear ...
Style: suspense, mystical, splatter, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: murderer, drowning, house, family life, time loop, jealous husband, nightmare, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, missing child, husband wife conflict, countryside ...
Time: 2020s
Place: wales, london, mexico, new york
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 7.1
 62K
Don't Look Now (1973)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: After Laura and John Baxter lose their only child in a horrible drowning, they are greeted by strange sightings of her throughout their everyday lives. When two old ladies approach them in Italy with news that their daughter may still be alive, it ...
Style: suspense, twist ending, disturbing, sexy, atmospheric ...
Audience: adult
Plot: supernatural, drowning, serial killer, blindness, psychic, haunted by the past, grief, sex scene, hallucination, twists and turns, death of daughter, marriage ...
Time: 70s, year 1973, near future, 20th century
Place: italy, venice, europe
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 6.9
 13K
Matador (1986)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A conflicted youth confesses to crimes he didn't commit while a man and woman aroused by death become obsessed with each other.
Style: disturbing, erotic, psychological, controversial, sexy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, murder, obsession, necrophilia, character study, investigation, psychology, femme fatale, sex, dangerous attraction, sexual relations, crimes of passion ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, valencia spain
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Open Water 2: Adrift (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A weekend cruise on a luxurious party yacht goes horribly wrong for a group of old high-school friends. They forget to let the ladder down before they jump into the ocean for a swim. The boat proves impossible to climb. They are stuck in the water ...
Style: scary, psychological, rough, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: survival, human nature, yacht, danger, social relations, uninhibited rivalry, family in danger, drowning, diving, water, shark, isolation ...
Place: mexico, latin america
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 7.3
 16K
Resurrection (2013)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Resurrection is an American fantasy drama television series based on the book The Returned by Jason Mott that follows the residents of Arcadia, Missouri, whose lives are upended when their loved ones return from the dead, unaged since their deaths.
Style: serious, atmospheric, captivating, mind bending, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: resurrection, afterlife, back from the dead, miraculous event, investigation, supernatural, uncover truth, parents and children, surprising revelation, haunted by the past, priest, imaginary ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, missouri
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 5.7
 110K
Poseidon (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A packed cruise ship traveling the Atlantic is hit and overturned by a massive wave, compelling the passengers to begin a dramatic fight for their lives.
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, rough, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: disaster, survival, natural disaster, ship, catastrophe, ocean, shipwreck, cruise ship, ocean liner, father daughter relationship, drowning, trapped ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: atlantic ocean
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Chasing Mavericks (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Surfer Jay Moriarity sets out to ride the Northern California break known as Mavericks.
Style: inspirational, realistic, serious, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: surfing, mentor protege relationship, coach, progress, lifestyle, drowning, surfer, friends, surf, dedication, escapades, obsessive quest ...
Time: year 2012, year 1987, 21st century
Place: bay area, usa, los angeles, california, monterey california
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 5.6
 2K
Drown (2015)
Genre: Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Len is a Surf Lifesaving champion, a legend in the cloistered surf club just like his father. When the younger, faster, and fitter Phil arrives at the club, Len’s legendary status starts to crumble. Then Len sees Phil arriving in the company of ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, exciting, tense ...
Plot: lifeguard, gay, jealousy, bullying, drowning, swimming, gay love, gay club, gay interest, beach, intimidation, public nudity ...
Place: sydney australia, australia
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Knife in the Water (1962)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 94 min.
Story: On their way to a sailing trip, an aging husband and wife invite along an emphatic young hitchhiker out of sheer patronization.
Style: art house, psychological, road movie, suspense, minimal cast ...
Plot: sailing, hitchhiker, drowning, competitiveness, jazz, boat, jealousy, adultery, radio, psychology, swimming, murder ...
Time: year 1962, 60s, 20th century
Place: poland, eastern europe, europe
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 8.7
 2.1M
Interstellar (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 169 min.
Story: Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Style: futuristic, mind bending, cerebral, philosophical, thought provoking ...
Audience: teens, date night, kids, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot: space travel, time travel, outer space, father daughter relationship, nasa, astronaut, space, survival, end of the world, distopia, natural disaster, apocalypse ...
Time: future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, colorado
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 6.6
 6K
The Deep (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Based on an astonishing true incident that took place on the frigid seas off Iceland in 1984, The Deep fashions a modern-day everyman myth about the sole survivor of a shipwreck, whose superhuman will to survive made him both an inexplicable ...
Style: touching, serious, uplifting, realistic, weird
Plot: ocean, storm at sea, fisherman, shipwreck, human spirit, against the odds, struggle for survival, drowning, danger, hopes, sea disaster, survival ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place: iceland, atlantic ocean
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The Little Mermaid (1989)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Memorable songs and characters -- including the ...
Style: fairy tale, light, feel good, sweet, cute ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: mermaid, princess, disney princess, good versus evil, transformation, father daughter relationship, love, underwater, witch, happy ending, prince, first love ...
Time: 1800s, year 1989, 20th century, 1830s, 19th century
Place: madagascar, denmark, caribbean
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 48K
Balto (1995)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story: An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.
Style: sentimental, feel good, suspenseful, exciting, inspirational ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, teen drama ...
