| Drown (2015) | 5.6 | |
| The Deep (2012) | 6.6 | |
| Chinatown (1974) | 8.1 | |
| Mr. Nobody (2009) | 7.7 | |
| Mean Creek (2004) | 7.1 |
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, psychological, realistic and tense films and TV shows about / with drowning, death, danger, nude, murder, boat, blood, water, bare chested male and male nudity 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), The Deep (2012), Mean Creek (2004), Resurrection (2013), Don't Look Now (1973), A Killer Among Friends (1992), Open Water 2: Adrift (2006), Lake Mungo (2008), You Should Have Left (2020).
Best films
List of drowning movies
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, sex, investigation, satire, murder by drowning, murder mystery, dysfunctional marriage, mathematics, coroner ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 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, splatter ...
Plot:
ghost, stephen king, curse, writers, drowning, supernatural horror, paranormal activity, supernatural, novelist, murder, writer's life, rape ...
Time:
year 2000, 21st century
Place:
maine, nova scotia, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
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, realistic, uplifting, weird
Plot:
storm at sea, ocean, fisherman, shipwreck, struggle for survival, drowning, against the odds, danger, hopes, sea disaster, survivor, disaster ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
iceland, atlantic ocean
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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, independent film, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, prank, kids in trouble, friendship, vengeance, small town, childhood, bully, teenager, brother brother relationship, revenge, bullying ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
oregon
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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:
captivating, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
resurrection, afterlife, back from the dead, investigation, supernatural, uncover truth, parents and children, surprising revelation, haunted by the past, imaginary, priest, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, missouri
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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:
sexy, twist ending, erotic, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
drowning, sex scene, blindness, serial killer, haunted by the past, hallucination, death of daughter, supernatural, psychic, grief, loss of child, marriage ...
Time:
70s, near future, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
italy, venice, europe
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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, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens, toddlers
Plot:
true crime, murder, family relations, drowning, grief, killer, false friend, lie, investigation, rivalry, conflict, rivals ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 94 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, rough, suspenseful, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
survival, family in danger, human nature, yacht, drowning, danger, social relations, sea, uninhibited rivalry, diving, shipwreck, survival horror ...
Place:
mexico, latin america
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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, psychological horror, scary, creepy, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, found footage, haunted house, slow burn, supernatural horror, paranormal activity, family life, drowning, lake, psychic, uncover truth, investigation ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
australia, usa, oceania, new zealand
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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, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
drowning, husband wife relationship, jealous husband, missing child, house, father daughter relationship, murderer, husband wife conflict, time loop, countryside, nightmare, murder ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
wales, mexico, new york, london
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When the new sheriff of Salem, Massachusetts discovers that he is the victim of a centuries-old curse, he must protect his family from the vengeful ghosts that torment his home.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
haunted house, small town, ghost, murder, witch, pursuit, sheriff, drowning, danger, parents and children, relocation, witchcraft ...
Time:
year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa, massachusetts
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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:
ambiguous ending, art house, road movie, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
sailing, hitchhiker, swimming, drowning, rivalry, sailboat, lake, jealousy, adultery, husband wife relationship, dysfunctional marriage, taunting ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe, poland, europe
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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, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
survival, disaster, natural disaster, ship, shipwreck, catastrophe, cruise ship, ocean, sea disaster, drowning, father daughter relationship, trapped ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
atlantic ocean
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, India
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Grieving over the loss of her son, a mother struggles with her feelings for her daughter and her husband. She seeks out a ritual that allows her say goodbye to her dead child, opening the veil between the world of the dead and the living. Her ...
Style:
spooky, suspenseful, bleak, rough, scary ...
Plot:
shaman, evil spirit, ghost, nightmare, death, car accident, temple, death of son, supernatural, suicide attempt, drowning, exhumation ...
