Nautical movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant nautical movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out nautical, captivating, suspense, lighthearted, anime and tension films and TV shows about / with sea, sea voyage, friendship, treasure hunt, ocean, pirate, isolation, island, teamwork and exploration plots mostly in Adventure, Animation and Comedy genres shot in USA, Japan, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as nautical: Sydney Sailboat (2015), Our Flag Means Death (2022), The Nautical Chart (2007), Love Afloat (2022), High School Fleet Movie (2020), What Sam Sees (2018), Pulang (2018), Paw Patrol: Sea Patrol (2018), Treasure Island (1973), Water Mirror (2017).
Best films
New films
| Sea Fever (2019) | 5.7 | |
| Sydney Sailboat (2015) | 8.3 | |
| The Shallows (2016) | 6.3 | |
| Underwater (2020) | 5.9 | |
| Kraken (2025) | 5.3 |
List of nautical movies
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Australia
TV show
Story:
Young Sydney Sailboat explores the waters of Bubble Bath Bay, going on adventures with his nautical friends, including best bud Zip the Water Taxi. They learn about life under the command of Terry the Tugboat as they go on adventures that teach them ...
Style:
nautical, semi serious, feel good, funny, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
sailboat, friendship, teamwork, children, friends, sailing, adventure hero, sea voyage, sea adventure, harbor, seaside town, collaboration ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Comedy, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
After trading in the seemingly charmed life of a gentleman for one of a swashbuckling buccaneer, Stede Bonnet becomes captain of the pirate ship Revenge. Struggling to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew, Stede’s fortunes change ...
Style:
feel good, funny, nautical, laugh out loud, period piece ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
ship, swashbuckler, pirate, captain, piracy, lgbt, midlife crisis, journey, gay couple, gay, pirate captain, life ...
Time:
18th century
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
nautical, suspense, atmospheric, tension, melancholic ...
Plot:
adventurer, treasure hunt, sea, shipwreck, sailor, rivalry, treasure, mediterranean, obsession, moral ambiguity, auction, exploration ...
Place:
barcelona
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When Lorelei inherits a shabby sailboat from a distant relative, she hires Rob to help clean, fix and sail it from its present location at a Caribbean island to Miami. The two will have to work together as romantic sparks start to fly.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, romantic comedy, nautical, light ...
Plot:
couples, boat, tropics, sailboat, relationships, male female relationship, caribbean sea, love, love and romance, love affair, couple relations, sea ...
Place:
caribbean, miami
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Living by the sea, protecting the sea, and journeying across the sea…They’re the BLUE MERMAIDS! Because of a shift in tectonic plates around 100 years ago, Japan lost much of its area to submergence. To preserve Japan’s territories, Coastal ...
Style:
anime, nautical, entertaining, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
school, military, high school, teamwork, battles, girl, ocean, marine, sea, women, schoolgirl, naval officer ...
Time:
future, 1940s
Place:
japan
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Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Jump into the water with scuba diver Sam and discover the amazing world of underwater animals. The Sam Cam gives you a secret look at her ocean adventures, which she goes on with aquarium experts whose exclusive interviews add more fun to the ...
Style:
captivating, nautical, educational, nature documentary
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
underwater, marine life, scuba diving, wildlife, biologist, animal, ocean, marine biologist, sea lion, scuba diver, sea turtle, sea adventure ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In the 1940s, Malays were world-renowned for their seafaring skills. Being of Bugis descent, they navigated the sea with natural ease and were often the favored seamen for international shipping lines. Othman, a fisherman from a small village in ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, nautical, historical drama ...
Plot:
seafaring, sea voyage, sailing, relationship problems, homecoming, longing, getting home, sailor, marine life, relationships, sea adventure, lifestyle ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
malaysia, liverpool
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Genre: Animation
Country: Australia
Story:
Collection of Sea Patrol episodes from various Paw Patrol seasons.
Style:
entertaining, semi serious, sweet, colorful, lighthearted ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, preschool
Plot:
rescue, dog, friendship, save the day, ocean, sea, underwater, children, problem solving, teamwork, partner, friends ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Young Jim Hawkins, a pirate mouse named Hiccup, Dr. Livesey and Squire Trelawney hire a ship to find the legendary treasure of notorious late pirate Captain Flint. However, Flint's former crewmates plan to take over the ship.