Plot: dog, wolf, furry, danger, goose, snow, courage, disease, wilderness, daring rescue, dog sled, animal ...
Time: 1920s, 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place: alaska, usa
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 6.8
 2K
Dorm (2006)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Thailand
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When 12-year-old Ton transfers to an all-boys boarding school, he's taunted by his peers and terrified by their tales about the ghosts that inhabit the school. Ton is utterly miserable -- until he befriends a mysterious fellow pupil.
Style: serious, touching, bleak, scary, suspense
Plot: coming of age, friendship, boarding school, nightmare, rescue, little boy, drowning, guilt, supernatural, haunted by the past, social misfits, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, thailand
Is relevant ?
 5.7
 617
Frozen (2005)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: It's two years since the mysterious disappearance of Kath Swarbrick's older sister Annie, but Kath remains haunted by a need to know what happened. When police investigations wind down, Kath continues the search herself. She gets nowhere ...
Style: psychological, bleak, atmospheric, realistic, serious ...
Plot: afterlife, missing person, drowning, sister, therapist, missing sister, sibling relationship, family problems, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, alcohol abuse, isolation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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Daniel Deronda (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 210 min.
TV show
Story: Daniel Deronda is a British television serial drama adapted by Andrew Davies from the George Eliot novel of the same name. The serial was directed by Tom Hooper, produced by Louis Marks, and was first broadcast in three parts on BBC One from 23 ...
Style: costume drama, period piece, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: aristocracy, drowning, love affair, social differences, love triangle, jewess, couples, rise to the top, unlikely couple, betrayal, fall in love, society ...
Time: 19th century, middle ages, 1870s, victorian era
Place: britain, england, europe, london, italy
Is relevant ?
 5.7
 206K
The Meg (2018)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, slasher, funny ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, kids, adult
Plot: shark, animal attack, giant monster, underwater, sea monster, ocean, giant creature, giant animal, killer shark, professor, survival, mission ...
Time: 2010s, jurassic, prehistory, 21st century
Place: shanghai, usa, asia, pacific ocean, california ...
Is relevant ?
 6.3
 3K
Futuro Beach (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Donato fails in his attempt to save a drowning man, and meets one of the man's friends. He decides to start his life over, but pieces of his past keep coming after him.
Style: realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, meditative ...
Plot: gay, drowning, lifeguard, gay love, gender, gay sex, male nudity, brother brother relationship, beach, swimming, oral sex, nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, berlin germany, germany, portugal, northeast brazil
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 7.5
 191K
The Abyss (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, psychological, suspense, tense ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: ufo, ocean, underwater, first contact, submarine, sea, disaster, alien, space and aliens, survival, alien encounter, heroic mission ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1989, future
Is relevant ?
 5.5
 201K
Baywatch (2017)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, China, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon butts heads with a brash new recruit. Together, they uncover a local criminal plot that threatens the future of the Bay.
Style: buddy comedy, light, feel good, entertaining, action comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: lifeguard, beach, sea, swimming, rookie, drowning, water, chase, disguise, surfing, mockery, obstacle course ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: california, north america, florida
Is relevant ?
 6.3
 157K
Under the Skin (2013)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A seductive alien prowls the streets of Glasgow in search of prey: unsuspecting men who fall under her spell.
Style: surreal, disturbing, bleak, atmospheric, dark ...
Audience: adult
Plot: alien, femme fatale, extraterrestrial, human prey, nudity, disguise, female nudity, desire, nightclub, seduction, deformity, male nudity ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2013, year 2014, 21st century
Place: scotland, glasgow scotland, europe
Is relevant ?
 6.4
 140K
Escape Room (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.
Style: suspense, exciting, surprise ending, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Audience: adult
Plot: puzzle, trapped, game of death, survival, escape room, clue, group of strangers, quest, riddles and clues, evil corporation, teamwork, death ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: chicago
Is relevant ?
 6.6
 4K
Phobia (2008)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 240 min.
Story: 4bia or Phobia (Thai: สี่แพร่ง or See Prang) is a Horror Anthology. The first segment, "Happiness" is about a lonely girl who corresponded with a stranger over hand phone text messaging and soon discovered something strange ...
Style: anthology, suspense, scary, psychological, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens
Plot: curse, ghost, black magic, drowning, bullying, vengeance, supernatural, woman in danger, danger, rivalry, curses spells and rituals, isolation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: thailand
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 7K
Undertow (2009)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Peru, Colombia, France, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions.
Style: emotional, sincere, serious, touching, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay love, homosexuality, lgbt, gay, homosexual, gay relationship, ghost, gay latino, gay slur, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, male homosexuality ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: peru, latin america
Is relevant ?
 6.0
 4K
Titanic (2012)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Canada, Hungary
Duration: 190 min.
TV show
Story: An extraordinary re-telling of the doomed voyage that features both fictional and historical characters, ranging from steerage passengers to upper class guests.
Style: emotional, realistic, costume drama, epic, historical drama ...
Plot: titanic, shipwreck, passenger, ocean liner, tragedy, sea disaster, drowning, ocean, ship, sinking ship, ghost ship, cruise ship ...
Time: 1910s, edwardian era, 20th century, year 1912
Place: england
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