Place:
india
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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:
sexy, erotic, psychological, satirical, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, necrophilia, sex, rape, female pubic hair, matador, character study, psychology, investigation, femme fatale, dangerous attraction, mentally unstable ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, valencia spain
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Six high school seniors celebrating with day's excursion find themselves on rowboat attacked by man-eating fish and must decide who must be sacrificed as they fight their way back to shore.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, slasher, mumblecore ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dangerous animal, isolation, survival, boat, eaten alive, drowning, killer fish, youth, danger, lake, buddies, trapped ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Thailand
Duration: 111 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 ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
nightmare, coming of age, friendship, rescue, guilt, drowning, supernatural, haunted by the past, danger, social misfits, estrangement, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, thailand
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 53 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, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
aristocracy, marriage of convenience, jewess, love triangle, society, drowning, social differences, love affair, rise to the top, fall in love, betrayal, unlikely couple ...
Time:
19th century, middle ages, victorian era, 1870s
Place:
britain, england, europe, london, italy
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, History
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.
Style:
sentimental, suspenseful, feel good, inspirational, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, teen drama ...
Plot:
dog, courage, wolf, danger, goose, cartoon wolf, wilderness, animal, disease, daring rescue, furry, dog sled ...
Time:
1920s, 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
alaska, usa
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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, psychological, exciting, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
ocean, ufo, underwater, first contact, disaster, sea, submarine, space and aliens, survival, heroic mission, alien encounter, alien ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, future
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
This is the story of Ryu, a deaf man, and his sister, who requires a kidney transplant. Ryu's boss, Park, has just laid him off, and in order to afford the transplant, Ryu and his girlfriend develop a plan to kidnap Park's daughter. Things ...
Style:
disturbing, neo noir, depressing, bloody, surprise ending ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, revenge, violence, vengeance, torture, loss of loved one, suicide, brutality, tragedy, murder, gory, organ donation ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003, y2k, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, atmospheric, cult classic, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
private detective, corruption, femme fatale, investigation, police, whodunit, murder, twists and turns, conspiracy, murder mystery, father daughter incest, domestic violence ...
Time:
20th century, year 1937, 1930s, year 1974
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, eastern europe, pacific ocean ...
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644
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, atmospheric, bleak, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
therapist, afterlife, missing person, missing sister, drowning, sister, sibling relationship, family problems, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, isolation, down on your luck ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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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:
realistic, serious, emotional, entertaining, sweet ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
surfing, mentor protege relationship, progress, lifestyle, drowning, friends, surfer, surf, dedication, obsessive quest, escapades, youth ...
Time:
year 2012, year 1987, 21st century
Place:
bay area, california, los angeles, usa, monterey california
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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:
exciting, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
lifeguard, bullying, gay interest, jealousy, gay, gay club, beach, drowning, gay love, swimming, lgbtq, closeted homosexual ...
Place:
sydney australia, australia
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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, sexual, lgbt cinema, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot:
gay, gay love, lifeguard, drowning, gender, brother brother relationship, beach, swimming, lgbt, male nudity, oral sex, gay interest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
berlin germany, brazil, germany, portugal, northeast brazil
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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, creepy, dark, cult classic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
alien, extraterrestrial, human prey, disguise, femme fatale, nudity, seduction, nightclub, creature, deformity, arthouse horror, female nudity ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2013, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
scotland, glasgow scotland, europe
Is relevant?
217K
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, feel good, light, entertaining, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
lifeguard, beach, swimming, water, sea, rookie, muscleman, drowning, chase, male objectification, obstacle course, disguise ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
california, north america, florida, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Fiji, Jamaica
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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 (Brooke Shields) and Richard ...
Style:
romantic, sexual, erotic, sexy, sensual ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, kids, girls' night ...
Plot:
island, stranded, love and romance, shipwreck, young love, beautiful scenery, coming of age, teenage love, survival, desert island, youth, fall in love ...
Time:
victorian era, turn of the century, 1890s, 19th century, year 1980 ...
Place:
fictional island, pacific ocean, san francisco
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Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
The gruesome tapestry of psychological manifestations of a nineteen year old bulimic runaway stripper-turned prostitute as she descends into a hellish pit of satanic nightmares and hallucinations.
Style:
disturbing, independent film, bloody, psychological, controversial ...
Plot:
prostitute, stripper, rape, murder, gory, blood, strip club, female nudity, torture, extreme, deal with the devil, surrealism ...
Time:
21st century
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