Style:
nautical, tension, suspense, anime
Plot:
pirate, island, treasure hunt, buried treasure, sea voyage, deception, betrayal, mutiny, sailboat, map, captain, coming of age ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
It was another peaceful day on board the Going Merry. Nami yelled at Luffy for whizzing in the ocean. As it'll just contaminate the fish that are swimming. Luffy was on fishing duty, but he was using sponges for bait, which he sees them to look ...
Style:
anime, captivating, nautical, slapstick, lighthearted ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
treasure hunt, pirate, sea voyage, friendship, hidden treasure, one piece, pirate captain, fantasy world, dream world, treasure, imaginary kingdom, superpower ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
TV show
Style:
captivating, thrilling, serious, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
female protagonist, mother and daughter, hidden identity, family secret, secrets, marooned, abandoned by mother, searching for the truth, family problems, absent mother, abandoned baby, problem ...
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
TV show
Story:
The sea has the power to unite, but also the cruelty to separate people forever. A country like Greece, with the sea and boat trips written in its DNA from ancient times to today.
Style:
melancholic, serious, emotional, bleak, poignant ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sea, shipwreck, loss, grief, mediterranean, survival, trauma, mourning, danger, island life, isolation, storm ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
greece
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Genre: Adventure
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Treasure Island is a 1977 television adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous 1883 novel. It was filmed in 1977 on location in Plymouth and Dartford, and in Corsica, and also at BBC Television Centre at Wood Lane, London.
Jim Hawkins ...
Style:
suspense, dramatic, nautical, tension, period drama
Plot:
pirate, treasure map, mutiny, treasure hunt, buried treasure, seafaring, coming of age, betrayal, map, island, moral ambiguity, loyalty ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
corsica
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Genre: Action, Adventure, History
Country: Spain, Italy, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The son of a notorious pirate is placed on the path of righteousness by his love for a beautiful young woman.
Style:
nautical, light hearted, period drama
Plot:
pirate, pirate ship, swashbuckler, peplum, redemption, moral dilemma, coming of age, reform, seafaring, father son conflict, family honor, escapism ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Yogi's Treasure Hunt is a cartoon series first aired in 1985 as part of the weekend/weekday morning programming block, The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. It is the fourth incarnation of Hanna-Barbera's Yogi Bear.
Style:
lighthearted, slapstick, nautical, colorful, parody
Audience:
kids
Plot:
yogi bear, cartoon bear, treasure hunt, children, unhappiness, teamwork, anthropomorphic animal, anthropomorphism, bear, surrealism, talking animal, cartoon horse ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain, France, Italy, Cameroon
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
1865, The American Civil War: Five POW manage to escape by balloon from Fort Richmond. Caught in a storm and with the balloon damaged they find themselves 'shipwrecked' on a volcanic desert island somewhere in the Pacific. Just before ...
Style:
suspenseful, nautical, exciting, serious, psychotronic ...
Plot:
submarine, castaway, island, pirate, survival, escape, balloon, adaptation, heroism, isolation, exploration, friendship ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
fictional island
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Genre: Adventure
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Dr. Claudia Harding is a scientist at the Maritime Institute in Hamburg and, after years of research, has found the site of a sunken ship containing a precious emerald. She travels to Grenada and meets the charismatic skipper Richard ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, light, feel good, nautical ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, sunken ship, expedition, sunken treasure, island, gold, sailboat, sailing, betrayal, shipwreck, hidden treasure, emerald ...
Place:
caribbean, hamburg germany
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Genre: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A mysterious ship is found adrift in mid-ocean without a crew. But this mystery is soon forgotten when Captain Ramsey, his two sexy first mates and the crew discover its precious cargo of ancient Aztec treasure. However, their joy quickly succumbs ...
Style:
suspense, tension, dark, nautical, independent film ...
Plot:
monster, ghost ship, paranoia, curse, isolation, supernatural, greed, survival, monster attack, creature feature, treasure hunt, shipwreck ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A Russian missile submarine disappears without trace during a secret mission in the Greenland Sea. A vessel is deployed to search for it, captained by the brother of the missing submarine’s commander. The search crew is tasked with locating the ...
Style:
suspense, tension, nautical, intense, dark ...
Plot:
kraken, sea, ocean, monster, submarine, giant creature, survival, creature feature, military, arctic, secret weapon, search and rescue ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Aboard the mega cruise ship Sacramentum, 20-year-old new recruit, Jamie, infiltrates the 3000-strong crew in a desperate race to find his missing sister. She was working aboard the same vessel on a previous tour and vanished mid-charter.
Style:
slasher, tense, suspense, emotional, nautical ...
Plot:
cruise ship, gay, gay interest, disappearance, missing person, ship, investigation, crew, sea, undercover, brother sister relationship, danger ...
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Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Set in Onomichi City, six girls dream of becoming Space Fishermen. They aim to capture god-eating monsters that leave fish vulnerable, as well as enemies which they encounter.
Style:
anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Plot:
space, dream, friendship, teamwork, fishing, fisherman, experiment, fish, girl, ocean, cosmos, coastal town ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Finland, Sweden, Belgium, Estonia
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Estonia tells the story of the tragic accident of the car-ferry MS Estonia, which deeply shocked the world in the autumn of 1994. Through the moving personal stories of victims, survivors, loved ones and investigators, the eight-part series explores ...
Style:
bleak, emotional, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
catastrophe, shipwreck, disaster, loss, grief, problem, life is a bitch, flooding, water, survivor, haunting, mourning ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
estonia, europe, finland
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
TV show
Story:
Fena Houtman remembers little about her childhood. Orphaned and raised as a servant in a brothel, her life changes when she escapes to an island of pirates where she discovers the truth behind her family. With Fena being the only one able to unlock ...
Style:
anime, exciting, captivating, disturbing, action adventure ...
Plot:
pirate, sea voyage, secret past, orphan, samurai, female protagonist, empowerment, strong female lead, freedom, resilience, pirate ship, piracy ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, Sweden, Belgium, Malta, Finland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A group of old college friends reunite on a Caribbean scuba diving trip exploring the wreckage of a WWII battleship and find themselves trapped inside the underwater labyrinth of rusted metal surrounded by great white sharks.
Style:
tension, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, suspense ...
Plot:
scuba diving, shark, monster, sea creature, shark attack, survival, underwater, shipwreck, trap, sharksploitation, killer shark, panic ...
Place:
caribbean
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: South Korea, USA, Canada, France
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow Baby Shark Brooklyn and his best friend William as they journey on fun-filled comedic adventures in their community of Carnivore Cove, meet new friends, and sing original catchy tunes along the way.
Style:
cute, colorful, lighthearted, humorous, nautical ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, preschool
Plot:
sea, underwater, friendship, ocean, children, marine life, exploration, school, teamwork, community, problem solving, shark ...
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Given the chance to live in a simulated underwater home for a month, a scientist convinces his family to take advantage of the offer. Once the family agrees to move in, underwater mayhem occurs!
Style:
retro, lighthearted, nautical, technicolor, period piece ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
underwater, ocean, teenager, mayhem, rock and roll, talk show host, dolphins, family relations, scuba diving, hurricane, rescue, submarine ...
Time:
60s, year 1969
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Genre: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Mad Jack the Pirate is a short lived 1990s cartoon. The show was created by Bill Kopp and was directed by Jeff DeGrandis. On American television, the show was broadcast on Fox Kids.
The concept is of the adventures of the rather unsuccessful and ...
Style:
light hearted, slapstick, buddy comedy, parody, fast paced ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
pirate, sidekick, anthropomorphic animal, misadventure, children, satire, irreverent, unlikely hero, treasure hunt, anti hero, cartoon rat, cowardice ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
The film deals loosely with the adventures of the grizzled Gustav who captains a ship – a giant floating ‘snailboat’ – with a crew of talking animals and lumbering sailors in blackface. It unspools like a perverse children’s story book, ...
Style:
surreal, absurd, experimental, dark comedy, satirical ...
Plot:
surrealism, talking animal, ship captain, sea voyage, magic realism, king, rabbit, bear, owl, absurdism, gold, frog ...
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Genre: Animation, Family
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
The four Twirlywoos - Great Big Hoo, Toodle-oo, Chickadee and Chick - have adventures both in the real world, and in their boat. They learn about a new concept each episode. Shy Peekaboo also lives on the boat, and joins in without the Twirlywoos ...
Style:
educational, humorous, captivating, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, toddlers, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
boat, friendship, education, discovery, children, friends, teamwork, creature, magical creature, studying, exploration, problem solving ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
britain
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The pirate adventures of Captain Flint and his men twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his ...
Style:
exciting, costume drama, sexy, historical drama, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
pirate, captain, pirate ship, swashbuckler, colonial america, sea, gold, treasure hunt, medieval, island, treasure, danger ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, 19th century, georgian era
Place:
caribbean, syria, america, west indies
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